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DMMagic 12-27-07, 07:46 PM

Hello everyone! I'm throwing together a last-minute campaign for the New Years and could use a bit of help. The very basic premise is that the 3 players: a bard, rogue, and fighter have entered an escher/bowie-like labyrinth of riddles and puzzles. They each have a strange ability granted to them by the trickster god that brought them here: the fighter can turn into a titan or tiny creature at will. The rogue can go backward/forward in time a certain amount (the amount depends on the magical items in each room). And the bard can shift gravity in any direction along one of the 3 axes. I'm looking for interesting puzzles/RP/Fight scenarios that utilize these abilities in fun ways. For example: a room has 4 platforms on which they must stand simultaneously in order to unlock a door, but they only have 3 in their party. The solution is for the 3 to stand on the platforms, and the time traveler to go back in time and wait for the party to arrive, then step on the 4th platform with them. When she returns to present, her future self should arrive and stand on the 4th. For gravity, I could emulate some of those online gravity/ball maze puzzles where the ball "falls" into rectangular platforms in a specific sequence in order to get to an exit. Like I said, I'd also like RP/Fight scenarios as well as puzzles. Really, anything you can think of that would use these powers in fun ways. I also want red herring puzzles that just use standard abilities. (Since this is a last-minute just-for-fun mini-campaign, try not to worry too much about all the intricacies and paradoxes of time-travel. The players aren't very picky, and would much rather just have an interesting solvable puzzle that doesn't necessarily match perfectly with physical laws.) Oh, and any general tips for running small campaigns that are loose on the rules and mostly improvised would be greatly appreciated as I've never done this before! Thanks! Please let me know if you need any clarification.