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��The Modern Dispatch 100 Adventure Seeds By Charles Rice, Chris Van Deelen, Jerry Blakemore, Preston P. DuBose, Trey Gorden, TC Largent, Ed Wetterman, Phil Reed, Walter Ciechanowski Further Ideas: If the mesmerized student dies 12 to Midnight s Adventure from combat, and he later rises to become a true zombie. Use the Zombie stat block from Chapter 8 Seeds (25) Friends and Foes of the d20 Modern Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook. 1. Cool! VooDoo! [Creatures/Unique #100 Item] 2. Mold [Science] College students find and purchase a shrunken head A mysterious white mold appears to be creeping at Pinebox Pawn. One of the students reads up on through the town. It appears both indoors and out, Content Manager: voodoo as part of his Introduction to Paranormal and is seemingly impossible to kill. Even bleach Studies class. The textbook discusses how shrunken does not affect it. It grows on anything in which it Charles Rice, Chris Davis heads are used by some cultures in ceremonies to touches, such as walls, lawns, vehicles, clothes and Layout: create zombies. While the kid does not believe what now skin. While its health effects are still unknown, Chris Davis he reads, he does love a good prank. the CDC is ready to quarinteen the entire town. Did He arranges to try out the night-time ceremony the mold originate from a South American botanical with some friends in an isolated location like a shipment, a research lab right here in town, or park. They carry out the ceremony to transform even the museum display of meteorite fragments? the prankster s accomplice into a zombie with then The answer could be important, since one of the intention of scaring a gullible friend they brought just characters starts growing a white patch on his leg. for the occasion. Everyone thinks it is funny until the zombie student falls to the floor momentarily 3. Chain Letter. [Supernatural] unconscious. The heroes receive an old fashioned chain letter While the made-up ritual did not make the Requires the use of the d20 Modern Roleplaying in their postal mail. The letter states that it should accomplice a zombie, it did deeply hypnotize him. Game, published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. be copied and mailed to 15 other people. Doing so He now follows the prankster s orders, starting results in a blessing or boon, but should the letter be with his exclaimation Well kick my head and call d20 Modern and Wizards of the Coast are thrown away then the sender claims the reader will be me a football . This is roughly when the heroes trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. in the cursed. There is no addressee on the envelope and the stumble upon the strange scene. Once the prankster United States and other countries and are used letter has been typed and is not signed. is knocked out, the mesmerized young man proceeds with permission. d20 System and the d20 For once, this letter is real. If the letter is thrown to fight everyone with which he comes into contact. System logo are trademarks of Wizards of the away then the character is cursed. The curse results in Use the stats for a Crime Lab Technician (Smart/ Coast, Inc. and are used according to the terms a -2 modifier to all attacks and saving throws. It also Dedicated Ordinary) from Chapter 8 Friends and of the d20 System License version 6.0. A copy affects physical skill checks at -2 except when taking Foes of the d20 Modern Roleplaying Game Core of this License can be found at www.wizards. 10 or 20. Rulebook. The affects of the ceremony wear off when com/d20. Characters who copy and mail the letters receive a an hour passes or the victim is rendered unconscious. 100 Adventure Seeds Page 1 The Modern Dispatch small blessing, such as a once-per-adventure bonus freed and the trap is forever broken. 5. Mirror, Mirror. [Unique Item] for attacks, saving throws, or skill checks. Further Ideas: The excitement level can be A hero comes into possession of a 19th century oval Further Ideas: Instead of the heroes receiving cranked up by having a demon show up within the mirror supported by a stand that reaches six feet such a letter, they are hired or asked by someone circle at midnight. He is looking for a little take out. tall. A rod midway up the stand allows the mirror else to trace the source of the chain mail. Or, instead to swivel. The mirror could be an inheritance or of being cursed the hero becomes the source of a purchased an antique emporium. 7. The Stigmata Diabola. demon s displeasure. The mirror seems normal until first time the rays [Supernatural] of the full moon touch its surface. When anyone After defeating a demonic power or a cult, one of the looks in the mirror under those circumstances, he is 4. Lost and Found. [Creatures] heroes is slowly stricken with the Stigmata Diabola. filled with an irrational fear. If the GM is using 12 to The heroes lose an item while on an adventure and During the course of several gaming sessions, the Midnight s Fear Effects then this invokes a Horror are directed to the lost and found. The employee/staff hero experiences hellish nightmares and awakens check as a great fright. A successful save leaves the person could care less what they take and leaves them drenched in sweat and screaming. He constantly feels hero merely with a sense of great wrongness. This to their rummaging through the piles of forgotten as if he is being watched and the GM should play affect only occurs in the light of the full moon. belongings. Heroes who Search for their item have a up this paranoia by requiring random Spot checks. Further Ideas: The GM could use this to intiate 50% chance of finding a pale, dismembered human Eventually, a large black spot appears on his chest a trip through the looking glass. Play an adventure hand. This is a minor spook if you are using 12 to over the heart. It is not cancerous and looks like a backwards or sideways. Midnight s Fear Effects. birthmark. Even as the heroes try to understand what Should a brave hero decide to touch the hand, it is happening, the character s fingertips begin to bleed attempts a grapple at -3. The hand (Dimunitive [-8], 6. Stuck. [Supernatural] and his nails grow and become razor sharp. He gains Str 18, BAB +1) provokes no attack of opportunity While investigating in another adventure, the heroes Darkvision (Ex) 60 feet, and his skin becomes very as if with the Improved Grapple feat and deals lethal enter an abandoned building such as an old house, tough, similar to leather giving him a Natural Armor damage as if with the Improved Unarmed Strike feat. warehouse, or derelect classroom. While inside, they bonus of +1. If the attack fails then the hand falls back into the notice a pentagram drawn on the floor. Other than the A Knowledge (arcane lore) check (DC 20) reveals pile of lost items atop the heroes missing item. It pentagram, they see no other signs of the occult. that the character is being slowly possessed by the opens and closes into a fist several times before going Should a character step inside the circle, he must demon Azhur. The heroes have roughly 72 hours limp again. The hand reanimates any time a character immediately make a Will save (DC 15) or be trapped to prevent their friend from being permanently touches it. within. Nothing the hero does (such as digging, possessed. A normal exorcism is not enough to drive A successful opposed strength check removes the climbing, or trying to smear the circle) allow him the demon away. The heroes must seek out a mythical hand, which could latch on to anyone touching it to escape. He remains until he starves to death or holy relic such as a Holy Shard of the True Cross or during the removal process. While the hand remains someone finds him. If he carries anything on him, Escalnate s Cross, and a priest willing to perform the attached to a person, it interferes with the ability to like a backpack, those items are stuck as well. ancient Rite of Diabola Exorcism. use both arms. Two-handed weapons are out of the If the hero has a cellular phone or walkie talkie, he Further Ideas: Have the possessed hero make question. If this is the individual s strong hand it may communicate outside the circle and call for help. Will saves (DC 10) and increasing the difficulty by might be difficult to do simple things such as writing Note that the circle can hold four small or medium +1 (cumulative) every time he faces a stressful or or tying shoes. sized creatures. That means help (or the family dog) dangerous situation. If failed, Azhur takes temporary Further Ideas: The hand could follow its victim could get trapped if they are not careful. control of the hero and may do as he wishes for the after it has been removed. The hand never sleeps. It The only way to break the pentagram is by pouring next 1d20 rounds (use appropriate Demonic stats moves 12 during a turn. A magical sense leads the a flask of holy water over its surface. Once this or create your own). Azhor is truly chaotic evil and hand to its victim. happens the smell of brimstone feels the air and attempts to hurt anyone he comes in contact with. lightning claps in the distance. Anyone trapped is 100 Adventure Seeds Page 2 The Modern Dispatch 8. The Stigmata Diabola Version 2. 10. I Love this Band! [Alien Life] 12. In the Eye of Misfortune [Unique A new band has been playing locally and is gaining [Supernatural] Item] great popularity. Their venues continue to get larger This seed plays as above, except the person When the heroes eat a meal at a Chinese restaurant, and larger and the fan base is rabidly fanatic. The possessed is a friend s child. The friend seeks out the everyone at the table is presented with a fortune band is Swamp Fever, and the lead singer is a human- heroes for their aid in stopping the possession. When cookie. The majority of the guests receive a generic Grey alien hybrid, though he looks like a normal first investigated, the child already has the Sigmata fortune which amounts to a prosaic saying such as: human. He uses telepathic and empathic powers Diabola on his chest, and the heroes may watch in it is always darkest before the dawn or a thousand to control the crowds through a type of hypnotic horror as the fingernails grow into razor-like claws mile journey begins with a single step . However, one suggestion. He is looking to start his own Cult of and cause the fingers to bleed. character receives a very different fortune that offers Personality and considers himself to be above the Further Ideas: Have the heroes experience an ominous forecast for the future. The exact nature law. Can the heroes realize what he is up to and stop poltergeist manifestations in the child s home as the of the fortune is left up to the GM, but it should be him? demon and the spirits he controls make their presence something alarming, such as You will be betrayed Further Ideas: The lead singer wants to get attract known. by someone close to you , Your enemies are uniting followers so he can use them to summon a greater against you , or You are being watched . Above all, evil entity from another plane of existence. the fortune should be true. 9. Hormonal Experiments [Science] This seed takes place on the campus of East Texas 11. Marked [Unique Item] University, though any university campus will 13. Nectar of the Space Gods [Alien One of the heroes recives an odd, plain postcard. do. Attraction, a subsidiary company of Borden Life] The only thing written on it is an address to a Chemicals, produces a line of men s cologne and An intelligent alien race has sent a probe to study downtown warehouse and a routing number. Further targets the young adult age group. Borden scientists life-bearing planets in this portion of the galaxy. investigation leads the character to a warehouse have discovered a new way to include human sex Several months ago the probe landed near the small containing several