conversations.from: system
conversations.value: The city is decaying. Not the decay that comes in the aftermath of a major catastrophe, but the type that comes after a hundred years of misuse and abuse by people. It's getting bad.  There are parts of the city no one goes to unless they are looking for trouble.  Even the people who live there don't go out at night. If they do, they are part of the problem. 
  
  The not blighted parts of the city are filled with those with the power and the money to make it better but they do nothing  and in reality make it worse. Even the suburbs and the middle class turn a blind eye to the truth. Preferring to believe that their oasis is free from the drugs, sex, and violence of The City.  They of course are wrong.  The efforts to gentrify the downtown and other 'dangerous' neighborhoods just further the tension in the city.  Community groups form and are dismantled legal and socially because they have no power.  No matter their case The City wins.  It always wins.
  
  Violence is on the rise, suffering is on the rise, anger is on the rise. 
  
  Something else is on the rise.  Heroes? Fools? Saviors? Recently their have been a rash of citizen vigilantes rising up and taking action into their own hands.  Some are organized, some are loners, but all seem to have one goal. Make it better than it is now.  
  
  Can you make it better?
  
  The City is a lower power hero game set in a fiction version of Kansas City.  You take on the role of a citizen hero to combat the aspects of the city you feel are not being handled by the authorities.  
  
  With the rise in violence and abuse there is also the arrival of people with abnormal abilities. Most of these people are the population of vigilantes that are creeping up but not all. 
  
  These abilities are not hard coded into the rules.  Instead it is assumed that all characters can push themselves slightly beyond what is in human norms. The hero's can punch a bit harder, run a bit longer, and tell more convincing stories.  They can't jump buildings, fly or shoot fire out their asses.  Although minor psychic or magical abilities could pop up.  As the game progresses the hope is that it expands organically.
  
  Expect violence, sex, non-PC language, and just about anything else I can think of to make you hate the city enough to want to change it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Guns.  Oh why are there so many guns in the city.
conversations.prefix: .38 Special:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The latest issue of playboy with an address on it.  
  
  3824 Warwick, 3am Friday.
conversations.prefix: Playboy Note:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Drugs confiscated from the Click gang at 18th and vine
conversations.prefix: Drugs:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's a small knife.  You can use it for anything you can think of, but I'm sure you thought of stabbing something with it first.
conversations.prefix: Small Knife:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: They say that this corner was the heart and soul of the black community in The City before desegregation.  Today it's a renovated two bit tourist trap surrounded by industrial buildings.  Sure you can find jazz in those parts but you can also find lots of marks who don't know what neighborhood they are getting themselves into. 
  
  On the corner itself is the Blue Note, a Jazz club ran by the museum it's attached to (The Jazz Museum).  Down the street is the Gem Theater and the Negro League baseball museum.
conversations.prefix: 18th and Vine:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: K-Rod loves to pick on tourist who don't know where they are.  He targets mostly the 18th and Vine area, but will travel out if that is slow.  He's favorite is a good old fashioned "jump" type of robbery. 
  
  Of course he never does this alone, always with his crew.  There's a reason the Click keep him low on the wheel.
conversations.prefix: K-Rod:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Distance between you and your targets make doing anything hard.
conversations.prefix: Distance:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Clicks are a street gang on the east side of the city.  They mostly deal in robbery and fencing, but like all gangs there are some drugs and whoring mixed in.  
  
