Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Adventure seeds for Oriental Arcana:

Your part of the royal court, there is politics, and betrayals floating all around the Jade throne, this is punctuated by battles featuring big hulky brocade wearing brutes mowing down peasant soldiers by the thousands with their flashy attacks.

A girl has decided to run away from her arranged marriage, the Big Damn Heroes can help her or hunt her down and bring her back to her family, You can make the man she loves the Big Bad or the man she is to marry either way it’s bad for the Big Damn Heroes.

The eunuch advisor is deceiving the little boy prince, having him banish good officials, leading to widespread corruption, this is causing a the rise of the rebellion do the Big Damn Heroes support it or help suppress it, What happens when the princes elite guards over react, and then the little prince disappears and the a jade mandarin wants answers.

A warlord has risen up in a rebellious province, folks attempt to recruit the Big Damn Heroes to assassinate him or raise an army to defeat him on the field of battle. Politics, loyalty, and betrayals abound as they recruit an army or seek entrance to the Warlords council.

The Imperial Seal Loss of this magical symbol of authority always causes a curse of civil war to descend upon the land. They are asking the Big Damn Heroes to get it back or maybe someone hires them to steal it.

The spirit of a wrongfully accused and executed man is haunting the local castle, a mystery arises around who could have framed the man and arranged his execution. The heroes must beware for a magnificent bastard lurks within this court and could be the local lord himself.

A great battle has been lost and a great horde now approaches destroying and pillaging everything in its path, there is safety at the local city but it can only house so many. The Governor has barred the gates. The Big Damn heroes must open the gates or keep them closed.

A very talented and young general has suppressed rebellions, defeated warlords, and saved the country, ye t The Jade Mandarin fears he could become a warlord he has decided to investigate him and if a threat is found, he will be assassinated. The big damn heroes are the assassins or the bodyguards, and no one knows how loyal he really is.

The Big Damn Heroes are brought in or uncover a plot to lure the Jade Mandarin out of the palace to see a potential new bride said to be the most beautiful women in the land, she will say she wants the wedding right there, problem is she really falls in love with the Jade Mandarin at first sight, so that he can be killed away from the seat of his power, the PCs must help or prevent the conspirators.

That Badass whom all the other rivals for the kingdoms fear, has died. If word of his death reaches the rivals civil war will result, the Big Damn Heroes must come up with an answer, as no one else can be trusted to know about the death.

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