[center][img]http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/buf_zpsdvypugph.jpg[/img][/center] [center][i]"What's crippling self doubt and teenage insecurity against vampires and hellfire?...well, shit."[/i][/center] [u][b]IC Details[/b][/u] [list] [*] Game focuses on a small group of high school seniors. [*] Set in Fall of 2016. [*] The storyline revolves around creation of an artificial hellmouth, and a new Slayer. [*] Vampires will be the primary monster, but a few others will be in the mix. [*] Set in the Midwest town of Washington, Missouri. See below hider. [*] The events of B:tVS and Angel took place, but reality was "reset" to before those events--mostly. See Q&A for details. [*] There is a Watcher Librarian; Mr. Ashton Pierce. He's not English, just from the Northeast. Still a nerd. [*] The characters need to be friends, already, outside the Slayer who's the new girl in town. They also need to be outsiders, though popular-turned-outsider recently would work. [*] Character concepts can range anywhere from a kid raised in a Hell Dimension, to a spellcaster, to a hacker, to a survivalist fanatic good with weapons, to...I don't care. The "gang" will be allowed to be a bit more kick ass than the original gang, so get creative. They'll do more fighting; as they've been waging their own private fight against the supernatural darkness infecting their town before the Slayer shows up. The arrival of the Slayer just kicks the whole thing into high gear. [/list] [u][b]OOC Details[/b][/u] [list] [*] RP standard will be Casual to High Casual. [*] Reasonable posting rate: one post every week, at least. [*] Character Sheets in the OOC for review. [*] Post only approved Characters Sheets in the Characters Tab. [*] You are assumed to be an adult by submitting a character for this game; please act like one. [*] Any supernatural beings are open for application, so long as we can fit them into the Scooby Gang and/or school. [/list] [hider=The Town of Washington] [center][img]http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/washtown_zpsip7wwake.jpg[/img][/center] Welcome to Washington, Missouri, a large town on the banks of the Missouri River not even an hour outside the Kansas City metroplex. An increasing mix of social classes and economic forces have exploded the population of Washington in the past twenty years, leading to a town rooted in it's past being commercially developed for the future. Just outside town is an army base, and a state university to one side with a lake surrounded by thick woods popular with tourists on the opposite. Oh, and there's a Hellmouth opening deep below it's surface. Good luck with that part. [h3]Notable Washington locations[/h3] [center][img]http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/washhali_zpskcsrxyzo.jpg[/img][/center] [b]The Halifax Building[/b] Overpriced apartments on the top floors, and shopping and dining on the bottom two floors. Most notably Halifax Coffee, a large coffee house with free wifi that's open late, a popular hangout for teens in the area. Also houses the Magic Cauldron, a book store that also offers jewelry, bladed weapons, and a rich assortment of "magic" related items. [center][i]Halifax Coffee[/i][/center] [center][img]http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/washcoffee_zps8el3sld7.jpg[/img][/center] [center][i]the Magic Cauldron[/i][/center] [center][img]http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/washmagic_zpsq3x1x59p.jpg[/img][/center] [hr] [center][img]http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/washschool1_zpsxsunwt99.jpg[/img][/center] [b]Washington Lee High School[/b] A brand new, expansive, high school that holds one of the largest student bodies in the state. Most of the school was paid for by private funds, unusual for a public high school, but indicadive of a school and town that's been besieged by upper middle class (and up) families in the past few decades. Principle Philip Janney and his Vice Principles run a tight ship, with Parent Associations and civic leaders always keeping a close eye on the well being of the school and the performance of it's students. The library is large, two stories, and has several private "study rooms"--and a large backroom where the Librarian Office is. The librarian is an old, quiet, guy. Mr. Pierce, or somesuch. He's rarely seen. [center][i]Halls[/i][/center] [center][img]http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/washschool3_zps1zjcu1q9.jpg[/img][/center] [center][i]Library[/i][/center] [center][img]http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/washlib_zpsnhmumb1r.jpg[/img][/center] [center][i]Back Exterior[/i][/center] [center][img]http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/washschool2_zpsay4rsad1.jpg[/img][/center] [hr] [center][img]http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/washmall_zps6sn5jo3r.jpg[/img][/center] Washington Center Mall The largest commercial and residential development outside of the big city centers, if you're not at Halifax, you're likely at the mall--or you're at home, like a loser. Don't be a loser. Be at the mall. Includes movie theater, arcade (including pool, bowling, and laser tag), and icerink. Becauses of attached restaurants and the late night hours of the arcade, it's not unusual to find the area populated as late as last call at 2 A.M. What could go wrong in Washington at two in the morning? [/hider] [hider=Q&A] [i]Questions from actual players (mostly), Answers from the actual GM (we think)[/i] [quote] so would it be like the events of the show never happened or somehow the world has gone back to only one slayer at a time? Is there a town shaped hole in the middle of California?