Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs

[Susano]

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Wow! This is a hell of a resourse! Thanks!

 

I have a few more I want to add. Eventually.

[D. Guss Tibus]

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Is there enuf in "Sharp Dressed Man" to build a char with?

[Susano]

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Dunno, haven't seen the lyrics.

[Doug Limmer]

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No one's done a Boy from New York City yet?

[Susano]

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No one's done a Boy from New York City yet?

 

Wow, that'll be easy. I'll see what I can do.

[Susano]

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Is there enuf in "Sharp Dressed Man" to build a char with?

 

Wealth, High Society, and that's about it.

[Susano]

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DADDY’S CUP

 

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
13	STR	3	12-	Lift 151.6 kg; 2 1/2d6 HTH Damage [3]
13	DEX	9	12-	OCV:  4/DCV:  4
13	CON	6	12-
10	BODY	0	11-
13	INT	3	12-	PER Roll 12-
11	EGO	2	11-	ECV:  4
11	PRE	1	11-	PRE Attack:  2d6
10	COM	0	11-

3	PD	0		Total:  3 PD (0 rPD)
3	ED	0		Total:  3 ED (0 rED)
3	SPD	7		Phases:  4, 8, 12
6	REC	0
26	END	0
24	STUN	0		Total Characteristics Cost:  31

Movement:	Running:	6"/12"
Leaping:	2"/4"
Swimming:	2"/4"

Cost	Powers & Skills
9	"I've Learned To Race":  Aid  Running 3d6, Trigger (Activating the 
Trigger requires a Zero Phase Action, Trigger requires a Turn or more 
to reset; +1/4); Only Works On Ground Vehicle The Character Is 
Currently Driving (-1), 4 Charges (-1), Requires A Combat Driving 
Roll  (-1/2), Costs Endurance (-1/2), [4]

Perks
0	Race Car:  Vehicle

Skills
7	"First Time I Raced":  Combat Driving 14-
1	Electronics 8-
4	"What Each One Was And What Each One Was For":  KS: Automotive 
Engines And Parts 13-
3	"What Each Driver Was Doing":  KS: The Auto Racing World 12-
2	"The First One I Bought Was A Mustang #2":  KS: Vehicles 11-
0	Language:  English (idiomatic; literate)
5	"I Had A Wrench In My Hand":  Mechanics 13-
0	"I've Wrecked A Bunch Of Cars":  TF:  Small Motorized Ground 
Vehicles

Total Powers & Skill Cost:  31
Total Cost:  62

25+	Disadvantages
20	Psychological Limitation:  "I'm Not Going To Give Up, 'Til They Put Me 
In The Ground Or Daddy's Name On That Cup" (Common, Total)
17	Experience Points

Total Disadvantage Points:  62

 

Description: Brought since he was just a baby to be part of the racing scene, the protagonist of the song Daddy’s Cup is bound and determined to finally win the race that will see his father’s name engraved on the championship cup. His father prepared him for his by having him identify engine parts after pouring them from a bucket, and would bring him to the race and analyze drivers based on the actions. Eventually, he bought his own car, and with his father’s and uncle’s help, turned into a race car. He’s gone through a lot of cars since, won some and lost more, but refuses to give up.

 

The unnamed narrator of the song Daddy’s Cup, comes from the Drive-By Trucker’s album The Dirty South. Although a contemporary character and well-suited for Dark Champions games, he could be dropped into a Pulp Hero game with ease. In fact, you could link him with John Lee Pettimore III and Rapid Roy the Stock Car Boy to make a group of car-based moonshine runners.

