Recapping: You are all members of "Societas Malleus et Sudis" AKA "The Society of Hammer and Stake," a secret underground organization tasked with investigating and eradicating supernatural threats to humanity. Each member at one time was saved from certain doom at the hands of the weird and otherworldly by The Society. The price of your salvation was to become secret members as well. When contacted, you are expected to come where needed, bringing your knowledge, your experience, and your bravery to thwart these arcane, evil forces.
We have five players in our game:
- 1. Jim is "Jack," a newspaper reporter who has seen enough in his years of journalistic investigation to know the supernatural exists and is a threat to humanity.
2. Doug is "Magnus," a Canadian private investigator who takes the cases no one else will since he has first-hand experience with the paranormal.
3. Nathan is "Lucas," a freelance author who put himself through journalism school on a wrestling scholarship. His brush with the supernatural brought him to the attention of The Society.
4. Paul is "Hal," a professor in parapsychological lore. He's one of the few who sought out The Society for membership rather than the other way around!
5. Scott is "David" (AKA "Web"), an insurance investigator (with a criminal justice background) who has first-hand experience in fighting and defeating demonic forces.
I have only given the basics of your names and respective backgrounds. I thought you could reveal more yourselves during the course of play.
Finally, one note regarding play: I'll be doing all dice rolls (to save us time), but I shall post all results as well as Action Table breakdowns as we go, so you can follow along with how the Pacesetter system works. Just post what you say and what you do, and I'll take care of all of the number-crunching.
Get your holy water and silver bullets ready. Here we go...
