[OOC] In This Fine Town of Arkham - A Tale of Lovecraftian Horror

[Romero]

@Alkanet Absolutely! You're more than welcome to throw a sheet together, and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

[Alkanet]

Debora White

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Debora White

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Character Summery

Name: Debora White
Aliases: Devorah Lapidus
Occupation: Private Eye former Policewoman
Age: 31
Birthplace: Wichita Falls, Texas
Race/Ethnicity: Jewish, Russian
Gender: Female

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Physical Attributes

Height: 5'7"
Weight: 150 lbs
Build: Athletic
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown and curly, worn pinned up
Skin Tone: Lightly tanned
Tattoos/Scars/Piercings: Pierced ears. There is a knife scar half-way down her left arm

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Psychological Attributes

Resourceful* Evasive* Decisive* Superstitious * Persuasive* Morbid*

Likes:

• Problem Solving
• Cooking
• Hiking
• The Number 18
• Children
• Her husband, Sam

Dislikes:

• Rats
• Prohibition
• Disorganization
• Those who prey on the weak
• Corruption of Justice
• The Number 44

Fears:

• Fire
• Becoming fully callous and unfeeling
• Being separated from her wedding ring

[Romero]

@Alkanet I'm a big fan of Debora! The only problem that I can see is that women were rarely in the police force in the 1920s. If they were, they certainly weren't front line officers, more likely working in administration, or as social workers, which doesn't seem to fit Debora. It wasn't until the 60s that women started to be able to take on more active roles in law enforcement.

Of course, there is a (relatively) easy work around. Debora could easily be a private investigator, and have much the same skills and experience as she would as a police officer? Of course if you still want to keep her as a policewomen, then we can certainly find a way to make it work, just let me know.

[Romero]

We have our first, fully accepted character! The plucky young newsboy with a nose for a good story, Tommy Bannerman will be braving the horrors of the Wilde Woods.

[Alkanet]

@Romero Policewomen were a rarity at the time to be sure, and I understand that the more social worker skillset might not be the most advantageous for a Lovecraft setting. Taking that into consideration, I’d like to keep Debora’s background as a policewoman, but I’m fine with her having transitioned to working as a private investigator. Perhaps her problem-solving nature (and morbid curiosity) led her to want to handle more of the caseload than simply searching the streets for missing juveniles and questioning female suspects (though I’m sure those experiences will help her as an investigator). Would it be alright if she specializes in cases involving women and children as a Private Eye?

[Romero]

@Alkanet Absolutely. Working in cases involving women and children is certainly something that Debora could have experience with as a policewoman, and I can certainly get on board with a former policewomen who has moved into working as a Private Eye so she can get more good done! With that slight hitch cleared up, consider Debora moved onto the next stage! You'll be receiving a PM shortly to talk you through that step.

[Alkanet]

@Romero Awesome! I updated her occupation to reflect her job change.

@Eviledd1984 Would you like for Benjamin and Debora to have a professional connection? I imagine they would be familiar to each other by name at least. (For all the good it will do them at the masquerade!) Does Benjamin have an particular area of expertise?

[Eviledd1984]

@Alkanet

I would like both of them to know each other, perhaps they have worked together on a case before?

[Alkanet]

@Eviledd1984 I’d be cool with a shared case. But before we go further, @Romero Sorry, I should have checked first (I got excited and carried away), is it OK for the characters to have made contact before the RP starts? (and if so, should I wait to see if I'm accepted?)

[Romero]

@Alkanet You are more that welcome to have already crossed paths, but it may be worth holding off on pouring too much time and effort into the idea until your respective characters are accepted.

[Romero]

Just to make sure everyone knows where we are at, most of the applicants are steadily working their way through the process, and considering we already have a good group size, I'll probably be looking at getting this show on the road towards the back end of the weekend.

If you're lurking, and thinking about throwing a sheet into contention, then try and get it in before the weekend (or at least express your interest). If you're in the process, then you have your deadline! And if you're already accepted, well then you can put your feet up.

