A few Companies for IHMN

[oabee]

Here are links to PDFs of a few Companies I have been working on.

My first inspiration was to represent Clive Cussler's fictional Van Dorn Detective Agency with its hero Isaac Bell. Cussler, of Dirk Pitt fame, has written--what?--five or six books in this series.

http://wrgmr.com/van%20dorn%20detective%20agency.pdf

Then, just for fun, I googled "London girl gangs" and discovered the Forty Thieves, or the Forty Elephants, an all-female shoplifting ring (associated with the famous Elephant and Castle Gang) that bedeviled the authorities from the 1870s to the 1950s. I've tried to turn them into a master-criminal ring in their own right: Annie Diamond's Forty Thieves.

http://wrgmr.com/forty%20thieves.pdf

Then I felt compelled to research America's real national detective agency, the Pinkertons, and found many fascinating characters of the Victorian era. It's a mix of fiction and fact, and, I think, has more personality than Cussler's very dry Van Dorns. Plus I threw in a female agent with Mystic Powers just for fun.

http://wrgmr.com/pinkertons.pdf

Finally, just for fun, I took the characters from one of my favorite series of books, Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, moved them back in time a century, and created a Company ready to take on all comers from the Mystical to the Supernatural. It's called the Chicago Police Special Investigations Division, but it's really all about Harry Dresden, Wizard, er, uh, I mean, Mystic. And about a dozen special Talents and Mystic Powers.

http://wrgmr.com/dresden%20files.pdf

Enjoy!

Mike O

[Craig]

As I said before I love the thematic approach you have taken 

[zbyshko]

As I said before I love the thematic approach you have taken 

I second that.  I must now finish up the work I was doing on the Ponderosa Ranch for IHMN.  The inspiration is from  Bonanza TV series but I am hesitant to shoehorn in much BAD elements. I do suppose the ranch makes enough money.

[oabee]

Bonanza is a great idea. Don't forget Hop Sing: he was much more than just a cook....it was rumored that he had mystic powers.....

[zbyshko]

Don't forget Hop Sing: he was much more than just a cook....it was rumored that he had mystic powers...

Indeed I have not - equipped with Marital Arts and a wok.  I didn't think of the Mystical Powers though: excellent idea!

[set2121]

what is the armor rating for the chain shirt for the pinkerton detective agency

[oabee]

Chain shirt is 10 armour rating.