Tuesday, April 25, 2006
103-5006
That's day 103 of the year 5006AD, using the Gregorian Calendar of Holy Terra. Our characters are on Byzantium Secundus, the Imperial capital planet. Byz II is a little smaller than Earth, its seas cover about 80% of the planet and it has a population of 6 billion people. Calling it overcrowded is a understating matters a bit too much. Its always raining on Byz II, as the ancient terrforming engines of the fallen Republic have begun to give up. The weather, as with everything else is slowly going haywire.
The drama starts with the introduction of the dramatis personae:
Sir Damien Hawkwood - a rebellious 23 year old nobleman, scion of the powerful Hawkwood family. Sir Damien is rich, powerful and smart. He also is very ambitious - he wants to carve out a name for himself. Played by Dr. Benjamin Perez.
Sir Arthur Conolly - at 26, Sir Arthur is a brooding, humorless nobleman who is thoroughly competent with the blade as he is with the blaster. He manages part of his family's sprawling fiefdom in Harmony City. Played by JY Perez.
Entered Engineer De Shawn Kurtz - Engineer Kurtz is a bright young Guildsman, member of the elite Order of Engineers. As such he is a redeemer of all things technological and arcane. Played by Dick Sy.
Scraver Genin Drakar - Being a Scraver manager is not for the fainthearted. Manager Drakar lives by his wits: he's moneyed, urban and very, very sleazy. Played by Henry Vargas
Gareth - No known first name. He's a commoner who's always lurking in the shadows. Rumored to be an agent of the Imperial Eye, his Imperial Majesty's Intelligence Service. Played by Russell Tomas.
Baroness Sincerity Decados - filthy rich and very deadly. The Baroness presently conducts her business in the megasprawl of Harmony on Byz II. Played by Vannie Tan.
The story so far:
Sir Damien received a personal request for assistance from his liege Baroness Patricia Hawkwood. As she owns a majority share in a Think Machine foundry of which he is a part owner, Sir Damien heeds the Baroness's summons and meets with her at the foundry's main office.
Therein he is introduced to Gareth and Engineer Kurtz, whom the Baroness' secretary say could be of assistance to him. The Baroness requests Sir Damien and his party to retrieve an mysterious artifact in the form of a silver gargoyle. The Baroness' sources claim that the artifact is in the possession of a retired veteran called Weller. Weller, it seems now lives near the more unsavory part of Harmony City called The Slum, catering to his many vices.
When Sir Damien agrees, Engineer Kurtz suggests they avail of the extensive streetwise contacts of his fellow guildsman, one Master Drakar. Sir Damien agrees and details are hammered out over a sumptuous dinner al fresco on the terrace of Sir Damien's penthouse suite of the Pointspire Arcology. There, they are joined by Sir Arthur and Master Drakar.
The discussion becomes lengthy and tempers flare: Sir Arthur has to be calmed down by Gareth before he takes it upon himself to run Master Drakar for his impudence. It appears things will liven up before the party members learn to work together....
In the real world
We started pretty late, as Doc Ben-g had to help out his fiancee with medical duties. Henry thought he could not make it, but as usual, he managed to come in right before the game. We did not have Russell and Vannie as Vannie's dad was hospitalized in the morning. Nikos did not have a prepared character but he still showed up. He ended up playing Gareth in place of Russell. He played real well.
This is the first time we really took the Gurps job tables and social rank, wealth and reaction rules seriously. We like them! It only shows that these rules really work well with a social status-intensive game setting like Fading Suns. We didn't really do much dice rolling and for once: no combat this game session, but no one was complaining.
I think we did something right.
The drama starts with the introduction of the dramatis personae:
Sir Damien Hawkwood - a rebellious 23 year old nobleman, scion of the powerful Hawkwood family. Sir Damien is rich, powerful and smart. He also is very ambitious - he wants to carve out a name for himself. Played by Dr. Benjamin Perez.
Sir Arthur Conolly - at 26, Sir Arthur is a brooding, humorless nobleman who is thoroughly competent with the blade as he is with the blaster. He manages part of his family's sprawling fiefdom in Harmony City. Played by JY Perez.
Entered Engineer De Shawn Kurtz - Engineer Kurtz is a bright young Guildsman, member of the elite Order of Engineers. As such he is a redeemer of all things technological and arcane. Played by Dick Sy.
Scraver Genin Drakar - Being a Scraver manager is not for the fainthearted. Manager Drakar lives by his wits: he's moneyed, urban and very, very sleazy. Played by Henry Vargas
Gareth - No known first name. He's a commoner who's always lurking in the shadows. Rumored to be an agent of the Imperial Eye, his Imperial Majesty's Intelligence Service. Played by Russell Tomas.
Baroness Sincerity Decados - filthy rich and very deadly. The Baroness presently conducts her business in the megasprawl of Harmony on Byz II. Played by Vannie Tan.
The story so far:
Sir Damien received a personal request for assistance from his liege Baroness Patricia Hawkwood. As she owns a majority share in a Think Machine foundry of which he is a part owner, Sir Damien heeds the Baroness's summons and meets with her at the foundry's main office.
Therein he is introduced to Gareth and Engineer Kurtz, whom the Baroness' secretary say could be of assistance to him. The Baroness requests Sir Damien and his party to retrieve an mysterious artifact in the form of a silver gargoyle. The Baroness' sources claim that the artifact is in the possession of a retired veteran called Weller. Weller, it seems now lives near the more unsavory part of Harmony City called The Slum, catering to his many vices.
When Sir Damien agrees, Engineer Kurtz suggests they avail of the extensive streetwise contacts of his fellow guildsman, one Master Drakar. Sir Damien agrees and details are hammered out over a sumptuous dinner al fresco on the terrace of Sir Damien's penthouse suite of the Pointspire Arcology. There, they are joined by Sir Arthur and Master Drakar.
The discussion becomes lengthy and tempers flare: Sir Arthur has to be calmed down by Gareth before he takes it upon himself to run Master Drakar for his impudence. It appears things will liven up before the party members learn to work together....
In the real world
We started pretty late, as Doc Ben-g had to help out his fiancee with medical duties. Henry thought he could not make it, but as usual, he managed to come in right before the game. We did not have Russell and Vannie as Vannie's dad was hospitalized in the morning. Nikos did not have a prepared character but he still showed up. He ended up playing Gareth in place of Russell. He played real well.
This is the first time we really took the Gurps job tables and social rank, wealth and reaction rules seriously. We like them! It only shows that these rules really work well with a social status-intensive game setting like Fading Suns. We didn't really do much dice rolling and for once: no combat this game session, but no one was complaining.
I think we did something right.
