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Reply #70 - Dec 19th, 2013 at 6:09pm
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Twilight of the Dark Master

This plot "seed" is based on the Japanese anime of the same name:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=89

If you haven't seen the anime you might not want to.  It has extremely graphic violence (people getting their limbs ripped off and then SHOWING the limb in the demon's mouth, etc), extremely naked chicks, etc.  But the plot itself was kinda cool, so I figured I'd make a V&V ripoff.

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Introduction
In 1980 on a clear (winter, spring, summer, fall)'s night, between 2:30 - 3:00 a.m., in (insert city name here) several reports were called in to the police department of gunfire/explosions.  Police responding to the scene witnessed a white haired metahuman who was flying and using flame powers against some sort of ogre/demon creature approx 7 - 9 feet tall.  The ogre had super strength and basically hurled cars, etc at the metahuman.  The metahuman took no particular care to avoid property damage or harm to anyone who happened to be nearby.  The police were forced to withdraw from the senseless carnage and summoned the local hero group.  The (insert ancient hero group name here) arrived on the scene in time to witness a huge explosion equivalent to a small nuke.  Quickly responding to the disaster, the hero group saved as many people as they could.  Unfortunately there were still dozens of casualties and hundreds of injuries.

Investigation showed that the damage from the explosion was caused by eldritch (magical) energy in the form of fire.  Residual eldritch radiation was still present.  It was, however, determined that the radiation was not harmful in itself and neither innately good nor evil.  It was also determined that the radiation would quickly fade.  Over the course of the next few weeks, scanning revealed that the magical residue did indeed fade and disappear.

The fate of the metahuman and ogre was never clearly determined.  It was assumed that they both perished in the blast.

Life went on.  Everything seemed to get more or less back to normal except that the local underworld became much more violent.  The area where the explosion occurred became seedier and crime increased every year.  Gang violence increased.  Investigations could not find a connection of the increased crime to the mysterious battle that occurred on that fateful night.

GM's introduction and background
This adventure takes place in a large metropolitan city that has an organized criminal element (local Mafia/Yakuza/etc).  If your adventure party is a bunch of country bumpkins then arrangements should be made for them to be the lead investigators in a nearby large city.  You could say that the hero group in that city is currently out of town/off planet/in another dimension and the players were asked to stand in temporarily.  You could then simply have the police get in touch with the players unless Doctor Doom decides that their beloved Mayberry is the key to world domination.

If your players are big city folk, then this adventure would work fine as a part of their normal everyday grind.  You should, however, be prepared for situations where the players ask silly questions like "My player was ON the city's police force in 1980!  How come he's never heard of this?!" or "Our team was here in 1980, but we never did that!", etc.  It could be justified a number of ways; like saying "That was the time your team were on the Island of Dr. Apocalypse and a nearby team was working here temporarily", etc.  A little preparation will ensure that this adventure fits seemlessly into your regular campaign.

The white haired metahuman is actually an angel named Tsunami (with FLAME powers; go figure).  He's part of a group of angels called the Watchers (or whatever less-cliche'd name you prefer) who were assigned to protect humans from demons.  These angels are not overly concerned with protecting individuals as much as the human race as a whole.  This is why they're generally careless in battle.  These angels have been protecting the earth for thousands of years.

Anyway, as it turns out neither Tsunami nor the demon were killed in the blast.  Tsunami used his Gotterdamerung spell in a desperate attempt to destroy the demon.  Unfortunately, he failed.  But since he was never completely sure he became a local private investigator in an attempt to determine if the demon survived and to kill him once and for all.

The demon was, of course, badly injured in the fight.  He assumed a human form and escaped in the aftermath.  He has since taken up residence in the local criminal organization and has, over the years, achieved a very high level of rank.  He's also working with a local pharmaceutical company to develop a drug that will convert a human victim into a demon.  He will use all of the new demon's blood to regain his own demonic form and become even more powerful than before.  The victim, of course, cannot be just anyone.  The criteria for the victim can be determined by the GM, but the general idea is that the victim should be incorruptably good and be an excellent specimen of humanity.  For this adventure I'll use Mr. Local Police Hero as the victim.

