Post by A.C. Smith on Sept 29, 2012 10:41:22 GMT -4
Mafia thread: www.quicktopic.com/48/H/LrW7aw6KUHmT
Dead thread: www.quicktopic.com/48/H/cTkDgaAjPTYEe
Character bios:
Mr. Carlson: C.J. Gates
Affiliation: Town
WKRP General Manager – Encourager/Partial Immunity
You're Arthur Carlson, the clueless, yet well-meaning, general manager of WKRP who started as a salesman before being promoted largely on nepotism. You don't like the rock music WKRP plays, you're notorious for spacing out and your childish obsessions, and you're terrified of your mother (who also happens to own the station), but you're a fatherly influence on the staff and a genuinely good person.
Night role: As an Encourager, you are able to pick one person each night, and that person will not have their actions roleblocked or misdirected. Additionally, since Mama Carlson is your mother, you are immune from third-party buy-outs. However, this does not exclude you from being lynched, mod-killed, or being killed by Mafia members.
Andy Travis: President Jeff
Affiliation: Town
WKRP Program Director – Role-gifter
You're Andy Travis, a young, enthusiastic new hire that's been called “the next boy wonder of American radio.” Your first act as program director after leaving the top station in your hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was to change the format of WKRP from elevator music to rock and roll, and that pissed a LOT of people off. However, your track record, as well as a REALLY nice head of hair, makes you a likable person and a solid boss.
Night role: As a Role-gifter, you are able to pick one person each night and give them a special one-shot night action, either as a Doctor or an Investigator. No other player may be given more than two one-shot night actions over the course of the game, and they must be limited to one of each action (one Doctor, one Investigator).
Les Nessman: T-Marv
Affiliation: Town
WKRP News Director – Investigator
You're Les Nessman, the most ridiculed newsman in the city of Cincinnati. Your quirks are legendary, and include tape put around your desk to signify where walls would be if you had the office you think you deserve. To say you march to the beat of your own drum is an understatement; despite Cincinnati being a metropolis, you lead all your news reports with your award-winning farm updates. However, you've won five Buckeye Newshawk awards, and nobody has the heart to get rid of you since you've been at WKRP for your entire professional career.
Night role: As an Investigator, you are able to investigate one person each night and find out their alignment, guilty or innocent.
Herb Tarlek: Blade, then T-Marv
Affiliation: Town
WKRP Sales Manager – Watcher
You're Herb Tarlek, the stereotypical fast-talking salesman with no fashion sense, few ethics, and fewer friends. You spend most of your time hitting on Jennifer Marlowe, WKRP's secretary, despite being married with children, and those at the station see right through your half-hearted attempts at being a nice person. However, you ARE a gifted salesman, despite the fact that most of your client list draws head-scratching from your colleagues at the office.
Night role: As a Watcher, you may pick one participant and shadow them for an evening to see who else visits the participant's character.
Dr. Johnny Fever: Level-One
Affiliation: Town
Morning DJ – Doctor
You're Dr. Johnny Fever, WKRP's morning man. In your heyday, you were one of the most well-known DJ's in the country. However, an ill-timed use of the word “booger” on the air in Los Angeles left you without a job, and since then, you've been wandering from station to station across the country. You have insomnia, and may or may not be a recovering drug addict.
Night role: As the name implies, you're the Doctor, and can protect one participant per night from any kills directed their way.
Venus Flytrap: Knuckles
Affiliation: Town
Evening DJ – Townie role-blocker
You're Venus Flytrap, WKRP's evening DJ. Andy Travis hired you away from a station in New Orleans upon his arrival, and you bring elements of style and soul to Cincinnati. You're a womanizer, often sneaking women in during your on-air shifts, and you're also a deserter from the U.S. Army after an incident during the Vietnam War scarred you for life.
Night role: You may pick one participant per night and block their character from performing their night actions.
Jennifer Marlowe: Callahan
Affiliation: Town
Receptionist – Silencer
You're the beautiful Jennifer Marlowe, WKRP's receptionist. Not just another pretty face, you're often considered one of the smartest people at the station, and you have an excellent sense of how to deal with people. Your day-to-day routine includes constantly rejecting Herb Tarlek's advances, turning away people who come to meet with Mr. Carlson when he's playing with his model airplanes, and dating wealthy old men in the Cincinnati area.
Night role: You may pick one participant per night and 'silence' them, preventing them from posting in the next 'day' phase.
