Mordag's Little Finger, a GURPS RPG - Game Info/OOC

[Gillipig]

Gilli, Woodruff, are you ok with the thief in the story being either Woodruff's character or a similar gnome thief? If Woodruff's ok with it, I'm ok, too.

[OOC]Personally, I favor it not being my character for two reasons:

1. I love the foreshadowing idea of using what appears to be the titular character.
2. Like macbone mentioned earlier, we don't need reasons to be at each others back from the beginning. I've actually been in games where two characters came to severely dislike one another to the point of even trying to sort of take each other out (without it being obvious).

Consider it scratched then. I'll rewrite it so it's a mysterious human stranger I bump into instead, like macbone suggested. Eiykur has nothing against Gnomes at the outset.

[MeDeFe]

Anglish - a language evolved from medieval English with heavy outside influences, particularly Norman-French.

Northland - a language related to Anglish with Germanic features.

The linguist in me just has to speak up about this: Medieval English consists of nothing but Germanic features. If you took a person from England and a person from central Germany from 1000 years ago, they would have been able to communicate. Not perfectly, mind, but passably, each in their own native language. German today has more in common with medieval English than modern English has in common with its ancestral language.

And the description of Anglish fits exactly if you ever want to describe modern English.

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Ok, I got rid of some redundant points after some research, changed a few things around, and made the thing easier to read, does everything look to be in order?

Spoiler

Bio: Gamaliel was born third of five children to Duchess (then countess) Dominick, and an adventurer or some renown through matrilineal marriage. The Duchess was seen as a very hands on ruler with very little time not spent on her lands or plotting to acquire neighbouring lands, even her eldest son and eldest daughter were mentored as heirs and warriors by their father, the youngest two given as fosterlings to forge alliances, so it came as some surprise Gamaliel was personally tutored by her.
This, Like every other actions orchestrated by the Duchess, was a grab for more power. Secretly the reason for her success was her practice of the dark arts, Her father, the previous count, and all his heirs were done in by curses mimicking illness, rebels and criminals were carried away into the night by summoned demons, and even many of the barons under her were either cultists or supernaturally controlled.

Gamliel was the most predispositioned to magic, and the only family member savvy to the duchesses secret heresy, he inherited, not only her powers, but her treachery, thus she wisely never taught him any of the darkest spells that would allow him to usurp her. Public (and his own) speculation placed him as heir apparent, and he planned accordingly. His mother was this as plans to overthrow her, and thusly arranged for him to be betrothed to a Caithness baron's daughter in exchange for a magic book, sending him far from where he could do damage.

This infuriated and disgusted Gamliel; why should he have to consort with someone below his station? Why should he have to share a bed, power, a LIFE with someone else? Why produce an heir, why should he die?

Instead, he opted for the only escape he saw, he publically announced he would join the church, if there was only thing his mother could not afford, it was a blow to her apparent piety, so there was no objection. He became a priest in the white magics, hiding his proficiency in the dark arts. This was a path that disqualified him as an heir, but he knew that the church's crackdowns were becoming harsher; to maintain power they needed control, that meant more Bishoprics would be created, holy campaigns would be waged, piety would potentially be a more important factor than lineage, and his station should keep him safe from any inquisitions, or hopefully even allow him opportunities to take part in them, claiming arcane artefacts for himself!








Name: Gamaliel Dominick Gender: Male Point Total: 155 (+5 for bio)
Height: 6’0” Unspent Points: 0
Race: Human (Megalos) Weight: 170 lbs
Size: +0 Hair: Black, Short, Styled
Hand: Right Eyes: Black
Age: 23

Attributes: 69
Advantages: 65
Disadvantages: -50
Quirks: -5
Skills: 11
Spells: 60
Race: 0

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BASIC ATTRIBUTES -------------- SECONDARY CHARACTERISTICS
ST: 10 [+00]--------------------- HP: 10 (10) [+0]
DX: 8 [-40] ----------------------Will: 15 [+0]
IQ: 15 [+100]--------------------Per: 15 [+0]-------------Basic Speed: 4.5 [+0]
HT: 10 [+00]----------------------FP: 13 (13) [+9]-----------Basic Move : 4 [+0]



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CULTURAL FAMILIARITIES

Megalos

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LANGUAGE [free]

Anglish
Spoken
Writen


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REACTION MODIFIERS [+4]

Appearance: Attractive [+4]


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ADVANTAGES AND PERKS [+65]
Magery 3 [+35] B.66
ER +10 [+30]





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DISADVANTAGES [-50]

[-30] Secret: Black Magic, Possible Death B.152
[-10] Obsession: Aquiring Knowledge of Magic B.146
[-5] Vow: chastity B.161
[-5] Selfish B.153

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Quirks [-5]

Optimistic attitude
Dislikes emotional and physical intimacy
Sarcastically condescending when he think no one will notice it
Verbose
Courtly behaviour

