Creation & Evolution

We are going to discuss the creation of your character. Please create an empty character, I will copy the sheet we will use

Conrad Kadian.
High Concept: Socially active amateur sleuth.
Pure mortal (+2 refresh)

Taking
"I know just the guy" [-1] page 150
"Quick Eye" [-1] page 153
"Windfall" [-1] page 155
"Capable researcher" [-1] page 155.

For a trouble I was thinking something along the lines of "I don't know what I don't know" or "They know I know."

Starting at the beginning. Are you ok with the High concept or does it need some work?

HIgh concept is very good.

Now what is hindering your social active amateur sleuth ? (internal or external problem)

OK so The wording for my trouble started at "They know you know"

I look at it as each time Conrad investigates something he is leaving a trail that leads back to himself and possibly his team mates. Using social investigation (Asking questions of witnesses, chat rooms, forums, clubs ect) to get his information makes it easy for the "opposition" to use the same means to get to him.

"Hey boss, That dorky guy has been poking his nose around the bar again, I think he is on to us, whad'da want we should do?" -Red court Vampire thug.

The statement itself appears to me to be able to be split to have different meanings and be used in several ways to tag aspects.

"They know" could be used to compel an obstacle in any given situation. Imagine My character has been tailing a possible lead for the last two hours trying to learn the location of the secret lair but "They know". is Conrad being purposely led off the trail? or even worse into an ambush?

"They know you" could be easily compelled by both NPCs and party members. In a scene where a child is in danger, everyone knows Harry Dresden is going to do SOMETHING to help. It isn't even a question.

"You Know" again being a sleuth there are ample times Conrad may already know a certain piece of information or a person, place or thing.

How do you feel about all of that?

I see what you mean, but seems to me it does not work very well, it seems static or magical.

I'd prefer a more moving sentence like : Leaving a trail of crumbs, Like an elephant in a china shop, Too chatty to lay low ...

To me You know they know, doesn't speak of a trouble. But it may be me, I will ask the others tomorrow.

Let's go back to the trouble later

Tell me about his youth, we need to get aspect out of it.

Sorry for the delay. Hit a RL snag with a bunch of unexpected stuff suddenly sucking all my energy from me. It started with being scratched by a potentially rabid racoon followed by Hospital visits and shots. I have just been a little burnt out. This game seems super rad to me so I want to get invested. Just going to take me a minute.

To me RL is the most important, all I need is to know you need more time or be late. How did you manage to be scratched by a racoon?

I hope you are doing all right and wish you a good and fast recovery.

I recently started working Animal control and I made a rookie mistake. I thoughtlessly assumed that since the raccoon was in a cage it could not get me. Completely disregarded the claws. As I was pushing the cage into the back of my truck it lunged at me and got my forearm.

Physically I am fine but the stress has been immense. I had to wait six hours in the hospital because I was not vaccinated and got a total of 11 needles. They called me today to confirm the test came back negative so the stressful part is over I am just decompressing now.

Ah, ok yes working with wild animal may be dangerous, be careful in your job. 11 needles ! youre not far away from a porcupine. :o)

Happy to learn that you are not in danger.

So i got a tiny youth started i want to put it out just to have something solid as a start. I can expand it if nothing in it is intersting.

Conrad grew up in an unremarkable, upper middle class home in Atlanta. His father was an automotive enginner and his mother worked part time in a greasy spoon diner.

He attended a middle class private school and recieved fair marks. He also excelled at making friends his nice clothes and well spoken manner attracted people and he tended to have no shortage of people to associate with.
Despite his popularity Conrad always found himself drawn to the more socially outcast. The weirdos of the school. Several times he used his privilege to protect others from bullies.

It was in this time frame Conrad was introduced to the myths and legends that pepper adolescents. Creepy pasta and campfire stories became his bread and butter. He and a close group of friends formed a club, as some kids do, they called themselves the dark story society. They would work together to research and share rumours they found. Everything from the loch ness monster to alien abduction was on the table and Conrad loved it all.

Sounds peachy !

What aspect could you get from your youth ?

"I'm a middle class hero"
"I always got your back little guy"
"We are the weirdos, mister"
"I'm in the club"
"I am not just a pretty face"
"There is just something about being Mr. popular"

There is some potential in each of those but #2 #3 and #6 seem the best and most usable.

#3 does not go very well with the popular person you try to depict, apparently he keeps his weird interest as secret as possible, otherwise he would not be so popular.

I agree with that. I was just seeing what stuck out.

My fav is the last one. how do you feel about that?

Sounds good.

So let's go to your education, by the way how old are you when the story begins ?

Let's say Conrad is early 20s. Maybe 23. He attended The Atlanta Metropolitan State college and received a B.A. in social sciences. He still lives in the area of the college and uses the area as a place to meet people to form connections. His "day job" is as a statistician in a minor marketing firm imputing data into a computer.

The trouble is not a trouble to me, I do not understand in which way it is one.

Since you don't have anything special your are a Pure Human and gain +2 in fate

Ok it is kind of cliché but what about "Curiosity killed the cat" ? or "This story is bigger then I thought" or "My questions are dangerous to the wrong people." (That one can be super dark. if the "wrong people" is someone I care about)