I have a very unique situation coming up in my campaign. My players are aware that this coming session is going to be a special in-game event that we'll actually be partially celebrating in real life. Everyone's bringing some food, I'm have a cookie-cake being made with a inquisitorial rosette on it, and I've come up with a good excuse to video tape it. One of my senior acolyte NPCs will be proposing to another, and before the players know exactly what he's doing, in order to "accurately describe the scene" I'm going to pull my girlfriend up in front of everyone and then read her my proposal poem, giving her the ring.

That's the entire purpose for the "special session", but I wanted to do some light hearted story first. My group just recently went through some character changes, so I thought it would be a good idea to have a little mission to determine their leadership. I figured possibly send them to a location to retrieve a package for their inquisitor, and they are confronted with some sort of puzzle or situation that would force them to work as a team. Then whoever displays the most leadership would become the new party leader. Then, once they'd solved the situation they'd recieve the package that they were strictly ordered not to open. Then they take it to the drop point only to find a rented out bar, where some guardsman form the senior acolytes old regiment, the inquisitor and other senior acolytes are socializing. The inquisitor could tell the group that its a "welcome back party" for a previous senior acolyte that was mortally wounded in the last session. (He's hoverchairbound now, but at least alive). Then they open the package and discover that it's the cake I bought.

Anyway, before I ramble more, what I need help coming up with is mission that will force the group to work as a team, and test their leadership, but that won't take terribly long. Preferably something that they could have to accomplish on this pick up and drop mission. Any ideas?

I dont have much else to say about the scenario, but good luck with the preposal, and I hope that the next time you post its to tell everyone your enguaged.

Read up a litte on 40k Orks being played for comedy, then have a small force attack the bar. The Acoyltes will have to rally the locals to fight off the squigs and gretchin, while they handle a few Boyz and a Nob (and perhaps a Flash Git- use a Boy or Nob, but arm him with a snazgun + bionics as per CA).

Make sure to play up the fact that Orks love shooting, but would be proud to actually hit the broad side of a barn with their guns. The solution is always more dakka

You could go with the age old Thugs steal the package beliveing that it blongs to a noble and is worth some Gelt. Have a gang house to go through witha few well placed traps. Then a small fight with thugs...enter leader seing himself outnumbered and maybe underequiped....enter a social suitation in which he tries to talk his way out of it. Or have arbites bust in ready to take the gang down and find the team instead. After that just a small revenge act of left over gangers trying to get back at the PCs and then scene at the bar.

Good luck on all of that, and best wishes on the proposal

some good idea's for the mission already so i'll just say grats on finding 'the one' and remember to post a youtube link if you get around to recording it

Jericus creed said:

S'what I intended. I will make another post then, I'll try and get the cookie cake on the video too.