Psychic-Ville

[jam...@elevendayempire.com]

I got the itch to come up with a setting and characters again. It's
not as much fun doing it solo as with a group, but sometimes we have
to make our own fun.

Taking a list of genres/themes and randomly selecting two, I got for
my setting "Gritty family drama" and "Crazily powerful psychic
abilities". Seems like a good start. Then, I went to the Mythic GM
Emulator and came up with six "event meanings" that I used as bases
for the six characters I would create. And then I went through
Pathways. I took the characters all the way through the nine steps,
although I stopped updating the Relatipnship Map adter the Life
Changing Event (using TouchDraw on my iPad, it was a challenge to get
eve that much onto one map and still have it be readable)

I came up with a family - mother, father, two sons, and then the
mother's sister, and the girl who loves both sons and is trying to
choose between them. The Relatipnship Map is here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5069296/Psychic-Ville%20Relationship%20Map.pdf

One note about the abilities/distinctions - I gave the two sons
"Psychic Heritage", but I haven't yet figured out exactly how that's
defined. Other than that, everything's right out of the book. So,
without further ado, here they are:

David Powell (patriarch)
A brilliant researcher and geneticist, he plans to use his sons to
breed a psychic master race.

Values
Power (d12) I will remake the world in my image!
Glory (d12) I am the father of the future!
Truth (d6) I have seen the truth, and it will lead me to my destiny
Justice (d4) My will is more important than any outdated notions of
fairness
Love (d4) I need no one except my perfect, psychic children
Duty (d4) I owe nothing except to myself and my vision

Relationships
Brandon (d12) He is the future
Jacob (d6) He is a regrettable failure, but perhaps something can be
salvaged from him
Evelyn (d6) She provided me with two living sons. Her usefulness is
ended.
Jessica (d6) She may be the key to bringing Brandon around
Tamara (d4) She is a nuisance, nothing more
Abraham Powell (d6) When I have changed the world, then he will
finally respect me
Jeannie Barton (d4) Her genes will help build the future

Assets
Genius d12
Telepathy d4
Big Brother d8
Telepathic Enhancer (gear) d8
Observant d6

Extras
Senator Miller (Influence, Wealth) 2d4
Johns Hopkins University Medical School Faculty (research, knowledge)
2d6

Locations
Department of Advanced Neuroscience (medicine, research) 2d12
May House (safety, comfort) 2d6

Evelyn Powell (mother)
The once-dutiful wife of David Powell, she has turned against both him
and her sons due to their role in the death of her daughter

Values
Power (d6) No power in the world can bring back my daughter
Glory (d4) There is no glory in the madness of my family’s ambitions
Truth (d8) Truth can’t be denied or hidden from
Justice (d10) All I have left is revenge against my husband and my
sons
Love (d8) I used to be able to love
Duty (d6) I owe a debt to Barbara’s memory that I can never repay

Relationships
David (d6) I wish I’d never met him
Brandon (d4) Barbara’s dead because of him; I wish it had been him
instead
Jacob (d6) His powers will destroy him, and I can’t (and won’t) help
him
Jessica (d8) She’s making all the same mistakes I did
Tamara (d8) I love her, but I wish she’d leave well enough alone
Barbara Powell (d12) My soul died the day that she died

Assets
Wealthy d6
Impulsive d6
Guilty d10
Pyrokinesis d4

Extras
William Cashwell (power, danger) 2d6
CDC First Response Team (investigation, security) 2d8

Locations
Windward Cottage 2d8 (isolation, peace)
CDC Baltimore Field Office (bureaucracy, knowledge) 2d6
May House (wealth, socializing) 2d6

Brandon Powell (eldest son)
A very powerful psychic, he hopes to use his paranormal abilities to
seize as much power as he can, with an eventual goal of ruling the
entire world.

Values
Power (d10) I have been given great power, but it is not enough for my
purposes
Glory (d6) I do not require recognition, only obedience
Truth (d6) No one can hide the truth from me
Justice (d6) In my psychic utopia, there will be perfect justice
Love (d4) Love is nothing but a snare and a distraction
Duty (d10) My superior powers impose the duty to rule upon me

Relationships
David (d8) I should probably be grateful to him for the powers he’s
passed on to me
Evelyn (d4) She hates me, and I couldn’t care less
Jacob (d6) He is a fool, and a waste of powerful genes.
Jessica (d6) She thinks she can influence me, but she is sadly
mistaken
Tamara (d4) If she stirs up too much trouble, she’ll have to be dealt
with
Abraham Powell (d4) Old as he is, he may still have his uses
Jeannie Barton (d4) She will be valuable as breeding stock
William Cashwell (d6) He is a tool, nothing more

Assets
Psychic Heritage d10
Mastermind d10
Telekinesis d8
Illusions d6
Dream Manipulation d10
Vicious d6

Extras
Marianne Kendrick (companionship, loyalty) 2d4

Locations
Michaelson Industries Genetic Lab 2d10 (knowledge, power)
Department of Advanced Neuroscience (medicine, research) 2d4

Jacob Powell (younger son)
Possibly even more powerful than his brother Brandon, Jacob does not
share his brother’s ambitions, instead using his psychic powers to
obtain drugs, women and whatever other pleasures he can imagine

Values
Power (d8) I don’t trust the power I have
Glory (d6) I wish no one knew my name
Truth (d6) The truth about myself is too awful to contemplate
Justice (d4) There is clearly no justice in the world
Love (d8) I wish I could believe that love would save me, but I know
better
Duty (d10) Everyone tells me about the great responsibility that comes
with my powers, but I don’t want it!

