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Post by **Laraqua** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:59 am

Of course your welcome!

Unfortunately, Kamchatka is known for its abundance of life and is actually a really pretty place to be - harsh environment some times of the year but not much of a barren waste.

You could take an interest in the snowy peaks, exclusively, of course.

Post by **ayupduck** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:52 pm

Hi.

This game looks really interesting and I'm keen to get onboard.

Here are my rolls, 2nd attempt.

Str-13
Con-14
Pow-13
Dex-13
App-6
Size-14
Int-17 (14+3)
Edu-17

Seeing as there is a need for scientist I would like to play Arnold Crawford, a seismologist from London but who now works at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico, studying local seismic activity. I thought Arnold could either be working in Mexico or back home at a small London flat he keeps for when he is back in the UK when the adventure begins.

Background teaser:
Arnold graduated from Cambridge University to be awarded a junior position at the International Seismological Centre (ISC). He worked there for many years and formed quite a name for himself amongst his peers. During and expedition to the Amazon Basin Arnold was injured during a fire at the base camp which left him in hospital for several months. After numerous skin grafts the whole left side of Arnold face and body was horrible scarred, leaving him disfigured and deeply depressed. Spending the next 6 months at the bottom of a bottle Arnold soon found himself running short of money and facing the prospect of bankruptcy. Dragging himself from his self dug whole Arnold secured a job at the National Autonomous University of Mexico which at the time was poorly funded and not at all demanding or high profile. Perfect for Arnolds purposes of hiding away from the world.

That was 9 years ago now and Arnold has battled his demons and has turned to the operation in Mexico into a respected research institute, which he now heads. Although still deeply conscious of his appearance and still somewhat of a recluse Arnold now returns to London every few months where he keeps a small flat and often lectures at his old University.

I've put together his skills:

Computer Use 61%
Credit Rating 35%
Fast Talk 55%
Geology 86%
Library Use 75%
Listen 50%
Other Language: Spanish 61%
Persuade 60%
Physics 66%
Psychology 40%
Spot Hidden 60%

As for benefits/flaws I was thinking of:

Benefits: Not sure yet.
Flaws: Reformed alcoholic (has been dry for 5 years)

Let me know what you think and I'll flesh everything out.

Post by **Laraqua** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:56 pm

Overall, a good character concept. You're in. Feel free to visit the Chit-Chat and chat to people while I set up the new thread - probably only take a day or two. I'll aim for this evening.

I prefer to have expedition members start in Berlin as the funding body adviser, Daniel Carter, of Ophidian Enterprises, has arranged for a number of expedition members to arrive in Berlin, in order to meet, greet and get used to each other, and to do a media circuit. That way you can get involved with other PCs relatively soonish.

Post by **Dave Syrinx** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:18 pm

(Yikes! Guessed my first roll was a bad one... So I went ahead and rolled again! Resulting in four values below ten... So, am I stuck with the last roll then? As I understand it I can add three points as I see fit. )

First roll:

Second Roll:
Fransesca Morletti

Age: 36yrs ITALIAN She is a helicopter pilot and mechanic besides also being employed at Breckenridge, terra forming branch. She is studying water and air recycling plates and self perserving/sustaining environments. She has ten years experience of cargo flights on Hawaii for Breckenridge Corp. She is able to repair most common malfunctions on either choppers or race cars. She drives a yellow 75 Mustang when stationed in NY-HQ. Now doing penalty duty at station 10 research facility she feels malplaced... The waves of Honolulu beach are far, far away. The current paper she is researching is about terra forming and air-recycling especially. (This being a front for being at Antarctica) In fact being a helicopter pilot for the company to take the team´s leader, Frank Herbert to various peaks of the Antarctic mountain range. The true reason for this is unknown to Fransesca. And she´d learnt the hard way not to ask. She believes they are being monitored - Hey the place is wired to the limit. All this hi-tech stuff, up-links and networking and bs! If you can´t fix it with a wrench it not worth calling a machine. Skills: Helicopter Pilot, Mechanic, Espionage and linguist. Speaks; Italian, English and Spanish. Indo European degree at Oxford linguistic institute. The terra forming is in line with corporate educational branch at Breckenridge. Dislikes: Being taken for granted and cold weather. Equipment: She is handling station 10´s chopper, equiped with five survival suits. Emergency freeze dried rations (add water and shake), one of two evac-cases. The second is at base. They contain two shot guns and 50 shells each. One inflatable 'cave' Survival tent. On board she has one fire extinguisher and a radio for contacting other bases. One satelite cell, speed dial to Frank. Picks and shovels for that angry weather... This mission got aborted due to company policy. Someone had leaked information about the REAL mission in Antarctica. Morletti finds herself on a Hercules, heading back to NY and the next thrill.

Post by **Laraqua** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:29 am

Helicopters and planes that go up the mountain don't come back ... you might want to take a few test flights around the foot hills, venture up a little, or send up remote-controlled mini-helicopters, take the information, and see if you can figure out what it is about the mountain that keeps crashing or sending off course helicopters and planes. It would be a really interesting angle to take. You might want to go all the way up the mountain because, after all, how else can you tell the point where these planes either crash or veer off? I'd suggest having lost a friend or acquaintance in the area that caught your eye or a real driving curiosity. You'd need to really want to be on the expedition to get one of the few places. Or you might be part of a funding company that wants to know what kind of issues the current generation of planes or copters are having near the mountain in order to ensure similar issues don't occur in other places. There are a number of different reasons for going ... but the type of experiments would be the same. Be a really interesting route to take, I think, even if you don't end up flying folk up there. A mechanic is always useful, too. Guarantee you'll be needed.

And ugh, both rolls seem pretty crap. Try again. The selection criteria is pretty tight for the expedition so you really need to be top of your game. Having below average strength, con, pow, etc. is NOT gonna help selection.

So try again.

Post by **Dave Syrinx** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:25 am

Third roll:

Spoiler:

Switching the dex and str scores will give Fransesca 16 Dex and 9 Str. Nevertheless quite a crappy roll. I don´t even know if you allow swapping places for the stats? As I see it Fransesca won´t make it to the expedition as things stand right now...
So as a result I might consider dropping this scenario. Fate is against Fransesca and accepting more than three attempts seems to stretch good faith.
Awaiting final verdict.

Post by **Laraqua** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:01 pm

I rolled, like, six or so times for some of the others. Just roll a number of those and I'll pick the first one down the list that looks okay - only one or two below or around 9. I won't pick the best one, just the first one that looks good - it might be the best one, probably not.

Post by **Dave Syrinx** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:50 pm

Spoiler:

Judging the results - again - I have to vote for the 8th roll - but then again the fourth is a fair one...
Then it´s up to Laraqua to decide.
Excuse the really awkward rolling here.

Post by **Laraqua** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:48 am

4th is fair but also fair average. The 8th is the only one that more closely mirrors the other stats. Yes, you guys get to be a bit cheesy (the best of the best) but you will have a lot thrown at you and I want there to be a chance that smart Players may get through the game. Because when you all die ... it's game over. There'll probably only be around 2-5 NPCs to take over when your PC dies... And it's a long game. Though I am aiming for worse than death situations. You understand...

Post by **Mr. Handy** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:55 am

My character creation rolls are notoriously bad too. One of my sets of rolls for Takeo Miyamoto in The Island of Yomi had two 4s and an 8, and a total of only 75 points. The best character creation rolls I've ever gotten were for this game: 110 total points on the first attempt, though Laraqua made them for me. The best rolls I've made myself were probably for Alyssa Valentine in Escape From Innsmouth (104 total points, lowest stat 9, next lowest 12).

Post by **Laraqua** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:16 am

I think the 6th one is a great example of a terribly poor character. It's funny how if the world were populated by CoC characters, it seems there would be so many 4-8s amongst our stats it'd be crazy!

Post by **kabukiman** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:22 am

Well, I doubt that anyone beats my worst result of ever: 47. I had practically to beg my keeper to let me make another roll. He only accepted when he saw in the rulebook that with averages stats of 3, my character couldn't move, speak or do anything. By invisible castle is very unkind with me too when I'm doing my characters.

Post by **Dave Syrinx** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:14 pm

Then I´ll flesh out the 8th clone of Fransesca! It will be fun!

