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4 mos ago
Current Convention upcoming, gonna write an RPG about necromantic mecha vs. vampire kaiju
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4 mos ago
May '24s horrible shit at least be funny.
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5 mos ago
"Monstrous wordcount has no intrinsic merit, unless inordinate verbosity be considered a virtue..."
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5 mos ago
You want more'n a thousand words out of me then I'd advise my hourly rate might be more reasonable than the per-word.
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5 mos ago
Alright, concept decided for next convention RP: your unit is charged with testing a prototype necromech with a mysterious new component in the war against the vampires.

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Lifetime GM. I run horror, dark fantasy, sci-fantasy. All players welcome, as long as you engage with the material.
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I will reference Disco Elysium and no one can stop me.

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Update in the next day or so; it's just one fuckin' thing after another lately.
Also need to tweak some sheets and nudge some other folks.
Sorry for delays, got a convention coming up, and someone at work screwed our tax filing for the US branch office (but we got an extension thank fuck)
Just need to move this scene along a bit and then get Cold Hands in the ring.
Meanwhile Ydylis will be quite straightforward to add once ready.
Still need to nudge to other players to get to a point where the characters have a good in.
Kira's Private Box

The attendent hurried notes down all the orders, while Kira stares at Chwegwn's nearest body without expression.
Then she seems to cough, a rough sound sputtering from her throat as her head jerks back. Like a chainsaw revving. The sound builds and after a moment you realize - she's laughing, uproariously, with a noise like a turbine with a sticky axle.

"Oh that's a good one, Chegs. Tell you a secret for free - he's not a real Seer. Has some foresight from fuck knows where, but the best he can do before those guns is recognize in front of them as a bad place to be."
She wipes a nonexistent tear from her cheek and chuckles like an idle engine.
"But that's good - automatic forfeit, you win some gems. When the dogsbody comes back I'll tell them - that has to be good for twenty talents."

A talent is the informal measure of a hundredweight of gems. Even one is a huge fortune to the least of Kontina's inhabitants. To Chwegwn it's a very convenient way to pay wages this month.
To Adrian, it's money, probably, honestly you're meant to have people for that kind of thing. Well, perhaps not people, but a thing in a vat that obssesses about counting figures so you can focus on the important stuff.

The attendant returns and serves the food. Both Adrian and the Surprise body are served a steaming bloody haunch on a bed of local vegetables. Neither is entirely sure what it is.

"Place your bets, lads," Kira says, handing the attendant a note and a single, large, finely cut diamond.
Working on it; update in the next... 18 hours, give or take.
Writing an NPC based on this song, better hope she doesn't like you.
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Are any of the contestants on the lineup particularly well known?


First fight are new blood, no real buzz yet - but you've been out of town a couple of weeks.
Wildcards are total unknowns, likely recent arrests.
Trant is a Spriggan who has never lost a fight, so now he just does displays where audience members can try to hit him and win a cash prize. No one has hit him yet.
Irulaan is a moderately famous fighter, Human, runs a gym in the city, generally well-regarded as a level-headed pillar of her borough. Damn near supernatural with a glaive.
Yarrick is the reigning champion of the last big tournament, heavily augmented, named for his extra-long mechanical arm tipped with an axeblade. So lacking in charisma it's said to have driven his manager to drink but he can certainly fight.
The arena attendant will answer any questions you have, with some embellishment.
Kira's Private Box

"You work for Chegs?" she replies, blasé. "Then what he does for me, you do."
Her hand folds again and she nods with satisfaction, offering the gun back.
"Take a seat...s," she says. "Drinks, food? It's in my package."

An arena attendant enters through a side door and stands discreetly with a tablet. A magitech screen above the viewing window displays the card.

TYESTO VS. EDVARD OF THE BRIARS
EXHIBITION WILDCARD: COLD HANDS VS. CONVICT
DISPLAY: UNTOUCHABLE TRANT
FINALE: IRUULAN THE WISE VS. YARRICK YARDARM
So we've got three. I'd like one more but I can work with three if we don't get them.
Kira's Private Box

"Good," she says, "and you, Adrian? I hope you're not one of those runaways who decided to be an ascetic."
She continues to tinker.

There are six seats on her left and right, for guests.
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