Augustus Parsons

"Now, what is the antidote to despair? Well, my friend, it is action." Augustus "A Ghost Us" Parsons is a player character in the Dust campaign controlled by Justin McElroy. Augustus is the ghost of a wealthy industrialist who used to own a cashew company and who died under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind his daughter Anna Parsons. He currently seeks to regain control of his company from the current owner, Garrett Althiser, who he believes to be running it incompetently.

He, alongside Gandy Dancer and Errol Ryehouse, works for the Grayson Agency.

Debts
Debts in Urban Shadows are used to get NPCs, Factions, or other PCs to do something for you, or vice-versa.

People

 * Flint Chittles
 * For supposedly killing him - 1 Debt

Factions

 * The Banshee - None
 * The Church - None
 * Grayson Agency - None

People

 * Garrett Althiser
 * For haunting him - 1 Debt

Factions

 * The Banshee - None
 * The Church
 * For looking after his daughter - 2 Debts
 * Grayson Agency - None

Moves
Augustus has access to all of the Basic and Faction moves accessible to all characters:

Spectre Moves

 * Manifest: Regular people can’t sense or interact with Augustus unless he manifests. He manifests by spending a few quiet moments concentrating and choosing 2:
 * He can be heard
 * He can be seen
 * He can touch and be touched by the physical world


 * Ghost Town: When Augustus hits the streets with ghosts, he takes +1 ongoing to dealing with them.
 * “Wall? What Wall?”: Augustus always has an opening to escape a situation. He can choose an additional option off the list to bring someone with him. On a miss, he attracts the attention of dangerous spirits and ghosts in the area.

Other

 * Endless Cashews: Augustus can produce endless ghost cashews from his spectral being.