March 2010 Adventure Design Challenge - The Offbeat Adventure

[torchwolf]

March 2010 Adventure Design Challenge - The Offbeat Adventure

March kicks off the HERO Forums monthly Adventure Design Challenge (a few days late).

The idea was to ask everyone what they wanted to see, since we changed the deadline (Challenge starts now, and will run for two months) – so we put up a poll to see what people would like to see.

 

 

Theme for this Challenge is build an adventure that takes place in an offbeat genre.This means that the general premise should be one of the genres suggested (though you can use that just as backdrop if you like, as long as there's mainly guns in a western, etc.). It can be any subject.

 

You can create a comedy adventure, an epic quest, a psychodrama, a monster-hunting scenario, a rescue mission, a mystery to be solved, or anything you like

 

– just sign up at the Monthly Adventures Design Group and start writing.

 

 

Genres to pick from (if you hate those, just blame me personally

):

 

 

 

• Champions – Horror Rock Star Hero featuring Superpowers! (gadgets optional)
  

 

• Fantasy Hero – Film Noir Detective Story Hero with Dungeons! (dragons optional)
  

 

• Pulp Hero – Insanity Hero at the Asylum – Institutionalized! (lobotomies optional)
  

 

• Star Hero – Space Opera / Pulp SF at intergalactic level with Teen Spacers! (babysitting optional)
  

 

• Western Hero – Mustangs and Dinosaurs post-apocalyptic Western (radioactive mutants optional)
  

 

 

 

Genre, Subject, Setting & Power Level

For the March 2010 challenge, any setting, subject or power level is acceptable, as long as you use one of the suggested offbeat genres. Just make sure you note the following information;

 

1. Which version of HERO you are writing for. We really don't mind if you want to write for Champions 1st edition if that is what you are comfortable with. If you are writing for Sidekick (5E) or the HERO System Basic Rulebook (6E), mention that as well.
   
2. What the expected point totals for the characters are and the breakdown of base points versus Disadvantages/Complications.
   
3. The specific genre you're writing in, the setting used (unless you include it) and the era (Champions – Vibora Bay – 1961, for example)
   
4. An example entry might read: is a Superheroic level adventure set on the Moon, using the HERO 6E rules. Characters will be built on the Standard Superhero points and guidelines as outlined in the HERO 6E1 book.
   

Other Guidelines

It is a good idea to follow established HERO standards. When writing up spells, for example, using one of the established magic systems from Turakian Age, Valdorian Age, or Atlantean Age would make it easier for the reader to identify with. If you don't have these resources available or just want to use another system, that is ok too. Just make sure that you provide enough information about how the system works to allow a perspective GM to run it.

 

Maps, pre-generated characters, artwork and other goodies are welcome, but not necessary.

 

If you have any questions, feel free to post them over at the Monthly Adventure Design Group.

 

 

Submissions and Voting

Start the submission process by posting a message over at the Monthly Adventure Design Group. From there you can use your HERO Forums blog to create a development journal. On the final submission date, post an RTF (rich text file) or PDF of your submission to your Monthly Adventure Design Group post (the one you started at the beginning of the Challenge). A new thread will be created in the HERO System General Discussion with a Poll containing all of the entries for that Challenge.

 

The HERO Forum community will choose the winner by popular vote. The winner will get to choose the next upcoming theme and general guidelines. We want to share the opportunity to pick new themes, so if one person wins two Challenges in a row, the runner up on the second Challenge will get to choose the following Challenge's theme.

 

 

 

 

 

Deadline: April 23, 2010. The voting poll will then close on April 30, 2010 at 2359 hours PST.

 

 

 

some more info on Monthly Challenges:

 

 

February 2010 Adventure Design Challenge - The Valentines Day Adventure

 

is still running, until March 22, so you may still contribute to that if you want to.

 

 

 

The voting poll for the subject of March's Challenge is actually still open

- you can still vote on subjects and comment there if you'd like:

 

March 2010 Adventure Design Challenge - What Do *You* Want To See?

[Nolgroth]

Re: March 2010 Adventure Design Challenge - The Offbeat Adventure

 

Cool. Interesting. Let me see what I can come up with.