madcat82 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 This is the start of the Lethal experiments series. The series is centered around the second world war and, more precisly, the allied Special Operations Divisions. The players (YOU!!!) play an agent in a team of eight that is a part of the Special Operations Divisions, namely a team that is centered around the investigation of paranormal activity in enemy territory, or more precisly, the occult stuff that the nazis are doing. The series will be about 50% combat, 50% mystery. The characters is created using standard Adventure rules, and it will start in Special Operations Divisions HQ on the Island of Isleey, off the west coast of England. The characters may come from any of the following countries: AustralianEnglandSovjet UnionFranceUSAThe first story will (given out as a teaser) be an covert insertion in Germany, a few months after the start of the german operation barbarossa in recognition to intel showing that a battle harden veteran regiment (about a 100 souls strong) of paratroppers have been taken from the Russian front to form the guard of a small Austrich town named Nurmberg and that a troupe of SS scientists as well as some occultists have been sent there. The mission, code named Nightingale is to land by air, infiltrate Nurmberg and find out what is going on as well as disrupt the SS operation. A secondary task would be to eliminate the commanding SS officer, Captain Stefan Klietmann. For Queen and Country.Pleas report your interest here in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut810 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Im up for such a rabid entry into history!Can I be the rugged american daredevil? I think im more suited to the wackey Australian Boomerang tossin super-guy...but what the hay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooho Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Sounds like fun. I'm still kind of new to A! but I'd like to play a female American mesmerist. More detailed description after I think it out if that is cool. ::biggrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat82 Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 Bahamut, you may be that rugged colonial daredevil if you so wishes... I expect an exellent performance from you thou.Tohoo, female American mesmerist works so far...Oh, a thing I forgot to mention, you get an automatic dot in linguistics (german)... Stopid me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 k, I think I may join...no concept yet, I've never played A! though I have the book. I'll read through it later. What year is it? Barbarossa is 1941, right? So France has already surrendered?I'm thinking of playing a French Stalwart Spy (maybe the local contact for all the americans...) with more skills and backgrounds than knacks...or a scientist..or a jock..or you could just give me a roleplaying challenge (that's the source of my Dreams of Dragons character and I think it turned out pretty well...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat82 Posted January 28, 2004 Author Share Posted January 28, 2004 ezekiel, you sure you wannt an rpg challenge? I can be pritty bad at times... ::biggrin Il send one over to you and then you can tell me what you thing ::biggrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfPotts Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Hey, I'm interested in playing (as always). Don't know about a character yet though, probably someone British.By the way, is it really just England you want characters from, or Britain as a whole (I used to live in Scotland & those lads get a bit peeved if people refer to the whole of Britain as 'England')?Also - which 'Queen & Country' are you refering to? I'm pretty sure that Britain still had a King during the War (Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was in 1952, during WW II the reigning monarch was George VI - Elizabeth's father & George V's son, who succeeded to the throne after his brother, Edward VIII abdicated). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 The characters may come from any of the following countries: AustralianEnglandSovjet UnionFranceUSAWhat no mysterious arabs? I'm shocked!Anyway I'm up for it if you'll have me, playing a soviet could be really fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Boredom Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 I'd like to play, but I don't have the Adventure rules and have never played it, so I'd need some help building a character. I was thinking an American member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, the predecessor of modern-day CIA covert ops and Army Green Berets). They had extensive working relationships with the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). If you're interested here is some info about them: The Office of Strategic Services Maybe a link here between my character and the good Prof's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat82 Posted January 28, 2004 Author Share Posted January 28, 2004 Profpotts, Queen Anastasia, the true heir of the russian throne of course ::biggrin ::biggrin ::biggrin Well, thats six people on board, two missing. Ayre, i might make an exeption to a mysterious arab, just for you ::biggrin Prince of Boredom, your character seems well thought out, but I advise you too look adventure up if you havent already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfPotts Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 So, do you want characters & backgrounds? Any limits or house rules we need to know about? There's that free dot of Linguistics, right - anything else? Are all the usual Adventure! groups around for us to take Backing in, or have you got an employer in mind for everybody (i.e. do we all have to be complete S.O.D.s ::biggrin )? Would me taking 'Backing 6 - In Charge [Nazi Germany]' put a crimp in the scenario or not? ::tongue ::wink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Boredom Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Ok, my enthusiasm sometimes leaps in front of my brain. I thought it might be good to let you know that I'm moving in a couple of weeks (Friday the 13th actually) to Germany (that's right I'm in the US Air Force) so will likely be without internet connectivity for at least a week, maybe more. I would very much like to play, but I'll understand if that puts a crimp in your plans.Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat82 Posted January 29, 2004 Author Share Posted January 29, 2004 Well, here is my personal rules: Make the character and the background, if anyone wannt help, send me a message. You get one free dot in linguistics, as stated above, and it is automaticly allocated to german. Each dot in linguistics dubbles the number of additional languages that you know.(One dot, one lang, two dots, two lang, three dots, four lang and so on).No merits or flaws. Period.Backing cap of three, no in charge here (thanks for pointing that out to me ProffPots). I personaly recommend against background heavy characters for this series as they will have to leave almost everything at home. All the normal adventure groups, exept the Air circus, is still alive and kicking, although the Aeon Society is somewhat weekend with the disappearance of doctor Primoris and Maxwell Mercer. You may also choose the SOD (I realy have to come up with a better name ::biggrin ) as a group and then your background choice is between Gadget (military equipment, such as ir-goggles or costumized weapons) and Contacts (Mainly in the schoolar, reaserch and german circles).I wannt a minimum of one page of background, i think is quiet resonable. Well, thats all for now.Oh, and ezekiel, I havnt forget about you... my thoughts are comming soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut810 Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 ::smiley1 So...if I take gadget at 6 dots...can I have a picket lazer that ccuts people in half? ::biggrin ::cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Uhh, when I said a roleplaying challenge I meant something interesting to play in the campaign as well, right? Not the bitter paraplegic scientist slowly transforming into an intelligent gorilla... ::unsure ::tongue actually I'm thinking more and more of playing someone from the French resistance but I'll definitely listen to what you have in mind. The only thing I'm not too sure about playing is a soviet since I know next to nothing about their culture (other than Vodka and Ivan Rebroff, so I could play a drunken Russkie who sings Kalinka Malinka while dancing around the baddies and kicking their arses.. ::biggrin actually I kinda like that idea. ::wink His knack could be that accompanying music mysteriously plays when he sings and he's untouchable...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfPotts Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Well, I've sent the ST my character... Captain Future! Here's hoping he's acceptable... ::thumbsup Oh, & he does have a pocket laser that can cut people in two (although we prefer the term 'ray gun', thank you very much) - what's your point Bahamut? ::sly ::ohcrap ::devil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chieftain Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Is it too late to sign up or have all eight places gone yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat82 Posted January 29, 2004 Author Share Posted January 29, 2004 Its not to late to sign on. Consider yourself signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 His knack could be that accompanying music mysteriously plays when he sings and he's untouchable...) ::laugh Ever since I first got Aberrant, I've wanted to make a character with Anima Banner: Theme Song. ::music ::pirate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Well, I just sent my char as well...The French Ninja Resistance fighter and a chef to boot!.. ::ninja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asbjørn Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Any particular reasons for not allowing characters from other European countries? The allies didn't exactly turn away volunteers from occupied Europe...The reason I'm asking is of course that it would be fun to play a norwegian character, for once. Maybe a scholartype who knows a bit about germanic occultism and the ludicrous ideas of the Thulegesellschaft and how they don't agree with traditional norse and germanic religion?Just a thought...Og så kan jeg komme med mystiske bannord og meldinger ingen andre forstår. ::coolBy the way: Have any of you played Pagan Publishing's Delta Green? They deal alot with occult nazis and it's the best Call of Cthulhu supplement and setting material ever written. If you haven't tried it, run to the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfPotts Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Captain Future lives! (Well, he's been approved in any case...). Let's go bash some Ratzis!The French Ninja Resistance fighter and a chef to boot!.. ... Single-handedly defeats a squad of heavily armed Nazi stormtroopers, then turns to the blonde he's protecting & says,"I also cook..." ::tongue ::wink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Boredom Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Ok, got a question for you all for my charcter background...Since the US didn't officially enter the until Dec '41 and Barbarossa happened in Jun '41, I need to figure out how my character is there.Here's my thought: The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Special Operations (SO) division did not officially begin until 1942. However, there's no reason to speculate that they may have been doing covert collaboration with the Brits prior to this point. So essentially, my character would be an American OSS/SO agent who has been working with the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) to set up a good working relationship when the US finally enters the war.Comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfPotts Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Well, the simplest explaination would be that he's an American volunteer who's joined the British army (the British accepted quite a few of them before the Yanks officially joined the war). Whether he volunteered independantly, or as part of a larger plan to provide 'covert' aid to the Allies would be up to your background.Either that, or he could 'officially' be classed as an 'observer', who just happens to end up in a little more of the action