Amber Zone - Strephon Incognito

Last Updated 23 December 2004.

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1999 #1298

Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 12:50:44 +1000
From: Hyphen
Subject: Recognising Strephon (was: Re: Stupid questions)

Dear Folks -

Timothy asked:
>OB TRAV II: Would Strephon be recognized out on the 'streets' of the Imperium? Having played "The Man" in one convention game, the rule used by the GM was that high officials may recognise Strephon but "normal" people would not. I assume the GM rolled against INT whenever appropriate.

Adventure Nugget: Strephon Incognito

Following in the Shoes of the Fisherman where the Pope gets out and about - or even just the Digest 9 adventure where "our heroes" throw a picnic for Iphegenia - how about this: the Emperor decides to travel amongst his people incognito, and asks the PCs to be his escorts.

You could even do this in the G:T Spinward Marches, simply replace "Strephon" with "Varian". One of the single-player 76 Patrons is a noble who wants to visit the seamier side of town - just do a cut-and-paste of this scenario.

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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 09:41:36 +0000
From: Timothy Collinson
Subject: Re: Recognising Strephon (was: Re: Stupid questions)

>Having played "The Man" in one convention game, the rule used by the GM was that
>high officials may recognise Strephon but "normal" people would not. I assume
>the GM rolled against INT whenever appropriate.

Yes, wasn't it in one of the Foundation books of Asimov where the Emperor actually looks very little like his media images which have been 'touched up'? I forget where that was exactly though.

>...how about this: the Emperor decides to travel amongst his
>people incognito, and asks the PCs to be his escorts.

Or, of course, all the possibilities of just before (say) the FFW when he travels amongst his troops to find out what they think of him....

(See Shakespeare's Henry Vth for full scenario details!) [1]

tc

[1] Completely OT footnote: I once went to see this at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon (i.e. THE place to see the bard). My wife and I were sitting in the third row of the stalls (i.e. very close and up front) and when Henry did his stirring speech about who would join him in the coming battle I very nearly jumped up to join him. I was really *there*! It really was a physical effort to restrain myself and recall that it was just a play. (Recently I've kind of wished I had jumped up just to see what would have happened.)


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