D&D Campaign – Character Primer

Dear Associate[Cupcake],

Your silent discretion is required – the following data is classified and confidential (Please see paragraph C, page xiii of your contract)

As an indentured servitor of the Sefron and Walsh Research Syndicate, your proposal for study of a Temporal Event of Interest has been reviewed, (details to be reconfirmed below) and the board has preliminarily approved your plea.

Your contract with us (Sefron and Walsh Research Syndicate), the most top secret research facility in the country, has committed you to completing two (2) temporal research assignments (as defined in section 4, paragraph 6.7) within five (5) years.

You and others with interests in similarly localized temporal regions have been assigned a time slot for departure of one week from now.  Only the most final of preparations remain.

But let us refresh your memory. Below is copied the C.E.O’s speech as delivered in dulcet tones at his private birthday party in Las Vegas. (1/18/09. You probably weren’t invited. You’ll have to imagine the dulcet tones.)

“Studying the past has always been a challenge- the erosion of time wipes huge holes in the geologic timeline, leaves mysteries about the origins of life and past organisms. It also relentlessly distances us from the movers and shapers of our own history, dooming us to never really understand our own past since we can only be outsiders to events long gone.

But no more.

Ladies and Gentlemen, research as we know it has changed. Archeology, the fossil record, Civil War reenactments- all will soon be rendered obsolete with what I am about to reveal to you.

The reality of time travel is upon us. And with this advance, we are seizing the chance to strike a delicate balance between the dangers and possibilities that it offers.

The process of time travel is extremely dangerous and unpleasant, I’ll tell you that right off. You will be injected with a toxin after being put into an unconscious state. When you reach your target time, a select member of your team will bring your team back ‘online,’ and you will experience some severe adverse physical reactions. But these wear off after a few hours. Oh, and don’t even worry about how time travel works. You’ll hurt yourself. You’re historians, not physicists.

You are all very advanced exCUPCAKEperts in your fields, and for this reason we are selecting a few of you to be able to conduct first-hand research. That’s right. First hand.

Enjoy the open bar- there’s a change machine in the corner so you can turn your $100 bills into singles for the strippers.”

 

Please recomplete the application below, and submit it in triplicate. This round of trips is only serving United States History between Aug 1704 and May 1921.

 

Name:

 

Personal History Background:

 

Scientific Background:

 

Event/Time period of interest:

 

Effects that you will bring:

(ex: period clothing, musket, oxen and covered wagon. Overestimate your needs here, we will tell you if your demands are unreasonable)

 

Rate assign the following physical characteristics a number from 1(lame) to 10(supah hot). You have a total of 30 points to distribute between the categories.

Strength:

Charisma:

Reflex:

Common Sense:

 

Rate your ability to withstand pain on a scale of 18 to 34.

 

OOC:

Keep in mind the company has blackmailed/otherwise coerced you into potentially unwilling participation in the program. Why you are participating is up to you! IMAGINATION. Blackmail, threats, etc etc.

Put that reason here beside the cupcake: