Play@YSDC

Posted: **Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:42 am**

Ok, I've sent a pm to the players that need to finalize their investigator. I also need to determine definitely who is gonna play (carnage_lee and Quatermass are being very nice in passing the playing spot one another, probably even too much

). But anyway, we're almost ready. I'm thinking of starting the game by tomorrow if we can, or monday-tuesday at latest, if no one has objections

Posted: **Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:20 pm**

carnage_lee can have the spot. I am readying a new game so that should take up my time. I will be a reserve if someone else drops out though.

Posted: **Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:15 pm**

Tomorrow is good to me.

I have to say that at the weekends I'm usually a little absent from internet, being a dad. During working days I can be online a lot more cause I have a really relaxed schedule at work.

Posted: **Sun Nov 29, 2015 8:27 am**

Ok guys, we're practically set. I just need a brief physical description or an image/picture of the investigator from carnage_lee, laitang and TheLibrarian. Then I'll put your characters in The Investigators topic.

I'll send each of you a private message today or in the next couple of days. It will give you the informations needed to write a little "prologue to the prologue" for your character, that you'll use to describe how your investigator received an invitation to a meeting and his/her thoughts/reactions/sensations/etc.. It could work also to introduce one or more of your sources of stability, if you like. Perhaps describe a brief scene from your investigator everyday life. Feel free to invent but keep it short (two-three paragraphs at most). Once you're done, send that back to me and I'll collect them all in a single topic. Then we'll start with the real prologue and all the characters together

P.S. I'll add an [EL] tag to any PM I sent related to the campaign so you can identify them easily

Posted: **Tue Dec 01, 2015 6:19 pm**

Here's my fella.

Posted: **Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:38 pm**

Ok, we're officially starting

The first IC topic is up (The Invitation is just for you to read, but the campaign begins with The Hangar).

Posted: **Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:20 pm**

Hey, the last time I saw this PI he was killing Smaug in Esgaroth. He must be a real bad ass

Posted: **Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:18 pm**

Use this conversation to define your investigator's style. There are obviously clues to be gathered here. A simple dialogue is sufficient, but you might also want to reinforce your investigator's approach by using interpersonal abilities.

For all of you that only have the quickstart rules, feel free to ask me clarifications on your investigative abilities. If you're in doubt, I can define to you exactly what you can or can't do with a particular ability.

Posted: **Fri Dec 04, 2015 5:39 pm**

Wow thank you, I like the idea of the personal forums for the investigators. Wonderful!

Posted: **Fri Dec 04, 2015 5:58 pm**

Overlord87 wrote:Wow thank you, I like the idea of the personal forums for the investigators. Wonderful!

Slight abuse of power... I got carried away! I do plan on keeping a 'diary' for Christopher in this way.

Posted: **Mon Dec 07, 2015 12:15 pm**

Did anyone put pts into Cryptography?

If so perhaps it'd be worth looking at the notes on the letters?

Posted: **Mon Dec 07, 2015 12:36 pm**

If i am not wrong, none of you has the ability.

Luckily, you are in Boston and not some God-forgotten village in wild Africa. Therefore I will allow you to search for a specialist. It will require some spends, though.

A 2 point spend of Library Use or Oral History to locate a specialist available.

A 1 point spend in Credit Rating AND 1 point spend in Bureaucracy to get to meet said specialist in a couple of days max (that is, before your trip to Georgia).

Otherwise you will have to ask directly to Douglas Henslowe.

Discuss it in the IC topic and if you wish to proceed, tell me who performs the spends

Posted: **Mon Dec 07, 2015 12:40 pm**

Thanks... was just an idea at the moment.

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2015 5:03 am**

It's a good idea, and we may want to do it before we leave for Georgia. We have seven points of Library Use between us and five of Oral History, but Library Use is probably more generally useful. Whoever has three points in one of those should probably spend at least one of the points. Can we split the spends between different people?

Two of us have Credit Rating 3 and Bureaucracy 1. I actually have points to satisfy all of the spending requirements, but I think it's better to spread the spends around so we get more back when we refresh. My Bureaucracy point could also probably be put to better use in cutting through red tape with medical professionals, but I'd spend a point of Credit Rating if we can split it.

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:36 am**

There are two separate spends here: one to locate the specialist (Library Use or Oral History), the other to get an appointment with him (Credit Rating + Bureaucracy). You can split the two different spends - one player can do the spend to find the specialist, another one the spend to get the appointment. You cannot split the points for the single spends (that is, you can't have one player produce the Credit Rating point and another produce the Bureaucracy point, or have one player put in a point of Library Use and another one point of Oral History).

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2015 10:55 am**

If we're going to use Oral History to find the specialist (and I think we should. As Mr. Hardy said, Library Use is probably more useful) I can do the spend. Ian and Father Flanagan have postorints in Oral Hiy, but by the story point-of-view, it is just more plausible that Ian find a guy. If everybody agrees, I'll go with it IC.

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:12 am**

Let's hold off on spending anything till after we go visiting Henslowe - I would think that having his name as a lead is the 'core clue' and any hidden meaning in the letters an additional clue - as we're (leaping ahead of myself) going to visit Henslowe we can ask him about the 'code/markings' - if that falls flat then we could look to get anything decoded.

For me, the points we ought to consider/investigate before heading off to Georgia

Who is Henslowe?
Henslowe mentions that he wrote everything down (re the event in 1924) - this sounds like something we really need to get hold of.
What happened and where in 1924 - if there were 'many death's' then it's possible that the event was reported in the papers.
Winston had medical help - his therapist might have info?

