Darkened Thresholds - Artifact

Game Master JonGarrett

"Evening now folks, you're listening to me, Kara Louise, and it's time for the Witching Hour. Now I know a lot of people don't believe in the strange, the odd or the spooky. But everyone in this neck of the woods has seen something a little odd. Heard a strange story they wouldn't believe from anyone but friends or family, may be seen something you can't quite explain. Maybe you should ring in later, talk about it on air. Share the chills"

"But first, a little news for those of you, maybe a little cookier, maybe a little wiser, who think you know what's really going on. If that sounds like you, there's a little town off the beaten track. Back in the woods away, a few dozen families. Had a little hunting trouble a couple of years back. Know the one I'm talking about? Good. Then maybe you should head out that way when you have a spell, because a little birdie tells me they need a bit of help out that way...and now, for everyone else, a little music."

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Welcome to Darkened Thresholds, a Monster of the Week game. You will play a Hunter, someone who protects humanity from the things you only see in the corner of your eye and can only hope are your imagination.

The basic premise of this game is that you are Hunters, defenders of humanity against the things the lurk just beyond seeing, the ones who solve the events others write off as weird quirks of fate or bad luck. It's not an easy job. It'll probably kill you. But there's no one else who can do it.

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Application

Actually creating a character for Monster of the Week is a relatively simple, easy process that's also partially communal. As a result of this I'm going to start by looking for concepts, rather than characters. The more you can provide and the better idea I can get of the character you'll make and the kind of player you are.

One thing to note is that, at this point, nothing is set in stone. If things change during the creation process that is fine.

With that, let's get to it.

Name: Fairly obvious. Or, perhaps, not. This will likely be the name the character is known by in the game world, but it might be a nom de guerre or a title rather than there birth name. If they had a birth name.

Concept: Just a couple of paragraphs describing the idea behind your character. Perhaps you're a reformed cultist seeking to atone for the wrongs you committed? An assassin who took out something supernatural and dedicated your talents to saving the world? Something called on to this layer of existence with a job in mind?

Possible Playbook: You can find details of the 12 base playbooks Here, and several other possible options are mentioned Here. It should be noted that each character will have a different Playbook, but that a concept can often work with more than one - a succubus could use the Monstrous or the Changeling for example.

Creative Example: Because this is such a different character creation, with so much still in limbo at the end, I decided I wanted to see how you guys handle the creative side of the game. So, what I'm looking for here is your addition to the World of Darkened Threshold. For a character aiming for the Professional Playbook this could be details on your Agency, what it is and how it functions. For others perhaps its a place, an area of weirdness that we'll encounter in the game.

This doesn't have to be related to your character, and beyond the idea that the game is set somewhere in the modern-day US (but filmed in Canada) you're free to do what you want.

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Frequently Asked Questions (that have never been asked)

OK, so with that, here's a few bits that might also be useful to know.

I've never played Monster of the Week before! I'm out!

Well, I can't stop you. But Monster of the Week is an extremely simple system to play, and I'll be happy to run you through the character creation and the rules. You can read a brief How to Play although it doesn't contain the entire ruleset.

What kind of tone are you expecting?

The game will be semi-serious with elements of tragedy, but pretty much everything I touch has a certain level of humour built in. Not every game will be a race to save people from the monsters, and not everything happy ending with have a grim twist. Think TV shows like Buffy, or books like the Dresden Files.

What do you, as a GM, expect from us as players?

The thing I really want to see in players is good, consistent posting. Posting once a day would be good, warning me about delays when you can, and the like.

More importantly, this game will live and die on story and creativity - and not just mine. This is a world that I expect everyone to actively add to, and your relationships with other players will mean as much as your battles with the monsters. Don't be afraid to engage with characters and NPC's.

Finally, basic literacy skills. I'm talking real basic - anyone who plays with me for five minutes will tell you my crimes against grammar are great and many - but capitalization, paragraphs, full stops and a quick sweep with an in-browser spell check shouldn't be too hard.

