No argument here!
I’ll try and come up with a good segue to attach you to them. If you have any questions about making a character, feel free to ask.
I’ll try and come up with a good segue to attach you to them. If you have any questions about making a character, feel free to ask.
I've got a few questions... Bloodlines & Black Magic is kind of a mess, and I'm getting a little lost navigating the PDF (I ordered a print copy, but it's going to take forever to show up). Mainly, though, I want to make sure whatever I build a) fits into the "vibe" of the game, and b) fills an unoccupied slot in the party. I've got a couple potential ideas, but I'm not sure how viable they are. Any particular builds you're looking for?
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I’d be down with adding 1 or 2. Smaller is better for this sort of game, but 3 is very small!Mind if I join in?
I dunno. Ya look kinda sketchy, dude.
I dunno. Ya look kinda sketchy, dude.I’d be down with adding 1 or 2. Smaller is better for this sort of game, but 3 is very small!Mind if I join in?
I get that a lot.
I’ll try and come up with a good segue to attach you to them. If you have any questions about making a character, feel free to ask.I've got a few questions... Bloodlines & Black Magic is kind of a mess, and I'm getting a little lost navigating the PDF (I ordered a print copy, but it's going to take forever to show up). Mainly, though, I want to make sure whatever I build a) fits into the "vibe" of the game, and b) fills an unoccupied slot in the party. I've got a couple potential ideas, but I'm not sure how viable they are. Any particular builds you're looking for?
The vibe is basically ‘secret world beneath ours’ . There are a lot of strange things out there, and many of them have sharp teeth.
I agree the book is a bit of a hot mess, but we’re all adults here. We can kludge the rules as we go.
As for unoccupied slot? That’s harder to quantify. If you wanted to try a more street kid/rogue/trap monkey sort of thing, I think those skills could come in handy
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Think of it like American Gods and the X files had a threesome with Warehouse 13
That pretty much nails it.
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I’ll try and come up with a good segue to attach you to them. If you have any questions about making a character, feel free to ask.I've got a few questions... Bloodlines & Black Magic is kind of a mess, and I'm getting a little lost navigating the PDF (I ordered a print copy, but it's going to take forever to show up). Mainly, though, I want to make sure whatever I build a) fits into the "vibe" of the game, and b) fills an unoccupied slot in the party. I've got a couple potential ideas, but I'm not sure how viable they are. Any particular builds you're looking for?The vibe is basically ‘secret world beneath ours’ . There are a lot of strange things out there, and many of them have sharp teeth.
I agree the book is a bit of a hot mess, but we’re all adults here. We can kludge the rules as we go.
As for unoccupied slot? That’s harder to quantify. If you wanted to try a more street kid/rogue/trap monkey sort of thing, I think those skills could come in handy
Nace is an investigator with bonuses to trap finding/disable device up the wazoo.
I think there are lots of directions a new character could go.
Derp. I guess since we have only seen his combat side so far I forgot. Mea culpa
Think of it like American Gods and the X files had a threesome with Warehouse 13
I was going to say The Hole Behind Midnight: The Game. Was Boomer not able to get the rights to his own novel or something?
I'll try to write up a few character "pitches" and let you guys pick
Think of it like American Gods and the X files had a threesome with Warehouse 13I was going to say The Hole Behind Midnight: The Game. Was Boomer not able to get the rights to his own novel or something?
Probably.
Think of it like American Gods and the X files had a threesome with Warehouse 13I was going to say The Hole Behind Midnight: The Game. Was Boomer not able to get the rights to his own novel or something?
I haven't read that one, but again ... tropes LOL
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It's written by Clinton Boomer, the same person who cobbled together these modern horror rules for Pathfinder.
Well, that would do it lol
I haven't read that one, but again ... tropes LOLThink of it like American Gods and the X files had a threesome with Warehouse 13I was going to say The Hole Behind Midnight: The Game. Was Boomer not able to get the rights to his own novel or something?
It's basically American Gods with added Clinton Boomer special sauce. 10/10, would recommend.
It's basically American Gods with added Clinton Boomer special sauce. 10/10, would recommend.I haven't read that one, but again ... tropes LOLThink of it like American Gods and the X files had a threesome with Warehouse 13I was going to say The Hole Behind Midnight: The Game. Was Boomer not able to get the rights to his own novel or something?
