Shadowrun
Shadowrun Play => Gamemasters' Lounge => Topic started by: blunt on <09-19-15/0505:32>
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New GM here. In fact I haven't even played much, so I can barely put together an Outline of how a mission is supposed to go.
I would like this mission to go more sideways, with less Quest, and more paranoia.
(Easter Island is one of the most Magical places on the planet. Rating 12, +12 dice to all Manipulation spells. Background count!
More so than Disney land, because there are actual ley lines going there.
Tourism, is heavily restricted. No weapons are allowed on the island.)
Hello my friends! I'm "Trope" Johnson.
So sit, let me spin you a tale of intrigue, and see if you like to buy what I'm selling.
Pitch 1, the Bait!
Easter Island, has been under the control of the Neo-net group for the last 45+ years. Who knew they were Christian?
887 Moai Giant heads have been excavated, and they now stand 10' to 33' tall.
All but 53 of the 887 moai known to date were carved from tuff (a compressed volcanic ash) from a
Volcanic Crater Rano Raraku."
Oral histories recount how various people used divine power to command the statues to walk.
The earliest accounts say a king named Tuu Ku Ihu moved them with the help of the god Makemake,
while later stories tell of a woman who lived alone on the mountain ordering them about at her will."
Recent Chilean Earthquakes, have uncovered, deep wells of Mana,
And rumors have it that the Ley Lines, are markers in a way, and
you can follow them, thru the mana wells, and that some may take you beyond the Astral planes."
NeoNet is well known for their matrix operations, successful based on that of imitation of nature.
So the more they learn about the planes, the more Complex, and shall we say, vortex like the
matrix will become. )
Pitch 2 the intrigue!
"Now a days, People only, live, in the Matrix, and they aren't born there. But if
Neonet uncovers a mana well with enough power to bridge the gap between Real world, and Astral,
People could be born in the Astral, and thus that could be replicated to the matrix.
There are some ancient shamanic traditions that state people, incarnate in this life, from the beyond.
In that way, we are only living in a matrix, waiting to wake up.
If and, When that bridge gets placed...people can pass beyond, and pass beyond incarnation, essentially being Immortal.
Very much like the spirits they summon.
How much would you pay for immortality?
From a simple thought experiment, if a Pregnant mother enters hot sim VR, and gives birth online, does she birth a code?
No, of course not.
But do that same thought experiment in the depths of the Foundation, in a host, and yes....yes she births a code. Because it is natural there.
In the foundation, that same mother, is the code.
The phrase "As above, so below." is the original phrase, the foundation if you will, of Hermetic mages.
If Neonet, is too successful, even rumored to be successful, this will lead down a slippery slope to the golden
mac-guffin known as the dream of Immortality.
I don't want to over sell it, and say you are saving the world. But you are solving a problem before it becomes a problem.
I need you to sabotage that mana well. Make it look like a natural disaster. And prevent them from even thinking about what they might tap into.
Secondly, you are to Abscond with one of those MOAI statues, and get it on Hovercraft at a certain time of night."
Pitch 3, the swing!
"Now I just wanted to be clear? Did you buy that? Or would you prefer, infiltrate a megacorporations private base, commit some larceny,
and blow things to hell?"
Actual contract: You are to Seal or destroy a major manawell on Easter Island.
You are to secure a 10'+ MOHAI head from Easter Island, secure it to a hovercraft,
and spirit it away to a buyer in Vina Del Mar, Chile.
Conflicts: Puzzle of Logistics of travel and evac. 2,200 miles off the coast of Chile, which just had a major earthquake.
Sealing the well,
X+1 Neonet mages where X = party size.
Securing a (F10 Free spirit, Earth Elemental of MOAI statue)
Epilogue:
(Eventually, runners receive a E-Post card, of their Earth Elemental MOAI statue friend on a youfeed video, with the pop up music,
"All the birds sing words and the flowers croon
In the Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Tiki Room")
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Interesting. Consider, however, that NeoNET has only existed for the past decade, and that the main individuals that were part of Fuchi (before NeoNET before Novatech) that would have been interested are now part of Shiawase and Renraku. I believe that canon has Renraku being the AAA most interested in Easter Island, having ties and some major influence in Chile; there are also indicators that Easter Island is actually a great dragon lair, and Severely Off-Limits. If going by your 'woman on the mountain' legend, I'd call it Arleesh, and playing Poo On The Doorstep in her front yard ain't something ya wanna do.
It's an interesting idea, though.
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This module, sounds more like a clever way to preach religion, than a shadowrun mod.
It needs the umph, "of oh no, something is going to kill us."