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RetCon III Recap

06 Thursday Sep 2012

Posted by C. Fawcett in Arrow, Conventions, Dramatic Roleplaying, GMing, NPCs, RetCon, RPGs, World of Darkness

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Defenestration: The act of throwing someone or something out of a window, Dramatic Roleplaying Tournament, DRT, Gender-Bending, Hilarity Ensues, RetCon, Supernatural Couples' Therapy, Werewolves and Vampires and Mages--OH MY!, World of Darkness

Much to my disappointment, I was not able to run my beloved GLITCH again at RetCon III; this was due to a combination of factors, including a terrible time-slot, last-minute addition of the game to the schedule, and a bratty player walking out because he was unhappy with not one, but two characters I offered him.

By and by, in a normal DRT you take what you’re given and you play it, you don’t get to pick and choose. The only reason I offered him a second character was I NEEDED the last player to make the module work; his tantrum literally killed the module for everyone.

BUT, all was not lost, for while my first module fell apart, it meant I got to go sit down and bother my favorite GM, Mage Mistress.

She was running a game of WoD: Innocents and already had a Bully, Thief, Prankster, and Mixologist at the table. When he slid the remaining PC options over to me my eyes lit up with glee at the sight of the Hacker (I immediately thought of Alec Hardison).

And then I saw the other option.

Two words: Con Artist.

I was sold.

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RetCon III Recap: A Prelude

30 Thursday Aug 2012

Posted by C. Fawcett in Conventions, Dramatic Roleplaying, RetCon

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Dramatic Roleplaying Tournament, DRT, Hilarity Ensues, RetCon, Werewolves and Vampires and Mages--OH MY!, World of Darkness

As I started to write a post last night, I realized that it was going to be much longer than I anticipated, and, due to several important real-life things (AKA trying to avoid being unemployed when my temp position is up) I had started the post much too late in the evening to have it finished on time. However, you will get a RetCon Recap this evening and it will include:

  • Vampires
  • Werewolves
  • Time Travelers
  • Con Artists
  • Defenestration

And such fine quotes as:

  • “Mike! Get over here so you can be a lesbian!”

I hope you will enjoy it!

Supernatural Couples’ Therapy Preview

16 Thursday Aug 2012

Posted by C. Fawcett in Conventions, Dramatic Roleplaying, GMing, RetCon, RPGs

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Angels, Dramatic Roleplaying Tournament, DRT, GMing, SNCT, Supernatural Couples' Therapy, THEY DON'T SPARKLE, Time Travelers, Werewolves and Vampires and Mages--OH MY!

While a couple of my favorite modules have been serious stories, I feel I am much better at setting up comedic modules. Since I’ll be running the DRAMATIC ROLEPLAYING TOURNAMENT at RetCon, I’ll be reprising not only GLITCH, but a module I call SUPERNATURAL COUPLES’ THERAPY.

SUPERNATURAL COUPLES THERAPY (SNCT for short) is sort-of my knee-jerk reaction to things like TWILIGHT* and TRUE BLOOD*. I like my supernatural creatures to be dark, threatening, and–most importantly–they’d better not sparkle.

I thought it might be hilarious to parody these Supernatural Love Stories with the other side of love: Couples’ Therapy.

As for the couples, with a full cast (of thirteen characters) I have:

  • Dr. Quinn, the therapist.
  • Vic her assistant.
  • Eddie, a vampire (with a problematic ex-wife, Izzy).
  • Steffy, Eddie’s new girlfriend.
  • Tessa, a werewolf.
  • Beau, Tessa’s boyfriend, who wasn’t expecting his girlfriend to double as “Man’s best friend.”
  • Mike “Deva,” a fallen Angel.
  • Naomi, Mike’s Jewish girlfriend.
  • J.O. 131-B (“Jo”), a time traveler.
  • Lydia, Jo’s girlfriend.
  • Ella, a sweet girl.
  • Thomas, Ella’s boyfriend.
  • Sam, Ella’s fairy godparent.

And here’s the official poster for SNCT (yes, I’m aware of the typo).

SNCT FLIER

Now, if you’ve paid attention to anything I’ve posted, you probably know there’s a twist or two to this story . . . but to find out, you’ll need to come play! 😀

I hope to see you at RetCon!

*Note how I didn’t link to either of these. I only link to things I have some respect for, even if it’s just a grudging respect.

JeffLag 2012! (Part Two)

02 Thursday Aug 2012

Posted by C. Fawcett in Conventions, Dramatic Roleplaying, GMing, JeffCon, Others' PCs, RPGs

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Dramatic Roleplaying Tournament, DRT, Glitch, GMing, Hilarity Ensues, JeffCon, Moments like these are why I game

I you haven’t already read JeffLag 2012! (Part One) you don’t really HAVE to, but it contains more highlights and hilarity. I can’t go into a great deal of detail about GLITCH, the module I ran, since I’ll be running it again at RetCon, but rest assured that I have learned from the first run and NOBODY’S GETTING WEAPONS, NOT EVEN STUN GUNS, in the RetCon run. Believe it or not, I think it’ll make the module more tense.

The final module of JeffCon was part of a running story, though I think these particular PCs will (and should) be retired for a while. The module-specific setting was sort-of based on Downton Abbey (though I can’t really speak to that fact properly, as I’ve never seen that show.

I was playing a female General who had just re-conquered her country from invaders–and now she was looking to put a strong leader on the throne. While there were rumors, started by a man called Lord Blake, that the General wanted the throne for herself, she actually wanted to put a very different person on the throne–the rightful heir and last in line of the Royal Family, the Prince (previously all of the Royals had been assumed to have been killed).

The problem was the Prince refused to take the throne until he had a wife, so that the Royal line of succession was assured, and he and his wife could be a symbol of hope for the people. So, the General, the Prince, the Prince’s nurse (from when he was a boy, he was 30 now, and she was 60-something), and one of the General’s most trusted soldiers have to haul themselves out to a fairly well off Lord’s estate (henceforth called “Lord Father”) so the Prince could choose between one of Lord Father’s three daughters to marry. Mind you, The General, Prince, et. all are all in disguise. The Prince is pretending to be another random Lord, the Nurse his mother, the General his niece, and the soldier–whom the General is developing feelings for, but is dealing with them awkwardly–winds up playing the part of “Niece’s fiancee.” Everyone from the servants to the daughters, to Lord Blake, were all characters in the module. Some of the funniest moments included:

  • The eldest of the thee daughters, who had been the “frontrunner” of the trio (at least, in the eyes of the Nurse) went a little crazy because she got nervous around the Prince’s “Mother,” and then people tried to drug her wine to calm her down (which backfired HORRIBLY).
  • I (purposely OOC, accidentally IC) trip while trying to curtsey, which sets off one of my informants in the Lord Father’s manor into a peal of giggles, which infuriates the General, but she has to pretend like nothing is wrong.
  • The middle sister had been cured of a madness she’d suffered from for years, so you’d think people would be concerned that she’d have a relapse, but no–she and the eldest managed to tag-team the youngest sister about being improper, including fixing her dress multiple times (the player was not actually wearing a dress . . . the pantomiming was priceless).
  • At one point the Prince went missing (the player went to the bathroom; IC/OOC we didn’t realize this) and the General went into a panic. She had hidden “knives” (in reality, a pen) in a bag on her belt and went running around the manor with her hand on a knife in a bag calling out for her uncle. At one point the eldest sister (already agitated) and one of the servants looks at the General, looks at the hand she has stuffed in her bag, and they both look terrified. Having anticipated that possibly someone might look in her bag at some point, the General had also stowed some makeup in there. So, to try and reassure the eldest sister and the servant, she takes out some lipstick, puts it on her lips, and the offers it to the eldest sister. The eldest sister refuses, and the General shrugs and tries to walk away in a composed manner (she’s still panicking about the missing Prince). Once I’m out of sight the Eldest sister flips out, convinced that the lipstick was poisoned and the General had been trying to kill her. The servant then runs around trying to wipe off lipstick from the lips of the youngest and middle sister. The General is then repeatedly asked about her “poison lipstick” by members of her party, to which she replies “The lipstick is lipstick! I was using it to hide my KNIVES!”
  • One of the players playing a servant would wave us away from noticing her. We couldn’t figure it out for the longest time; occasionally she’d help GM, so we figured that’s what she was doing. Later we found out she was actually pulling a “I’m invisible, you can’t see me!” because (as she said afterwards) “In Downtown Abbey, there’s not a SINGLE conversation that isn’t eavesdropped on!”
  • At one point the General gets into a conversation with Lord Blake, the man who has been smearing her name by calling her a dictator-to-be. The two of them discuss how neither of them thinks the General should become ruler of this country. It was a completely honest conversation too–except for the fact that the General was lying about who she actually was. Hilariously, as I’m saying disparaging things about myself, Lord Blake starts defending the General as a “war hero.” I nearly died laughing. Ultimatly, the General came away from that conversation thinking “Hey, that guy’s actually not so bad–now if he would just get it through his thick skull that I don’t WANT to run the country . . . I really need to get the Prince a wife, ASAP.”

There’s a whole lot more that happened, but I’d like to instead take a moment to send some good vibes out to a stranger. Before the module, the players playing Lord Blake and his butler were out by the road near the house we were staying at, and a serious accident unfolded before them. A car flipped, a guy’s arm was pinned, and the ambulance had to be called. Most of us didn’t find out about this until later–Lord Blake and the Butler stuck around to see if they were needed to help (after they and five other people called 911), and when they were dismissed, they went back towards the house and entered the module as latecomers to the estate. Afterwards they told everyone about it; we were all pretty shocked. So, please send some good thoughts in the general direction of the poor guy who was in that accident–I hope his arm is all right and he recovers quickly.

In the Midst of Module Prep

24 Tuesday Jul 2012

Posted by C. Fawcett in Dramatic Roleplaying, GMing, JeffCon, RPGs

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A Wedding or a Funeral, BLOOD FEUD!, Dramatic Roleplaying Tournament, DRT, Glitch, GMing, JeffCon

As you can probably tell from my various posts about DRT-Style modules (including A Wedding or a Funeral and BLOOD FEUD!) running one of these modules is distinctly different than running a tabletop game. Tabletop games are a LOT of work. DRT-Style games are a also lot of work . . . but it’s not the same sort of work.

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Pardon Me. . . .

19 Thursday Jul 2012

Posted by C. Fawcett in GMing, RetCon, RPGs

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Dramatic Roleplaying Tournament, DRT, GMing

Pardon this past Tuesday’s radio silence. Alas, real life sometimes steals me away from the wonderful voyages into sword-swinging and spell-casting.

Today’s post will, unfortunately, be a short one and something of an advertisement as well. You remember that module I’ve been ranting about–Glitch? Well, I’m going to not only get to run it at JeffCon, but I will be running it at Retcon. Which means YOU could play in the module! And if you pre-register before the end of the month, you get a discount. Also, there’s a kickoff part on the Friday before RetCon at Ravenblood Games, which is always a lot of fun.

Another thing: soon I hope to be adding a second author to this site. I’ll let you know when the details on that are concrete. Or, he may just post on Saturday. You know, whatever works.

Next week there will be more interesting antics posted! In the meantime, keep rolling 20s!

