Firefly: Ghosts in the Black

Character Files/Meta Currencies

I will update the Character Table on the wiki each time I update the IC thread. Please do not update the table yourselves. I don't want anyone losing Plot Points or Big Damned Hero Dice from double subtraction.

If you feel I have forgotten to update the table or that my math is wrong, let me know OOC or DM me and I will fix it. Likewise, if I make a mistake on the Character/GM Complications/Assets lists, let me know and I'll fix it. These also get updated when I update the IC thread.

Character	Role	Played by		EP							PP
Mel Krause	Captain	Muskrat									1
Gillian "M011yM@g" Kearne	Tech/Hacker	Kittlefish									1
Garrett Waymire	Reader/Sniper	Strange Behaviour									1
Maggie Horner	Wrangler	Angille									1
Mike Constantine	Pilot	camk4evr									1
Bolade "Patches" Promiser	Public Relations	Timon									1
Moody	Fixer	Atlictoatl									1
Amber Van Horn	Ship's Doc	Potted Plant									1
Charlie	Mechanic	BlackSheep									1
Aaron Abernathy	First Name in Guidebooks	Fedifensor									1
GM	Shenanigans	brahnamin									10

Complications and Assets

Character Complications

Character Assets

Note: Assets with 2 PP invested will be marked with an [E] to denote episode-long assets.

GM Complications

GM Assets

Note: Assets with 2 PP invested will be marked with an [E] to denote episode-long assets.

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The Ship Herself

The Chuánzhǎng de Dǔbó (Captain's Gamble) is a Dakota Class Light Freighter that saw much use as an Independence alligned supply ship during the Unification War before being decommissioned at the end of the war and sold to private interests.

ENGINES

SYSTEMS

HULL

Ship Features

• Ship Distinctions & SFX
• Ship Assets & SFX

Banked Ship Episodes

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Our Story So Far . . .

Timeline: Ghosts in the Black begins six years after the end of the unification war (Making the crew contemporaries of Malcolm Reynolds and company. Game canon takes precedence over show canon).

Trigger Event:

Opening Scene: Forward six months. The thrown-together crew that fled the Raven's Eye together in an appropriated ship has had time to get to know each other and their peculiar little vessel - which seems to have been heavily retrofitted to accommodate work somewhat less legal than its original mission design. The tong boss who owned her before them was plainly a smuggler or worse. But for all she doesn't look like much, she's a gorramn fine ship.

And now her crew has its first legitimate job.

Episode Archives

• Episode 1 - A Job for the Mob post 002-?

Former Crew

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Firefly Job Generator (GM Tool)

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Character Generation

You are welcome to use the following Template for your character sheet or replace it with your own format. Just make sure skills, distinctions, and signature assets are clearly labeled with their appropriate die notation as well as which distinction triggers are active and available for use.

• Step by Step Manual Chargen
• Online Character Generator
• Character Advancement
• Ship Advancement

Wiki Edits: If you are waiting for moderation on your character wiki, go HERE to get put on the pre-approved list.

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Plot Point Bidding

PBP format doesn't work well for Player/GM back and forth, so I do my best to avoid it. This means the bidding aspect of spending PP on a roll kinda drops off. Instead, I find it helpful for players to indicate (if you are able) how many PP/BDHD you are willing to spend (if any) to succeed on the roll. I will do my best to make sure those PP are spent as economically as possible to achieve your desired outcome.

If my NPC is willing (presuming I have the PP to burn) to spend enough GM PP that you cannot succeed, I will let you know that so you don't have to burn PP if you don't want to on a failed action (though you always have the option to spend your PP to force me to spend mine in those situations).

If I am requiring an action of you (defending vs an attack, random notice check, etc) I will roll stakes so you know what you are rolling against, and I will tell you what PP I am willing to spend. I don't generally pre-roll for actions I think you might take no matter how obvious it might seem, because I don't want to influence how you choose to act in a scene.

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PVP

While the core game implies a fairly significant amount of player vs player conflict, I prefer not to run games that lean heavily to that assumption. If you wan't to do something that directly acts against another player there are two options.

• Unilateral Permission: The other player agrees to your action. No rolls are needed. Just RP it out.
• Limited Permission: The other player doesn't agree that it is an automatic thing, but does agree to let the dice decide.

Note: If the players involved do not agree to PVP, it doesn't happen. Move on with something else.

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METAGAME TOOLS

Threads

Development Thread

OOC Thread

IC Thread

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Resources

Chinese Slang & Firefly Phrases For adding color to how your character speaks.

Translator English/Chinese Dictionary.

Orokos Online Dice Roller.

Absences Thread If you can't post for whatever reason let us know here or in OOC.

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Expectations

Post Frequency

• I am asking for a daily posting commitment for this game as a general rule, with the understanding that posting might be less frequent on weekends and holidays.

Post Absences

• If you will NOT be able to post, for whatever reason, please ping us in OOC so we know what is going on or post to the Absences Thread (I pretty much check that thing every time it lights up).

Post Formatting

• Please bold your character's name at the top of each IC post OR bold the first instance of your character's name in the body of the post. We all game with lots of folk, sometimes with the same players in different games; this just makes it easier to keep track of which character we're addressing.

• If you are addressing another PC in your post it is helpful to bold their character name as well so it stands out for them.

• OOC blocks are fine for showing dice rolls and brief OOC comments directly related to a particular post. Please sblock if you need to include large blocks of text related to your IC post. All other OOC content should go in the OOC thread itself.

• Please link all dice rolls back to your dice roller.

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Player Alternates

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