Characters for the Lure

[welsh]

I have a few characters open for players-

Rahim- is currently investigating an arson and a missing necklace in Port Said, has discovered a strange journal and is being chased by killers.

Max- was been stalked, investigated and threatened. Then came the killer frogs, and the crocodile monsters, then the boat sank. Unfortunately, he's forgotten much of this and is currently washed up on the riverbank being robbed by local kids.

Two other characters are soldiers in the British army, and both are recent veterans of fighting tentacled horrors.
Perry 'Luke' Lofton, and Will Lofting.

for characters

A quick summary- Luke and Will got caught up in intrique when they met the beautiful Isabel, a Brazilian journalist, covering a group of Russian expats living in the Semiramis. After helping her to escape the danger of a Russian assassin, they were recalled to the Semiramis as part of an investigation of the murder of a local girl, apparently at the hands of Dr. Love, a specialist in hallucinatory drugs. However, more intrique followed as a plot to blow up the Semiramis sent our heroes in pursuit, down below the hotel in to ancient ruins and tunnels where they faced a Wamp, a giant spider, evil canine like humanoids, serpeant men, and a tentacled horror. They helped manage to blow the gateway through which the horror arrived and fought their way through a temple full of animated skeletons, escaped watery death as the tunnels flooded and finally escaped to the surface, only to find a government cover-up.

Someone please take them before the forces of corruption catch up.

[DSIGFUSS]

I'd like to play Max....

I sent you a pm with details.

It sounds like a fun game you're running.

[Piano man]

I would be interested in playing Rahim. I've never done my own rolling before so would need to learn how. I assume it's easy. Plus is there a certain thread I should read to get up to speed?

[welsh]

Hey Pianoman-

At the present moment, Rahim is kind of on his own, but his story is one of the more interesting in the game, and as we progress in Cairo, Rahim's story in Port Said becomes more relevant. I have been meaning to moderate the Rahim story out of the current IC thread, but there is a lot there.

Give me a couple of days and I can probably swing it. In the meantime, if you do "Rahim" in the search forum, you can probably backtrack his story.

I'd love to have someone take the story. Rahim's story has involved a lot of intrique and one zombie, and he's recently discovered a lost journal that puts much of our story in context.

[Piano man]

I sent you a pm. I'm very interested.

[welsh]

Cool. We'll try to get you up-to-speed.

Right now Rahim is with the thief Minawi and the lovely Ethiopian prostitute Desta, and are about to be attacked by a gang of killers. He's also recovered the strange journal recovered from the jungles of Africa. Key plot elements are contained in this. So I hope you survive.

[Aiylithe]

I'll join in if there's an open character. Whomever you need to fill, really. I'm new to this system and would like to get a bit of experience.

How about Lt William Lofting?

[welsh]

For character stats-

http://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=25

Will and Luke share a character post and actually have usually been together throughout the campaign. If you play one, you might as well play both. Alas, I think someone is after Will.

Their adventure is actually quite spread through the game. They showed up originally by protecting Isabel at the Semiramis while she was worried about getting killed by a Russian killer. More recently they were called into the adventure again to look into the a murder at the Semiramis, got caught up in a plot to bomb the hotel, then went underground to look for bombers only to confront an assortment of monstrosities.

Their story begins here and goes through the end of that thread-
http://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/viewtop ... +Will#p470

and then it picks up again here-
http://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/viewtop ... Will#p2435

[welsh]

In addition, Rahim is up for grabs. Rahim is an expedition organizer and was brought into assit in planning the expedition to Aswan.

However, this morning he read about an arson in Port Said and the possible death of a friend. This friend happens to be someone whom Rahim sold an ancient necklace too. Rhamim had acquired the necklace from a thief from Port Said and had asked few questions.

Perhaps he should have. It seems the necklace was once owned by a Portuguese mariner/soldier of fortune who turned up dead in a Port Said hotel with his throat slit.

So Rahim has gone back to find out what happened. After meeting the man's wife and brother (learning that they were fleeing for their lives) Rahim has tracked down a business associate only to find the man had been tortured and murdered. Could this have anything to do with the necklace? Or the strange journal?

Since then things have been strange? The dead have walked, he has been chased through the night? And a beautiful Ethiopian prostitute has brought him to meet the thief that sold Rahim the necklace, now hiding out in the shanty town outside of Port Said.

The mysterious journal has been opened, but before he could make progress.... the villians have returned.

[welsh]

I am actually looking for some players for Lure of the NIle-

Giles- a british vet and egyptologist
Rahim- an expedition outfitter looking for a possibily murdered friend and uncovering the secrets of a doomed expedition and its survivors.
Harry- an american conman who is looking for a friend in Cairo, currently at a bar with a lovely French girl.
Reginald- a local gangster being hunted by a killer gang.
There are a few others-

Natalie- the french girl mentioned above
Luke or Will- British soldiers who have just escaped near death from a many tentacled monster and will find that experience hard to live with.

new players and characters are welcome. I will try to update you with your back stories.

[welsh]

Two potential added characters-

A thief/pimp and a prostitute.

[welsh]

Player for Harry?

[trixie]

Natalie's up for grabs now??? 8)

[welsh]

Natalie's up for grabs now??? 8)

Hey Trixie- I just sent Miss Scarlet a pm asking if she is coming back. She said she would in August.

So lets give her the week. At present Natalie is off on an adventure with Harry, but Harry's player is also away for work. Not sure if he is returning. Do you want to pick up Harry?

[trixie]

Hmm.....as much as the convo between the two old Brits and Harry is terribly entertaining.....lol....I think I'll pass on Harry. Well.. no I won't say I pass quite yet. I'll give it a week and wait it out. I'm in no real hurry anyways.

Drop me a pm when you know what's going on. You know I'm interested, so whenever you have some concrete options...just give me a shout. I'm up to 5 different characters anyways..so what's one more 8)

[Pokke]

Hi there. I'm new here and can't seem to find any 'rules' or how the game is played using messages? So I figure that the best way to see how this works is by joining a game or taking over a dropped character? If you still have room for a 'noob' then please count me in.

(I have experience with CoC version 5, not the D20 system)


Ah oops. Looks like I'm in a thread from a few years ago! Stupid me!
Hellooo... is there anybody in there?! ... in ere... i re... e... ...

[welsh]

Yes, we have a few characters available. One of the soldiers- Luke or Will? The archeologist/Egyptologist Giles? Perhaps Archie, grad student in Egypt? I would like to get someone to take over Harry if that's of interest.

[Pokke]

Yes I would gladly play what char you need at the moment.
However, I will only be back on Monday so please allow me that small delay.

How does this work btw? Do you not have guidelines somewhere?

[welsh]

Hey Pokke-

Ok, with Harry currently out, I would ask that you reread his posts. Miss Scarlet will be coming back so she's join you on the thread (I hope).

Harry's game starts here-
http://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=573

Then he went to the IFAO- here-
http://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/viewtop ... Harry+IFAO

And then here-
http://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/viewtop ... Harry+IFAO

If you read through the threads it all should make pretty clear. We use Invisible Castle for rolls, and you can make rolls, and often I will ask for rolls (listen, sneak, etc). Most of the time you will do the rolling. I suggest that you post the rolls in your narrative as you proceed.

Does that work for you?

[Pokke]

It would work but I tried to read all of Harry's previous adventures and wow, that's a daunting task. Lots and lots of pages.
With what I've read so far I must say that I'm very impressed! Clearly this has been going on for quite a while now?

What I could not find is where the character descriptions are, or where the stats of the char is?

However, the problem is that at the moment I do not have the luxury of enough spare time to read it all.
So I'm afraid I will have to pass.

At the risk of offending you or the players: Is there's a possibility to introduce a new char into the ungoing campaign? One that does know nothing about what's going on and which might be easier for me to simply start playing?
(Or do have to look in a different thread for that?)

Sorry!
Pokke