Author: Adam “Bison Court” D

Hey, folks. What’s the status of Scum & Villainy? I see activity over on the Evil Hat page for it, but I don’t get the impression that the file KS backers have access to has been updated in some time.

Looking for feedback on an idea:

The Whiskeyjacks, my crew of smugglers, have been relatively good at keeping their heat (and their body count) low. Not perfect, but good. Meanwhile, there are a handful of other gangs in the Dusk that have been less-subtle.

Back in the real world, I’ve been playing Batman: the Telltale Series and I’ve been thinking about some kind of Duskwall vigilante who goes after gangs that step out of bounds and endanger bystanders. The sort of thing where if you pull a job in, say, Crow’s Foot, and anybody outside your target dies, the Ghost of Crow’s Foot comes after you, and leaves you beaten and hanging from a lamppost as a warning to anyone else who might try it. He might not interact with the Whiskeyjacks right away, but there might come a day when he collides with, say, Scurlock (who already seems like a Batman villain) and that makes the crew Scurlock’s henchman, from the Ghost’s point of view.

The Ghost would probably be a wealthy rogue, maybe one from a noble family. His legend would give him access to information from street kids, vulnerable families, and even the occasional Bluecoat or Investigator, frustrated by their own limitations. Might even himself be a fallen Investigator?

Has anybody tried this? Do you think it would work? Is this sort of clean-up-the-streets vigilante too far afield from the general tone of the game, even if used sparingly?