Character Creatin n Jawin

Feb 16, 2024 2:32 pm
Howdy. I'll post a little bit of one of them there prelogs so as knows what yer in fer. Then y'all can git yer creatin started.

Expect horror and action, because it's the Deadlands.

Barlowe Station, Kansas

Barlowe Station is just that: a rail station on Black River’s main line and really nothing more. It serves primarily to replenish the water supplies on locomotives. The facilities are limited to a small office and a water tower, and the station was staffed by a single person. Few, if any, passengers ever get off at Barlowe, and even fewer board there.

Whether on a train yourselves or on horseback, your posse is the arrives at Barlowe. Upon arrival you find it eerily empty of human life. Close inspection tells you it has not been long abandoned.

The adventure involves motivated individuals attempting to determine what happened to the town of Barlowe Station, and rectify the situation. Well properly set that up once we have the characters made.
[ +- ] Map
Feb 17, 2024 3:28 pm
Guessin' Harrigan is at a con today. KCC has got his new book, and must constantly wipe away the drool lest the pages curl. @Nezzeraj, do you have access to the book? I'm certain that Windy does.

I ordered this game in a boxset, and had them throw in a physical copy of the core book, too, but I've got copies of everything from a couple Kickstarters.

I will post the pregens, too, just so you see an example of what the authors were expecting. Of course, by all means make your own, unless one of these fits the bill.
[ +- ] Night Train Archetypes
Here's a link to the character sheet template.
Feb 17, 2024 3:40 pm
I like the looks of that sharpshooter, so I'd like to play him if I may.
Feb 18, 2024 4:34 am
I don't have the book. I'll grab the snake oil merchant if no one else wants her.

KCC

Feb 18, 2024 8:49 am
Billy ‘Dirt’ Briggshttps://i.imgur.com/7qKv5iU.jpgEverybody’s got it comin’. Me more than most of them…
"Billy on account of my maw, and Briggs on account of my paw. Dirt, well… there ain’t nothing lower than dirt, but I been close enough, believe me."

Trouble’s favorite pastime, Dirt Briggs just can’t seem to get a fresh start. Oh, he got out of the life alright, but they didn’t make it easy on him.

Since then, there ain’t nothing that stuck. Trouble always had a way of catching up with Dirt. Might be that Barlowe Station would be different…
Last edited February 18, 2024 9:07 am
Feb 19, 2024 3:55 am
Victor Deadshot Kane cuts a striking figure with his tall, lean frame. That is until he spits out a nice long tobacco loogie. His weather-beaten face bears the scars of countless battles, a testament to his years spent as a mercenary for hire. Dressed in worn leather and adorned with ammunition belts crisscrossing his chest, he carries himself with the air of an overconfident gunslinger. His fingers are calloused from years of handling firearms. His penetrating steely blue eyes tend to set people on edge. Loyal to a fault, he might take a bullet for you, but he's a greedy sonovabitch and that's why he is in this godforsaken town.

https://i.imgur.com/r7NBjUt.png
Feb 19, 2024 4:11 am
As astute player will note that the Archetypes provided have been advanced to a Rank of Seasoned (i.e., by adjusting them with four Advances, with those listed at the bottom of the sheets).

If you're playing an Archetype, then you need do nothing further. If you're creating a character from scratch, then make it fully as per the rules (which would be a Novice) then add four Advances.
[ +- ] SWADE core, page 54
Feb 19, 2024 10:09 am
Ruby Reyes
https://i.imgur.com/Tfkgr7m.png
The most charitable thing people say about her is that she is a "Whore with a heart of gold...if someone found the philosopher's stone to turn lead into gold." She is a snake oil saleswoman with a silver tongue (and a body of gold) and uses both to make money however she can. She makes tonics and tinctures of all kinds which are guaranteed to not kill anyone, but probably not do much else either. She claims she was trained by Navajo medicine men and voodoo witchdoctors and that explanation is good enough for most folk.
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Feb 25, 2024 4:42 am
How's everyone else's characters coming along?

KCC

Feb 25, 2024 11:17 am
I’m still not overly happy with my character art. I wanted something middle aged maybe. Rough looking, but it’s really impossible to get away from John Marsten and Arthur Morgan when you get into those kinds of search terms.

Other than that, this unlucky son of a gun is ready to ride!
Last edited February 25, 2024 11:17 am
Feb 25, 2024 3:34 pm
I'm not thrilled with mine either. I might have another go at it. I don't like his face. The rest I am happy with.
Feb 25, 2024 10:20 pm
Did most folks choose and reskin a pregen, or make a PC?

Are these just standard Deadlands PCs with some advances, Q? Ah… I see above, four advances…
Feb 26, 2024 12:55 am
Harrigan says:
Did most folks choose and reskin a pregen, or make a PC?

Are these just standard Deadlands PCs with some advances, Q? Ah… I see above, four advances…
Feel free to make your own. Not sure if KCC made his from scratch.

KCC

Feb 26, 2024 12:55 am
Yeah, I think we all ended up with a pre-gen. I changed out one of my hinderances because I felt like too many characters had greed! I wasn’t sure if that was supposed to feed into the adventure itself though!
Feb 26, 2024 4:33 am
Cool. I don’t know anything about the adventure. Should I just make a character who is trying to get somewhere via train?

KCC

Feb 26, 2024 9:50 am
Seems like we all arrive in this place by whatever mode of transport suits! Train is the obvious one, so I guess it works.
Feb 26, 2024 6:46 pm
Sure, who doesn't love train rides!
Feb 27, 2024 3:35 am
Oh, aha, I see the setup in the opening post now! Sorry to have missed that. I have discovered that while I own the Deadlands box set… I don’t seem to have the PDFs. (Boy do I dislike the way PEG has their own store / fulfillment.)

Bottom line, I get back to the mainland on Weds… will be targeting chargen later in the week if y’all can continue to wait.
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