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Thank you for taking the time to read all that, and I look forward to seeing you folks later.

Dotting in.
I have a huge grin on my face reading these playbooks. They are exactly what I expected.

Not sure what I'll be leaning toward but a concept will strike me soon enough.

Currently leaning to Spooky, Expert, Professional or Crooked. They seem to call to some fun concepts.

Well, before I forget, I should mention that the extra Playbooks I'm using can be found on RPGDriveThru at the following locations - The Leader, The Changeling, and a bundle containing All the Rest. It should be noted that all of these are Pay What You Want, but I will be happy to share a sneaky preview with anyone who wants a look so they can know how many pennies to throw at these.

Also, because I'm sure someone of you will want it, the Core Rules are on sale.

Dotting. I'll work on making my general idea into a submission tomorrow. Tonight it's bed time. :D

As I said in the interest check thread, I'm very interested.

I was a fan of Buffy/Angel when it was on, and love the Dresden books as well, so I'm pretty well versed in the Urban Fantasy genre.

My concept, as posted earlier, is a Changeling or Monstrous -- specifically a normal human who has become something different. Something inhuman. What's more, they're no longer subject to the rules of humanity, and now have to deal with the very different constraints and laws of their new reality -- very much like

However, rather than going the route that Jim Butcher did with <spoiler>, I'm thinking demon/devilkind.

Edit: So, apparently the Changeling is an adopted monster raised as a human and is now dealing with the fact that they were never human in the first place. Now the name of the Playbook makes so much more sense. I can run with that, though some of the Playbook moves have me thinking in some fun directions besides what I had in the vignette. I'll think on this some more.

Name: Jerry Harris

Concept: Jerry was a prison guard in the Midwest. He was good at his job, which meant he wasn't well liked by the inmates. That is, until Jerry found out that he was very well liked by one of the inmates, and he liked the inmate in return. When the other inmates discovered this, they were ready to turn on Jerry's beau in a heartbeat to lash out at one of the most least-liked correctional officers.

One gang in particular really wanted to see Jerry suffer. The dumb hick from Texas who ruled the pack -- Surprise! He's a vampire! -- really wanted to see Jerry suffer, so he sucked the blood right out of Jerry's lover right in front of him. Jerry was to be next, but the vampire and his crew of weirdos (that makes much more sense, now) underestimated Jerry's sheer grit and sense of not-putting-up-with-this-shit.

After Jerry's eyes were opened to the underside of the world, he left his occupation as a correctional officer, driven by revenge and the need to take these new types of hoodlums out of decent society.

Possible Playbooks: I can work this concept with a number of different Playbooks. The Wronged or The Professional seem like obvious choices, but The Mundane could also work. If you think The Hard Case could be a good fit, I'd like to see a sneak peak of that. I'll buy the pack if I use that Playbook.

Creative Example: I'm going to come back to this as it's late. I just wanted to get what I've thought about from the Interest Check thread down.

Edit: So, apparently the Changeling is an adopted monster raised as a human and is now dealing with the fact that they were never human in the first place. Now the name of the Playbook makes so much more sense. I can run with that, though some of the Playbook moves have me thinking in some fun directions besides what I had in the vignette. I'll think on this some more.

A certain level of re-fluffing can be done, so this could be someone who has become a monster, rather than being born and finding out.

Dotting. I'll work on making my general idea into a submission tomorrow. Tonight it's bed time. :D

People sleep? I mean, yes, sleep. A totally normal thing I also do. Yes.

I've got more ideas than I can use. Please feel free to use any of these even if I don't end up playing.

Some Characters:

And plenty of creative bits

Since I've got a few ideas, I'll be putting them into spoilers to keep form wall of texting the thread.

Here's what I'm thinking for my character:

Name: Among Hunters he goes by Cheshire. The current pseudonym he uses in human form is Chester Carlyle. What his real name is? He's not telling.