[Romero]

With three characters accepted (and a fourth currently balancing on the threshold), I will consider this roleplay primed, and ready to rock and roll! Before we can start proper, I will just quickly touch upon how I intend to play out this roleplay, and what that means for the players.

With this being a roleplay steeped with mystery, there are going to be things that you find out as a player that you may not want other players to know. I obviously cannot enforce any secrecy, but I hope that the layers of mystery will be entertaining enough to persuade you all to keep some cards close to your chest, at least until you can make a suitably dramatic reveal!

Secondly, I intend to approach posts as a collaboration between myself and you, as a player (and other players, if you come together as a group). The reasons for this are two-fold. The first is that I will be modelling this roleplay on the Call of Cthulhu system, and that tends to demand more of a back and forth than you might get from the more traditional GM update and player post cycle, and the second is that there is a wealth of locations, NPC's and events for you to stumble upon, and I want that world to feel as alive and reactive for you all as it can be.

All great mysteries have a ticking clock of jeopardy, and this roleplay will be no different. The Wilde Hall Ball invitation that your character holds in their hand (regardless of just how it came to be in their possession) invites all of the guests to arrive before the strike of six, and all of the rumours of the events suggests that the dark carriages return from the woods just past midnight. That gives your characters six hours to survive achieve their goals within Wilde Hall. As each hour passes, I will post an update, encompassing the situation for each of your characters, as well as Wilde Hall as a whole. Once those six hours pass the Eldritch horrors will consume the world then the doors slam in your face.

If there are any questions, then please do not hesitate to throw them my way, either here in the OOC, or in a PM!

As a final point, would people be interested in the creation of a discord server for this roleplay? I don't feel strongly either way, and I've had success both with and without discord, but I thought I would open it up to those of you already accepted. @Dusty@Alkanet@Moon Man

[Alkanet]

I'd be fine either way, re:Discord.

[Moon Man]

Same as Alkanet, I'm fine with either

[Dusty]

I find discord usually helps out, especially if anyone wants to pursue co-ops with google docs. So I say go for it.

[Romero]

The task of the day was to get the first IC post up, so that you can all start thinking about your next step. I'll spend the rest of the evening sorting out a discord, and getting in touch with you all to talk you through what comes next!

[Enigmatik]

Room for one more? I am in the middle of a pretty hefty university work period, but I can't say that a spoopy Lovecraftian RP doesn't appeal to me!

[Romero]

@Irredeemable You are more than welcome to put a sheet together. I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

[Enigmatik]

Richard Joyce

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Richard Joyce

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Character Summary

Name: Richard Joyce
Aliases: "Rich," "Smokes"
Occupation: Unscrupulous Individual
Age: 23
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Race/Ethnicty: White
Gender: Male

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Physical Attributes

Height: A hair's shy of 172cm.
Weight: Average
Build: Like a tightly wound spring.
Eyes: An affable brown.
Hair: An Augean black.
Skin Tone: The colour of a cold, cloudy winter sky.
Tattoos/Scars/Piercings: As unblemished as a babe.

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Psychological Attributes

It's not paranoia if you truly are being hunted * But people are hunting him * An intimate familiarity with unseemly yet effective methods of ingress and aquisition * A slight quiver in the hand and leg from a battle won but war lost with childhood polio * Prestige and experience from a noble sacrifice to his country * Nights filled with too many dreams of guns and forests, and too little sleep

Likes:

• Chesterfield cigarettes
• A cheerful night spent with company
• Returning in out of the cold of a hard evening's work
• The chill that keeps policemen from wanting to investigate too hard
• The acquisition of new, unusual and worthless artifacts to keep to himself
• An occasional night of jazz

Dislikes:

• The sound of sirens cutting through the night
• The reckless activities of certain more prominent members of his community
• Returning to the continent of Europe
• This recent and damnable polio resurgence
• Reminders of the station he was born into
• Dealing with the ignorant, or judgemental

Fears:

• Returning to the Marne
• Rotting in prison
• His body failing

And here we go! One Richard Joyce, for your analysis.

[Romero]

@Irredeemable I really like Richard. I already have a clear picture of who and what he is, and that is a credit to the work you've already put in. I'll send you a PM shortly to move Richard on to the next step.