[OOC] Hunter: the Vigil (Final Roster Chosen!)

Egos

samurai6966 wrote: »

On profession, what would be a good one for a writer? I'm looking at Academic or Journalist.

It would depend, if your character is dead set on getting the word out on the streets I would go with Journalist. If he is just a researcher/thesis writer/etc. I would go with Academic.


edit:
I think it would depend on if his passion was in writing or in the research/knowledge itself (also). Obviously if its the later than one would go with Academic.

If he really loves writing and was a successful one, there may be more of an argument for Journalist.

samurai6966

Egos wrote: »

samurai6966 wrote: »

On profession, what would be a good one for a writer? I'm looking at Academic or Journalist.

It would depend, if your character is dead set on getting the word out on the streets I would go with Journalist. If he is just a researcher/thesis writer/etc. I would go with Academic.

He started writing faction books on vampires, werewolves, zombies, ect. But his research led him into to the truth. Right now, he is trying to learn more about the creatures. Is it ok if we are "friendly" towards some vampires, werewolves, undead (smart ones at least)? My dude isn't really the type to kill everything he doesn't understand. (Never played this before but I hate that in D&D, everyone wants to slay the dragon instead of befriending it and gaining a powerful ally.)

Egos

I would go with academic

Some are grad students or teaching/research assistants,
given a little more freedom and a small stipend. Many
are professors, scholars, writers, researchers, lecturers. The
drive for more knowledge is the main factor tying Academics
together, no matter what their subject of study.

cj iwakura

I don't own the Hunter book, just the WoD core and a handful of Mage supplements.
(And Changeling, which I don't have a use for yet)

What do they have that supplements a generic WoD sheet? If anything?

Edith Upwards

Occupation(Your character's day job) Asset Skills(determined by Occupation. Except for the one you get with a second dot in Professional Training, which must be justified), Tactics(elaborate monster hunting tricks), and Practical Experience(used to buy tactics).

EDIT:Gerald K. Bradley:

Construction Worker

Age: 27 Height: 6'8" Weight: 175(abouts) Hair: Yellow Eyes: Brown

"You wanna know how this shit started? I was on a job in West Chester-Yeah, I know it's a shithole. But I was out of work, y'know how it is.

Anyway, I'm in West Chester to tear down a home with this mexican dude, Louie or something, new hire, and since he's new, I decide he has to check to see if there's anyone squatting in there, he goes in, I hear him scream like a girl and all of a sudden it stops.

I get my roofing hatchet outta the back of my truck and sneak in there, there's this SOB on top of him, biting his neck, Louie's blood all over, I see his eyes are rolled up in his head, and he's shaking and his legs are...

So, anyway-once I'm done ruining my jeans, I whack him a few good ones in the back, throw him offa Louie, stop mosta the bleedin , and go to the truck to get water. When I come back the bum's gone. That's when shit got weird.

mightyspacepope

samurai6966 wrote: »

He started writing faction books on vampires, werewolves, zombies, ect. But his research led him into to the truth. Right now, he is trying to learn more about the creatures. Is it ok if we are "friendly" towards some vampires, werewolves, undead (smart ones at least)? My dude isn't really the type to kill everything he doesn't understand. (Never played this before but I hate that in D&D, everyone wants to slay the dragon instead of befriending it and gaining a powerful ally.)

This type of outlook is quite fine and would also be interesting to explore if someone else had the polar opposite viewpoint.

Thanatos

Quinn Ferrera, Criminal

Quinn is almost a cliche: a half-white/half-Puerto Rican product of the system who bounced from foster home to foster home before dropping out of school at 15 to make his living as a drug dealer. An incredibly smooth talker, the only thing he really knows about the Vigil is that the "great shit" he sold at the last party he went to wasn't so great, and that he was the only one to make it out alive. Since then, he's been trying to bring himself back to the straight-and-narrow as best he can; giving what information he can get away with to the cops has earned him a few friends on the force, and he's mostly stopped selling hard drugs.

Egos

So I have several character variations in mind.

Concept:

• Both these characters were tormented by the supernatural in an untangible/pscyhological way
  1. An Occultist (Like Miles in Lost) who wants to make sure others kids dont suffer his fate
  2. Son of a very Wealthy Man, but has been in the care of various Clinics most of his life. When somene arranges for him to be released and confirms his visions, he is eager to help.

edit: Does anyone know of anything concrete in the WoD that can cause nightmare visions and the like to the sensitive (ala the visions of Cthulhu) ?

samurai6966

Does everyone start with a morality of 7?