Bailey Quarters: Johnny Rebel
Affiliation: Town
News Intern – Vanilla Townie turned Investigator
You're Bailey Quarters, a recent graduate of journalism school. You're enthusiastic about what you do, and aren't deterred by the weirdness around you. Your determination and versatility are both admired by upper management, and it's rumored you're first in line for a promotion should a spot open up.
Night role: Nothing for now. HOWEVER, if/when Andy Travis, Les Nessman, or Herb Tarlek are lynched, mod-killed, or bought out, you will assume the position and night role of the first character removed from the game. If more than one of those characters exit the game on the same night period, use the list above to see who takes priority over whom.
Rex Erhardt: Chaos Stryke
Affiliation: Town
Afternoon DJ – Vanilla townie
You're Rex Erhardt, WKRP's afternoon DJ. It's rumored that you once made a play for Dr. Johnny Fever's morning timeslot, but those were rebuffed when Andy Travis gave Fever a substantial raise in pay. You're content in the afternoon slot, though, as it gives you plenty of time to work on your budding semi-pro tennis career.
Night role: As a vanilla townie, you have no night role.
Dr. Bob Halyers (Clean Up Radio Broadcasting): JamesV
Affiliation: Mafia
Leader, Clean Up Radio Broadcasting – Mafia godfather
You're Dr. Bob Halyers, a religious fanatic who has founded Clean Up Radio Broadcasting in an attempt to instill his values on the local public. However, WKRP has resisted your pushing, and you're now resorting to more violent means to get your message across.
Night role: Every night, you choose the person you want killed. Additionally, as the godfather, you will come up innocent if investigated.
Wayne R. Coe: TJ
Affiliation: Mafia
Leader, Play Something Slow – Mafia role-blocker
You're Wayne R. Coe. Immediately following WKRP's format change, you leapt to the defense of people who vocally opposed the move to a rock-and-roll format. Your protests went for naught, but you're still at it, and now you've joined forces with Dr. Bob Halyers in an attempt to extract revenge on WKRP.
Night role: You may pick one participant per night and block their character from performing their night actions.
Bob “Boogie” Barnett: Kurt Noble
Affiliation: Mafia
Out-of-work DJ – Mafia misdirector
You're Bob Barnett, also known by the on-air name of Bob Boogie. You're an out-of-work DJ who once tried to get a job by hijacking a WKRP remote broadcast from a stereo store in Cincinnati by holding everyone up at gunpoint. It didn't work (shocker!), but you're still looking for an opportunity in the business. Unfortunately, your only chance at getting back in the business is by joining up with Dr. Bob Halyers and Wayne R. Coe in their attempted takedown of WKRP (and stations like it).
Night role: You may pick one participant per night and misdirect their actions toward another player in the game.
DELETED ROLES (when I cut the game from 15 players to 12, these are the roles I axed)
Hirsch
Affiliation: Town
Mama Carlson's Butler – Partial protector/partial immunity
You're Hirsch, Mama Carlson's longtime butler. Everything you do comes with a snarkiness, you take nothing seriously, and you more closely identify with the staff at WKRP than the station's owner. This sometimes irks your boss, but nobody else wants to work for her, so your job is stable.
Night role: Every night, you may choose one person to protect. If and ONLY if Mama Carlson tries to buy that person out of their current assignment that night, they will be spared and remain in the game. Also, since Mama Carlson has no interest in doing the menial tasks around her mansion, you are safe from her nightly wrath. However, you may still be lynched, mod-killed, or killed by the Mafia.
Bucky Dornster
Affiliation: Town
Engineer – Double-voter
You're Bucky Dornster, WKRP's head engineer. You often show up to work drunk and without much of a care in the world. However, nobody has any thought of crossing you because of your loud and proud membership to a powerful local engineer's union, one that gives you immense benefits beyond the job.
Night role: No night role, but in every election, your vote counts for two.
Mama Carlson
Affiliation: Third-party
WKRP Owner – “Serial Killer”
You're Mama Carlson, a successful businesswoman, but by your own admission, a rotten mother. You've owned WKRP for decades, and it's always been used as a tax write-off. However, now that the station is making money, it serves no purpose, and given that you now have to honestly report the profits, you're looking to buy out everyone responsible for the change and replace them with inept workers who will drive KRP back into the ground.
Night role: You may target one participant whose contract you will buy out. Their character will then be removed from the game. As a catch, you cannot buy out your son (Mr. Carlson) or your butler (Hirsch), but they are not immune from public lynchings, mod-kills, or mafia kills, and if one or both of them are the last town member(s) standing with you still alive, you lose the game.
