 July 17, 2012 - 1:03pm | Bible quotes have been inspiration for literature and book titles for centuries. "A Stranger in a Strange Land." This thread is to propose adventure, encounter or campaign titles for sci fi rpg or I guess even fantasy, based in part or whole from Bible quotes. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 1:05pm | 1. A Serpent More Subtle from Genesis: "and the serpent was more subtle then all the beast of the field" For this the serpent would have to be an individual character with the nickname of the serpent or a cult or cadre or some other organization called the serpent. OR it could be a serpent like race but I'm not in favor of this option. 2. And The Worm Dieth Not from a passage on hell-have to look up the reference later. I really really like this one as its tailor made for star frontiers- with the sathar. However, if you allow the PCs to encounter and kill sathar then they can mock the title, which I dont consider good. so the sathar antagonist should be shadowy and hard to defeat and near impossible to kill- players should feel like they had a run for their money just to get the sathar. so that suggests sathar agents. sathar agents of course can be killed by job lots without contradicting the title. One Idea that I had after initially creating this post was that the sathar agents use the phrase as a counter sign one agent says, "and the worm dieth not," and the other answers "and the fire is not quenched" which is straight form Mark 9:48 the PCs learn this counter sign and use it to penetrate the cell of sathar agents and foil their dastardly plans. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 3:18pm | The novel title for Lord of the Flies was taken from a translation of the name Beelzebub which is attributed to satan in the King James. Since the novel is so famous it probably wont do to use this phrase but the title "The Lords of Beelzebub" could be used for an adventure set on a planet of that name where the planet is a hellish nightmare to survive and the rules are evil tyrants. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 3:21pm | Psalm 107:23 is famosly quoted often in literature and film, "they that go down to the sea in ship". The new title for SF is "They that go out to the void in ships" not hard to guess it will be a module with some KHs action. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 3:26pm | The famous nuclear war survival novel by Pat Frank was "Alas Babylon" taken from a lament in the book of the Revelation. It not so well known these days so this title could get reused though the subject of the module should be about a society ending cataclysm. An other turn of phrase that pays homage to the Pat Frank novel could be "Planting Mushrooms in Babylon" this title would not have to be about an end of the world event but somewhere some how a nuke better go off. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 4:10pm | There is also the classic line from the Book of Job which was famously quoted by John Wayne in one of his movies, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust". For a sf module i'd make it "Star Dust to Star Dust" or "The ashes of stardust" or "From the ashes of stardust" or something along those line. I think the theme of the adventure should be about or have a flavor of the grandier of space. Mysteries of creation or ancient aliens etc. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 4:18pm | The scapegoat was from the Levitical law and symbolized redemption, two goat were chosen and the lot was cast to see which one would be sacrificed for the sins of Israel and the other had the sins of the nation placed on it ceremonially of course and was turned loose into the wilderness. This is the origin of the ides of someone being made a scapegoat. The title would simply be "Scapegoat" and naturally the story would have to be about the PCs or an NPC being made a scapegoat for sins, high crimes or misdemeanors. The adventure is about escaping incarceration and or proving innocence. Variations on the title could be "to kill a scapegoat" or something like that. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 4:44pm | Casting of Lots- famous in the New Testament for the Roman casting lots to see who would take Jesus's cloak that had been woven without a seem since it would have been foolish to divide a quality garment into pieces. Lesser known is that casting of lots was done often in the Old Testament principly to decide a decision that would be tough to make the idea being god would decide. Title could be "Casting of Lots" or even more obscure "Casting of Dice" and action should center around this activity in some way perhaps at a casino. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 4:53pm | The Whore of Babylon is quite famous from the book of the Revelation but the title is quite provocative- perhaps to much so for an rpg module and actually may invoke too much in the way of religious themes. However, a title like, "The Hand Maiden of Babylon" is kind of intriguing. It would be about a central female npc antagonist who would be totally amoral. She could probably be an assassin with little scruples about how she gets the job done. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 4:58pm | "My Brothers Keeper" famous from Genesis and the story of Cain and Abel. Immediately invokes issues of family and in a sf context suggests a story involving yazirians and clan honor. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 July 17, 2012 - 6:09pm | "My Brother's Keeper" could be about the uprising against the vrusk and those that come to aid them among the humans, yazirians, and dralasites. Or it could be about the Humma and their brother race. -iggy |
