Fellowship of the Witching Hour OOC Thread (Full)

Actually, my heart is fully into it! It's my mind that's being obstinate. I can't seem to come up with good ideas at the moment. I'm thinking about something like The Great Gatsby or something. I don't know. I did consider an inventor but didn't have any further ideas on the subject. That could be really fun though if I could think of some details.

Anyway, my email address is shoelip AT hawaii dot rr dot com.
 
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Sounds like today's just not condusive to the old creative juices. Let it settle for a while in your own head and come back to it after a gap. The Great Gatsby is a good basis for ideas, though chronologically it's set two decades prior to our game. Some of the themes about war would still slot neatly into place, and the characters are quite generic I feel; they'd fit comfortably anywhere within that 20 year timeline with a bit of tweaking.

I thought of some more ideas to inspire potential players:

Jazz musician or singer/crooner
Owner of a gunshop (some interesting possibilities here ;))
Romance or pulp novelist (maybe looking for inspiration in the Witching Hour group?)
Taxidermist (not actually my idea, but a character played by someone in my last CoC game)
Stream of consciousness follow-on: taxi driver, or train driver
Factory worker (investigators don't have to be glamorous!)
WWI veteran, now retired, soldier
Encyclopedia salesman
 



Sure. Send it to david AT farcountryweb DOT co DOT uk

I'm tied up with the Ceramic DM until tommorrow so I'll drop by and see what's happening here then.
 


Adam West
Age: 30
Height: 6'
Sex: Male
Occupation: entrepreneur/inventor
Personality Traits: Introverted, eccentric, intelligent, educated. Dislikes clowns.
Appearance: Tall, thin, and always somewhat disheveled. He isn't really ugly, but doesn't seem to work too much at making himself look good.

Like all dedicated inventors, Adam is a bit eccentric and introverted. After his first successful invention, the Double Barreled Baby Bag, (a high tech and stylish baby sling with seating for two) he was contracted by the army to help design an equipment sling for soldiers and completed his first prototype in just under a week after several days of testing it seemed he had worked out most of the kinks but was still not quite satisfied, however, when he turned in his progress report he was told that the current model was acceptable. Despite his reservations, he was given a large check and told that his contract was complete, and to leave it alone. Since then he has avoided government contracts and is working on a new invention, a new type of brassiere, unfortunately he has had trouble testing it.

Thanks to his two successful inventions, Adam is quite well off. He moved to the town of Arkham in an attempt to get away from the veritable insane asylum of New York city. He could also afford a much nicer house out here, so it really was perfect.

Aside from inventing, Adam's other great passion is the occult. The mysteries of things not explained by science. He's spent over fifteen hundred dollars on books on the subject and has a nice little library in his oversized house where he currently lives alone. It was quite a pleasant surprise after moving to Arkham when he read a mention of the Witching Hour bar in the local paper. He's since been visiting each meeting as what is probably his only social event, while managing his business, and working on his new product.
 
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Possible new player Gerry says Howdy (and Ia!)

Hi, I'm Gerry, that non-forum poster you may have heard about. :-)

In real-life, I am phone tech support in Fort Worth, Texas but for the game, I have three budding character ideas so far...

A Miskatonic University professor. Possibly a European scientist who barely escaped the Nazis, possibly secretly working on a occult 'Manhatten Project' for the US.

A minority actress, whose non-WASP background prevents her from getting roles worthy of her talent (which may mean she is a B-actress getting C-roles.). At this time, she is paying the bills being a fake medium who may have accidentally discovered a glimpse into the Mythos

A farmboy turned Army Air Force pilot (one skill you can't fake). Is now on medical leave for classified reasons, though rumor has it his bomber ran into something strange 'up there.' In any case, he is probably the only survivor and is possibly 'Section 8.'

That's it for now, let me know what y'all think and I will play off your riffs. Looking forward to the game.

My email address is kookalouris AT gmail DOT com

Gerry
 

Awg! A Texan! Run away they kill everything!

Hi Gerry! Were your parents all out of 'a's? ;)

Well... Adam West needs a test subject for his new experimental Brassiere.

Also, feel free to quote that out of context any time.
 
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