My friends have gotten to a point where role-playing to them is fun in small doses, but they don't seem to be able to handle any long story arcs. For instance, in D&D they can remember what they are trying to do for three weeks or so and then they start to get confused and annoyed. So what I have decided to do is start a Champions game based on the Exiles comic book.
For anyone not familiar with the Exiles (or the much more evil incarnation Weapon X), are a rotating group of time displaced superpowered individual who are shifted to an alternate earth every few issues with some vague idea of what they are to do. Some examples of recent missions are:
1. Sent to the time when The Fantastic Four were created and "make sure no one dies" while that Earth's Thing goes on a homicidal rage.
2. Help defeat the Hulk while he is rampaging through Canada.
3. Help the last vestiges of the Earth's population defeat the Phalanx Virus (Warlock type creatures).
4. Kill the Avengers (on this world they were run by Iron Fist and were basically Heroes for Hire).
The characters are often familiar but changed slightly (Thunderbird as a Horseman of Apocalypse), characters that are long dead (Colossus is in Weapon X, Morph and Blink are both dead in "our" world), or a surprisng Amalgam (Nocturne is the daughter of Nightcrawler and the Scarlet Witch).
I would like suggestions on some adventures to create for my friends, thanks!
