[OOC] Monster Mash

[ErhnamDJ]

Recruiting is open until... some time in the future.

EDIT: Due to confusion, I am adding the following:

The monsters are having a party! You're invited! If you're a vampire, werewolf, animated corpse, walking fish, or some other creature that clearly does not fit into human society on any day other than October 31st.

This game is intended to be a lighthearted romp, set in 1935.

The characters, of course, are all monsters. I'm thinking of the Universal monsters here.

Some heavily suggested possible characters:

Count Dracula
Frankenstein's Monster
The Wolf Man
The Mummy

Feel free to rip these directly from fiction!

I will be choosing four or five characters (or more!), depending on the submissions I receive.

This is definitely not first-come, first-served.

Characters will be 500 points, with an additional 150 in disads (including quirks).

Please don't feel the need to use all of the available disad points if it doesn't fit your concept.

I'll probably too lazy to keep this first post edited with the answers to any questions that come up.

[GnomesofZurich]

"I was working in the lab late one night when my eyes beheld an eerie sight..."

So, should any monsters for this be drawn from fiction of that era (1930s), or are other sources (myths, for example), also fair game?

[ErhnamDJ]

Originally Posted by GnomesofZurich

"I was working in the lab late one night when my eyes beheld an eerie sight..."

"...for my monster from his slab began to rise and suddenly, to my surprise, he did the mash!"

Originally Posted by GnomesofZurich

So, should any monsters for this be drawn from fiction of that era (1930s), or are other sources (myths, for example), also fair game?

Sure, that'd be cool! Some things are appropriate depending on how they're handled (a medusa or a tengu) and others are not (a robot or atomic horror).

The things I don't want are either from some other genre, such as fantasy (elves and dwarves) or science fiction (with the robots). But drawing from other cultures' mythologies is something I'd like to see.

One more thing: nothing too human. I am willing to make exceptions. A nine foot tall giant is out. A cyclops... probably out too.

[GnomesofZurich]

Originally Posted by ErhnamDJ

"...for my monster from his slab began to rise and suddenly, to my surprise, he did the mash!"



Sure, that'd be cool! Some things are appropriate depending on how they're handled (a medusa or a tengu) and others are not (a robot or atomic horror).

The things I don't want are either from some other genre, such as fantasy (elves and dwarves) or science fiction (with the robots). But drawing from other cultures' mythologies is something I'd like to see.

One more thing: nothing too human. I am willing to make exceptions. A nine foot tall giant is out. A cyclops... probably out too.

Cool, I'll see what I can come up with. Oh, and if anyone plays Frankenstein's Monster, you are obligated to put at least one point into Dance.

[vitruvian]

Originally Posted by ErhnamDJ

One more thing: nothing too human. I am willing to make exceptions. A nine foot tall giant is out. A cyclops... probably out too.

This bit puzzles me... vampires are very human in appearance, wolfmen are human most of the time, the Invisible Man is a human, albeit a crazy invisible one. This would also let out Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde.

And here I was going to suggest Chick Young or Wilbur Grey types with a lot of Luck and Serendipity...

[ErhnamDJ]

Originally Posted by vitruvian

This bit puzzles me... vampires are very human in appearance, wolfmen are human most of the time, the Invisible Man is a human, albeit a crazy invisible one. This would also let out Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde.

Right you are. I need to make up some sort of explanation here.

I'm having a wee bit of trouble doing so.

With the movie monsters, they have a defined set of qualities that make them monstrous.

They have special rules that govern their existence. Dracula can do all sorts of vampire stuff, and he has special rules for killing him.

The wolf man can only be killed by silver, and the moon has something to do with his abilities.

Frankenstein's monster... just look at him.

The mummy is a mummy. There's all sorts of magic involved. Or something.

My primary concern here is that each character have a set of tropes available that easily defines them as being monsters. That can either be because of some set of attributes they possess (being a giant fish-man) or because they've entered the collective consciousness as such (the wolf-man).

Maybe I should have given out a list of acceptable 'monsters' to choose from. Or made my criteria something along the lines of 'can reasonably be expected to be seen chilling out at Dracula's castle.' Something like that.

And here I was going to suggest Chick Young or Wilbur Grey types with a lot of Luck and Serendipity...

Sorry. I don't know who those are.

[vitruvian]

Originally Posted by ErhnamDJ

Maybe I should have given out a list of acceptable 'monsters' to choose from. Or made my criteria something along the lines of 'can reasonably be expected to be seen chilling out at Dracula's castle.' Something like that.



Sorry. I don't know who those are.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_...t_Frankenstein

[Captain-Captain]

Does "The Crypt Kicker Five" count as one character or as five?

[ErhnamDJ]

Originally Posted by Captain-Captain

Does "The Crypt Kicker Five" count as one character or as five?

That would depend on how you built it. :)

I could see it being one character with four allies, or one character with five heads and ten arms and legs.

[Dorin Thorha]

This game needs a Creature from the Black lagoon, for old time's sake.