 

(Daddy’s Cup created by The Drive-By Truckers, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)

[Susano]

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THE BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY

 

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
10	STR	0	11-	Lift 100 kg; 2d6 HTH Damage [2]
13	DEX	9	12-	OCV:  4/DCV:  4
11	CON	2	11-
10	BODY	0	11-
13	INT	3	12-	PER Roll 12-
11	EGO	2	11-	ECV:  4
13	PRE	3	12-	PRE Attack:  2 1/2d6
16	COM	3	12-

3	PD	1		Total:  3 PD (0 rPD)
3	ED	1		Total:  3 ED (0 rED)
3	SPD	7		Phases:  4, 8, 12
4	REC	0
22	END	0
21	STUN	0		Total Characteristics Cost:  31

Movement:	Running:	6"/12"
Leaping:	2"/4"
Swimming:	2"/4"

Cost	Powers & Skills
Martial Arts:  Fencing
Maneuver	OCV	DCV	Damage
3	Cut	+2	+1	Weapon, Weapon  Strike
5	Lunge	+1	-2	Weapon +4 DC Strike
4	Parry	+2	+2	Block, Abort
5	Slash	-2	+1	Weapon +4 DC Strike
5	Thrust	+1	+3	Weapon  Strike
Weapon Element:  Blades

Perks
0	"Has The Finest Penthouse I've Ever Seen":  Base
5	"He Keeps His Pockets Full Of Spending Loot":  Money:  Well Off
0	"Brand New Car":  Vehicle

Skills
3	"His Dueling Scar":  +1 with Fencing
10	"He's Sweet Talking And Cool":  +2 with Interaction Skills

2	"From New York City":  CK: New York City 11-
3	"How He Talks":  Conversation 12-
3	"He's Really Down":  High Society 12-
2	KS: Fencing 11-
0	Language:  English (idiomatic; literate)
3	'He Can Dance":  PS: Dancing 12-
3	"And Make Romance":  Seduction 12-
1	"Dueling Scar":  WF:  Blades

Total Powers & Skill Cost:  57
Total Cost:  88

50+	Disadvantages
15	DNPC:  Kitty (wife) 11- (Normal)
10	Distinctive Features:  Dueling Scar (Concealable; Noticed and 
Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
10	Distinctive Features:  Style (Not Concealable; Noticed and 
Recognizable; Detectable By Large Group)
3	Experience Points

Total Disadvantage Points:  88

 

Description: As described by his wife Kitty, the Boy From New York City is Kind Of Tall/...Really Fine/...Neat/And Oh So Sweet. He’s a well-to-do man about town, with a fine new car, a nice penthouse, and plenty of spending money. His dueling scar shows he attending a prestigious college, while his smooth taking ways and skill on the dance floor allow him to woo just about any woman he chooses. Fortunately for Kitty (narrator of the song), he chooses her.

 

The Boy From New York City comes from the song of the same name, a doo-wop ditty written in 1964 and initially performed by the Ad Libs, with The Manhattan Transfer making it a big hit in 1981. The Boy makes an excellent Pulp Hero NPC or even the basis for a PC (especially if you add the Dilettante Package). With a little editing he could also be a Fantasy Hero nobleman, or a Star Hero aristocrat.

 

(The Boy From New York City created by George Davis & John T. Taylor, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)

[Susano]

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UNEASY RIDER

 

Val	CHA	Cost	Roll	Notes
10	STR	0	11-	Lift 100 kg; 2d6 HTH Damage [2]
12	DEX	6	11-	OCV:  4/DCV:  4
11	CON	2	11-
10	BODY	0	11-
15	INT	5	12-	PER Roll 12-
11	EGO	2	11-	ECV:  4
13	PRE	3	12-	PRE Attack:  2 1/2d6
10	COM	0	11-

3	PD	1		Total:  3 PD (0 rPD)
3	ED	1		Total:  3 ED (0 rED)
3	SPD	8		Phases:  4, 8, 12
4	REC	0
22	END	0
21	STUN	0		Total Characteristics Cost:  28

Movement:	Running:	7"/14"
Leaping:	2"/4"
Swimming:	2"/4"

Cost	Powers & Skills
2	"I Was Making Tracks":  Running +1" (7" total), END 1
5	"Hoping I Didn't Run Outta Luck":  Luck 1d6

