The Dunkelzahn Institute of Magical Research Options

[Ol' Scratch]

The Dunkelzahn Institute of Magical Research


The Premise: You will be playing the role of a troubleshooter in the employ of the Dunkelzahn Institute of Magical Research (DIMR). Hand-picked from the cream of the crop in your field, you were approached for recruitment due to some phenomenal experience with the paranormal in your past, and especially for the way in which you handled and/or reported that experience. The psych evaluation that judged you to be one of those precious few who could be trusted to do the right thing even if doing so required bending your moral values or breaking a few laws from time to time certainly didn't hurt either.

Officially, you are labeled as a "freelance consultant" in the books (at least as far as your regular salary is concerned), but your true occupation for the organization calls upon your talents in order to attend to matters that are of a rather questionable legal status. The acquisition and smuggling of exotic flora and fauna specimens, theft of magical goods from "private collectors," the investigation of paranormal events or weird happenings, and the oversight and protection of archaeological digs deemed important by the DIMR are all examples of the things you may be called upon to do for the outfit.

In exchange for your services, the DIMR pays you a six-figure salary and grants you access to most of their world-famous resources when you're not out performing a task for them. Fat wallets, a copious amount of free time, access to state of the art toys, and your every need catered to -- it's the dream job for any thrillseeking professional. In fact, the only real drawback is that you can't tell anyone what you actually do for a living...



Character Submissions


At this stage of the game, I do not want to see any character sheets. None whatsoever. Not a single attribute score or skill rating. If you throw any stats my way, you will be cruely mocked and taunted for not reading this paragraph. If you do it again, we shall taunt you a second time. Do it a third time and I'm pulling out the elderberries, bitch.

Okay, with that out of the way, what I do want to see are character concepts. "What the frag is a character concept" you ask? A character concept is a brief outline of your character's history and what lead up to him or her being recruited by the DIMR. What a character concept is NOT is a detailed account of the character's life since birth, or any other superfluous aspects of his life beyond the requested information.

Here are a few things that you should include in your character concept submission:

• Character's Name
• Character's Profession (Race and General Archetype)
• Background Summary: A brief synopsis of who and what the character is.
• Reason for Recruitment: Why did the DIMR recruit him or her?
• Background Flaw: Any flaw of your choosing that's directly related to the character's professional or social life.
• Random Flaw: Any single flaw chosen at random that has NO bearing on the character's professional or social life in any way whatsoever. It should just be some weird quirk the character has.

To give you some idea of what I'm looking for, I'll throw up a hastily-written and remarkably craptacular example.