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This is the Wiki Page for the RISUS game set in the Discworld about the new Watch House in the Unreal Estates, near Unseen University.
 
This is the Wiki Page for the RISUS game set in the Discworld about the new Watch House in the Unreal Estates, near Unseen University.
  
===Introduction===
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===Setting===
  
This is the page for the RPGnet PbP [http://www.dog-eared-designs.com/games.html Primetime Adventures] series '''SPARCs!''' You can find the show's OOC thread [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=223230 here.] This show chronicles the adventures of a mismatched band of teenaged superheroes, struggling to come to terms with life, love and loss while battling atomic zombies and doomsday weapons.
 
  
===Cast of characters===
 
  
The characters of '''SPARCs!''' are:
 
  
[[SPARCs:Fearless_Joe|Fearless Joe]], working-class hero and the team's newest member. <br>
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==Cast of characters==
[[SPARCs:Livewire|Livewire]], a former sidekick out to prove himself. <br>
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===Geometry===
[[SPARCs:Vigil|Vigil]], a crimefighter with a mysterious past. <br>
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[[Watchmen:Geometry|Geometry]], the Watch Witchman. <br>
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Cliches:
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The Prodigal Witch 4
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Ramtops Educated 3
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Daughter of the Shades 2
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Doing it By the Book 1
  
===Season One: Series Arc===
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===Damon Dexter===
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[[Watchmen:Damon Dexter|Damon Dexter]], Conjurer turned Detective. <br>
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Cliches:
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Practical Conjurer 4D
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Watch Academy Honors Graduate 3D
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Former Consulting Detective 2D
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Unreal Estates Boy 1D
  
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===Mill Crankshaft===
! Hero !! Episode 1 !! Episode 2 !! Episode 3 !! Episode 4
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[[Watchmen:Mill Crankshaft|Constable Mill Crankshaft]], Golem Watchmen with a political bent. <br>
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Cliches
! Fearless Joe
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Man of Clay 4
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 2
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Elementary Deductionist 3
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Rock Solid Policeman 2
! Livewire
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Golemic-Polemic Speaker 1
| 2 || 3 || 1 || 2
 
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! Vigil
 
| 1 || 2 || 3 || 2
 
|}
 
  
===Episode Guide===
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===Sergeant Geoffrey Pemberlyton===
[[SPARCs:The_New_Kid|1.1: The New Kid]]
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[[Watchmen:Geoffrey | Sergeant Geoffrey Pemberlyton]], <br>
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Cliches:
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Dependable country boy (3)
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Small Gods' acolyte (2)
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Lie detector (3)
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Obsessive knitter (2)
  
===Supporting Cast===
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===JPAW Verity Smoke===
[[SPARCs:SPARTAns|The '''SPARTAns''']], celebrity superhero team and mentors to the '''SPARCs'''.<br>
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[[Watchmen:Verity | JPAW Verity Smoke]], <br>
[[SPARCs:Students|Students]], teenage cronies or rivals of our young heroes.
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Knight of the Alleyways - 4D
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Urban Mobility Performance Artist - 3D
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Gallon of Attitude in a Half Pint Bottle - 2D
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Playacting Urchin - 1D
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==Episode Guide==
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[[Watchmen:A Small Castle|1.1: A Small Castle]]
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==Supporting Cast==
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===VIP's===
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-The Patrician
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-Moist von Lipwig, Head of the Bank and Post Office
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-Adora Belle Dearheart, Head of the Clacks
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===Wizards===
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-Mustrum Ridcully, Arch-Chancellor
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-The Dean (fat and ill-tempered, even for a wizard)
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-Bengo Macarona, heartthrob wizard and foot-the-ball star
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-Ponder Stibbons, revolutionary wizard and pillar of the establishment, all in one
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===Watchmen===
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-Commander Sam Vimes: nobody's seen him in a while.
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-Captain Carrot: There's something likable about the man.
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-Captain Angua: There's something scary about the woman.
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-Captain Bluejohn: The newest, and biggest, and slowest talking captain of the Watch. A force of nature. Combines trustworthiness with lack of imagination. Likes to let people think he's dumb, until he's got them dead to rights and hanging upside down by their ankles, and who's looking dumb now?
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-Corporal Erik Hammersmith: The desk dwarf at the new watch house, and amateur historian. Not a man of action.
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===Semi-Ordinary People===
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-CMOT Dibbler, sausage seller and entrepreneur, trying to get rich by making golems self-conscious.
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-Ashur Harga, Klatchian cafe owner and introducer of the topological bun to Ankh Morpork
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===People of the Night===

Latest revision as of 20:43, 6 July 2020


Discworld: The Watchman Always Rings Twice[edit]

Introduction[edit]

This is the Wiki Page for the RISUS game set in the Discworld about the new Watch House in the Unreal Estates, near Unseen University.

Setting[edit]

Cast of characters[edit]

Geometry[edit]

Geometry, the Watch Witchman.
Cliches: The Prodigal Witch 4 Ramtops Educated 3 Daughter of the Shades 2 Doing it By the Book 1

Damon Dexter[edit]

Damon Dexter, Conjurer turned Detective.
Cliches: Practical Conjurer 4D Watch Academy Honors Graduate 3D Former Consulting Detective 2D Unreal Estates Boy 1D

Mill Crankshaft[edit]

Constable Mill Crankshaft, Golem Watchmen with a political bent.
Cliches Man of Clay 4 Elementary Deductionist 3 Rock Solid Policeman 2 Golemic-Polemic Speaker 1

Sergeant Geoffrey Pemberlyton[edit]

Sergeant Geoffrey Pemberlyton,
Cliches: Dependable country boy (3) Small Gods' acolyte (2) Lie detector (3) Obsessive knitter (2)

JPAW Verity Smoke[edit]

JPAW Verity Smoke,
Knight of the Alleyways - 4D Urban Mobility Performance Artist - 3D Gallon of Attitude in a Half Pint Bottle - 2D Playacting Urchin - 1D

Episode Guide[edit]

1.1: A Small Castle

Supporting Cast[edit]

VIP's[edit]

-The Patrician

-Moist von Lipwig, Head of the Bank and Post Office

-Adora Belle Dearheart, Head of the Clacks

Wizards[edit]

-Mustrum Ridcully, Arch-Chancellor

-The Dean (fat and ill-tempered, even for a wizard)

-Bengo Macarona, heartthrob wizard and foot-the-ball star

-Ponder Stibbons, revolutionary wizard and pillar of the establishment, all in one

Watchmen[edit]

-Commander Sam Vimes: nobody's seen him in a while.

-Captain Carrot: There's something likable about the man.

-Captain Angua: There's something scary about the woman.

-Captain Bluejohn: The newest, and biggest, and slowest talking captain of the Watch. A force of nature. Combines trustworthiness with lack of imagination. Likes to let people think he's dumb, until he's got them dead to rights and hanging upside down by their ankles, and who's looking dumb now?

-Corporal Erik Hammersmith: The desk dwarf at the new watch house, and amateur historian. Not a man of action.


Semi-Ordinary People[edit]

-CMOT Dibbler, sausage seller and entrepreneur, trying to get rich by making golems self-conscious.

-Ashur Harga, Klatchian cafe owner and introducer of the topological bun to Ankh Morpork


People of the Night[edit]