conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Cunning and intrepid rum-runners dodge the Coast Guard, mobster empires, and the mind-shattering horrors of ancient terror in order to deliver a well-deserved drink to the thirsty souls living in Prohibition-era Miskatonic Valley.
  
  
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  A comedic thriller inspired by "The Untouchables," "Boardwalk Empire," and H.P. Lovecraft.
  
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  Seeking 2-4 creative, cooperative and positive player-writers interested in doing some genre-bending. I'm primarily interested in (a) a good experience for collaborators, (b) story, and ( c) world-building. I view this as a cooperative story-telling exercise, not a "player vs. GM" role-playing game.
  
  I'm intending this as a beginner's game of relatively short duration (15-2o total scenes). Interesting characters with their sanity intact may be invited back for future adventures in the same milieu.
  
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  Source deck heavily modified / essentially replaced.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Antiquarian: You’re an expert on antiquities and artifacts, known world-wide for your skills.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Appraisal
  
  Suggested Weakness: Delicate
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Archaeology Professor: You teach archaeology at a prestigious New England college and are widely published.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Lore
  
  Suggested Weakness: Slow
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Physics Professor: You stand at the forefront of “alternative physics”—where science meets mysticism.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Sciences
  
  Suggested Weakness: Limited
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Medical Doctor: Your knowledge of the human body and its care is much celebrated.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Medicine
  
  Suggested Weakness: Oath
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Psychologist: The human mind is your purview—you understand how it works and when it doesn’t.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: The Mind
  
  Suggested Weakness: Judgmental
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Field Archaeologist: You blend archaeological knowledge with wilderness survival and digging techniques.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Survival
  
  Suggested Weakness: Reckless
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dilettante: You ache to make a mark on the world, to amount to something special.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Resources
  
  Suggested Weakness: Naive
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Graduate Student: You’re at the beginning of an exciting career... you hope.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Vital Youth
  
  Suggested Weakness: Impatient
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Soldier of Fortune: Your military training makes you valuable the world over. It’s a dangerous place, this planet.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Hardy
  
  Suggested Weakness: Heartless
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Occult Author: You’ve studied and written widely on matters of mysticism and folklore. Your fans are many.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Mysticism
  