Concept: Cheshire is a canny, cunning were-cat with considerable knowledge about the secret world. He's rather conceited, with a wide sarcastic streak that tends to rub people the wrong way in spite of his self-image insisting he's suave and charming.

He has a knack for showing up just as trouble strikes an area and sniffing out the Hunters going after it. He's good at making himself just useful enough to said Hunters for them to put up with his sharp tongue and dismissive attitude. He's not the strongest in combat compared to other 'monsters', but his speed and cunning are enough that he's thus far avoided getting killed.

Cheshire claims he was an ordinary man who was unlucky enough to run afoul of an angry warlock who cursed him with the form of a cat. Luckily he figured out a way to switch between forms sometime later, turning the curse into something of an asset.

Possible Playbook: The Monstrous is the only one that allows shapeshifting, so this concept is pretty much stuck with it.

Creative Example: Can I just point you at a short story I've written previously, or were you hoping for something directly related?

Oh, right, you already said it should be something directly related. Let me think on that a bit.

Yeah, the story is cool, but the idea is for you to add to the world.

Hmm, checking things over. See if I come up with any good ideas.

Oops, guess I really didn't add that much. Going to be following BenBrown's example since his submission is a lot more concise than mine. Also going to include some of the ideas I left out.

Some ideas for what could be in this world.

Okay, after some thought and letting my imagination run, I've come up with two major concepts.

The first is based on that first vignette I posted -- a normal person changed into something not human.

Specifically, I want to make sure I'm well clear of the fairly tropey succubus/temptress demon. Instead, I'd like to make her a fury -- more like a fallen angel of the wrathful variety. Therefore, I think either the Monstrous or perhaps a reskinned Divine would be the best playbook for that. But I could probably make the Changling work for it as well.

The Changeling Playbook gave me another idea, however. This one is pretty dependent upon the setting being fairly static -- where all the action takes place in a single town like Sunnydale or Chicago, and less of a road-trip Supernatural/Mystery Machine romp across the country. The reason is that this idea is that the adopted/orphan character is actually a dryad and is linked to a large tree somewhere in town. Thus, she's bound to the area and can't stray very far or else she starts to get weaker the longer she's away.

Creative Example:
The coolest place in town is called the Covenant -- a record store-slash-coffee house that has a large back room with a stage for small, indie bands that play over the weekends. The baristas are surly and emo, but they make the best java and their music tastes are simply better than yours. Startup bands across the tri-state area are desperate to get good enough for a chance at a gig, or for one of the staff to recommend their album.

McHappilee's Doughnuts -- 24-hour donut shop that makes everything in the store fresh. A popular hangout in the mornings for students, cops, and harried adults in need of coffee and a morning sugar rush. The other time the shop is busy is at 2 a.m., when they put their bags of day-olds up for sale for a single buck to clear space for the fresh ones.

I'm really enjoying the stuff you folks are submitting, it's good stuff. I'll start weaving it into some kind of cohesive setting and story in a day or two.

On that note, I'll leave applications open for one week. We'll close it on 11.3.19. That should be long enough, I hope.

Okay, I came up with an idea for my creative example:

Newton's Final Formula

History knows that Sir Isaac Newton, famous for his laws of physics, also had an interest in what scientists dispargingly term 'the occult'--alchemy, prophecy, and so forth. Pieces of his works in these fields remain, though tradition has it that much more was lost in a fire. When scientists bother to talk about the topic, they tend to shake their heads at the wasted potential--what other laws of the universe might he have discovered had he not been distracted by such things, they say.

They have no idea how close he was.

The fire that supposedly destroyed much of his alchemical work was a cover-up, for Sir Isaac Newton was, in truth, one of Earth's greatest metaphysicists, thriving in that strange twilight space between science and magic where any who would seek deeper laws beneath the traditional incantations must dwell. But though he kept his work secret there were those who knew of the discoveries he was making and coveted them for themselves.