Dead thread: www.quicktopic.com/48/H/cTkDgaAjPTYEe
Character bios:
Mr. Carlson: C.J. Gates
Affiliation: Town
WKRP General Manager – Encourager/Partial Immunity
You're Arthur Carlson, the clueless, yet well-meaning, general manager of WKRP who started as a salesman before being promoted largely on nepotism. You don't like the rock music WKRP plays, you're notorious for spacing out and your childish obsessions, and you're terrified of your mother (who also happens to own the station), but you're a fatherly influence on the staff and a genuinely good person.
Night role: As an Encourager, you are able to pick one person each night, and that person will not have their actions roleblocked or misdirected. Additionally, since Mama Carlson is your mother, you are immune from third-party buy-outs. However, this does not exclude you from being lynched, mod-killed, or being killed by Mafia members.
Andy Travis: President Jeff
Affiliation: Town
WKRP Program Director – Role-gifter
You're Andy Travis, a young, enthusiastic new hire that's been called “the next boy wonder of American radio.” Your first act as program director after leaving the top station in your hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was to change the format of WKRP from elevator music to rock and roll, and that pissed a LOT of people off. However, your track record, as well as a REALLY nice head of hair, makes you a likable person and a solid boss.
Night role: As a Role-gifter, you are able to pick one person each night and give them a special one-shot night action, either as a Doctor or an Investigator. No other player may be given more than two one-shot night actions over the course of the game, and they must be limited to one of each action (one Doctor, one Investigator).
Les Nessman: T-Marv
Affiliation: Town
WKRP News Director – Investigator
You're Les Nessman, the most ridiculed newsman in the city of Cincinnati. Your quirks are legendary, and include tape put around your desk to signify where walls would be if you had the office you think you deserve. To say you march to the beat of your own drum is an understatement; despite Cincinnati being a metropolis, you lead all your news reports with your award-winning farm updates. However, you've won five Buckeye Newshawk awards, and nobody has the heart to get rid of you since you've been at WKRP for your entire professional career.
Night role: As an Investigator, you are able to investigate one person each night and find out their alignment, guilty or innocent.
Herb Tarlek: Blade, then T-Marv
Affiliation: Town
WKRP Sales Manager – Watcher
You're Herb Tarlek, the stereotypical fast-talking salesman with no fashion sense, few ethics, and fewer friends. You spend most of your time hitting on Jennifer Marlowe, WKRP's secretary, despite being married with children, and those at the station see right through your half-hearted attempts at being a nice person. However, you ARE a gifted salesman, despite the fact that most of your client list draws head-scratching from your colleagues at the office.
Night role: As a Watcher, you may pick one participant and shadow them for an evening to see who else visits the participant's character.
Dr. Johnny Fever: Level-One
Affiliation: Town
Morning DJ – Doctor
You're Dr. Johnny Fever, WKRP's morning man. In your heyday, you were one of the most well-known DJ's in the country. However, an ill-timed use of the word “booger” on the air in Los Angeles left you without a job, and since then, you've been wandering from station to station across the country. You have insomnia, and may or may not be a recovering drug addict.
Night role: As the name implies, you're the Doctor, and can protect one participant per night from any kills directed their way.
Venus Flytrap: Knuckles
Affiliation: Town
Evening DJ – Townie role-blocker
You're Venus Flytrap, WKRP's evening DJ. Andy Travis hired you away from a station in New Orleans upon his arrival, and you bring elements of style and soul to Cincinnati. You're a womanizer, often sneaking women in during your on-air shifts, and you're also a deserter from the U.S. Army after an incident during the Vietnam War scarred you for life.
Night role: You may pick one participant per night and block their character from performing their night actions.
Jennifer Marlowe: Callahan
Affiliation: Town
Receptionist – Silencer
You're the beautiful Jennifer Marlowe, WKRP's receptionist. Not just another pretty face, you're often considered one of the smartest people at the station, and you have an excellent sense of how to deal with people. Your day-to-day routine includes constantly rejecting Herb Tarlek's advances, turning away people who come to meet with Mr. Carlson when he's playing with his model airplanes, and dating wealthy old men in the Cincinnati area.
Night role: You may pick one participant per night and 'silence' them, preventing them from posting in the next 'day' phase.
