Welcome

Welcome everyone!

I'll just give you a day or two days to browse around, check things and get some inspiration/ideas and whatnot. As I mentioned in the recruitment post, we are going to do a generic dark fantasy setting so we focus on learning the system instead of having to deal with a lot of lore. I wrote very minimal pointers here, which I think could help build up the dark atmosphere.

I'd like to point out that I simplified the game start quite a bit to avoid dragging it too long. I think its probably best to jump into the game as quickly as possible to get a grasp of how this works and then we can revisit this if we want to go for a second generation:

1. I made the family creation the "game mystery". Even though we are basically skipping it all, should read to get a feeling of what family resources are for when you find them.
2. For the character creation, we'll start by defining the character's role and then sort out the conflicts and skeletons. This step requires everyone to connect the PCs so a lot of "talk". We'll do it step by step early this week.
3. The rules are basically a pool of d6s roll for most things so it should be simple to get started. Just keep in mind that one of the key objectives of the rules is to generate drama and conflict between players, so everything follows from there.

thanks CESN

Sounds good to me! Thank you for the game :D

I just went through reading through all the stuff and want to say you did an amazing job setting this game up CESN! I am super excited to get started with this game and see what wonderful and terrible shenanigans we can get rolling with one another.

Thanks for the invite. Looking forward to it

Thanks for the invite, I'm definitely looking forward to playing this.

What's everyone thinking about for character ideas.

Hey guys! We're just missing crazybirdman but I assume will be joining soon, so we can start bouncing some PC ideas yes.

Anything looking like late feudalism to early enlightenment with gothic tones will probably work very well. I'd pay attention to the Gothic Duality to get some classic anti-hero vibe. You can also pick a side on the Puritan/Secular or Scientific/Superstition "teams" if you want, but it's totally optional. The only thing to remember is that you are part of this old influential noble house, even if you've degenerated into nothing more than a scoundrel.

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That out of the way, the first step is to initially describe your character an adjective and a family role and in a not entirely positive way

I am considering a Rakish Cousin or something like that, definitely of the bloodline. Think I'll split them between Brawn and Guile. The character is a bravado, a stand-in for gentlemanly duels. He sleeps with flea-infested dogs and I'm considering him being an opium addict.

How about the rest of you?

I am thinking to play a Tyrannical Grandfather (or other elderly relative), who finds the new generations spineless and unworthy of the Rookwood legacy and strives to impose his iron will upon them. Definitely of direct Rookwood descent.
He could be preaching integrity and virtue, idealizing a past of great values (that never was), while being secretly prone to indulging in vice himself... perhaps Lust is his demon, or Absinth. Or both!

Probably a 0 Brawn, 4 Guile, 1 Weird : his weak body is at odds with his enormous energy and sharp, ever-scheming mind

I'm thinking of a Militaristic Brother. To get away from his family he sought out a life in the military. So probably a 4 Brawn, 1 Guile, and 0 Weird. He'll definitely be a direct blood relative of the Rookwood line.

I gotta lot of reading/ catching up to do. If we're going for drama my first instinct is to play someone adopted into the family.

I could certainly see me playing the great-grandchild of someone who actually "had the class to be a Rookwood" and I'm just an embarrassment. Could be a lot of fun!

I am still a bit in doubt between two.

1. The naive fiance. She is basically an outsider to the family, a girl friend or fiance to a family member.
2. Nerdy but dark teen (grand)daughter.

Both seem fun. I am leaning to 2, as for a first go it would be fun to ben in the bloodline.
Although outsiders can add more drama. Choices, choices.

No problem, take our time :D
Yeah, I guess playing with the curse/supernatural mechanistics is interesting for a test run. Though, in this case, it could make sense to make the curse "transmissible" instead of something blood-bound. Could be negotiated if you want to try it out anyway (or, you know, you're all inbred anyway - classic european monarchy xD).

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So, just to sum up the ideas so far:

KingHotTrash: Rakish Cousin. Opium addict
Dr_B: Tyrannical Grandfather (or other elderly relative). Lustful or drunk.
Squadfather44: Militaristic Brother. Wants to get away from the family.
crazybirdman: likely not a blood-relative
Cettish: The naive fiance/girlfriend (not bloodline) or Nerdy but dark teen (grand)daughter.

Yeah, I can see some potential here already 👌

I gave it some thought today. And I do think it would be more fun for now to be in the family.

So, expect a dark, but nerdy teen girl.

Would you be interested in being the sister to my character?

Certainly! Gotta establish family relations.

So I'll be your guys' cousin then, nice and easy.

Going well so far :)

I just had a quick look at the safety sheet and there is nothing marked so far. Should I assume you're generally ok with anything? I don't expect to go too far into anything anyway, but just checking.

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Updated:
KingHotTrash is a rakish opium addict and cousin of Squadfather44, who got into the military to escape the family, and Cettish, his sister who is a dark, but nerdy teen girl. We have Dr_B the tyrannical old-school hypocrite grandfather.

@crazybirdman, let me know how's it going and if you have any question or so :D