As a group we can look into some of those points before we fly off down south? It'd take our characters a couple of days to put their affairs in order - so would it be reasonable to take the next 2 days sorting things out and seeing what we can discover?

A lot of this can be done 'off camera'... perhaps Dr C and Father Flanagan check out the therapist, Prof C and Ian Morin check the newspaper records and Clarence Lanalor check out Henslowe?

Also... is this hanger now our base?

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:18 am**

You have been given permission to use the hangar and its resources (books, maps, etc.) as you see fit. When you're ready to wrap things up in the hangar just tell me what you want to do next and I'll move things along

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:31 am**

Works for me. Ian could probably look at the newspaper archives for the deaths and also for Janet, Walter Winston and Douglas Henslowe, to see if anything comes up.

Other things:
- The Henslowe Flag Airport has anything to do with D. Henslowe? If yes, maybe the pilot know something?
- Someone with Library Use should probably take a look at the books here. It's unlikely that Janet put this room together just to receive the group. If it was already operational when Mr. Winston was an active occultist, maybe there's something to be found.

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:37 am**

leonardolad wrote: - The Henslowe Flag Airport has anything to do with D. Henslowe? If yes, maybe the pilot know something?
- Someone with Library Use should probably take a look at the books here. It's unlikely that Janet put this room together just to receive the group. If it was already operational when Mr. Winston was an active occultist, maybe there's something to be found.

Good points, I like your thinking

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2015 3:36 pm**

Go on and roleplay it in the IC thread

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2015 5:01 pm**

I'm waiting for Lanalor to introduce himself. Am I being too "anal"?

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2015 5:03 pm**

No, as a matter of fact I would also like for him to participate more. I was going to contact him in private today or tomorrow to check out.

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2015 5:24 pm**

It's ok for me, really. Sometimes it is not that easy to find the time to post. As I said before, the weekends can be troublesome for me, as my wife is writing her PhD thesis and I have to be an almost-full-time dad. For this reason, I apologize in advance for any future disappearances.

Posted: **Tue Dec 08, 2015 10:15 pm**

Overlord87 wrote:No, as a matter of fact I would also like for him to participate more. I was going to contact him in private today or tomorrow to check out.

I'm on the case. So I pick up the books and I dont have library use....sigh.

Posted: **Wed Dec 09, 2015 1:58 pm**

I wanted to clarify one thing, since perhaps it has led to some confusion (at least I think it tricked laitang). The letters are from Henslowe to Winston. The addresses at the top are in the wrong position unfortunately (I found these handouts already done and decided to use them since they were good, but I think the author made a little mistake with the format), so you might have mistaken who is the sender. Just wanted to specify it.

Posted: **Wed Dec 09, 2015 5:38 pm**

( Facepalms ) . I thought the names weren't quite right! Well, first mystery solved!!

Posted: **Wed Dec 09, 2015 6:24 pm**

laitang wrote:( Facepalms ) . I thought the names weren't quite right! Well, first mystery solved!!

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:19 am**

So, you meet back at the hangar the following day at 9am to depart for Savannah? Or there is something else that you want to do first in Boston?

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:43 am**

Hi,

I think we need a consensus:

I am all for doing the following:

Checking Newspapers for stories that could be the events of 1924.

See if we can get ant info from Winston's therapist

'Background' checks on Winston and Henslowe:

I'd divide this up as
Dr. C and Fr. Flanagan - see the therapist (together)

Prof. F and Morin - look into the events of 1924 at the newspaper morgue (together)

Lanalor - background checks (should be a cinch for a PI)

I would think that this would mean we meet back at the hanger the day after tomorrow (in game time) ...

BTW what day is it now?

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:49 am**

Current date: Tuesday 23rd of March, 1937.

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:29 pm**

I'll wait for each of you to tell me what you want to do, possibly in the IC topic. Then I'll move things along, time to wrap up the prologue

Posted: **Sat Dec 12, 2015 6:18 am**

I agree with carnage_lee's paln. I'll go with Father Flanagan to speak to Winston's therapist.

Posted: **Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:10 pm**

I agree. The day after tomorrow sounds more realistic than 9 a.m. tomorrow, considering right now it must be around... 9 p.m.?

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2015 12:53 am**

Sounds like a plan to me. Will go with Dr. C

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2015 9:28 am**

Ok, we're missing only laitang's approval for the plan, I'll wait for him then will move things along

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:05 pm**

I've prepared the topics for your investigations in Boston. I'll wait for laitang to post then decide how to handle his side of the investigation. I don't want to rush things, but this is a long campaign, so a minimum pace is required or otherwise we're doomed (which would be in theme with the setting, but I'd rather see this through to the end

).

If possibile click on Subscripe Topic (the option is at the bottom of the page) for the IC topics, so you'll be informed of new posts (I'm talking mostly to the players new to the forum and the play-by-forum). Try to make room in your schedule to check the game and partecipate at least three times per week. I hope I'm not being pushy but it's needed for the game to succeed, in my opinion.

Posted: **Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:25 am**

Are we only allowed to read our own thread, or can we read the other one?

Posted: **Tue Dec 15, 2015 2:44 pm**

Clarence will proceed on 'Background' checks on Winston and Henslowe. Starting with Winston.

Posted: **Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:26 pm**

@Mr. Handy: feel free to read all the threads

Posted: **Thu Dec 17, 2015 8:41 pm**

When you're ready, wrap up your personal investigations, in the weekend I'll move the campaign ahead to Savannah

Posted: **Wed Dec 23, 2015 7:40 pm**

Let me know if you have troubles following the game during the Christmas period. I'll keep following the IC topic and if you keep posting I'll move ahead the story with the usual pace.

