Cops and Robbers [Concluded]

[Skooma Addict]

Very well. You asked for this.

My name is Skume de LaRoux. I am french detective world renown for my deductive reasoning and impeccable logic. My partner is Balls MacGee, a heavy set, wise-cracking American beat cop. Together, my book smarts and his street smarts make us a formidable duo indeed! Criminals beware!! Or just bribe us. Never said we were clean.

[johnhughthom]

Okay, I was thinking how this would work with fewer players and came up with a slightly different scenario. What if the game actually was set in Gotham City? The 4 robbers would be Batman villains, I haven't quite decided how Batman & Robin would fit into it but I have a few ideas. The game would still be played in a similar fashion, just a bit more over the top, more akin to the 60s tv show than the recent films. Ka-Blooeys, Thwops, Biffs, Pows and Kerthumps would be many. Thoughts?

[Beefy187]

Sorry John. Count me back in.
I'll be busy for the next 5 days or so, but should be fine after that.

[johnhughthom]

Sorry John. Count me back in.
I'll be busy for the next 5 days or so, but should be fine after that.

No problem, shouldn't start before then.

[johnhughthom]

The Gotham City Times

March 29th 2012

Many questions unanswered after explosion

Special report by Arnold Spelvin


Gotham City wakes up to a shocking morning, a police force devastated and a crime ring destroyed. Mayor West is has promised an update later today to clear up the events of this past evening, despite numerous calls we have received no reply from the Gotham City Police Department.

At approximately 9:35 pm last night an explosion was heard at the Gotham Heights home of rumoured "mafia don" Alberto Panucci, Gotham City Fire Department were on scene in minutes with ambulances from Gotham General just behind. What they found was a scene from a warzone, half of the house flattened and the rest ablaze, bodies littering the grounds of the house. I was told by one firefighter that bodies had been dragged from the lake, thrown from the house in the explosion, dead already or drowned after they couldn't escape the lake due to their injuries. One estimate put the number of dead at "at least fifty, maybe twice that".

A number of the dead were wearing GCPD uniforms, information from the deparment has been limited, but it is rumoured that up to forty officers were involved in an operation to arrest Mr Panucci when the explosion occurred. When I arrived at the scene there was no police presence, it took another thirty minutes for police to arrive and I was immediately removed from the scene. Before this I was able to speak to a number of members of the fire department and paramedics, the most likely cause of the catastrophe appears to be a gas explosion. Calls to the local gas suppliers, however, turned up the information that Mr Panucci did not have a gas supply to his home.


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[johnhughthom]

Gotham City Police Department:

Pizza, Seon, Skooma, TheFlax, Renata, AA, Stildawn, Beefy.

You can each name your character if you wish, or I can do it for you. You will need to choose 4 traits for your officer, one from each of the groups below.

ambitious/idealistic/cynical
energetic/vigilant/lazy
scientific/thorough/old fashioned
aggressive/even-tempered/passive

You can also write a short bio of your character, preferably to include the traits you have chosen. I would prefer if you roleplayed using the traits you picked, it is not necessary however as they are mainly to determine the outcome of certain night events.

[johnhughthom]

Write ups at the end of each night phase will all be a new issue of the Gotham City Times, there will be more than one journalist and each one will have his own agenda, so write ups may not be as clear cut as they appear. Each player will also get a pm detailing the results of their nights actions, the outcomes of most actions will depend largely on traits, but sometimes choices may need to be made, I will pm players at the beginning of the night phase to give them plenty of time to decide. Each day phase will be a discussion phase lasting 24 or 48 hours (which do you guys think would be better?), with actions carried out in a 24 hour night phase.

Cops can pm me their choice of traits or post them in here, whatever they prefer. Just remember if the robbers know your strengths and weaknesses they can plan accordingly. When the game starts I will open a new thread called GCPD HQ, which will be the cops discussion thread, the first action will be to vote new ranks for the officers, I'm looking at 1 lieutenant, 1 sergeant, 2 detectives and 4 officers. There will be higher ranks available as the game progresses.

I'm hoping, if I can get all the players in, that the game will start on Wednesday or Thursday, half the robbers have sent their traits and one cop so far. More players would be very welcome.