GoldenApe
09-27-2004, 03:31 PM
So, as requested, here is the actual play thread for my Buffy series. No title for the series yet, we'll see what I come up with as it progresses. I'll post the first episode here, then the second in the next post.
Some character background: Two players. Lin, who hasn't thought of a name for her character yet, so I'll refer to her as Lin. She's playing a girl who was raised by a Watcher after her parents were killed. They were demon hunters, she doesn't know how they died, he's never actually told her. She's got a secret, that she's part-demon, due to some experiments performed on her mother while she was pregnant. However Lin doesn't know what will happen to her yet, and her character of course doesn't know about it. The second player is ChristinaShe's playing a stereotypical goth chick named Shadow(not the name her parents gave her) Raised by normal parents who don't undeerstand her. She knows a bit about the occult and such, due to a small collection of books she's collected.
Note: The episodes are kinda short as we don't get a whole lot of time to play them(3-4 hours). Plus learning the new system(one player played Vampire extensively a few years ago, the other player hasn't played much of anything) takes some time. However with them typed out they seem much longer.
Episode One: Sticks & Stones.
We open up on Sunnydale High, a normal day of classes. Morning, and our two characters have decided to cut classes. Imagine stereotypical goth chicks. They go and sit under a tree by the playing field to read, draw, and talk about how much they hate the cheerleaders.
The football team comes out to practice, and some quips are thrown their way from the girls. Suddenly a scream is heard from the locker rooms. Everyone rushes in to see what's happened, and find that a body has been discovered. A girl-one of the cheerleaders-lying dead on the girls' locker room floor, her spine ripped out. The spine is nowhere to be seen.
School is cancelled, and everyone who saw the body is instructed to report to the councellors tomorrow morning. Shadow goes for a walk before heading home, and Lin heads straight home. While walking through the park, Shadow is given a flyer about a band playing at the Bronze, called The Angsty Guys Dressed In Black.
Lin arrives home to find a cop care & ambulance in her driveway. In the doorway is her watcher, his spine ripped out as well. The cops take the body away, and give her the number of a therapist in case she needs it. They tell her they'll check in on her later that night(of course, being Sunnydale cops, they're never heard from again. Not the brightest boys in blue). She is also given a flyer, accomapnied by a "we're sprry for your loss".
She wanders through the house in a bit of a daze, unsure of what she's to do now, and in a state of shock to boot. She eventually finds herself in her Watcher's study, sitting at his desk. An envelope materializes on the desk in front of her, with her name on it. Inside is a letter from her Watcher, informing her that if she's reading this he is indeed dead. He tells her not to worry, keep her chin up, and that she needs to keep up the good fight in his absence. There are evil things in this world and few to stand in their way. He also mentions that since he has died, the Watcher's council may be in touch, to send a replacement. He's left to her the house and everything in it, including his Occult Library(Impressive level), and some weapons(a sword, some knives, and a bunch of stakes).
She decides she needs to get her mind off of this and heads to the Bronze with Shadow. On their way, as they walk up an alley, a vampire-of course-attacks. Lin brought a stake & knife with her, so she tosses the knife to Shadow and they take on the vamp. THe battle is punctuated by cries of "agh! I'm almost dead!" from Shadow and my reminding her how Drama Points work.
After they dust the vamp, someone walks from the shadows, with a staff. THe staff is made of a spine, the vertebrae connected by discs of silver, and ending in a wooden stake. He introduces himself as Roland, and explains the he is a demon hunter who fought alongside Lin's parents. He gives the info that Malik, the vampire who killed her parents, has returned. He captured Malik after he killed her parents, and tortured him by removing his spine. However before he could kill him, Malik's minions turned up and beat Roland unconscous. When he came to, Malik was nowhere to be found. He believes Malik has returned, and is trying to magically replace his spine. Roland also got word that the Watcher had been killed, sdo he came to kill Malik, and offer aid to Lin(and subsequently, Shadow).
Lin agrees that they should find and kill Malik. The episode ends on her saying "But you're the bait" to Roland.
Some character background: Two players. Lin, who hasn't thought of a name for her character yet, so I'll refer to her as Lin. She's playing a girl who was raised by a Watcher after her parents were killed. They were demon hunters, she doesn't know how they died, he's never actually told her. She's got a secret, that she's part-demon, due to some experiments performed on her mother while she was pregnant. However Lin doesn't know what will happen to her yet, and her character of course doesn't know about it. The second player is ChristinaShe's playing a stereotypical goth chick named Shadow(not the name her parents gave her) Raised by normal parents who don't undeerstand her. She knows a bit about the occult and such, due to a small collection of books she's collected.
Note: The episodes are kinda short as we don't get a whole lot of time to play them(3-4 hours). Plus learning the new system(one player played Vampire extensively a few years ago, the other player hasn't played much of anything) takes some time. However with them typed out they seem much longer.
Episode One: Sticks & Stones.
We open up on Sunnydale High, a normal day of classes. Morning, and our two characters have decided to cut classes. Imagine stereotypical goth chicks. They go and sit under a tree by the playing field to read, draw, and talk about how much they hate the cheerleaders.
The football team comes out to practice, and some quips are thrown their way from the girls. Suddenly a scream is heard from the locker rooms. Everyone rushes in to see what's happened, and find that a body has been discovered. A girl-one of the cheerleaders-lying dead on the girls' locker room floor, her spine ripped out. The spine is nowhere to be seen.
School is cancelled, and everyone who saw the body is instructed to report to the councellors tomorrow morning. Shadow goes for a walk before heading home, and Lin heads straight home. While walking through the park, Shadow is given a flyer about a band playing at the Bronze, called The Angsty Guys Dressed In Black.
Lin arrives home to find a cop care & ambulance in her driveway. In the doorway is her watcher, his spine ripped out as well. The cops take the body away, and give her the number of a therapist in case she needs it. They tell her they'll check in on her later that night(of course, being Sunnydale cops, they're never heard from again. Not the brightest boys in blue). She is also given a flyer, accomapnied by a "we're sprry for your loss".
She wanders through the house in a bit of a daze, unsure of what she's to do now, and in a state of shock to boot. She eventually finds herself in her Watcher's study, sitting at his desk. An envelope materializes on the desk in front of her, with her name on it. Inside is a letter from her Watcher, informing her that if she's reading this he is indeed dead. He tells her not to worry, keep her chin up, and that she needs to keep up the good fight in his absence. There are evil things in this world and few to stand in their way. He also mentions that since he has died, the Watcher's council may be in touch, to send a replacement. He's left to her the house and everything in it, including his Occult Library(Impressive level), and some weapons(a sword, some knives, and a bunch of stakes).
She decides she needs to get her mind off of this and heads to the Bronze with Shadow. On their way, as they walk up an alley, a vampire-of course-attacks. Lin brought a stake & knife with her, so she tosses the knife to Shadow and they take on the vamp. THe battle is punctuated by cries of "agh! I'm almost dead!" from Shadow and my reminding her how Drama Points work.
After they dust the vamp, someone walks from the shadows, with a staff. THe staff is made of a spine, the vertebrae connected by discs of silver, and ending in a wooden stake. He introduces himself as Roland, and explains the he is a demon hunter who fought alongside Lin's parents. He gives the info that Malik, the vampire who killed her parents, has returned. He captured Malik after he killed her parents, and tortured him by removing his spine. However before he could kill him, Malik's minions turned up and beat Roland unconscous. When he came to, Malik was nowhere to be found. He believes Malik has returned, and is trying to magically replace his spine. Roland also got word that the Watcher had been killed, sdo he came to kill Malik, and offer aid to Lin(and subsequently, Shadow).
Lin agrees that they should find and kill Malik. The episode ends on her saying "But you're the bait" to Roland.