Characters for Gothic Earth Eternal
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Characters for Gothic Earth Eternal
For a while now, I’ve been interested in the contemporary horror genre. Having been burned out on the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression era of “The Call of Cthulhu,” I am hoping that Gothic Earth Eternal fits the bill. Here are some hero characters for the game. Yes, I know that some of them are, to use the Jewish phrase, “of blessed memory,” but if Caligula is alive, so is Mother Teresa.
Hugh Clowers Thompson, Jr.
He was a United States Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. He is best known for his role in stopping the My Lai Massacre. Hugh has a strong moral compass and can fly almost any helicopter made.
H. P. Lovercraft
In Gothic Earth history, at about the year 1930, H. P. Lovecraft purchased a house in Providence, RI. This house came with it a huge collection of books, (cross a great second hand book store with the Library of Congress.) As soon as he moved in, the house became unstuck in time and space. Due to this, the players will never find the house in the same place twice. Lovecraft is completely unaware of this. Having surrendered to his Agoraphobia, he sees no point in going outside. As far as he is concerned, the year is 1930, and he is living in Providence.
Due to his enormous collection of books, Lovecraft can find the answer to any question the players have. It may take him awhile, having to move dozens of other books out of the way to find the needed reference, but he can find any answer. The information available the Lovecraft is contemporary to the time the player characters are in. If the players, in a Gothic Earth Eternal campaign, were to ask him for a list of space shuttle launches, Lovecraft would find a book with the needed information, and see nothing wrong with having it. The information available through Lovecraft’s library does not include references to events in the characters’ future.
One odd affect is that if a character sends a letter to Lovecraft, he will get a response in 2D6 weeks, and receive it where ever they are. For example, it the characters are miles from civilization, they may stumble across an old abandoned mailbag that has Lovecraft’s response in it. There are two conditions that must be met in order to use this affect. First, the character must have encountered H.P. Lovecraft in his home, and second, the letter must be sent through an active mail service.
Within the game, H.P. Lovecraft functions as a sage or information source. This should not be confused with advice. Lovecraft has little practical experience, so can’t give much advice. Question should be limited to “what does it say in..” and not “What do I do now?’ type questions.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa is arguably the most powerful individual on Gothic Earth. She is able to enter and exit the domains of Darklords at will. She can also remove people from those domains that could not otherwise do so. Needless to say, this angers the Darklords, and a few have tried to prevent her from doing this. Those who have survived this mistake are few and far between.
Because of the trust she has earned, people tell Teresa, (normally addressed and referred to as “Mother,”) things that they would not tell their closest friend. As a result of this, she has access to information unavailable from other sources. Though normally encountered with a small group of her Sisters of Charity, Teresa can be encountered alone.
Because of her strength, she could wipe out all the Darklords in Gothic Earth, but once she was finished, there would be a fresh crop waiting for her attention. Mother Teresa knows that The Jade Horror and the Red Death draw their power from the fear and hatred that is in all of humanity. If the darkness is to be defeated, then it must first be defeated in the human heart. To this end, Teresa works to empower others, while blunting evil’s effect. Her abilities tend toward the supportive. She can heal, comfort, protect, and enable. She will only raid domains to recover an innocent who has been made to suffer.
The players will primarily encounter Mother Teresa as an adventure hook.
“There is a situation at such-n-such a place, I am headed toward completely different place, so could you look into it, and report back to me?”
She could also be used as emergence extraction for a gamemaster that sent a team against a Darklord that totally out classed them.
James Franklin "Jamie" Hyneman
Adam Whitney Savage
Kari Elizabeth Byron
Salvatore Paul "Tory" Belleci
Grant Masaru Imahara
Buster
Originally conceived as a visual special shop for TV and movies, MI-5 has become much more. The basis for this is the partnership of Jamie Hyneman, and Adam Savage. Their leadership drew in experts from almost every field. These experts and their families formed a community that has become an oasis of light in a dark world.
