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Hi Joe and Luke,

This is the place for online Cthuhlu rpg. Please post here if you are interested in continuing our game we started in February.

Ash

Lance Dirigible checking in!

Hello this is Joe and Kate we are keen to try this out. Joe

lazyman wrote:Hello this is Joe and Kate we are keen to try this out. Joe

You'd probably do better with separate accounts.

Ash knows Kate is my Daughter she is 8 and enjoys some of the games, but may be not up into keeping up with her character.

Hah, I love it! Kiddies and Cthulhu. 'Tis a good mix.

And what better way is there for them to learn history, geography, foreign cultures, extinct languages, barbarous incantations, and what truly is that thing lurking in their bedroom closets.

Welcome Joe and Kate.

Cheers - Yowie.

Ok cool so I'll start the first post tomorrow.

We last saw our adventurers heading off on an expidition into the Himilayers. Lance had been bitten by a mountain dog and you had avoided the locals selling trinkets.

Just a quick recap.

The party of investigators are on the trail of a missing piece of manuscript from the Tibetan book of the Dead. This is your assignment from the British museum who are funding everything on your journey. They are currently camping in a small shanty village in the Himalayers on the way from their meeting with the British council in Leh to a monastry named Gyangdrak Gompa.

The party they are traveling with are a caravan of Tibetan traders who were originally arrested by the British and questioned about the first half of a manuscript they found. This first mauscript they found was on the body of a dying travelling monk. Before the monk died he asked the leader of the caravan traders to deliver the first half of the manuscript to his Abbot at the monastry. The manuscript they found which you now have gives details of where to find these missing pages from the Tibetan book of the dead. The pages the museum has employed you to find.

The site lays in the direction of the rising sun from Mount Kailash between two Holy lakes and two sacred mountains.[i

Lance was bitten by a dog and may want to get his right leg looked at before continuing the journey with the caravan to the monastry. You may want to shop for other things too but your party already have food and everything you need for the journey. He can visit the local witch doctor. If he wishes to, roll 1 six sided dice and let me know the result. If you don't have a dice you can roll online here and post me the link.

http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/

There are only trinkets and good luck charms made of hair and mud for sale from the local villages. Nothing that interesting.

Let me know your thoughts or actions concerning what you want to do next.

It is morning now and the caravan will set forth once more in about an hour.

I will just refer to Kate by Strawberry Shortkate and myself as Kumal Jumblatt

Strawberry has a 45 in medicine and we used our 100 sided dice and she rolled a 31

Kumal wants to get the caravan group together and start heading off to Gyangdrak Gompa I tried to use my history to think of something about it I have a 40 but rolled a 79

I think we should try to make a copy of the manuscript for our own use if we are parted with this one.

Strawberry want to use her natural history to investigate the local grasses and stuff to see if there is anything good.

Kumal also want to ask the locals if they know any prayers I cn use occult 15 or bargain 55 something for spirits and such

lance is not keen to see the local witch doctors but thinks better of letting the wild best be his last foe so he rolls a 5.

Stawberry manages to heal Lance by 1d6 of hit points. Strawbery can roll for this. His wound is now dressed and ready for travel. Lance add the number rolled to your hit points on your character sheet.

The locals know a few buddhist mantras. They give you simple Tibetan blessings for your journey and wish you luck.

Stawberry doesn't really find anything of interest in the grass, just heather and gorse.

Kumal cannot recall the name of the monastry and is totally in the hands of the caravan in terms or trusting to their knowledge of the direction.

The morning hike goes well. The Himalayers are beautiful. The air feels thin as you climb but the morning mist winds it's way from the town of Leh in the distance behind you up above your heads. A cool wind blows as the morning sun warms the spirits of the party. A few of the porters start a song as you climb. The yaks are peacefully swaying by the guide of their ropes and harness. Heavy luggage is well packed for the journey on their thick wooly hides. An associate of the British Council is travelling with you. His name is Paul and he is a friend of Brandon who met you in Leh when you first met the prisoners who are now your caravan party.