Posted: **Thu Dec 24, 2015 9:22 am**

Tomorrow and the 26th might be awkward, have guests both days.

Hope everyone gets awesome presents! Happy Christmas one and all!

Posted: **Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:19 pm**

I didn't plan on posting on the 25th anyway. This part is a bit slow cause the players are required to make some trivial choices (how do we move around? where do we stay?) that in a live session would require one minute, here a few days can pass as all players read and interact. I'll currently take carnage_lee's post as your plan of action, and unless there are alternative proposals I'll move things along on the 26th or 27th.

Merry Christmas everyone

Posted: **Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:40 pm**

Hey everybody, these days will be difficult for me, since i'm currently at my parent's. I'll be back the 28th. For now, carnage_lee's plan seems good to me.

Merry Christmas guys!

Posted: **Thu Dec 24, 2015 5:46 pm**

I'm still around.

Happy Holidays!

Posted: **Mon Dec 28, 2015 10:49 am**

Hey guys, just to let you know that I'm back. We shouldn't have any other interruptions from my side.

Posted: **Wed Dec 30, 2015 10:33 am**

Overlord87 wrote:
OOC: Ok, I'm not even mothertongue English, but I'm a sucker for languages and dialects. I've studied southern american accent on youtube videos to replicate it, hope it has worked out well (and I'm not just being ridicolous). If I'm being ridicolous, tell me and I'll avoid in the future. If it's working decently, I'll keep it .

It worked for me! It was a good stab at re-creating a southern accent.

Having said that, it may not be the case for others - especially non-native English speakers - I'd check in with leonardolad, to make sure he 'got it'.

Posted: **Wed Dec 30, 2015 11:31 am**

No problem for me! I'm not the best person to say if it went well or not, though.

Posted: **Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:23 pm**

I'm ok with the accent.

Posted: **Wed Dec 30, 2015 1:35 pm**

Love the written accent, really helps me get a sense of what a character is like, and to differentiate them from each other.

Posted: **Wed Dec 30, 2015 2:43 pm**

Great, thank you

Posted: **Thu Dec 31, 2015 4:44 am**

I like accents too. I was able to understand what the character was saying just fine. There was an attempt once in Shadows Over Scotland on this site to replicate Scottish accents, but that one hadn't turned out so well. I hadn't had a problem with it, though.

Posted: **Thu Dec 31, 2015 7:54 pm**

So, since you have two cars, Holly and Father Flanagan will go the Sanitarium, while Ian, Fontana and Clarence will perform other investigations regarding the Henslowe family and whatever else might come up. I'll open the two topics soon. The part at the Joy Grove is probably longer, but I'll try to keep you other three busy in some way.

For now, let me wish you all a happy new year

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:46 am**

Aaaaaand it's on!

Talking about stability tests, can any of you guys recommend a website with a dice roller? I remember Overlord87 mentioned one earlier, but I couldn't really manage to create an account, can't remember why.

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:56 am**

leonardolad wrote:Aaaaaand it's on!

Talking about stability tests, can any of you guys recommend a website with a dice roller? I remember Overlord87 mentioned one earlier, but I couldn't really manage to create an account, can't remember why.

Yes, we're getting started... slowly at first, but we're getting started

I suggested this one: http://orokos.com/roll/

I searched online, I think you can use this as well: https://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm and copy/paste the roll.

I don't think any of you is gonna cheat, anyway, so in case just roll the D6 in real life and send me the result. I mean, going crazy is usually the funny part, right?

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:59 am**

Orokos is my preferred choice because it keeps a log of player's rolls, in case we need to recheck something (you can insert the reason for each roll and it will store the result). If you can, use that. If you can't, don't worry, anything is fine.

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 12:02 pm**

It worked now. I'm ready for some sanity checks!

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 12:03 pm**

leonardolad wrote:It worked now. I'm ready for some sanity checks!

Great

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 12:05 pm**

One more thing if you use orokos: for any roll (only General abilities are rolled) in which you boost the test with points from your pool, remember to insert the number of points in the roll (like 1d6+1, 1d6+2, etc.) and specify the kind of roll you're making (at least the ability being used, Stability, Mechanical Repair, Firearms, etc.). In case we need to check something, we would have all the rolls and all the points spent.

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 12:08 pm**

Overlord87 wrote:One more thing if you use orokos: for any roll (only General abilities are rolled) in which you boost the test with points from your pool, remember to insert the number of points in the roll (like 1d6+1, 1d6+2, etc.) and specify the kind of roll you're making (at least the ability being used, Stability, Mechanical Repair, Firearms, etc.). In case we need to check something, we would have all the rolls and all the points spent.

OK!

Since we're here, can we make OOC suggestions in scenes our PCs are not present?

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:45 pm**

Wooooe..check out that wall!

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:46 pm**

leonardolad wrote: Since we're here, can we make OOC suggestions in scenes our PCs are not present?

Well, sometimes it happens in live sessions that players intervene with suggestions or advices when they're not present on scene, but I'd rather not allow it. Feel free to read and even comment on what's happening (like, here in the OCC thread), but I'd say no suggestions/advices.

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:52 pm**

Overlord87 wrote:Well, sometimes it happens in live sessions that players intervene with suggestions or advices when they're not present on scene, but I'd rather not allow it. Feel free to read and even comment on what's happening (like, here in the OCC thread), but I'd say no suggestions/advices.

OK, it looks like the most plausible option

Posted: **Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:24 am**

For the team at the newspaper office: you can start closing up the scene there. Let me know if you want to make some additional research, otherwise I can have you reach Joy Grove more or less when the interview with Douglas is finishing.

Posted: **Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:51 pm**

I think we should finish our research and meet the others. laitang and carnage_lee?

Posted: **Thu Jan 14, 2016 2:07 pm**

leonardolad wrote:I think we should finish our research and meet the others. laitang and carnage_lee?

Agree!

Posted: **Thu Jan 14, 2016 4:17 pm**

Agreed - we discovered a lot of information there

- so let's move on.

Posted: **Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:05 pm**

My schedule will be a little busy for the next couple of weeks. I'll try to check the forum daily, but I might miss a day or two if things get too hectic.

For carnage_lee, laitang and leonardolad, when you're ready you can move to the "Reunion at Joy Grove" post (I thought you were ready so I opened the new one, but if you feel that you still need to "close" the other topic, feel free to do so). Mr. Handy and TheLibrarian will join when we finish the interview, so you can assess the current situation and your discoveries, then decide how to proceed.

Posted: **Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:20 pm**

So, carnage_lee and Mr.handy will proceed with the interview with Edgar Job. What about the others? I'd rather not have them just wait, but I'll leave that to you. Discuss as much as you need, then let me know when you're ready to move on.

Posted: **Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:31 pm**

Clarence is happy to wait.

Posted: **Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:14 pm**

I'm loathe to split the party in online games, causes no end of issues. I know I suggested it previously but I think we covered that ok - if it's all the same to everyone I think we ought to 'suspend disbelief' and just go ahead with all the investigators in on the interview - keep everyone with something to do/contribute.

I know it's not 'realistic' to continue like this but for the 'sake of the game' I think we ought to.

Lee

Posted: **Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:23 pm**

I agree. We can give up on realism for gameplay's sake. Another option is for some of us to take Henslowe letter and go talk to his mother, assuming that Holly and Fr. Flanagan shared all they got from him in this quick encounter at the lobby. Still, I do prefer carnage_lee's idea.

Posted: **Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:32 pm**

I'm fine with all of you participating in the interview. Leonardolad's idea is also good, if you prefer (Clarence, Ian and Father Flanagan going to the Henslowe mansion with Douglas' letter).

Posted: **Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:23 pm**

Clarence is very easy going on this matter. You decide.

Posted: **Wed Feb 03, 2016 11:14 am**

I think at this point we shouldn't split the party. Let's all do the interview together.

Posted: **Wed Feb 03, 2016 11:17 am**

It's settled then. Also, if Overlord87 is kinda busy at the moment, it's probably a good idea to keep things simple with one single group.

Posted: **Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:32 pm**

I will be away from tomorrow 9th till 16th Feb.

Posted: **Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:20 pm**

Ian will take the lead in trying to physically remove the madman from Christopher, since he has the highest Scuffling rating. The others (including Christopher himself) can help. Each of you should send me a roll for the Scuffling ability (remember that you can use points from the Scuffling pool to boost the roll). If you don't have the Scuffling ability, just send me an unmodified roll.

That said, we have to wait for laitang, so there's no need to hurry. Perhaps we can move on until the end of the fight and stop there until he returns.

Posted: **Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:12 am**

Am I supposed to roll too? Can I try to inject him this round, or does it take me a round to prepare the sedative?

Posted: **Wed Feb 10, 2016 11:34 am**

Dumb question: should I send the roll via PM or IC?

Posted: **Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:20 pm**

leonardolad wrote:Dumb question: should I send the roll via PM or IC?

If you have something to write in the IC topic (like, a description of your character's actions), use the IC topic. Otherwise a PM is perfectly fine.

Mr. Handy wrote:Am I supposed to roll too? Can I try to inject him this round, or does it take me a round to prepare the sedative?

No need to roll since you're not participating in the fight. Preparing the sedative requires a few seconds, so you'll be ready in the next round. If the other investigators succeed in subduing the mad patient by then, you can inject him right away.

Posted: **Fri Feb 12, 2016 6:00 pm**

Christopher's Scuffling roll

It's 1d6 (right?)

[dice]0[/dice]

Posted: **Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:29 pm**

Ok, moving on, since laitang should be back.

First of all, I need laitang's Stability check.

Then, there's another round. Choice your actions and tell me. If the men manage to overpower the madman, Holly can inject the sedative. Otherwise, she might still try, but she'll need a Scuffling check since the brawl is still going on.

Posted: **Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:47 pm**

I'm back. wow I'm away for a week and a fight breaks out!

Posted: **Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:54 pm**

So Clarence rolled a 1 for stability

http://orokos.com/roll/374503

Posted: **Thu Feb 18, 2016 2:10 am**

Just in time for me to go away tomorrow through Sunday!

I'll definitely try to inject him in the coming round, even if he isn't completely subdued. Rolling Scuffling unskilled isn't that bad. Most people can be hit on a 3, unless they're particularly elusive and require a 4. Of course, it doesn't look like anyone's managed it in the first round.

Posted: **Thu Feb 18, 2016 1:12 pm**

Clarence loses 2 points of stability.

Anyone participating in the fight should roll Scuffling again.

Posted: **Thu Feb 18, 2016 1:15 pm**

Oh boy...

1d6=1
http://orokos.com/roll/374761

Posted: **Thu Feb 18, 2016 2:34 pm**

Overlord87 wrote:Clarence loses 2 points of stability.

Oh Crap.

Clarence rolled a 2 for scuffling. Hmm
http://orokos.com/roll/374774

Posted: **Thu Feb 18, 2016 8:42 pm**

Holly's Scuffling roll (in case it's needed) to inject the patient:
[dice]0[/dice]

Posted: **Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:14 pm**

The men should take some boxing lessons or something like that

Posted: **Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:15 pm**

Regardless of the other rolls, Holly succeeds in injecting the sedative. I'll move the story along.

Posted: **Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:19 pm**

This popped up on my radar:

POC wrote:For convenience, I've uploaded a 1941 WPA Guide to Los Angeles for anyone running that chapter. It's about as close as I can find at the moment. The guide is illustrated and has some history of the city relevant for the period of play.

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/topic/27178- ... ntry312231

Might come in handy?

Posted: **Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:22 pm**

Hey, that thread is GM Only!

Posted: **Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:19 pm**

I've not read the topic.. the link was on the latest posts carousel thingy.... hang on ... what were you doing there?

Posted: **Wed Feb 24, 2016 4:25 pm**

LOL. Same case here. I was in YSDC talking about the wiki and saw PoC's post passing in the "carousel thingy". It's not the first time a see this thread there. Never clicked on it, though.

Posted: **Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:34 pm**

Beware the spoilers guys. There is knowledge that is not meant for the mere mortals

I'll look into that material, anyway, thanks

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:18 am**

Ok, since this is the first conversation/interrogation with a character that is not fully willing to cooperate, remember that you have a series of interpersonal abilities to use: Flattery, Interrogation, Reassurance, Oral History, and so on.

It would be best if you specify that you're using a particular ability, but It's not mandatory. For example, if Clarence (who has Interrogation), asks a question to Job with a forceful tone, I'll assume he's using Interrogation and act accordingly. Just remember that different investigators have different abilities and you should try to cooperate as much as you can to make use of all of them.

Also, regarding Assess Honesty, I'll let you know automatically if someone is trying to bullshit you (check out the additional infos on the ability that I've provided in the thread Game Mechanics).

Posted: **Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:01 pm**

Happy birthday carnage_lee

Posted: **Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:31 am**

Overlord87 wrote:Happy birthday carnage_lee

Thank you very much

it's nice to be 12 (again).

Posted: **Fri Mar 11, 2016 8:44 pm**

Remember to make use of Investigative Abilities. Use the OOC tag to inform me that you're using one. I'll send you the relevant information you obtain (if any) via private message.

Posted: **Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:17 pm**

I'm assuming that in a situation like this all of you are trying to determine if Job is telling the truth or not, trying to cold read him. In Fontana's case, he actually used Assess Honesty earlier, so I expect he would keep his attention up for the whole conversation. Assume that anyone of you with Assess Honesty can get the "clue" I posted in the IC topic. I don't want to slow down the game by forcing you to explicitly tell me you're using the ability every other post, especially because you can use it an unlimited number of times.

In a more general situation, on normal conversations with NPCs that are not suspects, remember to specify that you're using the ability.

Posted: **Sat Mar 19, 2016 4:36 pm**

Laitang, the interview with Job is over. It was ending when you last posted, with Dr. Keaton asking you to leave. Now you're in the entrance hall, Job is not present anymore

Posted: **Wed Mar 23, 2016 9:33 pm**

Ok. Thanks.

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2016 5:43 pm**

Sorry guys, these days I'm really drowning in work. Hopefully, it'll be back to normal tomorrow.

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2016 12:55 pm**

It looks like I only come here to apologize, but life got in the way of my fun these last days. I'll be able to post this afternoon (night in Europe).

Sorry guys

Posted: **Mon Apr 25, 2016 1:06 pm**

leonardolad wrote:It looks like I only come here to apologize, but life got in the way of my fun these last days. I'll be able to post this afternoon (night in Europe).

Sorry guys

Don't worry

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2016 1:30 pm**

Can I assume that you're heading back to the hotel now?

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2016 6:38 pm**

Yes, let's head back to the hotel.

Posted: **Sun May 15, 2016 7:14 pm**

Yep, let the caretaker know we're off, give him back the shooter.

Is there anything from the study we take too?

Posted: **Mon May 16, 2016 8:45 pm**

Ok, a few more things I need to know before we can move on. Do you take everyhting that was inside the box? How do you carry those items, and who carries them? Do you want to bring back something else from the mansion? Feel free to answer here or in the IC topic, but let me know.

Posted: **Tue May 17, 2016 5:10 am**

Yes, we'll take everything that was inside the box, and I'll carry them in the box in which we found them. I also want to take that map, which can go inside the box too.

Posted: **Tue May 17, 2016 12:54 pm**

Yep we shoud defo take that map from the study.

And we should also take that copy of 'Victorian Death Cults' that Clarence found.

I don't think anything else is worth taking.

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 7:23 am**

TheLibrarian hasn't logged in for more than two weeks. I've sent him a PM. Will wait for a couple of days, if he doesn't answer I'll handle Father Flanagan as a NPC until the end of the Savannah scene (that is close, fortunately), then we'll see.

Posted: **Wed May 25, 2016 5:01 pm**

Update: I'll handle Father Librarian as a NPC until the end of the scene in Savannah (we're almost there, thankfully), then I'll remove him from the campign, unless TheLibrarian comes back.

Posted: **Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:17 pm**

Just put everything together in a single post: the new Sense Trouble roll (I stated the difficulty is 3, so once you roll you already know if you pass it or no), then your character's actions according to the Sense Trouble roll. If you make a run for the car, include an Athletics or Fleeing roll

Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2016 8:57 pm**

Are you fine with me rolling the damage for your attacks that manage to hit? It's mostly to speed things up (and I can do it since no spends are allows on damage rolls).

