User:Oseng
Pulp Horror: The Age of the Celts
A week has passed since Professor Edwards, a professor of archeology and anthropology at the University of York, discovered some sort of artifact near a rural village in Cornwall, England. According to the reports it was some kind of torc or other form of jewelry, engraved with numerous pictograms and images of Celtic deities. Fitting, considering that the site dated back to the Celtic period.
But something went terribly wrong and a mysterious fog rolled in over night soon after the artifact was found. When the fog rolled back everyone working at the dig site was dead, many of them apparently at each others hands. Those sensitive to the ebbs and flows of magic sensed the awakening of something powerful, though dark and alien. And several people, likely sensitive in some form or another, have gone mad in the last couple of days.
The dig site and the archaeologists camp has been quietly quarantined by the United Kingom at the request of the Hunting Lodge, a group of paranormal do-gooders quietly supported by the UK government. It is to this lodge, and others like it in Scotland and Ireland, that the authorities turn to when something paranormal is occurring just as they have now. Several operatives of the Hunting Lodge have been sent to find the artifact, seal it, and investigate the effects that it has had. The power still seems relatively quiescent, but that might very well change and fast.
Players can be one of the Huntsman from the Hunting Lodge, sent to deal with the artifact or they could come from other sources. You might have heard rumors of the artifact, felt its awakening, be sent by another organization, or be involved for many other reasons.
I reserve the right to refuse any concept that I feel is too powerful, does not fit the setting, etc.
Sample OOB:
Name: Gender: Apparent Age:
Appearance: Enough that another player could describe your character.
Talents/Skills: What kind of paranormal abilities does your character have? Are they some kind of mage or psychic? Are they a hunter who hunts through skill rather then magic?
Weaknesses: Everyone has something that they are weak against, especially supernatural creatures. List your characters weaknesses etc.
Background: Who is your character? Where did they come from? Why are they hunting the artifact?
Organization: If you work for an organization then give a little bit of info on it.