Replanting 5E Plot Seeds

[Kirby]

[unless otherwise noted, all NPCs can be found in Conquerors, Killers, and Crooks. AA = Arcane Adversaries; CU = Champions Universe; CW = Champions Worldwide, MC = Millennium City; EfH = Enemies for Hire (4th Ed)]

 

THE HUGE PLOT:

Mechassassin and Steel Commando (CU) both have plot seeds about working with each other and Lazer. Hazard (MC) might as well be added for completion. Taipan's (CW) main plot seed is escaping.

Plot event: For unknown reasons, the four super-mercenaries attack the Australian prison, then proceed to revive and release Taipan. All disappear without a trace.

 

Scorpia (Eurostar) has a plot seed where she discovers Mentalla's (Eurostar) mental manipulations and uses the PCs by leaking information to them about Mentalla that could lead to the PCs discovering Mentalla's secret ID and current location. Mentalla has a plot seed where she and Menton play a "wargame" using Millennium City to battle each other. (Mentalla also has a seed where she's subtly informing the PCs that Dr. Destroyer is about to begin another conquest; this might be a tie-in, perhaps Scorpia informing the PCs that Mentalla is providing the truthful clues.) Menton has a plot seed publicly helping Eurostar attack northern Italy.

 

Plot event: Menton and Mentalla begin having their wargame in Millennium City (or the PCs' city). Scorpia informs the PCs of Mentalla's activities piecemeal. OPTION: Mentalla discovers Destroyer is preparing to launch an assault from a location in northern Italy, informing the PCs. Menton decides to relocate their wargame to northern Italy. One way or another (conscious, attention-seeking, government influence, GM clue bat, etc.) the PCs go to Italy (either to stop Destroyer, Eurostar or both).

 

Big plot interdiction: Eurostar is making a "public appearance" causing mayhem and destruction (either searching for or fighting against Destroyer and troops or doing their own plan). [if fighting Destroyer, Eurostar should also have a plethora of grunts helping.] From out of "nowhere," Taipan shows up and fights/kills a member of Eurostar and will attempt to kill all of them. As members of Eurostar start to respond to Taipan's ambush, Hazard, Lazer, Mechassassin, and Steel Commando begin to attack Eurostar as well (competing with Taipan for the most kills). [if you like to overcomplicate things as I do, include Ack-Ack McCleary and Ronin (EfH). Ack-Ack would probably go after mooks or injured Eurostar members, Ronin would go after Mentalla.) Whom do the heroes "help" or whom do they go after to apprehend first?

 

Complications: Who paid to have Taipan released and for the group to attack Eurostar? Was it Dr. Destroyer? Menton? A wealthy NPC hero who feared Eurostar so much that he (anonymously) wanted them eliminated once and for all? VIPER [VIPER has their same-named sourcebook]? Mechassassin and Lazer both have plot seeds involving being hired by Holocaust; could this be it or a variation of it? Holocaust has a plot seed that begins with him and Gravitar having a brief affair. Later they break up, but what if part of their affair is to eliminate Eurostar? OPTIONAL: If including Destroyer, Gravitar incidently has a plot seed where she calls Destroyer a weakling and keeps defeating Destroyer's attacks. FURTHER OPTION: Destroyer has a plot seed of killing the PCs DNPC and other figures and replacing them with robot duplicates and begins to ruin their reputation. How badly do the PCs want revenge while this is happening?

 

Final cruelty: Menton and Ultrasonique (Eurostar) both have plot seeds involving their powers and other dimensions; Menton in particular contacting Istvatha V'han, while Ultrasonique for opening a gateway to another dimension. What if these have intrigued the Empress and she launches an experimental expiditionary attack from the dimension Ultrasonique opened and possibly a flanking maneuver from the dimension through which Menton contacted her?

 

 

NEW PLOT:

Hazard and Steel Commando both have seeds where they are each hired to kill a PC. Why not do this simultaneously? Is it the same PC? Do they compete or cooperate? Is it the same employer or different ones?

 

 

IMPEACHMENT PLOT:

Masquerade and Lazer both have White House related plots. Masquerade seems to be impersonating the president and a Lazer impersonator just assassinated the vice-president; Lazer wants to clear his "good name." Is Masquerade behind both? In addition, Mechassassin has a plot seed where someone is impersonating him, which could be combined, maybe an attempt by Masquerade (or its employer?) to eliminate them for some reason (mercenary rivalry?).

 

 

KILLER PLOT:

Thunderbird has three plots that could be used (wife looking for him, he's killed an NPC hero, PCs need to find the villain they know he's after). Witchfinder (AA) has one where supernatural evil creatures come begging the PCs for protection and will disavow their ways if the PCs stop Witchfinder. Thunderbird and Witchfinder are currently after the same mystical supervillian (even worse, they're working together). What if they're after Devil Dog (DEMON) and he has his plot seed "Where the heck am - OOOF!" take place?

Complication: Either a mystic PC or heroic mystic NPC (such as Witchcraft - Champions) have been wrongly accused of committing a crime and is currently hiding from authorities. The PCs need to hurry!

 

 

 

So, has anyone else combined plot seeds from multiple NPCs to create one story, or is this just me?