It's suggested that Tsunami escape at the end of this adventure because he is, after all, an angel.

Present day
As the players are watching tv late at night a newscaster interupts with a special news bulletin.  A local (minor) celebrity was attacked in her home by an unknown assailant.  Miss Minor Celebrity was getting ready to wed Mr. Local Police Hero in a few weeks.  Miss Celebrity was injured very badly and was taken to the (local hospital name).  Police are currently at the scene investigating.  Mr. Local Police Hero is currently unavailable for comment.  More updates will follow shortly.

When the players arrive at Miss Celebrity's house they'll find the living room area ransacked by something big with claws.  Police were summoned when neighbors reported a domestic disturbance and discovered Miss Celebrity on the floor in the living room.  Miss Celebrity sustained nearly fatal wounds and was taken to the hospital.

If the players choose not to investigate the scene of the crime, they should be defeated by a gang of elderly bank robbers and stripped naked on national tv for their negligence.

GM's notes
The GM can determine the precise circumstances himself, but the run down is this: Mr. Local Police Hero arrived home in the late evening and then transformed into Mr. Bad and Ugly.  Miss Minor Celebrity witnessed the transformation and was attacked.  Mr. Bad and Ugly didn't finish her off (he probably still vaguely remembered his love for her) and left.  He made his way to a local park or whatever suits the GM and was captured by the highly trained thugs working for the pharmaceutical company.  The players should not be allowed to capture the beast nor determine the precise details of where he disappeared to.  If the players do manage to capture Mr. Bad and Ugly, then the pharmaceutical company should become involved in the investigation.  Their goals are: 1) prevent the discovery of the pharmaceutical company's involvement, 2) obtain ALL of the creature's blood (at the expense of his life).  If the players discover that Mr. Bad and Ugly was being taken to the pharmaceutical company then it will likely blow the company's cover wide open.  The company will of course claim that they happened upon the beast by coincident and merely wanted to capture the beast for study.  Of course they had every intention of cooperating with authorities.

If Mr. Bad and Ugly is successfully and secretly captured by the pharmaceutical company, then it's unlikely he will escape (GM's option).  The pharamceutical company will feed him human bodies.  These bodies can be obtained a number of ways.  One idea is a local gang war (captured on security cameras).  Witnesses and cameras will show that approximately 12 casualties were incurred, but when police arrive only 7 bodies were recovered and the cameras disabled.  Disappearing people/bodies should occur under mysterious circumstances and generally leave very little evidence.  However, not that many bodies will be necessary to feed Mr. Ugly until his blood is ready for extraction, so players need to move fast before the demon regains his power.

The pharmaceutical company employs a couple of demons who happen to be brother and sister (and lovers-yech!).  They can fly and utilize air-control powers that look pretty cool in the anime.  In addition, the company employees the usual criminal thugs.  These thugs are given access to a drug that turns a human into an ogre (not demon) temporarily.  The drug is eventually fatal if taken repeatedly.  If any blood samples of Mr. Bad and Ugly and the ogre thugs are obtained and studied, then the drug found in Mr. Ugly's system will be found to be similar to the drug used by the thugs.  Obviously, Mr. Bad and Ugly will not consent to a blood sample being taken, nor will the ogre thugs.  So getting these two samples side by side to compare will be a bit difficult.  And, of course, if the pharmaceutical company is involved in the investigation this information will be even harder to determine ("What drug?!  Their blood contains no drugs!").

Meanwhile, Miss Minor Celebrity is in the hospital.  If players interview her, she probably can't give too many details except that her fiance is a lot meaner and uglier.  Someone involved in the investigation should point out to the heroes that Mr. Bad and Ugly strongly resembles the ogre in the 1980 battle.  This could be an officer or doctor who's the son/daughter of a witness to the 1980 incident.  Players should probably realize that Mr. Local Police Hero couldn't be the same ogre because he wasn't born yet, or was much too young, etc and that he's never been unusual in any way before.
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Reply #71 - Dec 19th, 2013 at 6:11pm
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Secretly, Miss Celebrity is determined to find her fiance and either rescue/cure him or kill/avenge him.  Her contacts with the police department have led her to a local private detective with a specialization for paranormal phenomenon. 

