Sad Men

England and the Throne needs stalwart men (and who knows, perhaps even a woman!) to defend it from threats of a preternatural form... this is a period setting that combines superhumans and horror in a darkly comic and strange adventure; think League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen meets Brimstone with a dash of Blackadder the Third!

Players:

• David Arthur: in absentia
• James Hollywood: Mr. Billings, an utter lunatic with a guilty secret
• Kevin White: Jeremiah James Forrest, man of medicine
• Justin: Jack Davenport, gentleman adventurer
• Louisa Djerbib: Marianne de Winter, adventuress & scholar
• Jeffery Lay: Robert Thatcher, honest trader
• Stephen: Arthur Rose, man of god
• GM: James Mullen

The Proceedings of the Royal Inquiry

Approved List Of Powers

The following represents a list of Power Packages from the BNW game which will be available for use in The Sad Men; note that BNW is unlike most other games in that it gives a pre-defined package of powers for each type of hero, e.g all shapeshifters have exactly the same powers and no others. In order to make things a bit more interesting, you will be allowed to take 2 of these packages instead of just 1 and you will get all the 'Tricks' (stunts using your powers) from both packages.

• Blaster: Fires energy bolts
• Bouncer: Fast fighter
• Flyer: Flies!
• Goliath: Huge and very strong
• Gunner: Crack shot
• Healer: Huge bonus to healing skill
• Scrapper: Tough fighter
• Speedster: Incredibly fast
• Covenant: For Cleric only. If you are the Cleric, this will automatically be your package and it is the only one you will get!
• Defender: Force field
• Genius: Bonus to all Smarts rolls
• Hot Shot: Spits fire
• Screamer: Head splitting sonic attack
• Shrinker: Gets small
• Sneak: Stealthy and sees in the dark
• Telekinetic: Moves small objects with the power of their mind
• Teleporter: Teleports!
• Tough: Virtually indestructible
• Changeling: Shapeshifter
• Charmer: Bonus to Charm rolls
• Phaser: Walks through walls
• Booster: Doubles the effectiveness of other powers
• Charger: Electrical attack
• Interrogator: Huge bonus to detecting lies
• Watcher: Sees through matter, sees heat, has telescopic vision and can project microwaves!
• Communicator: Sends messages mentally
• Dessicator: Extracts water from things (including people!) and doesn't eat or drink
• Freezer: Cold touch
• Gasser: Exhales toxic gas
• Jungler: Controls plants & animals
• Aquarian: Amphibious
• Ratmaster: Lord of vermin!
• Paralyser: Stuns with a look
• Stretch: Pliable body
• Timetripper: Can take a second chance at anything by rewinding time a few seconds
• Doubler: Splits into 2 identical copies of themself
• Poisoner: Toxic touch
• Fortunate: Very lucky

Experimental List of Powers

As above, but these are homebrew powers, so many features have not been rigourously play tested; you may choose one of these but I cannot vouch for its game balance! You have been warned!

• Adaptor: Chooses a small bonus based on circumstances
• Adherent: Sticky grip and ability to fire gooey strands...
• Anchor: The immovable object
• Archer: Incredible with a bow
• Beacon: Solar powered light producer with laser attack
• Berserker: Savage fighter
• Blitz: Fires lots of small energy bolts...
• Bulldozer: The irresistible force
• Cannon: Fires a massive energy bolt but is very slow
• Champion: Skilled fighter, natural martial artist
• Conjurer: Palms and produces small objects
• Detective: Huge bonus to Criminology rolls
• Digger: Tunnels at a walking or even running pace
• Dissolver: Reduces metal to sludge, but this power is always on!
• Drainer: Steals health, Strength and Speed from others
• Duellist: Master swordsman
• Eel: Quick and slippery
• Fool: Huge bonuses to both Bluff and Taunt
• Gale: Blows hard
• Gauntlet: Powerful, unstoppable punch
• Hunter: Makes cheesy cover versions of old records... sorry, I mean: Bonuses to Shadowing and Tracking
• Invisible: Totally invisible... all the time!
• Listener: Excellent hearing, including sonar
• Master: Good at everything he does
• Mesmerist: Dominates the will of another briefly
• Missile: Ballistic flier
• Mystic: Meditation provides bonuses to checks and also gives out of body experience
• Passenger: Piggyback your awareness in somebody else's body
• Prognosticator: See the future, dimly
• Ranger: Natural wildsman
• Rocket: Flies like a rocket, with smoke and flame!
• Rusher: Incredible reflexex and coordination
• Shroud: Produces a smokescreen
• Silencer: Suppresses noise and vibration
• Spectre: The power of fear
• Split: Freezes time around them