The Mysterious Mansion of Mystery!
A mystery solving RP
The Setting:
The setting is a sort of Victorian era gothic style mansion located near a superstitious country town. The locals are hesitant to tell you about the mansion, and those that do warn you against going there. Regardless, there are a few townsfolk who are somewhat less superstitious and tell you the way to go.
As you follow the directions you were given, an eerie fog rolls in over the road ahead. Luckily, the road is perfectly straight and well maintained so traversing the fog is not a problem. Still, the fog does obscure your surroundings so you have no way of knowing how far you’ve travelled.
Eventually, you exit the fog and you find yourself at your destination.
Ahead of you lies The Mansion, a gothic style structure more closely resembling a castle than any mansion you’ve ever seen. The Mansion is surrounded by a wrought iron fence with a rather decorative gate directly in front of you.
The gate is locked, but wasn’t the Master expecting guests? Something isn’t right.
Welcome to the Mysterious Mansion of Mystery.
The Pitch:
This is a general interest check for a sort of mystery solving RP. It’s not a crime drama or anything, but simply mysteries. The players have all been invited to an old mansion by the master of the mansion simply because they are all ‘mysterious’.
I'd like this to be a casual RP, as points are warded depending on the length of the posts. (More on that later)
The goal of the RP is to unravel all of the mysteries of the mansion, as well as the mysteries of the Player Characters, and whoever solves the most mysteries in general will be the winner out of the guests of the mansion.
Scoring:
Scores will be tallied depending on how many mysteries the players solve, and how long it takes to solve a particular mystery. The scores won’t really affect the role-play, it’s only really there for competitive purposes.
All points that are gained during all stages of the solving of a particular mystery are given to the person that presents the answer in character. 1 point is given for each post required to solve the mystery in question. 2 or more points if the post is long, but if the length of a post is under debate then it is up to the players to decide how much it’s worth.
Will you draw out the solution for extra points? Or will you keep your clues for yourself and swoop in to steal the solution?
The choice is yours.
Other things:
I'd really appreciate it if someone found a picture for this but we can do without one
There won't really be a character sheet template, you only need to put down as much information as necessary and some things are better left ambiguous
I'm looking for about 6 or more people to start with, and I'll have to figure something out for anyone who wants to join later on.
Mysteries you say?... I'll give it a shot!