They raided his study, and stole many of his notes before setting fire to what remained. But as often happens, there was no honor among thieves, and rather than work together these rivals each took what they had claimed for themselves, trying to work out greater mysteries from the crumbs they had stolen.

But they had missed the greatest prize, the jewel that was to crown Newton's work--a nearly-complete formula which the now-despondent scientist, now convinced he could never finish it without what he had lost, bequeathed to a friend. Just what this formula meant is a matter of great debate--some say it reveals some hidden law underlying all magic, the knowledge of which would allow one to work wonders the likes of which the world has never seen. Others say it is a darker thing, the a calculation by which one can master men's minds. Still others say it truly is the final formula, the recipe for an alchemical weapon capable of the destruction of the entire planet.

Whatever it is, students of the secret arts have hunted for both the formula and the scattered notes needed to understand and complete it for centuries, each convinced it will give them what they desire.

Name: Jerry Harris

Concept: Jerry was a prison guard in the Midwest. He was good at his job, which meant he wasn't well liked by the inmates. That is, until Jerry found out that he was very well liked by one of the inmates, and he liked the inmate in return. When the other inmates discovered this, they were ready to turn on Jerry's beau in a heartbeat to lash out at one of the most least-liked correctional officers.

One gang in particular really wanted to see Jerry suffer. The dumb hick from Texas who ruled the pack -- Surprise! He's a vampire! -- really wanted to see Jerry suffer, so he sucked the blood right out of Jerry's lover right in front of him. Jerry was to be next, but the vampire and his crew of weirdos (that makes much more sense, now) underestimated Jerry's sheer grit and sense of not-putting-up-with-this-s!%#.

After Jerry's eyes were opened to the underside of the world, he left his occupation as a correctional officer, driven by revenge and the need to take these new types of hoodlums out of decent society.

Possible Playbooks: I can work this concept with a number of different Playbooks. The Wronged or The Professional seem like obvious choices, but The Mundane could also work. If you think The Hard Case could be a good fit, I'd like to see a sneak peak of that. I'll buy the pack if I use that Playbook.

Creative Example: I'm going to come back to this as it's late. I just wanted to get what I've thought about from the Interest Check thread down.

Sarah O'Callaghan

Sarah is the granddaughter of Morris O'Callaghan, caretaker of the old cemetary up on Lawrence. He didn't mention it much, but among Morris' duties were making sure the dead stayed in the ground, for some reason a lot of folks around here were not too keen on knowing when to stay dead.

But now old Morris got a little too slow, got himself chewed up some. He survived, but he ain't going to be walking again. No-one else is stepping up to the task so Sarah's taken over, after all it wouldn't do for just anyone to be wandering around the cemetery at night.

Playbook Can be flexible on this one, Flake, Expert, Chosen, Initiate, possibly an unconventional Divine or Spooky.

The Cemetery: The old cemetery is restless and while it's often the dead that don't want to stay that way, it also attracts attention from all sorts of other creeps, it's not the only cemetery in town, but it's the oldest and when weird stuff goes down it's often here.
It's a dreary place, even the fanciest of mausoleums seem to fade to grey, the mist from the nearby lake lingers well beyond the morning hours and the statuary seems to watch you. Still, a lot of the older families prefer to be buried there. Tradition holds beyond common sense.

Called: Captain, Captain Rose by very few.

Concept:
Military or ex-military, people assume by her attitude but aren't entirely sure. Which nation she is/was military or not of, also something people debate. When Captain's not around, of course. She wouldn't be having with such deplorable and annoying behaviour as idle gossip.

Captain is very loyal to her higher-ups. After years of training teams under her command, Captain has an attitude that everyone - other than her higher-ups - are subordinates. She is very big on reminding and keeping others to the rules and objectives. Ruthlessly so. If the rules say the punishment is death, she'll argue for death without any wavers in whatever is left in her heart no matter the circumstances. Captain holds others and herself to a very high appearing standard though how much she keeps the rules herself is her little secret.