Edith Upwards

samurai6966 wrote: »

Does everyone start with a morality of 7?

That's the question we're asking. You "can" drop it to 6/5 and get 5/10 but we're not sure if pope wants us to.

samurai6966

I'm confused. I don't mind having 7 as my character isn't really evil but what's up with that 5/10 stuff?

samurai6966

Another stupid newbie question, how do we get weapons and equipment?

mightyspacepope

Erich Zahn wrote: »

samurai6966 wrote: »

Does everyone start with a morality of 7?

That's the question we're asking. You "can" drop it to 6/5 and get 5/10 but we're not sure if pope wants us to.

Can you guys point to where it says that in the core book? I just took a quick glance and I'm not seeing it.

mightyspacepope

samurai6966 wrote: »

Another stupid newbie question, how do we get weapons and equipment?

No problem, man. I had to go back and double check to find the answer myself. Check out p. 115 and 140 of the core book.

samurai6966

mightyspacepope wrote: »

samurai6966 wrote: »

Another stupid newbie question, how do we get weapons and equipment?

No problem, man. I had to go back and double check to find the answer myself. Check out p. 115 and 140 of the core book.

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Totally missing the ease of the D&D 4e handbooks.

Thanks. Once I got my stuff together, I'll write up a background story and post!

Edith Upwards

pope:Can't see it in teh core but it's on p56 in the Hunter book.

FAKEEDIT:Just realized Hunters are mortals, making Morality loss completely irrelevant. I guess that that shouldn't be in there...

mightyspacepope

Actually, the book seems to imply that Hunters can do so, on account of what they have to do in order to keep the Vigil.

With that said, I think I'm going to vote against it for now. I would really like you guys to be essentially good people who are in this for the sake of serving a greater good.

samurai6966

If we have a resource dot of two, how much stuff can I buy?

mightyspacepope

If your character has the same or more dots in Resources, he can afford the item on his disposable income. That doesn’t mean he has a blank check with which to buy everything he sees. He might be able to afford one or two items with a cost equal to his Resources dots in a single month.

As long as you keep it reasonable, you can have your pick of what you'd like.

samurai6966

That's what I was looking at. The rules seem to be very open compared to other games I've played.

samurai6966

Are you using the "9 again" rule? I see that shotgun is effected by it.

mightyspacepope

samurai6966 wrote: »

Are you using the "9 again" rule? I see that shotgun is effected by it.

I won't be using it for the game in general, but the rules seem to imply that the shotgun allows additional rolls on 9's, which makes sense to me.

Edith Upwards

So, Pope. Do you own Slashers?

Egos

Slashers is pretty awesome, though you aren't asking me

adventfalls

All I have for Hunters is the core book ^_^;;

samurai6966

Robert A. Baxter, Writer


Background:

I have always wanted to meet people in my books. I write about people who the world call Monsters. Vampires (not that Twilight shit), Werewolves, ect. I try to keep my books close to the core of the lore as possible. It wasn't unusual to find me at any library or bookstore, looking for history behind the myths of monsters. But I never believed in what I wrote. They were just stories. Until last year. There was a string of strange murders in Troy, Alabama. I was there researching ghost stories when the murders started. The victims seem to be normal, everyday people being killed by some psycho. But I felt that something was different. As I dug further, I found that there were no marks on the victims. And everyone of them had graduated from Goshen High School in 98. Same year that a Senior girl "hung herself" from the goalpost. Soon, I was ghosthunting, looking for ways to stop a vengeful ghost from killing the now principal of that high school. It was unreal. But after that, I knew that there had to be more to the myths I wrote about. That my stories where based off of fact and not works of fiction.

Its been a year now. I've meet many people. Vampires, Wizards, Werewolves. And I've lived stories I could never have thought of on my own. But I still want to know more about the secrete life that is alive in the shadows.


If I have made a mistake on my character, please tell me. Thanks.

Thanatos

samurai6966 wrote: »

Robert A. Baxter, Writer


Background:

I have always wanted to meet people in my books. I write about people who the world call Monsters. Vampires (not that Twilight shit), Werewolves, ect. I try to keep my books close to the core of the lore as possible. It wasn't unusual to find me at any library or bookstore, looking for history behind the myths of monsters. But I never believed in what I wrote. They were just stories. Until last year. There was a string of strange murders in Troy, Alabama. I was there researching ghost stories when the murders started. The victims seem to be normal, everyday people being killed by some psycho. But I felt that something was different. As I dug further, I found that there were no marks on the victims. And everyone of them had graduated from Goshen High School in 98. Same year that a Senior girl "hung herself" from the goalpost. Soon, I was ghosthunting, looking for ways to stop a vengeful ghost from killing the now principal of that high school. It was unreal. But after that, I knew that there had to be more to the myths I wrote about. That my stories where based off of fact and not works of fiction.

Its been a year now. I've meet many people. Vampires, Wizards, Werewolves. And I've lived stories I could never have thought of on my own. But I still want to know more about the secrete life that is alive in the shadows.


If I have made a mistake on my character, please tell me. Thanks.

Your attributes are split into physical, mental, and social, not power, finesse, and resistance. So, if you choose mental as your primary, you get five dots to split between Intelligence, Wits, and Resolve.

samurai6966

Damn. Well I have to fix it in the morning. I'm falling asleep right now.

Thanatos

Oh, also, you want to put your merits into Professional Training rather than Networking. You get Networking for free with Professional Training.

mightyspacepope

Erich Zahn wrote: »

So, Pope. Do you own Slashers?

I do, and it's incredibly awesome. When I run Hunter for my in-person group, I will most likely end up using a Slasher as a season-ending big bad.

The most impressive thing about the WoD line is the sheer number of plot ideas and story hooks that are jam packed into each book.

I've got it narrowed down to two SAS modules for our game here. I think I might have to wait to see the final party composition before I can make a definite choice.

Egos

--Senan Rowe--
Spot Reserve For Character Sheet
Occupation: Socialite
Character History/Description:

Senan leads a double life- part mental delinquent, part wealthy heir. The World of Darkness seeped into Senan's life at an early age inexplicably. Visions of ghoulish deaths and grotesque demons had nearly driven the boy insane. With little other choice Senan was placed in the care of various physicians and mental specialists over teh course of his life. All of course of a high pedigree.

Losing out on most aspects of his childhood and early adulthood, it wasn't until a mysterious benefactor found Senan's records that the he would find any relief. A doctor , unbeknown to Senan, had delved into Senan's mental history. In this man he would find someone who didn't stare at him with disbelief and also someone who could offer answers.

After meeting this mysterious benefactor, Senan's conditions "miraculously" improved according to those keeping watch over him. His family , eager to have a son they could display in public, readily took him back into the fold. Using the great wealth at their disposal they have taken great strides to help bring Senan into the strings of society.


Character Motivation: Senan is motivated to find out more about his visions and this shadow world that destroyed his life. In addition he seeks to make sure that others don't have their lives destroyed in anyway similar to the ways his was.

Pony

Is there still space in this thing? I generally avoid PbP games but I love Hunter so damn much I might put that aside.

mightyspacepope

Pony wrote: »

Is there still space in this thing? I generally avoid PbP games but I love Hunter so damn much I might put that aside.

I'm choosing my favorite 4-5 character submissions on Monday or Tuesday night.

samurai6966

Fixed all my mistakes on Robert. Anyone see anything else I've done wrong or got suggestions?

mightyspacepope

I'm actually slightly surprised at how white-collar most of the submissions have been so far.

samurai6966

Could make a redneck for you. I am from Alabama.

Pony

mightyspacepope wrote: »

Pony wrote: »

Is there still space in this thing? I generally avoid PbP games but I love Hunter so damn much I might put that aside.

I'm choosing my favorite 4-5 character submissions on Monday or Tuesday night.

Can I submit more than one character idea?

Like, I have a bunch of different ideas, and you could just sorta pick the one you like the most and i play that?

or not any, if you like 4-5 other people's better or whathaveyou

cool, or should i just submit one?

mightyspacepope

Hmmm. Let's say that everyone can submit up to two character ideas.

Pony

mightyspacepope wrote: »

Hmmm. Let's say that everyone can submit up to two character ideas.

fair 'nuff

i'll submit two very different sorts of characters and you can pick what suits your campaign better

Pony

also, pope, can you tell me how you feel about characters possessing supernatural abilities themselves?

Minor stuff, like the psychic power or thaumaturgy rules from Second Sight, or gutter magic from Witch Finders

I mean, you have to buy those with your Merit points anyway, so it's not like you can go nuts with them

but really it's more a question of whether you want to deal with that in your campaign