July 17, 2012 - 6:17pm | "My Brother's Keeper" could be about the uprising against the vrusk and those that come to aid them among the humans, yazirians, and dralasites. Or it could be about the Humma and their brother race. Do you mean the free world rebellion? where the perpetrators of the war crimes agains the vrusk are brought to trial and asked what happened to 300,000 vrusk unaccounted for after the rebellion. "Am I the vrusk's keeper?" I like that- perhaps for fiction. I was originally thinking about the pcs being involved in a matter where one yaz has dishonored his clan I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 6:21pm | "A Fire Unquenchable" from Mark 9:48 but refers to a star quite obviously, but does not preclude it from refering to other types of fire metaphorically. in fact having multiple levels or symbolism is always good. Not sure what to do with this other then an adventure where a sun is behaving badly and causing trouble- solar flares, chance of super nova something. or you could go the ancient alien tech that can destroy a star but that doesn't really interest me. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 6:24pm | Do you mean the free world rebellion? where the perpetrators of the war crimes agains the vrusk are brought to trial and asked what happened to 300,000 vrusk unaccounted for after the rebellion. "Am I the vrusk's keeper?" Yes -iggy |
July 17, 2012 - 6:26pm | I worked up some titles for prequell adventures in the Truane's star system that had a four horsemen of the apocalypse theme in another thread (note to self look those up) Piers Anthony did a great novel called on a Pale Horse for his incarnations of imortality series. I liked it but never read the rest of the series. None the less I like references to the four horsemen, love the clint eastwood movie, Pale Rider, which has a very strong reference to the bibilical passage. the four horsemen are always grist for the mill in literature. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 6:26pm | "A Fire Unquenchable" could be a Poseidon Adventure like module where the PCs must come to grips with a ship reactor core melt down and eventual explosion and how they save as many as possible. -iggy |
July 17, 2012 - 6:27pm | Do you mean the free world rebellion? where the perpetrators of the war crimes agains the vrusk are brought to trial and asked what happened to 300,000 vrusk unaccounted for after the rebellion. "Am I the vrusk's keeper?" Yes I think that has legs- perhaps a sequel to the Royal Marines adventure set during the free world rebellion that i was working on. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 6:34pm | "Wheels within Wheels" - one of the prophets saw a vision of heaven and angels and tried to describe what he saw in the vision and decribed the angelic beings he saw as wheels within wheels. I would write an adventure module with the title of "wheels within wheels" centered on a space station, specifically a station with multiple wheels on one axis. Dont know what the adventure would be about the setting would have to be a space station. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 6:51pm | "A Garden in Eden" another Genesis reference for SF it would have to focus on a garden, an ag ship a bio dome etc. not sure what the story would be but his reference certainly suggest a setting. "The Windows of Heaven" another Genesis reference to Noah when God caused the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven to bring forth water and flood the earth. In a SF contect windows of heaven could be a lot of things. doesnt have to include a flood or catastrope theme. "Covenant" is really just a biblical word though significant depending on your theology. it just sounds cool, say with me, Covenant. Didn't that just sound cool? in a SF context it would be about a promise or pact. yazirians come to mind right away and lets face it, the word is ladden with religious connotation so if the yazirians are involved might as well throw in Family of One. Ge 38:24 "played the harlot" reference to Tamar playing the harlot but to be sure there are verses in the prophets that talk about Israel playing the harlot against God. Title might be too provocative but "Playing the Harlot" would work as a title and with a word like playing in it there certainly would be a connection to the mega corp Star Play. EDIT: perhaps the Playing the Harlot adventrue would be something like a rip of the the Heart of Gold episode from Firefly where the crew of the good ship Serenity help out the inhabitants of a whore house. Its a bit cliche- harlots with a heart of gold but the reality probably falls far short of the fantasy. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 7:11pm | Ge 47:27 "So Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen" Sf title: "Dwelling in the Land" theme is agricultural colony just starting out and facing problems. "A Tally Undiminished" reference from Exodus when Pharoh pronounce "Bricks without straw and the tally shall not be diminished" labor related theme, suggests mega corps in the role of pharoh. Personal connection on this last one I was working in a warehouse that was a teamster shop and one day I walked by one of the picker's stations and that quote from Exodus was posted at his workstation and I laughed my butt off. latter I talked to the guy who had posted it and found out that they had run short on the mandated plastic packing crates that were filled for each order and sealed with zip ties and the management insisted that they fill all the orders despite not having the mandated packing crates. When he told me the story behind it I laughed a second time. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 7:25pm | "The Gods of Our Fathers"- a reference to Ex 3:4 when God spoke to Moses from the burning bush and identified himself as the God of moses Father- in the SF context if fits for the yazirian again. theme is a delve into yazirian history "A Darkness that May Be Felt"- reference to Ex 10:21 and the plague of darkness. adventure should probably be set in space or have some other connection to darkness. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 July 17, 2012 - 7:34pm | "All the world should be taxed" - Luke 2:1 - Dealing with oppressive Megacorp owned world and residents trying to gain a voice in the govenment. Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
July 17, 2012 - 7:39pm | The Abomination of Desolation - The exact phrase comes from Matt 24:15 but refers to prophecies in Daniel 11&12 For SF this could be some sort of plage, maybe the beginning of the blue plague if you wanted it to use that. Maybe something that sweeps through an area infecting everyone and leaving it desolate. Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
July 17, 2012 - 7:43pm | "The Ancient of Days" - specifically a reference to Adam in Daniel 7:9. One idea for this could be the discovery of the lost ship from the Yazirian Star Exodus that contains the Warhon and his personal guards. By SF standards they would be ancient as none (or very, very few) of the original members of the exodus would still be alive. The PC's are either working for the Family of one to capture/destroy the ship or against them trying to prevent it from falling into their hands. Or it could refer to some ancient artifact that was discovered giving clues to the history of one of the races, or the sathar or the Tetrarchs. Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
July 17, 2012 - 7:46pm | Another good one for an adventure dealing with the lost Warhon of Yazira would be "Ark of the Covenant". In this case referring to the ship itself as the ark and the covenant being the promises made by the warhon to his people. Plus there could be some religious/cultural items that were on that ship that needed to be recovered/destroyed. Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
July 17, 2012 - 7:49pm | "Betrayed by a Kiss" referring to the betrayal of Judas. Obviously would have to have something to do with a betrayal, maybe a megacorp espionage adventure. Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
July 17, 2012 - 8:12pm | Response to Terl Obar 1) "All the World be Taxed" -oh yeah! gritty mega corp inner city adventure 2) Abomination of Desolation- not sure I'd involve the Blue Plague except as a distant connection. The Blue Plague was bad but anything labeled Abomination of Desolation aught to make the Blue Plague look like the common cold. 3) Ancient of Days- suggest an individual- like a traveller from the past- in cryo or in the Bap Bin pattern buffer like Scotty in the TNG episode that he turned up in. 4) Ark of Yazira- would be the gene bank preserving the genetic heritage of Yazira. lots of things you could do with this; lots of angles to approach it 5) Betrayed by a Kiss- wow what a poetic phrase, you don't even have to tip the hat to the original reference with this one IMO. However kissing in RPGs doesn't happen often so its NPCs being kissed or its fiction. But even while downplaying this one a little I really love it. This would be a great title for fiction. [cough] billygoat [cough] Good stuff. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 8:18pm | "A Fire Unquenchable" could be a Poseidon Adventure like module where the PCs must come to grips with a ship reactor core melt down and eventual explosion and how they save as many as possible. I missed this in the rush of posting- I like it. easier to write this adventure then one involving a star. Side note: this thread is only a few hours old and we already have 25 or so viable adventure ideas! That rocks. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
July 17, 2012 - 8:53pm | Ya Know! This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, "gospel hobbies". -iggy |
 July 18, 2012 - 8:18am | "City on a Hill" or "Inherit the World" could both be intersting titles (insert sarcastic comeback here) |
July 18, 2012 - 8:31am | "City on a Hill" or "Inherit the World" could both be intersting titles "A City on a Hill" from Mathew IIRC and its been used by colonist travelling to new worlds, specifically here in MA religious decenters to the oppressive established systems in the old world saw their colonization efforts as establishing a City on a Hill as a beacon to the world. Lot of possibilities there for the frontier as colonization is an underlying theme. Could be yazirian decentors to the Fo1 or some other religious cult. Inherit the World- I was going to say that any of the Beattitudes from Mathew 5 could be grist for this but I just looked them up and 'inherit the earth' is pretty much the only one that will work IMO though if you changed thirst for righteousness to Thirst for Destruction you might get something. However you just reminded me of something from the old testament: "Reap The Whirlwind" I would almost set this on a planet with dust storms and whirl winds. Laco for example maybe during the corporate war. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