hundred boxes and a small crew of pheremones in the cologne and are giving away free community of Beefield Bluff, where it spent a few workers. Upon presenting the card with the number, samples on campus. The cologne has a rugged, manly hours taking soil and plant samples. It then launched the foreman retrieves a small wooden box. The box smell that is pleasant and not overbearing, so the itself into space and continued its search for other is made of a dark wood and intricately carved with cash-strapped young men eagerly take the samples. life-sustaining planets. The whole operation was details of a forest scene. Borden has hired several people to note any done with the utmost stealth and none of the local Opening the box reveals a large crystal, roughly the changes among the student body in interpersonal population knew that anything out of the ordinary had size of a baseball. The crystal is magical and attuned relationships. They are hoping that the new cologne occurred. to the hero, so that as he stares into it he sees snippet will be very attractive to women. It is. Too much so. In order to avoid cross-contamination between visions of the future, though they are generally vague. In fact, the pheromones are too powerful and different worlds, the probe was originally equipped The crystal may be used for several adventures, the young women at the university are not only with disinfection mechanisms to sterilize any portion but the more the hero uses it, the more he unwittingly attracted to the men wearing the cologne, but become of the craft that might come in contact with alien draws the attention of a supernatural entity and opens extremely territorial. Suddenly many young women environments. Unfortunately, the mechanism in the himself up to possession (5% cumulative chance). are getting arrested for fighting, attacking the men craft s landing gear has malfunctioned. As a result, Further Ideas: The mysterious individual who and other women in jealous fits of rage. Men also some of the alien plant spores that accumulated on gifted the crystal to the character now wants it back. become more violent to other men wearing the the craft at its last planetfall have been deposited at cologne. the landing site on Earth. Against all odds, one of Further Ideas: This seed works especially well if those spores proved viable and an alien plant has now one of the heroes has an NPC girlfriend. taken root in the woods near Beefield Bluff. 100 Adventure Seeds Page 3 The Modern Dispatch Beefield Bluff is a small community with a was able to become a multi-millionaire by his mid- any kind; however, bows and throwing stars are fair population of around sixty people. In addition to forties. Now in his golden years, Kelfinch has retired game. residential homes the community also boasts a small and spends his spare time doing charity work. convenience store, gas station, and caf�. The majority Recently, an international news agency conducted 16. Come With Me If You Want to Live of the population is employed outside the community an interview with Kelfinch in honor of his work [Crime/Mystery] in neighboring towns but make money on the side fighting global hunger. The interview generated Young women are disappearing from the area, and by raising bees and selling their honey and wax at worldwide interest in him and his various charities. the culprit is a handsome man who claims to be a carnivals and flea markets. Almost a quarter of the Shortly thereafter, his close friends and relatives spy. He approaches women and warns them that they homes in the community have domestic beehives began to be horribly murdered, one by one. are the victims of mistaken identity and have been in their backyards. Unfortunately for the people of The famous interview was conducted in his targeted for asassination by a competing government. Beefield Bluff, their honeybees have been harvesting private study. The study s walls are cluttered with After a seemingly life-threatening incident, the nectar from the alien blooms--resulting in a bizarre memorabilia from Kelfinch s past: family photos, women willingly allow themselves to be swept up new blend of honey. sports trophies, paintings, antique pottery, and items into adventure& and are never seen again. The new honey is very sweet and highly addictive, from his military service. Amongst this diverse and practically all of the townsfolk have been tainted backdrop, an old battered katana (samurai sword) by it. The exact characteristics of the honey are left is clearly seen on the wall behind the interviewing 17. Co-Nanna the Librarian [Crime] up to the GM. reporter. The sword was a souvenir of a particularly While doing research in a public library, one or more terrifying battle in the Pacific in which Kelfinch of the characters runs afoul of the librarian, Nanna retrieved the weapon from a dead Japanese officer Smith. To all appearances, Nanna appears to be an 14. Nectar of the Space Gods [Alien after his squad barely repelled a bloody charge. average blue-haired old lady relieving the boredom Life] Unbeknownst to Kelfinch (or the Imperial Japanese of her retirement years by volunteering to work in This is a variation of the previous adventure seed. Navy at the time), the dead officer was secretly a her local library. She can often be found at the local Events unfold exactly as stated above, except that the high-ranking member of a sinister ninja death cult. coffee shop, sitting and talking to passers-by as she alien plant is actually sentient. Although immobile, The cult survived the war and some of its current knits sweaters for the poor. However, beneath that the plant mentally controls the townsfolk who have members saw the interview and recognized the pleasant, friendly exterior lies the heart of a bitter old consumed the tainted honey. At the GM s discretion, sword. The weapon has great mystical significance to harpy who feels that the world has wronged her. the plant may also be controlling the bees as well. the cult and they want it back. Not content to simply In her youth, Nanna was a ravishing beauty who Destroying the alien plant is a difficult task indeed steal the sword, they have decided to take revenge broke the hearts of all the men in a twenty mile when one is forced to simultaneously defend against by murdering Kelfinch s entire family before killing radius. She quickly met and married the man of her coordinated attacks by crazed townsfolk and swarms him and retrieving the sword. Currently, the cult is dreams, who promptly decided to become a full time of angry bees. preparing to move on Kelfinch mansion itself. unemployed alcoholic. A notorious shrew, Nanna The cult is willing to send waves of ninjas to attack enthusiastically spent the next thirty-five years the mansion if necessary. Each team of cultists is led 15. Sword Hunters [Crime] hectoring him without mercy. Never noted for having by a master and several acolytes. All cult members The heroes have been hired to serve as bodyguards the most stable personality, she finally snapped are very proficient with martial arts weapons and to Mr. Jonathan Kelfinch, a noted philanthropist. A completely ten years ago after her husband left her have high levels of Dexterity-related skills such as cheerful and charismatic man, Kelfinch was born to for a younger woman ( that little tart at the beer Tumbling, Move Silently and Hide in Shadows. The a penniless family in the late 1920 s. After serving emporium ). At that point, she quit reading romance master is also proficient with a katana and is likely with distinction in the Pacific Theater during World novels and started studying books on explosives, to have the Weapon Specialization feat. As a point War II, he returning to civilian life and started a series guerrilla warfare, surveillance technology, and of honor, the cult members do not utilize firearms of of businesses. Success after success followed and he psychological intimidation. She spends her spare time 100 Adventure Seeds Page 4 The Modern Dispatch throwing knives at photographs of her husband and It is highly likely that Nanna discovers many of threats become more overt and physical, but they are plotting her revenge. the characters secrets as she eavesdrops on them. In always made in such a way that it is difficult, if not As it turns out, the offending character (if male) the course of events, she may even find out who their impossible, to prove that the old man is behind them. bears an uncanny resemblance to her ex-husband in enemies are. Although it is highly unlikely that she The old man has no permit, but (even more his younger years, or (if female) bears a remarkable joins forces with them, she is not above passing along shocking and unbelievable) any bureaucrat called to resemblance to the other woman. Either way, this sensitive information to other interested parties if it investigate quickly produces a few simple papers for little old lady has developed a deep abiding hatred would cause trouble. the old man to sign. The police are concerned about of the character and has made it her life goal to snuff threats and vandalism, but do not believe that the them out like a candle. character s kindly and aged neighbor is behind such 18. Lightening [Supernatural/Weird Of course, she never lets the characters know. acts. Science] She goes out of her way to be friendly and helpful, Why is the neighbor building the fence, and how, Six recent college grads have been struck by attempting to endear herself to them while seeking given his physical condition, is he committing his lightening in the last week. They all live within a two more information about them. She attempts to acts of revenge & if he is committing them at all? mile radius, they all work in some form of banking, discover what subjects they research and is extra What mysterious force is clouding the minds of the and none are married. Ruling out coincidence, what helpful in helping them discover more information. police officers and other public servants involved is the connection behind these strange occurrences? In the meantime, she utilizes the information on their in the dispute? Perhaps the old man is not who he Possible culprits include an occultist with a score library cards (or other sources of data) to find out appears to be, perhaps he is being used as the tool to settle or a space-based weapon in the hands of a where they live. She electronically bugs the sections of some malevolent force, or perhaps he is under the desperate defense contractor. of the library where they research so she can record protection of some denizen of faerie. Answering these their conversations. As time goes on, she attempts to questions is up to the GM. bug the books they use and hack into their computers. 