OOC Talk

[kabukiman]

This is where we can talk about everything.

[kabukiman]

The game will start friday. We can use this section to talk about the game.

[paradys]

ok, i'll start rolling up the character tonight and try try to get it up for friday

[welsh]

I have an idea for a character- a charter boat captain. Does that work?

[Mr. Handy]

Captain Millburn is listed as having 12 Hit Points, but he should have 14 since that is the average of his CON and SIZ, rounded up. Also, his Rifle skill is listed as 55%, but lower on his sheet it says his bolt action .22 has a 65% skill.

[kabukiman]

Thanks, i will speak with Mr Fisk.

[MrFisk]

Sorry guys, my mistake. Rifle should be 55% and hit points 14.

[welsh]

(Edit- sorry my bad- misread)

Are you using the 1920s companion to create characters?

[Mr. Handy]

Percy has 10 HP, not 9. You get to round up when taking the average of CON and SIZ. Also, you didn't list which other language he knows.

By the way, are we allowed to read the other characters' threads?

[kabukiman]

Yes, you can; i will say when you can't.

[paradys]

cheers handy! i figured i'd take whatever language was most useful for the adventure, if the keeper can give me a hint..

who is detective Harrigan? have i missed something?

[kabukiman]

Your shop sufered a robbery 30 minutes before you arrive, and Harrigan was sent to investigate.
For the language, probably latin

[welsh]

Here is something odd and perhaps a clue-

-Well of course! I'm detective Harrigan and this is agent O'Neill- he says smiling.
Then, he makes a serious look for the camera.

Generally a police station in the US, one has policeman who are ranked (patrol officer, sergeant, Lt, Captain chief), and then there are detectives (and detective sergeants).

Agents (as in O'Neil) are either state police or federal. For example, FBI agents are Special Agent O'Neil.

Given the small size of Arkham, Valentine would probably know most of the local cops, but she wouldn't necessarily know them all and definitely wouldn't know a visiting FBI agent. But the FBI doesn't exist until the mid 1930s although a small group was created by Teddy Roosevelt to crack down on prostitution and white slavery. Also, the Secret Service does exist.

Interesting- what is in a name?

[Mr. Handy]

This might be a language thing. I thought Kabukiman probably meant to write "Officer O'Neill." The word "Agent" can mean police officer in French, and the word may be similar in other European languages such as Portuguese. That's why I phrased it the way I did in the article I wrote. The FBI did exist prior to the 1930's. J. Edgar Hoover was in charge from 1924-1972. Kidnapping was not yet under federal jurisdiction, I believe; that probably only started as a result of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping in 1932. The FBI might be involved in investigating violations of the Volstead Act (Prohibition) during the 1920's, however, so it is possible that he is a federal agent. The Secret Service was founded in the late 1860's, I think in part as a response to Lincoln's assassination.

[kabukiman]

I wanted to mean officer; that's the problem of making a game in another coutry. In portugal, officers are high rank (as captain), and agents are the regular patrolman (in theory: reality is a bit more complicated). Sorry for giving you false hopes!

[welsh]

Crap! And here I was hoping to see the first tell signs of the federal investigation that leads to the big raid.

[kabukiman]

Next week i'm out in holidays. We will resume on the 20. But you may continue with the excelent role-play.

[kabukiman]

I'm back! I will resume my duties as keeper. And you have done a good job in roleplaying.

[Mr Zombie killer]

The Secret Service was commissioned on July 5, 1865 in Washington, D.C. as the "Secret Service Division," to suppress counterfeit currency, which is why it was established under the United States Department of the Treasury. At the time, the only other federal law enforcement agencies were the United States Park Police, U.S. Post Office Department - Office of Instructions and Mail Depredations, now known as the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the United States Marshals Service. The Marshals did not have the manpower to investigate all crime under federal jurisdiction, so the Secret Service was used to investigate everything from murder to bank robbery to illegal gambling. It was the first U.S. domestic intelligence and counterintelligence agency. It no longer has (and has not had for over a century) these responsibilities, which are now vested in the FBI. After the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901, Congress informally requested Secret Service presidential protection. A year later, the Secret Service assumed full-time responsibility for protection of the President. In 1902, William Craig was the first Secret Service agent killed while riding in the presidential carriage, in a road accident.

[paradys]

sorry Percys such a klutz, but he is acting in character, and pretty naturally i think for a 'civilian'