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Old 09-23-2022, 06:58 PM   #161
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John Riley
ST: 11
DX: 11
IQ:12
HT: 11

Languages: Irish, English, Spanish
CF: Western
TL: 5

Advantages: Charisma 1, Born War Leader 1

Disadvantages: Reputation: Deserter (All Americans, all the time)



Skills:
Farming - 12
Soldier -13
Leadership -14
Musket -12
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Old 09-24-2022, 02:09 PM   #162
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Pat Reilly

ST: 11
DX: 10
IQ:10
HT: 11

Languages: Irish, English,
CF: Western
TL: 4-5

Advantages: Attractive Apprarance
Disadvantages: Wealth: Poor, Involuntary Duty (British Army, all the time)


Skills:
Farming - 12
Soldier -12
Musket -12
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Old 09-26-2022, 03:09 PM   #163
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JUDY

Advantages: Ally (Symbionese Liberation Army, Group of 6-10, Appears Rarely)
Disadvantages: Social Stigma (Outcast [Punk]).
Quirk: Distinctive Feature (Runt)
Skills: Area Knowledge (Berlin, San Francisco), Dancing, Skating, Performance
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Old 12-13-2022, 09:55 AM   #164
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A certain gent in an old silk top hat

Addiction: tobacco smoking
Dancing
Weakness: heat
Body of Snow
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Old 12-13-2022, 10:49 AM   #165
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A certain gent in an old silk top hat

Addiction: tobacco smoking
Dancing
Weakness: heat
Body of Snow
He would also have Unkillable with the requirement, must put hat on snowman.
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Old 12-13-2022, 11:23 AM   #166
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The Hat

ST 0
DX 12
IQ 14
HT 12

Advantages
Compartmentalized Mind (Magical)
Higher Purpose (Tradition: Animation Magic)
Magery 4
Possession (Melee, Reach C, Only Inanimate Humanoid Simulacra, Telecontrol, Magical)
Ritual Adept
Serendipity 2 (Magical)
TK 12 (Animation, Only with Possession, Magical)
Unkillable 2 (Magical)

Disadvantages
Addiction (Nicotene)
Chummy
Trickster

Perks
Brotherhood (Children)

Quirks
Child-like

Skills:
Dancing-12
Games (School Yard Games)-14
Thaumatology-18
Path of Spirit-16
Path of Undeath-16
Path of Matter -16

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Whether the necromancer intended this result when he bound his soul to his top hat, even he cannot recall.
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A certain gent in an old silk top hat

Addiction: tobacco smoking
Dancing
Weakness: heat
Body of Snow
Happens in these long threads of references.
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Old 12-13-2022, 11:58 AM   #167
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Discography/Name That Tune

Vida - La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
Quinn - Mighty Quinn - Bob Dylan/Manfred Mann
Sue - Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash
Cora - Darling Cora - Traditional American Bluegrass
Johnny 1 - The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
Leroy Brown - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
Johnny 2 - The Devil Went Down to Jamaica - Travis Myers
Lola - Lola - The Kinks
Lucy S. Diamond - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles
Cally - Hotel California - The Eagles
Coward of the County - Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
The Gambler - The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
The Streak - The Streak - Ray Stevens
The Prisoner in Folsom - Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Air Man - Megaman Theme
Wood Man - Megaman Theme
Lieutenant Kije' - Lieutenant Kije' Suite - Sergei Prokofiev
FP Blues - Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Roland Jensen - Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Xevon
Johnny 3 - Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Sugar Magnolia - Sugar Magnolia - The Grateful Dead
Johnny 4 - Johnny B. Rotten - The Monks
Virgil Caine - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
A. Boxer - The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
U.S. Bourne - Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
Major Tom - Space Oddity - David Bowie
Billy Joe - Don't Bring Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
John Lee Pettimore III - Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
Barroom Hero - Barroom Hero - Dropkick Murphys
Joel Keyes Mann - The Piano Man - Billy Joel
Jack - Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor - Newfoundland Traditional
Unnamed - You're So Vain - Carly Simon
Johnny 5 - Johnny I Hardly Knew You - British Isles Traditional
Eclid Barret - Barret's Privateers - Stan Rogers
April - Pieces of April - Three Dog Night
Ghost of Anne Boleyn - With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm - Stanley Holloway.
The Hat - Frosty the Snowman - Gene Autry
Sibyl - Jupiter's Child - Steppenwolf
"Amy Mae Pettimore" - Copperhead Road - Amy n' Me
Johnny, Able Rate - Leave her Johnny, Leave Her
John Alexander, Jr. - The Late Great Johnny Ace - Paul Simon
Rayden King - Ambitious - Jeff Beck
Judge Delia Strong - Ambitious - Jeff Beck
ADA Anthony Reige - Ambitious - Jeff Beck
King Henry's Loathely Lady - King Henry - Traditional Scottish Ballad
Officer James "King" Brady - Duncan and Brady - Traditional Appalachian
"Stack" Lee Shelton - Stagger Lee - Traditional Appalachian
Johnny 6 - Johnny Strikes Up the Band - Warren Zevon
The Fanatic - First We Take Manhattan - Leonard Cohen
Nigella Ribbon - Black Velvet Band - British Isles/Australian Traditional
Molly Malone - Cockles & Mussels - Irish Traditional
Young Soo Kim - Gangnam Style - PSY
Dong-Hyun Lee - Gangnam Style - PSY
Glen - Take It Easy - The Eagles
The Ghostly Cowboy - Ghost Riders In The Sky - Stan Jones & The Death Valley Rangers & many others.
A Local Purveyor - Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
A Bad Guy - Sympathy For the Devil - The Rolling Stones
Landmeister Ritter Bold von Raeuber - Bold Marauder - Mimi & Richard Farina
Joe - Hey Joe - The Leaves and many others
Tom Dooley - Tom Dooley - Traditional Appalachian Ballad
Robert Smith - The Two Magicians - Traditional Scottish Ballad
"True" Thomas Rhymer - Thomas Rhymer - Traditional Scottish Ballad
Sir Thomas Lynn - Tam Lin - Traditional Scottish Ballad
The Reuben James - Sinking of the Reuben James - Woody Guthrie
D. Deeds - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
Purple People Eater - The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
The Tall Handsome Man - Red Right Hand - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Lady Castle - Raggle Taggle Gypsies - Scottish Traditional
Jack Tar - Jolly Jack Tar - English Traditional
The Earl of Murray - The Bonnie Earl o'Murray - Scottish Traditional

