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Norman / Cearlan

So are we good to go ahead and make our characters?

Please do so. yes!

You can either use one of the online die rollers or your own dice. I think we are all of an age and/or experience where we can be trusted with rolling dice honestly.

Cearlan

I rolled the dice ... 11 EDU is not that good for a doctor of medicine so I'm going to put him as a B.Md instead of a PhD doctor for now and he is going to be much younger then what I thought about. The other rolls are quite average but my Int is very high (17) so I will be able to invest in other hobby skills.

royya wrote:I rolled the dice ... 11 EDU is not that good for a doctor of medicine so I'm going to put him as a B.Md instead of a PhD doctor for now and he is going to be much younger then what I thought about. The other rolls are quite average but my Int is very high (17) so I will be able to invest in other hobby skills.

Yeah that's fine ... could also have made him a medical student but a freshly qualified B.Md works for me.

I'm ready.

So, will we be starting today/tonight?

Priest wrote:So, will we be starting today/tonight?

Yes we will indeed Not heard back from Howerd Phillips nor Aliktren, so the inference is that they may well not be joining us ,,, no matter, we can advance with yourself as Prof Jones, Mr Handy's Prof Johnson, Royya's Joseph Huckleberry and Garrett's Mark Davison. We can always find a way to slot them in later I guess if they do show up.

Will make the initial post(s) later this afternoon (I'm on GMT - so about 4-5 hours from now -ish)

Here are three new skills that you may wish to consider before we start off.

Machete (15%)-Damage 1d8+1+db. A machete is a broad-bladed one-handed knife 18-30 inches long-a descendant of the hand-to-hand cutlass, minus the hand guard. In the tropics one might use a machete to hack away overgrowth, to harvest sugar cane and other crops, to substitute it for an axe, or as a handy weapon with which to attack. Lacking a hand guard, the machete cannot parry.

Mayan Hieroglyphics (01)-With this skill, investigators can translate and interpret Mayan hieroglyphic inscriptions. Sometimes a portion of an inscription simply proves untranslatable, no matter how good the translator is. There is still a lot to learn about the Maya - even today.

Maya Lore (01)-This skill measures the amount an investigator knows about the art, architecture, and culture of the ancient Maya. Use this skill to tentatively date buildings or ceramics, identify images of gods or kings, and interpret the complex symbols contained within Mayan art. Reading Mayan hieroglyphics is a separate skill.

Ready when you are.
I don't think Machete would be Meredith's thing and anything Mayan is the wrong culture, more up Prof Johnsons tree perhaps.

Priest wrote:Ready when you are.
I don't think Machete would be Meredith's thing and anything Mayan is the wrong culture, more up Prof Johnsons tree perhaps.

Mainly for his use it is true - but the option is there for all

Thanks! I definitely want both Mayan Heiroglyphics and Mayan Lore at a respectable level. I'm going to have to make a lot of changes to my character sheet. Can I use occupational skill points for those two skills? If so, I'll have to take those 20 back that I added to History and the 25 I put into Spanish (I'll keep Spanish, but take the 25 hobby points I'd put into Navigate and put them back there). I'll probably put the points in Mayan Heiroglyphics that are currently in the Mayan language. I may need to take points from other skills as well.

Shouldn't Mayan Hieroglyphics and Mayan Lore start at 1% rather than 0%? Every other skill (except for Cthulhu Mythos) has a base of at least 1%.

I actually didn't know that the Mayans would be relevant to the adventure when I created my character, but it's great that it worked out this way.

Mr. Handy wrote:Thanks! I definitely want both Mayan Heiroglyphics and Mayan Lore at a respectable level. I'm going to have to make a lot of changes to my character sheet. .

Not too many changes I hope - I had built the scenarios around the information given - each player in the spotlight etc. But it was my fault for springing them three skills on you at the last minute I guess.

Mr. Handy wrote: Can I use occupational skill points for those two skills? If so, I'll have to take those 20 back that I added to History and the 25 I put into Spanish (I'll keep Spanish, but take the 25 hobby points I'd put into Navigate and put them back there). I'll probably put the points in Mayan Heiroglyphics that are currently in the Mayan language. I may need to take points from other skills as well.

it's your character - balance it as you see fit

Mr. Handy wrote:Thanks! I definitely want both Mayan Heiroglyphics and Mayan Lore at a respectable level. I'm going to have to make a lot of changes to my character sheet. Can I use occupational skill points for those two skills? If so, I'll have to take those 20 back that I added to History and the 25 I put into Spanish (I'll keep Spanish, but take the 25 hobby points I'd put into Navigate and put them back there). I'll probably put the points in Mayan Heiroglyphics that are currently in the Mayan language. I may need to take points from other skills as well.

Shouldn't Mayan Hieroglyphics and Mayan Lore start at 1% rather than 0%? Every other skill (except for Cthulhu Mythos) has a base of at least 1%.

I actually didn't know that the Mayans would be relevant to the adventure when I created my character, but it's great that it worked out this way.

Mr. Handy wrote:Shouldn't Mayan Hieroglyphics and Mayan Lore start at 1% rather than 0%? Every other skill (except for Cthulhu Mythos) has a base of at least 1%.

The book I have states 0%, but I ain't gonna quibble over a single percentile. I think it starts at 0% as it is such an obscure field was the reasoning behind the 0% value.

It'll be some time before I can finish rearranging my character and filling in the background, possibly not until the weekend.

I think the reason the book lists those skills at 0% is that the campaign is very old. Earlier editions of Call of Cthulhu did start many skills at 0%, but this was later changed to 1% (probably in 5th edition).

So, my character is up and ready. Should I assume that my character at the dinner, or will she be introduced in a different manner?

terribly rude of me I do apologize, I would still like a crack at this, if you still have a spot open I will try and get a character together tomorrow... if not then I have learned my lesson

No problem - you want a crack at it then so you shall. Get a character rolled up and off we shall jolly well go ... unless you want to take the part of the epigrapher ... he's an interesting character, but I suspect you'll want to put your own stamp on the game.

sorry for my 4 days absence.

Garret, in your last post you replied as Joseph instead of Mark.

Hey, I don't think I can do this game after all, I just have too much shit to do.

Sorry it took me too long to get you this message, my computer was broken.

No problem Garrett, I figured something must be up when your profile said you had not been on for a couple of weeks.

Hope your 'shit' get sorted soon and if it does maybe you might want to consider joining at a later date. I will take control of your character as the group's 'security expert / tank, they are going to need it.

They usually do, and it's a fun role to play.

really sorry I screwed this up... if you still need players can someone PM me

Wierd, I was getting 404 Error page when I tried to upload the website for the past week.
Now everything is fine. resuming posting.

royya wrote:Wierd, I was getting 404 Error page when I tried to upload the website for the past week.
Now everything is fine. resuming posting.

Yeah I was getting that for a while, it seems that the site was altered slightly, so the address had altered. Nice of them to warn us.

I'll be off for a quick vacation from Friday. I'll resume posting on Monday
Roy

Enjoy your time away

You will all be interviewed separately so rather than roleplay each questioning session which would take months, it would be a lot quicker to pm me with the information you are going to give Lt O'Grady. He will be forceful but polite in his interviews showing no great love for academics or the kind of people who are involved, either by direct involvement or just being innocent bystanders. After all, they would have a story to tell otherwise they wouldn't be there.

I sent you PM.

How do we know what to say, after all we need to keep our stories similar?

That would be the point, from a policing point of view. I'd say work out what your character would say based on earlier discussions.

I'll be away on vacation through the 29th, and again from the afternoon of July 3rd through the 7th, so I probably won't be able to post during those times.

Mr. Handy wrote:I'll be away on vacation through the 29th, and again from the afternoon of July 3rd through the 7th, so I probably won't be able to post during those times.

I can NPC your character during these times no problem ... I promise I will look after David for you, or if you prefer he can be recalled to her university / wherever for some reason. Either way he'll be fine.

DeeJ61 has encountered some personal problems and has asked me to NPC her characters for just now

Sorry I been away without notice for a few days. We've had major problems with leaks in our roof which got into the electrics. Hopefully all sorted now though.

DeeJ61's daughter is getting married on Friday so this is taking up all our energies at the present time - cats on a hot tin roof comes to mind. Normal service should be resumed after the weekend though.

I'll be away at conventions October 31-November 3 and November 8-10, so I probably won't be able to post then. I'm not sure if I'll even be able to post between them, as I work during the week and will have little time to catch up, though I am off November 11.

So sorry that we have been away from playing for so long, but we are back now and raring to go on all fronts. Thanks for your patience guys.

PING ?

Merry Christmas to all. If not of a Christian outlook, then have a great time over the festive period and go easy at New Year - don't want no mishaps now. Either way I hope that Santa is good and that 2014 brings you whatever it is you want most.

I will probably be taking a break from playing over the Christmas period due to family commitments, but may post if I manage to get the time.

I'm going to be away from the night of Saturday, February 15 until Monday, February 24 and will probably not be able to post.

All,

I have just received word that my Father in Law has died so I may not be posting as regular over the next few days as I have funerals to sort out and all the associated trappings. I will post as and when I can. I feel bad because I have just started this and well, we cannot put a time on our passing I suppose.

Back as soon as I can

Norman

All,

Thanks to everyone for your kind thoughts, condolences and good wishes for the situation in hand.

Norman & DeeJ

I'm traveling for to the UK on Monday, not sure how much free time I'll have to post till the end of the week. NPC me as necessary.

-Roy-

I will be away to a trip in Europe from the 21 to 27 with a limited internet access and not much time.
I hope I'll have time to post here and there.
-Roy-

Very Good Roy ... I'll look after your investigator.

Hi all,

First off I must apologise for leaving the site so abruptly, but as we all know real life and health issues get in the way of this fantastic hobby of ours.

It is with a heavy heart and much soul searching that I have to announce that I have to shelve all the participation in the games I am in, unfortunately the games I am running as well, (however poorly of late). The duration of this 'shelving' is indeterminate at present.

I apologise for all and any inconvenience this has caused fellow gamers. The people on here are a first rate bunch and I am proud to have been associated with them, and hope that I will be allowed back into the fold again in the future.

As Dave Allen used to say;

May your Gods go with you (However elder they may be)