So, I'm getting to grips with the basics of the Leverage rpg, at least enough to stat some characters. I also write waaay too much about them. ( Meet Vance! See his stat block! )

So, a character for the horror-Leverage. Horrorage? I need a catchy name. Suggestions are more than welcome, as are comments in general.

( Meet Valerie )

( What if Leverage had a grubbier sister crew, fighting unspeakable evil in the Midwest? )

It looks like it's possible to do Leverage as an rpg, complete with those flashbacks that mean so much to the format and the stories.
I've read as much about the Leverage rpg rules as I can without actually owning the game. I simply can't afford buying a game right now, so I'll do a bit of reverse-engineering, using FATE. I think it can be done.

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Here follows some more gaming stuff, about the world of crime, and the world of the occult, and how it looks when they intersect. I hope it'll go towards answering etrangere 's request for a Magic Mafia.
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I had an online conversation with my dear friend Sand about how to make Leverage and horror work together (and how to make Leverage work as an rpg at all). He made some good points, and I blabbed as is my wont.

I thought I'd post it here:

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So, I've written a bit on magic for my Leverage.meets-occult-horror thing. To be honest I don't see the player characters as conjurers, but a bit of background is always handy, yeah?

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These are my ideas for the setting I started writing about yesterday. I would LOVE criticism. What's unclear, unfunny, deprotagonising, dumb? What should be different?

Setting: Leverage-like characters navigating dark chasms of occult horror.

Feel: Desperately clever heists and cons. The height of human ingenuity and courage pitted against the ( Read more... )

His name is Marcus, but those who hang with him call him Seven. He's the best damn thief you'll ever meet. He's only got seven fingers. There's a story, but you'll have to make do with the abridged version for now, 'k? Ask himself someday.

Seems that Marcus had taken the wrong guy's stuff. Some kingpin motherfucker who had some kinda brujo on ( Read more... )