[OOC] Urban Shadows - Heebie Jeebies

[XxFellsingxX]

Be ready. That's all I'm gonna say. That, and mark Wild.

@rush99999

Kendra:


Also do you want me to roll for Kendra's "Foretellings" move yet?

[rush99999]

Also do you want me to roll for Kendra's "Foretellings" move yet?

@XxFellsingxX

Whoops! Almost forgot about that. Yeah, go ahead and roll.

[XxFellsingxX]

Whoops! Almost forgot about that. Yeah, go ahead and roll.

@rush99999

After that abysmal first roll, the dice gods have decided to smile on me: I got a 10.

[rush99999]

Nice one!

[RBYDark]

@rush99999 Rumor has it that a new hunter is moving to the city - well-known for taking care of ANYTHING supernatural. And they're not the kind willing to sit down to tea just because you happen to be supernatural AND rational, if you catch my drift.

Rolled a 12. Let's see if that luck carries on.

[rush99999]

Rolled a 12. Let's see if that luck carries on.

@RBYDark

Nice throw, mark Mortality and select one of the following bonuses: You’ve got a Debt on someone in Mortality. You receive a useful morsel of information. Or you gain a handy piece of equipment.

[RBYDark]

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Nice throw, mark Mortality and select one of the following bonuses: You’ve got a Debt on someone in Mortality. You receive a useful morsel of information. Or you gain a handy piece of equipment.

@rush99999

I'll take the piece of equipment please! Might have multiple uses.

[rush99999]

I'll take the piece of equipment please! Might have multiple uses.

@RBYDark

Very well. You will receive the equipment once the game begins.

I am almost ready to start things off. I just need to ask a few more questions and we'll be good to go.

@XxFellsingxX
Is Aliss an Oracle like Kendra or does she just have a knack for understanding dreams and visions?

@Guardian Angel Haruki
Does everyone know that Grace is dead or did the CEO hide the body well enough that she's still considered missing? Also, does Grace's family member Debt still need a creditor or have one of the other players occupied that role?

[XxFellsingxX]

@XxFellsingxX
Is Aliss an Oracle like Kendra or does she just have a knack for understanding dreams and visions?

@rush99999

She's not an Oracle, just a weird hippie who likes hearing about Kendra's visions and helping her interpret them.

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

@Guardian Angel Haruki
Does everyone know that Grace is dead or did the CEO hide the body well enough that she's still considered missing? Also, does Grace's family member Debt still need a creditor or have one of the other players occupied that role?

@rush99999

Grace's death is pretty recent, so Grace could still be missing. I imagine there's a possibility her body would be found sometime during the game. How well hidden is unknown.

Grace's Family Member debt still needs a creditor. I am thinking of having Aliss fill that slot.

[XxFellsingxX]

Grace's Family Member debt still needs a creditor. I am thinking of having Aliss fill that slot.

@Guardian Angel Haruki

Aliss taking a young Charity under her wing in the wake of her sister's disappearance and being a supportive if slightly kooky surrogate sister? Yep, sounds about right xP

[XxFellsingxX]

Kendra: No, Aliss, you cannot adopt Charity.
Aliss: Why not? You adopted Grace's ghost.
Kendra: AHJFVHJRFVJF

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

Kendra: No, Aliss, you cannot adopt Charity.
Aliss: Why not? You adopted Grace's ghost.
Kendra: AHJFVHJRFVJF

@XxFellsingxX

Grace's Ghost: I believe you're mistaken. I adopted Kendra.
Kendra: KGJOIHSFOGIVJNSOF

[rush99999]

@Guardian Angel Haruki
BTW, do you think you could put you CHAR tab CS in a hider please? My scrolling finger would be eternally grateful.

[Guardian Angel Haruki]

@Guardian Angel Haruki
BTW, do you think you could put you CHAR tab CS in a hider please? My scrolling finger would be eternally grateful.

@rush99999

Done

[rush99999]

Alrighty then! It may have taken a little longer than I thought it would, but we're finally ready to begin the game in earnest!

The CHAR tab now has a 0th post with list of NPCs that have been created by your character creation processes and Session Intro moves. Feel free to peruse any or all of the NPCs listed therein.

I'll try to have the first IC post up before the end of the year. For now though, a word from our sponsor...

[Candykane]

@rush99999 Moved my char across, sorry for the xmas delay

[rush99999]

@rush99999 Moved my char across, sorry for the xmas delay

@Candykane

Welcome back, Candy. I hope you enjoyed your Christmas.

You're sheet looks good, but there is still one issue I need you to address.

Look Disheveled

@Candykane

I believe disheveled is meant to go in Demeanor rather than Look, and Look is meant to have something like what the other players have put in theirs.

Also, I noticed that you are having trouble formatting your sheet. Worry not, I have fixed the formatting issues for you and have left a fixed CS below for you to move over to the CHAR tab.

Misty Starbuck

Name Misty Starbuck

Look

Demeanor Disheveled

Character Stats
Blood: -1
Heart: 0
Mind: 1
Spirit: 2

Starting Factions
Mortality: 1
Night: 0
Power: 1
Wild: 0

Who are you? Misty Starbuck. No its not my real name, but it just has so much more style than Karen Whatever, plus a girl needs a working name! Some wizards have tremendous arcane power, great fortunes, immense libraries, and storied lineages. I'm the other kind.