Well, now I have to read it, because that's the theme here. I have shifted my reading to cosmic horror lately. It's a fertile field, lotsa fun stuff to work with in the modern age.
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Character sketches. Significantly longer than I'd originally planned:
Ticonderoga Historical Society Oral History Project
Entry #67: William W. Green (transcribed from audio recording)
September 21, 2011
Well... can't figure why you'd want to hear any of this, but here goes. Name's Bill Green, out of Wright's Ferry. Us Greens have been livin' on the land for ten generations, ever since Moses Green came down from Boston 'round about 1645. I was born 22 June, 1955. Ma was a Harris, up out of Putnam. Older brother Paul was born in '49.
What was it like back then? Coming up in the valley was pretty good-- hunt'n and fish'n, farm work. Linemen never made it down our way until 'round '73, so we didn't have power or nothing. Never got much school, but Ma and Pop taught me to read and write and do figures, and the house was always full of books. Ma took me and Paul to church every Sunday up at the log chapel by her folks' road. Pop was never much for chuch. I remember him and Grandpop and Tommy Redhawk would go up to the old stones on Brimstone Hill on lucky days. "Sky gets thin up there," Grandpop used to say, "leave part of the harvest for the Others, and they'll watch out for us, just like they do." I was born on a lucky day, and Pop said that made me lucky. Uncle Harris said that the Devil lived up Brimstone Hill, but Pop said it weren't the Devil. Ma always made a face when they all started talking like that, so I didn't hear much more than that.
Anyways, life was good'n all. Simple. 'Course things changed after Paul got drafted. Didn't hear a g*+-d&+ned thing for a year until we got a letter saying he'd been killed at Hue City. Ma didn't last long after that. I was going with one of the Whitford girls at the time, she was headed off to college and wanted me to come with her to Middlebury, but I couldn't leave Pop alone on the farm, so I stayed. It was just me and Pop after that, pretty much. I worked at the mill here in Ti for a few years, but Pop was getting on in years, and I went back to the farm full-time about '76. He's passed on, winter of '81. They're all buried up by Putnam Center.
Not much to tell after that. Still live in the old stone house. No tee-vee, no phone. I got my cows and hens, beehives, potato patch. Tap maple in the winter and bring it out to Sammis's place up by Charter Brook. Syrup's pretty good, but old Sammis takes half out to the still for brewing stonewall. I don't drink no more, but he gets a kick out of it. Other than that, there's ice fish'n up down South Bay. Paddy Gray lets me hunt on his land all fall and winter. He might be a no-good carpet-baggin' New Jersey son-of-a-b~~&~, but he's been up in the valley damn near forty years, so I guess that makes him a good egg. Don't tell him I said that.
And... let's see. Every year on my birthday, I take some eggs and honey up Brimstone Hill. Talk to Pop and Paul for a bit at the old stones. Sometimes I hear voices up there, but they don't sound like any o' my folk. Sky gets real thin up there. Y'know, I read once that the Adirondacks are some of the oldest mountains in the world, older than plants or animals or nothin'. Used to be bigger than the Rockies and stretched from Mexico all the way up to Norway. Now they're all but ground down by time, broken up across three continents. I been around a fair bit. Went to Toronto once, and Manhattan. Didn't feel a thing. But here... there's something different about this valley, the lake, these hills. Old stones...
...jeezum crow, look at the time. I must be getting poetical in my old age, got to be just about six o'clock. You'd best be getting home. Tell Margie I'm sorry for keeping you, what with the grandkids in town and all. You're gonna be at the Elks Club dinner on Friday? Good on you, bud, I'll be there. Might be a bit late, though. It's a lucky day.
Forwarded from New York State Police
Case file: John Doe (04 August, 2019), Camillus, Onondaga County
Witness testimony: Frank J. Hausmann
OFFICER: "Please state your name for the record."
HAUSMANN: "Frank Joseph Hausmann."
OFFICER: "What can you tell me about the man in this photograph?"
HAUSMANN: "Uh... could be him? This photo's pretty old. Looks a little familiar."
OFFICER: "Anything else? How did you first come into contact with the suspect? What were your first impressions?"
HAUSMANN: "Guy just showed up on the job site looking for work. Sketched me out a little, looking like he did. Never once did I see him take his sunglasses off. Absolutely covered in tattoos. Like, ears to fingertips. Speaking of which, he was missing a few fingers, which was kind of weird. And f@+*ing skinny... like Christian Bale in The Machinist skinny. Figured he was a tweaker, or a junkie, but half the roofers in the county are on smack, or meth, or both, so whatever. Said his name was Alex, but I've been around the block. I can tell a fake name when I hear one."
