https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/ 2026-05-01T05:58:22+0300 https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/ https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-11-12T13:00:05+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=alice&rev=1226487605&do=diff Alice [Who the fuck is she?] The prettier and outspoken one of the two anti-sorority chicks that got with Charles and Faith on a Charlottesville night (Faith had a lovely conversation with her while Charles did Roberta, the other one). Cunning too, since she left a message with Charles' parents as Samantha Morse, figuring out this will increase the chances of Charles actually getting back to her. When he finally got the message the conversation went a bit like this: text/html 2009-06-04T16:17:56+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=amber&rev=1244121476&do=diff Art and Consequences An Amber campaign. Amber It is real. Our Heroes * Charles Doore, a once shy and nervous guy. Earth-raised and once unwitting Amberite. We start off as Charles attends College in Charlottesville, VA. on Fencing scholarship and the hope to get laid a lot. Nicknamed text/html 2008-09-17T16:30:41+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=arnulf&rev=1221658241&do=diff Arnulf Magni's witch-man. One-eyed and greying, clean-shaven, balding. Apparently took out Sugsmund with his witchcraft. Probably has Faith's dungeon trump. * Witchcraft 22 * Treachery 18 text/html 2008-12-11T02:31:43+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=art&rev=1228955503&do=diff Art When it's real, it's real. Colors Colors have special meaning in Amber. An Amberite's favorite colors not only have a heraldic and symbolic role, but also hint to his or her true nature. Both functions combine in the trump cards of the Amber Tarot (see True Art, below). text/html 2008-12-03T18:43:50+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=charles_doore&rev=1228322630&do=diff Charles Doore [doublet i say] Character Points Overall: 162 points * Acting - 15 * Dramatic Monologue that inspires Awe - 10 points * Impersonating others - 5 points * Create a rapport - 12 points * Endurance (explosions? feh) - 10 points * Strong - 12 Points text/html 2008-09-17T17:52:37+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=donar&rev=1221663157&do=diff Grizzled old palace retainer and the Queen's former right-hand man; now serves Prince Faith. Total Points: 51 * Competent Retainer 17 * Swordsman 21 * Spymaster 13 text/html 2008-06-24T23:56:34+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=evil_warlock&rev=1214340994&do=diff Evil Warlock * Somehow rode Connie's connection to the Other Side * When she tried to block him with cabbage tea, he just used more power, which caused her some kind of seizure * Alby broke this foul connection, and tracked the perpetrator to 23 Mirkwood road, Oxford text/html 2008-08-12T19:38:51+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=fiona&rev=1218559131&do=diff Image from flickr, taken without permission. text/html 2008-07-16T18:54:08+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=frenchies&rev=1216223648&do=diff Ze Frenchies * Minions of the Evil Warlock, belligerent and prone to violence, these handsome yet murderous young blond bastards are immune both to his Lordship's natural aura of command, due to their continental nature, and to Connie's feminine wiles, because they also share that other well known continental penchant. Therefore, there is no recourse but to resolve their interference with the utmost non-non-violence. text/html 2013-11-20T20:11:32+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=front&rev=1384971092&do=diff Here our games A while ago we used to play the games linked to here, but we should really merge that page with this one. Then we played Shadow of my Cat, then we played Gods & Guardians, then we played Triple Mystery, and then we played Art and Consequences an Amber game, which concluded on June 22nd, 2009. We then played text/html 2011-05-24T18:18:29+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=fungi&rev=1306250309&do=diff Our PCs: * XXX Voltaire, 24, party guy, recently * James Watts, 50ish, alleged king of Atlantis. Has an alleged wife in Rochester. * Mike Moriarty, 34, Librarian, Geek; his hobbies include maintaining silly websites * (H)Anna Hadad, 20-ish, artist, destroyer of bikes, possessed with a new-found enthusiasm for Yoga text/html 2008-09-17T13:20:48+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=gisel&rev=1221646848&do=diff Lady Gisel [Autographed] The beautiful and loyal wife of Baron Hagen of Latveria. Shadow New York really did a number on her. Character Points * Total - 32 * Beauty - 20 * Loyalty - 12 text/html 2008-09-17T17:57:24+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=latveria&rev=1221663444&do=diff Latveria Oh Latveria, your mountains, your lakes! Beloved Motherland! Religion * Allfather is worshiped as chief deity of a pagan pantheon. * Witchcraft is feared and punishable by death. * Hammer amulets are worn as charms and signs of faith (sacred symbol of Þórr, god of fertility and protector against demons) text/html 2008-09-17T17:13:57+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=magni&rev=1221660837&do=diff Duke Weilend's son, massive, rugged outdoors type. Ordered Sigsmund's assassination attempt on Prince Faith during which Baron Hagen got shot. Held Sigsmund's daughters in his Harem as leverage. Murdered by Prince Faith (run through with his sword), although not without a fight. text/html 2011-05-24T18:24:06+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=mike_moriarty&rev=1306250646&do=diff 34 years old, geek. Librarian; actually, database system admin at the New York Public Library, working mostly night shifts. His hobbies include dicking around on the Internet. Probably has a cat. Lives above (or below) Voltaire. Suspects his subconscious is trying to kill people. text/html 2008-07-16T20:36:31+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=mystery&rev=1216229791&do=diff Triple Mystery No one has to run alone. Characters Thomas Havers [Did you mean Transporter?]Trainspotter, investigating Trains that experienced missing time. Works as a Real Estate surveyor, has a wife, two kids and a sheepdog. And a niece. Albert Zeitberg [image could