The world has stopped spinning on its axis, the dead are rising from their graves and my group demanded i run a new game for them. Shit, they'd even pay for the books. Burned out on pure fantasy, not interested in pure sci-fi, with a little interest in a supers type of thing. I excitedly pitch Mutants & Masterminds, which has been sitting unused on the bookshelf for 5 years. Not interested in that neither. How about a compromise? Supers like, but a God like game. You know, like those computer strategy games.

To my everlasting shame, i've broken my White Wolf virginity and i went and bought Scion Hero and Scion DemiGod.

So, great unwashed of the RPGsite, pitch me your Scion scenario/campaign ideas.

You should have gone with Amber.

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Or Nobilis.

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QuoteSo, great unwashed of the RPGsite, pitch me your Scion scenario/campaign ideas.

One of the elementals has burst forth from the ocean attacking {nearest ocean city}. The divine parent of one of the Scions would like the attack to continue, it's the {Ocean/Water/Sea} gods problem in another Pantheon. Do the Scion's sit idly by while a city is destroyed or do they go against the god's wishes and save the people anyway.

Just a suggestion but maybe you could pitch them towards Mecha and Manga. I mean that way they can be more...in tune with something and you get something other than pure fantasy.

Quote from: KrakaJak;317912One of the elementals has burst forth from the ocean attacking {nearest ocean city}. The divine parent of one of the Scions would like the attack to continue, it's the {Ocean/Water/Sea} gods problem in another Pantheon. Do the Scion's sit idly by while a city is destroyed or do they go against the god's wishes and save the people anyway.

Kinda like an Athena vs. Poseidon power struggle for Athenes? That sounds pretty cool.

*prefers God of War solving God problems*

Quote from: KrakaJak;317912One of the elementals has burst forth from the ocean attacking {nearest ocean city}. The divine parent of one of the Scions would like the attack to continue, it's the {Ocean/Water/Sea} gods problem in another Pantheon. Do the Scion's sit idly by while a city is destroyed or do they go against the god's wishes and save the people anyway.

Thanks for the useful idea!

I'm (sort of) sorry about my earlier post, but from the Fat-Out-of-the-Fire department, here's a brief outline of a scenario I came up with for Nobilis.  I don't know how Scion works, but I think the adaptation might work out.

The characters must all be members of various washed-up pantheons, or at least washed-up peripheral members of the more popular ones.  Basically, a bunch of down-and-out immortals with nowhere to go and very little to do.  Along comes a representative from one of the more robust pantheons with an offer: A divine domain is available, but it's been in ruins long since a top-notch enemy busted it up and killed off its previous lords.  It's a combination urban renewal story with an aging boxer story -- the player characters have the chance to get back to a divine lifestyle, and to make heroes out of themselves again.  Thereafter, their new domain can serve as their base of operations for future adventures.

A twist on this is what I call "The God Squad".  We all know how Thor and Hercules keep getting inducted into superhero groups, but what about all those minor gods and heroes? The ones who never get comic titles of their own.  The ones who never get any respect anymore.  Combine this conceit with the setting above for a more superheroic flavor.

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Frankly, the most common scenario advice for Hero-level Scion seems to involve one divine parent figure or another sending the group on a quest that's basically some well-known mythological escapade like the Labours of Hercules brought up to date. Crib shamelessly from Bulfinch's Mythology, in other words.