Monster Hunters by Gaslight - Whitechapel, London, Hell?

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by Anthony

I would tend to be inspired by A Night in the Lonesome October. Though people with too much time on their hands have determined that the actual year was 1887.

Without having read more than the plot outline, it seems that I was so inspired.

The Byron-esque character explicitly pretends to Great Detective-dom during the 'Leather Apron' crazy in London, being an avid fan of C. Auguste Dupin and the new A Study in Scarlet by Dr. Doyle. He's very much a man of fancies and actually able to master quite a bit of the skills involved when he pursues a new one. Concurrently with being a Great Detective, has been studying the occult and ritual magic, as is the fashion in his rakish circles.

Other PCs are also archetypes as much as characters, at least at the beginning of play, given the lack of preparation for players and GM.

There is an Irish Catholic priest ministering to his poor immigrant flock with a cheerful mien, red nose and a range of Irish proverbs. He is tolerant of minor foibles, as he is a reformed sinner himself, having been a bare-knuckled boxing champion and Glasgow street thug in his youth. He is thick around the middle, but still hugely strong and carries around a huge metal cross for the settling of theological arguments.

And then there is Sir Richard Francis Burton's natural son, who consciously models himself on the old man. He's had more success in attaining military rank, leaving as a brevet Lieutenant-Colonel after the Afghan War, thus entitling him to the traditional address of 'Colonel' usually accorded the retired military man in fiction set in the Victorian era. Noted fencer, explorer and big game hunter, as well as linguist, spy, ethnologist and many other things.