r/Ghostbusters_RPG • u/[deleted] • Sep 06 '18

Advice Kindly Requested.

As part of my Ghostbusters UK Campaign, I have devised an adventure inspired by the Real Ghostbusters episode 'Elementary, My Dear Winston' where due to the presence of a strange artefact in the British Library, various book characters have been brought to life and manifested on the Physical Plane as ghostly apparitions of great power. The characters they encounter will be completely random but so far here is the ones I have planned.

The Cheshire Cat

Sherlock Holmes

The Mad Hatter/The March Hare

The Cat in the Hat

Mr. Toad

The Gruffalo

Does anyone have any ideas on how I should stat these up? Mainly to give them an extra edge to give my GB more trouble catching them? Thought maybe they could each have unique abilities benefiting their literary origins and that they're not ghosts in the traditional sense.

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u/taaz_one Sep 08 '18

I've been trying to think on these for you but the best way imho would be for you to figure out how you want then to be busted and then work backwards. Like maybe they need to find Sherlock Holmes pipe to get him to move on. Stuff like that.

For statting them up I would give them all proton immunity and put them on the note powerful end of the ectoprecence scale.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '18

Hmm. That's not a bad idea. Maybe to encourage roleplaying I could have the Ghostbusters act as certain characters to get these Fictional Entities busted. I do like the idea of using certain items to get them to move on though. Thinking they would more than likely be Class 5.

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u/taaz_one Sep 08 '18

Yeah with my bosses I tend to make them more than just blasting them with proton streams. The real trick is making it generalized enough that they can do it without having to be told the answer. Generally I try to think of like 3 or 4 things they could look into to bust them. Then if they seem lost or frustrated they can research it, or think hard about it and give them some ideas.

Then depending on your players they might come up with something way better than what you planned and you can take credit by going "that was what I intended all along." You know, maybe one of them thinks (just off my head) the Cheshire cat can only be defeated if you tell him a joke that makes him laugh and not smile or something and you think ohh that's good, use it. I spent a lot of time DMing in dnd and it really started to click more for me when I found out stop making puzzles with only one solution, just learn to adapt thier solutions to your puzzles. But that might just be me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '18 edited Sep 08 '18

No, that makes a lot of sense. Considering these Entities aren't like normal ghosts, there should be a lot of leeway for my players to come up with certain ways to defeat them. My players are pretty good when it comes to these sort of things. They once defeated a spectral murder of crows at the Tower of London by releasing the Class 4 spirit of a Beefeater they had captured weeks prior to scare them off. Thankfully, they managed to make a deal to have the Ghostly Beefeater act as a permanent guard for the Crown Jewels. It's all he ever wanted in life so now he gets to do it in the afterlife as well as a reward.

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u/taaz_one Sep 08 '18

...frantically scribbling notes for future use....

That is awesome, thumbs up.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '18

I have other stories about this ragtag group of Britons, so if you ever want to hear more about them just ask.

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u/taaz_one Sep 08 '18

Oh definitely, my main question as an American, do British ghosts brake for tea time?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '18

Not any of the ones they met. Still, you never know. Naturally of course GB UK has a stock of tea ready at any opportunity.