If threatened, MI-5 can marshal impressive military ability. Most members of the group are trained marksmen. In addition to that, Grant is well on his way toward building an army of robots to take over the world, (on an odd note, he refuses to explain why his lead wedge shaped assault robot has hearts drawn all over it.) Even with this capability, MI-5 is not a military unit.
For purposes of the game, MI-5 are problem solvers who specializes in scientific or engineering problems. If the team has a contact within the group, then MI-5 can find a solution in 2D6 weeks.
Stan Lee
In the world of Gothic Earth, there are those who wish to oppose the darkness around them, but are still held by the rule unspoken. Some of these people don masks and become real life supper heroes. Many have no true powers. There are those who use their considerable, though mundane, skills behind the mask to good effect. There are a small minority of “Real Life Supper Heroes” that have true super powers, and most of these are associated with Stan Lee.
(Stan Lee is world famous for his passion for creating comic book super heroes. In the dark world of Gothic Earth, that passion could be turned to creating “Real” heroes. The heroes he has created for Marvel have the distinction of having real world problems. For example, Peter Parker “Can Do Anything a Spider Can,” but in the end, he has the same teen age problems any other teenager has.)
Oberon Zell-Ravenheart
A wizard of renown, Oberon leads a coven in an area of north California he has named Annwfn. Also one of the founding members of the Grey Council, he has much knowledge and experience in the area of the paranormal. He can be used as a source of knowledge, or provider of training. The information he has can be accessed through emails, (even in the real world, he is pretty reliable in answering questions.) Any training (for game purposes,) would require the characters to travel to Annwfn. The one side note on Annwfn is that it is infested with unicorns.
Hugh Clowers Thompson, Jr.
He was a United States Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War. He is best known for his role in stopping the My Lai Massacre. Hugh has a strong moral compass and can fly almost any helicopter made.
H. P. Lovercraft
In Gothic Earth history, at about the year 1930, H. P. Lovecraft purchased a house in Providence, RI. This house came with it a huge collection of books, (cross a great second hand book store with the Library of Congress.) As soon as he moved in, the house became unstuck in time and space. Due to this, the players will never find the house in the same place twice. Lovecraft is completely unaware of this. Having surrendered to his Agoraphobia, he sees no point in going outside. As far as he is concerned, the year is 1930, and he is living in Providence.
Due to his enormous collection of books, Lovecraft can find the answer to any question the players have. It may take him awhile, having to move dozens of other books out of the way to find the needed reference, but he can find any answer. The information available the Lovecraft is contemporary to the time the player characters are in. If the players, in a Gothic Earth Eternal campaign, were to ask him for a list of space shuttle launches, Lovecraft would find a book with the needed information, and see nothing wrong with having it. The information available through Lovecraft’s library does not include references to events in the characters’ future.
One odd affect is that if a character sends a letter to Lovecraft, he will get a response in 2D6 weeks, and receive it where ever they are. For example, it the characters are miles from civilization, they may stumble across an old abandoned mailbag that has Lovecraft’s response in it. There are two conditions that must be met in order to use this affect. First, the character must have encountered H.P. Lovecraft in his home, and second, the letter must be sent through an active mail service.
Within the game, H.P. Lovecraft functions as a sage or information source. This should not be confused with advice. Lovecraft has little practical experience, so can’t give much advice. Question should be limited to “what does it say in..” and not “What do I do now?’ type questions.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa is arguably the most powerful individual on Gothic Earth. She is able to enter and exit the domains of Darklords at will. She can also remove people from those domains that could not otherwise do so. Needless to say, this angers the Darklords, and a few have tried to prevent her from doing this. Those who have survived this mistake are few and far between.
Because of the trust she has earned, people tell Teresa, (normally addressed and referred to as “Mother,”) things that they would not tell their closest friend. As a result of this, she has access to information unavailable from other sources. Though normally encountered with a small group of her Sisters of Charity, Teresa can be encountered alone.
