Post by Lord Nethercross on Jun 22, 2010 10:47:52 GMT -6
Game Ideas:
1. Horse races
2. Bicycle races
3. Boxing matches
4. Card games/Roulette
4. Dog fights/Cock fights/Bear baiting
Encounter Ideas:
1. You are mugged in a dark alley. Will you give up your money, fight, or try to run away?
1b. You mug someone in a dark alley. See above.
2. You are pickpocketed on the streets. Did you notice? Will you chase after him, or cry "thief" in the hopes that passersby will stop him?
2b. You pickpocket someone on the streets. See above.
3. You suspect someone of cheating at cards. Will you try to prove to the other players that he is cheating? Will you start a fight? Will you stand up and walk away, or will you stay and play in the hopes of learning the cardsharp's method?
3b. Someone suspects you of cheating at cards. See above.
Jobs:
1. Capitalist. Owns two or more businesses, invests profits at the Bank. Works at Office or Bank, Upper Class Income.
2. Doctor. Visits patients in their homes. Works at Office, Upper Middle Class Income.
3. Businessman. Owns a business (shop, factory, pub, etc.). Works at Office, Shop, Pub, or Coffeehouse, Upper Middle Class Income. Buy two or more businesses and become a Capitalist.
4. Clerk. Shuffles papers around on a desk. Works at Office, Bank, Factory, or Shop, Lower Middle Class Income.
5. Craftsman. Makes things. Works at Factory, Shop, or Home, Lower Class Income.
6. Labourer. Does stuff. Works in Streets, Factory, or the Docks, Lower Class Income.
7. Inspector. Solves crimes. Works in Streets or at Scotland Yard, Lower to Upper Middle Class Income.
8. Policeman. Stops Criminals. Works in Streets or at Scotland Yard, Lower Class Income.
9. Criminal. Steals stuff. Works in Streets or at the Docks, Lower Class Income.
10. Performer. Entertains audiences. Works in Music Hall (Lower to Upper Middle Class Income) or Pub (Lower Class Income).
11. Scholar. Works in Museum or Club, Lower to Upper Middle Class Income.
12. Scientist. Works in Laboratory or Club, Lower to Upper Middle Class Income.
13. Explorer. Works in Museum or Club, Lower to Upper Middle Class Income.
Quest Ideas:
1.
A slumlord asks you to deal with an issue that, for whatever reason, his rent-collectors are unable or unwilling to resolve on their own. You must go to Bethnal Green and collect his overdue rent money, or evict him and his family. When you find him, the tenant asks you to convince a local shopkeeper to pay the man his wages for past services rendered, so he can pay his landlord. But the shopkeeper turns out to be quite the shady character, herself...
2.
A scientist needs your help collecting the necessary ingredients for some newfangled machine, but he's not very forthcoming on what exactly he's building, and what he's planning on doing with it when it's done...
3.
A shopkeeper has lost a precious item, and wants you to search the home of three local troublemakers while they are away, and retrieve her stolen goods...
4.
You are watching a play, when one of the gaslamps used to light the stage suddenly causes an out-of-control fire in a packed theatre! Do you try to put out the fire, help others to escape, or run for your life and trample any poor souls that might fall underfoot? In the aftermath, an actor suspects that this fire may not have been accidental, and asks you to investigate...
5. A noted scholar at the British Museum has asked for your help in discovering and excavating:
- The allegedly cursed tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh
- A fabled Norse settlement in the New World
- The overgrown ruins of a Mayan pyramid
- A forgotten temple complex in Indochina
- An ancient African city buried under the desert
- The legendary city of Atlantis
6.
You are asked to investigate the mysterious death of a noted scholar at the British Museum. Did this knowledgeable man know too much?
7.
There is a white slave ring operating in London, "procuring" young British girls for state-sponsored brothels on the Continent, and a group of reformers wants you to help them repatriate one such abductee from a bawdy house in the Netherlands by posing as patrons...