GLITCH Character Portraits #1

12 Thursday Jul 2012

Posted by C. Fawcett in Conventions, Dramatic Roleplaying, GMing, JeffCon, Others' PCs, RPGs

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Dramatic Roleplaying Tournament, DRT, Glitch, GMing, JeffCon, UHNS

If you follow me on Twitter (@CFcreative) and read JeffCon July! you may have picked up that I’ve been working on a module I refer to as Glitch for JeffCon. While I can’t go into too many details (as potential players can see this), I can share with you some of the character portraits I’ve been working on. So, without furter ado, 4/16 Glitch characters:

Character #1

Character #2

Character #3
Character #4

Next week I hope to have more to share with you.

A Wedding or a Funeral? Part Two: A Killer Party

28 Thursday Jun 2012

Posted by C. Fawcett in Conventions, Dramatic Roleplaying, GMing, Others' PCs, RetCon, RPGs

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A Killer Party, A Wedding or a Funeral, Death, Dramatic Roleplaying Tournament, GMing, It's only paranoia if no one's out to get you, Monty Python would be proud, Shotgun Weddings

While it’s true that being fashionably late to a party is traditional, if you haven’t read Strange Bedfellows go back and do so now, as it features the guest list.

When I’d been a player in this module the lady playing Pernicia spontaneously decided mid-module that the bride’s dress was missing–and this got a lot of characters worked up. I stole that idea for this run. I thought that, as the GM/NPCs, I would have to come up with all sorts of things to go wrong during the wedding planning. Boy, was I mistaken. . . .

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A Wedding or a Funeral? Part One: Strange Bedfellows

26 Tuesday Jun 2012

Posted by C. Fawcett in Conventions, Dramatic Roleplaying, GMing, Others' PCs, RetCon, RPGs, Running GaGG

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A Wedding or a Funeral, Dramatic Roleplaying Tournament, GMing, Hilarity Ensues, Strange Bedfellows, Zapp Brannigann & Kiff

Occasionally, like all lazy smart GMs, I re-use scenarios I’ve run before. When it comes to running things like The Dramatic Roleplaying Tournament at RetCon I have the advantage of pulling from a pool of modules that I’ve already written AND modules my friend Jeff (who originated the tournament and runs it at Running Gagg every year) has written.

In this case, it was a module featuring a pretty dysfunctional family marrying off their daughter to a prominent General. Our cast of characters:

  • Kritsa, the Bride
  • Angela, Krista’s promiscuous older sister
  • Kristof, Krista’s brother, recently released from prison by the General
  • Goren, their father
  • Penelope, their mother
  • Chastity, Krista’s best friend and bridesmaid
  • Edward, a longtime friend of Krista’s
  • The General, our groom-to-be
  • Trent, Captain of the Guard, the General’s right hand man.
  • Pernicia, the wedding planner
  • A few other guests, who are not really pertinent to the story I will tell.

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Improv Costuming

21 Thursday Jun 2012

Posted by C. Fawcett in Conventions, Dramatic Roleplaying, RetCon, RPGs

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Costumes, Dramatic Roleplaying Tournament, Hilarity Ensues, PCs + Drinking = Hilarity, Steampunk

I don’t often dress up for RPGs, but when I do, it’s for some entertaining reason. One time I had just recently acquired an awesome steampunk belt and managed to justify it as “appropriate” for a zombie apocalypse* in a fantasy setting. I mean, really, who WOULDN’T make any excuse to wear this thing?

The Steampunk Belt

(For those wondering, I got this off of Etsy from a seller called “Jungletribe.”)

Another time I got my character sheet, read through it, and started mussing my hair and tearing up tiny little pieces of paper and sticking them on my head. People were confused. The GM was even a little confused–she had given me a character who had been cursed with extremely bad luck (the character didn’t realize she was actually cursed), but couldn’t figure out for the life of her what I was doing.

When we  started, and my character stumbled into the bar where the scene was taking place, I stared at the patrons/PCs already there with wild eyes and said, “My god, you people have some particularly aggressive pigeons around here! Is there anyplace I can was the crap out of my hair?”

Cue everyone trying to hold in their laughter and not break character.

*Actually, they were crazy people, not zombies, and it only lasted for 6 months. . . .

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