kookalouris
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Captain Blake ready for inspection...
Hey Y'all,
DL, If you lived in a place where even the ants can kill you, you'd take a 'proactive' stance as well.
Sorry, that's just the envy talking, Hawaii is a near-paradise, Texas can be more like the 'other place' at times.
Looks like I'm going for the Air Force pilot, so the custom brassiere is probably out (of course, there's always muted lighting and LOTS of beer, possibly causing a loss of SAN).
But to work...,
Johnny Blake was the archetypal farmboy from Kansas, Iowa (or one of those big square states) and very content being such. His mother was originally from a small town in New England and died young. Johnny was raised by his aunt and uncle and considers his cousins his siblings. Such a boyhood might have boring to some but Johnny was content until he saw his first biplane crop duster. From then on, he was determined to fly no matter what.
All Johnny's spare money went to flying lessons and with time, he became a good crop duster and a wild barnstormer. Still, he had to borrow time on other's planes and had no real money of his own. But there was the Army Air Force...
Less than a year later, Captain Blake had proven himself enough to be a bomber captain. While on a training mission with his beloved crew, the plane was destroyed due to as yet 'unknown reasons.' In any case, Blake was one of the few survivors. With no real cause, the cause naturally fell to pilot error. Given Johnny's mad ravings at the time, the brass felt that the pilot had cracked up and he was given convalescent leave.
At this time, he is using his disability check to track down his mother's family in the Arkham area. Having been forever changed by whatever he has seen, the mundane has no real appeal for him and he hangs out at the Witching Hour for the company.
By some miracle, Blake has been able to buy a broken-down plane he has been putting together to get to fly. But with every passing day, it looks like he will be offered a medical discharge with a strong hint that he should take it. Once discharged, he will probably never be able to fly professionally again and will have to sell the plane.
I will stop here as I want to get feedback on possible character options.
Lovecraft was very into tainted family legacies. Blake's mother may have been (in vain) trying to escape some terrible fate back home. There are probably some remnants of the family in Arkham. It may be that Blake is looking after a family inn, this could give the game a base and plot device.
For all of his talent and intellect, Lovecraft was very racist and possibly sexist (in that women didn't even seem to EXIST in his stories except as tools of monsters). It should be said that Lovecraft was very much a man of his time and his views were not unusual. It could be that Blake is a minority (or even a woman 'Jonni Blake', with some modification of the grounded pilot storyline). This may be more realism, social commentary or just plain unnecessary complication for the game, however.
What happened to Blake's flight? Whatever David wants. It could have been a simple accident but because Blake hit his head on the way out of the plane, he doesn't remember and there isn't enough other evidence to know otherwise. Or, it could be brush with the Mythos, whatever serves the game.
While the USAAF believes Blake to be broken, the extent of his injuries is up to the GM. After the crash, Blake was mentally and physically damaged but may not be now or still is, depending on game needs. Before any eldritch loss of SAN, it would be a fair bet that Blake would suffer what we in this decade would call both post-traumatic stress disorder and survivor's guilt.
A broken plane and an inherited inn are for David to use as he wishes. The plane would work as the game needs (which may mean not at all). What is more important is that we have a pilot if we need it.
That will do for now, let me know what you think...
Hey Y'all,
DL, If you lived in a place where even the ants can kill you, you'd take a 'proactive' stance as well.
Sorry, that's just the envy talking, Hawaii is a near-paradise, Texas can be more like the 'other place' at times.
Looks like I'm going for the Air Force pilot, so the custom brassiere is probably out (of course, there's always muted lighting and LOTS of beer, possibly causing a loss of SAN).
But to work...,
Johnny Blake was the archetypal farmboy from Kansas, Iowa (or one of those big square states) and very content being such. His mother was originally from a small town in New England and died young. Johnny was raised by his aunt and uncle and considers his cousins his siblings. Such a boyhood might have boring to some but Johnny was content until he saw his first biplane crop duster. From then on, he was determined to fly no matter what.
All Johnny's spare money went to flying lessons and with time, he became a good crop duster and a wild barnstormer. Still, he had to borrow time on other's planes and had no real money of his own. But there was the Army Air Force...
Less than a year later, Captain Blake had proven himself enough to be a bomber captain. While on a training mission with his beloved crew, the plane was destroyed due to as yet 'unknown reasons.' In any case, Blake was one of the few survivors. With no real cause, the cause naturally fell to pilot error. Given Johnny's mad ravings at the time, the brass felt that the pilot had cracked up and he was given convalescent leave.
At this time, he is using his disability check to track down his mother's family in the Arkham area. Having been forever changed by whatever he has seen, the mundane has no real appeal for him and he hangs out at the Witching Hour for the company.
By some miracle, Blake has been able to buy a broken-down plane he has been putting together to get to fly. But with every passing day, it looks like he will be offered a medical discharge with a strong hint that he should take it. Once discharged, he will probably never be able to fly professionally again and will have to sell the plane.
I will stop here as I want to get feedback on possible character options.
Lovecraft was very into tainted family legacies. Blake's mother may have been (in vain) trying to escape some terrible fate back home. There are probably some remnants of the family in Arkham. It may be that Blake is looking after a family inn, this could give the game a base and plot device.
For all of his talent and intellect, Lovecraft was very racist and possibly sexist (in that women didn't even seem to EXIST in his stories except as tools of monsters). It should be said that Lovecraft was very much a man of his time and his views were not unusual. It could be that Blake is a minority (or even a woman 'Jonni Blake', with some modification of the grounded pilot storyline). This may be more realism, social commentary or just plain unnecessary complication for the game, however.
What happened to Blake's flight? Whatever David wants. It could have been a simple accident but because Blake hit his head on the way out of the plane, he doesn't remember and there isn't enough other evidence to know otherwise. Or, it could be brush with the Mythos, whatever serves the game.
While the USAAF believes Blake to be broken, the extent of his injuries is up to the GM. After the crash, Blake was mentally and physically damaged but may not be now or still is, depending on game needs. Before any eldritch loss of SAN, it would be a fair bet that Blake would suffer what we in this decade would call both post-traumatic stress disorder and survivor's guilt.
A broken plane and an inherited inn are for David to use as he wishes. The plane would work as the game needs (which may mean not at all). What is more important is that we have a pilot if we need it.
That will do for now, let me know what you think...