Severe, cold and analytical, but gets the job done is how most who work alongside her would describe the Captain. There are a few stories floating around of shocking displays of humanity, but most don't believe them. She is full of far more surprises than most give her credit, but keeping others on edge of how far she will go to fulfill her job is a carefully kept image the Captain keeps.

She wears meticulous formalwear and her favourite weapon has a gilded rose engraved on it.

Possible Playbook: Crooked or Professional

Creative Examples:

Still working on my creative examples, but here's what I've got for my main submission, since I'm still very much interested in this.

Name: Zeke Bjarnessen. His mama called him Ezekiel, and nobody else does. He's got nicknames, but only certain people can use them.

Concept: There's lots of fancy folk out there hunting monsters. Government suits with special-issue exploding pens. Divinely blessed champions with the Armor and Sword of the Almighty Himself. Ivory-tower sorts who've discovered secrets of the Man-Was-Not-Meant-To-Know variety. Sometimes the monsters themselves decide to fight back against their terrible kin.

Then there's Zeke. Zeke isn't anything special, at least if you ask him--but then, in his line of work, that does make him special. Zeke's exact talents and skillset vary by account. Some say he's a cunning hunter, who relies as much on his smarts and his tools to get the job done as anything else. Some say he's just cool as a cucumber, nearly inhuman himself with his collected attitude and singular tenacity. Most everybody says he's one tough S.O.B., but then, he'd have to be just to survive.

Where he comes from, how long he's been working, where he operates, and with whom, are all matters of speculation. A lot of folk peg him for ex-military, by the way he holds himself in a fight, but some say he picked that up in a third-world prison--and more than a few figure it's a mix of both. His tattoos might be patriotic, or rebellious, or downright criminal, it's hard to say--they've got that sort of ubiquitous look that just says not to mess with the owner. You can ask him yourself if you like, but depending on who you ask, Zeke's as likely to hit you with a crowbar as he is a disarming smile.

Playbook: I personally picture Zeke as the Hard Case, but options abound. The Expert and the Wronged both feel fitting, and the Crooked or even the Professional could do the same. The Mundane doesn't quite have the motif I picture for Zeke, even if I'm seeing him as embodying the idea of a plain old stock human who's just got enough gravel in his guts to fight back against the dark.

Coming up when I finish working on it: some info on the Jim Bowie Rest Stop just outside of town, where the food is good, the drinks are cheap, and there's always a little strange gossip going around.

Hmm, I've got at least one somewhat interesting idea. May still need to think on creative examples some more though. Also may percolate other character ideas later.

Name: Kavax'Koatl. Has a bunch of titles he doesn't bother with most of the time.

Concept: Kavax'Koatl, the World Render, Dark Dragon of the End, and so on and so forth, has not been having a very good time recently. Not only has he been summoned into the mortal world in a mortal body (which is proving more complicated to operate than he would like), but it's way too early for the Apocalypse, and the summoner was apparently both badly misinformed and terribly incompetent. While perfectly fine with fulfilling his role when the time comes, Kavax is not at all interested in doing so early. In fact, he's now quite upset that he's going to have to do a lot of extra work to prevent an early Apocalypse from happening in order to ensure that the correct one can occur when it is supposed to. Also, turns out that while ending the world periodically might be his job, he's actually a pretty decent person when 'off the clock', if a bit acerbic and morbid at times.

Playbook: Either a Summoned or a slightly tweaked Divine.

I have to say, I'm getting more enamored of the dryad Changeling idea. I think it should work (but only if we don't do a lot of travel).

Here's a Creative Example tied to that concept:

The Magistrate, an American chestnut tree easily over 350 years old, is a landmark near the middle of the town (assuming the game's main setting is somewhere in the northeast. Otherwise, it's likely some other tree native to the region). Somehow mysteriously spared of the chestnut fungal blight, it stands tall and proud in a park behind the town hall and the community library. The Magistrate has long been a fixture of the town, including a participant of some of its most sordid past events. Criminals have been hanged from its branches, as well as a few innocents during the nation's more shameful eras. During the economic downturn during the 1970s and '80s, the park had been left to decay, and numerous other trees and brush grew up around the Magistrate, and for a time the stately tree was forgotten for a time.