Posted: **Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:02 pm**

That's fine with me.

Posted: **Sun Jun 12, 2016 2:42 am**

That's okay with me too. Or you could tell us what number we need to roll to hit (usually 3 or 4). That way, we can determine whether we hit or not ourselves and then roll damage immediately if we do.

Posted: **Mon Jun 13, 2016 12:49 pm**

That's fine by me.

Posted: **Tue Jun 21, 2016 6:46 pm**

Sorry for the sudden silence, guys. I'm moving into a new apartment and things are kinda messy, so my posts may become sparse. I'll try to keep myself up-to-date, though.

Posted: **Thu Jun 23, 2016 6:03 pm**

A couple of updates.

1) RhinoRat will be joining the game at the end of the Savannah Arc (which is basically right now) in place of TheLibrarian, who has completely disappeared. He will be playing a new character, not picking up TheLibrarian's one. Welcome RhinoRat

2) We have finished the first part of the campaign. Judging from the time it took us, I've estimated that the whole thing will last about 3-4 years (unless you all die or go horribly mad earlier, of course). It's somewhat daunting, and frankly speaking even more than I had originally thought, but that's no big deal. It's a low-intensity activity, and I plan on bringing the campaign to conclusion. Now, obviously anything can happen in such a large amount of time, so it's hard for anyone to be 100% sure that they'll be able to play until the very end. So, what I am asking from you is this: if you have to leave the game, just let me know, and I'll handle it. Thank you

Posted: **Thu Jun 23, 2016 7:47 pm**

Are you fine with me rolling the damage for your attacks that manage to hit? It's mostly to speed things up (and I can do it since no spends are allows on damage rolls).

That's fine by me.

Posted: **Fri Jun 24, 2016 9:23 pm**

Overlord87 wrote:RhinoRat will be joining the game at the end of the Savannah Arc (which is basically right now) in place of TheLibrarian, who has completely disappeared. He will be playing a new character, not picking up TheLibrarian's one. Welcome RhinoRat

Thanks for the welcome! I am looking forward to joining the game, and I will try to get my character posted tonight. I am still new (I am currently playing in another game, and that is my first) so if I mistake any rules, or have any breeches of etiquette, please point them out to me. I appreciate positive/constructive criticism.

My character is looking forward to taking a bullet for your characters, and to their infrequent visits to the asylum (or cemetery) where he ends up residing.

Posted: **Sat Jun 25, 2016 8:37 am**

Welcome to the game! It's been a great start and our characters need all the help they can get!

Posted: **Wed Jun 29, 2016 7:56 am**

I'm playing a small prologue with RhinoRat, then I'll be ready to move things along

Posted: **Sat Jul 02, 2016 11:09 am**

Updated the diary with all the latest informations and clues and everything: viewtopic.php?f=352&t=5628&p=176852#p176852

I'm going to end the prologue with Rhinorat soon, then move along the story

Posted: **Fri Jul 08, 2016 5:50 pm**

I will be on vacation for the next 10 days. I will have multiple ways to access the internet and plan to continue posting, but just in case something happens, if you don't hear from me for a couple days just NPC me. Hopefully it will be a non-issue but I wanted to let people know just in case.

Posted: **Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:39 pm**

I'm having internet troubles, won't be able to post much in the next couple of days.

Posted: **Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:31 am**

So, will be out on holiday for the next couple of weeks, but will still come and post every couple of days (hopefully). I've posted the new IC topic, it will be just an interlude before the next major arc.

Remember to send me the scene with your source of stability (RhinoRat can skip this if he wants, since he has no Stability to recover, but if he wants to, he's welcome to send it anyway), plus anything your character wants to do to prepare for Los Angeles during the 2-3 days you'll spend in Boston. Also, you have one point to spend on investigative abilities and two on general abilities.

Around the 20th I'll be back and will move things on to Los Angeles.

Posted: **Sat Aug 06, 2016 4:08 am**

I'll also want to research Olivia Claredon while we're in Boston. I'd like to find out everything I can about her, specifically her bio, her real name (if that's her stage name), where she's from, how she got her start, her filmography, and her whereabouts before, during, and after August 1924.

Posted: **Fri Aug 12, 2016 5:13 pm**

Still need to know from laitang and leonardolad how they want to spend their points: 1 in investigative and 2 in general abilities.

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2016 5:40 pm**

Sorry about the delay.

I will spend 1 point on Intimidation for Investigative skill, and
2 points on First Aid in General skill.

thanks.

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:26 pm**

Sorry.

I'll take 1 point in Bureaucracy and 2 in Mechanical Repair.

Cheers!

Posted: **Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:33 pm**

Good, we're ready to go then. In the next few days I'll open the first topic for Los Angeles

Posted: **Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:25 pm**

Update: laitang has informed me that he won't be able to follow the game anymore. I guess some problems are to be expected in a long-term project like this. Anyway, for the immediate future I'll handle him as a NPC, and try to find a replacement player. For now keep playing as usual

Posted: **Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:37 pm**

I'll be maneuvering the puppet strings of Mr Clarance from now on. Heading over to Los Angeles.
Ta!

Posted: **Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:22 pm**

Awesome! Welcome back Dave

Posted: **Thu Sep 08, 2016 3:02 pm**

Jay me !
Thanks Lee!

