backgrounds
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
|
backgrounds [2015/09/27 21:10] gm_jamesi created |
backgrounds [2015/10/10 22:26] (current) gm_jamesi |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 33: | Line 33: | ||
| ====Framed==== | ====Framed==== | ||
| - | The law, your old friends, your family might all think you did it, but you //know// it was someone else. No matter how hard you tried to clear your name it was always countered by a new piece of evidence, but even though you knew it had to be faked it was ironclad. The thing is, even after you were fined, disgraced or imprisoned records kept being fabricated. It didn't happen all the time, but records and documents that ought to verify your activities disappear, only to be replaced with ones that show you acting suspiciously, embarrassingly or downright illegally. | + | The first you heard of it was when you were called in to the big corner office by your boss's boss's boss, or kicked to the ground by the police, or faced an Intervention from you nearest and dearest. The law, your old friends, your family might all think you did it, but you //know// it was someone else. No matter how hard you tried to clear your name it was always countered by a new ironclad piece of evidence. After you were fined, fired or got out of prison you looked into it. Everywhere you searched you found records of a life you didn't live, and it kept on happening. Now you live with the proverbial Sword of Damocles over your head, never sure if today is the day grainy CCTV footage turns up clearly showing you committing assault, theft, or even murder. Worse, you get the district impression that none of this is really //about// you. On the other hand, the District Court did just quash that entirely warranted speeding ticket after evidence emerged proving you had been in Alaska at the time in question. |
| //Tell us what you were framed for, and what the key piece of evidence was that convinced everyone it was you.// | //Tell us what you were framed for, and what the key piece of evidence was that convinced everyone it was you.// | ||
| Line 44: | Line 44: | ||
| ====Institutionalised==== | ====Institutionalised==== | ||
| - | You've spent a long time in some sort of restrictive institution - likely a prison, although a psychiatric hospital or a juvenile detention centre are also options. It was pretty bad to start with, but once the facility came under new management it got much worse - budgets slashed for counselling and quality-of-life things, agressive and uncaring guards, and inmates taken away to unknown chambers from which they never returned. You spent long enough in there that adapting to the outside world is difficult, though you've picked up a few tricks to help you survive in a controlling environment. | + | You've spent a long time in some sort of restrictive institution - likely a prison, although a psychiatric hospital or a juvenile detention centre are also options. It was pretty bad to start with, but once the facility came under new management it got much worse - budgets slashed for counselling and quality-of-life things, agressive and uncaring guards, and inmates taken away to unknown chambers from which they never returned. You spent long enough in there that adapting to the outside world is difficult, but hey at least you started picking up a few tricks to help you survive in a such a controlling environment. Getting a pack of cards, some cigarettes (or more illegal substances), keeping a shiv on you at all times - all useful in a pinch. But there was more to it than that, you were just so good that you kept pushing. Once you got a whole watermelon in. You can't explain it, but that doesn't seem to stop you managing it. |
| //Tell us how you ended up there, and whether you're still meant to be in there.// | //Tell us how you ended up there, and whether you're still meant to be in there.// | ||
| Line 52: | Line 52: | ||
| **Questions:** | **Questions:** | ||
| * What was going on at the facility? | * What was going on at the facility? | ||
| + | * Is this me, or is it something about where I was incarcerated? | ||
| * Can you adapt to life outside? | * Can you adapt to life outside? | ||
| Line 158: | Line 159: | ||
| //Tell us what happened, whether you've been punished for it, and what you plan on doing to cleanse your conscience.// | //Tell us what happened, whether you've been punished for it, and what you plan on doing to cleanse your conscience.// | ||
| - | **Knack:** I can trust my gut - once per session I can ask a GM if a course of action is wise (within my abilities and/or likely to result in a good outcome). | + | **Knack:** I can trust my gut - once per session I can ask a GM a 'What if' ( e.g., "What if I kick down the door right now?", "What if Mrs Kramensky learnt she was actually a Robot, "What if Operation Valkyrie actually killed Hitler?" ). |
| **Questions:** | **Questions:** | ||
| Line 192: | Line 193: | ||
| //Tell us how you got recruited, and what you've done for them to maintain your credibility.// | //Tell us how you got recruited, and what you've done for them to maintain your credibility.// | ||
| - | **Knack:** I can get the group to do me illicit favours - launder money, stop an investigation, kill someone, etc. | + | **Knack:** I can get the group to do me illicit favours - launder money, impede an investigation, kill someone, etc. |
| **Questions:** | **Questions:** | ||
backgrounds.1443388253.txt.gz ยท Last modified: 2015/09/27 21:10 by gm_jamesi
Page Tools
Except where otherwise noted, content on this wiki is licensed under the following license: CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