not be obtained for unknown reasons]Ghostbuster LLC - Supernatural investigator. It has been rumored that he opened a portal through which text/html 2008-07-16T22:01:22+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=other_side&rev=1216234882&do=diff Other Side * Of reality, of course * Things from there may end up here, allegedly with the help of one Albert Zeitberg * It is from there that Connie's dreams are coming * Cabbage tea, as prescribed by the Decapodian Doctor, dulls the connection to it * Every person has a parallel on the Other Side ( text/html 2008-09-17T18:17:20+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=prince_faith&rev=1221664640&do=diff Prince Faith [The Black Rose of Teen Angst] Heir to the royal throne of Latveria, the medieval shadow in which Fiona chose to spawn him out of the seed of King Albrecht. His mother is gone now (we do not mention her in the palace), his father is an old cold and dismissive bastard, and it's little bloody wonder he finds Charles and Charlottesville to be dramatic improvements. text/html 2008-07-16T18:50:44+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=real_estate&rev=1216223444&do=diff Real Estate * Thomas Havers is a real-estate surveyor who lives in a house he owns in Oxford * The house on Mirkwood rd. 23 is also registered to the same Thomas Havers, although he claims to have not know about it * It is there that The Evil Warlock resides, along with his pack of text/html 2008-07-16T16:55:27+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=session_1&rev=1216216527&do=diff Dreams in the Dark Connie and Tom take a train to London to consult with Albert about Connie's bad dreams. Albert ascribes Connie's dreams to contact with her Other Side self, and prescribes a natural herbal tea, of Kohlrabi and Geranium, to dampen this effect. Connie and Tom buy the necessary ingredients and Connie drinks the tea before they board a train back to Oxford. On the train Connie quickly falls asleep and is seized with jerky movements. At the prompting of a conductor, Tom tries to w… text/html 2008-07-16T16:56:27+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=session_2&rev=1216216587&do=diff Short Unexpected Party Facebook party arrives at Tom's, by absent courtesy of Philip Arch (of Underground Railroad fame), the Bristol Kid. While Havers prepares the boiling oil, Connie spots and befriends the party's drug dealer, who points her at Jordan, school-mate of Philip. With a wag of her tail, Connie arranges all the male-folk (Jordan too) into marching order and away to pay Phil a visit in Bristol. text/html 2008-07-30T18:32:59+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=session_3&rev=1217431979&do=diff Through the Looking Glass Mike, a local X-man, street poet, and probably so much more, notices the hot chick entering the store and decides to start working on their relationship. He enters the shop, but there is no one there. In the meantime, Connie and Albie try to move different things in front of the mirror, but nothing seems to reflect in it. The mirror seems to be showing a copy of the store, with no C&A but with a shady looking type entering it and looking around. They manage to attract… text/html 2008-07-30T19:24:16+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=session_4&rev=1217435056&do=diff All the King's Horses Madame Tussauds' guillotine room. Full moon. Dark ritual. Crazy French old chicks made out of wax. Fight scene. Most damage is done by the magical shillelagh wielding Zeitberg, Connie gets a few thai-bo moves (“I was Nikita on TV! text/html 2008-07-09T21:17:13+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=session_5&rev=1215627433&do=diff Eye of the World Connie and Thomas call up Albie and they all converge outside Connie's apartment, wondering what to do about the upcoming grand Pyramid-scheme ritual the OtherSiders are supposed to conduct today. While waiting for Zeitberg on the street, Connie and Tom run into Mike the street poet, who shows them a tabloid with a story about a peculiar mirror that has gone missing from Buckingham Palace, according to unnamed sources. Zeitberg calls up the palace and demands to speak to the … text/html 2008-07-16T21:55:36+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=session_6&rev=1216234536&do=diff The Mind's I Philip hanging upside down in a storage room, below the London Eye. There is a Frenchie there, and once he leaves, Phillip gets free and rams the door with a heavy object, just as Connie comes through. Once he wakes her up, she takes him up to the Eye, and by now we know they are on the Other Side. Up there Cynthia is waiting for him, to sacrifice him and open the door. text/html 2011-09-28T03:10:25+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=thatthefirst_title&rev=1317168625&do=diff Hi to all on this site its content text/html 2009-01-14T15:04:26+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=the_story&rev=1231938266&do=diff Our Story by Sessions Session 1 - Hazing Faith meets Charles in Charlottesville during his hazing, all naked and painted blue. The two click real well, deciding to barter Charlie's talents as a local tour guide against those of Faith in the getting chicks department. Eventually, from all this chick getting, an Octopus explodes. text/html 2011-08-28T17:30:40+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=title_for_a_wiki_post&rev=1314541840&do=diff content for a wiki post text/html 2008-07-16T16:34:32+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=trains&rev=1216215272&do=diff Trains [69 minutes from London][125 years from London] * Thomas Havers missed a train, only to find that it apparently skipped over him, and - with all the passengers and their timepieces - over 23 minutes * A similar incident back in 1883 was reported in the diary of ancient British spotter, Sir John Gretton text/html 2008-07-16T17:12:44+0300 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://corky.net/dotan/roleplaying/game/doku.php?id=underground_railroad&rev=1216217564&do=diff Underground Railroad * An organization helping Othersidians invade this reality, as we learned from Evil Warlock's e-mail correspondence * Are they all from the Other Side? Do they keep humans in their employ? So far we met only Othersidians * Important to note, in this regard, is the fact that one