WayneLigon
Adventurer
System: a cross of Call of Cthulhu d20 rules with the Polyhedron Shadow Chasers stuff, with some homebrew things thrown in. Not really liking it that well; I tend not to like homebrewed stuff since generally that means that only the GM knows how things work and that seems to be borne out here.
Character: Xane ('Zane') McMurdo. It was suggested that about the only thing I haven't played in some time was either a private investigator or a scumbag. So I chose scumbag. Xane's a wealthy guy, not even 25, who makes his living through post-producing and distributing bootleg CD's, DVDs and underground media, with a little drug dealing on the side. He's pulling down close to $200,000.00 a year; it would be a lot more than that but he 'tries to keep his hands clean'; he facilitates deals, is the ultimate middle-man. He knows where to find people that have what you need, never mind what (or who) it is. He's deep in the Mexican and Chinese bootleg markets (The Mexican bootleg music market has almost totally destroyed the legitimate channels of distribution in that country . Xane's the one selling them CD towers and untraceable network connections
).
Xane is, primarily, a liar. He lies to everyone, even himself (most especially himself, actually). Coming into contact with the supernatural only confirmed what Xane had always suspected: that the world itself was a lie. Now he's finding out what truth is, and it hasn't been a nice ride.
Probably the first time I've played a guy that's a borderline psychopath (he has a sense of right and wrong, but he's able to justify things so totally in his mind that it really makes no difference). But, he's dead now; died his final death last session after stepping into a wrong angle and coming out five hours later looking like hamburger.
Not really sure what I'm going to do. The game has quickly evolved from the promised 'magic in the modern world' game to 'Call of Cthulhu' which, while I do love that game, wasn't what I wanted to play this time around. Not at all. So.. I might talk to the GM today or tomorrow, but it doesn't look like I'll be going back, which will probably mean a more-or-less permanent severing with the only group I play with now.
Character: Xane ('Zane') McMurdo. It was suggested that about the only thing I haven't played in some time was either a private investigator or a scumbag. So I chose scumbag. Xane's a wealthy guy, not even 25, who makes his living through post-producing and distributing bootleg CD's, DVDs and underground media, with a little drug dealing on the side. He's pulling down close to $200,000.00 a year; it would be a lot more than that but he 'tries to keep his hands clean'; he facilitates deals, is the ultimate middle-man. He knows where to find people that have what you need, never mind what (or who) it is. He's deep in the Mexican and Chinese bootleg markets (The Mexican bootleg music market has almost totally destroyed the legitimate channels of distribution in that country . Xane's the one selling them CD towers and untraceable network connections
).Xane is, primarily, a liar. He lies to everyone, even himself (most especially himself, actually). Coming into contact with the supernatural only confirmed what Xane had always suspected: that the world itself was a lie. Now he's finding out what truth is, and it hasn't been a nice ride.
Probably the first time I've played a guy that's a borderline psychopath (he has a sense of right and wrong, but he's able to justify things so totally in his mind that it really makes no difference). But, he's dead now; died his final death last session after stepping into a wrong angle and coming out five hours later looking like hamburger.
Not really sure what I'm going to do. The game has quickly evolved from the promised 'magic in the modern world' game to 'Call of Cthulhu' which, while I do love that game, wasn't what I wanted to play this time around. Not at all. So.. I might talk to the GM today or tomorrow, but it doesn't look like I'll be going back, which will probably mean a more-or-less permanent severing with the only group I play with now.
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