Yea! Can you tell us more? Howzit going? What is it about? :) I'm curious
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Yea! Can you tell us more? Howzit going? What is it about? :) I'm curious
My group does; I am the GM.Quote:
BTW: who does play BtVS RPG around here?
We have done 1 and a half seasons of Buffy so far.
The game collapsed temporarily but we are now retooling the game into a more Angel themed show - mixing BTVS-RPG with the other Unisystem games "Witchcraft and All Flesh Must Be Eaten"
This game session I will threaten them with Talking Apes if they don't behave, as "Terra Primate" is on its way too... ;)
Great! How many eps?
Gosh, I so want to play, I'll just have to take my fix of BtVS RPGing by proxy ;) And tonight we'll do the character of my first (and last for now) player.
Do you know of any cool links / sites / resources for RPGing in the Buffyverse? I'm mostly looking for magic stuff (spells) and advenutres.
And if you have the time and feel like it, BtVS RPGers, don't hesitate to post some stuff about your campaign - you'll always have at least one avid reader :)
Thanks!
I am interested in hearing how your games are going. Please, if you like, post any synoposis you might have here. I don't mind. :)
Okay so here is some info on my BTVS camapign, the Nolton Chronicle.
It will be a short campaign, maybe 6 to 10 sessions. 3 acts. 6 players. 1 Big Bad
Set in Nolton, a small town in New England (ie no particular state but that area).
The town of Nolton was founded in 1803. The founding was done by two men, Harcourt Baldwick and Phineas Howard. The two friends were very rich and attracted settlers with a promise of a safe and prosperous home.
No one knows how or why, but for some reason Baldwick began to sink all his money into the relocation of a black brick Byzantine church with golden domes from Wallicha (near Transylvania).
This grotesque expenditure of money caused a schisim between Baldwick and Howard. The townspeople polarized. Howard and his people out of Howard's Mansion on the hill and the Baldwick camp in the foundation of the church, laid in the centre of town. on an island in the middle of the Dunwich river.
One dark autumn night, there was a clash between camps and Howard and his people were all killed. The gates to Howard's mansion were sealed, never to be opened again.
Having suffered series wounds in the fight, Baldwick passed in during the night, but not before he compelled his people to finish his dream and complete the reconstruction of the church.
The construction of the church was slow. But in 1903, 100 years after the begining of the town and the church, the doors were opened for midnight mass.
500 townspeople enterted the church, nearly half the population of the town of Baldwick. Reports are sketchy, but it seems a fire broke out and all 500 were lost.
Since 1903 the town of Nolton has grown to a comfortable 10,000 people, plus Baldwick College brings another 3000 students every year.
The Nolton Historical Preservation Society has been working on restoring the Church in time for its' 200 year anniversary in 2003. But in the last 100 years the town has had a very high death and dissapearance rate. The Dunwich Whippoorwills sing their songs to the dead almost weekly. But life goes on in Nolton....
And on the hill over looking it all is the Howard House... empty now for 200 years... the estate gated off and the rumours and stories that anyone who climbs the fence is never seen again...
Next: The Characters
Okay these are the PCs for campaign. Yeah it wouldn't be my game if there weren't pictures ;)
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Kimiko Yashida - Kimi has had an odd life. Her parents treat her more like property than like a family member. Obsessed with prestige and materialism, her parents kept her home schooled instead of allowing her to attend a normal High School. A brilliant child, Kimi managed to take and pass her SATs at the age of 15 and now at the age of 16 is entering college in Nolton at Baldwick College. The side story for Kimi is that she is actually a Slayer (one of many) and with the death of Buffy (end of Season 5) she was activated. Since her parents hid her away from everyone, the Watcher's have no idea she is even active (or even existed for that matter) and have assumed the line travels only through Faith. Unfortunately for her, if her parents have any say in it, their virgin daughter will wind up as a sacrifice to assure Baldwick's acension.