  This card represents a group of Clicks.
conversations.prefix: Clicks:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a beat cop.  In the city that means you and a partner roll around looking for criminals to fine and fill your quota.  You spend a lot of time on the highways.  Tickets are easier and make money.
conversations.prefix: The 5-0:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: All your spare time is spent gathering information from the community to present it to those who can change things.  You want change, the community wants change, and if you have to blog about it a million times or stand on the courthouse steps for hours, you'll do it!
conversations.prefix: The Activist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: People don't understand how writing a blog can be hard work.  Three articles a week!  Come on!  There is only so much you can write about local food!
conversations.prefix: The Blogger:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You probably have very little ambition so you get minimum wage serving customers at some name brand store.  Maybe one day fate will slap you out of your ennui but until then keep selling those books!
conversations.prefix: The CSR:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You spend all your time at the data center taking calls or entering data. You know it shouldn't define you but it does. Maybe killing bad people will give you your life back?
conversations.prefix: The Datacenter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The freedom of not wearing a uniform and being high on the police hierarchy gets into places cops normally can't.  You solved crimes, as long as you or your bosses don't get a pay off.
conversations.prefix: The Detective:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You drive people or things for a living. Taxi, bus, courier, or whatever else.  You know your way around The City, and how to get anywhere fast.
conversations.prefix: The Driver:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You make films.  One day you'll be a hot shot director, if you can ever pull yourself out of the city.  Hey wait, maybe a film about the city would be good...
conversations.prefix: The Film Maker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Geek, the nerd, the person who makes their hobby their life.  This is you. sure you might work at the data center but that is brain dead work, your real work is collecting comicbooks and cosplaying.
conversations.prefix: The Geek:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: If it has a combustion engine and wheels you know how to make it or break it. Cars were probably always in your blood, and that isn't going to change just because you have another hobby.
conversations.prefix: The Grease Monkey:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sure your tech support pals know just about as much as you but they don't spend their time learning how to break the system, use the system and abuse it. Freaks.
conversations.prefix: The Hacker:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You eat sleep and shit the law, which often means you make other people eat sleep and shit money, or not have any money to eat, sleep or shit.  Either way you probably like your job.
conversations.prefix: The Lawyer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someone took something from you, and you are going to get it back.  Hell or high water, you'll get it back.
conversations.prefix: Rescue:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There used to be a lot of machine shops in town, but these days those numbers are dwindling fast. At least you have skills that you can use, even if your a thin line away from being laied off.
conversations.prefix: The Machinist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You run things.  Small store, large company, doesn't matter, you're in charge and people are going to do it your way.  Pronto.
conversations.prefix: The Manager:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You might be the thug in a gang, the bouncer at the club, or the body guard on the Rich and famous.  In any case your best asset is your ability to clobber some fools for getting in your way.
conversations.prefix: The Muscle:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You spent years putting yourself through school so you can take care of people.  At least it's a growing employment field, and in this city it helps to know how to dress a gunshot wound.
conversations.prefix: The Nurse:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Staying at home with the kids is nice and all but you either have to turn to midnight vigilante work, or start drinking.  Blood or vodka, your choice.
conversations.prefix: The Parent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In the less blighted areas the cops ride bikes.  You're one of those people. Not much to say except guns and bikes are kinda cute together.
conversations.prefix: The PoPo:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Most likely you work for a college being forced to teach classes when you should be writing your next book, or doing more scientific research.  But at least it pays the bills.
conversations.prefix: The Professor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Working for a local radio or tv station isn't that bad, even if you have to push the stories they feed you.  At least you get to know what is happening before the rest of the population.
conversations.prefix: The Reporter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You get paid to research things for people. Employment records, genealogy or court findings.  If you spend your time at the courthouse or the library, it's all the same.
conversations.prefix: The Researcher:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Pretending you work at a company is kinda a game, after all you have so much money that you don't need to work. Old wealth or new, it defines you.
conversations.prefix: The Rich:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You sell your body for money. Strippers or street walker, you know how to get the change from strangers.
conversations.prefix: The Sex Worker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Slinger pushes drugs. You push drugs.  You buy and sell drugs, and no one stops you from making your bank.
conversations.prefix: The Slinger:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're still in school. Maybe you are afraid to leave or just starting out.  Either way your focus is in learning a trade or getting a higher education.  Stay gold pony boy.
conversations.prefix: The Student:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're the computer guy that everyone thinks is amazing because you remind them to turn their computer on before calling your department.  Maybe one day you'll get a real question to answer.
conversations.prefix: The Tech Support:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You served in the military, or maybe still do.  While there you fought in a war or two. You know your way around a gun.
conversations.prefix: The Veteran:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Life passed you by while you waited tables putting yourself through school. You're still waiting those tables hoping your big break will come.
