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RPG - Murder on the Canadian Express SIGN UP THREAD

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  • #102
    [Deleted User]
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    Ah man!

    Meryl Sidebottom does not know how she ended up in Canada. She woke one day and found herself in a hospital ward. The medical staff there said she was involved in a car accident 3 weeks previously. Her injuries left her with amnesia.

    The only things known about her is she has a London accent and is approximately 26 years old. She does not know her real name and was given the name Meryl by the sweet old gift cart lady who visited the hospital ward.


  • #103
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,637 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Heta Mari is a dutch lady around the age of 30 (she won't ever confirm her real age). She moved with her family to Indonesia when she was a young girl and grew up surrounded by the exotic which made a huge impact on her. At an early age she became entranced by the Indonesian culture and joined a dance group where she learned the sacred art of Indian dance. She used her skills as a dancer to seduce men and make powerful allies which allowed her the luxury of travelling extensively and living comfortably wherever she went.
    She eventually ended up in Paris where she performed her dance act in local theatres and gained some notoriety for her provocative exotic dancing. A version of the dance of the seven veils was especially popular and she played to packed out houses nightly. Always seeking power however, she used her body and mysterious nature to make powerful friends. Her powers of seduction and keen investigation skills allowed her to get close to important men and steal secrets from them which made her a powerful woman in Paris. This caught the attention of the French authorities who made Heta an offer she couldn't refuse. She's been invited on board the Canadian Express with a mission to seduce an officer and gain what information she can about a new threat to France.


  • #104
    Fourier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,558 ✭✭✭✭Fourier


    Random rolled items (the roll was weighted a good bit by your skills).

    Items:
    Strawberry: Magnum revolver and lockpick
    Molly: Forensics kit and stealth gear (can be a ninja outfit if you want)
    Pter: Daggers and fine wines
    tritium: Repair kit, lockpick and posh evening wear
    quickbeam: Shotgun and bullet proof armour
    Chancer: Silenced pistol and lockpick
    opentarget: Medikit, knuckle dusters
    Barney: High end hacking laptop

    sullivlo is Aurora a civilian rather than a spy/cop. Barney is as well, so no problem, it's just to determine the item.


  • #105
    Baggly
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    How many fine wines?


  • #106
    Fourier
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    Pter wrote: »
    How many fine wines?
    Eight bottles and they are very fine wines, upper crust rare French wines


  • #107
    Baggly
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    Oh la la


  • #108
    Baggly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Any kind of daggers in particular or can I write it into my bio?


  • #109
    Fourier
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    It's a "Stealth" dagger as such, in that it doesn't show up on metal detectors. Beyond that it can look as you wish.


  • #110
    Baggly
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    Cheers mate (Ozzie slang isn't great in text format)


  • #111
    Mollyb60
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    OF COURSE I WANT A NINJA OUTFIT OMFG. :)


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  • #112
    tritium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,455 ✭✭✭tritium


    How broadly can I interpret “repair”?:)
    Like a toolkit? Able to modify


  • #113
    Barney92
    Registered Users Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Barney92


    Fourier wrote: »
    Random rolled items (the roll was weighted a good bit by your skills).

    Items:
    Strawberry: Magnum revolver and lockpick
    Molly: Forensics kit and stealth gear (can be a ninja outfit if you want)
    Pter: Daggers and fine wines
    tritium: Repair kit, lockpick and posh evening wear
    quickbeam: Shotgun and bullet proof armour
    Chancer: Silenced pistol and lockpick
    opentarget: Medikit, knuckle dusters
    Barney: High end hacking laptop

    sullivlo is Aurora a civilian rather than a spy/cop. Barney is as well, so no problem, it's just to determine the item.

    I'd just like to come clean and say I that I hacked into the random roll so I'd end up with a high end laptop to do even more hacking. Hope that's not a problem.


  • #114
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Otto Hergert was the epitome of a perfect Aryan German. In his looks at least. His ancestry told a different story. His mother Hilda Hergert was the daughter of Franz and Gertrude Hergert. Franz was an early victim of Nazi ruthlessness, being taken away for having critical and outspoken views of the new regime, never to be heard of again. Gertrude and Hilda were no less critical to the new regime, but a lot less vocal, working covertly with the Resistance, doing what little they could on a widow's pension to hide and smuggle Jews and others out of harm's way. Hilda was barely 16 when the war started, but a hardened war veteran of 22 by the time the war ended. She was one of the last to leave East Germany before the border was irrevocably closed for the best part of half a century. Gertrude hadn't made it and she never saw her again.

    Otto was born in peace-time, after the war, and was now 62 years old. But he had kept himself fit and healthy in mind and body had could have bested most people half his age. He never knew his father. Hilda would never speak of him, except that a strange, sad smile would come to her face whenever he asked her about him. He heard stories of the exploits during the war and grew determined to continue his family's legacy. He worked as a mild mannered middle-management position in the motor industry, but in his spare time he dedicated to perfecting his skills in order to route out fascist cells and Stasi informers and branding his own form of justice.

    With Reunification, he found he could mostly retire from his secret life. It was in one hazy day of madness that he decided to take a holiday, and see for himself the majestic country that he'd only ever seen in movies and read about in books. After a life dedicated to justice he felt he deserved a relaxing journey on the Canadian Express.....


  • #115
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


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  • #116
    Baggly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Christopher Hemsworthy was always an easy going fella. He has a very jovial character, with his catch phrase being 'im sorry about that mate'.

    Hemsworthy was born in Melbourne, to an English teacher mother, and a social-services counsellor father. He is the middle of three boys; his brothers, Lucas (older) and Willy (younger). His maternal grandfather is a Dutch immigrant, his maternal grandmother is of Irish descent, and his other ancestry is English, Scottish, and German. He was raised both in Melbourne and in the Outback in the Northern Territory region of Australia. He has previously stated, "My earliest memories were on the cattle stations up in the Outback, and then we moved back to Melbourne and then back out there and then back again. Certainly most of my childhood was in Melbourne but probably my most vivid memories were up there in Bulman with crocodiles and buffalo. Very different walks of life."

    While living in the Outback, company and diversions were hard to come by. He kept boredom at bay by attempting to sate a rapacious appetite for books and learning. He would easily devour a thick stack of books in any given day, storing away random nuggets of knowledge in his mind for future use.

    Relatively early on in his adulthood he discovered an aptitude for martial arts, gambling and team sports (where he often found himself chosen as team captain). His natural athleticism seemed boosted by the fact that he looked a lot leaner, fitter and stronger than he may actually have been.

    Hemsworthy leveraged his good humour and powers of persuasion to swap an old set crocodile boots he owned for the nicest set of assassin's daggers he had ever seen. Despite being now bootless, he found himself feeling more secure during his travels....one never knows when carousing needs to be backed up with force.

    Still in his 30s, he came into some money after successfully winning a high stakes poker tournament in Paris. In a drunken stupor, he accidentally spent the bulk of his winnings on 8 very fine french wines, a case to carry them in, and a cmobination plane/train ticket from Paris to the reaches of Canada.

    Having completed the plane leg of the journey, he now finds himself on the Canadian Express.


  • #117
    Fourier
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    Didn't get to this tonight, I'll have the opening post and schedule in the morning.


  • #118
    Fourier
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    Opening post up now:
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=109262507

    So basically I'll respond to posts in the evening around 6-8pm. This might take the form of individual responses or a single response to a group of people doing the same thing or in the same area. I'll probably do at max between 1-3 responses per person a day, so that the game doesn't move too fast.

    Of course if your characters are talking to each other there's no need to wait for me.

    If you haven't played an RPG before, most of my posts will consist of dialogue for non-player characters and saying what happens when you do something, i.e. open a door to a new room, etc. Don't worry about it too much, it'll become naturally quickly.


  • #119
    Fourier
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    I should say go whenever you want and post whenever you want, those are just the times I'll respond.


  • #120
    Chancer3001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭Chancer3001


    I don't know what to do lol

    Waiting for somebody else to post so I know how to do it


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  • #121
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I was waiting for someone to post as I have no idea what I’m meant to say either. Your post is a great help, chancer :D


  • #122
    tritium
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,455 ✭✭✭tritium


    Do we just type something and see what happens?.....


  • #123
    Necro
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Chancer3001 wrote: »
    I don't know what to do lol

    Waiting for somebody else to post so I know how to do it

    Ok so to take you as an example Chancer, this I think concerns your character:
    Sean's superiors had left him all the details he needed. Sophia Abrigo, a minor attaché to the Spanish government was on the train and he was to make sure she made it to the other end alive. Who was a threat to her or why they never chose to tell him. Sometimes he suspected they didn't know.

    So you can post how you react to that info provided, or take a look around your current setting, which is the lobby, I believe.

    Or you can approach one of the other player characters and introduce yourself.

    Or you can dress in drag and do the hula if you like (and I'm only half joking :pac: )

    Playing an RPG basically means you can play how you best see fits your character.


  • #124
    [Deleted User]
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    I started!!!!


  • #125
    Necro
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    I started!!!!

    That's perfect Strawbs!


  • #126
    Baggly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    I started!!!!

    Good start!


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  • #127
    Banjo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,485 ✭✭✭✭Banjo


    What ever you do, do not buy a toblerone from the news agents in the station, and then throw a chunk of it at another character. This can set off a chain of events that lead to huge chunks of the game universe being destroyed and all the player characters getting killed.


  • #128
    Baggly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,024 ✭✭✭✭Baggly


    Banjo wrote:
    What ever you do, do not throw buy a toblerone from the news agents in the station, and then throw a chunk of it at another character. This can set off a chain of events that lead to huge chunks of the game universe and all the player characters getting killed.


    I'm sure it will be fine. The likelyhood of that happening twice in a row....


  • #129
    opentarget
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭opentarget


    Sorry all I got held up with a false baby alarm and had to dash to the rotunda with my girlfriend...ill get stuck into the new thread now.


  • #130
    Fourier
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    opentarget wrote: »
    Sorry all I got held up with a false baby alarm and had to dash to the rotunda with my girlfriend...ill get stuck into the new thread now.
    Don't worry opentarget.

    For everybody:
    If you miss the night, you've always the whole next day to get a post in before my next set of responses, so missing a night or even two isn't a big deal.

    And if you're under pressure for a longer period I'll manage your character in some way until you're free again.


  • #131
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,637 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Fourier wrote: »
    Don't worry opentarget.

    For everybody:
    If you miss the night, you've always the whole next day to get a post in before my next set of responses, so missing a night or even two isn't a big deal.

    And if you're under pressure for a longer period I'll manage your character in some way until you're free again.

    Yeah Four's good that way guys, he won't throw your character off the side of a mountain or anything. :rolleyes::D


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  • #132
    sKeith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    Yeah Four's good that way guys, he won't throw your character off the side of a mountain or anything. :rolleyes::D


    Throwing your character of the side of a mountain sounds very harsh. The mountain pretty much exploded, my character lost their treasured horse and cart, and got impregnated in the same scene.


  • #133
    Banjo
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    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    Yeah Four's good that way guys, he won't throw your character off the side of a mountain or anything. :rolleyes::D
    :eek:
    Old Goat was severely injured! Necro lost his legs! Again! Digi was nearly smothered and still hasn't said thanks for digging him out and then trying to rape him. THEY MADE ME EAT MY OWN DOG! Also, as I recall, it wasn't the fall that killed you, in fact falling off the mountain very nearly saved your life apart from you dying.

    Anyway, its not like your train is going to be over-run with a relentless wave of pitiless Undead. It's not Virgin Rail!


  • #134
    Necro
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    I think it was sully asked on the game thread (staying off there as I'm not a player) about the editing of posts. Yeah, it's permitted in the RPGs, there in case the DM leaves out a piece of a scene or if players crosspost and need to change their reaction to certain things.

    There's probably another plethora of reasons I can't rightly think of at present too :D


  • #135
    Banjo
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    Be careful of editing on the fly to change your action though - especially if you're posting at a high-traffic time, if you make a fundamental change to your action in that post, but in the meantime your original gets quoted by another player or actioned by the GM, things can get a bit messy.

    Fixing spelling mistakes, clarifying intent, making that damned youtube embed work - those are all fine. Changing an action though can potentially screw with all the players and waste GM time, and should not be done lightly (and even then possibly only with GM approval depending on how the GM feels about things.)