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Tyler Hayes - A star High School quarterback in Northern Texas, Tyler was destined for an Ivy League school and eventually the NFL. His father unfortunately was a chronic gambler and racked up debts he couldn't pay. When the leg breakers came, Tyler saved his father's life by making a deal. The deal would be him throwing games. It worked and his team plummeted to last place in their division. But his coach got wise and Tyler was busted. His mother left his father, and Tyler barred from playing College ball saw no prospects. Then Miss Darkholme from Baldwick contacted Tyler's mother and offered him a full scholarship. Tyler knew it was his only chance and accepted. Now he and his mother have moved to Nolton and their future.
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Heather Cross - An orphan from an early age, Heather Cross (named so as she was a ward of the church) bounced from Orphanage to Foster Home and back again until she turned 18. Finally able to make a real decision in her life she decided to go to college. Since she had been a practicing Wicca since her 4th Foster Mother showed her how, she choose to attend Baldwick College. As the only school to teach a Wicca Studies course in America, it seemed the natural choice. Now Heather has come to Nolton and feels a strange familiarity with the sleepy New England town. What that is she cannot tell, but it is ever-present, just as is the feeling of shadows and twisted nature that abound in the hamlet.
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Nigel St John-Smythe - A younger member of the Watchers Council, St John-Smythe was always a bit of a rebel. Determined to explore new ways to battle evil, he was rarely content to just "watch". This lead to him being somewhat of a bother to the older Watchers. Eventually Nigel decided to prove his view point. It was less than a success. The vampire that got loose in the Watchers' library almost burned the building down, and managed to steal some rather important books on her way out the door. As a suitable punishment for his acts, the Council decided that the young Watcher should investigate the mysterious rumblings they had been hearing about from Nolton. Banished to America, St John-Smythe has no idea that his destiny lays before him in the forum of small Japanese girl and her ultimate fate.
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Peri Langtree – Peri was a normal happy child until the day she woke up from the nightmare of seeing her mother trapped under the ice. Only 7 years old she didn’t quite understand it, but when her mother assured her it was only a dream she was put at ease. Three days later her mother’s car went off the Dunwich Bridge and crashed through the ice. The police said she managed to get out of the car, but the current carried her down river and she was unable to break through the ice. Peri’s father became depressed and eventually lost his job after he started drinking. Peri was changed forever. A doorway opened for her and she couldn’t close it. All around her she could pick up on little things. Secrets people wanted to keep or flashes of their pasts or futures. Her old Aunt called it the Shining and said it was a gift. Peri didn’t think it was a gift. Drawing inside herself, Peri doesn’t make friends easily and uses her “goth” lifestyle to scare off anyone who would get to close. Now a student at Baldwick, Peri is about to make friends that are just up her ally.
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Father Patrick McGuire – Pat McGuire wanted to be a Priest from the earliest memory he had. Pat studied his whole life and eventually became an ordained minister. But Father McGuire had a secret. When his fellows and peers would talk about their experiences with the divine and the feeling that God walked with them, he could only nod and pretend. Inside he felt nothing. Eventually his life of a lie began to wear on him. The sacramental wine became his solace. His congregation thinned and thinned. Then he hit rock bottom. With a knife in one hand and a bottle in the other Patrick cursed his God in front of the alter and slit his wrists. As he slipped away a bright light filled the room and the angel Gabriel came to him. Gabriel told him that he was not to die yet and that he had a higher purpose. Then the zombies attacked. After the Church felt what was needed was for Father Patrick to relax in a quiet town. He was sent to Nolton. But from the moment he arrived the Sight told him that there was great evil afoot in Nolton.
Up Next: The NPCs
These are the NPCs who will play a major part in the Nolton Chronicle.
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Randall "Tuck" Tucker - A pot smoking, skateboarding conspiracy theorists, Tuck is a sarcastic and paranoid individual. Hoping to get a PHD in Secret Socities and Conspiracy Theory, he chose Baldwick college because of the rich and paranoid history of Nolton. Little does he know how much he is in for. Having learned to take the world one step at a time, Tuck can't help but see conspiracy in everything from the President to his Happy Meal(tm).