Because of her strength, she could wipe out all the Darklords in Gothic Earth, but once she was finished, there would be a fresh crop waiting for her attention. Mother Teresa knows that The Jade Horror and the Red Death draw their power from the fear and hatred that is in all of humanity. If the darkness is to be defeated, then it must first be defeated in the human heart. To this end, Teresa works to empower others, while blunting evil’s effect. Her abilities tend toward the supportive. She can heal, comfort, protect, and enable. She will only raid domains to recover an innocent who has been made to suffer.
The players will primarily encounter Mother Teresa as an adventure hook.
“There is a situation at such-n-such a place, I am headed toward completely different place, so could you look into it, and report back to me?”
She could also be used as emergence extraction for a gamemaster that sent a team against a Darklord that totally out classed them.
James Franklin "Jamie" Hyneman
Adam Whitney Savage
Kari Elizabeth Byron
Salvatore Paul "Tory" Belleci
Grant Masaru Imahara
Buster
Originally conceived as a visual special shop for TV and movies, MI-5 has become much more. The basis for this is the partnership of Jamie Hyneman, and Adam Savage. Their leadership drew in experts from almost every field. These experts and their families formed a community that has become an oasis of light in a dark world.
If threatened, MI-5 can marshal impressive military ability. Most members of the group are trained marksmen. In addition to that, Grant is well on his way toward building an army of robots to take over the world, (on an odd note, he refuses to explain why his lead wedge shaped assault robot has hearts drawn all over it.) Even with this capability, MI-5 is not a military unit.
For purposes of the game, MI-5 are problem solvers who specializes in scientific or engineering problems. If the team has a contact within the group, then MI-5 can find a solution in 2D6 weeks.
Stan Lee
In the world of Gothic Earth, there are those who wish to oppose the darkness around them, but are still held by the rule unspoken. Some of these people don masks and become real life supper heroes. Many have no true powers. There are those who use their considerable, though mundane, skills behind the mask to good effect. There are a small minority of “Real Life Supper Heroes” that have true super powers, and most of these are associated with Stan Lee.
(Stan Lee is world famous for his passion for creating comic book super heroes. In the dark world of Gothic Earth, that passion could be turned to creating “Real” heroes. The heroes he has created for Marvel have the distinction of having real world problems. For example, Peter Parker “Can Do Anything a Spider Can,” but in the end, he has the same teen age problems any other teenager has.)
Oberon Zell-Ravenheart
A wizard of renown, Oberon leads a coven in an area of north California he has named Annwfn. Also one of the founding members of the Grey Council, he has much knowledge and experience in the area of the paranormal. He can be used as a source of knowledge, or provider of training. The information he has can be accessed through emails, (even in the real world, he is pretty reliable in answering questions.) Any training (for game purposes,) would require the characters to travel to Annwfn. The one side note on Annwfn is that it is infested with unicorns.
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some great ideas here. nice to see people embracing this setting before it's even released.
The Lovecraft one is probably my favorite, what a neat idea!
The Lovecraft one is probably my favorite, what a neat idea!
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The Beekeeper
At the start of the 20th century Sherlock Holmes retired to a small farm on the Sussex Downs, becoming a beekeeper. What even his faithful friend and chronicler didn’t knew was, that Holmes was conducting chemical experiments on honey, especially the gelee royale of the beequeens, researching their qualities in medicine. What he ‘stumbled’ upon was immortality.
After the Great War Holmes tried to create a ‘rejuvenation-bath’ that would take the pain from his failing body. After a month he emerged from the vat of chemical honey in the prime of his youth...and as a female. Holmes conclueded that this ‘minor side-effect’ was probably due to the fact that bees were mostly female and gelee royale was reserved for the queens.
‘She’ faked Holmes death and left England.
