GURPS Dark Universe

[Anders]

Do you need stats for Abbot and Costello as well? :o)

[AlexanderHowl]

I think that the two of them would have Luck, Serendipity, and Weirdness Magnet, among other things.

[Prince Charon]

Originally Posted by aesir23

Absolutely. I'm essentially going for a 20th century League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vibe.

In that case, you may find the Wold Newton Universe (and related pages) useful.

[AlexanderHowl]

The core Wold Newton lineage would be acceptable. While I am not against a Buffyverse inclusion, the Slayers are not part of the Wold Newton lineage, as they are prehistoric (same with Conan).

[aesir23]

Originally Posted by Prince Charon

In that case, you may find the Wold Newton Universe (and related pages) useful.

Oh yes, I love the Wold Newton universe.
This is the Dark Universe, though, so the influences would be limited to the Universal Pictures Monster Movies of the first half of the twentieth century, and the Victorian Gothic Fiction that inspired them.

So the following works of fiction really happened in my Dark Universe:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Frankenstein (Plus versions of Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein)
Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde
The Invisible Man
Dracula (Plus a version of Draculas Daughter)
The Phantom of the Opera
The Werewolf of London
The Wolf Man
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (as yet undiscovered in campaign year 1941).

I'd leave Abbot and Costello out of it, and I'd probably make significant changes to the Universal Classics monsters in the cases where I liked the book versions better.

If the campaign goes on long enough, I'd probably incorporate other elements of Gothic Fiction and Early Horror films. Melmoth the Wanderer, Dr. Moreau, M., Dr. Caligari, and some Lovecraft would certainly fit, but not in Season 1, if you follow me.