Perks
0	"Who Owns This Car?":  Vehicle

Skills
5	"Kicked Old Green Teeth Right In The Knee":  +1 with HTH Combat

2	"Went To L.A., Via Omaha":  AK: United States of America 11-
2	"Takin' A Trip Out To L.A.":  CK: Los Angelus 11-
5	"Mario Andretti Woulda Sure Been Proud":  Combat Driving 12-
0	Language:  English (idiomatic; literate)
3	"I Knew That Left Rear Tire Was About To Blow":  Mechanics 12-
3	"I Laid It On Thicker And Heavier As I Went":  Oratory 12-
3	"Watch Him Folks, He's A Very Dangerous Man":  Persuasion 12-
0	"Toolin' Along In My Chevrolet":  TF:  Small Motorized Ground Vehicles
0	"I Grabbed Me A Chair":  WF:  Clubs

Total Powers & Skill Cost:  30
Total Cost:  58

25+	Disadvantages
5	Distinctive Features:  Long Hair (Easily Concealed; Noticed and 
Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
10	Psychological Limitation:  "Now The Last Thing I Wanted Was To Get 
Into A Fight" (Common, Moderate)
10	Social Limitation:  Long-Haired 'Hippy' In 1973 (Frequently, Major, Not 
Limiting In Some Cultures)
8	Experience Points

Total Disadvantage Points:  58

 

Description: The Uneasy Rider is a long-haired pot-smoking ‘Son of the South’ with a peace sign in his car (not to mention mag wheels and four on the floor). Unfortunately, while driving through Jackson, Mississippi one of the tires on his car went flat, eventually depositing him in front of a place called “The Dew Drop Inn.” There he manages to fast talk his way out of a beating, get back to his newly-repaired car and escape -- but not before chasing everyone around the packing lot.

 

Initially released in 1973, Uneasy Rider (an obvious play on the movie Easy Rider), shows Charlie Daniels’ counterculture attitude, which was common among the “outlaw” country musicians at the time. These days, he’s swung right-of-center, as seen in songs like Simple Man. In addition, he released Uneasy Rider ’88, which is in sharp contrast to the original. In the newer song, he starts the fight, as opposed to trying to avoid it.

 

(Uneasy Rider created by Charlie Daniels, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)

[Marcus Impudite]

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How about Nick Cave's Red Right Hand?

[Susano]

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I have the lyrics, but haven't done anything with them yet. I want to finish Lightning's Hand first.

 

Anyone have any thoughts on Pink?

[Kaeto]

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How about the Arizona Ranger from 'Big Iron' by Marty Robbins?

 

Or the Blacksmith of Brandywine?

[Susano]

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Send me the lyrics, and I'll take a look.

[AmadanNaBriona]

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I based a ton of NPC's off various Marty Robbins ballads once upon a time. They practically write themselves.

 

Big Iron -Marty Robbins

 

To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day

Hardly spoke to folks around him didn't have too much to say

No one dared to ask his business no one dared to make a slip

For the stranger there amongst them had a big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

 

It was early in the morning when he rode into the town

He came riding from the south side slowly lookin' all around

He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip

And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

 

In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas Red

Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead

He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four

And the notches on his pistol numbered one an nineteen more

One and nineteen more

 

Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around

Was an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in town

He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead

And he said it didn't matter he was after Texas Red

After Texas Red

 

Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red

But the outlaw didn't worry men that tried before were dead

Twenty men had tried to take twenty men had made a slip

Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

 

The morning passed so quickly it was time for them to meet

It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street

Folks were watching from their windows every-body held their breath

They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death

About to meet his death

 

There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play

And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about to-day

Texas Red had not cleared leather when a bullet fairly ripped

And the rangers aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

 

It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round

There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground

Oh he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip

When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip

Big iron on his hip

 

Big iron Big iron

When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip

[Susano]

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Oh, I can work with this.

