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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paka" data-source="post: 1736513" data-attributes="member: 100">Here is the town I've created as my group's second town with a problem.  Dogs in the Vineyard has a system for creating such towns and so I've used the game's format, more or less, for writing up the town.  In the following posts will be how the PC's dealt with it.  New Gidea won't find Dogs on its doorstep until Thursday evening.Thanks for reading.Town: New Gidea Pride: Master Printer was on his way to kill the man who raped his sister when the bandits attacked. Through fate he killed the leader and the rest surrendered. Then he killed the man and the man's wife. He believes himself above the law, an instrument of God. He believes he is a Prophet of the Gun. Injustice: The rape of his sister, the murder of the man's wife, vigilante justice, mobs hunting the typesetter. Sin: Murder, heresy as he begins to worship the gun. Demonic Attacks: An oppressive heat hangs over the town and it will only break when the town is either diffused or riots. Weapons and tools that can easily be used as weapons seem to be always within reach during moments of wrath. False Doctrine: The Gun is the Lord. Corrupt Worship: There aren't three yet but almost. False Priesthood: The printer is printing a bible called the Book of the Gun. Sorcery: Violence begets violence. Hate & Murder: Every little grudge in town will turn to violence of the situation isn't seen to. What do the people want? The people want justice and peace returned. What do the demons want? Demons want the town's bible printing to grind to a halt so all holy books come from Back East. What would happen of the Dogs didn't come? The town would erupt into riots as the Steward attempted to hunt down the type-setting to save him from the lynchmobs that have formed. Townsfolk: Seth Betheldon - Master Printer, educated Back East Leah Betheldon - wife who is hiding her husband and enduring the townsfolk's disdain Clarissa Betheldon - sister who feels the death is her fault (suicide?) Elihu Steading - Steward Amasina Steading - Steward's wife, former Dog but rendered blind, respected advisor Kyle Richards - killed by Seth Naomi Richards - killed by Seth, beloved in the congregation Balaam Richards - Kyle's pa and foul-mouthed rabble-rouser Absolom - apprentice type-setting, leading mercy posse to find Seth and save his life Other players: Territory Regulators, lynch mobs, surrendered bandits Notes: New Gidea is a burgeoning town on the eastern edge of the desert. If the town is successful it will be the first large scale Book of Life printing outfit in the territory. Seth was a Printer, apprenticed and educated Back East. When he got a letter from his sister, saying that she had been treated roughly by Kyle, Seth made his way west thinking only of killing the man. When he arrived in New Gidea he was to head up the printing operation but he had only violence in his heart. When bandits stood in his way to revenge he got lucky in a shoot-out and killed their leader. Then he stumbled into town in the middle o the night and killed Kyle and his wife in a rage. Enter the Dogs. Territory Regulators are on their way to pick up the captured bandits. Lynch mobs prowl the streets in the humid night. Some want to kill the bandits before the Regulators, some want Seth hung and others want Seth safe. It is only a matter of time before the mobs begin fighting. The Steward leads a Mercy Mob to find Seth and send him to safety until a Watchdog or an Ancient can be called to adjudicate. His blind wife, a former Dog, could be a nice role-playing opportunity.</blockquote>

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