As ‘Sheryl Watson’ she traveld the world learning about the supernatural forces that remained after the Red Deaths banishment, solving supernatural cases and becoming an expert not only on crime, but the supernatural crime as well. Only slowly she discovered, that her experiment hadn’t only rejuvenated her but also seemed to have stopped her aging altogether.
In WWII she tried to stop the occult movements of the Nazis, but in the end failed to stop them bringing the Red Death back into the world.
Since then she honed her skills as a supernatural investigator.
Today she calls herself Shelly ‘Bombshell’ Mycroft and heads a small modeling agency in London called ‘What’s on’. Her models travel the globe, collecting informations they bring back to their ‘queenbee’, not unlike Holmes ‘Bakerstreet Irregulars’ of old, only on a global scale. Famous for her own beauty, ‘Miss Mycroft’ is also said by the yellow press to have a romantic relationship with Inspector Elizabeth ‘Beth’ Lestrade of Scotland Yard, but others asume that she is only morbidly interested in murder cases. She secretly owns the ‘Sherlock Holmes Museum’ in Bakerstreet 221b and has a secret vault below the building where she keeps the files and artifacts from her supernatural investigations, among them Watson’s notes of unpublished supernatural cases the two pursed together. Holmes knows about the Red Death and recently discovered the existenz of the Jade Horror, hoping to find a way to duplicate the ritual that already banished the Red Death once. During her supernatural cases she also discovered that her arch-nemesis Moriarty is still around as well. Moriarty on the other side has discovered that someone has been hindering his operations on a scale worthy of Sherlock Holmes, but it couldn’t be him as he, a mere mortal, has long turned to dust.
The Hellspawn
During their first experiment to breach the dimensional walls to summon the Red Death, the Nazis were sabotaged by american soldiers, but not before they had opened the door to another dimension from which they had pulled a creature. The creature turned out to be a little tiefling boy, who was named ‘Mike’ and who grew up in a military base with other supernatural talents. Today Mike, codename: ‘Hellboy’, is one of earth’s greates hunters of the supernatural.
The Graverobber
Diana Jones is the daughter of the late Henry Jones III. and granddaughter of Dr. Henry Jones Jr. The beautiful redhead is notorious among archeologists as being a ‘tomb raider’. Actually she grew up with stories about supernatural artifacts that should not fall into wrong hands and armed with bullwhip and fedora hat makes her way to remote locations to save said artifacts from the wrong hands, even if it means destroying them.
Warehouse 13
A super-secret agency entrusted with collecting and savekeeping artifacts tainted by the Red Death and the Jade Horror.
The X-Files
The transfer to the x-files department is considered a demotion by most FBI agents, but not by the current holder of the office, Fox Mulder and his partner Dana Scully. Mulder suspects that their is a alien threat and believes that there might be more to the supposedly fictional acount of the martian invasion told in ‘The War of the Worlds’. Indeed he believes that the same aliens plan to attack once more and are abducting people, his sister among them, to conduct experiments. He also believs that all this was foreseen by the Maya and that 2012 might be a crucial year in the fight against a future under the whip of alien masters.
The Legacy
The Legacy is a secret cabal sworn to protect mankind from the horrors of darkness. Formed from several older cabals after the first banishment of the Red Death. Several chapter houses are spread over the world, San Fransisco, London, Berlin, Kairo and Paris among them. The ‘Legacy’ they keep save is the knowledge about and the fight against the Red Death and it’s minions. Recently the kairo house came under attack and was destroyed.
At the start of the 20th century Sherlock Holmes retired to a small farm on the Sussex Downs, becoming a beekeeper. What even his faithful friend and chronicler didn’t knew was, that Holmes was conducting chemical experiments on honey, especially the gelee royale of the beequeens, researching their qualities in medicine. What he ‘stumbled’ upon was immortality.
After the Great War Holmes tried to create a ‘rejuvenation-bath’ that would take the pain from his failing body. After a month he emerged from the vat of chemical honey in the prime of his youth...and as a female. Holmes conclueded that this ‘minor side-effect’ was probably due to the fact that bees were mostly female and gelee royale was reserved for the queens.
