Adventure idea: The Idiot King's war on drugs

[Houston GM]

This is an abridged version of an adventure that I just ran for my group.

 

Theme: The Idiot King is apalled by the "drug culture" of modern society, and decides to do something about it. Of course, he's targeting the major offender ... legal drugs.

 

Clues: The Idiot King is leaving "alphabet crime" type clues (A, B, C). There are also some clues that generally point back to him.

 

A. The Idiot King announces his presence by sending out packages to the group, the police, the media, etc. The package contains a bottle holding 2 tablets. The label says: "The Idiot King is on the loose. Take two and call me in the morning."

 

One tablet is an aspirin. The other is an amphaetamine that looks like an aspirin.

 

B. The Idiot King steal a case of barbiturates from the police evidence room, and replaces them with assorted birth control pills.

 

C. The police get a tip from a snitch about a cocaine shipment coming through the Coca-Cola bottling plant. The police bust in to find Coke ... but only the kind you drink.

 

D. The regional DEA office is sent 4 cases of diet pills "for destruction and disposal". My group was nice enough to mention that this was a prank, so the pills were harmless, so precautions weren't really necessary. This is how the hapless DEA agent discovered that the outside of the bottles were coated with a mixture of DMSO and Demarol.

 

E. The local paramedics have an emergency down at Escapade (a popular dance club). A few dozen of the patrons have severe diarrhea and dehydration. Since Escapade does not have that many restrooms, the club is now a smelly mess due to the people who can't stop soiling themselves.

 

What happened? The Idiot King sent his henchmen to mug the clubs resident Ecstasy dealers. The dealers think the muggers got their wad, but not their stash. But the henchmen grabbed both, and substituted in Ex-Lax pills (yes, it is available in pill form too) which were modified to look like Ecstasy.

 

If your group is bright, they'll notice that the legal drug was much more damaging than the illegal drug.

 

F. The Idiot King attempts to frame the group by sending a story to the local Fox news affiliate alleging that a few of the PC's have been abusing Fentanyl (a prescription narcotic). If any of the group has been recently hospitalized for injuries, it's conceivable that they were actually prescribed them.

 

In addition, the Idiot King has duped the Dept. of Public Works into installing a filter onto the water main leading into the group's base. The filter removes the flouride from the water and replaces it with Fentanyl. (Good luck passing a drug test now.)

 

Do any of the heroes have a name beginning with the letter F? When the police come to search for the Fentanyl, they will find some in that hero's belongings ... in a bottle of Fiber-All.

 

By this time my group was anticipating the Idiot King's moves enough to undo most of this before it happened.

 

G. The police sex crimes division notices a tie between a new case and the Idiot King.

 

Some graduate students had been hosting weekly parties in which they drugged co-eds with GHB (the date-rape drug). The Idiot King sent in a female agent of his to mess up their plans.

 

She found the bottles of GHB they were using that night and swapped them with identical bottles of glucose. After spending a little time at the party, she called the police and accused the guys of groping her. (They had, since they thought she was affected by GHB.)

 

The police arrive on the scene and find several other women who are willing to back up the agent's claims. In addition, one of the grad students is in a bedroom raping an unconcious co-ed. (He thought the GHB knocked her out, but she's actually a diabetic who was put in a diabetic coma by the raw glucose.)

 

I. A drug dealer gets beaten up by a dissatisfied customer because the isobutyl nitrite (Poppers) he sold were actually iodine. The dealer bought the iodine from the Idiot King, who posed as a new drug supplier.

 

What happened to letter H?

The Idiot King has made his headquarters at Himalaya USA, a manufacturer of herbal remedies. (I chose them because they're the only drug manufacturer in Houston.) By now, there should be a few clues to point the group in the right direction. The executive offices at Himalaya USA are being renovated, but behind the drop cloths, the Idiot King is running his whole prank.

 

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Obviously, you will have to modify the adventure to fit your campaign city, and you'll need to add in appropriate clues.

 

[MrWolf]

By the way, what supplement is The Idiot King *in*?

 

He's not in any of the books I have, I think...

[Houston GM]

He's 4th Ed.

 

The Idiot King is in Underworld Enemies, a 4th Ed supplement.

 

The Idiot King (Elliot Mann) suffered severe brain damage during a suicide attemt. He has an IQ of 50 ... most of the time.

 

Every so often, the Idiot King "wakes up". His intelligence elevates to a super-genius level. He gains numerous skills.

 

He also has a mad plan to wake up the rest of the world. Usually some form of twisted social commentary.

 

The Idiot King alerts all local police, heroes and media when he gets loose from the mental institution. He also drops clues along the way to help people catch him. He wants to be caught ... if you're smart enough.

 

The Idiot King prefers non-lethal attacks, but he's not overly concerned if his pranks end up killing someone.

 

When in his "genius" phase, the Idiot King wears a mask that covers his entire head. If this is removed and he sees a reflection of his face, he reverts to his "brain damaged" self.