Posted: **Thu Sep 08, 2016 3:09 pm**

Once again, welcome aboard

Just wanted to say that Eternal Lies is a very long campaign and I've estimated something like 3-4 years to complete everything. Obviously, many things may happen in such a long time, and as a matter of fact we have already changed two players. If anything happens along the way and you need to pull out, just let me know and I'll handle it.

Apart from that, you can check The Diary to catch up with what's going on (and/or give an eye to the IC topics). When in doubt with anything regarding the system, ask me or check the Game Mechanics topic.

That's all I think. Hope you have fun playing the game

Posted: **Thu Sep 08, 2016 3:24 pm**

Thanks!
I'll do some background reading during the weekend.

Baby-steps here, ruleswise, I'm reading through the letters right now. Fascinating!

Cheers!

Posted: **Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:56 pm**

I hope RhinoRat resurfaces quickly. I'll wait another day, then have Camerun post as NPC, it's just a few words regarding the code in the notebook after all. Don't want to block the game on that for too long.

Posted: **Tue Oct 11, 2016 8:53 pm**

I might have found a replacement player for Cameron, but in the meanwhile we lost Dave. This is getting tiresome, but I'm not giving up. For the time being, I'll handle Clarence as a NPC, and then probably remove him from the group. Then once we finish the LA part I'll see if someone else wants to join. That's it for now

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:26 am**

If it helps, I'm happy to run two characters (at least in the short term).

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2016 1:14 pm**

carnage_lee wrote:If it helps, I'm happy to run two characters (at least in the short term).

Yes, that could help, actually. I'll let you know.

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2016 1:52 pm**

Overlord87 wrote:
carnage_lee wrote:If it helps, I'm happy to run two characters (at least in the short term).
Yes, that could help, actually. I'll let you know.

I was thinking that if this was possible/helpful then I'd make sure that characters were in separate groups (where possible) when/if the group split to hunt down clues/info.

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:06 pm**

carnage_lee wrote:
Overlord87 wrote:
carnage_lee wrote:If it helps, I'm happy to run two characters (at least in the short term).
Yes, that could help, actually. I'll let you know.
I was thinking that if this was possible/helpful then I'd make sure that characters were in separate groups (where possible) when/if the group split to hunt down clues/info.

OK, for now and until the two groups reunite, you can use Clarence in the other topic with Ian. Would that be OK?

Posted: **Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:48 pm**

Overlord87 wrote:
OK, for now and until the two groups reunite, you can use Clarence in the other topic with Ian. Would that be OK?

Super - I'm on it!

Posted: **Thu Oct 20, 2016 2:03 pm**

Cearlan will step in to handle Clarence from now onwards.

As soon as you're ready, post in the IC thread and lee will go back to handling only his investigator.

Posted: **Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:40 pm**

That's awesome - welcome aboard!

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:01 am**

Updated the diary with the information gathered so far in Los Angeles.

Posted: **Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:01 pm**

Cearlan, if you want to move around some of Clarence's points, change some skills, etc. Let me know now.

Posted: **Fri Nov 04, 2016 2:52 pm**

HoneyDog will be picking up Mungo Cameron. Once again, welcome

Posted: **Fri Nov 04, 2016 10:22 pm**

Thank you Overlord! Hello everybody, glad to join you.

Posted: **Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:20 am**

By the way Overlord, I'm reading through the previous posts now but it might take 2 or 3 days to catch up - I have a lot of family and work stuff to take care of. Please let me know if you need Mungo to make a contribution before then, I don't want to keep you all hanging.

Posted: **Sat Nov 05, 2016 8:58 am**

Currently Mungo is at the hotel working on decoding an encrypted notebook. Once the other characters get back to the hotel, I'll let you know

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2016 7:40 am**

HoneyDog, if you're ready, I'll have you jump in.

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2016 2:01 pm**

I'm up to date! How did Cameron get on with the notebook?

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2016 3:47 pm**

I'm away on vacation, from now until the 23rd - I'm fine with Mr H running Christopher while I'm away.

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:27 am**

I could do that for most of that time, but I'll be away myself from November 18-20.

Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2016 4:32 pm**

So, it's been one year of Eternal Lies. The game forum was created on the 18th of November, 2015. I'm quite happy that the game managed to survive this long, and it's great playing with you all

Still, we're only 20-25% or so into the campaign, and only just reaching the end of the introduction. Things are going to get interesting from now on. Hope you'll enjoy

Posted: **Thu Nov 24, 2016 9:29 pm**

Back from my holiday - Will catch up and post IC

Posted: **Thu Nov 24, 2016 9:53 pm**

carnage_lee wrote:Back from my holiday - Will catch up and post IC

Welcome back! Things have gone quite crazy in your absence

Posted: **Thu Nov 24, 2016 11:31 pm**

Overlord87 wrote:Welcome back! Things have gone quite crazy in your absence

Not crazy, Just amnesia!

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2016 9:46 pm**

Just had a look at my skill-set and the closest skill I can find that I can see that would of any help with phone-tapping MIGHT be evidence collection. Would this work or not? Personally I think it's a bit of a stretch as electrical or mechanical repair would be the preferred choices.

Posted: **Fri Dec 09, 2016 10:07 pm**

To my knowledge, early telephone tapping just involved the insertion of wires at a certain point (the junction box?) in order to use headphones to listen to calls. But it might be difficult for the characters to monitor calls for a sustained period of time without being discovered.

Posted: **Sat Dec 31, 2016 12:28 pm**

Happy New Year everyone

Posted: **Sat Dec 31, 2016 12:37 pm**

Happy new year!

Posted: **Sat Dec 31, 2016 3:40 pm**

Yes, a Happy New Year to you all. Let us hope that dead Cthulhu remains sleeping in his sunken city of R'lyeh.