conversations.prefix: The Waiter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Most your fellow vigilantes show signs of being not human.  Pushing themselves farther than normal people, but you seem to have a greater gift for it. Where they can nudge someone to do what they want, you can flat out tell them.  Where they can make their punch hurt a bit more than normal you can knock someone across the room.
conversations.prefix: Aberrant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Colors and symbolism reside as controlling influences in your mind.  You paint, or sculpt not for any functional purpose but to express some inner meaning.
conversations.prefix: Artistic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Spending time in the field keeps you in shape.  Running fast, throwing hard, and keeping your balance are all good hobbies to have.
conversations.prefix: Athletic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're strong and tough. You're known for not getting taken down in fights.
conversations.prefix: Brawling:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: People just automatically put you in charge.  Must be how you hold yourself, or the tone of voice you have when you give a command.
conversations.prefix: Commanding:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Making things out of other things is something you're good at.  Leather goods, rag dolls, clay pots, are just examples of what a Crafty person specializes in.
conversations.prefix: Crafty:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know how to handle a moving vehicle. Stunt drivers, police officers, and high school kids got nothing on you.
conversations.prefix: Driver:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You empathize with other people really easily.  They tune into this and respond in ways that allow you access to them.
conversations.prefix: Empathic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are good at expressing yourself. Poetry, writing, acting, public speaking, are among the many options that this might display in.
conversations.prefix: Expressive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sure now adays this mostly means you write virus and sit back and what people freak out but it probably includes some of the stuff you see on tv. Either way even if you don't 'hack' this means you know your stuff on the computer.
conversations.prefix: Hacking:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have influence over a group of people either via your blog, media outlet or knitting club.  That influence can come in handy.
conversations.prefix: Influencial:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your pretty good at scaring people into doing what you tell them to do. Physical presence or just clued into what will make people back down.
conversations.prefix: Intimidating:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've collected a lot of knowledge of some special type.  This is the strength card that lets you use it.  Its most likely tied to your nature.
conversations.prefix: Knowledge:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know your rights.  Probably my rights too but you'll only let me use that well earned knowledge if I pay you right?  What if I'm innocent?
conversations.prefix: Law:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Telling people stories you make up is easy for you.  You probably lie about everything.  People just believe you.
conversations.prefix: Liar:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are a local to some subset of society. Streets, rich, suburbs, etc. You know how to behave in that situation but you also know where to go to get what and when to do it.
conversations.prefix: Local:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are good with mechanical things. Machines make sense to you.
conversations.prefix: Mechanical:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know a lot about how to fix up and tear down the human body.  Patching wounds is just the beginning to the depth of your knowledge.
conversations.prefix: Medical:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Money equals power and you know how to use yours in ways that would make wall street feel ashamed.
conversations.prefix: Money:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Understanding the principles of basic science and the scientific method can get you a lot more in life than you would think.  You know them like you know your own skin.
conversations.prefix: Scientific:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are damn sexy.  Nothing else to add to that except you know how to use that to your advantage.
conversations.prefix: Sexy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Guns... guns... GUNS!  Oh yeah.  You like guns and know how to use them. Maybe you should try out for the Olympics.
conversations.prefix: Shooter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know how to sneak around in the dark of night and scream boo out at people. You probably are really good at using that power for better things as well.
conversations.prefix: Sneak:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Knowing how to behave in society is a gift not everyone has.  You tend to clue into social queues faster than most, and know how to act in almost any environment.
conversations.prefix: Social:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're a survivor.  Hunting, camping, killing your own food. You excel at that stuff.
conversations.prefix: Survivor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Somewhere between mechanical and hacking comes this place where you fit in.  Give you a tv to fix, or a security system to take down, you'll have us covered.
conversations.prefix: Technical:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have an addiction you just can't shake. It comes at you a lot, even when your trying to clean up the city.  It is very distracting if you haven't satisfied it.
conversations.prefix: Addict:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Saying what is on your mind can be helpful, except with you it seems to always be at the wrong time... which is just about every time you open your mouth.
conversations.prefix: Blunt:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Clumsy is what it is.  You'd fall up steps if you had the chance.
conversations.prefix: Clumsy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are a fanatic about something.  religion or the quest to clean up the city.  This results in a bunch of overstepping the line.
conversations.prefix: Fanatic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have some kinda of physical or mental illness that hinders you in some way.
conversations.prefix: Illness:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't seem to possess the ability to push yourself slightly beyond what is humanly possibly.  You're just a normal person trying to do what is right.
conversations.prefix: Normal:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Being poor is one thing, but being so poor you are starving is another.  This constant battle to fill your belly is very distracting.
conversations.prefix: Poor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Either your parents did everything for you growing up or you never had the chance to learn how to do basis things like cook, clean, or fill up the car with gas.
