A FIASCO scenario: The Inheritance goes to...

I present hereby my first attempt to create a FIASCO setup.

To discover more about fiasco in a very enjoyable way... here is a video.

So, without further ado, here is The inheritance goes to...

CREDITS: written by A.A.CHARANTONIS

THE INHERITANCE

(goes to...)

Someone was wealthy. Someone provided for a lot of people. Now that he is dead or dying, others are after the money, others are after a closure and others are here for far darker purposes.

Movie Night: Arrested Development (TV series),

RELATIONSHIPS

1 Work

i) Police detective and suspect

ii) Patient and my doctor

iii) Employee and boss or ex-boss

iv) Lawyer and client

v) Partners in business

vi) Handyman/maid and estate resident.

2 Romance

i) Secret lovers

ii) Sexual chemistry, but opposing worldviews

iii) Object of long lasting lust

iv) Married

v) Divorced

vi) Master and Slave

3 Friendship

i) Since university

ii) From the army

iii) From prison

iv) From church

v) From childhood

vi) Since only last week

4 Family

i) Siblings

ii) Parent and child

iii) Parent and stepchild

iv) Nephew or niece and uncle or aunt

v) Son or daughter -in-law and parent-in-law

vi) Distant relatives that have never met

5 Odd

i) Me and my AA sponsor

ii) Me and my mentor

iii) Me and my spiritual advisor

iv) Me and my dealer

v) Me and my bodyguard

vi) Me and my hairdresser

6 Wealth and finance

i) Together we are the major shareholders

ii) We organize the regatta for the Wellington club together

iii) He / she makes sure my investments are well placed

iv) He / she owes me a lot of money

v) Patron of the arts and his/her protege/protegee

vi) My empire is based on his/her invention

NEEDS

1 To get revenge

i) for him/her stealing what was rightfully yours

ii) for all the humiliation over the years

iii) for not keeping a promise

iv) for the death of a loved one

v) for not being paid your dues

vi) for sleeping around

2 To get laid

i) to get the information you need

ii) to rekindle an old flame

iii) to get over someone

iv) to frame someone

v) for the last time

vi) to alleviate the suspicions

3 To get Rich

i) by getting your hands on the will

ii) by ruining the reputation of the opposing company

iii) by emptying the safe

iv) by finding the off-shore accounts

v) killing the opposition

vi) by fulfilling your contract

4 To find the truth about

i) your real parent

ii) the mysterious illness

iii) his/her feelings

iv) the company

v) the accident all those years ago

vi) someones fidelity

5 To get closure

i) for a long suffering love relationship

ii) by reconnecting before it is too late

iii) by revealing everything

iv) by finally finishing the artwork

v) by confronting your wildest fear

vi) by asking for forgiveness

6 To hide

i) the real testament

ii) the remaining evidence

iii) from someone that scares you

iv) your true feelings until it is over

v) your real identity

vi) someone else from the law

LOCATIONS

1 The Estate

i) In the vast gardens next to the lake

ii) In the library filled with ancient books

iii) In the living room with the roaring fireplace

iv) In the bedroom with the canopy bed

v) In the staff's quarters, with the leaking roof

vi) In the attic with the relics of a youth long past

2 The Funeral

i) In the big cathedral in the city

ii) In the family mausoleum

iii) In the parking lot before the procession starts

iv) During the banquet held in the hall next to the church

v) In the crematorium

vi) By the freshly dug grave

3 The Hospital

i) For the harvesting of the organs

ii) In the poorly lit mortuary

iii) In a private white room

iv) In the blood donor center

v) In the emergency care unit

vi) In the cosmetic surgery office

4 Odds and ends

i) The lawyer's office

ii) The cinema

iii) The bank

iv) The country house in the mountain

v) The local police department

vi) The kennels

5 The company's headquarters

i) The boss's office

ii) The loading dock

iii) The warehouse

iv) The Accountancy office

v) Outside the sealed laboratory

vi) The cafeteria

6 The country club

i) The gazebo overlooking the pool

ii) The horse racing track

iii) The golf course

iv) The « Golden Crustacean » restaurant

v) The beauty spa

vi) The tennis court

OBJECTS

1 Transportation

i) The Ferrari

ii) The sailing boat

iii) The helicopter

iv) Blackfoot, the purebred

v) The hidden stairs

vi) A mobility scooter

2 Lethal

i) An exotic and deadly wasp

ii) A sniper gun

iii) A pair of antique dueling pistols

iv) A radioactive ring

v) The sword held by the statue outside the Estate

vi) An axe

3 Drugs

i) Sleeping pills

ii) A joint of marijuana

iii) A boat-full of cocaine

iv) A cabinet full of Viagra

v) ''Xu97-B_01'' the new, untested drug

vi) Hallucinogenic gas

4 Papers

i) Two sets of fake IDs, waiting for new photos

ii) The code to the safe, hidden in a book

iii) ''Come at once to the statue'' written on a crumpled up paper found in a dustbin

iv) An article revealing an unknown connection

v) The will

vi) The true accounting books of the company

5 Identification

i) A hypodermic GPS tracking device

ii) An eyeball, kept fresh in ice

iii) A tattoo on in an unusual place

iv) A USB stick containing the mastercode to the company computers

v) A birth certificate

vi) A DNA paternity test

6 Valuables

i) A diamond-set tiara

ii) The details of an 70 millions off-shore account

iii) The replica of a Picasso that is actually the real thing

iv) The asteroid collection

v) A thousand years old bottle of whiskey

vi) Two hundred and seventy two grams of enriched plutonium

A inherit-ly fun insta-setup

The inheritance goes to RELATIONSHIPS

For three players...

*Family : Parent and child

*Work : Partners in business

*Romance : Secret lovers

For four players, add...

*Odd : Believer and his/her spiritual advisor

For five players, add...

*Work : Police detective and suspect

NEEDS from the inheritance

For three players...

*To get rich : By getting your hands on the will

For four or five players, add...

*To get revenge : For him/her stealing what was rightfully yours

OBJECTS from the inheritance

For three or four players...

*Papers : The true accounting books of the company

For five players, add...

*Identification : An eyeball, kept fresh in ice

LOCATIONS from the inheritance

For three, four or five players...

*The Estate : In the living room with the roaring fireplace

Playtips:

This setup can either be played with one of the characters being the dead or dying wealthy provider and the rest of them in the role of the "vultures", or the provider can be an npc, in which case the game plays better if he is already dead. Should you choose to assign the role of the provider to one of the characters, this is an ideal set-up to play with flash-backs. It is important however not to be conscious not to overdo it with these scenes, since the provider will always have to play in such scenes, and if other players choose to set up flash-back scenes, the game might not get enough momentum to reach an interesting end for act 2. Another way to deal with a player portraying the dead or dying provider is to appoint him the role of a retainer in other scenes, such as a lawyer or a confidant.

The true agendas of everyone tend to remain hidden for some time and create a great deal of drama, and very unexpected resolutions. Don't be afraid to pick very random elements from the tables to maximize the mayhem and lead to a complete FIASCO!

This playset is copyright © 2012 by A.A.CHARANTONIS. All rights are reserved.
This playset is an accessory for the Fiasco role-playing game by Bully Pulpit Games. Fiasco is copyright © 2009 by Jason Morningstar. All rights are reserved.