Gothic Horror Adventure! Character Generation

Playing a Gentleman

Player Characters needn't be Gentlemen in the strict sense, that is to say men of breeding who live of the income from their land or their capital. However they need to be gentlemen in the lower case sense of the word. That is to say the sort of people you wouldn't be embarrassed to invite to dinner. That is not to say you need to be a dull, needlessly polite fellow, Dr Challenger, Indiana Jones, and Van Helsing would all count as gentlemen. On the other hand Janosh the dashing gypsy horse thief most certainly wouldn't.

The first reason for this is that in the Gothic setting the insiders are looking at The Other with a sense of horror. Over there are the superstitious masses, the swarthy foreigners, the weird fanatics, and so forth, who are seeking to drag the civilized gentry and middle-class down to their level. Though I will be using mostly fictional ethnicities to avoid offending people, this latent xenophobia (mixed with a weird fascination with these dangerous outsiders) will be part of the setting.

The second reason is that the gentry and the middle-classes utterly dominate the world. Being unable to interact with them is a significant weakness. More than that, being one of them also provides protection and deference from the police, lower civil servants, and so forth.

Being a Team Player

Secondly ask yourself why your character is in the game, or why the other player characters would accept him (or her).

Female Characters

Merits

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Flaws

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