IC-Ep 4-The Thing That Should Not Be(Chad/Leonek/Tobias)

[Mr. Handy]

THE SHADOW OVER DUNWICH

EPISODE 4

Monastery Hill - Dunwich, England
3:47 PM - Thursday, September 5, 1985

Chad, Leonek, and Tobias sprinted through the gateway and to the car. The keys were in the ignition, and the motor was already running. As they fled, the sound behind them grew louder and rose to a crescendo of mad piping. They could not help glancing back, and they saw an enormous, roughly spherical white mass rising above the ruins, seeming to inflate before their eyes. The impossible thing was covered with eyes and mouths - far too many of them. And then it begin to roll forward, heading in their direction...

OOC,Everyone, please roll Sanity. Sanity loss is 1d6/1d20. If you lose 5 or more Sanity, please roll Idea. If you succeed at the Idea roll, you go temporarily insane. If that happens, you will also gain Cthulhu Mythos skill. [b]Chad[/b], you would gain an additional +1 to your skill, giving you a total of 6. [b]Leonek[/b] and [b]Tobias[/b], you would each gain 5 points. All of you may also make a Cthulhu Mythos roll, taking any increase into account, provided your skill is higher than 0. If you fail the Idea roll, you do not go temporarily insane and may act freely.

[DrPeterson]

Sanity,[dice]0[/dice]

To fruit or not to fruit,[dice]1[/dice]

OOC: Yay, no craziness!

[MikeTheMoose]

roll sanity,annnnnd I [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4475735/]passed![/url]? Well what's the collateral? [url]Oh it figures. 6.[/url] new ideas? Of course [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4475747/]Chad has new ideas[/url]

Chad sees the horrible abomination, and remarks, "yes that's pretty much how I thought it would look. But when you really see the thing, it's quite impressive no? I think I'm just starting to get an idea of what's really going on"

[Mr. Handy]

Chad began breaking out into hysterics.

Chad Engraham,You're hysterical for the next five rounds, including this one. Other than that, you may not take any action on your own initiative. Since you lost 20%+ of your current Sanity from that, you'll pick up another indefinite insanity that will kick in once the temporary insanity wears off. Also, please roll against your Cthulhu Mythos skill (your score is now 6%).

OOC,[b]Leonek[/b], you'll be able to shoot next round, but let's take things one round at a time. We still don't know how [b]Tobias[/b] will react, and he may need your help. In fact, you may end up needing to drive if both of them are out of it. [b]Chad[/b] isn't getting into the car on his own, but you can pull him in with you as you get inside this round, without having to roll anything. He won't resist you, and he hasn't fainted, so there's no need for a roll in this case, but he cannot take action on his own for now.

[DrPeterson]

OOC: I've edited the post, I'm sure you understand that one tends to get a bit anxious being chased by one of these you-know-whats.


Leonek's eyes widened as he saw Chad go apeshit. He took him by the arm and quickly started dragging him towards the car, hoping Tobias wouldn't go gimpy too.

[MikeTheMoose]

Roll Mythos,[url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4476261/]Eh 56. No luck there.[/url]

[aine]

sanity rolls,Sanity: [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4476396/]1d100=56, 1d6=5, 1d20=7[/url] Idea: [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/4476400/]1d100=92[/url] I'm assuming this means a big hit on sanity but as Tobias failed the idea roll he doesn't really understand what he sees and doesn't go insane:

Tobias catches sight of something monstrously awful out the corner of his eye as he concentrates on running over the uneven ground. Filled with primordial fear, his mind blanks out and he just runs as he's never run before towards the car.

[Mr. Handy]

Tobias raced around the car, threw open the door on the driver's side, and leapt behind the wheel while Leonek hustled Chad into the back seat of the sedan, getting in after him. The monstrosity half-rolled, half-bounced over the ruins, smashing down bits of them as it passed. It reached the open ground and started rumbling over it towards the car.

OOC,[b]Chad[/b], you'll be hysterical for this coming round and three more after it. [b]Leonek[/b], you may fire two shots before [b]Tobias[/b] can drive away. However, these shots are at extreme range, so your Handgun skill will effectively be divided by four, making it 8.75%. This means you'll need an 8 or less to hit. Yes, [b]Tobias[/b], you don't go temporarily insane. However, you've lost enough Sanity in the last hour (dropping from 42 to 33) to cause indefinite insanity. That will kick in after this encounter is over, assuming you survive.

[DrPeterson]

Leonek leans out of the window and takes a few pot shots at the advancing, undulating mass.

Shot 1 (8%),[dice]0[/dice]

Shot 2 (8%),[dice]1[/dice]

OOC: Wow, what are the odds
OOC2: Roughly 8%, I'd gather...

Damage,[dice]2[/dice]

OOC3: Wow, a critical AND maximum damage, why do I get the feeling Leonek will die horribly?

[Mr. Handy]

It was hard to miss a creature so huge, even at this range. Leonek's first bullet struck it, but it didn't even seem to notice. However, the second bullet happened to hit one of its countless eyes, and it bellowed in pain - though it continued its advance.

OOC,I forgot that you get a bonus to hit because of the enormous SIZ of the creature (83!). That gives you a +25 bonus, +5 for every full 10 points of SIZ above 30, so both shots hit. Don't bother rolling damage for the first shot. ;) I'll count that 10 for your critical. [b]Tobias[/b], it is now your turn.

[DrPeterson]

Leonek let out a shout of joy as the creature bellowed in pain.


OOC: Yay, I made it angry

[MikeTheMoose]

"Look at it, it's so beautiful, ha, ha....hahahaha.....HAHAHAHA! "

[aine]

Tobias slams his door closed, barely checking the others are inside, and grinds the gears into first. He slams his foot down and the car squeals and rocks, "Damn! Handbrake! Come on come on come on" He releases the brake and the car lurches forward."What side of the road is it?" He cries.

[Mr. Handy]

The car zoomed forward, down the road to the southwest and away from the beach. The ruins, and the creature they had left behind, were on the left side of the road.

A little further down the road, on the right side, was a driveway. A simple gate lay across it as a barrier, one that could easily be raised to allow vehicles in or out. A small wooden shack about eight feet high stood behind it and to one side. On the gate was a sign that read "Private Property - No Trespassing." The driveway stretched off into the distance, where a few buildings were visible, including a carriage house and a mansion beyond it. The road they were on continued ahead.

[aine]

Tobias doesn't slow down.

[Mr. Handy]

A short distance ahead the road merged with another one going north and southwest.

OOC,[b]Leonek[/b] and [b]Tobias[/b], please roll Navigate. [b]Chad[/b] is still out of it for a couple more rounds.

[DrPeterson]

Navigate-fail:,[dice]0[/dice]

[aine]

"Is it still following us?" Tobias shouts. He risks a look round and then brakes hard at the junction not sure where to go but if the thing is still in sight, he starts up again on along the road to the south west.

[DrPeterson]

"I don't know, I can't see it, but keep driving just to be sure!"

Leonek shouts back, nodding as he keeps peering out the window for any signs of pursuit.

[Mr. Handy]

Glancing back, Leonek and Tobias saw that the road looked clear at first, but then the monstrosity tumbled onto the roadway back at the ruins they had left behind and began to roll in their direction, so Tobias sped off to the southwest onto what a sign identified as Westleton Road. A short distance ahead, an unmarked dirt road branched off to the south, while the paved road continued southwest.