Sheryl A. Knowles - Paper & Pixels


Major Role-Playing Campaigns

*=part time; °=later addition to roster

Challenger Campaign (2002-present)

System: Hero, Fantasy Hero
GM: Pat
Synopsis: Haggard-esque adventures in a late Victorian Fantasy era of flying ships and waterless oceans.

Dramatis personae:

PlayersCharacters
Will Jonathan Blake, radiologist*Maxwell Ramsey, Egyptologist
Sunny Isabel Courtney, hunter* Andrew Forester, radiologist-tutor
Mike Po, Chinese boy mentalist*Mortimer Homme, un-deceased
Don Benjamin Steele, mechanical man
Barry Arvey Penrington, hunter-rogue
Sheryl Dr. Madeline Davis, MD-mesmerist*Sister Sunshine, druid
Steve John Smith, steam mage-blacksmith*

Yamato Campaign (Oct. 2000 - June 2003)

System: Hero, Fantasy Hero
GM: Sheryl
Synopsis: Young samurai seek to restore the Four Guardians and the Emperor of Yamato in a Japanese-influenced mythological Orient circa 14 century.

Dramatis personae (clan names first):

PlayersCharacters
Will Hatsui Shigemura, the Hatamoto to Daimyo Otaku, retired general
Sunny Agashu Meiko, youngest daughter of the Hatamoto to Fujiwara, samurai scout
Mike Brother Yoshi, Yamabushi acolyte
Don Brother Sumishiro, Karumado priest
Barry Shinjo Tomotoki, Mahotsukai (alchemist/archaeologist)
Pat Kumoyama Koneko, Lord of Cloud Mountain. Er, Amefuri
Steve° Hojo Matsutsura, samurai.
Rich Shinjo Katsukaze*, yoriki (sheriff) of Shinjo clan
Marian Shiba Takeyuki*, Imperial Messenger, paper mage
Sheryl Otaku Kamoko, heir to Daimyo Otaku; etc

Tarot-Torat Campaign (Feb. 1999-Sep.2000)

System: Hero, Fantasy Hero
GM: Pat
Synopsis: A group of displaced peasants et al search out the Greater Arcana of the Tarot, as orcs and politics over-whelm medieval France.

Dramatis personae:

PlayersCharacters
Will° Piotr, time-shifted Rainbow cleric
Sunny Mia*, Rainbow cleric-Water mage
Mike Rhori, ranger
Don Calais, rogue
Barry Anton, bard-Air mage
Sheryl Paris, paladin
Steve Brillig*, warrior-monk Martin*, White cleric
Marian Claire*, Earth mage Alexis*, Duke's herald
Chris° Alessandro, fighter
Pat Ewen, fighter-baronet et al

MesoAmerica: Children of the Sun ( 1997?- Jan. 1999)

System: Hero, Fantasy Hero
GM: Sheryl
Synopsis: Young Mayans (et al) travel a mythological MesoAmerica circa 1518, to learn what really happened to Kukulkan.

Dramatis personae:

PlayersCharacters
Will Wind, Messenger
Mike° Gonzalo, European castaway
Don Proud Turkey, warrior
Barry Ocelatl, pok-ta-pok champion
Pat Itochu, shaman
Steve Last, Meshikan caravan master
Marian Cloud, warrior
Chris° Curiousity*, enchanted ocelot
Sheryl Eleri, bird woman Little Jaguar, jaguar warrior, cousin to Cloud et al

Spies In Space (1996-1997?)

GM: Pat
System: Hero, Espionage Hero
Synopsis: Agents in the Space Corps' Special Services thwart terrorists, stumble over white slave traders, and cope with dimension-travel malfunctions.

Dramatis personae:

PlayersCharacters
Will Robert McReady, fugitive burglar Daniel Johansen*, skipper of the SmudgePot
Don Lyle Norg, engineer Jacques Fouquart*, masseur
Sheryl Chantal Ishida, heiress-pilot Rook Bradley*, security officer
Steve Boris, tank driver Zeno Bushwacker*, engineer
Marian Teresa Carlson, "Special Events, catering"

Karnak's World: "Paladin?" & "Lady Search" (1990-1997)

System: AD&D
GM: Chris
Synopsis: A group of clerics led by a wannabe-paladin stumble into another world: shades of Three Musketeers and Arabian Nights. Meanwhile, companions of a swash-buckling prince help him search for a lady he met in a dream.

Dramatis personae:

PlayersCharacters
Don Glarn Two-Sword, elf-cleric Glarn One-Sword, confused fighter
Sheryl Lierra, cleric of Karnak Kaylyn, witch-in-training Shadya, bedouin warrior
Walt Arntyu cleric of Karnak* Commotyn, cleric of Karnak
Suzanne Fiamma, half-elf bard
Chris Yarmoz, lord-captain Frederick, diplomat-cavalier Orlando, adventuring prince et al

Butter Knife Quests ( ? -1995)

System: Hero, Fantasy Hero
GM: Pat
Synopsis: A group of adventurers help restart Magic and then wander after pearls and butter knives, through Hades and Fairie and all between.

Dramatis personae:

PlayersCharacters
Will Derek, blacksmith-fighter
Don Aeron, Air mage
Sheryl Wyndryl, shape-shifting fighter
Steve Hans Trancor, fighter, wielder of the butter knife
Et al*

Ginger's World: the Avatars Campaign (July 1988-May 1993)

System: GM-designed
GM: Ginger
Synopsis: Godly games and violent political machinations in a back-to-the-Dark-Ages world within a sealed space (?) craft.

Dramatis personae:

PlayersCharacters
Sunny Zeegan, Fire mage
Don Domran, cleric-turned mountain Kodak, mage
Sheryl Tasmia, fighter Lauriel, healer
Barry Garth, fighter-renegade
Tom Haldane, merchant prince
Ginger Teviron, the minstrel who rose to become king et al
Et al

Tom's World: Bushido (? - Aug.1983)

System: Bushido
GM: Tom
Synopsis: In the steps of Urashima with the Young Taira in medieval Japan.
I ran two characters: a peasant girl, Tsukimi, who masqueraded as a boy and tried to aid the disguised empress, and a shugenja, Yuriko, who was also a samurai lady.

Joker's World: Keep on the Borderlands (Jan.1981-July 1982?)

System: D&D, AD&D
GM: Don
Synopsis: World expansion starting from the TSR module. Featured a new character class, the joker.
I ran a variety of characters who survived: Rowan, a mage; Toll, a ranger; Drawfa, a dwarven fighter.

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