OFFICER: "Did he say anything about why he was in town?"
HAUSMANN: "Nope. Just said he'd do the first week for free if I paid him in cash after that. Not gonna f&%* around with that kind of deal, so I gave him a shot. Turned out he could run a nail gun with the best of my guys. Never complained. Barely talked at all, actually. Thought he might be Mexican after I heard him speaking Spanish with Saúl, but he says he just spent a few years down in the Southwest. Hell of a worker. Weird guy, though. Never once took a break. Never saw him eat or drink anything, but he smoked about eight billion cigarettes every shift. Slept on the job site every night like he was Amish or something."
OFFICER: "Did you witness any occurrences in the suspect's presence that might be considered... strange?"
HAUSMANN: "Like what? You're creeping me out, man. This whole deal is f*#*ed-up enough as it is."
OFFICER: "I repeat, did you witness any strange occurrences in the suspect's presence?"
HAUSMANN: "Well... not really. Everyone but Saúl gave him a pretty wide berth. Actually, wait... there was one thing-- more than a few times, I noticed coyotes wandering around the building site early in the morning. I know they're around, but they don't typically hang out around people. Does that count?"
OFFICER: "I'll put it in the report."
HAUSMANN: "Pardon my French, but why the f&~@ are you asking me all these questions? This is already some weird s+!#, man. I show up to work on Monday and there's f**%ing skeletons laying right there in the f@*#ing parking lot, and you're telling me that one of my employees murdered four people over the weekend? Those guys looked like Uncle Owen and Aunt f#~#ing Beru. No way this is our guy. I bet he came in early, saw that mess and just bounced."
OFFICER: "I'll put that in the report too. Now, one last question: did the suspect ever mention having been to Vancouver, Canada?"
HAUSMANN: "F#@$. F#$$. Now I know where I've seen that picture. You're talking about that clusterf+$% back in '08, right? The day I believe that was a terrorist attack is the day I believe we actually landed on the moon. Are you even a real cop? Jesus, I gotta get out of here."
OFFICER: "Did the suspect ever mention Vancouver?"
HAUSMANN: "No. He didn't say s+%@. Can I go now?"
OFFICER: "We're done here."
HAUSMANN: "Damn right we are..."
END TRANSCRIPT
Interesting possibilities. How could you explain Vancouver though? Massive government coverup? Dr. Venture’s God Gas?
The first one is pretty dope. Dude would be a bit long in the tooth for adventure, but the mountains are likely to be a hot spot in this game
Interesting possibilities. How could you explain Vancouver though? Massive government coverup? Dr. Venture’s God Gas?
Massive handwave?
The first one is pretty dope. Dude would be a bit long in the tooth for adventure, but the mountains are likely to be a hot spot in this game
Go with that one then?
What does everyone else think?
First one is definitely cool, and flavorful. Would be interesting to see how he'd mesh. Like Patrick said he's way older than the rest of the smart device-using young uns. Though he might have quite a bit in common with Miren.
The second one is interesting. Though I wonder what his motivation would be for joining the group, I don't see him taking the offer from a mysterious billionaire.
Interesting possibilities. How could you explain Vancouver though? Massive government coverup? Dr. Venture’s God Gas?Massive handwave?
The first one is pretty dope. Dude would be a bit long in the tooth for adventure, but the mountains are likely to be a hot spot in this gameGo with that one then?
What does everyone else think?
Handwaive could work. Maybe Vancouver didn’t collapse from Lovecraftian zombies. Maybe it was a Sasquatch attack.
I like 'em both and am glad Eddie isn't in consideration.
We have a pretty serene group. Tattoo Man might bring some welcome edge and energy to the party. But yeah, the first one fits with the back-country, mountain themes.
I have a slight preference for the second to balance the party and be a bit of a gadfly, but I like both. A lot.
Handwaive could work. Maybe Vancouver didn’t collapse from Lovecraftian zombies.
Did I ever tell you my fan theory?
Handwaive could work. Maybe Vancouver didn’t collapse from Lovecraftian zombies.Did I ever tell you my fan theory?
If you did I’ve forgotten. What is it?
