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[lawastooshort]

Episode Three, Turn One: Right So.

The Village of Termonfeckin...
In the parochial house of the village of Termonfeckin, four priests are seated round a fireplace. They all hold cups of tea, recently brought forth by the attendant housekeeper, and they all stare purposefully at a collage of photos on the low table before them.

“Right so,” begins Father Lars. “I’ve made a decision. We need a feckin’ plan. What the feck shall we do? You know, did you notice anything odd about Mrs O’Riley today, Father Reilly? Did she not, you know, look kind of different this morning?”

Suddenly a horribly over-made up Mrs O’Riley, the housekeeper, walks into the room, tops up the priests’ cups of tea, places a brick in the centre of the floor, looks out the window, and dashes back out to the kitchen with a hysterical shriek, slamming the door firmly behind her.

“No, Father Lars. Nothing unusual comes to mind. Now, about these hairy feckin’ babies…”

Spoiler: GM Notes (click to show/hide)

Erm.

“We need a feckin’ plan.”

[monk12]

"Hm. Well, what we need is to find the father of all these feckin' hairy babies, right? And Catholics are all about feckin' forgiveness and confessin', right? So all we need is to get the mothers to confess their dirty sordid affairs! How about a good old-fashioned fire and brimstone Mass to put the fear o' God in the gobshites, eh?"

[Toaster]

"Bloody brilliant, Father Dick.  Why not have another of those three-priest masses, or even all four of us?  In fact, we need to make sure it's where the whole feckin' island can see it?  Hold it on the telly, what?  That way the gobshite behind it should see it, and turn himself in.  If not, perhaps one of the lasses that's a mother of a hairy baby may well be convinced to confess her sin to us, hey?"

[micelus]

"You be really thinkin' that they'll confess about this? Really? 'Oh Father, oh father, I have this big feckin' hairy baby and it's all my fault!' I honestly don't be findin' that likely. Instead, why not do those orphan things? Ya know, we do some discrete ads bout' a free anomynous orphanage service and stuff, and then ship off the babies to live as humble hairy monks for the rest of their lives! And its all canon and legal and stuff too, don'tcha know?"

[Yoink]

((Yep, I was Father Blue. It all started so well... Well, not really. Erm.))

[Toaster]

"That's all well and good, Reilly, but how does it solve our current problem?  Lennan wants us finding the culprit, or he'll 'ave our bollocks for breakfast!"

[micelus]

"...Eh? Eh. True enough, true enough...We could do a free confessional as well? Bloody hell if I know."

[lawastooshort]

I'm torn between letting the lovely (and lovely-coloured) priestly RP go on for several pages or requesting some bolded actions. I know it might seem a bit open ended at first but I think once the action starts it'll all become clear.

Or we might just get ten turns of trying to arrange Mass ending in some tragic accident. Which would be fine.

[Toaster]

I'd suggest in the Turn One case where some planning is in order, a long turn for discussion is ideal.  Beyond the first turn, discussion should be limited so rushing us to get actions up shouldn't be as bad.


"I suppose.  What say Dick, Digital, and I get ourselves a mass on the telly, and you, Reilly, set up some sort of confessional?  If you want to hand out hairy baby gobshite monk school tickets while you're at it, knock yourself out."

"What say you, Father Digital?"

[Digital Hellhound]

'Oh, I don't know about that. I suppose it's an idea. And it's Brown, if you please. I haven't used that feckin' name in... well, I can't remember, to tell the truth. Feck.'

'Oh well. Tea and biscuits, anyone?'

[Toaster]

"I'll take a tea, I suppose, Brown.  How do you think we track down this hairy baby-maker?"

[Digital Hellhound]

'Oh, well, umm, I'm more used to working alone, so to speak. Err. I don't know much about hairy babies. Or werewolves, for that matter. Maybe we should consult some sort of professional?'

[lawastooshort]

I'd suggest in the Turn One case where some planning is in order, a long turn for discussion is ideal.

I entirely agree. I wasn't going to say anything, I just got itchy fingers and slipped. But that's what you get when you have a thorough selection process to determine the elite priests: planning, competence, achievement and arson!


Edit: edited for accuracy.

[Yoink]

((Coming soon to a cinema near you:
The Four Priests in: The Case of the Hairy Baby Maker!

Rated: PFN for Priest's Feckin' Nipples!))

[Tiruin]

I'd suggest in the Turn One case where some planning is in order, a long turn for discussion is ideal.

I entirely agree. I wasn't going to say anything, I just got itchy fingers and slipped. But that's what you get when you have a thorough selection process to determine the elite priests: planning, competence, and achievement!

((Or just damn good rolls! 

Go team! Loving the dialogue))