1936 - Pulp Heroes

[airwalkrr]

I don't have d20 past, but the scientist advanced class sounds interesting. If you wouldn't mind emailing the particulars I will consider either that or occultist. I'm going for a kind of Giles/Marcus thing, so the character won't be much in a fight, except to offer helpful advice. Of course, he'll do what he can.

 

[Blackrat]

Yeah I have seen both movies, pretty cool.
Then will you give character creation rules or wait a bit longer?

Well I haven't really decided anything specific yet so I can't yet give you much. I'm thinking something low-mid-level. I'm really open to brainstorming here. Everyone could post some character concept and something they would be looking from this kind of game.

I'm interested in this as well. I haven't seen Skycaptain and the World of Tomorrow, but hopefully that won't be too much of an issue. I do have d20 Past, if that helps. I've been waiting for an opportunity to use it.

In that case you have everything you need to play. D20 Past + the second link I posted in post#8 has any info necessary. I'm actually thinking a World that would be anything any literature or movies depict about 30s. So you could go and meet Tarzan if you really wanted, or listen to a lecture by Dr Henry Jones Jr. Or be witnessing the arrival of King Kong to NY. Possibly even read about Superman from Daily Planet. But you will be the heroes of this story.

I don't have d20 past, but the scientist advanced class sounds interesting. If you wouldn't mind emailing the particulars I will consider either that or occultist. I'm going for a kind of Giles/Marcus thing, so the character won't be much in a fight, except to offer helpful advice. Of course, he'll do what he can.

Takes some time to type it on computer but I'll send it to you as soon as possible. It's really a crazy inventor who makes contraptions that mimic the FX-abilities of D20 Modern. And he can also do the McGyver: Take some ordinary household items and turn them into anything.

 

[kirinke]

Huh. I could be interested in something like this. Maybe a lady archeologist from a wealthy family, going into telepath or acolyte later on.

This might work better with Mutants and Master Minds though.

 

[Blackrat]

For what I've heard I believe you are right about M&M being more suitable. Unfortunatily I don't own it so we will use D20 Modern & Past. But your character concept sounds good.

 

[kirinke]

Probably she'd be something along the lines of Laura Croft or Evy from the Mummy.

 

[Fenris]

I had been thinking about a farm-boy turned adventurer, probably a Tough Hero. Good and pulpy. A Kid headed off to find all the places he hears about on the radio.

Huh. I could be interested in something like this. Maybe a lady archeologist from a wealthy family, going into telepath or acolyte later on.

This might work better with Mutants and Master Minds though.

After seeing this though I'd be willing to work up a bodyguard type, if you'd be interested Kirinke. One of her fathers employees sent along to help her kind of thing.

 

[James Heard]

Just seeing this one, but I'm interested. I'd have to pull out and borrow some books to get back up to speed with the ruleset I think, I'm thinking that maybe I'll be pushing a sort of William Powell thing onto my character. Or maybe I will make a William Powell and turn him into a heroic actor playing heroes such as the Thin Man in movies too. Or a Lost Generation author with a touch of wanderlust and sense of adventure, living day to day in exotic locales, hobnobbing with the elite as a charming alcoholic to be put on display, etc. You know, one of those strange characters that's always smoking with a half full tumbler of scotch in hand, wearing a disheveled tuxedo with mussed gelled hair and holding a torch while cracking wise about entering the mummy's tomb or the haunted house.

 

[kirinke]

I had been thinking about a farm-boy turned adventurer, probably a Tough Hero. Good and pulpy. A Kid headed off to find all the places he hears about on the radio.




After seeing this though I'd be willing to work up a bodyguard type, if you'd be interested Kirinke. One of her fathers employees sent along to help her kind of thing.

Heh. That might be fun. Especially if my character didn't exactly want a body guard type. And you could also incorporate the farm-boy background as well.

 

[Blackrat]

So. If I put one and one together we now have six interested players. That would be pretty good sized group

airwalkrr - an inventor
Fenris - bodyguard to the lady
Voda Vosa - "biologist inventor"
industrygothica - Reporter
Kirinke - lady archeologist from rich family
James Heard - writer

Just seeing this one, but I'm interested. I'd have to pull out and borrow some books to get back up to speed with the ruleset I think, I'm thinking that maybe I'll be pushing a sort of William Powell thing onto my character. Or maybe I will make a William Powell and turn him into a heroic actor playing heroes such as the Thin Man in movies too. Or a Lost Generation author with a touch of wanderlust and sense of adventure, living day to day in exotic locales, hobnobbing with the elite as a charming alcoholic to be put on display, etc. You know, one of those strange characters that's always smoking with a half full tumbler of scotch in hand, wearing a disheveled tuxedo with mussed gelled hair and holding a torch while cracking wise about entering the mummy's tomb or the haunted house.

A bored writer is a snazzy idea.

Some ideas for those who doesn't yet have one:
-A reporter would be an easy character to get interested in adventuring. They're always hunting for that next big story.
-A smugler could always find ways in and out of hostile countries.
-Flying ace from a mercenary army.
-MI5 agent ala 007 of 30's

Or anything else.

EDIT: airwalkrr. I sent you an e-mail. Please respond with e-mail and not here.

 

[Voda Vosa]

I have came along with a concept, tell me if its good enough ^^

Lotka Kirdov a scientist studying animal genetics and obsessed with the idea of creating a genetically altered human. Inteligent and arrogant, always despising the other who are not smart enough to rival his (as he says) "Enormous brain"