A Day in the Life of Devin Franz

  At midnight in the Bughouse Bar & Flophouse, originally called Amber-Den; something strange has taken place.  Of course it is a strange place to begin with so that’s not really saying much.

The Barter-boys are down in the common being loud an rowdy, you catch things shouted like “Where the hells he at then..”  “Devin’s a dead man if we see him!” “ Your protection money don’t restrict us protectors!” and other typical threats.  Seems someone named Devin got on the wrong side of the bullies of tin town.  If there’s one thing you know, there ain’t many places to hide except the mines.  Not everyone makes it out of the mines though, last resort kinda place…

So here it is a homebrew wip there’s a lot of magic that defies being written into rules suffice to say there are times it’s fun to just make stuff up so here’s a crazy idea.

1.  Devin toils day after day smelting into blocks the tin mined in abundance from which the town has gained its name, deposits of lead are not unheard of either which leads to the assumption that life here sucks and long healthy lives are not the normal outcome.

2.  Devin has a descent skill set, rather then mining or being a rowdy member of a gang, he knows how to smelt a little metallurgy and LEAD is poison (which no one here believes, or wants to believe)

3.  Devin has disappeared so completely a gang scouring town can’t find him.  His very regular routine life apparently skipped a beat.

4.  Whoever you were when you woke up at midnight you are now in the exact physical form of Devin Franz.

Please give me feedback on running a fast pace mystery adventure in which you either survive or resolve the puzzling situation you find yourself in or die trying.

Also does this sound intriguing or too niche?