[AmadanNaBriona]

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Oh' date=' I can work with this.[/quote']

 

I thought so.

 

Like I said, they practically leap on to the character sheets.

 

I had SOOOOOOO many NPC's for our (alas very short lived) Western Hero game.

 

Here's another fun one...

 

Running Gun -Marty Robbins

 

I rode out of Kansas City, going south to Mexico

I was running, dodging danger,left the girl that I loved so.

Far behind lay Kansas City and the past that I had earned.

Twenty notches on my six gun marked the lessons I had learned.

 

Many times I sold my fast gun for a place to lay my head,

'Till the nights began to haunt me, by the men that I left dead.

Couldn't stand it any longer with the life that I'd begun,

So I said good-bye to Jeannie and became a running gun.

 

I rode into Amarillo as the sun sank in the west,

My thoughts in Kansas City, and the girl that I love best.

As I smiled and kissed her gently and then turned away to go,

Said I'd send for her to meet me when I reached old Mexico.

 

I had barely left the saddle, and my foot just touched the ground,

When a cold voice from the shadows told me not to turn around.

Said he knew about my fast gun, knew the price paid by the law.

Challenged by a bounty hunter, so I turned around to draw.

 

I knew someday I'd meet him, for his hand like lightning flashed.

My own gun stood in leather as his bullet tore its path.

As my strength was slowly fading, I could see him walk away,

And I knew that where I lie tonight, he too must lie some day.

 

Now a crowd is slowly gathering but my eyes are growing dim,

And my thoughts return to Jeannie, and the home that we had planned.

Oh please tell her, won't you mister, that she's still the only one,

But a woman's love is wasted when she loves a running gun.

[AmadanNaBriona]

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Rereading Running Gun just made me realize it's essentially a song about the characters Disads.

Neat.

[Princedarkstorm]

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Those are great write ups ,Susano !

:thumbup:

[Michael Hopcroft]

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Send me the lyrics' date=' and I'll take a look.[/quote']

 

Here is a link to the lyrics for The Blacksmith of Brandywine, which is a song about the American Revolution, a plot to assassinate George Washington, and the bloody vengeance of a cruelly wronged man.

[Princedarkstorm]

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Here is a link to the lyrics for The Blacksmith of Brandywine' date=' which is a song about the American Revolution, a plot to assassinate George Washington, and the bloody vengeance of a cruelly wronged man.[/quote']

Thank you for the link !

[bschrempp]

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I have not had a chance to read the entire thread yet.

 

You have BIG JIM WALKER but what about the boy from south Alabama, Willie "Slim" McCoy? In the song Big Jim Walkers gets killed by Slim. He uses a knife and cuts Jim up and shoots him too. At the end of the song the refrain changes from "And you don't mess around with Jim" to "And you don't mess around with Slim".

 

Well out of south Alabama come a country boy

He said, "I'm looking for a man named Jim

I am a pool shootin' boy, my name is Willie McCoy

But down home they call me Slim

And I'm looking for the king of 42nd street

He's driving a drop top Cadillac

Last week he took all my money, and it may sound funny

But I've come to get my money back,"

 

And when the cuttin' was done

The only part that wasn't bloody was the soles of the big man's feet

And he was cut in 'bout a hundred places

And he was shot in a couple more

And you better believe they sung a different kind of story

When big Jim hit the floor

 

 

 

 

Bob

[Susano]

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He's possible... but since he's a secondary character, I'm going to concentrate on the characters the songs are about right now. If you want to write him up, go ahead!

[Princedarkstorm]

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That was idea for a secondary character .

[gewing]

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the woman (for her son) in the Garth Brooks song "In Lonesome Dove" would be good too. Reminds me of a couple old ladies from Louis L'Amour's Sackett novels.

 

 

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/garthbrooks/inlonesomedove.html

 

That is another song that sends shivers up my spine, sometimes makes me tear up.

[Princedarkstorm]

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Has anyone done any of the BLACK SABBATS' songs?