‘She’ faked Holmes death and left England.
As ‘Sheryl Watson’ she traveld the world learning about the supernatural forces that remained after the Red Deaths banishment, solving supernatural cases and becoming an expert not only on crime, but the supernatural crime as well. Only slowly she discovered, that her experiment hadn’t only rejuvenated her but also seemed to have stopped her aging altogether.
In WWII she tried to stop the occult movements of the Nazis, but in the end failed to stop them bringing the Red Death back into the world.
Since then she honed her skills as a supernatural investigator.
Today she calls herself Shelly ‘Bombshell’ Mycroft and heads a small modeling agency in London called ‘What’s on’. Her models travel the globe, collecting informations they bring back to their ‘queenbee’, not unlike Holmes ‘Bakerstreet Irregulars’ of old, only on a global scale. Famous for her own beauty, ‘Miss Mycroft’ is also said by the yellow press to have a romantic relationship with Inspector Elizabeth ‘Beth’ Lestrade of Scotland Yard, but others asume that she is only morbidly interested in murder cases. She secretly owns the ‘Sherlock Holmes Museum’ in Bakerstreet 221b and has a secret vault below the building where she keeps the files and artifacts from her supernatural investigations, among them Watson’s notes of unpublished supernatural cases the two pursed together. Holmes knows about the Red Death and recently discovered the existenz of the Jade Horror, hoping to find a way to duplicate the ritual that already banished the Red Death once. During her supernatural cases she also discovered that her arch-nemesis Moriarty is still around as well. Moriarty on the other side has discovered that someone has been hindering his operations on a scale worthy of Sherlock Holmes, but it couldn’t be him as he, a mere mortal, has long turned to dust.
The Hellspawn
During their first experiment to breach the dimensional walls to summon the Red Death, the Nazis were sabotaged by american soldiers, but not before they had opened the door to another dimension from which they had pulled a creature. The creature turned out to be a little tiefling boy, who was named ‘Mike’ and who grew up in a military base with other supernatural talents. Today Mike, codename: ‘Hellboy’, is one of earth’s greates hunters of the supernatural.
The Graverobber
Diana Jones is the daughter of the late Henry Jones III. and granddaughter of Dr. Henry Jones Jr. The beautiful redhead is notorious among archeologists as being a ‘tomb raider’. Actually she grew up with stories about supernatural artifacts that should not fall into wrong hands and armed with bullwhip and fedora hat makes her way to remote locations to save said artifacts from the wrong hands, even if it means destroying them.
Warehouse 13
A super-secret agency entrusted with collecting and savekeeping artifacts tainted by the Red Death and the Jade Horror.
The X-Files
The transfer to the x-files department is considered a demotion by most FBI agents, but not by the current holder of the office, Fox Mulder and his partner Dana Scully. Mulder suspects that their is a alien threat and believes that there might be more to the supposedly fictional acount of the martian invasion told in ‘The War of the Worlds’. Indeed he believes that the same aliens plan to attack once more and are abducting people, his sister among them, to conduct experiments. He also believs that all this was foreseen by the Maya and that 2012 might be a crucial year in the fight against a future under the whip of alien masters.
The Legacy
The Legacy is a secret cabal sworn to protect mankind from the horrors of darkness. Formed from several older cabals after the first banishment of the Red Death. Several chapter houses are spread over the world, San Fransisco, London, Berlin, Kairo and Paris among them. The ‘Legacy’ they keep save is the knowledge about and the fight against the Red Death and it’s minions. Recently the kairo house came under attack and was destroyed.
The Gem of Amara...
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I concur. The Lovecraft concept is awesome!
