RPGaDay 2026: Day 07

7. MERCY

Sister Octavia
Teacher at Our Lady of Dubious Mercy

Brains 3 (Teaching 6)
Muscles 3 (Boxing 6)
Moves 3 (Skateboarding 6)
Cool 3 (Intimidation 6)
Goal: Educate or Die!
Notes:

• Has a ridiculously wide range of interests.
• Is a multitasking bibliophile.
• Never surrenders.
• Answered the call upon seeing a boxing nun puppet.

Hypothetical Casting: Awkwafina, Keira Knightley, Jenny Slate, Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams

N.B. This is a character (player or non-player) suitable for use with Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game.

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RPGaDay 2026: Day 06

6. REACH

Horrifica
Class IV Repeater

Power 5
Ectopresence 3
Special Abilities: Possess Television, Terrorize, Make Illusion, Materialize, Inflict (Psychic) Sarcasm
Goal: To extend the reach of horror.
Notes:

• Was a horror hostess on a local television channel.
  
• Haunts the station every Friday night from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m.
  
• Possesses random television sets to extend her reach.
• Has a weakness for good jokes.
  

Hypothetical Casting: Cassandra Peterson, Kristen Schaal, Natasia Demetriou

N.B. This is a ghost suitable for use with Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game.

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RPGaDay 2026: Day 05

5. BURDEN

Jasper the Helpful Ghost
Class III Free-Floating Phantasm

Power 3
Ectopresence 4
Special Abilities: Poltergeist, Murphy
Goal: To lighten the burden of the oppressed and be a burden to oppressors.
Notes:

• Tries to help anyone in need, especially if they are kind.
• Tries to make life a living heck for anyone who is unkind.
• Sometimes goes overboard in both cases.
• Is rather sentimental.

Hypothetical Casting: Brendan Fraser

N.B. This is a ghost suitable for use with Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game.

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RPGaDay 2026: Day 04

4. CHARM

Samantha Stefánsdottir
Domestic Witch

Brains 3 (Witchcraft 6)
Muscles 3 (Toiling 6)
Moves 2 (Juggling the Mundane and the Magical 5)
Cool 4 (Charm 7)
Goal: Bliss
Notes:

• Is rumored by neighbors to be a witch.
• Has an unerring ability to perceive the supernatural.
• Is allergic to ectoplasm.
• Her charm has nothing to do with witchcraft.

Hypothetical Casting: Elizabeth Montgomery

N.B. This is a character (player or non-player) suitable for use with Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game.

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RPGaDay 2026: Day 03

3. POISE

Patience Posey
Catalogue Model and Dancer

Brains 3 (Photography 6)
Muscles 3 (Standing Still 6)
Moves 4 (Dancing 7)
Cool 2 (Poise 5)
Goal: Financial Security
Notes:

• Is often taken for granted, but is a keen observer of everything around her.
• Is frequently mistaken for a mannequin when standing still.
• Is light-hearted, but frugal.
• Especially enjoys the Charleston dance.

Hypothetical Casting: Goldie Hawn

N.B. This is a character (player or non-player) suitable for use with Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game.

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RPGaDay 2026: Day 02

2. STATURE

Wade Wellington-Worthington
Funerary Director, Obsessed Sculptor

Brains 3 (Monument Trivia 6)
Muscles 3 (Bladder Control 6)
Moves 3 (Sculpting 6)
Cool 3 (Funerary Salesmanship 6)
Goal: Stature
Notes:

• Will ignore any biological requirement to make a sale or expound on the merits of monuments.
• Deeply concerned about how his place in society is perceived.
• Fantasizes about a world of monuments honoring him.
• Drinks nothing but bottled spring water.

Hypothetical Casting: Jeffrey Combs

N.B. This is a character (player or non-player) suitable for use with Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game.

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RPGaDay 2026: Day 01

1. DISCIPLINE

Ruthifer Hadlock
School Principal

Brains 3 (Administration 6)
Muscles 5 (Wrestling 8)
Moves 3 (Hitting Things 6)
Cool 1 (Containing Rage 4)
Goal: Enforce Discipline
Notes:

• Experiences flashbacks frequently and dramatically.
• Has zero patience.
• Often wears gloves.
• Rumored by students to be a cyborg.

Hypothetical Casting: Stephen Fry, Samuel L. Jackson, Daniel Day-Lewis

N.B. This is a character (player or non-player) suitable for use with Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game.

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RPGaDay2026 Is Nigh

RPGaDay2026 is nigh, and this year I shall be observing it exclusively (probably) through Decidedly Six-Sided by interpreting each daily prompt as part of the description of a character (player or non-player as the reader chooses) for Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game.

Perpbusters!

Lest I get too far ahead of myself, I am considering Judge Dredd for my next x via Ghostbusters conversion. When EN Publishing ceased publication of Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 A.D., I considered coverting it to a number of different systems, but none of them felt quite right (q.v.). Savage Worlds would be too labor intensive, Sherpa is too obscure, ACE! RPG is too silly, and The D6 System 2nd edition will be much bulkier than I had hoped it would be. The answer, clearly, is to convert it to Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful Roleplaying Game for maximum efficiency and fun. Unless I get sidetracked, it will probably be my next project after Doctor Who via Ghostbusters.

Going Nowhere Slowly

As a brief update, I have at least one more article to write for the Doctor Who via Ghostbusters series—possibly more than one. Health circumstances have made it difficult to accomplish anything outside of work and survival, but hopefully I will be feeling better and will be able to give more time to my hobbies again. As soon as I can, I must make time to run another Ghostbusters adventure. It's been far too long since I last ran it, and my players deserve medals for their patience. Once we resume it, we must keep the momentum going. It's too fun a game to allow it to languish. And then we need to try these x via Ghostbusters games I've been writing about, the results of which should provide useful material for future blogging. Perhaps we can manage to go somewhere if slowly.