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Phantom GM's Challenge: END OF THE WORLD! Scenarios for CHAMPIONS


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Greetings Heroes and Heroines of Champions!

The Phantom GM spooking to you with a challenge for your super PCs in your campaign.

recently I've been studying the RPGs by Fantasy Flight games, the makers of the STAR WARS RPG books currently on sale. This game is called  THE END OF THE WORLD, rpgs in which your PCs face many apocalyspe events threatening the world at large ,the objective is to [a] fight the forces with active resistance till you beat it back and mankind survives or the event happens and you survive the aftermath with either your souls intact or changed by the event. There are three books detailing the events in different modes;

 

 WRATH OF THE GODS : The Earth is under assault by

[1] Nature run wild[GAEA'S Revenge],

[2] The Gods of Norse myth[RAGNAROK]

[3]The monster God of the Mayans[RETURN OF QUETZALCOATAL],

events as foretold by the BIBLE [ REVELATION]

And the creatures from the Cthulu Mythos [THAT IS NOT DEAD]  

 

ALIEN INVASION: Yes, your classic invasion from space scenarios including:

The little green[or grey ]men from Mars AND their enemies the Red monsters from beyond. [WAR BETWEEN WORLDS]

The Reptillian aliens from ancient times [bROTHERHOOD OF BABYLON]

Remember the plant creatures from INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS[VISAGES]

Assault by giant insects [Ants to be exact] [sKITTER]

How about the ancient forces of Atlantis?[RISING TIDES]

 

ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE : Ahh yes! who can forget the old standby from many classic movies and TV shows [WALKING DEAD anyone?]

We have your classic zombie attack influenced  by voodoo possession [IT ENDS WITH A WHISPER]

OR being rejected from the underworld [NO ROOM IN HELL]

OR a radioactive meteorite[NIGHT OF THE METEOR]

OR A parasite underground [UNDER THE SKIN]

OR an outright pandemic[PANDEMIC]

 

Here's the Phantom's Challenge: Select the scenario and run it into your campaign for ideas look for the following books in your local library or go online to: http://fantasyflightgames.com  to buy the books that I've mentioned. 

Give your PC heroes more than they can handle with these scenarios from the End of The World RPG.

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The single most terrifying doomsday scenario I've encountered in all the pop culture is the amnesia wave. Everyone on earth instantly forgets everything beyond the most basic things total societal breakdown as everyone forgets how to do their jobs who these people they are with are where they live. No transport no technology no communication s failing infrastructure no agriculture those that survive desperately trying to recreate their personal history from the remnants and literally rebuilding civilization despite being surrounding by a fully functional civilization.

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One more disturbing one alien virus 100% lethality but a 5 year gestation period once that was clear you'd probably experience a pretty total societal collapse what happens when no one has anything to lose.

 

John Barnes Daybreak series has a interesting premise a what might be a memetic virus that co-opts other belief systems and uses them to exterminate humanity.

 

Eco-terrorists release tailored bacteria/nanotech that eat petrochemicals and consume conductors with an electrical current running through them. neo-nazis target distribution infrastructure. Libertarians promote a culture of returning to feudalism etc. While the government desperately tries to keep functioning despite a loss of most of the tools of a modern state. All the while people find them selves being brainwashed by the Daybreak meme.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive_51_(novel)

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A Sound Track For Your zombie Apocalypse Get Off My Hearse.

 

https://youtu.be/xlFZJMg_2yM

 

Of course there is the classic wake up and everyone else is just gone.

 

Or you could mix up your undead apocalypse with vampires instead of zombies see stake land or I am legend (the original version). Safe In the day but fear the night.

 

 

I started watching The last day

a Spanish horror movie (currently available on Netflix) where the premise is if you step outside you die the main characters are all trapped in their office block.

 

And if you are interested in the concept of super heroes in a zombie apocalypse try Peter Clines excellent Ex-Heroes series.

 

Peter Clines other novel 14 is A lost like mystery about preventing an apocalypse .

 

Case Nightmare Green from Charles Stross excellent Laundry Novels Where The Barriers between Worlds Are weakend By the sheer volume of Human minds and elder things are returning to consume all the energy in the universe. Superheroes/villains start manifesting as the day approaches as spontaneous manifestations of magic.

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