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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 1277685" data-attributes="member: 3649">Hmmm. Well, since we don't know many details... I'll just go with the Pulp idea and toss out some. &nbsp;Characters could all work for a Great Detective, or have their own detective agency (Lost Things Scryed, Bodies Guarded - Jealous Lover Come Back From the Grave as a Zombie? Call on us!) in a third-story walkup. &nbsp;She walked in and I had to stare; it wasn't often that dark elf dames like this came all the way down to the docks. Usually they just sent their goons. She looked at me like I was something good to eat and smiled a cold smile. &quot;I'm told you do investigations, Mr. Appolyon, and find lost people. I've lost something very important to me. Would you be interested in a hundred Royals a day plus expenses?&quot;&nbsp;I would be fascinated by fifty Royals but I didn't tell her that. I put my athame back in the drawer; I wouldn't be needing to put in holes in Miss Hundred Royals. At least not right away. &quot;Talk,&quot; said. &nbsp;Exploration of unknown places is all a tremendous part of the pulps and D&amp;D; the focus there is almost the same: Go somewhere, get something, fight some evil/ancient curse/monster/tribe and win free.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 1277685, member: 3649"] Hmmm. Well, since we don't know many details... I'll just go with the Pulp idea and toss out some. Characters could all work for a Great Detective, or have their own detective agency (Lost Things Scryed, Bodies Guarded - Jealous Lover Come Back From the Grave as a Zombie? Call on us!) in a third-story walkup. [i]She walked in and I had to stare; it wasn't often that dark elf dames like this came all the way down to the docks. Usually they just sent their goons. She looked at me like I was something good to eat and smiled a cold smile. "I'm told you do investigations, Mr. Appolyon, and find lost people. I've lost something very important to me. Would you be interested in a hundred Royals a day plus expenses?"[/i] [i]I would be fascinated by fifty Royals but I didn't tell her that. I put my athame back in the drawer; I wouldn't be needing to put in holes in Miss Hundred Royals. At least not right away. "Talk," said.[/i] Exploration of unknown places is all a tremendous part of the pulps and D&D; the focus there is almost the same: Go somewhere, get something, fight some evil/ancient curse/monster/tribe and win free. [/QUOTE]

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