19. Fences Make Good Neighbors Gradually, Nana becomes more and more of a 20. Stalker [Supernatural] [Mystery] nuisance: the characters find their tires slashed A psychic claims be to stalked by a menacing A character s frail, elderly neighbor, whom the at particularly inopportune times; they discover supernatural force. Her claims are slightly more character barely knows, is building a fence on the that common household items (like toasters) have credible in light of how she has worked with police to property line between their houses. The fence is been booby-trapped to explode; they discover that solve several cold cases. Her ability seems genuine, hideous, made from uncut 4 � 8 pieces of particle- somebody has given their names and addresses out if sporadic. Could unseen agents be trying to keep board bolted onto wooden posts, and looks as though to a variety of annoying salesmen; and so on. After her from solving her most recent case? Or is this the a strong wind might knock it down. an extended period of harassment, Nanna finally tips vengeful spirit of a killer she helped capture? When approached, he is friendly enough; but, her hand and goes for the kill. If played properly, the when asked about why he is constructing the fence, frustrated characters should have no idea why nice he tries to avoid giving a straight answer. If pressed, 21. Tap, Tap, Tap [Mystery] Mrs. Smith suddenly started chucking grenades into he becomes grumpy and breaks off work to go inside A character begins waking up tired in the morning, their study booth& .. and cool off. If the character attempts to hinder the despite having slept through the night. After a night While Nanna Smith s exact statistics are left up to building of the fence in any way, physical, legal, or or two, the character becomes aware that there is a the GM, she has above average intelligence and is otherwise, bad things start happening. tapping sound pervading his dreams. This tapping is very tough for an elderly woman. She has extensive Examples include damage to the character s fairly rhythmic, but inconsistent, as though its source knowledge of explosives and electronics. Nana tends property, covert interference with essential services were a person working steadily and taking occasional to avoid hand-to-hand combat, but if unavoidable such as sewage or Internet access, strange noises at breaks of less than 30 seconds. After another night or then she has a pair of reinforced knitting needles (1d3 night, prank phone calls, and anonymous threats to two, the character begins to feel the effects of fatigue. damage). the character s friends and family. With time, the The next night, the character dreams he is exploring 100 Adventure Seeds Page 5 The Modern Dispatch an extensive underground complex in search of of the character in the portrait seems to age in his in the 5th or 6th dimensions? If so, can his equation be the source of the tapping but does not find it. After stead. used by others to bring her back? suffering under the effects of this dream for another However, that is not what the subject is likely to evening or two, he wakes suddenly one night to find notice first. Any wounds, diseases, or maladies that 25. Mayday! [Supernatural] he can still hear the tapping, though it is faint and far should affect the character affect the portrait instead. A character begins to receive, every evening, by away. While other non-physical traumas affect the character means of whatever sound-producing electronic normally, he has become, to all appearances, device he happens to have on at the time, a very physically impervious. On the other hand, nothing 22. The Cell Phone [Crime] strange, though brief, radio broadcast. The nature of that befalls the portrait ever heals or fades away. The A character finds a cell phone that has apparently the message, which never varies, is unmistakable for picture of the character grows progressively more been misplaced. If he takes it, perhaps to find the anyone with even the most rudimentary knowledge of battered and deformed as the character s rough-and- owner, he can carry if around for a little while before aviation or military matters. tumble adventuring career goes on. it rings. If he answers, he hears a gruff voice that The message is a distress signal from the crew What could the downside be? At some point, the belongs to someone who assumes the character of a military aircraft. Deeper knowledge, or a little character should come to the realization that if the is the phone s rightful owner. The speaker brooks research, reveals that those sending the signal claim portrait is ever destroyed, every physical problem no interruption, but gives the character explicit to be aboard a crippled B-17 bomber under heavy reflected in the picture will befall the character instructions for meeting and exchanging illicit goods fire during a bombing raid over Germany late in the simultaneously. There is no saving throw. If the for a large sum of money. The nature of these goods Second World War. The distress call ends with the picture has been doing its job for any significant is up to the GM, but if the character does not comply plane going down. period of time, this is likely to mean certain and with the demand, a tracking beacon in the phone A bit of in-depth research reveals that not only was immediate death. The character must either go to leads the gangsters straight to the character. the bomber in question never shot down, but all the great lengths to safeguard the portrait or discover The people with whom the character is dealing members of its crew are still alive and the plane itself some means of restoring his normal relationship to have no idea what the original owner of the phone is on display in a privately owned aviation museum the physical world and break his connection to the looks or sounds like, or even his name, and they are in the Texas Hill Country. No such distress signal was portrait before it is too late. unwilling to entertain the notion that the character is ever sent. One possible scenario is that the character s not who they think he is. Even if they are somehow In reality, German Me 262s shot the plane down enemies secretly created the portrait. They made sure convinced that the character was an innocent near the end of European operations. The pregnant the character willingly took ownership of the object bystander, he now knows too much for them to allow young wife of the turret gunner, an avid student of because that is the only way to activate it. After it him to live. the occult, was heartbroken. She prevailed upon a becomes sufficiently battered, they plan to steal it and powerful denizen of the lower planes to turn back either destroy it or use it for blackmail. time and prevent the downing of her young husband s 23. The Picture of Dorian Who? craft. [Supernatural] 24. Strings [Science/Mystery] The cost has been high. Although the men from A full-length photograph of one of the heroes A doctoral student working on cutting edge string the crew of that aircraft are subject to age, illness, surfaces. Where it comes from and how it comes theory research has vanished& in broad daylight and infirmity, injury, and all the thousand natural into play is up to the GM, but it is quite a recent witnessed by three fellow researchers. The only thing shocks that flesh is heir to, they cannot die. They picture of impressive quality, tastefully shot, and remaining is his complex equation left on the white are doomed to live forever, slowly growing more beautifully framed. If the character destroys it right board. Are her fellow researchers telling the truth, or decrepit and feeble until their bodys are little more away, nothing unusual happens. If, however, he keeps did they stage the disappearance to take credit for than sentient husks. the portrait, he notices a curious effect. As long as the his research? Did his expanding comprehension of None of them, save one, realize this yet. The girl portrait exists, the character does not age. The picture higher dimensions finally unlock to key to traveling never told anyone except her husband what she had 100 Adventure Seeds Page 6 The Modern Dispatch done, and he has kept it to himself. In fact, the years 28. Explosive Consequences [Crime] Ronin Arts Adventure Seeds have shown the former turret gunner to be capable A mad-bomber is terrorizing the city park! With of an extraordinary amount of greed and selfishness. explosives strapped to his chest and rigged to a dead- (15) Over the years, while his former brothers-in-arms man switch in his hands it s going to be hell for the have credited their longevity to luck, clean living, or heroes to take down the threat without setting off the 26. Devastating Results [Crime] blessings from the Almighty, he has taken advantage device. Worse still, the mad-bomber has handcuffed During a firefight in an urban area, a stray round of his secret deathlessness to enrich himself and himself to a small child and is threatening to kill strikes a parked car and the car instantly explodes, destroy his enemies. The nature of his career is up her if everyone doesn t back off now! How will the throwing hot metal across the entire combat scene to the GM. It could be anything from politics to heroes save the girl, those around the bomber, and and wounding all that fail to find cover. One of the organized crime, but it is clear that he has been the take down the bomber without anyone getting killed? scraps of metal left behind after the blast is marked direct and indirect cause of a great deal of suffering with a seriel number and the logo of an established in the world. 29. Gang War [Crime] weapons manufacturer. A little digging into the seriel Eventually, the characters should realize that they Rival gangs in the city, always at odds and engaging number reveals that it was one of twelve prototype can restore the timeline by destroying the bomber. in minor gunfights, have descended into a full-blown fuel-air bombs, highly explosive military devices, However, doing so will cause those men who gang war that s starting to kill innocents in the area. that were stolen several weeks ago. The company survived to cease to exist. Not only will this undo The local police, corrupt or incompetent, have been and the government have issued a reward for the the damage done by the gunner, but it will also snuff unable to squash the violence that s now entering return of the explosive devices and will pay a bounty out everything any of these men have done since that its second week. Usually the heroes wouldn t get on anyone involved in the theft. Will the heroes find night, including any children or grandchildren they involved in a gang war but this time something s the remaining bombs or have their enemies already may have. very, very different: the gangs have managed to taken possession of the weapons and are, even as we Further ideas: One of the characters is the get their hands on advanced prototype rifles. The speak, preparing to use them in an attack on the PCs grandchild of one of the crewmembers. How will weapons manufacturer has offered a reward for the headquarters or home? this affect his decision to set things right? Perhaps return of the weapons but the heroes have only a few he remembers having an older relative who was fond hours before military troops hit the city to restore of saying that the character owes his existence to the 27. Escape Attempt [Crime] order (and reclaim the weapons). If the military takes fact that his grandfather survived the war. Perhaps, A notorious criminal the heroes captured early in their control of the weapons then the manufacturer will unbeknownst to the character, this was nothing more career is being moved by rail from his current home be out millions. Can the heroes hit the gangs, collect than the relative s obsessive cover-up for the fact that a maximum security prison to a new super-max the weapons, and escape the city before the military the grandparents conceived the character s parent prison that has just opened on the outskirts of the city. declares martial law? out of wedlock before his grandfather shipped out to Through their criminal contacts the heroes learn of a Europe. How would discovering this fact affect the plot to blow the rail line, wreck the train, and free the character s decision to repair the timeline? 