DrC

Re: Secret Agents/Danger International One-Shot Help On MI you had your central team(Mastermind, fem fatal, strongman/thug, and gadget/mechanic/black person who can sacrifice himself in case something goes wrong ;)AND/OR additional specialist choose specifically for the mission(George Takei was an IMF agent in one episode – I believe he was a fabulous virologist, but I cannot recall exactly. No matter what, he was fabulous!) - so based upon a rough outline of the mission certain specialty and skills would be more likely (IE is the mission is in a middle-eastern country a working knowledge of Arabic, or maybe Farsi,would be a plus). Fun ideas might include: The group is composed of regular intelligence officers rather than '00' level field agents. Could be an embassy listening post or something. Your security specialist could be actually a marine, your computer specialists a contract/civilian. It would make it much harder on the players, but could be fun. The real bonus here is your secondary skill/hobby packages could be really varied and useful (like a computer geek who races cars on the weekend, the cross-dressing cos-player with skills in disguise and tailoring, and even the weekend blacksmith who makes metal sculptures from old car parts). Set it in a different era. Maybe theyare English agents in Spain during the time of the Armada (or theFrench Revolution – go go Scarlet Pimpernel); the Tzars agentsworking in the Kaisers Germany as the October revolution rolls overRussia, maybe even Roman agents in Carthage (Or Greek spies in Troy). A list of common espionage tropes can be found here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EspionageTropes Have to tap in here for the Martial Arts – check out my favorite – Pankration! Its brutal, lacks finesse, and leaves opponents broken or dead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pankration Hope I have been of some help. BKB/DrC.