Strolen's Citadel: I'm Just A Singer ... By RGTraynor

Hook: A fair-haired fellow ambles up to you and wants to take passage to your next stop. You recognize him, he’s all over the Cortex: the name’s Gabriel, and he’s one of the hottest folk singers in the ‘Verse. Pays you twice the going rate, too. Now all you have to do is finish repairs and you’re off.

Problem: Something of a pity that Gabriel just can’t keep his jeans zipped. But it’s the truth. People are out looking for him. Lots of people. Cuckolded husbands, outraged parents, jilted lovers. Seconds for those wanting a duel, constables looking to serve papers.

Complications: Gabriel really can’t keep his jeans zipped. He’s more than happy to start on the crew, and his sheer charisma is off the charts: he could out-Companion most Companions. He’s also quite ecumenical in his tastes (there are cuckolded wives in that posse too!), and will go cheerfully out to seduce as many crew members as he can between singing their favorite songs. Pity he’s also a bit of a jinx, and while he’s never directly responsible, distracted people keep futzing around and making the repairs go longer.

By the bye, guess how many of the aforementioned cuckolded or outraged folk aren’t bothering with confrontations or duels, and are outright hiring gunmen to take Gabriel down one way or another?

Resolutions: Fix the ruttin’ ship, get off the gorram planet, and get this guy off the ship before he humps it all up, figuratively and literally.

Fun Stuff: Well ... Gabriel really does have adoring fans. Hordes of them. Your cargo bay ramp’s an impromptu concert stage, and if they can’t get autographs, souvenirs from His Ship will do. The excitement will cascade to the crew, and you’ll be buttonholed on the street for interviews, autographs and the like. Intense, nonstop scrutiny. Can’t even get a quiet drink or make any deals! Beyond that, Gabriel’s tough rancher he-man image is a bit of a put on. In private, he’s a anarcho-Buddhist, wears silk lounging robes, smokes clove cigarettes, and genuinely believes his pet cat’s a sentient being. He did tell you he was bringing his cat, right?

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RGTraynor
2010-07-13 07:16 AM

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This follows Steve Darlington’s excellent format for designing adventures: take an evocative song you like and use it as your inspiration. For the ones I’m posting here, I use Moody Blues’ songs; this one is I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band). The adventure was written for my Firefly campaign, but it works in any SF campaign, and truth be told, would work for any milieu where there are (a) popular entertainers and (b) the characters have a ship or caravan where passage may be obtained.

Cheka Man
2010-07-13 11:53 AM

Entertaining, a rock singer with his own spacecraft.

Dossta
2010-09-29 02:23 PM

Ha, rather a rock singer with YOUR spacecraft!

Scrasamax
2010-07-15 07:56 AM

Nicely done, I believe there is a submissions inspired by music codex.

valadaar
2010-07-15 06:53 PM

I can see how this is more of a plot then an NPC. He seems to be more of an event then anything else. An annoying event, which makes it good.

I could see him being a contact a PC could start the game with, either owed or owing a favor.

EchoMirage
2010-07-17 03:53 AM

It's not only Firefly-inspired, but also within Firefly spirit. Simple but alright in my book.

VIM40
2010-07-21 11:22 AM

I liked this a lot and I'm going to use it. Aside from mundane folks they could also be dealing with upper crust characters with the disposable resources and status to make the PC's lives hell.

Really cool.

axlerowes
2010-09-29 01:29 PM

This would be a tough one to run, a GM trying to seduce his players can amusing and awkward. (Seduction with dice alone just doesn't cut the mustard does it?) One way to play it would have the PCs not actually interact with him in game time. Yeah they can see him perform, they can even sleep with him, but the action always takes place right after he has put his boots back on, or when another player finds the same dedicated song recorded in their bunk mates media library as Gabe just "wrote" for them.

Nice

Dossta
2010-09-29 02:24 PM

Annoying one's players for fun and profit!

PoisonAlchemist
2012-02-01 12:59 AM

Could easily be reflavored to fit any setting.

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