Darkness in the Emerald City

Darkness in the Emerald City is a proposed Dark Champions game to run concurrently with X-Com. This page will discuss campaign basics and collect links to recaps and characters.

The Setting

The game is set in Emerald City, which looks a lot like Seattle on the surface, but there always seems to be a little something sinister just around the corner. Crime soars, rain falls and the wealthy stare out their windows at the huddled masses fighting to keep masked criminals from stealing the $10 in their wallets.

When the first masked vigilantes appeared in New York in the early 80s, many thought the world was changing for the better. Thirty years later, few would argue that has been the case. Defenders of justice are few, and criminals enjoy the fruits of police corruption and public apathy.

That is where you come in...

Character Creation

There will be multiple character creation options available. This will be somewhat of an experiment of varying character power levels. I will also steal some equipment guidelines I have heard of others using.

While the actual numbers are important, what really drives this game are motivations. The following questions are required for each character.

What is your origin?

What motivates you to pursue vigilantism/fight crime?

What are your two greatest fears?

What are your two greatest desires?

Nuts and Bolts

The character generation numbers will be placed here once I have decided on them.

Characters

All PCs and important NPCs will be placed here.

Stories

Links to story recaps will be placed here.