Night Birds
A slightly surreal dark urban fantasy PbP game of Cartoon Action Hour Season 3 run by Max.
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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 things should be played straight rather than for laughs. "Goofy" comic relief characters should be avoided or, failing that, shot.
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 generally work.
Violence: 3 (4?) - There will be blood, there will be death, and either might be yours. As a rule, the series aims 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
All opposed checks are made against a standard DN of Trait + 6.
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.
Player Characters
Player Character 1 (Player Name)
Brief description.
Oomph: 3
Upgrades: Upgrade 1, Upgrade 2, Upgrade 3
Signature Quality: Player-Controlled Protagonist
Standard Qualities: A Quality, Another Quality
- Traits
- Trait 1 (Special Rule)
- Trait 2 (Special Rule)
- Trait 3 (Special Rule)
- Trait 4
- Trait 5
Player Character 2 (Player Name)
Brief description.
Oomph: 3
Upgrades: Upgrade 1, Upgrade 2, Upgrade 3
Signature Quality: Player-Controlled Protagonist
Standard Qualities: A Quality, Another Quality
- Traits
- Trait 1 (Special Rule)
- Trait 2 (Special Rule)
- Trait 3 (Special Rule)
- Trait 4
- Trait 5
Other Characters
Chief of Police
Mayor
The City
Harbor
Lake of Black Swans
A large, still pond, home to a flock of semi-tame black swans adopted by the City.
Police Headquarters
South Cemetery Park
A communal area of tended woods, lawns and hedges next to the former site of the City's oldest graveyard (now an open air cinema). Populated by murders of talking crows.
Episodes
Links
Orokos (online dice roller)