This detective has long white hair (worn in a pony tail to disguise himself) but is otherwise very professional and knowledgeable.  He keeps her on the sidelines and basically in the dark, but he is determined to solve her case.  His investigation will inevitably cross paths with the players.  He should be portrayed as a regular human and his resemblance to the metahuman of 1980 should be downplayed ("It can't be him!  He hasn't aged a bit!", etc).  The players will automatically assume it's him though and probably investigate.  Investigation should reveal a normal background and that he was too young in 1980 to be the metahuman, etc.

The GM should determine the schedule of events in this adventure.  Miss Minor Celebrity will probably take a while to recover enough to leave the hospital, but she'll still be able to contact Tsunami and put him on the case.  As mentioned previously, it shouldn't take too long after Mr. Bad and Ugly's transformation to complete the process of preparing him for the true demon to utilize his blood.  If Miss Local Celebrity gets out of the hospital, she will probably be persistantly getting in the way and might even be on hand for the final confrontation (GM's option).  Tsunami will be at least up to speed on the player's investigation and might be a step ahead of them.

When the final confrontation occurs, the true demon will be much more powerful than thirty years ago.  If he manages to get Mr. Bad and Ugly's blood for his transformation he'll be virtually unstoppable.
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Reply #72 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 10:23pm
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Two cribbed from a collection of short stories called "The Pulptress" which I can pretty wholeheartedly recommend to anyone liking the old school pulps and low powered supers in general.

1) The man in the painting.  The heroes have come to hear about a friend whose family is renovating an old house, but the history of the manse leaves everyone leery.  There have been many deaths over the years, and no one knows why!  Only desiccated corpses remain to tell of something sinister.  Now, inhabited for the first time in years, the players have been asked to investigate so that the family can reclaim their home.  The truth is complex.  During WW2, the family scion was deployed in Germany and brought back a strange painting with the image of a stern and cruel man in front of a castle.  A small group of people could be seen in terror or pain behind him.  Over the years, the number of people has grown as the villain is none other than Baron Von Spacklepants! (Okay, make up your own scary Prussian name), a vampire trapped in the painting who comes out to feed on the souls around him to maintain his immortality.  Now he is almost strong enough to break free of the painting forever, and he has a smorgasbord of souls to choose from to push him over the top.  The house was abandoned after the first night when the young soldier's parents died in the house.  He fought the monster and thought he killed it, but he could never come back to the house, and left it empty.
Now for the vampire, surviving off of the drifters that squatted in the house while it was abandoned is a thing of past!  (Use Baron Victor Von Heinrich from Terror by Night if you want a truly tough vampiric baddie). The heroes have to put down the Baron and destroy the painting to set the souls free and end the vampire's reign of terror.  (Idea 2 in next message)
  
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Reply #73 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 10:29pm
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2) Rockets Red Glare.  The (Fill in enemy group here.  Intergang, Foreign saboteurs, whatever works for your world) have decided that they are tired of seeing the International Space Station lazing about the sky like some symbol of hope and cooperation, and it's time to end that immediately!  Based out of a small hotel near Cape Canaveral, the baddies are about to test their device, an aimed EMP, at the next International Space Station resupply rocket, due to take off in just days!  If the test succeeds, the baddies will move on to destroying the space station itself.  The heroes must find the hotel (There would me MASSIVE electrical requirements) and stop the bad guys.
  
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Reply #74 - Feb 8th, 2014 at 11:49pm
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Good ones, proditorcappela.  I especially like "The Pulptress".  I suppose that, if the PCs really examine things carefully, the pictures in the background of the painting represent the individuals taken by the vampire (so comparisons to pictures and the like could reveal this).
  
