The Idol Hands of Death

A Live Action Role Playing Murder Mystery

The pyramids at dusk

Some day, there'll be a real web form here, but, in the meantime, this is the old-style questionnaire. Copy it into an editor, fill in the details, and send it back to the person in charge of the run.

First, the easy ones:

 1. Name:
 2. Gender:        Male [  ]  Female [  ]
 3. Address:


 4. Home Phone:
 5. Work Phone:
 6. Email:

 7. When's the best time to reach you during the week?  the weekend?


Now, the more interesting ones:

 8. Take a look at the public description for Idol Hands.
    Which three characters interest you the most?  Why?







  9. You've just been given the chance to play the character you've
     always dreamed of playing.  Where does this character fall in the
     following range:

	a.) I'd sell my sister if it furthered my plans for world 
	    domination.  (Truly Evil)
		
	b.) I'd disturb the neighbors with strange rituals in order
	    to wreak revenge on my annoying boss.  (Moderately Evil)
		
	c.) I'd call the cops on a loud party just because they didn't 
	    invite me.  (Slightly Evil)
		
	d.) I'd rather not talk about it. (Neutral)
	
	e.) I'd help a little old lady cross the street. (Slightly Good)
	
	f.) I'd work hard to see that true Justice is done. 
	    (Moderately Good)
	
	g.) I'd give up everything in order to fight tirelessly with a 
	    wet newspaper to smack Evil on the nose - bad dog! 
	    (Truly Good)
	    
 10. Using the scale in #9, what's the most evil character you'd 
     like to play?

 11. Using the scale in #9, what's the most good character you'd 
     like to play?

 12. You've just been given the chance to play the character you've
     always dreamed of playing.  Where does this character fall in the
     following range:

	a.) Terminally serious
	b.) Occasionally cracks a smile
	c.) Likes a good joke
	d.) Tells a good joke
	e.) Makes the Marx Brothers look like serious actors
	
 13. You've just been given the chance to play the character you've
     always dreamed of playing.  A body drops dead of foul play.  You:

	a.) Drop everything to solve the crime
	b.) Assist the investigator looking for clues somewhat
	c.) It depends on my character - if the character has other
	    things to do, those goals come first
	d.) Keep doing what you were doing; the victim probably 
	    deserved it.
	e.) Use the opportunity to cause even more trouble.
	
 14. You've just been given the chance to play the character you've
     always dreamed of playing.  You look forward to:

	a.) Standing around and watching the rest of the action.
	b.) Skulking about, listening in on various conversations.
	c.) Interacting in character with as many others as possible.
	d.) Creating at least one memorable moment for you and a couple
	    other characters.
	e.) Causing as many scenes as you can to keep yourself in the 
	    center of everyone's attention.

 15. Please rate each of the following possible activities with your 
     interest in playing them.  Rate them on a scale from 1 to 5, 
     where 1 is least interested and 5 is most interested:

	___ Angst
	___ Archaeological Technobabble
	___ Attempted Murder
	___ Bad Accents
	___ Blackmail
	___ Comic Relief
	___ Detection
	___ Espionage
	___ Fashion Sense
	___ Gossip
	___ Histrionics
	___ Inebriation
	___ Larceny
	___ Manipulation
	___ Murder
	___ Occultism
	___ Politics
	___ Revenge
	___ Romance
	___ Self-Preservation
	___ Self-Sacrifice
	___ Strange Costuming
	___ Thievery
	___ Wheeling and Dealing

 16. To borrow an insightful question, most people are a blend
     of the three following types of people:

	- Problem Solver: "I want to solve puzzles, search for things,
	  decipher messages and investigate clues."
	  
	- Actor: "I would like to play in some big dramatic scenes
	  (e.g. death scenes, loud arguments, etc.) in front of 
	  everyone!"
	
	- Role-Player: "My character's goals are my goals.  I would
	  not do anything that my character wouldn't do."
	  
 Please place an X in the following triangle where you would like
 your character to fit:

                Problem-Solver
                      /\
                     /  \
                    /    \
                   /      \
                  /        \
           Actor /__________\ Role-Player


 17. Have you ever done anything like this before?  If so, what?



 18. Just what *is* the Mummy's Curse?




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