    If it has to be done, it's better to wipe your original post fast and replace it with a short message like "Editing..." than to spend 30 minutes crafting the perfect post in edit while in the meantime other players and the GM are working off the post you're going to be binning. Also, it's easier to get forgiveness than permission :pac:


  • #136
    Fourier
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    I've a response on the matter on thread, but it's similar to what Banjo said.


  • #137
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,637 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    FYI folks I'm out with friends tonight so won't be on for chats. Heta is fine in the arms of the hunky guard though. :)


  • #138
    opentarget
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭opentarget


    Damn your social life. 😊


  • #139
    Mollyb60
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    Happens once a year at this point. Lol.


  • #140
    Fourier
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    Mollyb60 wrote: »
    FYI folks I'm out with friends tonight so won't be on for chats. Heta is fine in the arms of the hunky guard though. :)
    If the train passes through a mountain I'll make sure to throw her off it.


  • #141
    Fourier
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    Just to say I won't be answering over the weekend (I will tomorrow), but I'll write a summary post of the important points that have come up.

    I think people have settled in now, so the plot/events will begin next week.


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  • #142
    Fourier
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    So just for reference, the train has eight carriages and the engine.

    Meryl and Heta have their seats in Carriage Four
    Aurora, Jacques and Eli have their seats in Carriage Five
    Christopher, Sean and Alexander have seats in Carriage Three (First Class)

    Food and Bar are on Carriage Six.

    The major NPCs so far are and people's relation to them:
    1. Bloodroot. An Assassin. Eli has to capture them and Alexander has to kill them.

    2. Sasuke Kobayashi. Computing expert and Bloodroot's target. Staying in first carriage.

    3. Stephan Fawkes. Head Geneticist at Clarkson biotech. Heta and Alexander have to see what he is up to, but Heta knows additionally that he is carrying a dangerous bioweapon. Staying in the second carriage.

    4. Sophia Abrigo, attaché to Spanish government and is in danger on the train. Sean is to ensure she survives.

    5. Mizuki Kobayashi, Sasuke's sister.


  • #143
    Chancer3001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,480 ✭✭✭Chancer3001


    Ooc - seems id alreadh given my character a cabin without permission! Dont they need cabins to sleep in?

    Whats the story there ?


  • #144
    Fourier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,558 ✭✭✭✭Fourier


    Chancer3001 wrote: »
    Ooc - seems id alreadh given my character a cabin without permission! Dont they need cabins to sleep in?

    Whats the story there ?
    You all have cabins for overnight stay in addition to seats. You're in First Class, added you there.


  • #145
    Fourier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,558 ✭✭✭✭Fourier


    So to be clearer those are the carriages you are staying in, your cabins are there and you can sit in the seats there.


  • #146
    tritium
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    Fourier wrote: »
    So just for reference, the train has eight carriages and the engine.

    Meryl and Heta have their seats in Carriage Four
    Aurora, Jacques and Eli have their seats in Carriage Five
    Christopher, Sean and Alexander have seats in Carriage Three (First Class)

    Food and Bar are on Carriage Six.

    The major NPCs so far are and people's relation to them:
    1. Bloodroot. An Assassin. Eli has to capture them and Alexander has to kill them.

    2. Sasuke Kobayashi. Computing expert and Bloodroot's target. Staying in first carriage.

    3. Stephan Fawkes. Head Geneticist at Clarkson biotech. Heta and Alexander have to see what he is up to, but Heta knows additionally that he is carrying a dangerous bioweapon. Staying in the second carriage.

    4. Sophia Abrigo, attaché to Spanish government and is in danger on the train. Sean is to ensure she survives.

    5. Mizuki Kobayashi, Sasuke's sister.

    I think you missed where Otto is sitting?


  • #147
    Fourier
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    tritium wrote: »
    I think you missed where Otto is sitting?
    I was holding off on answering this until the posts there with Chris.:D


  • #148
    tritium
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    Fourier wrote: »
    I was holding off on answering this until the posts there with Chris.:D

    :D haha guess ottos seat doesn’t really matter anymore


  • #149
    Mollyb60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,637 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    Poor Otto.


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