Stating Eglentine Price and Company!

[Astromancer]

Basically, I might have a chance to run a game with five players playing the characters of the Disney Film "Bednobs and Broomsticks." The campaign would be set a few months later. The youngest boy still has the Magic Bednod and Emelius and the kids have picked up Magery-0 and a few low level spells. Miss Price is Magery-5, and Cosmic Creepers is still a major threat to live and limb.

What does the GURPS hivemind think the stats of these characters at the end of the film were? Is Cosmic Creepers a threat or a menace? Would the Bookman be a good foe?

Thank-you all. I post useful links later.

[Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2]

Originally Posted by Astromancer

Basically, I might have a chance to run a game with five players playing the characters of the Disney Film "Bednobs and Broomsticks." The campaign would be set a few months later. The youngest boy still has the Magic Bednod and Emelius and the kids have picked up Magery-0 and a few low level spells. Miss Price is Magery-5, and Cosmic Creepers is still a major threat to live and limb.

What does the GURPS hivemind think the stats of these characters at the end of the film were? Is Cosmic Creepers a threat or a menace? Would the Bookman be a good foe?

Thank-you all. I post useful links later.

I prefer the original books which bear very little resemblance to the enjoyable Disney movie.

In the books, Dr Brown lived in London of the 17th century. Ms. Price remained with him in the 17th century and returned the children to the 20th century. (And the trip to the island was nowhere near as amusing, in fact it was rather scary and did not involve cute cartoon animals at all.)

In the books, Ms Price had a nice selection of Witchly powers, enough to out-perform a shaman in that Pacific island. (Oh, and as a minor detail, the incantation used in the movie was a simple Detect Magic spell in the book.) And the kids still had the Bedknob, plus the magic books and notes that Ms Price left in her abandoned home.

You can get a copy of the two novels from Amazon, just make sure you get the ones written by Mary Norton, and not the Disney movie novelization.

[dcarson]

They have a omnibus kindle edition for $5.

Of course she also acquired a curse that meant when she was older she kept stumbling into murders.

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2

I prefer the original books which bear very little resemblance to the enjoyable Disney movie.

In the books, Dr Brown lived in London of the 17th century. Ms. Price remained with him in the 17th century and returned the children to the 20th century. (And the trip to the island was nowhere near as amusing, in fact it was rather scary and did not involve cute cartoon animals at all.)

In the books, Ms Price had a nice selection of Witchly powers, enough to out-perform a shaman in that Pacific island. (Oh, and as a minor detail, the incantation used in the movie was a simple Detect Magic spell in the book.) And the kids still had the Bedknob, plus the magic books and notes that Ms Price left in her abandoned home.

You can get a copy of the two novels from Amazon, just make sure you get the ones written by Mary Norton, and not the Disney movie novelization.

I've read and enjoyed those books and the Disney novelization of the film ( which was good and vivid enough to linger in the mind as much as the film ). We want the movie characters.

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by dcarson

They have a omnibus kindle edition for $5.

Of course she also acquired a curse that meant when she was older she kept stumbling into murders.

But she'd moved to America and changed her name by then.

[Astromancer]

Starting with Miss Price. In the film she seems physically capable. I'd give her DX and HT 12. Lansbury is a skilled dancer and preformer, and she always moves well. Certainly Miss Price is shown as able bodied. I feel Miss Price should get IQ 13. Fourteen would be too much, she's very sharp and quick but she's not a major intellectual. As a powerful witch she has to be both very smart, strong willed, and gifted. I think a GURPS IQ of 13 with high levels of Magery and Strong Will covers this.

I think Lansbury is definitely Attractive and hasCharisma. It's implied in the film that a talent for music helps one to perform magic in the modern world. Eglentine should have both Voice and a level of musical talent.