Khorboth Khronicles

12 hours to game time, and I’m ready.

So, we have 5 players in this one: Paul, Mr. X, Tripper, Two Moons, and Kitsune. Clearly, the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Paul is playing Bray, a kid who ran away from his Irish Mob family. They’re starting to catch up to him, so he toddled off to Antarctica. Hopefully, his trail will get cold. He took a Sense of Duty to his Sister (he’s drawing them away from her). He has luck when he has his rabbit’s foot on him. (lucky charms?). He just graduated with a degree in Astronomy.

X is playing [I forget the name], a tragic man whose past is overshadowing his present. His father died in a fishing accident when he was young. The widow raised him as well as she could until she died in a car accident. He fought the system and was eventually declared to be emancipated. The insurance settlements paid off the cabin outside the town, so he was able to squeak by. He worked hard to put himself through college for business. He didn’t graduate, though. In the middle of his junior year, he won the lottery. He has no idea what to do with this money (Upgraded the old hatchback to a slightly used Volvo.) He’s going to Antarctica in part to flee the charities and investments who want his money.

2M is playing a sorority girl. From Sigma Lambda Tau (SLuT). I think 2M has a low opinion of sorority girls in general. Mitzey is fleeing to Antarctica after graduation because she caught her boyfriend with her roommate when she thought he was getting ready to propose. Yes, the Legally Blonde comments have already been flying. She has a degree in Political Science with a minor in European history. She’d never admit that she’s actually smart, though. She’s just getting the skills to support her husband (who’d better be at least a senator). She’s got a lot of Daddy’s money and loves to shop. She took Compulsive Spending as badly as possible in the system, but a good advantage in Daddy’s Money to back it up.

Kitsune is playing a French Canadian Snowboarder. Zeth is an Olympic gold medalist and a regular at the X-games. He graduated with a degree in architecture. The research facility in Antarctica will look very good on his resume. Besides, he’s now totally into windboarding. It’s like sailboarding but with a snowboard instead of a surfboard. He also can find someone to buy pot from anywhere. It breaks my genre a little to have someone smoke, but it was too awesome to disallow.

Tripper is playing a chick (gasp, shock). She never plays female characters. So, she bought maximum beauty and is planning on playing it to the hilt. I don’t believe the chick has a name yet because Tripper is trying so hard to keep it a secret that she’s playing a girl. The Character was on the street at a very young age. She witnessed some kind of major crime, and was eventually convinced to testify. Afterward, she was put in the witness relocation program. The program paid for her school, and in all her spare time she helped out at shelters and charities and stuff. She just graduated with a degree in… something. The character is pretty flat, but it’ll probably get rounded out tomorrow.

I realized today just how much prep time I’ve been putting in. I’m pretty sure I’ve put in more prep time than we’re going to have game time. I find that I don’t resent this at all. First, it’s been tons of fun, and that’s the real goal. Second, I feel a strong sense of obligation toward this game since I got voted in. Finally, I’ve learned a lot about GURPS, particularly powers. I also think that part of the reason I want to do all the prep I can is because it’s such a short game. I’ll feel extra-guilty for wasting game time when there are only three sessions.

Well, wish me luck

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