Results 1 to 11 of 11
Thread: Teen drama threats
-
2015-08-15, 08:48 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2013
Teen drama threats
so, a bit of a prefix, im running a game of supernatural teen drama, and I know my players well enough to know that PvP won't really be enough to fill the game, so im designing antagonists to divide and threaten them
I'm looking for threats/ menaces for my group, it consists of a fae (fickle, promise oriented fairy), a vampire (just what it says on the tin), a queen (the ambiguosly supernatural leader of the biggest, most popular gang/clique in school) , and an as-of-yet undecided fourth player (who I know well enough to know she almost certainly won't play the chosen (masochistic, darkness obsessed monster hunter) or mortal (codependant muggle who is in to deep), i kinda expect the infernal (Black magician with a demonic patron, who s/he is indebted to), ghoul( came back wrong), or witch (see vampire))
so far, i have one menace kinda set out, with two threats
The hunters (Abigail, Joseph, Christopher, and Monica)
A group of students who have banded together under the tutelage of Mr. Silas to try to destroy the supernatural. (yeah, they've watched too much buffy)
Craving: Notoriety (lash out and provoke reaction)
Offering: Inclusion (show them what they’re missing)
Capacity: Sudden Violence (outright kill someone they love)
Mr. Silas
The schools world history teacher, who is moonlighting as a monster hunter, and has begun systematically hunting down the supernatural elements of the town
Craving: Transcendence (enlist others to do unethical bidding)
Offering: Support (save their skin at a vital moment) or Power (shower them with outlandish gifts)
Capacity: Cold Betrayal (turn their friends against them)
are there any other good menaces to include, I thought that a group of monster hunters would make a good threat (historical footnote, they're actually a former group from a game of MotW, sans the summoned, as he didn't really fit) but I'm trying to think of threats specifically for the queen and fae.my AMAZINF avatar by ceika
-
2015-08-16, 07:57 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2007
- Location
- Lancaster, UK
Re: Teen drama threats
Am I right in thinking Silas is going to betray them as part of his own schemes?
-
2015-08-16, 09:22 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2013
-
2015-08-16, 09:28 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2014
-
2015-08-16, 09:36 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2013
-
2015-08-16, 09:58 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Sep 2005
- Location
- GI Joe Headquarters
- Gender
Re: Teen drama threats
providing the obvious high school stereotypes:
Name: TBD
Role: The school’s nurse
Cravings: knowledge (wishes to experiment on the “interesting” subjects of the school to learn more about them)
Offering: Healing and character power ups (is happy to give them healing potions (medication) and bandage up wounds… for a price)
Capacity: switch old abilities out with new ones (as she experiments on her subjects, she learns how to alter and change them, manipulating their abilities)
role:Biff Tannen
role: The school bully
Craving: power over people (hassle and bully characters, take their lunch money, terrorize them, you get the idea)
Offering: a minion (biff isn’t smart, and his aggression can be directed if one is charismatic or sneaky enough to point his wrath in the right direction).
Capacity: powerful fighter (biff is a formidable fighter, able to wreck entire groups by himself.)
[edit:]
typing comprehension.Last edited by TheThan; 2015-08-16 at 11:11 AM.
-
2015-08-16, 10:23 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Aug 2013
Re: Teen drama threats
Interesting. Well, let's get all school structure up in here:
Name: Principal Martin
Role: Principal, Headmaster, The Man
Craving: Order, authority, obedience. Principal Martin wants a school with orderly, obedient students, clean hallways, and followed schedules.
Offering: Status. Those who are on Principal Martin's good side enjoy flexibility in their class schedules, positions on student council or hallway patrol, and even access to free period options.
Capacity: Status. Principal Martin can ruin a person's academic or social standing with a word. He controls suspensions, expulsions, and calling home to talk to your parents.
Alternative Option:
Name: Principal Martin, aka Marutel
Role: Principal, Demon
Craving: Suffering. Marutel has created an environment perfectly conducive to the suffering and trauma of the weak and vulnerable. Everything he does will be in pursuit of that aim.
Offering: Status. Those who assist Marutel are rewarded. He isn't above nepotism.
Capacity: Emotional Torture. Marutel has a substantial capacity for causing strife, grief, humiliation and anguish, and employs it freely.
Name: Mrs. Kensington
Role: Head of the PTA
Craving: Respect, authority. Mrs. Kensington is not a happy woman, and vents her frustrations by attempting to control the school faculty and student body. She quickly takes a fondness to anyone who shows her the deference to which she feels entitled.
Offering: Influence. The PTA is able to Get Things Done in school, due to Mrs. Kensington's influence over faculty decisions.
Capacity: Diversion. Although not powerful in her own right, the PTA's involvement can derail almost any plan.My headache medicine has a little "Ex" inscribed on the pill. It's not a brand name; it's an indicator that it works inside an Anti-Magic Field.
Blue text means sarcasm. Purple text means evil. White text is invisible.
My signature got too big for its britches. So now it's over here!
-
2015-08-16, 10:53 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Apr 2014
- Gender
-
2015-08-16, 10:56 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2013
-
2015-08-16, 12:20 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Aug 2013
- Location
- Shield Lands (GMT -5)
- Gender
Re: Teen drama threats
On a different note, if you're worried about having enough people for your PCs to bounce off of to create conflict, make sure you do the seating chart (as per p. 136) at the start of your first session. If you ask good leading questions, the players will create their own NPC conflicts, which allows you to plan a little less and may even give you some ideas about what kind of stuff they're interested in for the game.
Contest Medals
SpoilerAyesha: Gold, Junkyard Wars I
The Last Warder: Silver, Junkyard Wars IV
Princess Pufflebutt: Silver, Junkyard Wars VII
Gren Beastclaws: Silver, Junkyard Wars VIII
Mother Halfbreed: Silver, Iron Chef Home Cooking I
Vathoa Frostspeaker Kualavoaka: Gold, Junkyard Wars IX
Sanna Blackfish: Bronze, Villainous Competition II
Annabelle: Gold, Villainous Competition IV
Nulara of the Evil Eye: Gold, Villainous Competition IX
-
2015-08-16, 02:02 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Apr 2014
- Gender
Re: Teen drama threats