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Motivator vs. Dr. Apocalypse

Karen loved lying in the sun soaking up the rays.  Typically, she preferred to do so in the nude because she hated tan lines.  But she knew that would be out of the question here.  In fact, it was all she could do to avoid vomiting.  As a telepath, it was annoying to "hear" the filthy thoughts of the perverted apes that somehow seemed to find their way into her presence.  But here, on Pietor's island; at his private villa no less, the thoughts she had to shield herself from were downright inhuman.  The androids weren't a problem, of course.  The males were neutered and the females were surprisingly flattering with their dirty thoughts (considering who programmed them.)  But Pietor had clearly lost touch with humanity a very long time ago and his thoughts of "sex" were violent and... something else she preferred not to think about.

Still, he was nearly as intelligent and resourceful as herself.  Despite this, he was still obviously a very lonely person with no one but androids to serve his filthy needs.  Ugh!  She hated to even think about the things she had seen in his mind!  His loneliness was the key to manipulating him into doing her bidding.  By allowing the (players) to interfere with their carefully laid plans, she could shift the blame to them for the failure while still achieving her own goals.  She had to be careful, though.  One misstep WOULD cost her her life.
  
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Reply #76 - Mar 20th, 2014 at 8:28pm
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Interesting.  Especially as in my Guardians game, these two villains (well, their forces) have been having a massive, ongoing battle with each other, especially across Europe.  It's one of many plot threads done by my friend John (greycrusader over on the FGU Forums).
  
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Reply #77 - Mar 22nd, 2014 at 12:57pm
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Thanks!

Intercrime: Hostile Takeover, Part Two

Motivator smiled.  Since taking control of Intercrime, her personal fortune had nearly tripled.  In keeping with tradition, she remained the "anonymous leader" and ran things through intermediaries.  It was much better than she had anticipated, in fact.  At first she had simply allowed things to be business as usual to avoid alerting authorities and pesky vigilantes of anything out of the ordinary.  Any changes made were simply to streamline existing operations and to increase security.  Eventually, she began venturing into more legitimate operations in political and military arenas.  It amused her that the previous leaders had been too short-sighted to realize the advantages of legitimacy.  Currently, her legitimate ventures accounted for thirty percent of the total income and were slowly (but steadily) increasing.  If she gave up on Intercrime she would have to end these operations because the clod that would likely take her place wouldn't have the brains to sustain them and she didn't want to ruin any future endeavors of her own.

Of course, her main reason for taking control of Intercrime was to continue production of her favorite soap opera "My Secret Romance."  Hiring new script writers and using her own ideas for each episode's plot had taken the series from being the least rated show all the way to the number one viewed show on television.  She had even released it overseas.  It was a surprisingly huge hit in Korea.

Harold was now in charge of makeup on the set of her show.  He had turned out to be remarkably good at it.  Of course, he didn't have a cosmetology license and was currently in school to get it, but she was more than willing to pay for that.  The best part was that she didn't even have to use her abilities to "adjust" his attitude.  Simple blackmail had convinced him to cooperate.

Dr. Frost sighed.  The only fly in her ointment was (the players).  Her plan to use Doctor Apocalypse to help her take control of Intercrime had worked.  She had even redirected his wrath against them and THEY had paid the price for HER deception.  Pietor was a genius, but a strategist he definitely was NOT.  She had played him effortlessly and in the end his efforts had landed him in jail.  Thankfully, he was a perfect gentleman towards her and never once revealed her involvement.  She had considered mind-wiping him, but realized his intellect would realize something in his memory was "missing" and he would eventually figure things out.  But she knew he wouldn't betray her; he was more than a little in "love" (lust?) with her.  Unfortunately, (the players) weren't as stupid as they looked and suspected Pietor had had an accomplice.  And they didn't dismiss the rumors about Intercrime's "hostile takeover" like everyone else did, either.  She didn't make any mistakes; they were just too paranoid and REALLY needed to relax!

Hmmm...  "Relax."  That idea presented some interesting possibilities!  Maybe (the players) need a vacation!  There was the Canadian Legion, the Soviet Red Sentinels, and the Antarctic Defenders.  Or even a trip to Malawi?
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Nicely done, DN!  Cool
  
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all are really great but DN you got a good idea there
  
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Thanks!  Hopefully it will instigate some mischief!   Cheesy

Since these are more "stories" than actual "plot seeds" it would take some work to implement them in a live campaign.
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The legacy of Count Dante

Intended for street level heroes (Daredevil, original Iron Fist, Moon Knight, Nightwing, Robin, Huntress, etc.)