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I've recently taken a friend's advice and started reading The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher. Harry Dresden, the hard-boiled wizard P.I. living in modern day Chicago should fit right into Gothic Earth Eternal. (also, they are great reads. highly recommended)
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Just a quick correction the Mythbusters (I love that show!). It's "M5," not "MI-5." The latter is Britain's internal intelligence agency. And as cool as it would be for them to have access to spy tech, those screwballs shouldn't be allowed near a matchbook.
EDIT: Don't study British intelligence history and expect to remember which is which. There used to be MI-1 to MI-18, with only 13 (spies can be very superstitious) and 17 (officially never existed, conspiracy theorists say it was to spy on allies) being skipped. They were rolled into MI-5 and MI-6 after the war.
EDIT: Don't study British intelligence history and expect to remember which is which. There used to be MI-1 to MI-18, with only 13 (spies can be very superstitious) and 17 (officially never existed, conspiracy theorists say it was to spy on allies) being skipped. They were rolled into MI-5 and MI-6 after the war.
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I've started a campaign with some friends. It's set mainly in New Hampshire, and involves a "support group" for people suffering supernatural traumas who need to vent despite "The Rule Unspoken". They chat online, have meetings, and occasionally help hunt each others' bogeymen.
Here are a few sets of monster stats from my campaign. They were made with regular Pathfinder products (Core Rulebook, Advanced Player's Guide, Bestiary, and Bestiary 3).
The curse of Squandro is kind of self explanatory. Until it is reversed he must remain an undead monstrosity. He basically sits at the bottom of the Saco River and makes sure it takes its toll (three drownings) each year. The link below should help fill in this tragic Sachem's background. Its where I got the idea for this darklord anyway. I haven't settled on a "Closing the Borders" ability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squandro
In my campaign Goody Cole's ghost has all the powers that were attributed to her (and then some), but she never had while she was alive. She is angry for being mistreated in life, and so she wanders around Hampton seeking warmth and kindness from its residents. Unfortunately her other-worldliness, and her foul mouth (almost undecipherable early modern English peppered with curses) always prevent her from achieving this.
Her familiar, Mr. Scratch is a sort of harbinger of Goody Cole's wrath. He is also the source of her power, and the "little devil" on her shoulder that whispers darkly to her. Again the link below should provide some background on Goodwife Cole and I haven't settled on a "Closing the Borders" ability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_Cole
Here are a few sets of monster stats from my campaign. They were made with regular Pathfinder products (Core Rulebook, Advanced Player's Guide, Bestiary, and Bestiary 3).
The curse of Squandro is kind of self explanatory. Until it is reversed he must remain an undead monstrosity. He basically sits at the bottom of the Saco River and makes sure it takes its toll (three drownings) each year. The link below should help fill in this tragic Sachem's background. Its where I got the idea for this darklord anyway. I haven't settled on a "Closing the Borders" ability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squandro
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Her familiar, Mr. Scratch is a sort of harbinger of Goody Cole's wrath. He is also the source of her power, and the "little devil" on her shoulder that whispers darkly to her. Again the link below should provide some background on Goodwife Cole and I haven't settled on a "Closing the Borders" ability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_Cole
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Samuel Parris, Darklord of Salem.
Father of one of the "victims" in the Salem Witch Trials, Samuel Parris is remembered today as either a madman, a zealot, or by certain violators of the Unspoken Rule, an unfortunate monster hunter. All these people are wrong-Parris never actually believed in witchcraft as the Puritans thought of it until certain events showed him otherwise, after the Witch Trials. In reality, he prodded his daughter and her cousin into helping him induce the hysteria in order to drive a congregation into his failing church out of fear. It should really come as no suprised that, after he died, the Red Death decided that the kind of manipulation and callousness he possessed is something fairly unique, and transfigured his soul into a sort of magic elemental. Now a force that inspires actual witchcraft, good and bad through his sheer presence, Parris is looking into creating a new Puritan faith that regards magic as a holy sacrament...so he may remake the world in its image.
The irony, of course, is that for all of his many, many faults, Parris is honestly devout and understands the Red Death is, quite simply, Satan. He's just so deluded he believes his own witchcraft can further the cause of God.
