Buffy RPG - A Hellmouth in Waterloo [Closed]

[Cor Azer]

The way I read this is that Gavin knows how healthy someone is immediately. Am I wrong? Rechard is pushing 50-60 hp, which is about 3x what's expected for the average art teacher. If Gavin's health sense works like that, he wouldn't need to wait for hunger pangs -- Rechard would obviously be a 100-watt bulb in a 40-watt room.

Yes, the way it's written now, that would be correct. I am wondering if it'd be more 'correct' according to Gavin's background if it just indicated total damage taken, rather than current life points.

While celibacy is part of a Catholic priest's vows, virginity isn't so far as I'm aware, so it's entirely possible his daughter was the result of his life prior to the seminary. Either a wife who died, or a mistake from 'hellraiser' days for which he's now atoning. Either one comes with the possibility of projected angst in daughter's direction.

Very true.

Well, with super-science on the table, it's always possible someone was trying to make their own Slayer, getting all peanut butter cup with their mysticism and gene-splicing. I mean, Slayers heal quick, but bleed often; no telling who might have samples.

Geddoutta my notes!

... Erase erase.... Scribble scribble...

Nevermind

On my own character:

* I figured the 'gang' would probably know Gavin's secret, but he wouldn't be especially keen on giving details of his 'gift' to strangers. I'm not sure if that requires a Secret or not? I think I have a line on Angel rulebook, but haven't as of yet looked at any rules.

* On demon-blood-feeding: I thought perhaps this might actually be part of the 'gathering of folk' backstory:

1) Gavin recognized Rechard's oddity, and wound up approaching him thinking they had something in common. Gavin has a tendency to want to find a place where he fits, which gets him in some trouble when he's too trusting. This would be no exception. He wound up in a situation where he was either going to be Rechard's next meal, or he could help him track down tastier fare. Gavin quite sensibly chose the latter, though he's always a bit tense when Rechard's stomach growls.

2) On the less ruthless track, Gavin's 'pain sense' kicked off when he took Rechard's class at a point when the professor had gone far too long without demon blood. I would assume the oncoming loss of immortality would hurt, myself; it's a whole lot of dying having been staved off and on its way back all at once. In any case, Gavin actually offered some of his own blood to help stabilize the immortal, and the two have grown friendly in the wake of the incident.

Gavin's background could still count as a secret because if it gets out to people he doesn't trust, or who are willing to use it 'offensively', it could severely ruin his reputation. Just having people know the secret isn't enough to void it; they have to be willing and able to use that knowledge against you.

 

[jkason]

Yes, the way it's written now, that would be correct. I am wondering if it'd be more 'correct' according to Gavin's background if it just indicated total damage taken, rather than current life points.

I can make both work, though I think maybe this is probably closer to what I was envisioning. Knowing life point totals doesn't necessarily tell him if something is hurt, unless it's accompanied by knowing what a thing's 'max hp' is.

The basic idea was that Gavin can 'sniff out' pain. In his full-blooded demon-kin, the ability would be used to track dinner, as it were: this thing is hurting, so it'll be easy to feed on. My thought was that Gavin uses it to help find/know when allies are injured and / or to track injured critters the gang is trying to take down.

 

[Shayuri]

Hmm...I'm warming to the mad science idea. Maybe Nerdgirl was even trying out for a wannabe slayer, before she met y'all. I have this vision of a homemade "monster hunting suit" with like...a stungun in one sleeve and a taser or teeny butene flamethrower in the other...and a plate over the torso cushioned with some kind of super-spongy gel to suck up blunt trauma... Helmet with nightsight on a folding visor...

And maybe something like a diving gun, or a built-in air compression cannon to shoot stakes...

Hee hee

Of course, with stuff like that, it might make more sense if she was a policeman's daughter after all.

"Honey, have you seen my taser?"

"No dad!" *fzzzt* "Ow!"

 

[airwalkrr]

As the new Watcher in town, it is possible Dafydd (it's pronounced "Davith" btw; that should intentionally be a constant source of confusion for Canadians) doesn't know anyone at all. He's just looking for the Slayer. However given that he has lived in Canada before, he may have encountered Rechard before, possibly even as a student when he did Graduate studies in Toronto.

As for his "cover," I believe I would like something like this: He is ostensibly in Waterloo to serve as a computer science adviser for one of the local colleges. Another idea which I may come to like more is that he is the supervisor of the student computing facilities. Where Giles looks over books, Dafydd looks over computers. I rather fancy that. He might teach the occasional class every other semester, but doesn't really have time for it what with being a Watcher and all, hence the rather underwhelming "career" for someone with such an expansive CV.

 

[Cor Azer]

Hmm...I'm warming to the mad science idea. Maybe Nerdgirl was even trying out for a wannabe slayer, before she met y'all. I have this vision of a homemade "monster hunting suit" with like...a stungun in one sleeve and a taser or teeny butene flamethrower in the other...and a plate over the torso cushioned with some kind of super-spongy gel to suck up blunt trauma... Helmet with nightsight on a folding visor...

And maybe something like a diving gun, or a built-in air compression cannon to shoot stakes...

Hee hee

Of course, with stuff like that, it might make more sense if she was a policeman's daughter after all.

"Honey, have you seen my taser?"

"No dad!" *fzzzt* "Ow!"

The Buffy RPG differentiates between assemblages and permanent items for both magic and superscience - assemblages are far more common, essentially little more than jury-rigged one shot items (well, possibly longer, maybe an episode or two), whereas full-blown magic and superscience items are more difficult and expensive to build and repair, but are otherwise permanent.

Both are possible, but I just wanted to throw that out there in case it helps/hurts your concept.

As the new Watcher in town, it is possible Dafydd (it's pronounced "Davith" btw; that should intentionally be a constant source of confusion for Canadians) doesn't know anyone at all. He's just looking for the Slayer. However given that he has lived in Canada before, he may have encountered Rechard before, possibly even as a student when he did Graduate studies in Toronto.

As for his "cover," I believe I would like something like this: He is ostensibly in Waterloo to serve as a computer science adviser for one of the local colleges. Another idea which I may come to like more is that he is the supervisor of the student computing facilities. Where Giles looks over books, Dafydd looks over computers. I rather fancy that. He might teach the occasional class every other semester, but doesn't really have time for it what with being a Watcher and all, hence the rather underwhelming "career" for someone with such an expansive CV.

That cover works for me; also, he'd still have a built-in link to the Slayer, so I'm not as worried there. Characters don't have to know everyone else, but should know some of the others.

 

[DrZombie]

Did someone say werewolf?

Euh,Shayuri, go for Slayer

Do they play rugby in Canada? A rugby-playing werewolf, needing some extra lessons from the nerdgirl so he can pass his tests?

added with a half-vampire, daemon and a half-faery should make for some interesting group tensions

 

[Cor Azer]

Did someone say werewolf?

Euh,Shayuri, go for Slayer

Do they play rugby in Canada? A rugby-playing werewolf, needing some extra lessons from the nerdgirl so he can pass his tests?

added with a half-vampire, daemon and a half-faery should make for some interesting group tensions

Of course we have rugby! What a question!

Buffy RPG has 3 "types" of werewolves - uncontrolled (change at full moon, DM runs wolfie), psuedocontrolled (change at full moon, player controls wolfie), and controlled (change when player wishes, player controls wolfie). The first is a drawback, the other two are qualities with the second more expensive.

 

[Shayuri]

Bah! I was really getting into the mad scientist thing too.

But okay, slayer it is.

Can anyone give me a rundown on how to make a character? Or point me to a spot on the web?

 

[DrZombie]

I've got the books,will look into 'em this set of nightshifts, if things are quiet.

Must practice my howling skills . HAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUW

edit : why not a mad-scientist slayer? Could work with the computer-minded watcher

 

[airwalkrr]

Yeah, I think I am going to go with supervisor of the student computer facility at a college or secondary school. Of course he has things like crossbows and stakes all over the place and his students are always asking him what those things are for, not to mention his Necronomicon screen saver. (He happened to like Army of Darkness, okay?)

He spends most of his time in front of a screen, but doesn't slack on exercise, just to keep himself moderately fit. He's nothing of a sportsman at all though. Never even stepped foot on a sports field. His athletics have all been of a more practical nature and even that has been just the basics. He's much happier browsing the web or making his latest digital scans of various tomes so he can search them more quickly. He's even started a Watcher Wiki, although it has yet to catch on; he's the only Watcher to post to it as of yet.