Posted: **Tue Jan 03, 2017 2:08 pm**

Happy new year, guys!

This last weeks were busy with daughter and parents coming to my house for the holidays, but I'm back again.

Posted: **Sat Jan 21, 2017 3:51 pm**

I have to say Overlord - this is a really good adventure so far! Kudos!

Posted: **Sat Jan 21, 2017 4:00 pm**

Well, thank you, although to be fair the compliments should be made to those that actually wrote the campaign for Pelgrane Press. I selected it exactly because it's absolutely brilliant - and trust me, the best is yet to come. I'm glad I'm managing to handle it well as a Keeper

Posted: **Sat Jan 21, 2017 4:06 pm**

As is in my canine character, I will doggedly pursue the answer to this mystery!

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2017 8:36 pm**

Fellas! I'm having a really good time with this adventure, but I'll have to be away on vacations until Feb 24th. I'll have access to a computer, but in case I stop posting in a key moment, I authorize any of my fellow companions to post in my regard. Cheers!

Posted: **Thu Feb 02, 2017 9:12 pm**

Don't worry, and have fun

Posted: **Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:39 pm**

OL, is Cameron armed with a gun? Being an ex-con, I doubt he has a license.

Posted: **Thu Feb 09, 2017 1:16 pm**

Since he wasn't involved in any gunfight yet, I'll leave it to you.

I don't know much about gun laws in the US, so I made a quick search and found this: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... d=91942478

It seems like felons were prohibited from owning a gun only in the eighties, so I guess there should be no problem on that side. I'm not sure licenses are valid when moving from one state to another, but again, the game is set in the thirties, so I don't know. Let's simply rule that you can own a gun without troubles.

Posted: **Thu Feb 09, 2017 1:48 pm**

Thanks Overlord! I'm sure he'll have one somewhere...

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2017 8:11 pm**

Mr. Handy, I would need a brief physical description for Holly, particularly hair and eye color (as the photo is in black and white). Thanks!

Posted: **Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:16 am**

Holly is 5' 6" tall and weighs 130 pounds. She is pretty, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Currently she's wearing a black knee-length skirt and a white short-sleeved blouse.

The picture is of Ingrid Bergman in the 1945 movie Spellbound. Her character in that movie is one of the inspirations for Holly.

Posted: **Wed Mar 01, 2017 6:26 pm**

Hey guys, I'm back! I'll catch up and post on a normal basis from now on. I hope my absence didn't cause you much trouble and didn't bogged things down.

Posted: **Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:23 pm**

Welcome back!

Posted: **Sat Mar 04, 2017 12:04 am**

I'm having lots of fun with Ian, leonardolad

I got the idea back when you created your character, and wanted to go with Sudden Shock, then I had to wait for one year to get here, but it's working our very well

One thing, I sometimes tell you how your character feels during your flashbacks, because that's our of your control, but I don't want to interfere with your roleplaying, so if you feel that something should be different, or your character should react in a specific way, once you're out of the flashback, just go with it obviously. I'm also curious to see how you want to handle your character now

Posted: **Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:36 pm**

I'm having a lot of fun too! I just have to figure it out how to balance good roleplaying and avoid being openly suicidal

Posted: **Sun Apr 23, 2017 3:40 pm**

I'm away for a week to see my daughter and my new grand-daughter. I may be able to get on but have a busy schedule planned, as you can imagine - also I have my birthday smack bang in the middle of next week.

Posted: **Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:27 am**

Enjoy the time with your family, and happy birthday

Posted: **Sat May 27, 2017 9:13 pm**

I've updated The Diary with practically all the information you have available right now

Posted: **Mon May 29, 2017 3:24 pm**

Will be out of town for work until thursday evening. I'll move things forward on Friday

Posted: **Thu Jun 15, 2017 11:42 am**

'll be out of town till sunday night, so my posts may become sparse. I'll try to log in, though.

Posted: **Sun Jul 16, 2017 4:02 pm**

I have sent a PM to check on Cearlan. I suppose we're going to wrap up Los Angeles, at least for now, and move to Mexico City.

Posted: **Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:25 pm**

We still want to visit the farm before we leave the L.A. area.

Posted: **Tue Jul 18, 2017 1:37 pm**

Mr. Handy wrote:We still want to visit the farm before we leave the L.A. area.

I second this

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:43 pm**

I'm afraid Cearlan might have dropped out. I'll see if I can find a replacement player to fit in as you move on to Mexico City.

Posted: **Thu Aug 10, 2017 5:48 pm**

I will be on holiday until the 23rd, and won't be able to post until then. See you, and have fun

Posted: **Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:58 pm**

Have a fantastic time!

Posted: **Sat Aug 26, 2017 3:55 am**

Hello everyone. I'm not sure where I should pick up. I think the character I will be playing is Clarence, but I'm not entirely sure.

Posted: **Sat Aug 26, 2017 9:39 am**

Percy Shipton wrote:Hello everyone. I'm not sure where I should pick up. I think the character I will be playing is Clarence, but I'm not entirely sure.

Welcome

Start up by reading here: viewtopic.php?f=352&t=5628
Then if you want you can move to the IC topic.

As we're currently closing up a chapter in Los Angeles, you can either choose to pick up Clarence, or create a new investigator. The choice is up to you.

Posted: **Sun Aug 27, 2017 2:36 am**

Thank you for the welcome!

I'll read up.

Clarence is fine with me.

Posted: **Sun Aug 27, 2017 4:08 am**

Welcome Percy!

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