Goodman Games

Everybody wants something from me. My associates, the Scriveners, a strange demon from another realm which I am not entirely certain is truly dead, the Queen’s own, Leander, and now my own sister’s compatriots, the Northumbrian Republican Movement. I turn the casing in my fingers, found in the place...

A loud knocking, and Elle’s insistent but gentle shake, awakens me. “Wake up, they are ready. I’m sorry, but we need to get out of here before we drop. I don’t really trust Mott that much.” I nod, rubbing sleep from my eyes. Elle unlocks the door, and the little fellow with the abundance of whiskers...

The massive tenement stretches its oppressive bulk before me. Elle takes my hand in hers as I look at her questioningly. I can see broken windows near the top, and fires burning within. “Are you sure this place is safe?” “It’s as safe as it can be,” she replies with a chuckle. I’m worried about that...

Imagine, if you will, a world that is new. One that does not fill your nostrils with the stink of industry, the unwashed masses, and the hideous perfumes that the upper class use to disguise their cancerous rot within. A new world in which everything is clean, death and decay hold no sway, and you ...

14. “You could turn your head, you know,” Rexelle is saying to me with a slight grin as she pulls her shirt over her head. I am momentarily distracted by the sight of her small, firm breasts, but turn my head with a flush creeping over my face as she bends to pull her skirt down. “Sorry,” I mutter, ...

13. “Oh, God, are you alright?” Rexelle asks me with concern etched into her features as she daubs at my scalp with a damp rag. I nod, mumbling about rotten luck as I sip at my draught. Rexelle had dragged me to a nearby public house after knocking me senseless. “Damn shame ‘bout yer muggin’, these ...

The Variant XP is spent from the larger XP pool the character has...my own method generally works well only when the characters in question are earning 100+ XP in an adventure, and they won't be able to do that and buy much in the way of feats and skills until 3rd plus level. But Gamesmasters vary, ...

OK, so it's not entirely complete, but it's posted now and any feedback would be welcomed...not sure what to place for the Take 20 section for a few of them, after all...what else could you need when you have everything already?? Find the word .doc here http://www.geocities.com/ed_dornerjr/Maded.htm...

12. Sheathed in the darkness of the alleyway, I watch as the night guardsmen begin their patrols on the inside of the building. There are always one or two stragglers who make a late exit from their long work days, and they are who I have been waiting for. The rain is harder now than it was this mor...

I’ve spent a cold night alone, in the rain, trying to reconfigure the mess that my life has become. Now I lay shuddering in the trash heap I made my attempts to rest in, drenched to the skin. I can’t go back to see Sarah yet, but I resolve to do so soon. I can’t go back to The Church, as that thing ...

From the girl’s demeanor and the way she carries herself, I fully expect her to launch into a tirade against the Redcoat about whom her father is and why the fellow doesn’t know exactly who she is. She is so imperious, and she pulls it off well. I watch almost mystified as the Redcoat swings around ...

My senses are assailed from the moment I open the door. Kaleidoscopic strobing lights flicker, illuminating the patronage of The Church. The scents of cigarettes, lust, alcohol, and desperation mingle in a musky bouquet. I feel the beat of the music even as it assaults my eardrums, throbbing and gri...

Manchester’s alive tonight. Traffic to Old Trafford is grinding everything to a halt. It’s Manchester United versus Arsenal. And I was going to catch that match, until now. Now that I am jittering in the back seat of the cab, Magda beside me and shouting obscenities at the slow-moving steam carriage...

Now that all is said and done, I’ve taken the time to go back, look over my experiences, and expand upon some of my elucidations of the past week. By now, those of you who have taken my upload capsule understand the rapid evolution I was undergoing, the revolution of thought both conscious and unco...

I gasp like a fish out of water when the plug is pulled from the socket at the base of my skull. Disorientation hits me in waves, almost nauseating in force. My eyes scream at the light as I crack them open. “Wh…where am I?” “You silly git,” I hear Magda’s voice reply, “We are at ImageMakers…get you...

“Hey, compánach , what are you doing here?” the small man says to Leander as we make our way into his shop. Magda follows me grimly, not sure of my intentions now. I’ve tried to persuade her that I am going to to through with this mission as planned. I don’t know if my heart is in it now. I am worri...

The exposition of violence has left me numbed. My clothing is splashed with the blood of the dying. Magda lies by my side face down. I don’t know where Leander has gone. Scanning the pub the three of us had entered for a simple meal and drink, I can see the remnants of human beings littered about th...

From what I can tell yes, they have. BUT, of all the times to get thrown eyehole deep in muddy water...damn, I must have been so high...

Next project is starting character equipment packages. I'm thinking I will separate them by social class and template, with a basic list including such items that can be acquired easily at their starting Wealth, and with expansions to the basic list for each based upon taking 10 and taking 20. Any t...

K, I've been kind of absorbed...but it's done... look here http://www.geocities.com/ed_dornerjr/Maded.html for it DIDN'T get everything I wanted on it, but I think I found a pretty fair median for only 3 pages on GM side/3 pages on player. MIGHT eventually work on a bigger one with more stuff...but ...

4. The docks of Wallasey are in ill repair, surrounded by towering blocks of tenement flats upon all sides. The smell of the sea and its tradecraft is overpoweringly strong. Leander doesn’t seem to have much of a problem with it, despite his keen sense of smell. The sign above the doorway before us ...

3. So I find myself now, very late in the evening, soaking wet from the constant drizzle falling from the dark sky above me, shivering with the cold that chills my bones and feeling a growing pain in the area of the recent addition to my physiology, traversing the banks of the River Mersey. I knew i...

There's more coming ;) Looks like I posted the new chapter for tonight right before you submitted lol...thanks for the kind words, hope I can keep it up well...I am on a lot of drugs right now, so I am feeling inspired...and they are all legal, pro...I mean PREscribed by a doc in light of my recent ...

2. Awake again, I struggle weakly against my bonds. My head is throbbing dully, but it’s not the headache. My mind is blank, with no recognition of dreams forgotten. A shiver runs over my skin as cool air strikes out against rivulets of soured sweat. I am not in my home. Recognition then hits me. Th...

Here's an interesting question for the Creators, don't remember reading anything about this anywhere in the books. How has the history of Ireland been going in the Etherscope world? Is there still a huge issue between Protestant and Catholic groups there, or the presence of an anti-Imperial resistan...