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Title: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Cearlan on May 19, 2017, 09:55:46 PM
Anyone interested?  :cthulhu:

Either a investigation or a campaign - up to you?

For an adventure, possibly something from Pagan Publishing's Mysteries of Mesoamerica - The Well of Sacrifice looks good.

For a campaign I was thinking of the "new Masks of Nyarlathotep" i.e. the Two Headed Serpent.

Let me know what you think people.

RSVP
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: kitkatman on May 19, 2017, 10:12:16 PM
Not sure how but ill give it a go.

Hides under couch.
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Cearlan on May 20, 2017, 10:50:25 AM
Ask CG - she was a good investigator if memory serves me right.
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Greyguard on May 21, 2017, 01:40:09 AM
Hey buddy! I don't think I've ever played a CoC game before but I'd be interested!
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Espatier on May 21, 2017, 05:52:06 AM
would this be 6th or 7th edition?
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Cearlan on May 22, 2017, 08:06:34 PM
Either - whichever you would prefer.
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Espatier on May 22, 2017, 09:53:14 PM
the only difference to me is that 7th edition is now %. I can live with either 6th or 7th... 6th might be easier?
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Early Bird on June 08, 2017, 12:43:48 AM
Good to see you back here Cear.  As you know,I always enjoy Cthulhu games, but I am not familiar with what you are suggesting.  I would be interested in your game if you could talk me through it very patiently as I am very rusty with roleplaying by now  :cthulhu:
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Espatier on June 15, 2017, 08:04:29 AM
Well I'm certainly excited about this possible game.
 :zombie:
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Cearlan on June 16, 2017, 11:36:17 PM
Right-oh then, so we have KKM, Greyguard, Espatier and EB.

If someone can set up a sub-forum, I'll get the game underway towards the middle of next week.

The system is straightforward and is designed not to get in the way of the game. The better you are at doing something the higher percentage chance you have to succeed. Simply roll under or equal to your skill to succeed. For those unsure of character creation, I can either puppy-walk you through the process, or if you prefer, give you pre-gens.

As has been said, 6th edition is the more tried and tested system, though 7th edition ain't difficult to pick up either. But as a preference for 6th has been stated already, we can go with that.

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the world where terrifying beings lurk unseen by any but the most unfortunate souls, those who would never be believed if they ever said anything.

 :cthulhu:

Norm
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Espatier on June 17, 2017, 12:14:44 AM
Woo hoo!

Okay..
6th edition
1900s or modern day?
England or the states?
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: kitkatman on June 17, 2017, 06:56:17 PM
do you want other forums like game posts / character

what lvl are we starting at.
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Cearlan on June 25, 2017, 08:16:52 PM
Right! Here ewe go then.
6th edition rules

The scenario is set in the modern-day, starting in Alexandria, Egypt. and taking in various other places in the world. The Linguistics professor has been pressured by the dean of his University to take part in a TV series

The characters I am looking for are as follows;
A Linguistics professor (the brains of the outfit - important)
A highly ambitious TV reporter (financial support through network - BBC / National Geographic / CNN / ???)
An focused agent of the law / military (the group tank - important)

This game is not level based. You start out as ordinary Joe Public - well, within your occupation that is, and as you get exposed to baddies and sanity-blasting Mythos events / creatures, you  use your skills. Every skill you succeed at you get a 'check'.  at an appropriate juncture (probably between countries) I may allow you to increase your 'checked' skills.

Skills are percentile based, the better you are at something, the higher your chance to succeed. Simply roll equal to or under your skill 'score' to be successful. But I'll go into that more in depth later.

A word on Sanity before I go. Sanity, as the name implies is how much of a grip you have on what we would call the 'real world'. However, as you uncover deeper and darker truths, your Sanity slowly at first starts to take hits. If it gets too low, like Hit Points for example, then your investigator may get sectioned, or worse.
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Espatier on June 26, 2017, 04:28:32 AM
@kittman
@greyguard
@ladybird

Any thoughts about what you guys want to be?
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Early Bird on July 02, 2017, 11:04:57 PM
Hi Cear, sorry to vanish again for a while, but I no longer get email notification that posts have been made.  A shame, that was so useful.  If you are still going ahead with this game, I am still in but have no idea what I might be.  The news reporter looks most likely for me.  You would, however, have to totally puppy walk me through character creation/rolling etc. as it has been too long and I can't remember now how to do any of it. :bangin:
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Espatier on July 03, 2017, 12:11:16 AM
@Lady bird

Great selection about being the reporter!.
I think that you will do just fine and don't worry about making any mistakes because we all started playing RPGs and had to start somehow. So if you need any help or have any question I would be more than happy to assist you in creating a character as well. I'm retired and I don't sleep much and I usually talk/type to my UK friends on skype at weird hours.

search
investigation
Fast talk
Research and maybe a local language might assist your character as a reporter. Those are a few that come to mind.

Very Respectfully,
Espatier
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Early Bird on July 07, 2017, 12:36:16 PM
Thanks Espatier.  Not sure what time I will have free and going on holiday fora week next Thursday, but will try and liaise with you about this.
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Espatier on July 07, 2017, 03:47:14 PM
No worries...

I'm retired and free most of the time.

If you want to reach me by email, It's Espatier@gmail.com and my name is Richard btw

V/r,
Richard
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Early Bird on July 26, 2017, 03:17:59 PM
Lol  Another Richard?  There seems to be a lot of you on here :)  Will be in touch soon, a tad busy at the moment
Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Espatier on July 26, 2017, 05:58:35 PM
Wait.... I have a doppelganger?!.

Take your time... no rush, no worries.

Title: Re: Call of Cthulhu game
Post by: Early Bird on August 05, 2017, 11:10:30 PM
I don't know about doppelganger, but I know at least one other Richard on this site, I'm pretty sure I went to school with that Richard Arnold who is on some tv show and I used to date a Richard (very briefly, he was a total creep).  It seems there is a secret Richard factory somewhere :)