Let's say we make an RPG about Florida, the main villain would be Florida Man, a lendary joker-like lunatic.
There's kingdoms and shit like "Magic Kingdom", cultists who rule the "House of Mouse", fucking alligator people and swarms of mosquitoes that just carry off people whole and bodily into the night.
Welcome to Unknown Armies. You won't enjoy the ride.
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This will be the setup for my next pink mohawk Shadowrun campaign.
After a big disaster Miami became the purest form of anarchy. Gangs and other criminal scum rooming the streets, the Government tries desperately tries to establish control and corps making a quick buck by selling their merchandise to everyone. On top of all of them is Florida Men, a flamboyant lunatic, who hosts a TV-Show covering all the day-to-day crazies that happen on the streets of Miami. In between of all this chaos are our Runners, who see some opportunities for some business.
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They say if you wander down a neighborhood in Florida, eventually the roads and sidewalks and grass and forest and parking lots start merging together and before you know it you are waking up in a dumpster.
I'd play the fuck out of that!!!
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I live in Florida, and I am bumping because I wamt to see where you go with this.
Although it's an important road connecting Tampa and Orlando, I4 has devolved into an apocalyptic motorized battleground, complete with Mad Max-style motor gangs. Because of this, couriers risk life and limb transporting goods on this road, and are paid handsomely for doing so.
But no courier is insane enough to approach the Eyesore.
The twin cities of Kissimmee/St. Cloud are well known settlements to Florida locals.
Kissimmee is arguably the cultural heart of central Florida. Located close to the Magic Kingdom, many travelers come here for rest or eventually settle here. Strip-malls provide the economic basis of the region. The grand lake Tohopekaliga attracts fisherman from all over the state to test their skills against the aquatic wildlife. The barbaric hispanic and negroid hordes have been cordoned off in the shady Wastes of Poinciana, though their influence stretches deep into the city. Within their metal hotboxes of Honda Civics and Toyotas, they wreak havoc at night, constantly at war with the local City Guard.
In contrast, the city of Saint Cloud is rich in vast farmlands. The natives are known to eat roadkill, and still hunt for their food. Oranges and other fruits are grown by these folks. St. Cloudians are stereotyped as a simple people. Only known to its citizens, the local Mormons own at least 1% of the state through vast tracts of ranches.
Is there anything interesting in the panhandle to work with setting-wise?
You know that Natalie Portman movie coming out, Annihilation? The setting was inspired by the Florida Panhandle's Big Bend area.
So, Tuesday as normal?
Look up what's happening with boa constrictors in Florida.
That alone should have some hooks for you
>the entirety of Florida is filled with mentally ill people and drug addicts, they flock to florida due to its spiritual properties
>the ground collapses because of sinkholes... and glade worms
>bath salts are used to communicate with the spirits int he area, murders are caused when someone contacts a floridian god and it demands a sacrificial meal, to which the enlightened becomes the mouth and stomach of that god
>people do not choose to go to florida to retire in old age, the essence of florida selects patients with severe mental disability or alzheimers and directs them into its maw
Cape Canaveral is a gigantic arcane glyph to ascend Laika (who survived) as The Extraterrestial and start an invasion of zeta-reticulans from the moon, where they are building an artificial Clergy from space debris.
But isn't old man henderson similar to florida man?
The Key Republic formed after the destruction of several of the bridges connecting the Florida Keys and the mainland. Today, the Keys are controlled by scattered villages, whose resident's lives mainly consist of fishing, sailing, drinking rum, and relaxing on beaches.
However, recently there have been threats of invasion from the forces of New Havana. This has led to tension within the keys, mainly because Key government officials in the capital city of Margaritaville are too drunk to give a damn about the invasion.
You've got it wrong, man. Floridaman isn't the villain, he is the setting's one true god. He's the ascendant archetype of floridian madness distilled into a meth-addled form
No, Florida Man is actually funny.
>There are tales of an isolated enclave living out on rafts on lake Okechobee. The few who report glimpses of these people always come back with their boats damaged, and taking on water.
>The ranches of Wellington essentially became public domain once the wealthy landowners ran away from the chaos. Now, escaped horses roam freely on the plains.
>San Marcos has become a symbolic bastion for St. Augustine, one of the few cities to have survived until now.
>There are tales of a fortress in the ruins and wilderness of old St. Lucie county manned by a group of elite warriors. They call themselves the SEALs.
>The Kennedy Space Centre is home to strange phenomenona, and the people who worship them. Strange lights, radio signals, and bursts of lethal psychic energy radiating from the vehicle assembly building. No one has been able to set foot in the compound for ages.
>St. Petersburg is a popular spot for explorers and treasure-hunters despite the dangers present. People on the outside pay top dollar for books, paintings, and other pieces of art recovered from the old cultural center.