Post by Frank on Oct 14, 2010 6:42:16 GMT -5
Welcome to the game; you are the Sidekick
ALIGNMENT: Town
GENERIC: Vanilla
WIN CONDITION: All Scum and malicious third-parties (if any) have been vanquished.
BACKGROUND:
Every horror movie needs a hero. The exact form of the hero may differ: the beautiful-but-spunky starlet, the tough-as-nails former Navy SEAL, the well-respected actress reviving a flagging box office reputation, the earnest slacker, the strangely placid and nigh-on-psychic creepy child. But whatever the physical body of the hero, though, he or she will always possess the key characteristics necessary to survive through the closing credits (or at least until the final scene): uncanny resourcefulness, physical competence, courage under fire, and the ability to run at full speed through a forest in the dead of night without ever running face first into a tree.
Well, you have all of those qualities, except for the resourcefulness, physical acumen, bravery, and tree-avoidance. Fortunately, you are an irredeemable smart ass, so while "hero" might be beyond your ken, you do qualify for sidekick detail.
Your role is follow the hero from place to place, offering inappropriate and ironic commentary on the emerging situation and warning the hero against the exact actions that he or she will inevitably take.
On the downside, you probably won't earn much glory when and if the Evil Force Threatening All of MankindTM is finally vanished. On the other hand, you do stand a fair chance of surviving the film and becoming a breakout character, leading to a profitable career playing exactly the same role in dozens of knockoffs and sequels.
Good luck!
POWERS:
1. You have no special powers, abilities, or information, unless you count your lightning-quick wisecracking reflex.
ALIGNMENT: Town
GENERIC: Vanilla
WIN CONDITION: All Scum and malicious third-parties (if any) have been vanquished.
BACKGROUND:
Every horror movie needs a hero. The exact form of the hero may differ: the beautiful-but-spunky starlet, the tough-as-nails former Navy SEAL, the well-respected actress reviving a flagging box office reputation, the earnest slacker, the strangely placid and nigh-on-psychic creepy child. But whatever the physical body of the hero, though, he or she will always possess the key characteristics necessary to survive through the closing credits (or at least until the final scene): uncanny resourcefulness, physical competence, courage under fire, and the ability to run at full speed through a forest in the dead of night without ever running face first into a tree.
Well, you have all of those qualities, except for the resourcefulness, physical acumen, bravery, and tree-avoidance. Fortunately, you are an irredeemable smart ass, so while "hero" might be beyond your ken, you do qualify for sidekick detail.
Your role is follow the hero from place to place, offering inappropriate and ironic commentary on the emerging situation and warning the hero against the exact actions that he or she will inevitably take.
On the downside, you probably won't earn much glory when and if the Evil Force Threatening All of MankindTM is finally vanished. On the other hand, you do stand a fair chance of surviving the film and becoming a breakout character, leading to a profitable career playing exactly the same role in dozens of knockoffs and sequels.
Good luck!
POWERS:
1. You have no special powers, abilities, or information, unless you count your lightning-quick wisecracking reflex.