Characters from Songs

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Phil Masters

Note some of the text attached to his advantages and disadvantages.

Nick Cave based it on:
"What if the breath that kindled those grim fires,
Awaked, should blow them into sevenfold rage,
And plunge us in the flames; or from above
Should intermitted vengeance arm again
His red right hand to plague us?"

— Paradise Lost Book II, 170-174, John Milton

So it's kind of the same angelic boogeyman, I'd think.

[TGLS]

Maxwell
Uncontrollable Appetite (Murder)
Bloodlust
Axe/Mace

[Phil Masters]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Nick Cave based it on:
"What if the breath that kindled those grim fires,
Awaked, should blow them into sevenfold rage,
And plunge us in the flames; or from above
Should intermitted vengeance arm again
His red right hand to plague us?"

— Paradise Lost Book II, 170-174, John Milton

So it's kind of the same angelic boogeyman, I'd think.

My Milton is kind of rusty, whereas I quoted the song lyric in half-a-dozen places. But interestingly, Milton’s “red right hand” there appears to belong to God, whereas Cave’s is the secret mark of a figure of corruption and seduction.

[Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2]

Jim Dandy

Advantages: Daredevil 10 [50]
Ridiculous Luck [60]
Super Luck [100]
Very Handsome [24]

Disadvantages: Weirdness Magnet [-15]

Skills: Acrobatics, Breath Control, Running, Swimming

Jim Dandy is a handsome vagabond who constantly runs into situations where people need to be rescued. A lot of these involve attractive females (whose attentions he does not mind). Some of these situations involve nonhumans (at least mermaids).

(The song Jim Dandy by Lavern Baker, 1957)

[Pursuivant]

W. R. Mann
Attributes: ST: 11; DX: 11; IQ: 11; HT: 11.
Secondary Traits: Will +1.
Advantages: Addiction (Tobacco); Fit; Reputation (+1, Reliable, Small Group, All the Time); Reputation (+1, Upstanding member of the community, Small Group, All the Time); Wealth (Comfortable).
Perk: Heir (to Wealthy Wealth).
Disadvantages: Hidebound; OPH (-1, Upper Middle Class Twit)
Skills: AK (Local Area); Boating (Sailboat); Finance; PS (Day Job); Savoir-Faire; Sport (Cricket, Golf, Rugby and/or Tennis); Swimming.
Quirks: Ambitious; Defers to his parents; Follows social conventions; Lusts after the girl next door; Punctual.
Languages: English (English RP Accent) (Native); Latin (Broken); Greek (Broken); French (Broken)

A Very Different Cousin Kevin
Disadvantages: Bully; Sadism; Secret (Child Abuse and Sadism)
Quirk: Cheats at school.

Thanks to Phil Masters for reminding me of these two characters, as well as indirectly introducing me to The Undertones.

[Dalillama]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

Discography/Name That Tune


The Earl of Murray - Skye Boat Song - Scottish Traditional



David Watts - ??

Thr Earl of Murray doesn't appear in the Skye Boat Song, he's from "The Bonnie Earl o'Murray". David Watts is from "David Watts"-The Kinks

[Dalillama]

Cyril
ST:10
DX:12
IQ:11
HT:10
TL: 6-7


Advantages: Artificer Talent 1, Naval Rank 0
Disadvantages: Duty (Royal Navy, almost all the time), Wealth (Struggling), OPH: Unwashed and grimy, Skinny

Quirks: Drinks black and tans

Skills:
Electrician-14
Machinist -14
Mechanic -14
Electronics Repair/TL (Electronic Warfare)-14
Electronics Operation-12
Carousing-11

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Dalillama

Thr Earl of Murray doesn't appear in the Skye Boat Song, he's from "The Bonnie Earl o'Murray". David Watts is from "David Watts"-The Kinks

Fixed and updated.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Phil Masters

Lady Mondegreen: Tragically, non-existent.

Alternately:

Advantages: Insubstantiality; Invisibility; Zeroed.
Disadvantages: Social Stigma (Fictional*, Second Class Citizen).
Grimoire: Too many to list, but focused on Earth and Plant College Magic.

*Fictional is the same as Social Stigma (Dead), but for fictional characters brought to life.

[Dalillama]

Cyril: Lean and Unwashed Tiffy -Cyril Tawney