Editing Big List of RPG Plots (section)

==We're On The Outside Looking In==

Any of the basic plots in this list can be re-engineered with the PCs on the outside of it. Either the PCs are accompanying other characters in the midst of such a plot (often being called on to defend the plot from the outside, as it were), or they are minding their own business when the others involved in the plot show up, and must pick sides or simply resist. For instance, with Any Old Port In The Storm, the PCs could already be enjoying (or native to) the shelter when a strange group arrives. If the "the PCs are unwelcome" variant is employed, then perhaps the PCs will be the only voice of reason to still the religious fervor, racial prejudice, anti-monster sentiment, or whatever else is the source of conflict.
The PCs find themselves on the receiving end of the adventure. Take any of the plots here and reverse them, placing the PCs in the position where NPCs (often the villain, fugitive, et cetera) normally are. 
* Instead of hunting, they must be hunted. 
* Instead of fixing, they must avoid getting "fixed" themselves (ow). 
* Alternately, leave a classic plot intact but turn the twists upside down, making them twistier (or refreshingly un twisty).