30. Gold into Flesh [Unique Item/ criminal so that he may once-again terrorize the city. Can the heroes stop the escape? Supernatural] Twist: The heroes need the criminal for reasons not A carnivale hits town and in the tent of oddities are exactly noble. (They need weapons or money the life-like, fleshy creatures that appear to be completely criminal hid away before his capture, they want him alive. Little demons, children, flowers . . . lots of to commit a murder for them, or almost any other statue-like monstrosities. If the heroes elect to stay non-heroic reason the players and GM can devise.) behind and investigate they ll soon capture the Can the heroes get to the criminal and snatch him exhibit s owner in the act of transforming a golden before the escape attempt goes into effect? statue into a fleshy creature. It seems that the owner 100 Adventure Seeds Page 7 The Modern Dispatch ha slocated a medallion that, when rubbed against a supernatural connection; while playing a song this game and why are the kids so fascinated by the any gold object, instantly transforms that object into their lead singer bought out of a weird little shop rulebook? a living, breathing creature that retians its original downtown the entire band goes insane, their skins shape. What the hell can be done about this mess? splitting open and revealing their skulls. Leaping 36. The Lucky Shirt [Supernatural/ Maybe it s better just to let the show leave town from the stage, the crazed rockers instantly begin Unique Item] and hope that someone else uncovers this odd little attacking the crowd, ripping off heads, eating One evening, while watching the news, the heroes sideshow. hearts, and doing anything else they can to wipe out see a report and interview with a young man that whatever fans showed up for the event. Where did was caught in the middle of a drive-by and escaped the song come from? Who wrote it? Why did it turn 31. Meat-Eating Robots on the Loose! unharmed. Eyewitness reports, and the man s own the band members into insane monsters? And who is [Weird Science] testimony, claim that bullets actually appeared to going to clean up this mess? An exhibition on robots at the local university swerve around the young man and miss him. If the features a new, unusual robot flown over from Japan PCs track him down and chat with the young man the 34. Telemarketing [Supernatural/ just for the exhibition. About six-feet tall and spider- first thing they ll notice is that he s wearing the same like in appearance, the robot s special because it Unique Item] shirt. If asked about the shirt he ll tell about finding it draws its energy from consumed raw hamburger An occultist has managed to construct a massive just a few minutes before the drive-by and insists that meat. Unfortunately for the heroes, and the attendees computer system that is linked directly to the spirit it is his new lucky shirt. Anyone capable of detecting of the exhibition, the meat-eating robot suddenly goes world. By tying the system into a bank of phones and magic will discover that more than luck is tied to the berserk, breaking free of all restraints and chasing auto-dialers, the occultist has setup a system through shirt. down the crowd meat is meat, after all. How did a which the computer can access the outside world and science project from Japan go wrong? drain life energy through the phone lines. Hundreds 37. This Pizza Tastes Weird [Crime] of people begin to fill doctors offices and waiting A new pizza delivery place opens in the rooms, complaining of insomnia combined with 32. Robbed! [Crime] neighborhood, offering cut-rate prices in an attempt intense pain and a loss of energy. How many must Returning home one of the heroes walks in to learn to establish a foothold in the neighborhood. Bizarrely, suffer, possibly even die, before the heroes learn of that, despite whatever technological or magical (if as the number of delivered pizzas continues to climb the twisted machine and take matters into their own magic even exists) protections and security devices so too does the number of reported missing persons in hands? existed in the home, he has been robbed. Was the the area. Can these two unrelated events be related? robbery a random act or did one of the PCs enemies Twist: Instead of missing, bodies are being found locate the home and steal something valuable? And 35. That Satanic Game [Supernatural/ but they re missing their internal organs. Ick. why were the security devices so easily bypassed? Unique Item] Unexpected Event: The hero walks in as the A group of teens in the neighborhood have started 38. We Can Rebuild Them [Weird robbery is taking place! playing a new fantasy roleplaying game that Science] they found in an old bookstore. Oddly enough, the A group of shadowy figures have started paying 33. Rockstar Rampage! [Crime/ game s pretty dull but for some reason the teens top dollar for fresh corpses nothing over an hour can t bring themselves to stop playing or to stop Supernatural] old! If the heroes investigate the group they ll soon reading through the big, thick rulebook. Word winds Those crazy rock n rollers, always playing that uncover a subterranean laboratory in which corpses its way through the grapevine until the heroes learn satanic music and corrupting the youth of America. are brought back to life and controlled through of a friend of a friend s kid, once an honor student This time it seems that an amateur band has computer-assisted remote operating systems. Who are and now a miserable failure in school, that has taken placed their hands on some music that really has these mad scientists and what are they doing raising a his life while playing the game. What, exactly, is 100 Adventure Seeds Page 8 The Modern Dispatch remote-controlled army in the depths of the city? the scientists before they provide the terrorists with Border Patrol and is sniping Mexicans illegally Twist: These aren t mad scientists at work, this is the enough zombie rounds to turn Manhattan into a city crossing the border. U.S. military! Now what will the PCs do? of the undead? 42. Dark Avenger [Pulp] 39. Why Does it Keep Beeping? A PC s reputation is about to take a turn for the Adamant Entertainment worse. This Man of Mystery is about to go on a [Unique Item/Alien Life] killing spree, drilling judges and police officers. Aventure Seeds (10) A dependent or friend of the heroes comes to them Unfortunately, the PC has no idea what is going on, one day with a question: What is this? It seems that as he is not the killer. A local mob boss has hired a the dependent or friend, while camping in a nearby 41. Feeding Grounds [Pulp/Horror] hit man to dress as the Man of Mystery and eliminate forest, found a metallic object about the size and A progressive Senator has created a new social some troublesome civil servants. shape of a small computer laptop. Solid black in program to get the homeless off the urban streets. So The imposter is able to approximate the Man of color, without any indentifying markings or writing, far, it is being tested in a major city. Volunteers man Mystery s physical prowess and gear, but he does not the object weighs a lot more than it should about local soup kitchens that also provide job-training have the brains or personality of the original. He also 200 lbs. and won t stop beeping. Beep. Beep. Beep. programs. The homeless are given new assignments lacks a moral code and will mow down innocents Once every second the object emits a low, difficult and bussed to locations throughout the state where if they are in his way. Anyone performing a Sense to hear beep. When the object s owners aliends major corporations offer to subsidize their housing Motive check when speaking with the imposter will from another world come looking for the item it needs. discover the ruse. shouldn t take long for the heroes to realize that it s A local reporter (perhaps one of the PCs or a The Dark Avenger will eventually kidnap someone the black box from a downed flying saucer. Does friendly NPC) has been noticing strange anomalies close to the real Man of Mystery in order to draw him that mean that a crashed UFO is hidden somewhere with the program. Some of the homeless seem out and eliminate him, leaving the imposter to fill his in the forest? to be disappearing after they are trained. They shoes. simply never make it to their locations. Worse, the paperwork seems to deny that these people even 40. Zombies? Again? [Weird Science/ 43. The Devil s Radio Show [Horror] exist. Further research (Gather Information at DC Crime] This adventure hook can take place in the pulp 20) indicates that the missing people lack relatives. The heroes hear rumors of a new weapon capable of era, the modern era, or anything in between. A The head of the project, Milton Sharpe, continues to destabilizing the DNA of a target and reducing the charismatic late night radio show host, Angela deny that there is anything wrong. When someone targeted individual to a mindless, almost animal-like Darque, introduces a segment on her program called snoops around too much, local mobsters are paid state. Further rumors tell of the weapon s ability to For what would you sell your soul? She plays off to encourage them to stop snooping. Local corrdode the cellular structure of a target, causing the it for laughs, offering to fulfill the wishes of the government isn t much help, as the program is target s body to breakdown and rapidly decompose. most entertaining submissions. These prizes range popular and keeps undesirables off the streets. Investigation into the rumors reveals that it is not a anywhere from a new car to a vacation to a date with In truth, Milton Sharpe is the thrall of a vampire. weapon that causes these horrible effects but, rather, an unattainable person. All that is required is that the He chooses appropriate candidates and arranges for a new type of ammo load commonly referred to as winner signs a contract, all in good fun, of course, to a special bus to take them to the vampire s lair (an the zombie round. What s worse is that a terrorist legitimize the trade. abandoned factory or mansion in the wilderness organization has kidnapped the team of scientists While Darque Night was a popular radio program, outside the city). Business has been so good that that created the ammo and it is only a matter of it was pulled off the air after a month due to the vampire is starting to make progeny. If he isn t time before the terrorists have zombie rounds in objections from community leaders for bad taste stopped, many more homeless people will die. their possession. Can the heroes locate and rescue (these objections will be more vociferous in a pulp Modern Spin: The vampire controls part of the era campaign). Since the last broadcast, no one has 100 Adventure Seeds Page 9 The Modern Dispatch seen or heard from Angela Darque. Only a dozen to crack the case. Unfortunately, she doesn t know cornered the real white lion, allowing for the Noble prizes were handed out. Oddly, the hosting radio where her sister is either. Savage and friends to defeat them. station has no idea where Darque got the money from In truth, Film Director/Producer Clive Harrison for the prizes (and stranger, it never occurred to them owed the mob a great deal of money on gambling 46. Chrome Wars [Superhero] to ask while she was working for them). A Gather debts. While Clive hoped to pay them with profits The Arranger, a supervillain genius with a nervous Information check (DC 20) reveals that not only from the serial, the Mob Boss got tired of waiting. disorder, has designed robots to carry out missions has Darque disappeared, but that she never existed. Lacey Hartman was known as Clive s girlfriend. but is unable to operate them herself. She solves this There are no records of her birth, schooling, or This was a sham. Rex was actually Clive s lover, a problem by infiltrating Chrome Wars, a popular residences. She doesn t even have pay stubs, as she fact that was kept concealed from the general public. cyberpunk MMORPG. She creates special missions was paid in cash. The Mob Boss hoped that kidnapping Lacey would for various players to resolve that parallel the needs The creepiest matter is the contract that the winners force Clive to pay up. Rex unexpectedly got in the of her current clients. A player could join a mission signed. In fine print, Angela Darque has promised to way and tried to be a hero, which got him drilled. to steal a painting from a private collector, never collect their souls a year from the signing. A year has Now the Mob is holding Lacey until Clive pays up. realizing that he is, in reality, guiding a robot that passed since Albert Cardwell won a Chrysler