The characters find out that the local martial arts inclined criminal organization (Triads, Yakuza, The Hand, The Foot, whatever fits) is on a tear through the grim and gritty streets of OUR FAIR CITY in a quest to track down the final legacy of Count Juan Raphael Dante. (For those of you not in the know, go read these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Dante

http://thesearchforcountdante.com/blog/

http://www.thelastdragontribute.com/count-dante-the-greatest-story-never-told/

So, the quest becomes, is the Black Dragon society real and defending the lost secret of Dim Mak?!?! Ranging from Chinatown to Chinatown in multiple cities, the heroes should encounter foes also trying to beat the criminal organization to the goal, or possibly even working for them! DragonFist, Kali, maybe Spyder if you're feeling cruel.

It should unfold like Big Trouble in Little China. It starts with street gangs and the heroes mowing them down like cord wood, and eventually escalates and becomes less gritty, and more supernatural on the quest to find the legendary showman's last opus.

Now the big reveal is left to you. Did Dante really know the secret of Dim Mak? Or is this just a collection of hair styling secrets circa 1970? (Which are still good enough to get you working on playmates. I'm just sayin'.)
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Sweet!  Plot seeds, galore!
  
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Interesting!  Of course, Dim Mak = Death Touch.
  
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Funny,  I had Count Dante, along with Charles Atlas, as members of the Secret Seven.
  

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Based on the Young Justice episode "Coldhearted" (season 1, episode 20)

Dr. Apocalypse is at it, again!  This time his dreaded cloaked satellite has caused the entire United States to be blanketed in snow!  Airlines are shut down.  Road traffic has been all but paralyzed.  Strangely, the good Doctor has not made any announcement of this fact, nor any demands.

Little does the world know that (important figure), CEO of the Endiama corporation (which owns 32.8% of the fourth largest diamond mine in the world,) has traveled to the United States to receive a heart transplant.  President Leopold Linus III has paid Dr. Apocalypse a huge sum of money to Doctor Apocalypse to shut down all air and ground traffic in the United States in an effort to prevent delivery of the heart from (somewhere across the country.)  With the death of the current CEO, President Linus III plans to:
1) Quietly replace him with an android developed by Dr. Apocalypse or FORCE
2) Replace him with someone loyal to Leo
3) Bankrupt the country of Angola and conquer it through economic/political means instead of warfare
4) All of the above

The players will be given the assignment of transporting the donor heart a long distance (the United States is approx 2200 miles across, so have fun!)  They'll probably not be informed of the identity of the recipient beyond the fact that (s)he's "...an important diplomatic visitor" or some such.  During the course of transporting the heart, they'll likely be engaged by Leo's goons and will eventually learn of Leo's interest.  Leo will not likely be present for this adventure, but can contact the players if they figure things out (ie: "You've spoiled my plans AGAIN!")  The Russians and the Chinese can also get involved to complicate things if the GM likes, since they both have a stake in the mine.

The player's failure can create quite a number of outcomes that can adversely affect Angola's economic and political stability for years to come.  Good luck!

http://www.mining-technology.com/projects/catoca-diamond-mine/
  
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Reply #86 - Dec 29th, 2014 at 5:42pm
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Great plot seed and set-up, Display Name!
  
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Thanks!  I really liked the "Coldhearted" episode!  Heck, I'm really enjoying the whole series!  I'm watching "Images" right now (episode 21) and they're in the coupe in a foreign country!
  
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Dr. Pisces is a brilliant scientist trapped in the body of a goldfish, placed inside an android body.  Attempts to regain his form have failed, and so he plans to give everyone a reason to become a fish!

He hires mercs to steal rocket components, a laser specialist, and a large ruby.  His plan is simple, using the laser he will heat the bedrock of Antarctica, melting the ice caps more quickly, raising the sea level dramatically.  The populace will flock to him to be transformed into fish!

