Good stuff! I've added everything to the character sheets.

With the game starting tomorrow, are you guys ok with going ahead and filling out the rest of the information as we go (I don't suspect actual mechanics to be necessary in the first week, anyway)? Or would you rather postpone the starting date and work out the secondaries first?

Also, since we apparently only have three players, if nobody else joins before game start I'll go ahead and remove secondaries five and six... Can't have too much fodder running about !

I'm fine with the secondary's evolving as we go. Could add to the fun!

Gerda Schuster
Gerda Schuster
Stereotype: Adrenaline Junkie
Stats:
Brawn: Normal
Finesse: Good
Brain: Poor
Spirit: Poor

Equipment: Rock Climbing gear, Winter coat, Winter outerwear, goggles, small animal snares, skis, large backpack, tent, bedroll, sleeping bag, camp cook set, camp utensils/dishes

I'm fine with it all evolving as we go as well, if people want to add things in as we're playing, I know I've no idea if I've given them any useful traits for anything that they'll be facing, lol. But that's half the fun.

Um, should I do some more work on some of the other secondaries? Or do we want to wait a little bit to see how we're all feeling about a start date? I'll just use a lot of question marks and 'air quotes.'

And speaking about the start date, I could see someone having their coach delayed or getting some message later and then showing up after we all get to the manor house and start getting reacquainted with each other and the secondaries all start meeting each other as well as the other primary characters.

That's true. I can think of a lot of horror movies that have character show up in the second or third act only to get killed. Tommy Jarvis can show up later in the night, ready to help, only to get killed by the killer immediately.

Hamfast Thistlefoot
Negative Quality: Drunkard. Hamfast will do anything for a drink, and will wander off or stop paying attention to try and find himself one. Not only that, but frequent drinking has left him a bit... slow.

Gerda
Negative Quality: What A Rush! Gerda will run into danger at a moments notice just for the rush! Others might call it stupidly reckless, but for Gerda its the only way to live!

Winston
Alteration: No alteration (Because only 1 per 2 secondary characters.

Jill
Alteration: Scream queen! (because at least one is needed!

I'm fine with letting remaining secondaries go as you see fit, Boss; I had actually edited in alterations for Hamfast and Gerda earlier, but since Gankom wants Jill for the Scream Queen I'd like to switch them to nothing for Hamfast and Adrenaline Rush for Gerda.

It seems a little more appropriate, come to think of it...

Anything else you need from me?

Well, the first four secondaries are mostly done, which is good. I'm gonna suggest we drop secondaries 7 and 8 altogether (the rules advise using two secondaries per player, and we apparently have three players). That means we just need to finish up the first four, and start working on 5&6.

I'll divide the tasks player4 was supposed to do among you, so we can finish the last details .

About secondaries 5 and 6 though... The book o' rules suggests two secondaties per primary, so by that logic we'd need six. On the other hand, that's mostly just a recommendation, so if you guys don't feel like creating two more secondaries, that's fine with me! Don't want to force you guys into doing a lot of bookkeeping . It will make the game a little shorter, though, so its your call!

Or we could do the Tommy Jarvis thing like Gankom says, and have them show up later.

Ok,' I've re-added the last two secondaries, so you guys can create those too, when you're ready . Like before, just fill out whichever step has your name behind it!

Righty!

Winston
Negative trait: Gullible: Winston believes just about anything anyone tells him. Why would they lie?

Hamfast
Backstory: Hamfast is the town drunk. Disliked by many, and pitied by some, Hamfast none the less is well known to the brothers Altbreit. Sometimes he helps the family with work, or otherwise just hangs around. He decided to accompany the brothers on this journey because he owes them money, and intends to claim this 'favour' as his payment.

Secondary Character 5
Name: Johan Von Hapsburg.
Stereotype: Local Hero.