Airflow; Can the PC detectives get to the bottom of this? commits a similar crime. he was discovered sitting in his car in the bottom of a The operators of Chrome Wars are fully aware river. Two days later, Laura Michaels, who d won a 45. Curse of the White Lion [Pulp] that someone is manipulating their program, but date with her boss, died in a bizarre hunting accident This adventure works best with a PC Ace Reporter they aren t interested in stopping it. The Arranger s where a bullet managed to fly through her window and Noble Savage (or a foreign and native character, avatar in the game, a trenchcoated woman with and killed her while she slept. There are ten more respectively). The setting is Africa, although glowing blue eyes known only as Blue, has become potential victims, unless the PCs can stop her. changing the type of cat will enable the adventure to a cyberlegend. It s good for business. The operators A Research check at DC 30 (with a Knowledge be played in other exotic locales around the world. have no idea of the full extent of the Arranger s (arcane lore) synergy bonus) will reveal that Darque The basics are these: an unscrupulous businessman methods. is a demon. Only she has the power to revoke the wants to capture a fabled white lion in order to bring This hook can be used in a variety of ways. A PC contracts, if she can be summoned in time. Of course it back to America for an exhibit. Unfortunately, the (or an associate) could be playing the game, only she will want something in return for her trouble& lion is sacred to a local tribe. The businessman tries to discover similarities with a recent crime. The Complication: A friend or relative of a PC is one of to buy them out. When that doesn t work, he gasses Arranger may wish to kidnap a former player of the the winners. If the PCs don t act quickly, then he or them (using WWI phosgene). An Ace Reporter, game in order to force her to continue playing. The she will die at the appointed time. taken along to chronicle the journey, flees in a pang Arranger may send a hit squad after any player that of conscience. She stumbles upon the Noble Savage, scrubbed a mission. 44. The Domino Caper [Pulp/Noir] who protects her while stopping the businessman and Rex Ryder, a macho B-Movie actor currently playing his Big Game Hunter from stealing the White Lion. 47. Back to the Cold War [Superhero the Red Avenger in a superhero serial, is found Once the businessman realizes that the Noble or Espionage Confrontation] dead in a studio back lot with a bouquet of flowers Savage is on his trail, he will order the Big Game Bald Eagle, American Girl, Dr. Democracy. These next to him. The only clue to his death is the fact that Hunter to kill him. The Big Game Hunter sets a trap golden age heroes and others inspired generations of his beautiful costar, Lacey Hartman, was seen leaving for the Noble Savage. He has painted a regular lion superheroes after them. They fought for America s the studio late. Unfortunately, the popular Miss white and wounded it, using it as bait to draw the interests during World War II and the Cold War Hartman has disappeared. Noble Savage in. Once the Noble Savage gets close, that followed. And then one day in 1962, they The PC Private Investigator receives a visit from the trap is sprung. disappeared. Millie Hartman, the younger sister of the starlet. She The climax of this adventure should occur when During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the American believes that her sister is innocent and wants the PC the businessman and the Big Game Hunter have 100 Adventure Seeds Page 10 The Modern Dispatch military asked these patriotic heroes to fly a new 48. March of the Steel Soldier [Pulp/ 50. Air Rescue! [Pulp] stealth craft to Asia. Their mission: to sabotage and The small, mountainous, Middle European nation of Modern/Superhero] destroy Soviet and Chinese units and bases in an Varonia is in the midst of a civil war between two An inventor (or mad scientist) believes that he has attempt to foment a war between them. Hopefully rival cousins. Unfortunately, a vacationing actress come up with the ultimate battlefield weapon: a robot this would make communism splinter and pave the was kidnapped by one of them and held in a castle in soldier. The robot is being tested on a military base way for true democracy. order to make propaganda films. Adventurer PCs are one rainy evening when a stray lightning bolt hits the The stealth craft disappeared somewhere in the hired (or requested or ordered) to retrieve her. This robot, scrambling its circuits and making it believe Pacific. The military believed that the engines failed will require flying into a warring nation, finding a it is really in battle. The robot calmly dispatches the somehow, but no sign of the craft was ever found. safe place to land, and climbing a sheer mountain to scientists and breaks out of the base, heading for the Officially, it did not exist, and only a small research get to the castle. nearest town to secure. team was created to investigate it, a team that was Unfortunately, the adventure gets more The robot should be outfitted with cutting edge disbanded during the military cutbacks in the 1990s. complicated. The actress host has decided to take technology for the genre (a pulp robot might be The American government covered the disappearance her aboard his rigid airship in order to make a film. armed with a gatling gun, while a modern robot of the heroes, claiming that they retired and wished to The PCs will have to climb back down the mountain, might have a particle beam). It believes that all live secret, normal lives. evade capture, and pilot their airplanes toward the targets should be considered hostile (Ironically, this Throughout all this time, the stealth craft and airship. A squadron of fighter planes guards the was a scenario the military insisted on programming the missing heroes were the subjects of conspiracy airship. The PCs will have to find a way to board for insertion and disruption behind enemy lines). theorists and bloggers. They were still watching the the airship, extract the actress, and escape a floating The only way to stop the robot is to destroy it. The Pacific long after the military gave up. airship. It s all in a day s work. deceased creator may have notes on a weakness in a Today, the craft has reappeared, continuing on notebook or laptop. its mission. The engines worked too well, having pushed the craft past the time barrier. The crew is RPGObjects Adventure Seeds unaware that time has past, and they are operating 49. Marked Man [Pulp/Noir] (50) under radio silence. It s doubtful they would listen to An infamous hit man has come to town in order to any communist tricks anyway. They are about to eliminate a few rivals of a particularly nasty mob land on the frontier of China and Russia and carry out boss. Unfortunately, the hit man happens to greatly 51. Black Gold Hostage [Military] a decades old order. resemble one of the PCs. The PC first becomes A group of terrorists have seized an oil rig in the Gulf The PCs have received information from blogger aware of this as he is in the wrong place at the wrong of Mexico. They re threatening to open the pipes and friends that a Cold War craft has reappeared. The US time, passing an outdoor caf� where his doppelganger create the largest oil slick in recorded history if their Government is in a panic. Can the PC superheroes is enjoying his lunch. Suddenly, a car pulls around demands are not met. The PCs, depending on their intercept and stop the mission before it s too late? the corner and Tommy-gun fire is sprayed at the PC! abilities are tasked either with a covert assault that Can they face their old inspirational heroes and The mobster even yells at him by name! neutralizes the terrorists before they have a chance defeat them? What desperate measures will the US As bad luck would have it, the real hit man hears to carry out their threat (for combat oriented groups), Government take to abort the mission and cover it this exchange and quietly slips away. He wants to negotiation (for more subtle groups) or even a deep up? use this to his advantage. The best way to do that is sea dive to prevent them from dumping the oil (for Espionage Version: Take off the spandex and make to kill the PC himself. After all, if the mob thinks groups with a lot of technical skill). the patriotic heroes a legendary elite squad of secret he s dead, then it will be that much easier for him to agents. The PCs are the current agents. complete his job. Can the PCs keep their heads down long enough to take down the true killer? 100 Adventure Seeds Page 11 The Modern Dispatch a sufficient level of super-science and/or magic) killer; a rogue scientist harvesting organs; alien 52. Call of the Road [Horror/ attempt to divert the wave. abduction; a cult worshipping an elder god that is Suspense] attempting to gain power from their dark master. Long haul truckers with no history of drug problems, 55. Rag Tag [Nature/Survival] mental instability or marriage difficulties have Continuing from The Wave (or any situation which 58. The Benefactor [Suspense] been leaving on their runs and never coming home. leads the PCs to be stranded at sea or on an island), The PCs are approached by a mysterious stranger They re also disappearing with their trucks and the PCs are attempting to make it to shore in the who claims he works for a very wealthy and loads. The loads are of varying kinds from snack hastily repaired fishing vessels (or trying to repair the influential man, who wishes to be known only as foods to electronics to frozen meats. Depending devastated island) when they are attacked by pirates. The Benefactor . He has been watching the PCs for on the campaign and the GM s whim, the cause of It s up to the PCs to attempt to defend their weak and some time and has decided they are worthy of his aid the disappearances could be any of the following: helpless charges against a well-armed foe. (note that this works whether or not the PCs are the a brutal ring of hijackers who have decided the good guys, the Benefactor could be a villain as easily best course of action is to eliminate all witnesses; as a hero). a pack of werewolves have decided to expand their 56. Long Haul [Suspense] He offers the PCs something valuable to assist numbers; aliens have been abducting the truckers The PCs are approached by a mysterious stranger and them in their efforts, perhaps an expensive vehicle and experimenting on them, then returning them to asked to deliver a package. He offers a surprisingly or a selection of extensive weapons. All he asks Earth, except this leaves the truckers suffering from high amount of money for this delivery, half up front in return is that when his associate brings certain amnesia. and half on delivery at an address provided. The job opportunities the PCs way that they look into delivery is from New York to Los Angeles and must them and decide if the missions appeal to them. The be conducted by ground. The PCs are not allowed to 53. Firebird [Unexplained missions will be in keeping with whatever brought attempt to move the package by air. If they open the the PCs to the Benefactor s attention (heroic or Phenomena] package, the person asking them to make the delivery villainous) and if the PCs perform these missions The PCs investigate an unexplained series of lights in claims he will know and that they will not be paid. often and well, the Benefactor will provide them with the night sky over the American desert. Is it a UFO? Assuming the PCs accept the assignment, they even more equipment or even a base of operations. An experimental government aircraft? Or a mystical have a long distance to travel and will be pursued portal opening to another world? Whatever it is, by powerful opponents attempting to procure the the government is determined to stop anyone from package the entire way. Some possible contents 