The Zero Room - OOC Chat Thread

[Mr. Handy]

The Zero Room is a room in the TARDIS that is cut off from the rest of the universe, where you can come to relax and chat. All Out of Character discussion, whether game-related or not, can take place here.

[SunlessNick]

Hreeee-hru... Hreeee-hru... Hreeee-hru... Hreeee-hru... Hreeee-hru... Thwm.

[Mr. Handy]

Welcome! I have a link to an audio file with that sound.

[Snapper]

Hi there Mr Handy and team. I'm looking forward to being in one of Mr Handy's epic Dr Who adventures from word go, and creating my own character for it.

As a massive Musketeers fan, and a fan of the En Garde! RPG, I would be quite keen to play something rather Musketeer-esque. Albeit the version from 150 years earlier even than the normal setting.

[aine]

Hi, gang. I’m also looking forward to playing and picking up Elizabeth’s character from Yockentwaite.
I’m afraid I have no knowledge at all of this era other than Dumas and Hollywood’s musketeers and the English civil war and a bit of a fire and a plague.

[Mr. Handy]

Welcome, both of you! A musketeer-type would be awesome!

I have little knowledge of the era myself, and I've been learning as I go. I found out a lot about the period from the research I did putting the timeline together. There were only two events I had previously known about from 1517 (the taking of Jerusalem by the Ottoman empire and the start of the Reformation). The exact date of the former wasn't listed, but it presumably happened when the Ottomans conquered the Mamluks, and the latter takes place (October 31st) later in the year than this adventure. The things you mentioned are more 17th century than 16th, but you don't need any prior knowledge of the era. Rest assured that I'll let the players know what they need to know. Elizabeth's high History skill will no doubt prove very useful.

[Snapper]

My knowledge of the 16th Century is mostly going to be based on innumerable War of the Roses / Tudor themed tv shows. "Wolf Hall" is easily my favourite of those. Wrong country, of course, but right technology level.

Not a lot of guns in 1517.

And Machiavelli wrote "The Prince" in 1513! I have the Penguin miniature edition in my bookshelf. Continuing the ominous vein of Wolf Hall...

[Mr. Handy]

That's right! I remember seeing that about The Prince when I was researching the timeline. Firearms are rare in 1517, and they're basically one-shot weapons. There's probably not enough time during a combat to reload, because it will usually be over one way or another before you finish. However, early firearms had high caliber shot, so they'll be deadlier than more modern weapons. Just don't miss.

While it's set in France, there may be English characters visiting. Brook is one, though she's from 2010.

[aine]

Mr H,
Please could you add this photo to Elizabeth's character sheet?



[img]https://i.ibb.co/3fR3Dzk/Elizabeth.jpg[/img

(Ive left the square bracket off the code end; sorry I didn't know how else to share it)

Maybe it should be Doctor Who meets Charlie's Angels

[Mr. Handy]

Nice! I've added the picture to the character sheet. You can put code in your posts without it processing in the posts by using the code (or </>) tags. For example:

Code: Select all

[img]https://i.ibb.co/3fR3Dzk/Elizabeth.jpg[/img]

I've also noticed that there's an all-female TARDIS crew. I have no plans for a 1970s adventure any time soon, but who knows what the future will hold?

[Philulhu]

What other careers are available to choose from?

[Mr. Handy]

The only real limit is your imagination. Just let me know what sort of character you'd like to play, and I'll come up with an occupational skill list. The list I've been posting in the other thread was incomplete, but I added the rest of the occupations (taken from the Dark Ages book) tonight. The complete list is not exhaustive, as for example it doesn't really have artists, nobles, knights (though the Free Warrior template could be used for that), or thieves, which are perfectly legitimate to play.

[Philulhu]

In which case, I will play a l’argot - a gentleman thief, pickpocket and housebreaker (and gigolo, if times are hard…)

[Snapper]

In which case, I will play a l’argot - a gentleman thief, pickpocket and housebreaker (and gigolo, if times are hard…)

Perhaps I'm doing it wrong but I cannot help thinking that gigolo would be the most preferable of the above choices.

(Although, a certain episode of Blackadder comes to mind...)

[Philulhu]

I thought that skills like picking locks and picking pockets would be more useful than ‘Drop pantaloons to ankles’ to 65%…

[jp1885]

Useful, yes; but not as entertaining!

[Philulhu]

Rolls for my character:

Roll 3D6 each for STR, CON, POW, DEX, and APP - 3d6, 3d6, 3d6, 3d6, 3d6
Roll 2D6+6 each for SIZ and INT - 2d6+6, 2d6+6
Roll 3D6+3 for EDU - 3d6

[Philulhu]

Useful, yes; but not as entertaining!

I thought about using this as a character portrait.

[jp1885]

That’s be fun, though as a history buff it’s be remiss of me if I didn’t point out that you’d be approximately 200+ years out! :p

[jp1885]

Perhaps…