Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Strangers to the Jade Oath

I decided I wanted to write a new free adventure for Jade Oath, that could be played using 3.x OGL system.   

So I went to one of my favorite places 

Not In Kansas

The PCs are minding their own business and find themselves transported to a strange place. They must figure out where they are, why they are there and how to escape. 

    Common Twists & Themes: They were brought there specifically to help someone in trouble. They were brought there by accident, as a by-product of something strange and secret. Some of the PCs' enemies were transported along with them (or separately), and now they have a new battleground, and innocents to convince which guys are the good guys. 



I will write this on a micro scale, probably an isolated village, maybe even and Island as I don't want to make a mistake about how the Lands of the Jade Oath should be. I know I will want to make this primarily a location based set of encounters, and mix in a few event based encounters based on what the PCs do. 

I know that I am going to mine some Wuxia Tropes: Evil chancellor, Lady of War, Arrogant Kung Fu guy, Martial pacifict, Rebellious princess, Honor Before Reason, Magnificent Bastard, Zen Survivor/Deadpan snarker, The Dragon, a ghost story. amongst others

Looking at what I have above I think the reason the PCs are brought there is something strange and secret.  I think I will also go look at my Dragon #298 and mine that for some tropes.

Your welcome to suggest possible ideas for this adventure.

2 comments:

LMPjr007 said...

I sugeest you watch "The Kid with the Golden Arm" befor eyou start.

Unknown said...

I have seen it, its bascily an escort mission with a quirky miniboss squad. You are right in that it hits all of the Wuxia tropes nail on and is a fun movie to watch.