[/quote] Not never happened, but at a certain point the timeline was "corrected" by a Supreme Being; no Buffy, no Gang, no Hellmouth under Sunnydale. The storyline to this game deals directly with the consequences of that act by that Supreme Being. Buffy, Angel, Spike, etc, may be referenced, but more like legends from a lost, last, age than actual people from an actual fixed point in history. [quote]Can we play a spellcaster? What's the deal with magic in this setting?[/quote] Spellcaster works just fine. Realize that you'll likely have all the freedom in the world for this character type. The Hellmouth causes funky physics, so while magic may have existed once in pre-history...your character will have very much been making it up as they go along. Say they started toying with magic just as many kids do trying to make fantasy reality. Because of the Hellmouth, the shit actually works. But only in the area of the town. Fly to New York City, and no magic. Come home, and once again magic. Your character will literally have to write their own book of magic, even if they can somehow get their hands on a book of primordial magic...like by stealing it from the private stock of a Watcher, or just finding the right PDF online. Lots of options for character, and even universe, crafting in this setup. So just be aware of how open ended this game is likely to be on that front. [quote]So they wouldn't have Giles's watchers diaries then but old scoobies might be mentioned in a more obscure folklore type book? And I guess most importantly did Andrew ever release Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyres?[/quote] His diaries do, indeed, exist. They're locked away by the Watchers. As does that video. That video can actually be found on YouTube; uploaded by ShogunShorun, an account with only one video upload and no other activity. [quote]So what's the status on things that Angel brings into the canon? Do Wolfram & Hart or TPTB have any particular sway on the world at this point, etc etc.?[/quote] Wolfram & Hart have the same sway they had prior to Angel, which is a lot. TPTB always have sway; it's in the very name. Considering the "reset" didn't result in a hellverse, the Watchers postulate from that fact as evidence that TPTB may have been behind it. They know, mostly from Giles work, that reality was "tweaked"--they're just unsure how exactly and to what consequence. And if not them, something as powerful, or hard as it may be to imagine, something yet more powerful. Whatever the power level, something not inherently evil. So, yeah, both of those elements of the universe are still factors. Anything else Angel brought into the universe, and you'll need to ask specifically. (Like with TPTB and Wolfram & Hart.) [quote]did LA go to Hell?[/quote] Technically, yes. Practically, no. Technically yes, though no one would remember it, unless they were outside space/time. Some beings are, and some of those beings could, conceivably, share that knowledge through something like visions, or Giles' diaries. Practically no, because none of the PCs will have access to such a vision or those diaries, unless it's set up specially for a certain PC between that player and the GM. [quote]How big or small is Washington?[/quote] It's not tiny. It has pretty much one of everything you'd think a proper town should have. It has a mall, it has several movie theaters, and it's own school system comprising of several elementary schools, and two middle schools/junior highs that feed into the one high school. There's even a Community College, and not far outside the town, a state university. So not quite a city, but a very large town--about the same as Sunnydale. Maybe a touch bigger. [quote]and how long before the game starts is this artificial hellmouth opened or is it happening after the game starts?[/quote] The hellmouth has been [i]opening[/i] for the past decade. Only in the past year has it gotten big enough for weird shit to start happening. It hasn't finished opening yet. [quote]Any details about the Slayer?[/quote] Daughter of a single father, military officer stationed at the nearby base. At age 17 she's been dealing with her powers for a while now, but doesn't yet know the reason for them--she doesn't know what she is, or what she's supposed to be doing. She has fought a few fairly strong foes already, mostly slayer hunting vamps that used supernatural means to locate her once whispers started about a newly activated Slayer. She has no idea why these monsters attacked her. She moved to Washington in part because of her father's recent transfer--in part because her long time boyfriend was "randomly" murdered in a tragic, brutal, attack. More with the CS on her, obviously. [quote]Why an artificial Hellmouth?[/quote] A result from the "reality reset" mentioned above. The Deeper Well has gone from one giant tomb for Old Ones to many, many, Deep Wells containing one to a handful of Old Ones all over the world. One Deep Well of particular import just happens to be under Washington, Missouri. Someone may be wanting to use that to their advantage. A big, bad, someone. [quote]Will we get any real info on how the "reality reset" went down?[/quote] Yes, actually. [/hider] [hider=Character Sheet] [b]Name:[/b] [b]Age:[/b] [b]Appearance:[/b] (Image/description. Description here, image anywhere you want.) [b]Specialty:[/b] (Spellcaster/Hacker/Monsterfighter/Former Football Star/Ms. Popular/Smartass kid that's not otherwise special. Whatever.) [b]Bio:[/b] (Brief history.) [/hider]