Plot ideas for mini-campain in Mistborn rpg

[Akkarat]

I want to gm mini campaign for my friends, none of them read mistborn or have any knowledge about the plot/characters/etc, i've already wrote a short story to introduce them with how allomancy works and the world of mistborn in general. So far so good - they said that they like it and rlly wants to play. To give them full "mistborn experience" i wanted to give them "maybe challenging, but nothing-special-at-first" kind of quest, but which would lead them to reveal of some kind of secret, changing how they see their task, maybe during 2 or 3 session

aaaand now the problems start - im so stressed that i "have to come up with a good plot"... that i dont have any ideas, literally every time when i come up with sth i automatically think that nooo its stupid i have to do sth better!... I though about starting form giving them task to rob noble house but it seems boring

I would appreciate any kind of help - loose ideas, materials, maybe someone who already gm game in mistborn rpg wants to share a little bit about their game and what they did?

[Spearguy]

an interesting concept could be that the crew has a contact in the ministry that has tipped them off that a fellow thieving crew, one that they have a rivalry with yet also work with on occasion may soon be raided. From their the players would have to decide whether or not to help their skaa brethren or to prepare to swoop in and fill the vacancy. 

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5 hours ago, Akkarat said:

I want to gm mini campaign for my friends, none of them read mistborn or have any knowledge about the plot/characters/etc, i've already wrote a short story to introduce them with how allomancy works and the world of mistborn in general. So far so good - they said that they like it and rlly wants to play. To give them full "mistborn experience" i wanted to give them "maybe challenging, but nothing-special-at-first" kind of quest, but which would lead them to reveal of some kind of secret, changing how they see their task, maybe during 2 or 3 session

aaaand now the problems start - im so stressed that i "have to come up with a good plot"... that i dont have any ideas, literally every time when i come up with sth i automatically think that nooo its stupid i have to do sth better!... I though about starting form giving them task to rob noble house but it seems boring

I would appreciate any kind of help - loose ideas, materials, maybe someone who already gm game in mistborn rpg wants to share a little bit about their game and what they did?

Can we please get some more information to make any ideas more appropriate?

• What era does this take place (same as the novels; 1st, 3rd, 8th century TFE, etc)
• What dominance does this take place?
• What kind of characters are in the group (Faux-Skaa like Breeze, Skaa like Dox, Half-Nobles like Kelsier and Marsh, distant heritage like Hammond, unknown heritage like Vin) and what are their concept(s) (Skaa rebellion, thieving crew(s), underground, etc.)? 

[Akkarat]

17 hours ago, Treamayne said:

Can we please get some more information to make any ideas more appropriate?

• What era does this take place (same as the novels; 1st, 3rd, 8th century TFE, etc)
• What dominance does this take place?
• What kind of characters are in the group (Faux-Skaa like Breeze, Skaa like Dox, Half-Nobles like Kelsier and Marsh, distant heritage like Hammond, unknown heritage like Vin) and what are their concept(s) (Skaa rebellion, thieving crew(s), underground, etc.)? 

oh sure thing! i forgot to add it, thx

i wanted to place it in central dominance, before or during 1st novel. Players didn't give me  characters yet, i thought it would be easier for them to tell me what character they want to play after i give them more details on the campaing and what would be their job

[Treamayne]

13 minutes ago, Akkarat said:

oh sure thing! i forgot to add it, thx

i wanted to place it in central dominance, before or during 1st novel. Players didn't give me  characters yet, i thought it would be easier for them to tell me what character they want to play after i give them more details on the campaing and what would be their job

Then, I would say one possible intro campaign might be that some or all characters are escaped plantation Skaa that have heard an army is forming - somewhere - but they arenlt sure where, aren't sure how to make contact, and are on the run trying to find safety. You could even have their Snap happen during this first part of the game (or be really "interesting" and don't let them know who will Snap or what kind of Misting they may become - you can decide yourself based on how they play and interact either choosing a complimentary skill or a contradictory skill that forces character growth).

It would be up to the characters if they ever follow thorugh with finding the caves and trying to join the rebellion. Maybe one of the group is already a Misting or member o the Underground that convinced the others to escape? Lots of choices. You could even have them from the rim of the dominance (e.g. Faleast on the border of Central and Eastern Dominances - but have to pass both the Black Lake and Luthadel to get to the area around the caves) to increase the distance they must travel wile remaining incognito.

[Akkarat]

4 minutes ago, Treamayne said:

Then, I would say one possible intro campaign might be that some or all characters are escaped plantation Skaa that have heard an army is forming - somewhere - but they arenlt sure where, aren't sure how to make contact, and are on the run trying to find safety. You could even have their Snap happen during this first part of the game (or be really "interesting" and don't let them know who will Snap or what kind of Misting they may become - you can decide yourself based on how they play and interact either choosing a complimentary skill or a contradictory skill that forces character growth).

It would be up to the characters if they ever follow thorugh with finding the caves and trying to join the rebellion. Maybe one of the group is already a Misting or member o the Underground that convinced the others to escape? Lots of choices. You could even have them from the rim of the dominance (e.g. Faleast on the border of Central and Eastern Dominances - but have to pass both the Black Lake and Luthadel to get to the area around the caves) to increase the distance they must travel wile remaining incognito.

Thats a great idea thank you!!

[Elite01]

That idea that I've always thought would be fun is if a member of your crew has been captured and is being interrogated. A steel inquisitor is on its way to interrogate them and if your players don't break out your friend then he will eventually reveal the location of your hideout and set a steel inquisitor on your tail which is basically a death sentence. Sounds like a good in-world prison break movie. 

The other idea is a pretty standard break into a vault during a ball one-shot. Could use the mentality that even though there will be more guards they would be distracted by all the guests. Gives your players an RP opportunity as well. 

[The Sibling]

14 hours ago, Elite01 said:

The other idea is a pretty standard break into a vault during a ball one-shot. Could use the mentality that even though there will be more guards they would be distracted by all the guests. Gives your players an RP opportunity as well. 

Yeah, this could work. In my experience for mini campaigns heists work great. A bit of fighting, roleplaying, and creativity. My players love heists. And they're pretty fun to GM.