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Investigator Name: Fransesca MorlettiOccupation: Pilot - helicopter
Colleges, Degrees: Heli Pilot Cert
Birthplace: Palermo, Italy
Mental Disorders:
Sex: F Age: 31
STR: 15 DEX: 15 INT: 11 Idea: 55
CON: 13 APP: 17 POW: 15 Luck: 75
SIZ: 15 SAN: 75 EDU: 15 Know: 75
99-Cthulhu Mythos: 99 Damage Bonus: +1D4
Hit Points:14

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Accounting 10% Anthropology 1% Archaeology 1%
Astronomy 1% Bargain 5% Biology 1%
Chemistry 1% Climb 40% Computer Use 56% Conceal 15% Credit Rating 15% Cthulhu Mythos 0%
Dodge 30% Drive Auto 40% Electrical Repair 40%
Electronics 46% Fast Talk 5% First Aid 50% Geology 1% Handgun 20% Hide 10%
History 20% Jump 25% Law 5%
Library Use 25% Listen 25% Locksmith 1%
Machine Gun 15% Martial Arts 1% Mechanical Repair 85%
Medicine 5% Natural History 10% Navigate 10%
Occult 5% Operate Hvy. Machine 1% Persuade 15%
Pharmacy 1% Photography 10% Physics 26% Pilot: Helicopter 86% Psychoanalysis 1% Psychology 5%
Ride 5% Rifle 25% Shotgun 30%
Sneak 10% Spot Hidden 50% Submachine Gun 15%
Swim 50% Throw 25% Track 10%
12-gauge Shotgun (pump) 45% Fist/Punch 50% Head Butt 10%
Kick 25% Grapple 25%

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Call of Cthulhu is a registered trademark of Chaosium Inc.

I´ll have to reflect on the flaws and benefits issue... Now seh´ll be able to operate a helicopter and fix some mechanical end electrical errors. (The +3 went to DEX)

Post by **Laraqua** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:12 am

Very cool.

So you've played her seven times before? How'd that go for you?

And yeah, feel free to post it in Character Creation and get yourself on to the Chit-Chat thread. I'll go over the skills later on to be sure all is in order.

I'll have to have a think to determine how best to start you off in going to Berlin...

Post by **Mr. Handy** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:41 am

I think he meant that this is the 8th set of character creation rolls.

Post by **Laraqua** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:16 am

Ahh. Never can tell. Mason was a character he'd used to play through The Haunting and he wanted to use it again, so for all I knew, Syrinx really liked this character.

And yeesh, a total pool of 45 points ... Kabukiman, you roll really badly. Least I've gotten is around 80. I roll well!

Post by **Mr. Handy** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:38 am

And I thought I tend to roll badly! 75 is the lowest I can remember rolling, but there was a character I rolled up for a one-shot at a convention over 12 years ago that may have been worse (both EDU and INT were single-digit, and his other stats weren't so good either). He turned out to be a lot of fun to play and outlived all of the other PCs. The minimum possible point total without adjusting for age is 37, so 47 is almost as abysmal as you can get! The maximum possible is 147, but I've never gotten anywhere near that much. Anyway, Fransesca looks like an awesome character, and I look forward to meeting her!

Post by **Laraqua** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:36 am

Undercover Police Officer

Also, there's a potential opening for an Undercover Police Officer to enter the expedition. You'd need to be German kriminalpolizei (detective) and in your late-twenties or higher. Other than that, there's a lot of flexibility.

Post by **Dave Syrinx** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:47 am

Actually Fransesca started out with another character of mine Frank Herert who made a second appearance in Hecatomb (Oathinblood´s scenario). Their first work together was in a game at Storycrafter. The game stalled and the keeper just faded off. So I guess I relocated both Fransesca and Frank here to yog-sothoth.

Neither of them are clones then. just survivors. A clone indicate that a character has died like an reincarnation. The game at Strorycrafter was dice less. The game was weaved from storytelling. So, no deaths and no prior skill checks. Fransesca´s bio comes from Storycrafter and I tried to get the skills to reflect the bio from the first appearance. Sweet that she didn´t get like 4 in APP, that wouldn´t reflect her char pic. But then beauty is relative.

As a flaw/benefit I´d like her to have Mechanical aptitude to go against Interpersonal inability - consequently she´d rather spend her time "discussing" with her computer or chopper than a work mate. For reference: Ducky´s monolouges with the corpses in NCIS. Another flaw should be the former company (a German institute from the facility in Antarctica) who has agents looking for her. This results in a Chutzpah in Fransesca's demeanor. She´ll be engaging in the task at hand with audacity because the option to stay in the ruts of ordinary life would lead to a fate as a scape goat for something gone bad on the white continent.

Cheers!

Post by **Laraqua** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:39 am

Hehe, I can do stuff with that.

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