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SKILLS [+11]

Skills--------------------------------SL---------RSL-------Pts----Ref
Acting ------------------------------14 --------IQ-1------1------B174
Diplomacy--------------------------13---------IQ-2------1------B187
Geography/TL4 (Political)--------13---------IQ-2------1------B198
Hidden Lore (Demon Lore)-------14---------IQ-1------1------B199
Tactics-----------------------------13----------IQ-2------1------B224
Savoir-Faire (High Society)------15----------IQ+0-----1------B218
Detect Lies-------------------------13---------Per-2-----1------B187
Fast-Talk--------------------------- 14 --------IQ-1------1------B195
Thaumatology----------------------15---------IQ+0------1------B225
Theology (Christianity)------------13---------IQ-2------1------B226
Religious Ritual (Catholic)---------13---------IQ-2------1-----B217


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Spells [+60]


Create Water
Ice Sphere
Purify Water
Seek Water
Shape Water
Imitate Voice
Sound
Voices
Missile Shield
Shield
Identify Plant
Seek Plant
Banish
Death Vision
Steal Energy
Steal Vitality
Summon Demon
Summon Spirit
Zombie
Blackout
Blur
Continual Light
Dark Vision
Darkness
Hide
Invisibility
Light
Night Vision
Images of the Past
Detect Magic
Glass Wall
History
Identify Spell
Seeker
Trace
Simple Illusion
Great Healing
Lend Energy
Lend Vitality
Major Healing
Minor Healing
Recover Energy
Relieve Paralysis
Restoration
Restore Sight
Stop Paralysis
Burning Touch
Create Fire
Explosive Fireball
Fireball
Heat
Ignite Fire
Shape Fire
Mind-Reading
Sense Emotion
Sense Foes
Truthsayer
Itch
Spasm
Strike Blind



Melee Weapons---------------Usage-------Lvl-----Parry------Block----Damage-----------------Reach-----ST
Burning Touch----------------Punch--------8-------9---------------------1d-3 +1d burn/point --------------C
Create Fire-------------------Area----------0-------No-------------------1d-1 burn---------------------------Special
Heavy Cloak---------------------------------0-------No---------0-------------------------------------------------
Magic Staff------------------Swung---------3-------6F--------No--------1d cr---------------------1-----------6
Magic Staff------------------Thrust---------3-------6F--------No--------1d-2 cr------------------1-----------6
Natural-----------------------Kick------------6-------No-------------------1d-2 cr------------------C,1-------------------
Natural-----------------------Kick w/Boots--6 ------No------------------1d-1 cr------------------C,1---------------
Natural-----------------------Punch ----------8-------9---------------------1d-3 cr------------------C----------------


Ranged Weapons------Usage-----Lvl-----------Acc---------Damage------------------Range------RoF-------Shots----Bulk------Rcl-----ST
Explosive Fireball------------------4-------------1-----------1d burn ex/2 points----25/50
Fireball------------------------------4-------------1-----------1d burn/point-----------25/50
Heavy Cloak-----------Thrown----3------------+1------------Special------------------2-------------1-----------T(1)------6----------------8
Ice Sphere--------------------------4-------------2-----------1d cr/point---------------40/80



Equipment (27.502 lb; $890)------------√------------#-----------$---------W----------Ref
Backpack, Small--------------------------E------------1-----------60--------3 lb--------B288
Leather Gloves---------------------------E------------1-----------30--------0 lb--------B284
Magic Staff-------------------------------E------------1-----------40--------1 lb--------B273
Leather Pants----------------------------E------------1-----------40--------3 lb--------B283
Heavy Cloak------------------------------E------------1-----------50--------5 lb--------B287
Leather Helm----------------------------E-------------1----------20--------0.5 lb------B284
Heavy Leather Sleeves-----------------E-------------1----------50--------2 lb---------B283
Leather Armor---------------------------E-------------1---------100-------10 lb--------B283
Reinforced Boots-----------------------E--------------1----------75--------3 lb---------B284
4 pt Powerstone (charge: 4)----------E--------------1----------425-------0.002 lb----M20

[macbone]

Yeah, I remember the professor who taught Beowulf letting people take the class if they'd either had Old English or German.

/, I was operating off of an older version of your sheet. Let me take a look at the new version. Still, take a look at my PM - it has some important recommended changes.

OK, I have four character sheets that are mostly finished (Gillipig, I still need to set your equipment). I've had a couple more people interested, so there's still time to work up characters, but once these four are ready, we can go ahead and start playing.

[Gillipig]

So when can we get the ball rolling? I'm aching of anticipation over here!!

[Woodruff]

So when can we get the ball rolling? I'm aching of anticipation over here!!

I finally sent my final character sheet to macbone, but I'm not sure he's taken a look at it. I know my wife still needs to send him her character, but it's pretty finalized as well. I believe we have one other individual who is working up a character, although we could probably start without him since he could be injected into the story once he's ready (that's macbone's call on waiting for him or not, of course).

I need to remind my wife to post her character's background/description here.

[kentington]

So when can we get the ball rolling? I'm aching of anticipation over here!!

I finally sent my final character sheet to macbone, but I'm not sure he's taken a look at it. I know my wife still needs to send him her character, but it's pretty finalized as well. I believe we have one other individual who is working up a character, although we could probably start without him since he could be injected into the story once he's ready (that's macbone's call on waiting for him or not, of course).

I need to remind my wife to post her character's background/description here.

I'm one of the ones we might be waiting on. I need to contact macbone regarding some questions for my character before finalizing a few things. This is my first RPG and I need GM approval on some things.

[Gillipig]

Who's you wife? tkr4lf or / ?

[tkr4lf]

Who's you wife? tkr4lf or / ?

I'm a dude...dude.

[Gillipig]

Who's you wife? tkr4lf or / ?

I'm a dude...dude.

Therefore the smilie

[MeDeFe]

Who's you wife? tkr4lf or / ?

I'm a dude...dude.

That's funny, I just watched The Big Lebowski yesterday.

[Woodruff]

Who's you wife? tkr4lf or / ?

Naw...IchLiebeMyCats is her userid - she joined only for the RPG. She HATES Risk...when we were first married, I literally bribed her (with chores and such) to play "Risk" and "Axis and Allies" with me.

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Who's you wife? tkr4lf or / ?

Naw...IchLiebeMyCats is her userid - she joined only for the RPG. She HATES Risk...when we were first married, I literally bribed her (with chores and such) to play "Risk" and "Axis and Allies" with me.

So who's your cat? MeDeFe?

[MeDeFe]

Who's you wife? tkr4lf or / ?

Naw...IchLiebeMyCats is her userid - she joined only for the RPG. She HATES Risk...when we were first married, I literally bribed her (with chores and such) to play "Risk" and "Axis and Allies" with me.

So who's your cat? MeDeFe?

[Woodruff]

Who's you wife? tkr4lf or / ?

Naw...IchLiebeMyCats is her userid - she joined only for the RPG. She HATES Risk...when we were first married, I literally bribed her (with chores and such) to play "Risk" and "Axis and Allies" with me.

So who's your cat? MeDeFe?

Actually, we have three. A 17-year-old Siamese. A 30-pound 6-year-old Maine Coon (he is NOT fat at all...there are pictures of him somewhere on this site...from the floor, he could pull pans off of the front stove burners at 18 months old). A 19-pound 3 year old Maine Coon (again, not fat at all).

[Woodruff]

So did the game die an ugly death already?

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I hope not!
Do we have the needed character sheets done, macbone?

[Gillipig]

I was looking forward to this .

[Gillipig]

Where is it possible to find other games like this? I've been googling without any luck so far.

[Woodruff]

Where is it possible to find other games like this? I've been googling without any luck so far.

Good question. I normally play "live", to be honest.

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I was looking at this site when researching how this game worked, it looks pretty good, but it does seem to take quite a bit of time. I would guess most online role playing is a bit of a slow and steady process, which is why I will not give up on this one until macbone posts otherwise, I still have my hopes up for this, and I can tell that macbone puts a lot of work into his posts, I'm sure the end result should be something grand if we start, and plenty worth waiting for.

[Woodruff]

I was looking at this site when researching how this game worked, it looks pretty good, but it does seem to take quite a bit of time. I would guess most online role playing is a bit of a slow and steady process, which is why I will not give up on this one until macbone posts otherwise, I still have my hopes up for this, and I can tell that macbone puts a lot of work into his posts, I'm sure the end result should be something grand if we start, and plenty worth waiting for.

I agree.

Meanwhile, a picture of my cat (not MeDeFe, though it might be more impressive):

[macbone]

Don't panic, we're still playing! I've just been busy these past two weeks.

I divide my time between Conquer Club and rpol.net, which has a nice selection of all kinds of roleplaying games.

I'm checking characters now. When I'm finished, we'll start, and I'll begin a separate thread for our actual game play. This thread will remain open for any questions or out of character comments.

[Gillipig]

Wow, didn't expect this. Should be awesome when it starts!

Nice cat btw woody. Is it a Norwegian forest cat? I had one of those when I was a kid.

[Woodruff]

Nice cat btw woody. Is it a Norwegian forest cat? I had one of those when I was a kid.

He's a Maine Coon Cat, which is considered to be a likely distant relative of the Norwegian. They're neat cats, and obviously huge (that's a normal-sized laundry basket he's lying on). They're almost like dogs in that they follow you around the house and just "hang out" with whoever is there. Not lap cats though (thank God!). Probably the only drawback to them is that they are hyper-timid (yeah...weird, given their size). They freak over the weirdest things.