59. Operation Summer School finding out. for the package (should the PCs decide to see what [Military/Espionage] they re risking their lives for): a vampire s (still The PCs are told they are attending a foreign beating) heart, a vial of alien blood, or a mysterious 54. The Wave [Nature/Survival] language seminar in Europe. Depending on what the ancient crystal. While on vacation on a remote island, an earthquake PCs do this could be the military (in which case the Worse, when the PCs arrive at their destination occurs in the deep ocean, raising a massive tidal wave offer will not be optional), a company the PCs work (assuming they attempt to complete their mission), hurtling toward the PCs location. Will they be heroes for or the PCs could even be told they won a contest. they will find their contact is dead. and save as many of the inhabitants as possible? Or The PCs are told the seminar is a cultural exchange, will they declare it every person for themselves and with them learning about the languages and cultures steal the fastest means off the island. The PCs could 57. Streets of blood [Horror/ of Europe while their European classmates learn find and reinforce caves on the island for shelter, about the languages and cultures of Europe. Suspense] repair the large number of old fishing junkers in Once the PCs arrive they will learn that the People have been disappearing. The cause of the harbor to increase the number of survivors that program is indeed an exchange, but between the CIA these disappearances depends on the nature of the make it off the island or even (if the campaign has and the KGB, along with the American and Russian campaign and could be any of the following: a serial 100 Adventure Seeds Page 12 The Modern Dispatch militaries. If the PCs are not part of a military or step up and be heroes (the nature of the campaign 63. The Pack [Horror] covert group themselves, they will either be offered and the PCs will let the GM know which way is The leader of a local neo-Nazi group has contracted training as agents or asked to assist to provide right for his players- are they usually proactive- or lycanthropy and has infected the rest of his gang. He cover stories (perhaps jobs) for agents to further the do they need a nudge). Depending on the nature of has now begun expanding his pack even more while interests of national security. the campaign the creature they are hunting could be: attacking those he deems inferior and continuing a man-eating tiger; an extinct animal cloned from to make money off the gang s main business: DNA found in ice or amber (possibly a dinosaur or drugs. Perhaps this is the group responsible for the 60. The Big Dance [Crime/Horror] even a more primitive, feral species of humanity disappearances in call of the road . The PCs are asked to track down a criminal. such as a neanderthal); an alien creature captured Perhaps they re bounty hunters, or law enforcement, by the government for study; a mystical beast either or even special operations serving as domestic 64. Virtual Reality [Unexplained naturally doing what it does (such as a werewolf counterterrorism. The subject they are chasing is hunting during the full moon) or summoned by an Phenomena] brutal and extremely dangerous and as the PCs evil magician for some purpose. People claim to have been attacked by characters close in on him, he ducks into a local high school from the TV shows they were watching. Worse, some during their annual prom. Armed and in the middle people reported as missing have supposedly been of 100 panicked teenagers, the PCs must take down 67. Starfall [Unexplained Phenomena] seen *in* TV programs running on the TVs in their their prisoner AND protect the children from this An object has crashed into the ocean and the PCs homes. Perhaps a hallucinogen has been released into dangerous, psychotic criminal. have been tasked to retrieve it. Depending on the the air, perhaps a mad scientist is conducting a bizarre nature of the campaign this could be: an experimental experiment in virtual reality or perhaps a technomage spy satellite; an alien visitor; or a meteor. Whatever 61. Information Dark Ages [Horror/ has cast a spell for the sheer enjoyment of it. the object is, the PCs aren t the only ones after it, Suspense] making it a race to see who can get deep into the Local girls have been disappearing after a visit to a ocean depths the fastest. And of course some of those 65. Mission of Mercy [Military/Crime] local teen chat room. Depending on the nature of the seeking the item aren t afraid to use violence to deter An old friend comes to the PCs seeking help campaign the person using the room to abduct the competition. (whether this is actually a recurring NPC or a way to girls could be: a vampire with a 21st century MO; introduce an NPC via the old friend in need plot a slaver selling the girls overseas; a mad scientist device is up to the GM). His daughter is trapped in a 68. Abandon Ship [Nature/Horror] cutting the girls up and using their parts to make country undergoing a serious crisis and he wants the The PCs are asked to help remove the crew from himself a perfect woman . PCs to rescue her. Possible crises include: a country a ship in distress. Perhaps the PCs have access to undergoing a bloody civil war; a country devastated a vehicle which can help with the evacuation or by a natural disaster (this could be combined with 62. Kudzu [Horror/Unexplained perhaps they have medical skills to assist ailing The Wave above; an area being terrorized by a passengers and crew as they are rescued. When Phenomena] supernatural killer too tough for the PCs to handle the PCs arrive at the ship, they see it appears to A local botanist has created a monstrous plant while (such as a powerful fiend or vampire). be in perfect working order, the rescue personnel doing genetic experiments on Venus Flytraps. Now and remaining crew the PCs were to evacuate are the thing is growing like the proverbial weed and nowhere to be found. Something mysterious has 66. Call of the Predator [Nature/ whole neighborhoods have had to be abandoned. happened here and the PCs can either flee the scene Nothing seems to slow its growth, not fire, not Horror] or investigate themselves. poison. A vicious predator has escaped confinement and is If the PCs investigate, the cause of the ship s terrorizing the city. The PCs are either asked to help distress could be: a radiation leak from a secret by the authorities, or simply decide on their own to military cargo being transported in an innocuously 100 Adventure Seeds Page 13 The Modern Dispatch marked container; a humanoid sea creature has re-elected in 2000, seems to be falling victim to 72. Lost Patrol [Horror/Unexplained slipped on board the vessel and is preying on the the same curse. A near miss by an assassin s bullet Phenomena] crew; the ghost of a 19th century heiress drowned at and a heart condition in a healthy man have cause a The PCs are a military unit sent after a fellow special sea has taken possession of the crew, determined to member of the administration to quietly approach the ops unit that has gone rogue. The unit has still use her new body to prove she was murdered. PCs and ask them to investigate the curse. been conducting missions of a bizarre nature but In a no-FX campaign, it might all be coincidence is refusing to answer communications. In a no-FX (though the PCs might uncover an actual plot against 69. The race [Suspense] campaign the unit could have been bought out by a the President unrelated to any curse). It might even The PCs have to make an illegal dash across country local drug lord and it will be up to the PCs to bring be the work of a charlatan who wants people in the at high speeds. The reason they need to undertake them to justice. In a FX campaign, the unit could White House to believe in the curse. If the campaign (and win) this race could be any of the following: have died and been raised as zombies, now under the features FX of course, the curse might be all too a large cash prize; simple pride in who has the best control of a local tribal villager who is using them real, requiring the PCs to engage a medium to speak wheels; a madman has poisoned all the contestants against local government. to the spirit of Tecumseh and discover what sort of and will only give the antidote to the winning team. satisfaction will finally give his spirit peace. 73. Hotzone [Horror] 70. The Traveler [Horror/Unexplained A train filled with toxic chemicals derails in a small 75. Peak Performance [Horror/ town. PCs are asked to assist with the cleanup. Phenomena] Unexplained Phenomena] In a no-FX campaign this will be the adventure: After a teenager is hit by a bolt of lightning, he Someone is providing the local college (or high cleaning up the waist, locating injured civilians and exhibits strange abilities and seems to be acting like school depending on the PCs ages) a powerful new moving them out of the hot zone, trying to contain a completely different person. Depending on the steroid. The coach has asked the PCs to discover who the airborne fumes and contain the spill as much nature of the campaign the boy s problem could be: is behind these drugs and put a stop to it. Perhaps as possible. In a FX campaign, the spill might he has been possessed by a traveler from the future, he has hired the PCs or perhaps he is an old friend cause the affected townsfolk to change and become if the PCs help him right some event in the past to (any PC with Strong, Tough or Fast Hero levels bloodthirsty, mutated creatures. his satisfaction, he will leave and return the boy s might have played for the coach when younger). body to his control; the boy is simply suffering In a FX campaign, something even more sinister delusions and after effects of the extreme shock and 74. Curse of Tecumseh [Horror/ could be going on. Perhaps the steroids are part of a needs immediate medical attention; the boy has been government super-soldier experiment being run by Unexplained Phenomena] mutated by the blast, but his mental condition can be unscrupulous black operatives experimenting on all- Legend has it that Tecumseh, the Indian leader who restored with immediate medical attention. too willing civilians looking for an edge. Or perhaps fought with William Henry Harrison, placed a curse the drugs have a mystical quality that will eventually on the leaders of his enemy, America. That same 71. Blackout [Nature/Suspense] change the students into something hideous. William Henry Harrison, in 1840, then President, The PCs are in a major metropolitan area during died in office after serving only a month. Twenty a major blackout. The causes of the blackout can years later, President Abe Lincoln would live long 76. Wild Bunch [Unexplained vary depending on the campaign and can be any of enough to be elected but would then be assassinated. the following: a distraction by a group of criminals Phenomena] Twenty years after that, James Garfield is so they can undertake a robbery; a supervillain or A group of wolves have been plaguing ranchers that assassinated after only a year in office, and on it goes supernatural creature feeding off the power from the are much more than ordinary wolves. This adventure up until the near-assassination of Ronald Reagan, city s electrical grid; the effects of alien technology hook could be linked to Peak Performance above, elected in 1980. Every twenty years the curse of as craft make numerous passes over the city for with the wolves having eaten livestock being treated Tecumseh haunts the President. Now a president, observation or invasion. 100 Adventure Seeds Page 14 The Modern Dispatch with the same drugs. Or perhaps the wolves were Much to their amazement, the papers are all dated Two, many tourists are stunned by the sudden and treated directly. from the year 2012, and all are about events leading unexplained appearance of hundreds of naked up to a catastrophe of biblical proportions. There is emancipated men, women and children, all appearing even a couple of CD ROMs enclosed. in the infamous gas chambers. 77. Rage against the machine [Horror/ Is it an elaborate hoax, or is it real? The How they got there, they have no idea. Each and Mystery] information laid out details the events that will lead every single person was supposed to have died For years people have been downloading MP3 files up to this world shattering event, and it s up to the during the horrors of the holocaust, and yet here they using various file sharing programs. Recently, the PCs to find out if things are really going to happen. are, over fifty years later, alive, with no idea what music industry has begun to fight back by suing Several events that are mentioned have already happened. people for using these programs in most of the occurred. Some speculate that powerful magical spells were industrialized countries (US, Canada, UK etc). utilized to bring these people to the current age, Despite this, the practice has continued, if not while others think that it is some sort of weapon or 79. The Powder [Horror/Crime] increased, especially in countries where they have no experiment that either worked, or backfired. The streets of Detroit have never been the safest, legal jurisdiction. This has, in the eyes of the music Either way, the annals of history are about to be and recently, those streets have gotten all that more industry, cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in changed. dangerous. A new drug, a fine powder, has recently lost revenue. been introduced into the community. As a result, one of the largest music producers in Like cocaine, the powder is snorted. The effects are 81. Good Corp / Bad Corp? [Crime] the world has done the unthinkable. They have hired felt almost instantly the user feels his muscles swell Almost a year ago, a major corporation completed outside help to create a specific sound wave that can with an inhuman strength, the senses are heightened construction on an automobile manufacturing plant. be imbedded into music files, and they have begun to to the point that they can hear a pin drop in a room Instead of going for robotic assembly lines, they seed the internet with these modified song tracks. two blocks away, smell scents the way a bloodhound actually built the factory around human workers. It is subtle, and takes time, but eventually those can. The ghetto it was constructed near has seen a listening to the modified MP3 s begin to hallucinate, And there is a hunger, an almost insatiable hunger sudden turn around. Where there were drug deals and many go into uncontrollable rages, lashing out that can t be filled, no matter how much the person taking place in the open on nearly every corner, at anyone and anything near by. This has lead to the eats or drinks. Only the flesh of other humans seems hookers were a dime a dozen and crime in general arrest of hundreds of people world wide, with dozens to satisfy this hunger. The police are horrified at the was off the scale, things have undergone a drastic of deaths as a result. appearance of the drug, and what has happened over change. The people have discovered a prosperity that All the police have to go in is that in each and the past few months. The number of homicides has few could have ever dreamed of. every case, those who went insane were listening to a quadrupled since the drug has hit the street. Recently however, there have been a disturbing portable device capable of playing MP3 s. Speculation among the underground is that the drug number of births that have been stillborn, and many was created using actual vampire or werewolf blood, more that have been born with massive genetic 78. Time Capsule [Mystery/Suspense] while others believe that it is actually the creation of defects. The only thing that these horrific births While tearing down an old tenement project deep the US government, a combat drug that will make the have in common is that they all come from the in the slums of New York City, workers discover a soldiers invincible. neighborhood, and that it has only occurred in women rusting old metal box. After breaking the cheaply who have gotten pregnant within the last year. crafted lock, they are shocked to discover that it s Is it the fault of the corporation that has brought 80. The Final Escape [Mystery/ actually a time capsule. Figuring that it was buried at such prosperity to the community or something else least fifty years ago, they began to rummage through Suspense] entirely? the papers and other items left in it. While touring the horrors that were the concentration death camps utilities by the Nazi s in World War 100 Adventure Seeds Page 15 The Modern Dispatch have vanished. At least one time there was a pool of When approached, they disappeared into thin air. 82. The messiah? [Mystery/ blood and the signs of a struggle. Are the ghosts of the mariners coming to find their Suspense] The bottom line is the people are scared, and the lost treasure, or is it something else? In a small herding village deep in the jungles of more homeless that have disappeared, the greater Vietnam, a strange occurrence has taken place. A the fear. Of course, the homeless that have banded 85. Fire me, will you? Well, here s a baby was born, with the ability to talk! Unlike his together have their own theories. Some believe parents, he was born with white hair and ice blue little fire in return! [Crime] that it s the government, rounding up their brothers eyes. Still physically incapable of walking or moving The PCs, after a grueling mission, have stopped at and sisters and are using them for unspeakable on his own, the infant is at the mercy of his parents. their bank to make a deposit. As they are waiting in experiments. Some believe that there is some sort of The poor couple who had this strange child are line, a man suddenly enters and opens with a full cannibalistic monster lurking in the darkened corners terrified of him, thinking that it is the spawn of automatic assault rifle, instantly killing the guard at of the tunnels that is feeding upon the homeless folk, a demon. The man has already threatened to kill the door. killing and eating more and more as each day passes, his wife, and by doing so, the mother has fled into Amidst the screams and the sudden panic, the man incapable of feeding its insatiable hunger. hiding. fires half a clip into the ceiling, then proceeds to One crazy has even said that there is a gateway to Governments and Religious groups have sent out empty the rest of the weapon into the offices, hitting another world, one that appears at random locations teams to find the mother and child, each one with several of the employees. under the city, opening up to those who are the most their own agenda. Some want to study the babe Dropping his weapon, the man pulls out a pair of desperate and destitute. thinking that it must be some sort of genetic mutation handguns and begins to march purposely towards the and they want to study the child s genetic structure. manager s office, which has mysteriously disappeared 84. Queen s own Treasure! [Horror/ Others believe that he is in fact a Messiah, a chosen from sight. Pretty much the rest of the patrons of the one that will bring either peace of destruction to the Suspense] bank, as well as the PCs are being totally ignored by human race. Recently after the final throes of a dangerous the assailant. hurricane, a small number of gold and silver coins As he approaches the office, another guard appears have washed up on shore near one of the PC s homes. and the assailant cuts him down with two well placed 83. Where have all the people gone? After years of grime and sediment are cleaned off, shots. As he fires, he screams out at the top of his [Mystery/Suspense] it is discovered that the coins are stamped with the voice Fire me, will you? Two faced, back stabbing At first, no one really noticed that there were fewer royal family seal of England and are dated 1732. thief! and fewer homeless people on the streets. It is the Upon further research, it is discovered that a ship, height of summer, and it is possible that many of the Queen s Own, supposedly went down during a 86. Who? Never heard of him these people have actually managed to find jobs, or powerful storm in 1733, just off the coast. There were have checked into rehab in order to clean themselves [Mystery/Suspense] no survivors, and no one has ever found the wreck. up. After getting a phone call from a former high school That night, a strange light can be seen from shore, But soon, it becomes apparent that there is friend, the PC brings up another friend that they had hovering over a specific section of the ocean. Sounds something else happening. The homeless have begun a lot of history with. The person the PC is talking like moans and screams of terror can be heard, to leave the city, those who have stopped to talk to to is silent for a moment, and then asks who the PC closing in over the roiling waves. others mention that for some time people have been is talking about. This comes as a shock to the PC Before dawn, strange figures are seen searching disappearing. They can t say what happened, as no because they were best friends. The person he is the beach, but disappear well before anyone is able to one has ever seen anything, but those who lived in talking to insists that he has never met the person the reach them. the tunnels were the first to go. PC describes. The next day, the local newspaper runs a story Occasionally a bits and pieces of clothing would be Then the PC notices an old photo of himself and about strange appearances of these shadowy figures found, or the meager belongings of those people who his close circle of friends. The man he mentions is no all over the shore, and several were spotted in town. 100 Adventure Seeds Page 16 The Modern Dispatch longer in the picture, and as he watches, another old other people follow, some laying down suppressing 90. I m a writer! [Mystery/Suspense] friend fades from view. fields of fire while others are carrying loot. While getting into his car, the PC notices a manila When the PC contacts other people who knew While this happens, the PCs phone rings and one envelop, resting half under his front tire. If the PC these two, no one remembers them, and one goes as of his friends tells him to turn on the TV. If the PC checks it out, it turns out to be a manuscript for far as to tell the PC to lay off the drugs, he s losing mentions that he is seeing himself on TV, his friend a mystery novel. There is no name, no address, his mind. If the PC digs even further, he quickly tells him to turn to another channel. The friend that but as the PC reads further, he can see that it is discovers that all records of the people do not exist. he is talking to is currently hunkered down behind professionally written and has the makings of a best No birth certificates, no high school records, nothing. a bullet ridden car, in front of a jeweler store, seller. It appears as if someone is purposely erasing exchanging fire with the police! Does the PC try to discover who wrote the book everything in regards to these people, and for some The funny thing is, both the PC and his friend are and return it, or does the PC try to submit it as his reason only the PC remembers them. currently at home, relaxing. How is it possible that own? they could be outside, committing such deadly and brazen crimes? 