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Alien Inspired D&D Campaign Help

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#1
coopikins
Mar 06, 2011 20:14:29 Ok, so I've been wanting to make a campaign inspired from the "Alien" franchise. In the campaign I want the characters to either get transported or something to a area where they have to survive a "Alien" scenario. If anyone knows a adventure already created like this, please point me on the way, but if not, I would love help to making the Alien creature and just help buliding this adventure. Thank you so much!
#2
Calamity916
Mar 06, 2011 23:18:11
Some questions.

1. What system is this for?

2. What do you mean by Alien scenario? The first movie is very different from Alien Vs Predator for example.
#3
coopikins
Mar 07, 2011 0:07:55 my bad, forgot to say.

1. it would be under 4th Ed

2. I would imagine the scenario would closely follow a mix between Aliens 3 and Alien. where the adventures get stuck someplace and have to deal with the Xenomorphs.
#4
strand0
Mar 07, 2011 4:08:48
my bad, forgot to say.

1. it would be under 4th Ed

2. I would imagine the scenario would closely follow a mix between Aliens 3 and Alien. where the adventures get stuck someplace and have to deal with the Xenomorphs.

You what a stony where one monster is going to sneak up on the PCs one at a time and kill them? I don't think that can work.
You would have to have a bunch on NPCs around that they are willing to protect from this super-killer.

The Movie Aliens works better because their are more creatures and a lot of them die. BUT if none of the heroes get killed, then it wont seem much like NAY Alien movie. AvP:Requiem had the highest survival of any Alien movie at 4 or 5.

I thin the basic scenario is fine but you's have to plan ways to make the part break up.
AND what kind of body count are you willing to live with?

Creature from the Shadowfell. Ravaging the country side. PCs and NPC Heroes chase it into a "lost mine" and entrance collapses. Mine shifts in all directions, Cavern, old tools, minor threat creatures, rats to scare them for no reason, the only way out is up a vertical shaft, with the S-fell racing after them...
#5
Calamity916
Mar 08, 2011 0:45:14 Well, if you want to keep the one monster hunting the party scenario going I recomend treating the Alien as a hazard or complication to an existing scenario for the bulk of its screen time. Then center most of your encounters around puzzles and skill challenges punctuated by the ocasional battle against the creature or creatures.

Rather than one statblock for the badguy, you are probably going to want 2 or more that are tailored for each encounter. Examples would be a Solo version for the finale, a hazard where the Alien pops out and does damage somehow before retreating, a skill challenge where the players try to make it over a bridge that the creature or creatures is destroying.

As to how to present this encounter, I'd be more inclined to have a few adventures leading up to it rather than just dropping the players there from square 1. Perhaps an enemy of theirs is searching for a powerful McGuffin left behind by an evil wizard and ends up leading the party to a certain location in which the Xenomorph is a creature left behind to guard the McGuffin.

I think the abbandend city of Moil in the Shadowfel or an abandonded Astral dominion would be a good location for the Wizard's laboritory. Dropping the bad guy + minions/mercenaries and the party into this death scenario could be pretty interesting. And if you really want to change things up, you can kill the starting Alien midway through the scenario and have a new one or ones take over as the previously killed turn into new Aliens with different powers and abilities.

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#1 coopikins Mar 06, 2011 20:14:29	Ok, so I've been wanting to make a campaign inspired from the "Alien" franchise. In the campaign I want the characters to either get transported or something to a area where they have to survive a "Alien" scenario. If anyone knows a adventure already created like this, please point me on the way, but if not, I would love help to making the Alien creature and just help buliding this adventure. Thank you so much!
#2 Calamity916 Mar 06, 2011 23:18:11	Some questions. 1. What system is this for? 2. What do you mean by Alien scenario? The first movie is very different from Alien Vs Predator for example.
#3 coopikins Mar 07, 2011 0:07:55	my bad, forgot to say. 1. it would be under 4th Ed 2. I would imagine the scenario would closely follow a mix between Aliens 3 and Alien. where the adventures get stuck someplace and have to deal with the Xenomorphs.
#4 strand0 Mar 07, 2011 4:08:48	my bad, forgot to say. 1. it would be under 4th Ed 2. I would imagine the scenario would closely follow a mix between Aliens 3 and Alien. where the adventures get stuck someplace and have to deal with the Xenomorphs. You what a stony where one monster is going to sneak up on the PCs one at a time and kill them? I don't think that can work. You would have to have a bunch on NPCs around that they are willing to protect from this super-killer. The Movie Aliens works better because their are more creatures and a lot of them die. BUT if none of the heroes get killed, then it wont seem much like NAY Alien movie. AvP:Requiem had the highest survival of any Alien movie at 4 or 5. I thin the basic scenario is fine but you's have to plan ways to make the part break up. AND what kind of body count are you willing to live with? Creature from the Shadowfell. Ravaging the country side. PCs and NPC Heroes chase it into a "lost mine" and entrance collapses. Mine shifts in all directions, Cavern, old tools, minor threat creatures, rats to scare them for no reason, the only way out is up a vertical shaft, with the S-fell racing after them...
#5 Calamity916 Mar 08, 2011 0:45:14	Well, if you want to keep the one monster hunting the party scenario going I recomend treating the Alien as a hazard or complication to an existing scenario for the bulk of its screen time. Then center most of your encounters around puzzles and skill challenges punctuated by the ocasional battle against the creature or creatures. Rather than one statblock for the badguy, you are probably going to want 2 or more that are tailored for each encounter. Examples would be a Solo version for the finale, a hazard where the Alien pops out and does damage somehow before retreating, a skill challenge where the players try to make it over a bridge that the creature or creatures is destroying. As to how to present this encounter, I'd be more inclined to have a few adventures leading up to it rather than just dropping the players there from square 1. Perhaps an enemy of theirs is searching for a powerful McGuffin left behind by an evil wizard and ends up leading the party to a certain location in which the Xenomorph is a creature left behind to guard the McGuffin. I think the abbandend city of Moil in the Shadowfel or an abandonded Astral dominion would be a good location for the Wizard's laboritory. Dropping the bad guy + minions/mercenaries and the party into this death scenario could be pretty interesting. And if you really want to change things up, you can kill the starting Alien midway through the scenario and have a new one or ones take over as the previously killed turn into new Aliens with different powers and abilities.