Alternative scenario ideas for Free City of Krakow

[Matt Wiser]

Some of those rumors are definitely worth going over. And a few might just be true. In fact, the one about the second ADM being a dud might be true: and why a cruise missile was used a few weeks later to finish the job.

One rumor you could create: say you hear in Krakow that there's a POW camp down by the Czech Border: it's a real hellhole, with torture and other abuse rampant, prisoners worked to death, sadistic commandant, etc. And some of the prisoners are Americans. This can tie in with that Challenge article about a POW camp (Black Siberia). Hmm...new thread idea.

[M-Type]

My players just arrived in Krakow but an 'hour ago' (our sessions are from 7-9PM EST), so until next week I'm planning! I didn't use RESET, but I have my own story arc idea cooking. I don't want to give a lot away because they might see this, but it involves AvGas...stolen AvGas...that 'certain people' want their hands on.

[Mahatatain]

Originally Posted by Matt Wiser

One rumor you could create: say you hear in Krakow that there's a POW camp down by the Czech Border: it's a real hellhole, with torture and other abuse rampant, prisoners worked to death, sadistic commandant, etc. And some of the prisoners are Americans. This can tie in with that Challenge article about a POW camp (Black Siberia). Hmm...new thread idea.

That's a nice idea and would work well as a "mission" for my PCs to be recruited for from Krakow (I hope that they'll end up based in the city for a while).

Originally Posted by M-Type

I didn't use RESET, but I have my own story arc idea cooking. I don't want to give a lot away because they might see this, but it involves AvGas...stolen AvGas...that 'certain people' want their hands on.

Possibly connecting to a certain helicopter?

On a similar vein I've been tempted to use the rumour of fuel tanks hidden in Nowa Huta in some way but I'm currently undecided. It always struck me as a rumour that obviously wasn't true so would need a convincing set up for my players to even regard it as potentially true.

[M-Type]

Partially correct. The helicopter is just one stop in the weaving mystery I hope to craft. Hopefully.

[Legbreaker]

In a game about 20 years ago, the PCs actually tried to steal the helicopter with mixed success. Problem was their pilot wasn't on board when the heli took off and the PC that did manage to jump on didn't realise that if you take out the pilot you're probably going to end up in a very bad place....