Fiasco: Upton Abbey (Scenario set up) - Closed for Scarlettnuit.

[Ravenloft]

Watch this first to learn what the hell we are doing here.

There will be four charcters, two for each of us to play

This is what was rolled: 1,1,1,1,1,2,2,4,5,5,5,5,6,6,6,6

This is the menu of story elements, what the rolls can be spent on to pick:


Relationships In Upton Abbey

1 - Master and servant (One of these MUST be picked FIRST)

(-V- Before one of these can be picked -V-)

1 - Lady/Lord and a maid/valet
2 - A lazy butler and an ambitious footman
3 - A demanding butler and a lazy footman
4 - An unrewarded loyalty
5 - Power is not where you expect it to be
6 - A weak-minded master and an empowered servant

2 - Family

1 - In-laws
2 - Brothers or sisters
3 - Different generations
4 - Illegitimate child and parent
5 - Owner and heir
6 - Cousin from a distant town

3 - Romance

1 - Forbidden love
2 - Arranged marriage
3 - One-sided love
4 - An everlasting marriage
5 - An everlasting affair
6 - A wild desire

4- The outside world

1 - Lawyer and his client
2 - Policeman and witness
3 - Doctor and patient
4 - Father confessor and believer
5 - Journalist and the subject of his next article
6 - Activist and conservative

5 - Work

1 - One has to make up for the other's faults
2 - Rival co-workers
3 - "You owe me your job."
4 - Newbie and the experienced one
5 - "You don't want to know what I did to get there."
6 - "Working with family ain't easy."

6 - Past

1 - Former teacher and pupil
2 - Money debt
3 - In love with the same man/woman
4 - Used to be friends
5 - Brothers in arms
6 - Brothers in sham


(This is a catagory break, once our characters relationships are formed, then we pick their needs)


Needs In Upton Abbey

1 - To get married

1 - as soon as possible
2 - as late as possible
3 - with someone rich enough
4 - again
5 - before the birth
6 - discreetly

2 - To get a taste of

1 - nobility
2 - adventure
3 - those lips
4 - politics
5 - the modern world
6 - faith

3 - To get over

1 - this mourning
2 - a wound
3 - a hangover
4 - this marriage
5 - your own fears
6 - his/her sarcasms

4 - To get rid of

1 - those rumours
2 - those compromising documents
3 - that sticky lover
4 - this family and this place
5 - these stained sheets
6 - social inequalities

5 - To get respect

1 - even if you don't deserve it
2 - from the one who always loathed you
3 - by becoming filthy rich
4 - for your high moral standards
5 - by saving the day
6 - because you're the master after all

6 - To hide

1 - family bounds
2 - the loss of your virginity
3 - your hatred in the name of good standards
4 - your inclination in the name of good standards
5 - a child
6 - your true identity


(Only one location of importance is needed for the story, it will be the place that something bad was done, or something important is being hidden. Or a place full of good/bad memories)


Locations In Upton Abbey

1 - Downstairs

1 - Where there is a crack in the structure
2 - The kitchen
3 - The cellar
4 - The male servants corridor
5 - The female servants corridor
6 - The servant's hall

2 - Upstairs

1 - The dining room
2 - The library
3 - A bedroom
4 - A bathroom
5 - The stairs
6 - His Lordship's office

3 - In town

1 - The church
2 - The hospital
3 - The market
4 - The cemetery
5 - The train station
6 - The inn

4 - Secret places

1 - A shack in the woods
2 - A secret hatch
3 - A sealed room
4 - A chapel
5 - An engraved tree
6 - A haystack

5 - London

1 - A movie theater
2 - A brothel
3 - A jazz club
4 - A fashionable clothing shop
5 - A jail or an asylum
6 - A relative's house

6 - Outdoors

1 - A farm
2 - The garage
3 - A bench in the park
4 - A fishing boat
5 - The stables
6 - A hunting wood


(Only one object is needed for the story, it will be something that can either get someone into big trouble in the story or the thing everyone in the story wants more than anything else in the world.)


Objects In Upton Abbey

1 - Paperwork/Documents

1 - A will
2 - A word from the doctor
3 - An opened letter
4 - A sealed letter
5 - A property act
6 - Account books

2 - Publications

1 - The Capital, K. Marx
2 - A catholic bible
3 - A journal article
4 - The penal code
5 - A political flyer
6 - A book to be published

3 - Modernities

1 - A telephone
2 - A car
3 - A radio set
4 - A camera
5 - A jazz trumpet
6 - A transatlantic ticket

4 - Sentimental

1 - A wedding ring
2 - A love letter
3 - An embroidered handkerchief
4 - A lock of hair
5 - A locket
6 - A child's doll

5 - Dangerous

1 - A swift poison
2 - Stale food
3 - Something that should have stayed abroad
4 - Something outrageously out of taste
5 - A gun from the war
6 - A knife from the kitchen

6 - Not to be found

1 - A stained costume
2 - A reformation order
3 - A "wanted" or "missing" poster
4 - An erotic drawing
5 - A bottle of gin
6 - A set of keys