Major Storylines:
1. Horse races
2. Bicycle races
3. Boxing matches
4. Card games/Roulette
4. Dog fights/Cock fights/Bear baiting
Encounter Ideas:
1. You are mugged in a dark alley. Will you give up your money, fight, or try to run away?
1b. You mug someone in a dark alley. See above.
2. You are pickpocketed on the streets. Did you notice? Will you chase after him, or cry "thief" in the hopes that passersby will stop him?
2b. You pickpocket someone on the streets. See above.
3. You suspect someone of cheating at cards. Will you try to prove to the other players that he is cheating? Will you start a fight? Will you stand up and walk away, or will you stay and play in the hopes of learning the cardsharp's method?
3b. Someone suspects you of cheating at cards. See above.
Jobs:
1. Capitalist. Owns two or more businesses, invests profits at the Bank. Works at Office or Bank, Upper Class Income.
2. Doctor. Visits patients in their homes. Works at Office, Upper Middle Class Income.
3. Businessman. Owns a business (shop, factory, pub, etc.). Works at Office, Shop, Pub, or Coffeehouse, Upper Middle Class Income. Buy two or more businesses and become a Capitalist.
4. Clerk. Shuffles papers around on a desk. Works at Office, Bank, Factory, or Shop, Lower Middle Class Income.
5. Craftsman. Makes things. Works at Factory, Shop, or Home, Lower Class Income.
6. Labourer. Does stuff. Works in Streets, Factory, or the Docks, Lower Class Income.
7. Inspector. Solves crimes. Works in Streets or at Scotland Yard, Lower to Upper Middle Class Income.
8. Policeman. Stops Criminals. Works in Streets or at Scotland Yard, Lower Class Income.
9. Criminal. Steals stuff. Works in Streets or at the Docks, Lower Class Income.
10. Performer. Entertains audiences. Works in Music Hall (Lower to Upper Middle Class Income) or Pub (Lower Class Income).
11. Scholar. Works in Museum or Club, Lower to Upper Middle Class Income.
12. Scientist. Works in Laboratory or Club, Lower to Upper Middle Class Income.
13. Explorer. Works in Museum or Club, Lower to Upper Middle Class Income.
Quest Ideas:
1.
A slumlord asks you to deal with an issue that, for whatever reason, his rent-collectors are unable or unwilling to resolve on their own. You must go to Bethnal Green and collect his overdue rent money, or evict him and his family. When you find him, the tenant asks you to convince a local shopkeeper to pay the man his wages for past services rendered, so he can pay his landlord. But the shopkeeper turns out to be quite the shady character, herself...
2.
A scientist needs your help collecting the necessary ingredients for some newfangled machine, but he's not very forthcoming on what exactly he's building, and what he's planning on doing with it when it's done...
3.
A shopkeeper has lost a precious item, and wants you to search the home of three local troublemakers while they are away, and retrieve her stolen goods...
4.
You are watching a play, when one of the gaslamps used to light the stage suddenly causes an out-of-control fire in a packed theatre! Do you try to put out the fire, help others to escape, or run for your life and trample any poor souls that might fall underfoot? In the aftermath, an actor suspects that this fire may not have been accidental, and asks you to investigate...
5. A noted scholar at the British Museum has asked for your help in discovering and excavating:
- The allegedly cursed tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh
- A fabled Norse settlement in the New World
- The overgrown ruins of a Mayan pyramid
- A forgotten temple complex in Indochina
- An ancient African city buried under the desert
- The legendary city of Atlantis
6.
You are asked to investigate the mysterious death of a noted scholar at the British Museum. Did this knowledgeable man know too much?
7.
There is a white slave ring operating in London, "procuring" young British girls for state-sponsored brothels on the Continent, and a group of reformers wants you to help them repatriate one such abductee from a bawdy house in the Netherlands by posing as patrons...
Major Storylines: