Hi everyone, your friendly neighbourhood slayer here. I'm looking forward to playing this game with you all.

Hello Miss Winters! I'm Inoue; shrine maiden, oracle, medium, sort-of-witch, and your new best friend!... as long as you don't need someone that's all "hip" and "with it" when it comes to pop culture, anyways!

If you need some occult research done, I'm your gal. If you need to talk to spirits or just need a generally observant sort, I'm definitely the one you want to talk to. I'm pretty good at influencing people (for a neeeerd) and a fair hand with both the yumi and naginata in a fight. I'm no Slayer though, nor the sort of person you'll see blasting fireballs and lightning bolts in a fight. My powers trend more towards augeries and scrying than combat.

There, now you know how useful I am! Now let me in, it's cold and rainy out here and I don't have anywhere to stay.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:06, Wed 29 Dec 2021.

Greetings everyone.

Percival Galois, at your service. Future aspiring surgeon, and turbo nerd, at your service.

Looking forward to playing with y'all!

Hello to everyone, looks like a long and varied cast :)

So glad that we have THE SLAYER among us... it will keep us Watcher types busy!

In terms of linking character backgrounds;
- Characters with an interest in botany might have caught one of Alice's lectures.
- Anybody who has dealings with Sir John might also be acquainted with Alice (as his assistant).
- Those who have an interest in cricket might have also met Alice at local matches (as an avid spectator).

My character sheet isn't working yet by the way.

I have just enrolled at the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology. I'm going to hold off on most of the IC stuff because it's cool doing it in game.

I'm looking forwards to seeing how she works out. She's quite different to my original ideas but (thanks are owed to the Narrator for his kind help) probably going to be really interesting and fun to play. I'm all fired up to see how this game goes!

Links to other people:
* Any one in the Officer Cadet corps/Scouting/Girls Venture Corps?
* Scouting is very popular and we could have met at a Jamboree or something
* I used to like in Manchester before moving here.

@Alice
Is your class at the College of Arts and Tech? If so I could easily be going to your class. And I'm quite happy to have met you at a cricket match or too.

Good question Elissa, I'll have to check that...



Cricket is a handy place to meet.  If you have any questions that aren't covered in my cast description, feel free to ask here... or PM me.  That goes for anyone :)

Inoue hitchhiked across the country and possibly across several continents because a vision told her that a pretty girl would need her help with something. Inoue takes visions very seriously! It does mean she probably doesn't know anyone though. No support network, no place to stay, just a trunk full of weird Japanese spellbooks and maybe twenty dollars pounds in her pocket.

Inoue has (somehow) finagled her way into into Ann's class to keep an eye on her, and maybe she'll meet the other PCs as well if they share classes. Ideally they meet in their formal capacities during an early hunt where the mighty Slayer saves Inoue's quirky butt. Or Inoue saves Ann's butt! It could happen, okay?! (Actually it's more likely Alice notices Inoue first and it's all incredibly awkward and full of misunderstandings...)
This message was last edited by the player at 14:34, Wed 29 Dec 2021.

Hi everyone!

Julie is also at CCAT, studying Computing. And playing hockey. And learning karate. She's a bit of an overachiever.

She was probably in the Girl Guides, but not locally.

Links to other people:
* Anyone interested in computers or general science
* She's keen on most sport, including swimming and jogging.
* She's trying to get more of a social life, but it's a bit of a weak spot for her.

In reply to Julie Drake (msg # 12):

Well hello there, fellow athletic/geeky person!

Would Julie branch out to other martial arts? Because Percival is a member of the Cambridge Fencing, and Amateur Boxing clubs.

But more importantly, how geeky is she? Because Percy always has more room at his AD&D table...

Possible links Julie:

Scouting

• The scouts do jamborees. People go from each troop to an international location. They've been doing this since 1920.
• My father in law went to the Netherlands in 1937 for example and met up with literally thousands of other scouters.
• In 1975 there was a Jamboree in Norway. Could we have met there?

I go jogging every day... Will probably be playing cricket and definitely in the fencing class (going to edit description now)

AD&D: Me! Me!

In reply to Percival Galois (msg # 13):

She could be persuaded to try fencing. Her usual weapon for 'Getting Mediaeval' is a hockey stick :)

I love the idea of her being lured into playing D&D!


In reply to The Hon. Elissa St. Clair (msg # 14):

As far as I can tell, jamborees were scout-specific (boys only) at this time. But we could definitely have met while jogging, or fencing, or playing D&D.

In 1924 they held the first big Jamboree (called 'world camp'). 1000 girls, 600 from overseas, and from 40 countries.  In 1930 it was the first actual world camp held after the formation of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (bigger). Since then they have been doing this kind of thing.

My google fu wasn't enough to work out which was the most recent before 1978, but they were defintely doing them.

So if you want we can have met there.

Otherwise just at the fencing club, where we decided to go jogging together on a morning. How about if we do the 'why not play AD&D' in game?

Inoue could definitely meet with the others in a fencing or archery club! She prefers polearms to swords though.

Sounds like the Fencing Club is going to be hoppin'!

Percival prefers the use of the rapier, and the Carolingian sword, which might be a bit unusual.

And Percival calls Paladin for the AD&D game! ;)

I call the Monk. Because I am clearly a masochist.... First edition AD&D monks... ah such bitter sweet memories...

"I am not sure I understand. Why are we playing a game of make-believe about fighting monsters when we could be training to combat real monsters?"

"It's, uh, for tactical practice!"

"The real world doesn't run on a d100. I know; I checked!... it actually runs on a d10..."
This message was last edited by the player at 17:41, Wed 29 Dec 2021.

"Haven't you heard the expression, 'God plays with dice,' my friend?"

"No, but fine. I'll take... uhm... Elf."

Is Inoue academically gifted? If so, I could see Ann coming to her for help with homework. If she doesn't get pop culture references, I'll be sure to have Ann drop Buffy-esque references when she talks to her, '78 vintage.

I assume that Alice has/will introduce herself to the slayer (I'm not sure whether the roleplay will start before or after that). Now that's a connection that writes itself. Once Ann understands her role, joining a fencing club and/or taking up jogging would make sense.

I don't imagine that Ann would even have heard of AD&D. And she probably wishes she'd never heard of cricket.

Julie, if you're trying to develop a social life in town, is it possible that we've bumped into each other at a disco?

Elf? Elf? We aren't playing D&D here. Those are last years rules. The elf is now a race not a character class!

@Meeting people
I also have an occasional job at the local green grocers...

After checking with Alcuin, I will be your official Watcher… very exciting!  I’ll try to get a PM to you later today so we can work out further details.



Of course I forgot an obvious connection like this…

Alice will definitely be there, either as a member or spectator.  She would also encourage Ann to enroll :)

I recommend the Taboo in Regents Street, there's also Ronelles off Petty Curie but they insist on formal dress and being over 21.

Tell me more about Taboo... I'm hoping to invent 'The Hurricane' as a Punk club... although some other name is good. Where would that be?

Somewhere in the Kite.  I suggest Eden Street perhaps, not far from the Ancient Druids.

Alternatively, it's in Benet Street in an area slated for demolition.

That's for the Hurricane.

As far as the Taboo is concerned, it's in Regent Street, more or less opposite the Prince Regent between the Christian Science Reading Room and a dodgy shop selling army surplus clothing.  It plays pop music in a labyrinth of dark rooms that are barely even decorated apart from a small snack room and a chill out room for people who may have taken too much acid (or come to close to a rather malicious Fae).
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:33, Wed 29 Dec 2021.

Benet street sounds much more likely I think. For at least the short term future...