conversations.prefix: Sheltered:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are afraid of public speaking or doing anything in front of others that might get you noticed.
conversations.prefix: Shy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are physically slow. Sure you can take a punch but that is only because you have to since you can't move out of the way.
conversations.prefix: Slow:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are bad at giving orders, but prefer to take them.
conversations.prefix: Subordinate:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Technology out dates itself so fast that it has left you behind.  You have trouble using any new technology.  You probably still have a rotary phone.
conversations.prefix: Technically Behind:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You just can't lie.  You have a very obvious tell, that gives you away anytime you try to hide something.
conversations.prefix: Tell:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Being not good looking is one thing, but being so ugly that people call you out on it is another. It might not get to you anymore but it sure does influence how people treat you.
conversations.prefix: Ugly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You never completed your education. Most likely you can't read.
conversations.prefix: Uneducated:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't have a creative bone in your body. You can't dance, paint, or write your way out of a paper bag.
conversations.prefix: Untalented:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have never been physically strong.  Chances are if you get punched once you'll be down for the count.  Not to mention you can't run very far without your sides hurting so bad you puke on your shoes.
conversations.prefix: Weakling:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're looking for meaning in all of this madness.  There has to be something more than this.
conversations.prefix: Meaning:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You really just enjoy beating people up, and this is a great way to get that enjoyment while doing something worth while, why not.
conversations.prefix: Pleasure:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someone will pay for what they have done to you or those that you love.  Someone will pay most dear.
conversations.prefix: Revenge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It is your higher calling to try to bring justice. This could be from god, or a sense of duty to the community.
conversations.prefix: Rightous:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have no reason to live, but you can't bring yourself to end it all by your own hand. One day they will kill you but you want it to be a good fight.
conversations.prefix: Suicide:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One day you'll run this town, and then no one will suffer.  Well at least until you know, power corrupts.
conversations.prefix: Take Over:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A brick apartment building sits on Warwick sandwiched between two houses that were once apartments also.  Recent attempts to gentrify the area have lead those houses to be purchased by people looking to rehab them. We'll see how that goes.
conversations.prefix: 3824 Warwick:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Driver is a large man, obviously hired for his muscle.  He does what he is told and he does it perfectly every time.
conversations.prefix: The Driver:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The tension in the air can bet felt, and at any second can burst.  Can you get through it without things going crazy.
conversations.prefix: The Balloon:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Police Commissioner Roberts hasn't been on the streets for years, but he is respected by his peers.  He has a hard job The City.  Underfunded and out gunned would make anyone turn to whatever means necessary to live a comfortable life.
conversations.prefix: Police Commissioner Roberts:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This is a conflict card to use when negotiations are in order.
conversations.prefix: Negotiations:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gage International is a world wide law firm that handles major corporate and government clients.
conversations.prefix: 2535 Grand - Gage International:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Abigail is a partner at Gage International law firm.  She is a master manipulator, as all lawyers in The City must be,but she claims to want to pull the city back from the edge.  Claims however are just words, right?
conversations.prefix: Abigail Novak:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're a beat cop.  In the city that means you and a partner roll around looking for criminals to fine and fill your quota.  You spend a lot of time on the highways.  Tickets are easier and make money.
conversations.prefix: The 5-0:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know your rights.  Probably my rights too but you'll only let me use that well earned knowledge if I pay you right?  What if I'm innocent?
conversations.prefix: Law:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have some kinda of physical or mental illness that hinders you in some way.
conversations.prefix: Illness:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have no reason to live, but you can't bring yourself to end it all by your own hand. One day they will kill you but you want it to be a good fight.
conversations.prefix: Suicide:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Most likely you work for a college being forced to teach classes when you should be writing your next book, or doing more scientific research.  But at least it pays the bills.
conversations.prefix: The Professor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've collected a lot of knowledge of some special type.  This is the strength card that lets you use it.  Its most likely tied to your nature.
conversations.prefix: Knowledge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have never been physically strong.  Chances are if you get punched once you'll be down for the count.  Not to mention you can't run very far without your sides hurting so bad you puke on your shoes.
conversations.prefix: Weakling:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One day you'll run this town, and then no one will suffer.  Well at least until you know, power corrupts.
conversations.prefix: Take Over:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: When you get in somebody's face, you have a knack for being very persuasive.
conversations.prefix: Strong presence:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Jake knows how to keep from being found
conversations.prefix: Laying Low:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're less concerned with right and wrong, focusing instead on doing whatever it takes to get the job done. You're willing to work with criminals and thugs, sometimes being a bit of a thug yourself.
conversations.prefix: Morally Flexible:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have the ability to quickly improvise and fix problems as they arise.
conversations.prefix: Quick Thinking: