Re: [DL] Youthful Sherlock Holmes

["Ray C." <r_a_c_@hotmail.com>]

One major problem with this idea.  While his deductive abilities were based 
on a real life person (The then Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle's Teacher), 
Sherlock Holmes was very much a fictional character.

In addition, his strength is much too low.  When he was older and starting 
to slow down he was able to bend an iron fire poker.

However, if I had to have one of the Holmes Clan on my side, I'd forget 
Sherlock, and attempt to get his smarter, older brother, Mycroft Holmes, on 
my side!  ;-)

Then again...  This person would make one *HECK* of an NPC to support the 
PCs if they ever need some help.

Ray.

>Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 16:32:20 -0400
>From: diamond@invisioncs.com
>Subject: [DL] Youthful Sherlock Holmes
>
>I am very surprised that THE principle Victorian literary figure has not
>drawn the attention of the creative minds here.  Granted, it is four
>years before he is set up as a consulting detective, and has yet to
>develop many of the skills associate with this character.  But at 23
>Sherlock Holmes has much potential, both for the future and as an
>interesting encounter for certain campaigns.  In the Cannon Holmes
>spends 1877 in frustrated inaction, but in 1879 he may be encountered in
>America as an actor in the Sasanoff Shakespeare Co (where presumably he
>learns his infamous skill at Disguise).

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