Mine -
Handwaive could work. Maybe Vancouver didn’t collapse from Lovecraftian zombies.Did I ever tell you my fan theory?If you did I’ve forgotten. What is it?
Mine - ** spoiler omitted **
Fairly similar.
Yep. That’s pretty similar. The only thing thing that was vague was what was the cause. Your guess is a good one, considering where K ended up, I would say that’s right up his alley.
CH-- which one do you like better?
So, something has crept up on me. I should’ve mentioned it before, but it’s kind of been out of my mind. I’m going on vacation next week, and I’m not sure how much connectivity I will have since I’ll be out of the country. If I get a chance to update, I will but if not, updates will have to wait until the Monday after next.
Okay. Have fun!
Maybe rework him as a lone wolf cryptid hunter. Someone way off the grid who prowls the in between places.
Great, now I've got two votes for each...
Coin flip?
Do a coin flip, but don’t look at the result. Pay attention to which result you subtly find yourself hoping for, and go with that.
That's really complicated, man. I'm not sure if I can handle that kind of self-reflection.
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In other news, my physical copy of the book showed up in the mail.
In other news, my physical copy of the book showed up in the mail.
Wonderful news. As for which character? It really depends on what you want. I have no strong feelings either way. One question I see is what the older man’s motivation for getting into the adventure game would be? Disturbing contact? Family tragedy?
Hey all. I made it back to the US, but I picked up something while traveling and I’m a hot mess. I’ll try to update soon
In other news, my physical copy of the book showed up in the mail.Wonderful news. As for which character? It really depends on what you want. I have no strong feelings either way. One question I see is what the older man’s motivation for getting into the adventure game would be? Disturbing contact? Family tragedy?
Currently putting together some ideas for character motivations for both characters. Work has been trying my patience, and I'm planning for a road trip next week, but I should be able to write something down in the next couple of days.
Hi folks. Just wanna give you a heads up, I had an unexpected funeral to attend, and I was stuck somewhere between Brooklyn and queens in the pouring rain for most of the weekend . I should be updating Monday.
Been in and out of internet access for the last week. Ended up listening to American Gods on CD while driving cross-country, which gave me some ideas. Then I went down a rabbit hole of reading about Norse and Celtic and Native American mythology, and ended up re-reading all of Mother Horse Eyes and Kirkbride's 36 Lessons of Vivec, then pretty much everything else Kirkbride has written, all in one sleepless night in a hotel. Then there's been several days sitting in a hunting blind reading Paul Kingsnorth's Alexandria, waiting for deer but seeing only coyotes...
I think I'm going to have to go with option 2, but I do have to ask: how much can I monkey around with the lore & flavor of the classes in the book?
Sorry for your loss. You were in my neck of the woods.
Been in and out of internet access for the last week. Ended up listening to American Gods on CD while driving cross-country, which gave me some ideas. Then I went down a rabbit hole of reading about Norse and Celtic and Native American mythology, and ended up re-reading all of Mother Horse Eyes and Kirkbride's 36 Lessons of Vivec, then pretty much everything else Kirkbride has written, all in one sleepless night in a hotel. Then there's been several days sitting in a hunting blind reading Paul Kingsnorth's Alexandria, waiting for deer but seeing only coyotes...
I think I'm going to have to go with option 2, but I do have to ask: how much can I monkey around with the lore & flavor of the classes in the book?
American Gods is one of my inspirations for this campaign. As is Dr Sleep, Blue Sonja, X Files, and Warehouse 13.
As for monkeying around? Monkey away. I’m not a stickler for rules. I trust you aren’t trying to make some charop crazypants
Sorry for your loss. You were in my neck of the woods.
Yeah, it was my fiancée’s relative. The Guyanese have an ethnic enclave in Richmond Hill, so we had lunch at a West Indian/Chinese fusion restaurant called Hibiscus. Which was interesting. I’d never had Duck fried rice or jerk chicken Lo mein.
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Yeah, I used to live in Richmond Hill about 13 yrs ago. And yeah, West Indian Chinese food is a unique thing specific to the Caribbean. We had it in Trinidad as well, an interesting blend of flavor profiles.
And of course we stopped to get Jamaican Patties from Golden Krust, and doubles* from Anil’s Roti shop.
*I will not be weighing in on the epic Guyana vs. Trinidad doubles controversy.
LMAO! wise man.
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I'm back in Iowa, hopefully can start actually building a character within the next day or two.
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Character built and sent for GM review