Bailey Quarters: Johnny Rebel
Affiliation: Town
News Intern – Vanilla Townie turned Investigator
You're Bailey Quarters, a recent graduate of journalism school. You're enthusiastic about what you do, and aren't deterred by the weirdness around you. Your determination and versatility are both admired by upper management, and it's rumored you're first in line for a promotion should a spot open up.
Night role: Nothing for now. HOWEVER, if/when Andy Travis, Les Nessman, or Herb Tarlek are lynched, mod-killed, or bought out, you will assume the position and night role of the first character removed from the game. If more than one of those characters exit the game on the same night period, use the list above to see who takes priority over whom.
Rex Erhardt: Chaos Stryke
Affiliation: Town
Afternoon DJ – Vanilla townie
You're Rex Erhardt, WKRP's afternoon DJ. It's rumored that you once made a play for Dr. Johnny Fever's morning timeslot, but those were rebuffed when Andy Travis gave Fever a substantial raise in pay. You're content in the afternoon slot, though, as it gives you plenty of time to work on your budding semi-pro tennis career.
Night role: As a vanilla townie, you have no night role.
Dr. Bob Halyers (Clean Up Radio Broadcasting): JamesV
Affiliation: Mafia
Leader, Clean Up Radio Broadcasting – Mafia godfather
You're Dr. Bob Halyers, a religious fanatic who has founded Clean Up Radio Broadcasting in an attempt to instill his values on the local public. However, WKRP has resisted your pushing, and you're now resorting to more violent means to get your message across.
Night role: Every night, you choose the person you want killed. Additionally, as the godfather, you will come up innocent if investigated.
Wayne R. Coe: TJ
Affiliation: Mafia
Leader, Play Something Slow – Mafia role-blocker
You're Wayne R. Coe. Immediately following WKRP's format change, you leapt to the defense of people who vocally opposed the move to a rock-and-roll format. Your protests went for naught, but you're still at it, and now you've joined forces with Dr. Bob Halyers in an attempt to extract revenge on WKRP.
Night role: You may pick one participant per night and block their character from performing their night actions.
Bob “Boogie” Barnett: Kurt Noble
Affiliation: Mafia
Out-of-work DJ – Mafia misdirector
You're Bob Barnett, also known by the on-air name of Bob Boogie. You're an out-of-work DJ who once tried to get a job by hijacking a WKRP remote broadcast from a stereo store in Cincinnati by holding everyone up at gunpoint. It didn't work (shocker!), but you're still looking for an opportunity in the business. Unfortunately, your only chance at getting back in the business is by joining up with Dr. Bob Halyers and Wayne R. Coe in their attempted takedown of WKRP (and stations like it).
Night role: You may pick one participant per night and misdirect their actions toward another player in the game.
DELETED ROLES (when I cut the game from 15 players to 12, these are the roles I axed)
Hirsch
Affiliation: Town
Mama Carlson's Butler – Partial protector/partial immunity
You're Hirsch, Mama Carlson's longtime butler. Everything you do comes with a snarkiness, you take nothing seriously, and you more closely identify with the staff at WKRP than the station's owner. This sometimes irks your boss, but nobody else wants to work for her, so your job is stable.
Night role: Every night, you may choose one person to protect. If and ONLY if Mama Carlson tries to buy that person out of their current assignment that night, they will be spared and remain in the game. Also, since Mama Carlson has no interest in doing the menial tasks around her mansion, you are safe from her nightly wrath. However, you may still be lynched, mod-killed, or killed by the Mafia.
Bucky Dornster
Affiliation: Town
Engineer – Double-voter
You're Bucky Dornster, WKRP's head engineer. You often show up to work drunk and without much of a care in the world. However, nobody has any thought of crossing you because of your loud and proud membership to a powerful local engineer's union, one that gives you immense benefits beyond the job.
Night role: No night role, but in every election, your vote counts for two.
Mama Carlson
Affiliation: Third-party
WKRP Owner – “Serial Killer”
You're Mama Carlson, a successful businesswoman, but by your own admission, a rotten mother. You've owned WKRP for decades, and it's always been used as a tax write-off. However, now that the station is making money, it serves no purpose, and given that you now have to honestly report the profits, you're looking to buy out everyone responsible for the change and replace them with inept workers who will drive KRP back into the ground.
Night role: You may target one participant whose contract you will buy out. Their character will then be removed from the game. As a catch, you cannot buy out your son (Mr. Carlson) or your butler (Hirsch), but they are not immune from public lynchings, mod-kills, or mafia kills, and if one or both of them are the last town member(s) standing with you still alive, you lose the game.