  Suggested Weakness: Bookish
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Appraisal: You’re sharp, perceptive, and quick—capable of appraising situations as well as objects.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lore: Your intellect is formidable and your knowledge spans many cultures and histories.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sciences: You have a calculating mind that prizes reason and calm precision above all.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Medicine: You’re adept at medicine, from saving lives to identifying the telling marks of death.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Mind: The human mind is a remarkable device and you understand how it works.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Survival: You’ve survived the wilderness, bandits, and wolves in your search for ancient treasures.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Resources: You’re well equipped with quality tools, society contacts, and funds.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Vital Youth: You’re energetic, athletic, and hale—ready for adventure!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hardy: You’re a rugged, leathery sort. You’re hard to kill and ready to work through pain.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mysticism: You know the ways of folklore and magic, some of it so much hogwash... some of it not.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Delicate: You’re delicate of touch, of demeanor, and of constitution.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Slow: Your mind may be sharp but your body is slow to keep up.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Limited: Outside your areas of expertise, you’re easily lost.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Oath: You’ve sworn an oath to save lives, avoid violence, and heal the sick.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Judgmental: Your judgmental attitude causes you troubles. If only others would try harder to measure up.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Reckless: You sometimes take chances that put you or others at risk.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Naive: A bit gullible and trusting of the wrong sorts, perhaps, but you mean well.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Impatient: You don’t wait around well. You want to act first and think about it later maybe.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Heartless: The years have left you wary and callous, unwilling to risk your heart again.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bookish: You’re no athlete. Maybe you’re doughy or awkward or frail but you’re sure no athlete.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Learn an Eldritch Secret: Learning is power, whether you share it or not.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hunt Something New: You’ve stalked or been stalked by the most dangerous game. Time for a new challenge.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find Worthy Material for a Dissertation: Stop waffling and wondering and find out what you believe to be true about the world.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Show Your Father You’re Worthy: It’s not about inheritance, it’s about respect.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Push A Mind Beyond Its Limits: Push someone—perhaps yourself!—beyond the limits of reason and then study what happens.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Show Them Your Work is Sound: It’s not enough anymore to believe you’re right. Show them you’re right.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bring Back A Groundbreaking Artifact: If you can retrieve a never-before-seen treasure, your career will be revitalized.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get Home Alive: Maybe this work isn’t worth your life? Just get home alive.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Nothing Is Forbidden: Human morals are a human construction. Knowledge of the infinite is more valuable.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Matters of Love: Love may be an earthly concern, but it’s real and it matters.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Deciphering: Read words that have gone unread for generations.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Survive the Wild: Endure and survive the threats of the wild.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Protect Someone: Prevent harm from coming to a colleague you admire or cherish.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Save A Life in Danger: Rescue someone in peril, perhaps bringing them back from the brink of death.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Be The First: Set foot in a new or ancient place before someone else can despoil it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Protect the Dig Site: Protect the dig site from harm.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Warn the World: Get word out about what’s happening at the dig site.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make A Friend: The best protections against the harsh realities of the world are friendship and allies.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Photographic Evidence: Get a photo that no one would believe if it weren’t true.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Right Might: Show someone that you’re not to be trifled with.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Matchbook From The Blue Star: A simple matchbook adorned with a blue star and no words.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jameson’s Portfolio on the Peru Dig: A collection of newspaper clippings, sketches, and geographical survey maps.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Stack of Cold, Hard Cash: At least $1,000 dollars American in bright green bills.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Heavens Below: by Brother Francisco Castillo. Contains occult secrets about pre-Columbian South America.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Revolver: A six-shot snub-nosed pistol.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Shotgun: A long, double-barreled shotgun with a wood stock.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ammunition: Ammo for a gun.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dynamite: One stick of dynamite with a long fuse.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Digging Equipment: Shovels, brushes, and picks suitable for quick or fine-detail work.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Fine Camera: A high-quality camera with tripod.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dr. Jameson’s Office: All dark hardwoods and plush chairs with a penthouse view.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Aveline Estate: The sort of place with marble pillars and a hedge maze.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Aboard Butcher’s Plane: The plane rattles and dips in tough turbulence. It’s more for cargo than passengers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Blue Star Nightclub: The city’s best-hidden jazz secret is this hole-in-the-wall club, open just twice a week.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Suburban Dining Room: The table is buried under layers of maps and sketches and newspaper clippings.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Remote Peruvian Village: A quaint, humid little village on the road leading to the dig site.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Swaying Rope Bridge: No way a truck could make it across that. Only foot traffic could cross this rickety thing.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Abandoned Dig Site: The dig site resembles, at first, just an assortment of low, stone walls and carved pits.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Deep Jungle: This sort of jungle can swallow up a traveler with ease and never release its secrets.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Far Beneath the Dig: A circle of sunlight through the well shaft above reveals a vast, finely carved chamber...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Turbulence: Avoid embarrassing yourself in flight.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: First Impressions: Make a first impression on the locals that won’t get you in trouble later.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cross the Rope Bridge: Get across the rope bridge with all your equipment intact.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rains From A Clear Night Sky: The dig site fills with water and mud. Protect the artifacts!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find Your Way: The track through the jungle is perilous and difficult to follow. Don’t lose your way.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lost Beneath: These strange passages beneath the earth make little sense. Will you ever see the sky again?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ancient Writings: Who can decipher these ancient markings?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gunfire!: Someone from afar is taking shots at you!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Impossible Creature: It is both there and not there, part tentacle and part grasping mouth. Understand it? Or flee?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Vision: Are you dreaming or is this real?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dr. Jeremiah Jameson: Dr. Jameson isn’t brave enough to lead expeditions so he funds others’ trips into the unknown.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Diane Aveline: The widow of Michael Aveline, who was killed on an expedition of Jameson’s. She wants revenge.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Caroline Butcher: One of the world’s great pilots and photographers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Walter Corrigan: A soldier of fortune hired to protect Dr. Jameson’s investments.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Leonard Crenshaw: A locally renowned jazz musician and expert on folklore of the Americas.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jorge Quispe: A young driver, fixer, and guide in Peru. He’s been to the dig site Jameson’s curious about.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mysterious Interloper: Tall and shadowy in a fedora and trench coat. Who is this gravel-voiced stranger?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mad Cultist: This drug-addled cultist is ready to give his life—or yours—to please his monstrous god.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tentacular Beast: Tentacles and feathery antennae probe out from a shadowy mass at the heart of this beast!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hellish Flying Monstrosity: Wider-winged than a condor, with a bone-chilling cry and gleaming teeth.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hunt Something New: XXX
  
  You’ve stalked or been stalked by the most dangerous game. Time for a new challenge.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wheelman (or woman): You've got the hottest car in Arkham: a 1926 Ford Model T Coupe with a 177 cubic-inch inline four that produces a mind-blowing 20-horsepower. Who *doesn't* want to hire you?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Experimental Cure: Someone you love is dying. There's an experimental treatment, but the doctor says that it's too soon for a human subject. You can sense the doctor *wants* to be persuaded otherwise... but how?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find Worthy Material for a Dissertation: XXX
  
  Stop waffling and wondering and find out what you believe to be true about the world.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Show Them Your Work is Sound: XXX
  