87. Hunter becomes the hunted 91. The new super diet [Mystery/ It all harkens back to when the PC made a recent [Horror/Nature] stop to the local walk in clinic for some simple tests. Suspense] Hunting season has arrived, and as usual, many Strangely enough, so did the PC s friend. A brand new diet has recently entered the market with would be sportsmen are out in the great outdoors, amazing results. The test city (the city the PCs are hoping to bag the big one. Then, inexplicably, the based out of) was chosen out of all the cities across 89. Need for Speed [Crime] animals begin to turn on the hunters. Usually docile the country. Women and men flocked like migrating Street racing has always been popular, and as deer suddenly hide, and when a hunter passes, they birds to the new center in hopes of obtaining this new technology changes, the higher top speeds the cars attack, goring the hunter with their horns. Bears miracle diet that allowed you to eat as much as you are able to reach, the higher the body count climbs. attack, seemingly impervious to the most grievous wanted, but still lose the weight. Recently, one of the younger relatives of one of wounds, and maul the hunters to death, tearing them After visiting the center, the clients came out with the PCs had been arrested for street racing. The PC is limb from limb. a small packet of pills, to be taken every time they called by the relative to come and bail him out. When All the animals in the forest have turned against the were about to eat. the PC arrives, the cops show him a video tape of his humans, showing unheard of levels of intelligence The diet worked like a charm. People were losing factory stock car topping over two hundred miles an and cunning. In many cases, the hunters that were 1-3 pounds a week, and with little or no effort on hour. attacked (those who survived), said that just before their part. That in on itself is impossible, as the cars top end the creatures struck they heard a female voice, Almost at the same time, normally fit and trim is 140 miles an hour. After bailing his relative out, the chanting over and over and finally ending as the people began to put on weight, some of the most PC learns that there is a new fuel additive for sale, no attacks began. athletic men and women in the city were suddenly one knows where it comes from but it increases the beginning to put on the pounds at an alarming rate. top end of the vehicle by unheard of speeds. This includes one of the PCs. It is up to the group 88. Look, I m on TV! [Crime/Mystery] A few days later, the PCs discover that several of to find out the secret behind the new weight loss diet While relaxing and catching up on his favorite TV the street racers vehicles have suddenly exploded before the PC grows too fat to move and is crushed show, the news suddenly cuts in and the PC sees a without warning, even when they were not racing, under his own weight. local newscaster bringing important late breaking killing a number of the drivers. news. As the PC watches, he sees himself coming Fearing for the life of his relative, the PC has to out of a bank, several bags full of cash in his hands, find out who is selling the additive, and what exactly making his way to a car. it is. As the PC watches in amazement, he sees several 100 Adventure Seeds Page 17 The Modern Dispatch 92. Tow Truck from hell [Horror/ 94. Please, can I have your autograph, 96. Venus De Milo eat your heart out! Suspense] and maybe some hair oh, and your [Arcane/Horror] Late at night, young, attractive women have suddenly Coming out of nowhere, a beautiful woman has been socks? [Crime] been developing engine trouble with their vehicles. making headlines in the art world with her incredible, After building up a powerful reputation, the PCs Just out of the blue, the vehicle is running fine, and life like statues of men and women. Few artists have begin to see the downside of their fame, or infamy. then the next second, the engine seizes up. ever been able to create such works of art, and she is One of the PCs begins to get emails, letters, pictures Oddly enough, in each and every case, within a taking the art world by storm. (of a very risqu� nature), and so forth from one couple of minutes a mysterious tow truck arrives The artist is in fact, a medusa. She has found a obsessed fan. on the scene. There has only been one eye witness way to hide her true form so she can interact with the This fan begins to show up everywhere the PC account, where the woman gratefully approaches the world without arousing any suspicion. She goes out is, be it at a restaurant, the movies, shopping, even truck, and a seemingly normal driver gets out. They to auditions and modeling agencies and competitions on missions, just staying in the background, but talk for a few minutes, and then the driver hooks up to find the most attractive men, and women, to use for occasionally coming up for autographs or other the car. her art. personal mementos. The eyewitness then states that the driver seems Essentially, people that will be missed, but ones The fan is so obsessed with the PC, that the fan has to undergo a rapid transformation, becoming in the that the police will not spend too much time in trying more information on the PC than even the PC knows witnesses own words, demonic. He then grabs the to track down. about himself! The fan s detective and investigative hapless woman, tearing away all material goods, and Luring these men and women back to her skills would put the CIA and FBI to shame. throws her into the cab of the truck. The witness then apartment loft, she not only seduces them, but then What is the PC going to do about this crazed fan, says a glowing red gateway appears before the truck gets them to pose for her. While posing in the nude, before something really bad happens? and it vanishes into it, leaving not a trace but the she shifts her form and uses her gaze on the innocent woman s personal belongings. victims, creating the incredible, life like statues. 95. Misdirected package [Crime] One morning, just after the PC awakens, a local 93. Why didn t you come? [Crime] 97. Red light, green light! [Crime] delivery company rings the doorbell. They have Having never been a popular kid in school, Jimmy Without warning, all the traffic lights in the city go several cases of fertilizer as well as several one gallon has, over the past year, gone out of his way to make haywire. Both directions are green, while some are containers of chemical defoliants and so forth. friends and try to fit in. He thought that he had solid red, while others change at random. In minutes The PC will quickly discover that the address to succeeded. He was hanging out with some of the cool there are hundreds of accidents all over the city, and the delivery is just slightly off. The house address is kids, getting invited to the occasional party, so on and the traffic has snarled to a standstill. No matter what right, the street address is wrong. The delivery driver so forth. the traffic controllers do they can t regain control of apologizes for the mistake and promptly leaves. In reality, what it was is that Jimmy was spending the system, and the city grinds to a standstill. If the PC decides to investigate, the house that money on his so called friends, and a lot of it. They The city fathers then receive a package in the it was supposed to be delivered to is a small, used him, and he kept giving, gratefully. mail, with no return address, demanding 100 million immaculately maintained home a street over, with a Then, on his 18th Birthday, he planned a huge bash, dollars in order to gain control of the traffic lights tiny front yard and no back yard to speak of. and invited all his new found friends. To a person, once again and return the city to normal. The owners are a family who have recently not one showed up. It was the straw that broke the The city has exactly 24 hours to meet the hackers emigrated from Afghanistan, and it is clear that camel s back. He has now gone on a rampage and is demand, or he will permanently shut the city down, they have no need for so much fertilizer or farming hunting down each and every one of the people that starting with the lights, then the water and other chemicals. What are they doing with it? Do they jilted him, bent on killing them for the final insult. essentials to maintain life. have some sort of grow-op in the basement, or is it something far more innocent, or sinister? 100 Adventure Seeds Page 18 The Modern Dispatch more tests are conducted. finding a way into the Hollywood mainstream. 98. Digital Fortune teller [Arcane/ To make matters worse, there are more men in Much to the horror of the shopkeeper and his Mystery] black searching the mall, running strange computer patrons, several of his customers have been found One of the PCs happens to find a high end digital like devices over every man, woman, child and dead. They have either been bitten to death, injected camera abandoned in a park, sitting at a table in a animal they meet. with a powerful toxin, or in some cases, crushed by a mall or some other public place. The batteries are Who, or what, are they looking for? tremendous force. dead and there is no form of identification anywhere. As it turns out, the reptiles that have had to give up If the PCs check out the camera, they simply need their skins, have somehow been coming back from 100. Luckiest man in the world to replace the batteries and will discover that there the dead and have been seeking out those who are are dozens of photos on the memory chip. Each [Arcane/Mystery] now using their flesh as a fashion statement. These photo shows someone in a gruesome death scene. Car He has been in the news for months now, the man horrible, skinless snakes have been able to find who accidents, heart attacks, burn victims. It is horrible to who is considered to be the luckiest man in the world. has their skin, and where it is, and takes the skin back witness. He has won an astounding three lotteries, getting six while killing the owners as revenge. That same night, while watching the nightly news, out of six numbers each and every time, and seems to Because of this strange turn of events, it is only a the PC immediately recognizes one of the news have won every major draw that he has entered. matter of time before someone of importance loses stories. It shows a horrific car accident, in which In the span of a year, the man has gained half a their life, and the shop owner is in great danger as three people were killed, and the PC recognizes the billion in lottery wins, as well as seven houses, over a well. vehicle from one of the photos that is stored on the dozen cars and trips all over the globe. camera. Having heard of the PCs exploits, and their The camera, as it turns out, can predict the future, expertise, the man approaches them, asking them if but only in the manner the subject is going to die. they could help him with a problem. He has been getting threatening emails and calls from some high end mobsters, who want a major cut of his winnings 99. What s up with the men in black? or else. [Mystery/Suspense] Since he doesn t have any family or many friends, It is late in the afternoon, and the mall is almost the threats really didn t mean all that much to him. ready to close. Without any warning, all the exits to However, when he went to the police about it, he the mall are locked and the patrons are barred from quickly discovered that they are in cahoots with the leaving by mysterious men dressed in black suits and mobsters. He has been forced to seek outside help. black sunglasses. His luck comes from an ancient talisman he People who try discover that they can t get a signal found, in all places, a garage sale. He suspects it on their cell phones and the land line phones are is responsible for his incredible streak of luck, but completely dead. There is no outside communication hasn t shared this with anyone. what so ever. Those who want to get out of the mall have their 101. Snakeskin boots [Horror/ belongings thoroughly searched, and have no choice but to submit a blood sample. The men in black are Suspense] by no means subtle or kind, and those who resist are A local dealer has recently begun selling incredible forced, at gunpoint, to comply. boots made out of the finest snake and reptile skin. 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