"Not bad for all expenses paid holiday right chaps, bet you are glad you signed up for this one."　He tries to be as chirpy as possible and make you feel at ease. He is a short fellow with jet black side parting and pale skin. He looks a little like an out of work matinee idol. "Cigarette?" He offers Lance and Kumal a Rothmans roll up from his red tobacco box.

Finally after around 3 hours of hiking you stop for a short rest. This is a good chance to eat food, drink water and chat with other party members or each other. It is also a good time to take a pencil and paper and try to make copy of the Tibetan manuscript. Roll a d100 to see if you can make a good copy of the characters or not.

As you talk with each other about the coming journey you notice the caravan yaks have strayed off the path and their ropes and are grazing on some grass very near to a precipice to your left. One false move and they could fall. A very long way. Make a party luck roll 1d100. Whoever has the lowest luck use theirs.

Or think of a plan.

Strawberry shortcake want to do a yak call to bring them back biology 20 skill rolls 67
Kumal and Strawberry roll luck rolls

Kumal rolls 72 Strawberry rolls 16.

Yaks are known for their love of yellow flowers and also like the smell of fermented milk see if there is anything.

S

Strawberry rolls 4 points for Lance

Kumal rolls 37 on occult has 15 in it for trying to copy the text

I say, That is the deal with Yaks always moving to the edge. Can't trust a Yak if you bit one.

Kumal also tries to sneak around the yaks to get them safely back while strawberry does her yak calls 50 skill in sneak roll 29

The yaks pay attention to your whistle and stop and turn. You find yellow flowers in the grass to tempt them back. The plan is working.
The text is copied succesfully.

The journey moves onwards.

Lance is healed enough to go on.

After about half a days travel you stop for a rest. The air is growing thinner.
In the distance you hear movement. It sounds like a whole army is on the move. Do you wish to hide from the path and see what comes around the corner or stay and meet your oncoming guests? It looks in the distance like a great procession of travellers is heading your way.

We wish to confidently meet whatever group is coming our way. Being unfamiliar with the area and not knowing much about guerilla movements it is best to act like an acedemic group and have our proper passports ready that were given to us from the Lamma leader before. We wish to look non threatoning but act like we should be there and exude an aurora of confidence. Both strawberry and Kumal use our listen sjill 45 for starberry and 55 for Kumal. Strawberry rolls a 04 Kumal rolls a 32.

The caravan heading towards you is huge. It seems to be a group of explorers. One man is being carried like a prince on a platform. He wears travelling clothes but they are very clean and of bright Indian colours and fabrics. He has red hair and a moustache that curls up at each corner. He is smoking a huge Turkish pipe whilst lying down eating grapes and drinking wine much like a Roman from the past. The party stops and the man addresses you through his armed gaurds.
"And what pray are you?"

Lance steps forward and does his best not to show evidence of his wound in case this meeting goes awry but tells them his name "My name is Lance Dirigible. We are travellers in academia, making our first journey in this country in search of texts and trinkets for our scholarly brothers. Do you have anything to trade?"

Kumal Bows low into the dust. A pleasure to meet you Mr. Rock. Oh I feel I know your name from somewhere but my memory is giddy in these high altitudes. You entourage is a wonder to behold just like you sir. Pipeweed you say. I have been yearning to replinish my supplies. rolled 72 for bargain have 55 in it. Try to think of history of a Josephy Rock from Great Britain have 40 in History role 18.

Hmmm I thought I wrote once before, but anyways. Kumal tried to do a history check on the name that the British man said and he made that, but failed on something else I think it was barter. Oh well.


Back to this moment.

My oh my your entourege is magnificant to behold sir. Tracking through these high altitudes makes my brain fuzzy I am sure I heard your name once before....

Pipeweed ypu say how much and what kind of quality do you have. It has been awhile since I smoked on the water pipe of my father and cousins in the suk of the ottoman relm.

You realise that this indeed may be the Joseph Rock the great egotist and British explorer. He seems to be traveling with something of a small army.

He offers you both a sample of pipeweed from his Hookah.

So what rare artifacts or documents are you seeking here in Tibet? he asks.

Game abandoned due to lack of postings.

Goodness me. Another game lost to the sands of time.

I can pick this thread up again if there is any interest.

I'm interested, Ash. Can you tell us more about the game?

I'm interested too. I have a hankering to play a mountain climber.

Our last party went missing some years ago so here is a quick recap.

1920s

The party of investigators are on the trail of a missing piece of manuscript from the Tibetan book of the Dead. This is your assignment from the British museum who are funding everything on your journey. They are currently camping in a small shanty village in the Himalayers on the way from their meeting with the British council in Leh to a monastry named Gyangdrak Gompa.

The party they are traveling with are a caravan of Tibetan traders who were originally arrested by the British and questioned about the first half of a manuscript they found. This first mauscript they found was on the body of a dying travelling monk. Before the monk died he asked the leader of the caravan traders to deliver the first half of the manuscript to his Abbot at the monastry. The manuscript they found which you now have gives details of where to find these missing pages from the Tibetan book of the dead. The pages the museum has employed you to find.

The site lays in the direction of the rising sun from Mount Kailash between two Holy lakes and two sacred mountains.[i

Sounds interesting! Probably be best to start it afresh though.

Yes, I also think we should start from the beginning. It's doubtful that any of the original players will return, but you never know.

Ok perfect, shall I use this thread or shall we start a new one?

We should start a new one. I can create a forum for this game just like I did for Devon Cthulhu. I'm guessing the name is "Mysteries of Tibet" and the era is Classic, so all I need is a short text description for the game, which you can post here.

I'm interested. I have a photographer character I created with Children of Fear in mind (she's Chinese, but I could create a similar Indian character easily enough).

Perfect. Shall we start a new thread for this one?

New thread is probably better.

Is this ok for a character? I don't have a lot of background for her, but I'm picturing her as Bengali, from South Parganas (so a coastal area close to Calcutta). She's a photographer employed by British archaeological and naturalist expeditions - she has some ambivalent feelings about this - they are uncovering a lot of history, which is good, but they're also looting a lot of it. Her real photographic passion is landscapes, which the work gives her plenty of chances for. She doesn't make anyone call her Anjalidrishti rather than just Anjali, but her family always do, because Drishti refers to eyesight.

Anjali Drishti Das

Occupation: Artist (Photographer).

Characteristics: STR 9, CON 15, SIZ 8, DEX 15, APP 14, INT 17, POW 9, EDU 15.

Idea Roll 85, Luck Roll 45, Know Roll 75.

Age 28.

Damage Bonus -1D4.
Hit Points 11.
Magic Points 9.
SAN 45.

Accounting (10)
Anthropology (01)
Archaeology (01) 11%.
Art (Cosmetics) (05) 50%.
Astronomy (01)
Bargain (05)
Biology (01)
Conceal (15)
Chemistry (01)
Craft (Camera Gear) (05) 50%.
Credit Rating (15)
Cthulhu Mythos (00)
Disguise (01)
Dodge (DEX x2)
Drive (Truck) (20) 40%.
Fast Talk (05) 10%.
First Aid (30) 40%.
Geology (01)
Hide (10)
History (20) 40%.
Jump (25)
Law (05)
Library Use (25)
Listen (25)
Locksmith (01)
Mech. Repair (20) 30%.
Medicine (05)
Natural History (10) 35%.
Navigate (10) 40%.
Occult (05)
Own L. (Bengali) (75)
Oth.L. (Hindi) (01) 50%.
Oth.L. (English) (01) 30%.
Persuade (15)
Pharmacy (01)
Physics (01)
Photography (10) 80%.
Psychoanalysis (01)
Psychology (05) 35%.
Ride (05)
Sneak (10)
Spot Hidden (25) 70%.
Swim (10)
Track (10)

Fighting
Handgun (20)
Rifle (25) 30%.
Shotgun (30)

Ash, if you write a short blurb for the game, Mr Handy will be able to start a forum for it.

Are we using 6th edition?

Yes we will be. Perfect character yes. Ok I shall write a blurb.