Father of one of the "victims" in the Salem Witch Trials, Samuel Parris is remembered today as either a madman, a zealot, or by certain violators of the Unspoken Rule, an unfortunate monster hunter. All these people are wrong-Parris never actually believed in witchcraft as the Puritans thought of it until certain events showed him otherwise, after the Witch Trials. In reality, he prodded his daughter and her cousin into helping him induce the hysteria in order to drive a congregation into his failing church out of fear. It should really come as no suprised that, after he died, the Red Death decided that the kind of manipulation and callousness he possessed is something fairly unique, and transfigured his soul into a sort of magic elemental. Now a force that inspires actual witchcraft, good and bad through his sheer presence, Parris is looking into creating a new Puritan faith that regards magic as a holy sacrament...so he may remake the world in its image.
The irony, of course, is that for all of his many, many faults, Parris is honestly devout and understands the Red Death is, quite simply, Satan. He's just so deluded he believes his own witchcraft can further the cause of God.
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I am..Leliel.
I am the Guardian of Shadow
I am the Vindicator of the Unknown
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Seeing how my number of posts has reached the 1890s... I thought I should post something related to Gothic Earth. So here are a few more of the "Horrors That Be", or rather the creatures (some along with the Wiki links I used for inspiration) I created for my modern day Gothic Earth campaign, which is on hiatus until the release of the anxiously awaited GEE PDFs...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankou
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_%28folklore%29
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Bones
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And finally, an attorney from Hampton New Hampshire who had the misfortune of crossing the ghost of Goody Cole. Inspired by the movie, "Mimic", and the Steven King story, "Thinner", his curse transformed him into a giant cockroach who had to remain cooped up in his house in order to survive... In play this guy was both frightening and an excellent source of comic relief...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankou
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_%28folklore%29
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Bones
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And finally, an attorney from Hampton New Hampshire who had the misfortune of crossing the ghost of Goody Cole. Inspired by the movie, "Mimic", and the Steven King story, "Thinner", his curse transformed him into a giant cockroach who had to remain cooped up in his house in order to survive... In play this guy was both frightening and an excellent source of comic relief...
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I know its a little late for Christmas themed characters but I spent a lot of time on these guys and would love some feedback... Some of you may notice that Santa was drawn almost directly from the article by Sean K Reynolds...
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The Companions Of Saint Nicholas
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A few more possibilities from the 20th century:
JFK - A literal glowing spirit driving around Dallas, a victim of the Red Death wishing to crush an avatar of hope in America. Filled with despair and regret over his demise, he shows just how far the Red Death can reach
Charles Manson - This new age cult leader was a favored child of the Red Death and thus granted his boon. Given supernatual charisma, he convinced one of his followers to impersonate him and take the fall. Living on the road, he forms new 'familys' all across America, having dozens of dangerous cults. The fanatism of his followers has even begun to grant him pseudo-divine powers (may in fact be reincarnation of another favored child of the Red Death: Rasputin)
Archduke Ferdinand - The first victim of the seminal tragedy, the long dead archduke of Austria-no -longer-Hungary is cursed to flee for his afterlife in the battlefields of WW1, chased by the millions of restless dead who blame him for their meaningless deaths. Having been on the run for nearly a century, the ghostly duke is quite insane. Harmless on his own, his presence attracts ghosts in the hundreds, if not thousands and can spell doom for an entire city
JFK - A literal glowing spirit driving around Dallas, a victim of the Red Death wishing to crush an avatar of hope in America. Filled with despair and regret over his demise, he shows just how far the Red Death can reach
Charles Manson - This new age cult leader was a favored child of the Red Death and thus granted his boon. Given supernatual charisma, he convinced one of his followers to impersonate him and take the fall. Living on the road, he forms new 'familys' all across America, having dozens of dangerous cults. The fanatism of his followers has even begun to grant him pseudo-divine powers (may in fact be reincarnation of another favored child of the Red Death: Rasputin)
Archduke Ferdinand - The first victim of the seminal tragedy, the long dead archduke of Austria-no -longer-Hungary is cursed to flee for his afterlife in the battlefields of WW1, chased by the millions of restless dead who blame him for their meaningless deaths. Having been on the run for nearly a century, the ghostly duke is quite insane. Harmless on his own, his presence attracts ghosts in the hundreds, if not thousands and can spell doom for an entire city
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Re: Characters for Gothic Earth Eternal
Did you mean Charlos Manson?