That changed in the early 2000s, when an economic boom of the town and a resurgent interest in the town's history led a group of conservationists to explore the overgrown park and discover the Magistrate still alive and flourishing behind the brush. A civic effort to restore the park was started, and the community rallied around the Magistrate, though they also chose to keep some of the other trees that had grown up around it.

The Magistrate was the source of local gossip again roughly fifteen years ago, when an infant child was found nestled in its hoary roots by some park goers. No one was able to find the mother, so the baby girl was eventually adopted by the leaders of the town historical society, Everette and Lily Donohue. The baby was called Maggie, after the tree in which she was found.

At the moment, my idea is that you'll be moving within a US County sized area. The idea is sound, though, so if you want your tree to be smack bang in the middle of the County and to be unable to head past its borders (and play one off Hunters if we ever have games that go past those limits) then it sounds good.

Okay, yeah! County-sized area is perfectly reasonable. The way I figure it, the area that I can freely move is defined by plot. Any time you want to ratchet up tension, I might have to act under pressure if I start to stray a little too far.

For short road trips by the others, maybe I'll be the guy (gal) in the chair. And maybe there'll be magic spells and such that could give me a longer rope (with corresponding countdown for added drama).

Alright, thought of something to do for a...

Creative Example:
The Unnamed Ruins

Out a little ways into the countryside, there exist some old ruins, most likely Native American. They aren't exactly secret, and folks nearby even mention them from time to time, but nobody makes a big deal about them, figuring they're probably already explored or otherwise uninteresting. Their exact nature has never been determined conclusively due to the fact that every single expedition intended to travel to them has never actually gotten there, usually due to losing interest, insufficient funding, loss of equipment, or other seemingly mundane problems... meaning that no one has ever publicly determined exactly what they are or what their purpose might be. The supernaturally inclined community has already concluded that there must be some ancient curse or ward preventing people from approaching them... but what could be inside worth protecting so well?

Just thought of another concept that would be fun to play. I love these Playbooks. Lots of flavor that look like they'll be fun to put into play.

Name: Zachary Zanes

Concept: Boring accountant unknowingly works for large corporation that has interests in different industries. (Maybe Adalets, from D_Var_Stars' pitch?) He investigates some odd financial transactions that seem to add up to more money than they should be able to add up to. After doing a deep-dive analysis, the numbers start to make sense to him, and he can see how he can use the formulas to generate wealth as if by magic! He has stumbled across the arcane practice of wealth magic, financomancy.

(I apologize for "financomancy." [Not really.])

He continues to study his new talent, eventually being noticed and trained by financomancers (sorry not sorry) higher up in the organization. Things are going great until his company suffers a hostile takeover by a rival corporation. The rival corporation is run by aliens. Who abduct humans for food. AND he gets laid off.

Possible Playbook: Spell-slinger is an obvious choice, but it would be fun to re-brand Chosen or Initiate as some sort of corporate training program.

Creative Example: Department of Advanced Research-Commercial Accounting and Net Equity (A.R.C.A.N.E.). The Department of Arcane is a single isolated department... in every major global corporation. Using their ability to influence numbers and data points, the leaders in this organization creates profiles, assets, and sometimes even positions for its members in every business where the profit margin is high enough, both for its members and for the business, of course. It feels that destructive monsters and supernatural threats are always bad for business, so it has a vested interest in seeing them neutralized so that the world can get back to work.