How long have you been in the city? Since I got out of the joint six months ago. Parole and all that.

What keeps you up at night? I've done a lot of deals for a lot of people with a lot of enemies. I worry that someone is going to take it personally.

What have you sacrificed for your power A normal life. I could have gone to a college that didn't have a department of thaumaturgy, had 2.5 kids, owned an SUV. Instead I'm alone, on the run, scraping to get by without getting exsanguinated in a 7/11. Go me.

What do you desperately need? I stole a book from one of the aforementioned powerful wizards. Unfortunately he wasn't too good for CCTV. I need to get him off my back and soon.

Gear
A Nice Apartment
A Dodge Neon
A 9mm Glock (2-harm close loud)

Sanctum
An old dance studio closed up due to the recession.

An extremely knowledgeable assistant
A focus circle
A portal to another dimension
A library of ancient tomes

Attracts otherworldly attention
Many volatile substances

Focus
A carved wooden boom handle
+1 hold while channeling

Debts
Someone is helping you keep your demons at bay. You owe them a Debt.

Someone is your go-to when you get into trouble. You owe them 2 Debts.

You are helping someone keep a dangerous secret. They owe you a Debt

Wizard Moves
Channeling: When you channel and collect your magics, roll with Spirit.
On a 10+, hold 3. On a 7-9, hold 3 and choose 1 from the list below. On a miss, hold 1, but you cannot channel again this scene.
• Take -1 ongoing until you rest
• Suffer 1-harm (ap)
• Mark corruption

Your hold lasts until you spend it. You can spend it to cast any spell you have as per the spell’s details.

Sanctum Sanctorum: When you go to your sanctum for a spell ingredient, relic, or tome, roll with Spirit. On a 10+, you’ve got pretty much just the thing. On a 7-9, you’ve got something close, but it’s flawed or lacking in some significant way. On a miss, you don’t have what you’re looking for, but you know someone who probably has it in stock

Tracking: Spend 1 hold to learn the location of someone. You must have a personal object that belongs to the target or recent leavings of their body (a lock of hair, fingernail clippings, their blood, etc.).

Memory Wipe: Spend 1 hold to cause a helpless target to forget some of their short-term memories, up to an entire hour’s worth. You can spend an additional hold and mark corruption to put alternate memories in their place.

Teleport: Spend 1 hold to teleport yourself a short distance within a scene you’re in

Drama Moves
»Corruption Move
When you strike a deal with someone dark and powerful, mark corruption.

»Intimacy Move
When you share a moment of intimacy—physical or emotional—with another person, decide whether you care about them or not. If you don’t, they go about their business as normal. If you do, they take -1 ongoing to escape until they get some intimacy somewhere else.

»End Move
When you die, you may place a devastating curse on someone nearby. Specify the effects of the curse and how they may end it.

Standard Advances
Advances available at beginning of play:
[] +1 Heart (max +3)
[] +1 Mind (max +3)
[] +1 Spirit (max +3)
[] Add 2 features to your sanctum
[] Take 3 more spells
[] A move from another Archetype
[] A move from another Archetype
[] Change your Faction

After 5 advances you may select:
[] +1 to any stat (max +3)
[] +1 any Faction (max +3)
[] Erase a scar
[] Remove a downside from your sanctum
[] Add a benefit to your focus
[] Advance 3 basic moves
[] Advance 3 basic moves
[] Retire your character to safety
[] Change to a new Archetype

Corruption Advances [] [] [] [] []
[] Take a corruption move
[] Take a corruption move
[] Take a corruption move
[] Take a corruption move from another Archetype
[] Retire your character. They may return as a Threat

Corruption Moves
[] The Dark Arts: When you unleash an attack with magic or psychic energies, mark corruption to roll with Spirit instead of Blood for the rest of the scene.
[] Upon a Pale Horse: Mark corruption and speak the true name of an NPC in the scene to inflict 3-harm (ap) on them.
[] Black Magic: Mark corruption to ignore a requirement set by the MC when using your sanctum.
[] Warding: Mark corruption to create a magical ward the size of a small room. The ward lasts for a month and a day or until you release it.

Harm
[] Faint:
[][] Grievous:
[][] Critical:

[rush99999]

Wasn't able to start things off before the end of '22, but I managed to get it going before we got too far into '23. Hopefully that counts for something. Either way, I have a series of tasks for each of you. Complete them all and you will get a minor reward later on. Your first tasks are as follows.

@Guardian Angel Haruki
In your first IC post, explain how Grace came to have the Wizard in the Wires as both a debtor and a creditor.

@XxFellsingxX
In your first IC post, explain how Kendra came into possession of their tarot deck and what feelings its absence provokes.

@RBYDark
In your first IC post, explain how Mitra came into possession of a Totem of Prey.

@Candykane
Misty will come into the IC a little later. In the mean time, could we hear a little more detail about her debtors and creditors?

[Candykane]

@XxFellsingxX Someone is helping you keep your demons at bay. You owe them a Debt

I follow the Tao of Mr Miyagi. Best way to avoid trouble is not be there. A tarot cars reading or two is a cheap price to avoid having my soul sucked out through my nostrils...

@rush99999

Someone is your go-to when you get into trouble. You owe them 2 Debts

Abberline Winchester - Violence isn't the answer. But on the other hand violence is AN answer...

That leaves :

You are helping someone keep a dangerous secret. They owe you a Debt

If the MC or a player is interested