[UA] Some Practical Concerns

[Saul]

The way I've done it is to work out a trigger event for each player (in
collaboration with them), and then build my plot up from those triggers.
That way, the characters already have a ready-made stake in the strangeness
that ensues.

Saul

"Unknown Armies -- A Roleplaying Game of Power and Weird Hairiness"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rayburn, Russell E." <RERayburn at Columbus.gov>
To: "'The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing List'" <ua at lists.unknown-armies.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 8:42 AM
Subject: RE: [UA] Some Practical Concerns


> Getting players clued in does seem tough.  Some scenario seeds:
>
> *The players are at an AA meeting ( supporting a friend if they drink )
when
> a charged up dipsomancer is carried in by his irate spouse.  Hilarity
> ensues.  After clearing the wreckage, the players should ( yeah, this is
> where it gets tricky ) talk to the dipsomancer, asking how the hell he did
> all that.  He mentions magic, players express disbelief, dipsomancer
> introduces players to epideromancer to show them Really Freaky Shit.  Yet
> more hilarity ensues.
>
> *The players are construction workers.  They have lunch together at the
> Clown.  While they're all working on the 7th floor of a new building, a
> number of girders give way.  Rather than plunging to their death, the
> players float effortlessly to the ground while experiencing a tingling
> sensation.  Recalling their common denominator ( lunch ) they head back to
> the Clown.  After some hilarity, they meet the local max attack rep (
> although probably not at the same time ).  GM's call if the Sleepers show
> up.
>
> Although as I write this the examples feel like trigger events where there
> is someone around to ask questions of.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce MacMonkey McSpade [mailto:greatbuthulhu at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 8:48 AM
> To: ua at lists.unknown-armies.com
> Subject: Re: [UA] Some Practical Concerns
>
>
>
> The development of a scenario where the clueless can become tuned in would
> be a good possibility for a a group of newbies.  I agree with both of you.
> It IS hard to clue new players in AND doing it through the judicious use
of
> information (or experience gleaned from NPC's in the know) is a great way
to
>
> do it.  I love street level campaigns and a typical mystery with just the
> right amount of wierdness can go a long way.  The film "Run Lola Run" is
> agreat excample of this (or as I like to call it Lola in Three Persons).
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