Lady Mondegreen - The Bonny Earl o' Moray - Scottish Traditional (but a misinterpretation of the lyrics)
Jane - ??
The Dedicated Follower of Fashion - Dedicated Follower of Fashion - The Kinks
Dan Tucker - Old Dan Tucker - American Traditional
Betsy Pike - Sweet Betsy From Pike - American Traditional
Cousin Kevin - My Perfect Cousin - The Undertones
David Watts - David Watts - The Kinks
Maxwell (Edison) - Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Beatles
Jim Dandy - Jim Dandy - Lavern Baker
W.R. Mann - Well-Respected Man - The Kinks
A Very Different Cousin Kevin - Cousin Kevin - The Who
Cyril - Lean and Unwashed Tiffy - Cyril Tawney
Fred- I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred
Tommy -Ding Dong Bell - Traditional
Tommy 2- Ding Dong Bell - Traditional
Johnny MooLlln - Johnny Moon - Heart
Woody Caine - The Great Historical Bum - Woody Guthrie
Roger King - King of the Road - Roger Miller
Aqualung - Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Desperado - Desperado - Alice Cooper
The Thing in The Night - Paralyzed - The Aviators
Monstrous Musician- The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
She - You belong with me - Taylor Swift
Flyer - Snoopy vs. The Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen
Big John - Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
Charles Nelson Reilly - CNR - Weird Al
Jack Highroad - ??
Johnny 7 - ??
Valerie- ??
Diane -??
Renee - ??
Assorted - 88 lines about 44 women - The Nails
Unnamed Appalachian - ??
That Guy Who Moved to Albuquerque - Albuquerque - Weird Al
John Riley - John Riley - Tim O'Brien
Pat Reilly - Pat Reilly - Irish Traditional
Judy - Judy is a Punk - The Ramones
The Guy in the Old Silk Hat - Frosty the Snowman - Gene Autry
Narrator - Stewball - American Traditional
Matador -Vive El Matador - Kingston Trio
Arthur Marvel/Skewbald - Skewbald - Irish traditional
Rudolph - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Johnny Marks
Mr. Cerulean - Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Frey
Maria - ?
Xavier Patrick Bernout - Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett

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Old 12-13-2022, 12:51 PM   #168
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The Guy in the Old Silk Hat - Frosty the Snowman - Michael Buble
Ew! Definitely not Michael 'Kazoo Voice' Bubble!


BTW, post 158 is "88 lines about 44 Women" by The Nails

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Old 12-13-2022, 01:55 PM   #169
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Ew! Definitely not Michael 'Kazoo Voice' Bubble!


BTW, post 158 is "88 lines about 44 Women" by The Nails
My fault for sloppiness. Corrected.
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Old 12-13-2022, 11:40 PM   #170
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Narrator of Stewball (From Stewball):

Social Stigma: Indebted

Disad:

Gambling Addict
Delusion: Thinks race horses drink wine
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