Night Birds

A dark urban fantasy PbP game of Cartoon Action Hour Season 3 run by Max.

Interest thread

Recruitment/meta thread

OOC thread

IC thread

The Series

Intro theme: "Kool Kat Walk", Julee Cruise

Closing credits: "Until the End of the World", Julee Cruise

Dials

Seriousness: 3. Situations can get absurd, and the sort of wry, laconic sense of humor characteristic of hard boiled fiction is encouraged, but on the whole everything should be played straight.

Realism: 3. This is not but for most intents and purposes might as well be the real world, at least in regard to how things and people work and behave as a general rule.

Violence: 3+. There will be blood, there will be death, and either might be yours. We're generally aiming for at most a TV-14 rating in terms of on-screen portrayal of sex, drugs and violence; when in doubt, go for stylishly coy rather than graphic.

Continuity: 2. Episodes are mostly self-contained, but connected by overarching storylines and character arcs. Past events affect the status quo.

Player Character Guidelines

Star Power: 3.

Tier and Trait Points: Human tier, 18 points to spend on Traits.

Houserules

You lose one Setback Token after each scene in which you appear.

If you are Defeated by physical injuries, you must receive proper medical care before you start to lose Setback Tokens.

You can get back up and rejoin the action at any point after being Defeated, but if you do so and gain even one more Setback Token your character dies, even if this final defeat isn't physical in nature.

Links

Orokos (online dice roller)