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Dr. Moira Darkholme - A Wicca of considerable power, holder of a PHD in Wiccan Studies and the Dean of Baldwick College, Dr. Darkholme has brought the heroes together for a special class. Why is the question. Does she know about the Church and its' nefarious purpose? Is she on the side of the angels, the devils or on her own? Only time will tell but for now she isn't telling.
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Sherrif Jackson Zane - Sherrif Zane is no fool. He is well aware of the problems that are ever present in the town of Nolton. He does his best to round up the occaisional zombie, run down the random vampire, keep the local teens out of the graveyard and away from the Howard House and above all else avoid confrontation with the Nolton Historical Preservation Society. But even he can't ignore the fact that things are getting just a little weirder in Nolton.
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Devlin and Savannah - Having kicked around one end of the USA to the other for the better part of 300 years, Devlin and Savannah have come to Nolton to make their vampiric empire. Unaware of the Black Church and all that is associated with it they have yet to notice the increase in the bizzare happenings in the township. Embracing to build a family and footsoldiers right now, they are prepared to defend their new territory tooth and nail.
Up next: What's really going on. :)
Okay so you have met all the key players.
You know the settin and are aware there is some kind of cult thing going on, so what is the deal?
Well when Baldwick and Howard built the town in 1803, Baldwick was already learning of darker things. Howard, a collector of books and artifacts, had unwittingly exposed Baldwick to the concept of demons and acension.
Once Howard figured out why Baldwick was moving the Black Church to Nolton, he tried to reason with him, but it was too late. After the Baldwick faction attacked Howard and his followers, one of Howard's servents managed to place the Crown of Bakhara on the head of Howard's corpse. This reanimated him as a Zombie Master.
Howard then raised up his followers corpses as Zombies and began to bide his time.
Baldwick's camp conitnued the building of his Black Church and when it was opened in 1903 a sacrifice was exacted by fire. 500 lives, men, women and children were given to further the acension of Baldwick and his return as a true demon.
With the first two parts of the ritual completed, 2003 will be the time of the last part, the sacrifice of Kimiko.
What will happen then is that Baldwick will be reborn from her blood as a giant demon man and will begin eating anyone near him. :) Whoops, guess being a member of the Nolton Historical Preservation Society isn't so great after all ;)
Of course the players will stop him, with the help of Howard and the Zombies even? Could be.
I was just thinking the other day that a New England setting would be perfect for the Buffy RPG, particularly in the Salem area.
Where did you get most of the photos for the characters? I recognize Ed Harris as Sheriff Alan Pengbourne from the movie Adat. of Needful Things. The preacher looks familiar as well, can't place it.
Preacher is Luke Wilson in Soul Surviors.
I got them all from my DVD collection :)
Yeah they are just down the road of the University of Mass at Arkham (Old Misky) and not far from Salem and Salem's Lot too :)
As a New Englander, I've gotta raise my eyebrows at the thought that it is so homogeneous that you can have a "typical New England town" such that the state doesn't matter. C'mon, at least decide between northern New England (New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine) and southern. Otherwise in retaliation, next time I play Call of Cthulhu, I'll set it in a "typical Canadian town - the province doesn't matter..." :D
Feel free :) That would be cool :) Ayup
But at least do what I did and use one of our locations.
The Martimes, The Praries or the West Coast ;)
Speaking as a Canadian 'the province' dosen't matter. Most Canadian small town are alike. Oh, I also speak as a person from a small Canadian city. :D
How about Stowe, Vermont? :D
Just be sure to pahk your cahr properly.Quote:
Originally posted by AslanC
Feel free :) That would be cool :) Ayup
But at least do what I did and use one of our locations.
The Martimes, The Praries or the West Coast ;)
Though anyone who says they pahk in Hahvahd Yahd is lying! It's like $5 a half hour.
The most important distinction in New England is the proper terminology for milkshakes/frappes changes as one moves northward. :D
LOL!
Great stuff Dan :)
Ayup