In case this is helpful:

Andostre
Jerry Harris - Wronged/Professional/Hard Case
Zachary Zanes - Chosen, Initiate, Spell-slinger

BenBrown
Dot Brenner - Spooky, Chosen
Sarah Alice "Sunny" Clare / Aktorazithal the Dark - Spooky, Changeling
Vic Bell - Expert, Initiate

AdamWarnock
Kalisuel the Meek - Divine
Charlotte "Charly" Davidson - Monstrous, Changeling
Big Benny K - Crooked, Hard Case, Professional
Ahmed Entezam - Initiate, Spell Slinger, Spooky
Samuel Wise - Mundane, Sidekick
Vivian Crow - Monstrous, Spooky, Summoned

Almonihah
Cheshire - Monstrous

Stalwart
(fallen angel) - Changeling
(dryad) - Changeling

spinningdice
Sarah O'Callaghan - Flake, Expert, Chosen, Initiate, Divine, Spooky

D_Var_Stars
Captain Rose - Crooked, Professional

Helix Missionary
Zeke Bjarnessen - Hard Case, Expert, Wronged, Crooked, Professional

Razzocnor
Kavax'Koatl - Summoned, Divine

Stalwart Sounds like it could be some good character development, and potential Playbook Change depending on what happens.

Andostre It is helpful, yes, thank you.

Also, I've started assembling the lore of the game Here. You might notice some minor additions or changes to your stuff, to create a more cohesive setting. If I've changed anything in a way you don't like hit me up.

Most of the pages on the site now have something, bar Player Characters.

Did you see my thing? I don't see it on your site.

I did, and I do intend to include it when I do a lore section or the like. I haven't included a couple of others bits too, for various reasons.

I thought that might be it. :)

Dang, I was kinda hoping that you'd use the Sailor Sentai gang idea. :P

Still, very happy that you picked out a couple of my things to add even if I don't get in. And if you need some more ideas...

I might well use the gang at some point, but I think five people is probably too small for an organization.

Also, I've started assembling the lore of the game Here.

Very nice. Do you know who the artist is for that background image? Good selection.

Unfortunately not. It was one of the cooler images to pop up an 'Urban Fantasy' google image search, but it's been used by so many places without credit that there doesn't seem to be a way to track it.

I might well use the gang at some point, but I think five people is probably too small for an organization.

You don't have to. I just threw them in there because I thought it'd be funny. To be fair, their not an organization so much as they're a party of PCs on the other side of the GM/Player line. :D

I'm trying to restrain myself, but I am finding myself tempted to do a few more creative things. I can come up with stuff to use all night long. I might have a case of World Builder's disease, to be honest.

It happens. I have those moods from time to time, though I eventually burn out if I'm not careful to pace them.

I'm sure there will be a ton of world building to do as things progress. And yeah, they do seem entertaining - just need the right story for them.

Cool. Looking forward to seeing how this goes.

What's the deadline on submissions for this? I have something I'm putting together.

I'm really enjoying the stuff you folks are submitting, it's good stuff. I'll start weaving it into some kind of cohesive setting and story in a day or two.

On that note, I'll leave applications open for one week. We'll close it on 11.3.19. That should be long enough, I hope.

Next Monday according to this post.

Yup.

Been super busy this week, I feel like I've fallen behind after seeing this thread explode! I wanted to get at least something down.

Character

Creative Examples:

No worries, it's been a lot more active than I expected too, but there's still time for any more applicants to join in.

Almonihah wrote:

Dotting. I'll work on making my general idea into a submission tomorrow. Tonight it's bed time. :D

People sleep? I mean, yes, sleep. A totally normal thing I also do. Yes.

::peers suspiciously:: You are a human, right? I only like playing in games run by humans.

Everyone here is definitely a human. Absolutely none of us are aliens, robots, or so forth. Definitely no alien robots.

::peers suspiciously:: You are a human, right? I only like playing in games run by humans.

There is reasonably little evidence I'm not. At least little enough for reasonable doubt. Probably.

I don't know, I think I just about qualify as human - though I have my doubts some days.

Alright, here are my creative examples. None of them go essentially with Zeke or anything, although I certainly imagine he's a regular at the roadhouse.

Hmm, feeling mildly creative.