(Whether this is something that can actually work, or just the fevered dream of a man turned fish, is up to the GM).
  
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A charity asks the heroes to donate their time and appear on their live television special. 
Is the charity one that holds views opposite one of the PCs?  If so, will he refuse to attend?
"A live television event showing the location of our arch enemies?  How can the Evil Eight not attacK?"  Villains attack en masse - shooting fish in a barrell.  If the PCs win, donations flood in, as the battle was televised.
  
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During the first day of a full moon, a motorist was attacked in his car, just outside of Campaign City Park.  A savage, rending assault that left the man torn to shreds, obviously the work of some large animal, like a bear. 

There is no bear in the Park, but rather, poor Ray Timmins maintains an office nearby, and during the full moon transforms into Wolfworg.  He will be active for the 3-5 days the moon is full, attempting to kill anyone he can find near the park. 

Police and hunters are no match for his ferocity.  When the PCs show up, Wolfworg will emply hit and run tactics as much as possible, fleeing to avoid capture.
  
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A plant based villain, (devices designed around a plant theme) contacts the PCs:

"Months ago I was recruited by a few other plant based supers into the Verdant League.  We are bent on preventing man's destruction of nature.  Perhaps you've heard of our work in Brazil?"
She clears her throat, "We've had a good couple of months down there, spiking trees and ruining tractors."  Cough. "But recently the group has developed a desire to become something more radical.  One of the villains has an absolute hatred for mankind and just recently said she had perfected a poison that would kill humans but leave plants and animals untouched."  Clears throat, coughs, "They have been discussing it's widespread use.  But I'm human!  This is just a suit!  They supposedly have an antidote for themselves, but I'm a people person!"  Cough.  "Could I get a glass of water?  My hope is you can stop them."

Suddenly she gags, and her chest swells and her body bursts, releasing a creature composed of vegetation! 

The plant creature assaults the PCs.  They are able to find information as to the location of the base within the smart phone of the deceased plant girl.

The Verdant Legion are based in the Jungles of Brazil.  The weapon is being mass produced by the villains, growing giant puffballs to use in spreading the poison.  Spread by the wind, the poison cloud could cover the Earth in 2 weeks.   

"Fool's!  You are too late to stop us!  Already our first puffballs are being taken up the mountain for release!  You cannot stop us!"   Perhaps a puffball or two are released and must be hunted down and destroyed. 

(I have a number of plant based villains in my campaign, but Shilleagh and Black Orchid from the books would work.  Even a corrupt Evergreen?  I love this idea especially for the goofiness of the world being threatened by giant puffballs.)
  
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Reply #92 - Dec 30th, 2014 at 1:35pm
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These are cool.  I like the first and last ones, especially!
  
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Phrennzy wrote on Dec 30th, 2014 at 12:39pm:
Dr. Pisces is a brilliant scientist trapped in the body of a goldfish, placed inside an android body.  Attempts to regain his form have failed, and so he plans to give everyone a reason to become a fish!

He hires mercs to steal rocket components, a laser specialist, and a large ruby.  His plan is simple, using the laser he will heat the bedrock of Antarctica, melting the ice caps more quickly, raising the sea level dramatically.  The populace will flock to him to be transformed into fish!

(Whether this is something that can actually work, or just the fevered dream of a man turned fish, is up to the GM). 


What if it turned out that this was the reason for all global warming?  Shocked
  
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Reply #94 - Dec 31st, 2014 at 1:52pm
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Some of these are rather nice.

The plant one and Dr Fishbowl especially.

Not hyper keen on the Motivator one... Especially the perverse DrA angle. But it actually had merit otherwise and I did something similar... Though mine included my/inspired villain Magnet Man in the mix.

Great ideas though... Excellent imagination
  

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What I like about the Fish guy is melting all that ice would "only" raise sea level about 200 feet but then would cause so much cold fresh water to enter the Gulf Stream it an Ice Age would ensue. Hope Fish guy is a salt water variety Smiley
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It's interesting how different people's interpretations can be of the exact same character!?

