First off and I know this was discussed in the thread in the general forums<br />Module aught to conform to AD rules as they are a known base line and any GM can convert from. Its the 30th anniversary of the AD rules coming out so this also makes sense. Zebs guide content could be used, mega corps, history, planetary footnotes, equipment, cults and cadres- this stuff certainly makes sense to use. <br /><br />But by and large the module should be an AD module. Could it have a KHs encounter? I think it could depending on the storyline: is the KFs encounter critical to the story line or at least support and advance it? What would undermine the purpose of this project is the module being a KHs campaign.<br /><br />So onto module particulars?<br /><br />1. Scope: Scope is the level of threat. The Scope can be visible or invisible to the PCs at the beginning. A visible threat is: A sathar battle fleet just dropped out of hyper and is headed toward the planet; you the PCs are the only members of Space Fleet present, What are you going to do? Invisible scope is what happened in the Volturnus series- PCs start out looking for a missing expedition then discover pirates, then discover autonomous robots, then discover sathar battle fleet on the way and will arrive soon. The evolving level of threat also helps to heighten tention so its a good technique to use (why crime mysteries are so popular). <br /><br />Nature of the Threat or whats in danger: an individual, a community, a world, a civilization, the universe as we know it? What should be threatened in this module? In the volturnus series the PCs started out seeking to save a small group of individuals and by the end they save a whole planet.<br /><br />2. Who's the threat? since this is the 30th Anniversary I'd say there is a compelling arguement for the sathar. They're part of the core 5 and I think it would make a nice book end on 30 years of this game.<br />that is not to say that other threats couldn't be used but my vote is that the sathar be used.<br /><br />Other threats: pirates, mega corp, mercenaries, rogue robots, mechanons, clikks, zurraquor<br /><br />mix and match- use more than one of the above (like volturnus) but with one being the real threat. Having stated that we should not use pirates and sathar together which would be exactly like the volturnus series.<br /><br />3. Setting Location: a return to Volturnus adventure could be a nice way to celebrate the 30th but my first inclination is to tackle a new corner of the setting that has not been done yet.
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