Need plot ideas for a Desert Campaign

[Verhalthur]

I am thinking of making a desert-themed Campaign series of maps, but I am totally out of plot ideas.
Could anyone please share some thoughts on a good plot? Or could anyone suggest characters and models?
It would be really helpful!

 

[Gallin]

maybe u were in a carovan and it was attacked by desert banits or soemthing

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Sand creatures and a sandy temple..

 

[anetherond]

Warcraft Related or Not?

 

[AdzYboy]

What race do you want it to be?

perhaps a convoy happens upon an ancient relic. it is braught back to the leader of a village as a present and weird things start happening.. like the leader goes crazy and stuff and becomes hella powerfull

i got plenty more ideas if ya want just pm me

 

[Nudl9]

This theme sounds kind of cool, especially if you could get the terrain right.
Try look at some desert/barren terrains in Terrain Section and get some inspiration.

Some orcs/taurens are going togheter in a group of 20-40 through a dead, dry and warm desert.
On the way one and one orc dissapears mystically and dragged down into the ground, then later they get attacked by these creatures (which could be scarabs/spiders/worms/something and after the battle is almost over the ground suddenly collapses and they fall into this massive cave system filled with these creatures. (
After a while of walking they find this ancient temple which they notice is some kind of summoning temple for an ancient god, titan or giant.
After they have gone trough all these rooms with mystical spirits, traps and creeps they find a waygate/portal which leads out of the temple and into a desolated city in ruins.
Here they find ofc more creepy creeps, in the end a bigass guy and then a mage dude or sth.
Then he creates a shield around himself so you cant reach him and summons 4 statue guards.
When they are dead the shield drops and you get to kill him and get a powerfull artifact.

How this stuff ends? dunno...

 

[TheDivineBoss]

How about if you get your dusty Age of Mythology CD and go play the Egyptian champaign? ^^

 

[Verhalthur]

Thx

Ok, all these are wonderful ideas, and i will include them. (Except for the Age of Mythology one ) The only thing I need are more open desert ideas.

The temples and stuff are cool and I will add plenty of them, but to have characters a-venturing through the dunes. (Kinda like a fantasy Dune like thing).

Yes it will have guns and yes it will have magic. At the same time.

 

[Verhalthur]

A bit

Warcraft Related or Not?

I plan to include warcraft lore, but make it on a completely different planet. (maybe called Karr)

 

[Mechanical Man]

Yes it will have guns and yes it will have magic. At the same time.

That does not explain much. What guns? Machine guns or muskets?

I just hope that the desert thingy is not an excuse to make a crappy terrain.

 

[Verhalthur]

That does not explain much. What guns? Machine guns or muskets?

I just hope that the desert thingy is not an excuse to make a crappy terrain.

First of all, there will be a few races that have extremely good technology, such as the alien like Haeliks, and some of the less developed races will have muskets at best.

And crappy terrain <.< >.> where?

 

[Mechanical Man]

Well, deserts are usually endless sand dunes, pretty easy to terrain. (unlike mountains and forests).

 

[AdzYboy]

i think deserts are harder because they are endless sand dunes so in order to get away from that it is harder whilst a forst usually consists of the same basic stuff a desert requires alot more effort in order to not make it so basic

 

[Gallin]

so make the banits that attack ur convoy have muskets and just vastly outnumber the convoy which have good guns and the convoy gets destroyed and only a few survive

 

[Rakdos Defiler]

Play the game and make it through the events of temple or w/e dangerous situation, you and a few players are left alive to survive in the desert.

Heat affects life, lack of water, can see mirages, creatures roam about, nomads can provide effective ways of replenishing but after you fall asleep they move to a new locations and leave you and your friends stranded once again.

 

[TheDivineBoss]

so make the banits that attack ur convoy have muskets and just vastly outnumber the convoy which have good guns and the convoy gets destroyed and only a few survive

Why do I got the feeling, you just saw the Iron Man movie(trailer)?...

<.<

 

[aznsteph]

I'd suggest some units/ hero and a lil story for ya :
Units :
Sand Worm : I saw a great one at thehelper, looks incredibly cool

Sand Larva : Maybe the larva has to grow before becoming a sand worm

Hero :

Lord Of The Desert : A sort of sand elemental that wields a stone sword, moves like a tornado, would be cool if he was the main bad guy

Story : Karr, year 156. There was a group of travellers, all masked in black that were crossing the terrible cursed desert of Shahat. The nomad tribes who lived in the desert didn't dare to aproach them, because for the nomads called Humtwuk, black was the symbol of hell.*There are many divisions in the
Humtwuk, those who control the underground rivers with their magic are called the Humtwar, those who are extremely advanced in technology are the Humtwech and those who are one with nature are the Humtwiz*

Suddenly, 20 mysterious forms emerge from the sand, *SAND WORMS * and engage in a ruthless battle with the monsters. Those beasts were still young so they soon fell to the blades of the travellers. Taking a certain time to recover from the exhausting battle, a tornado soon comes towards them. The tornado slowly becomes the form of a sand elemental who tells them :

-Fools! You dare attack the lord of the Shahat Desert's minions?!

The leader of the travellers laughs and says in an unknown language :

-Nige Howe Swe

Soon after, the elemental desintegrates with a horrible yell, but it is impossible to kill the invincible demon as he comes back in the form of an abomination and he says, still recovering from the blow of the man :

-You, you are a Tigerian...

As a response, the man laughs at him again. The spirit, furious, says :

-Very well young Half God, you leave me no choice...

The lord of the desert disapears into the sand before reappearing next to the only women of the group, who was holding a baby with her, and slams her with a wave of sand, a sound of cracking bones and blood spilling everywhere
was heard. The demon soon appears with the baby still alive in his hands as he laughs maniacally, saying :

-This is your child huh Tigerian? Only if you bow to me that i will give you your child.

The demon then disappears, while the man angrily yells out all his anger and sadness...


*Ok, so this story is about the father, NAME, finding his child that was taken by the lord of the desert and who tries desperately to find his wife but he soon realizes that something wrong is happening, their was a great civil war among the Humtwuk as the Humtwiz and the Humtwar are waging war to the Humtwech because the 2 others vow a cult to the lord of the desert so that he spares them but the Humtwech believes that they should fight for survival.
NAME and his group soon joins the Humtwech for their similar goals and discover many things, NAME decides to settle the matter, trying to convince the Humtwuk to stop the war and killing the demon who caused all the problems in the Shahat Desert...


Hope you like it it took me like 10 minutes to think of that and i was too bored anyways haha

 

[Gallin]

Why do I got the feeling, you just saw the Iron Man movie(trailer)?...

<.<

i didnt not just see the tailer

 

[Magoo 111]

Open desert, huh?


Perhaps toss in a bit of a Crusader element? The caravan in question belongs to an army trying to capture that relic for God? That could mean that, before the bandit caravan attack, you could have a few missions/maps/whatever of your "caravan" people's empire fighting a native one for control of the Holy Land...or vice versa.

Maybe your guys are native and are under attack?


Also, if you need any ideas for sick, twisted, and potentially insane Godlike beings, hit me up. I'm a bit fan of the Cthulhu Mythos, not to mention my HIGH tolerance to fear..


Don't believe the fear part? I can play Silent Hill 2...in complete darkness...at 12 at night..and still be insanely calm.

 

[Rakdos Defiler]

uh seen in some suggestions.... no one would wear black in the desert, they'd survive quicker by being naked.

 

[TheDivineBoss]

uh seen in some suggestions.... no one would wear black in the desert, they'd survive quicker by being naked.

Black and other dark colours reflect heat & cold, bright colours absorb them. That's why you see white and brighty shirts on Hawaï and such and in the desert they got all black. It seems to be that while wearing 5 black robes over your body, you got it pretty cool in there.


Back to topic: Say how about some sandruins? That 'golfs' around in the sands, since every day in the desert, no day looks the same. Like first day you see nothing, then sand storm arrives, night comes, you wake up and tada; an big place full of ruins & dungeons. Perfect place to trigger&JASS around.

 

[aznsteph]

uh seen in some suggestions.... no one would wear black in the desert, they'd survive quicker by being naked.

Well if you completely read it...you'd notice the pips are Half-Gods...even thought it has many different significations it does explain "some" things no ?

 

[Rakdos Defiler]

Black and other dark colours reflect heat & cold, bright colours absorb them. That's why you see white and brighty shirts on Hawaï and such and in the desert they got all black. It seems to be that while wearing 5 black robes over your body, you got it pretty cool in there.


Back to topic: Say how about some sandruins? That 'golfs' around in the sands, since every day in the desert, no day looks the same. Like first day you see nothing, then sand storm arrives, night comes, you wake up and tada; an big place full of ruins & dungeons. Perfect place to trigger&JASS around.

Are you serious... the wear white in the desert, but as the sun sets they wear black because it gets really cold at night. Do an experiment, go outside when the suns out feel a silver car, then a black. I know, my dad has a black Jeep and with the doors shut the sun beating on it, it gets hot as hell inside. But my dad's gf has a silver tacoma pick up truck and it gets hot inside but no where near enough.

Aznsteph, ohhh half-gods. Ok that explains how they can survive the desert in black lol

 

[Verhalthur]

O M G

Aznsteph.... amazing! If i could + rep you now, you would have more than Wolverabid
But yes, black absorbs heat (and light; thats why it's black) so maybe white with 1 black stripe? (kinda sounds cool). The sandstorm time shift thing is good too.

I have now completely epic plots. The only things I need now are side character ideas.

(and since I'm not a modeler, here's a suggestion if you wanna make some side chars: browse the models list and if you see a good model, try to come up with a personality and background for the model).

Again: AMAZING ideas

THANKS GUYS!

 

[Magoo 111]

Couldn't it be said that the black, despite being hot, makes you sweet(did I spell that right for the context?), therefor cooling you down?

 

[Rakdos Defiler]

sweat is for temperatures like 80-90 in light clothes, not 130+ degrees F in all black clothes

 

[aznsteph]

Aznsteph.... amazing! If i could + rep you now, you would have more than Wolverabid
But yes, black absorbs heat (and light; thats why it's black) so maybe white with 1 black stripe? (kinda sounds cool). The sandstorm time shift thing is good too.

I have now completely epic plots. The only things I need now are side character ideas.

(and since I'm not a modeler, here's a suggestion if you wanna make some side chars: browse the models list and if you see a good model, try to come up with a personality and background for the model).

Again: AMAZING ideas

THANKS GUYS!

Hey thanks Verhalthur , BTW how much rep does Wolverabid have xD ?

 

[Verhalthur]

Hey thanks Verhalthur , BTW how much rep does Wolverabid have xD ?

Over 1000 i believe.

The only thing I am still lacking is side characters. For example, what would be a good item vendor? (I'm thinking the Manrat). Who would make good sidekicks? What would the leader of the Village (yes you start out in a village then go out in a caravan) be? etc.

 

[aznsteph]

Well side characcters would be, if you use all or most of our suggestions together, maybe a guy from the nomad tribes of my suggestions, a thief who tried to rob the main character in the beggining and to redeem himself, he puts himself into ur service and finally a mercenary that decides to accompany you for the fun of battle...

Item vendor would be anyone but preferrably the scholar type...dunno why xD

And finally for village chief, use Furion or Medivh they look kinda like old, knowledge and good to lead ppl

oh and if you need names, dun hesitate to ask me

 

[Verhalthur]

Good side characters

And finally for village chief, use Furion or Medivh they look kinda like old, knowledge and good to lead ppl

And purple -->. But all the other ones are good!

I have already finished the Village that you start out in (Haven) and am starting the mountain range the village is in.

And yes, I need names (like a name for the planet that doesn't sound like a VROOM VROOM car)

 

[aznsteph]

K here are your names :
-Lord Of Desert could be Amathla
-Planet could be called Omyu
-Father could be called Sador

-Guy or Girl from nomads could be Mathall / Marina
-Thief could be called Slynn
-Mercenary could be calle guy : Reyo / girl : Karen

also, did you choose the spell for each already? with the 4 heros, it should be ~16 skills...

