Yeah I thought Orlan had a good question.

Sorry, been a difficult few days and not been able to focus. I'll be getting back on top of things now.

Hi, new player here. I'll be reading up the OOC and IC logs, and building my character over the next day or two.

He is going to be a man who grew up in a circus touring central and eastern Europe. He knows all the backstage jobs, and can turn himself into several acts as needed. He is using the circus as a paying gig to further his personal goal of tracking down his two identical brothers, who both disappeared into the Deadlands.

Character is probably going to focus on social skills with some combat to keep himself alive. I've always been intrigued by the Improvisational Fighting Edge, so I think I'm going to develop that. I would appreciate some help from the people who know the system to look over my build.

I'm inspired by the science fiction circus stories of Barry Longyear, but I'm also the type of person who is going to be reading about life in a 19th century circus now that I've joined this game.

I'm a bit familiar with Savage Worlds, but I need a lot more experience with it before I'll be really comfortable with the system.

In real life I live in the Pacific Northwest of the USA, UTC -7 time zone. I try to check RPOL several times per day, but I often get a bit of analysis paralysis in trying to react to a really good post.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:16, Wed 26 May 2021.

Welcome aboard

In reply to Aria Fox (msg # 86):

And I'd be Harold Autrey Lewis, spiritualist, seer, seer of the unknown, scion of an old New England family, and outcast.  Not much more to go on than that, other than I'm at the other end of the continent from Karl, but I imagine we can make it work ;)

Nice to meet y'all, hope we get on well! :)

Welcome, new guys.

OK, here is my character. I used savaged.us to check the build, and it seems OK.

Karl Muller
Seasoned Male Human, Circus Performer and MC, blacksmith

Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d6, Spirit d8, Strength d8, Vigor d6
Skills: Athletics d6, Common Knowledge d4, Fighting d6, Healing d4, Language (English) d6, Language (French) d6, Language (German) d8, Language (Spanish) d6, Notice d6, Performance d8, Persuasion d8, Repair d6, Stealth d4
Pace: 6; Parry: 5; Toughness: 5
Hindrances: Code of Honor, Heroic
Edges: Ambidextrous, Improvisational Fighter, Linguist, Two-Fisted
Weapons: Unarmed (Range Melee, Damage Str)
Languages: German (native, d8), English (d6), French (d6), Spanish (d6)
Current Wealth: $500
Advances
Novice Advances
Raise Attribute: Agility
Edge: Two-Fisted
Edge: Ambidextrous
Seasoned Advances
Edge: Improvisational Fighter
Current Load: 0 (61)
Books In Use: Savage Worlds: Adventure Edition
Validity: Character appears valid and optimal

Sorry for being silent and absent folks - I've been going through some interviews for a new job. But the good news is that I was successful, and now going through all the background checks before I hand my notice in.

@Karl
That all seems fine - Have you considered what gear you want? Would you have any "proper" weapons, or always make use of what is on hand?

Good luck with the job

Congrats Marshal!

In reply to Marshal (msg # 91):


Well done on the job!

Best wishes for your new position.

In reply to Marshal (msg # 91):

Congratulations on your new job!

To answer the question, I think Karl will always use improvised weapons.

Catching up on the IC threads, and hope to contribute soon.

The show has been had, you're relaxing in the baths afterwards.

Do you want to be doing something weird here in El Paso?
Or maybe when travelling between places?
Sent off on an errand for Cornelius?
How much combat v non-combat would folks like? I don't want those who can fight to feel their characters are missing out, but I wouldn't want to throw you into a gunfight when you aren't interested either.

I'm completely making this up as I go, so I have no singular story to follow. What it does mean is that as there isn't a plan, it can't go wrong, or have you all go in the opposite direction.

I want you all to be engaged, enjoy things, and make sure I don't go quiet or abandon you all.

Surely there's both tomfoolery and shenanigans at play in El Paso.

I would like something weird to occur. Something exciting, and I wouldn't mind having at least some combat (though I get PBP can be very frustrating for combat).

My story ideas:

Something weird/strange/uncanny starts happening in El Paso. Not necessarily violent. Not a serial killer.

The circus folk (or a circus folk, maybe someone new to the show) attracts suspicion or gets blamed.

We need to sort it out so the show doesn't suffer.

As far as combat foes, it sort of ends up as the default when so many people are carrying guns and other weapons, but combat isn't always necessary for action. Renko is better equipped for melee, even non-lethal fighting. I deliberately chose not to give him a six-shooter. It looks to me like the rest of our PCs are also in that category.

Of course, that means any adversaries need to be on the same page. Maybe El Paso is a generally tamed town where fisticuffs are more common than shootouts.

In reply to Renko Tenmo (msg # 100):

I guess we need to decide if the spooky is stuff we find in different places, or if the spooky is something we bring with us to different places?

Why not both? :)

Well, the Marshall hasn't looked in for about three weeks now. That worries me.

Well, I've had a few cases where someone got sick and came back, or one terrible case where there was a death in the family, but I think RPoL attrition has claimed all but those two.

I appreciate the game either way it's a fun premise.

I've been away as my mental health hasn't been great, and the longer I was away, the guiltier I got about not logging in, and it kept spiralling.

As such, I've decided that I'm going to step away from all my games and RPOL, which includes running this game.

Take this as notice for me closing the game down.

I hope you all understand, and wish you all the best of luck in your games.

Best wishes. Hope to see you back before long.

Sad to see you go but better to look after your health.