Given her powers COMBINED with her high-order intelligence/charisma I've always seen her as a completely overwhelming force: she can listen to the players thoughts from literally a half-mile away and Mind Control from slightly over a third of a mile away.  That's why I've always interpreted her as largely uninvolved except for very specific goals.

I've seen your hints that you see Dr. Frost as being much more evil and would love to see how you use her!
  
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Ranger wrote on Dec 31st, 2014 at 6:45pm:
What I like about the Fish guy is melting all that ice would "only" raise sea level about 200 feet but then would cause so much cold fresh water to enter the Gulf Stream it an Ice Age would ensue. Hope Fish guy is a salt water variety Smiley


Are you referring to the Arctic?

Historically, the Antarctic was believed to be ice-free, so Phrennzy's plot seed can take an unexpected turn:
http://www.ancientdestructions.com/piri-reis-map-of-antarctica/

Lost civilizations, ancient evils frozen in the wastes, etc.
  
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Oh I like that  Smiley
  

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This is the fantastic artwork upon which I based Dr. Pisces and his diabolical plan!
  

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I love Dr. Pisces.  I was thinking of a variation of him inspired from the comic Godland.  Anyone ever read that?
  

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I showed my husband the picture of Dr. Pisces and he asked if it was Klaus from American Dad! 

I hadn't planned it, but I think the good doctor just got himself a German Accent!
  
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Meanwhile...

As it turns out, Headhunter decided not to get involved in the Island of Doctor Apocalypse.  There was no strategic value in participating.  He merely bided his time and used his Bishop level clearance to access Doctor Apocalypse's island when things quieted down.  CHESS had come and gone, and the entrance to the strange temple excavation has been "sealed" with evidence tape pending further investigation.  But the tape was cut as soon as the last CHESS agent was gone.  Headhunter smiled and entered the temple.

Noting the mummified remains in the center of the chamber, his attention was drawn immediately to his right when he heard his daughter laughing.  Wait!  Not Otinka's daughter!  Otinka had no children!  It was Dr. Bells' GRANDdaughter!  Suspecting a trap, his curiosity nevertheless won out as he approached the sarcophagus.  As he gazed upon the skeletal remains, he could not believe his good fortune!  Powerful beings with their heads simply left behind!  He would enslave four of them!  But not yet.  For now, he would only use one.

Unfortunately, his axe broke while chopping the neck of the creature.  Oh, well.  It's not as if he were helpless.  He still had great power from the skulls he already possessed.  But now he would have even more.  Setting Dr. Bells' skull aside, he placed the new skull over his head.

Screams echoed from the temple into the valley the entire night.  It was clear to those who heard that the sound wasn't entirely human.

As the sun rose, a figure emerged from the temple.  The figure was an amalgam of a human and a ten foot tall creature with some sort with horns.  The creature had a skeletal appearance.  The power from Headhunter's skulls had been completely absorbed.  The creature roared as it leapt into the sky and flew away with a sonic boom.

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Dr. Pietor Apoucalos, presumed asleep in his prison cell, is suddenly heard screaming horribly.  The screaming continues for hours before a doctor is finally called in to see him.  The players are contacted and informed of Dr. Apoucalos' behavior, which includes screaming bloody murder, claiming that "they" were coming and that he could no longer stop them, etc.  Inexplicably, his gem no longer works.  But since the prison will not release his power dampeners under any circumstances no one knows that yet.

So what now?
The creature has all of Headhunter's powers and the powers of the skulls he was carrying at the time.  It also has the power that the gem no longer gives to Dr. Apocalypse.  The creature's goal is to "encourage" Doctor Apoucalos to finish the ritual.  This can be problematic because the creature will not be resurrected like the rest of it's comrades (GM's option.)
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Reply #103 - Aug 20th, 2015 at 1:03pm
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Great idea, DNCool
  
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Reply #104 - Aug 20th, 2015 at 7:57pm
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That's a bad beat for Headhunter, and justly deserved.  Hopefully if/when he is separated from the entity, he's destroyed, or vastly underpowered.
  
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