  It’s not enough anymore to believe you’re right. Show them you’re right.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ace Reporter: Wise-cracking, gum-snapping, and dedicated to the truth. The only reason you haven't got a Pulitzer is that you haven't found a big-enough story -- yet.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Buttonman: Tough guy. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Smuggler's Cove: Well-protected from storms and with a wide cobblestone beach, this cove has been a favorite with smugglers for hundreds of years.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Walter Corrigan: Diamond Jake's right-hand man. Nowadays mostly farms out the dirtiest work, but just one look tells you not to mess with him.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Carl Elliott: Clean-cut leader of the "Unsinkables," an elite Coast Guard interdiction unit.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Rum Line: 3 miles from shore, on the border to international waters, supply ships filled with contraband liquor wallow in the fog, ready to rendezvous with speedy inshore boats.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jefferson's Study: All dark hardwoods and plush chairs with a penthouse view.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: "Diamond" Jake Jefferson: Diamond Jake is the most successful "importer/exporter" in southern New England. Now he's moving North. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Far Beneath the Rendering Mill: A circle of sunlight through the charnel shaft above reveals a vast industrial space...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Leonard Crenshaw: A locally renowned jazz musician and expert on folklore of the Miskatonic Valley.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Aboard Jefferson's Yacht: The *Miranda* is either a folly or a masterpiece: gilt, brightwork, and mahogany over a frame fit for a gunboat. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mathematics Professor: You stand at the forefront of breakthroughs that undermine all that has come before.
  
  Mathematics: the key to a new world!
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Sciences
  
  Suggested Weakness: Limited
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Burglary Equipment: Crowbars, flashlights, sledgehammers, and lockpicks suitable for brute strength or finesse.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: George Quinlan: A young local rum-runner. He knows about the Marsh family and their myriad business and religious interests.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Connect with Miskatonic's colorful past: Defeat modern ennui by coming face-to-face with sanity-melting eternal verities.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Land of Opportunity: Make yourself a player in America: business, politics, power. Clean or dirty: money talks.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fisherman / Rumrunner: It's hard making ends meet, but you aren't scared of hard work. You blend local knowledge, natural history, and general mechanical competence.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Survival
  
  Suggested Weakness: Reckless
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Golddigger: You're fun, smart, and flirtatious -- a great catch. And it's like your grandma always said: "It's just as easy to fall in love with a rich person as a poor one."
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Runner: You can drive anything fast: a boat, a car, even an ornithopter. You don't mind a little -- or a lot -- of risk if it makes you a tidy profit and a little fun.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dissolute Playboy/girl: You like to live fast, play hard, and laugh off danger. After all, Daddy's always bailed you out when you got into trouble before. 
  
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Resources
  
  Suggested Weakness: Naive
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ford Model T Coupe: The hottest car in Arkham: a 1926 Ford Model T Coupe with a 177 cubic-inch inline four that produces a mind-blowing 20-horsepower. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Runabout: One of the fastest boats in New England. Even loaded up with a dozen cases of liquor it can outrun almost anything the Feds have. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Beat Cop: You're tough, street-wise, and can twirl a mean baton. People look up to you, even though there's an air about you that says that being on the other side of the law was your other option.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Medicine
  
  Suggested Weakness: Oath
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Wash the Gutters: The decent, hard-working folk of the Miskatonic Valley deserve better than the scum that seek to prey on them. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Top of the World, Ma!: Get your name and picture splashed across the top of the newspapers! That'll show 'em! 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Diane Aveline: The widow and heir to  Iron Mike Aveline, rival to Diamond Jake. She wants revenge.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: To the sea, to the sea...: Perhaps you're a crewmember, perhaps you've been invited, perhaps not. But you *don't* want to miss the *Miranda*'s cruise from Beverly  to Arkham. Get on board, make some friends, and let's get underway! 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Docks: Rotting wood, the smell of dead fish and diesel oil, nets and pots drying, the docks are alive before dawn and after dusk.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Me and My Shadow: Someone's watching over you. Lose them to gain 5 minutes access to a private location.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dilettante: You like to live fast, play hard, and laugh off danger. After all, Daddy's always bailed you out when you got into trouble before. 
  
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Resources
  
  Suggested Weakness: Naive
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Resources: You’re well equipped with quality tools, society contacts, and funds.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hedonist: You want to experience everything life has to offer. Every pleasure, every thrill, and you don’t intend to wait around for them to come to you. 
  
  You want to act first and think about it later maybe.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nothing Is Forbidden: Human morals are a human construction which the fearful use to console themselves while they hide from the world. 
  
  Experience of everything life has to offer  is more valuable.
  
  Get out there, live fast, try everything!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rumrunner: It's hard making ends meet, but you aren't scared of hard work. You blend local knowledge, natural history, and general mechanical competence.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Survival
  
  Suggested Weakness: Reckless
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Martial Training: A member of the armed forces, trained and experienced in war, at home on the water (or in it) and good at taking orders.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Reckless: You sometimes take chances that put you or others at risk.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Connect with Miskatonic's colorful past: Defeat modern ennui by coming face-to-face with sanity-melting eternal verities.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In The Name Of Progress: You're strongly driven by your devotion to your work, and you'll let little stand in the way if it means you'll have the opportunity to further your studies.