DUSTERS
1930'S AMERICA, The first cases of 'dust pneumonia’ start appearing in the Midwest, the few people that survive are usually deformed and some exhibit strange abilities. The dust storms show no signs of abating, in some places the storms appear with no warning, ripping through towns and leaving them empty...no bodies, just buildings. Rumors of strange animals roving the plains, things that seem to be out of fairy tales and nightmares. The first photo of a wolf standing over a house is considered a hoax by most. adventurers and 'monster hunters' flock to the plains hoping for fame and fortune.
On the east and west coast the depression has left the governments in disarray and many people had headed inland to find work. this mix of rich eccentrics and desperate people include celebrities such as Howard Hughes and a young writer named John Steinbeck as well as a host of mystics, inventors and fanatics. On May 11th 1934 reporters trailing a caravan of families heading west witness the group attacked by locusts the size of horses. As the caravan tries to defend themselves three people come out of the sky and destroy the swarm. one is encased in a suit of mechanical armor and is nicknamed 'Tin man' by the press, the other two are dusters with extraordinary powers: a girl who seems impervious to all damage done to her and a man who can call down rain and lightning from the cloudless sky. The era of 'Dusters' had begun
this was a campaign idea I had several months ago, think it would make a good setting for .45 adenture/Fantastic worlds?