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Ah, just noticed. Yeah, meant MansonRock wrote:Did you mean Charlos Manson?
Re: Characters for Gothic Earth Eternal
Got a few other ideas as well
One good one for the Red Death: Manfred von Richthofern, aka the Red Baron. Many could even be calling his ghostly red plane the Red Death, much to the amusement of the Entity itself
A great one for the Jade Horror would be Hong Xiuquan, the self proclaimed brother of Jesus Christ and leader of the Taiping Rebellion which killed between 20-100 million chinese. If getting at least 20 million people killed doesn't make you a darklord, nothing does.
One good one for the Red Death: Manfred von Richthofern, aka the Red Baron. Many could even be calling his ghostly red plane the Red Death, much to the amusement of the Entity itself
A great one for the Jade Horror would be Hong Xiuquan, the self proclaimed brother of Jesus Christ and leader of the Taiping Rebellion which killed between 20-100 million chinese. If getting at least 20 million people killed doesn't make you a darklord, nothing does.
Re: Characters for Gothic Earth Eternal
Just some general ideas for servents of the Jade Horror:
- Hong Xiuquan: Leader of the Taiping Rebellion, he was convinced he was the brother of Jesus Christ and that the Macnhu and the Qing Dynasty where a demon race that had to be exterminated , and started one of the bloodiest civil wars in Chinese history, with well over 20-million deaths. Clearly, the Jade Horror could do something with him.
- Unit 731: The Japanese biological weapons and medical study unit of the Imperial Japanese army during WW2. There crimes were numerous and said to be more monsterous and barbaric then the experiments done by Joseph Mengnala, including spreading biological agents througout China and Korea, and horrible experiments such as live vivisections. However, few if any members of the unit where charged with war crimes, and many went on to become pharmaceutical executives (though the ones captured by the Soviets did face trials). Perhaps some still work in secret as mad scientists, or maybe their victims (all 300,000 of them) have been made into a Caller in the Darkness.
- Dr. Moriarty: Unfair to reuse and old one like this, I know, but considering the Red Death Moriarty was originally a Rakshasa from India, perhaps he has returned to his roots and now runs a criminal empire in his old soil. And with nuclear tensions with Pakistan, the potential for death he could unleash is horrifying.
- Crown Prince Sado (The Insane): A prince of the Joseon, the last dynasty of Korea, he had alot of issues. Reading a taoist text had him seeing a vision of the Chinese Thunder God Leigong, and convinced he was now cursed to die from lightning would avoid any writting that had the character for lightning on it. After the death of his wife and mother, he went murderously insane, beheading eunechs and forcing his wife to view it, raping and murdering servants, and even begining to fear clothing and just going around naked. Because of court laws about royal blood, they couldn't execute him conventionally, so they locked him in a rice chest where he starved. A naked madman in a wooden box? Clearly darklord material!
- Battleship Yamato: Lead ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during WW2, she was the largest battleship ever built. Commanded by its namesake, Admiral Yamato, it sadly did not serve as more than a symbol during the war, and slowly gained a series of humilitating defeats such as at the battle of midway or turning around at the Battle off Samar, convinced a small escourt convoy was really a powerful carrier fleet. Finally, it was sunk on the way to Okinawa in '45. A national symbol turned into a national embarrasement, this has potential has a cursed ghostship.