than he's supposed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat82 Posted January 30, 2004 Author Share Posted January 30, 2004 Its worth noteing that the US had observers on both sides of the war from an early date (around the start of 1940), so having you on board is no problem, the other tip by ProfPotts works well too. Asbjørn, the reason I dont wannt any characters from any other than the stated countrys is becous of the risk of infiltration. While the UK needs the support of the other nations on the approved list (exept the USA, whom I have included for my own mystic reasons, and yes, there is a reason ::ninja ) and therefor have to "put up" with there observers they can easily redirect any other "volunters". Og så kan jeg komme med mystiske bannord og meldinger ingen andre forstår. Jag förstår. ::tongue But, I somehow like the ide of a norwegian and it kind ofish fits into my plans... Send me a draft and there might be a chance that I will approve it.Im not making any promises though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chieftain Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Okay. I'll post my char to you tomorrow.Can i just confirm how the gadget background is working in regards to medical modifications for char (you'll see why in the background for my Dynamic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 madcat I'll have my character to you by monday, I have to run my campaign tonight and I'm working tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Boredom Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Ok, I've got a pretty good character background, but as I said before, I'm an Adventure virgin and don't have the rules right now. Anybody willing to help me out?? ::halo ::halo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkboy Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 If I thought I understood them I'd play, Prince Well that and I think I already counted 8 players.. (does the math) ya.. 8 players...(looks forward to reading yet another story) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooho Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 Madcat, I'll get you my character by Monday. I'm still working out her background and such. Sorry for the delay. I had to get a hold of a book to make my character. ::blush ::smile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asbjørn Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 Throw me a PM if you need assistance, Prince. If you haven't solved the problems already, that is...And Madcat:How over the top do you want your game to be? Aliens? Time Travelling superheroes? Glacier-frozen Vikings?Or just your average Indy-style tough guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Boredom Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 Quick question for MadCat: Are the knacks posted here on EON allowed in the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat82 Posted February 1, 2004 Author Share Posted February 1, 2004 As for Asbjorn: Something in between, feel free to make them a little over the top but not overly so. I know its hard to say, but consider the movie the league. Thats about the level I wannt it (try to limit the supernatural elements, not delet them, just limit them).To Prince: Ask befor. I might allow some of them, but dont develop your character around the knack... Tohoo: ok, no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brilyn Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Well that and I think I already counted 8 players.. (does the math) ya.. 8 players... *double-checks*D'oh.......Typical, I only start reading the other forums, get a hankering for Adventure, spot a game starting up (woohoo!!!), and then find out it's full..... Damn. ::angry Ah well. ::biggrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heritage Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Double-d'oh!As much as I love playing Bethany in Asbjorn's game, I was hoping for a chance to play Johnny Atomo again. Oh well, maybe they'll do D20 Living Adventure! at GenCon, and I'll just convert him.At least this time I can start reading at the begining - don't know if I'll ever have the patience to wade thru all the QZ posts... I've got my popcorn - let the excitement begin! ::fencers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat82 Posted February 2, 2004 Author Share Posted February 2, 2004 Well, Im still waiting for the backgrounds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chieftain Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Hi there Madcat.I've posted the background off to you, Hope it's okay as i was a bit rushed when I wrote it.I forgot about the free points in linguistics so i'll have to sort out that and the additional languages.I hope the Gadget background i've submitted is okay, although initially i thought it slightly over powered so i have included suggestions for "roleplay" hinderances on it.Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chieftain Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Can I ask which charecters have been accepted so far, and a brief overview. One of the things i've very found of in games is not having too many chars with clashing areas of expertise. Also It will allow some of us players to work a little back story into the game before hand so our chars wont be treating each other like complete strangers from the outset.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I've been swamped with work this week, the next few days will be no exception. If that game starts during those few days then I'll have to pull out, if not then I should be fine for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Boredom Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Chieftain, Waiting to hear if my background got approved, then I'll post. I agree, by the way, I always liked games where at least some of the characters had background together. If it goes through he'll have worked in the US Army, French Foreign Legion, and finally the Office of Strategic Services as a liaison with the British Special Operations Executive. So, there are at least some possible places for him to meet the others... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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