Mathall/Marina could be a support character
Slynn is fast attacker and avoids most attacks
Reyo/Karen is strong and is melee or ranged

Sador uses magic and and melee

If you need ideas for story or spells, im there

 

[Magoo 111]

A few random(literally..I'm just sitting here and typing what comes to mind) planet names?



Gaius
Oros
Telos
Narchose


....Yep, I'm out of planet names for now.

Come back later for more excitement from Magoo 111, the Name Machine!

 

[Verhalthur]

A few random(literally..I'm just sitting here and typing what comes to mind) planet names?
Gaius
Oros
Telos
Narchose

Yep, I'll probably use one of those.

I will also definetely use aznsteph's side characters ideas

(I have this idea where you will be able to choose 3 characters out of say 10 to start with, then others will come along as part of the story)

 

[Raaka_Arska]

i got a great idea,not sure if someone has already post this,but what whatever = Campaign about Centaurs,time before the arrive of the Burning Legion,and time when Centaurs were hunting down Taurens,cos in normal Wc3's orcs' campaing you had to help the taurens,this time you are hunting taurens,also side story about Razormane pigs would be good,Razormaines are looking for food and centaurs new homes in the Barrens,but they get in middle of the Invasion of the Burning Legion,so they have to fight against the Legion and ally whit each other ( or something like that xD)

 

[Velmarshal]

You might try this.

Try something like modern warfare. Or something like orc vs all comedy.
Or night elves foresting the barrens and humans are trying to stop them.
And orcs dont give a fuck about them all.

 

[Deolrin]

Well, i got a nice name: Kainabor
just something random i thinked of that sounds kind of cool...

 

[Kwah]

Ok,

So you are a man. You wake uo with no memory of who you are. You find that evrey one knows who you are and tries to kill you. The goal is to find hints about you past and your future. You can develop your skills in many directions, from Ninja to caster.

So think about it.

 

[TheDivineBoss]

Bourne Identity but in the desert and axes.

 

[Verhalthur]

How did you find this forum? 0.0

Anyways I have some of the first map finished, and I would post it if I knew how to upload a map ^.^

(Could someone pleeease pm me and tell me how to? please? I'd give rep! )

 

[Verhalthur]

Alright i got it!

here it is so far---->Intro1.w3x

 

[Kwah]

Hmmm, I can't seem to dl it? what is the matter?

The OK button stays grayed out.

 

[Verhalthur]

Well actually the same thing happens to me

I don't know why....

 

[Kwah]

Admin Contact it is!

(I'll do it)


I have discovered (from PurplePoot) that it is because that the pastebin item was deleted.

 

[Verhalthur]

Oh thanks

The weird thing is though, why would they delete it? :/

 

[Formula1]

Food is scarce....
You never know whos an enemy and whos an ally...

The Nightelves figure out a way to domesticate local skinks and use them as food
-They plan on giving it to everyone.... but.... some people want it now...

1) Orcs- want teh food.... now...
2) Humans... Side with the Nightelves but ask for a percentage... Periodically let the orcs get through just to make sure the Nightelves stil supply them....
3) Undead-Try to take over the wordl <.< (Thats all they do )
4) Nightelves-Dont know that the humans arent actually allies but just are trying to get a share... Looking for a way to reproduce the skinks faster....

No one leaves corpses except for skinks....
Everyone has Devour, Canabalism to eat skinks with....
-You have a certain amount of units to start...

 

[Kwah]

Perhaps you deleted it?? Accidentally?

Maybe?

I don't know.

 

[Verhalthur]

I guess I'll re-upload it.

I have tried again here--->Intro1.w3x

 

[Velmarshal]

Try something like modern warfare. Or something like orc vs all comedy.
Or night elves foresting the barrens and humans are trying to stop them.
And orcs dont give a fuck about them all.

I totally forgot, I posted here. Anyway do you really need more ideas?

 

[Verhalthur]

No I don't I just posted the map that I have so far

 

[Verhalthur]

Annnnnd it works now!

The file is downloadable on my mac, I'll try my pc later.