Relationships
David (d6) I know he thinks I’m a failure; I think so, too.
Evelyn (d6) She blames me for Barbara’s death, and she’s right
Brandon (d12) His ambitions are insane, but he’s got the power to
fulfill them.
Jessica (d8) She’ll always choose Brandon over me
Tamara (d4) I wish I could trust her, because she’s right about our
family
Barbara Powell (d4) She’s the only one I ever trusted. Or loved.
Big Steve Puccini (d6) He’s always got exactly what I need, as long as
I can pay

Assets
Psychic Heritage d8
Mind Control d12
Guilty d4
Sneaky d8
Manipulative d4

Extras
Marianne Kendrick (companionship, loyalty) 2d4
Peter Rolinda (intimidation, violence) 2d6

Locations
Grand Oceanview Hotel (luxury, confidentiality) 2d8
Department of Advanced Neuroscience (medicine, research) 2d4
Windward Cottage (isolation, seduction) 2d6



Tamara Whitson (Evelyn's sister)
Sister to Evelyn, Tamara has seen the misery that Brandon and Jacob’s
psychic powers have caused. She believes, and has made it her life’s
goal to prove, that those powers are the result of unethical and
dangerous experiments run by David Powell.

Values
Power (d6) The people with real power don’t fear me, but they will
Glory (d4) Glory is a lure for the immature and the mad
Truth (d10) I will uncover the truth regardless of the cost!
Justice (d8) Justice for my sister is her husband in a jail cell, or
the grave
Love (d8) Love of family is the only sure thing in this world
Duty (d6) My duty is to my sister, and that’s it

Relationships
David (d8) He’s wrecked my sister’s life, and he will pay for that
Evelyn (d10) I will save her, even if she want to be saved
Brandon (d8) Brandon is dangerous and probably insane.
Jessica (d8) She may be the tool I can use to uncover the truth about
the Powell brothers
Jacob (d8) There’s a little bit of his mother in him; hopefully it’s
enough to save him
Big Steve Puccini (d6) Through his debts, I own him

Assets
On a Mission d12
Investigator d10
Electrokinesis d4

Extras
Jackson Ellis (secrecy, comfort) 2d6
Ed Karmazian (retrieval, investigation) 2d6
Marianne Kendrick (influence, manipulation) 2d4

Locations
Whitsun Capital Corporate HQ (wealth, status) 2d8
Institute for Paranormal Studies (propaganda, conspiracy) 2d6

Jessica Avery (friend of Brandon and Jacob)
Jessica is young, wealthy, beautiful, and in love with one of the
Powell brothers. Unfortunately, she isn’t sure which one it is; her
goal is to figure it out, and win the heart of the chosen brother.

Values
Power (d6) There are many kinds of power
Glory (d6) My name and my checkbook carry a lot of weight
Truth (d8) The most important truth is in my heart
Justice (d4) Justice is something not often found in my world
Love (d10) All the money in the world is worthless without love
Duty (d8) I’ve got a lot of obligations to live up to

Relationships
David (d6) I hate what he did to his sons, and I’m afraid of what he
could do to me
Evelyn (d6) She’s pathetic, and if she’s allowed to, she’ll drag her
sons down with her
Brandon (d10) He could rule the world, especially with me at his side
Jacob (d10) I’m the only one who can save him from himself
Tamara (d6) She doesn’t understand the danger she’s in
Barbara Powell (d4) Her memory may be the key to get close to her
brothers

Assets
Cosmopolitan d16
Connected d10
Wealthy d8
Precognition d8

Extras
Marcia Teller (gossip, backstabbing) 2d10
Peter Rolinda (intimidation, violence) 2d8
Ed Karmazian (investigation, theft) 2d4

Locations
The Peacock Room (exclusive, seduction) 2d6
Leonard Avenue Condominium (rest & recuperation, security) 2d4

[rick jones]

I had an idea for a Being Human/True Blood kind of game where there were the classic seven Virtues for the Values and seven corresponding Stress tracks. So suppose Aiden's vampire Mitchell is being tempted to feed again by his old mentor Herrick (a Feature). Aiden would roll his Temperance (which is only a 1d4, as he's been backsliding already) and Watchtower would be able to use Mitchell's Hunger Stress as part of the challenge.