465 : 19.375 - Positions Still Open

[Laraqua]

PLAYERS WANTED

EXPEDITION TO THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA

The University of Moscow is looking for a number of able-bodied and interested people from a multitude of scientific and non-scientific disciplines to study the unique scientific phenomena found in the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Several archaeological digs have found references to specific co-ordinates located within the peninsula and the University of Moscow, in collaboration with the Russian Government and Ophidian, are sending an exploratory expedition to see if the location, referenced in ancient sites on multiple continents, houses the remains of a long dead civilization.
However, the expedition is not only of interest to the archaeologists and historians out there! We already have a guide native to the area, but we are eager for medical staff, technicians and people from multiple scientific fields. This location is of interest to meteorologists, due to the perpetual storm cloud cover that inhibits satellite imagery of the co-ordinates and which downs each observational airplane sent over there. It is of interest to the zoologists, entomologists, botanists and biologists, due to the bizarre, unique and almost maladaptive adaptations of numerous animal, insect and plant species found in the area whose corpses have often been delivered by locals, that were not previously available for study due to a complete absence of funding.

Ophidian is also looking for a camera operator (psst, undercover cop), boom operator and a skilled co-star of the trendy new documentary series, Hidden Places, to chronicle the expedition.

Come and take on this exciting new opportunity, plump up your gaming resume and gather new anecdotes to share with friends and love ones!

[Tabs]

Camera Operator (Undercover Cop) still available?

[Laraqua]

Ooh, excellent timing. Yes, it still is. So sorry for the delay in PMing you, I'm currently on holiday and will be away for a week without much internet access.

Basically, you've been assigned to be a pretend camera operator and assigned to the case from an investigative bureau (I gotta find the German name for their version of the F.B.I. or anti-terrorism unit).

So far, two members of the expedition have been kidnapped.

Several interviewees for the expedition's cameraman position have been murdered.

One member of the expedition was found at the location that the latest killing of a vicious serial killer has occured.

Those are the basic details.

They want you as both bait and as a way to figure out if there are any inside men or any reason why someone's trying to stop this expedition.

You can play either a man or a woman, up to you.

PM me as you come up with ideas and the like. Also, I'll be saying yay or nay to your rolls... This expedition is fair hard and no one with too many low or average stats would ever get on it. Yeah, you're starting out undercover, but I hardly want to faze your char out as the expedition progresses. So yeah, I'll check your stat line to see if it's good enough.

Remember to use www.invisiblecastle.com and send me the link.

[Mr. Handy]

I'm in this game too, and I think you'll really enjoy it. Your character will probably be with mine frequently, at least at first.

The German elite counterterrorism unit is the GSG 9, and this is exactly the sort of case it would be involved in. It was established in 1973, after the disastrous failure of the German police response to terrorism at the 1972 Münich Olympics.

[Tabs]

Abbo Durer
465 : 19.375 Cameraman Undercover Cop, Kamchakta Exp
STR 10
CON 11
POW 5
DEX 10
APP 12
SIZ 9
INT 14
EDU 13

What do you think of these rolls?
Age 36, son of German refugees to England, educated at Konigsberg University, duelling scars etc, etc.

I'll think up more detail and post them & PM you.

[Mr. Handy]

I'm sure you're going to need to reroll those. Even I don't usually get character creation rolls that low, and I'm notorious for it.

Also, you'll be getting 3 extra points to add to whatever stat or stats you want after you do get an acceptable set of rolls.

[Tabs]

Abbo Durer
Re-roll
STR 11
CON 7
POW 9
DEX 8
APP 11
SIZ 18
INT 14
EDU 8+3=11
Slightly better, I did roll a 3rd time but that was worse....... SIZ is impressive, could I swap two stats or use some points from it to bump up others?

Thanks Mr Handy for the info.

My character's history involves an ancestral connection to Germen royalty, a member of the White Fraternity at Konigsberg Uni (carousing and 'Schlager Play'), job at the ITV in UK making adverts and ?. Maybe a fear of cold steel due to an appalling accident whist at Konigsberg. I'll thoroughly read your posts before finishing Abbo's history.

[Mr. Handy]

You're welcome. Laraqua's good about letting us swap stats, though the only stat you might be able to swap SIZ for is INT, since they're the only two rolled on 2d6+6. However, this set of stats is also going to be too low. The average point total of all stats is 94, so any set of rolls that is below or even equal to that isn't going to be good enough.

[Tabs]

Abbo Durer
5th attempt
STR 11
CON 13
POW 9+3=12
DEX 8
APP 14
SIZ 14
INT 13
EDU 18
Woo hoo, 103, whaddya think?

[Mr. Handy]

Yes, that's a better set of rolls. You'll have to wait for Laraqua to return (which should be in later in January) to tell you whether or not it's good enough.

[Laraqua]

I got net time. Looks good.

[LookDown]

Hey there, Syrinx has had to pull his Dreaming Man game to a premature close and I'm looking for another game to join. Are there any positions available?

Edit: Just read some of the previous posts. Can I take the boom operator's spot?

Edit2: Stats: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1889808/

STR: 11
CON: 9
POW : 6
DEX: 12
APP: 8
SIZ: 15
INT: 17
EDU: 17

[Laraqua]

Boom operator spot is good. Your rolls are near decent but the low CON and POW would mean you wouldn't be found suitable, though if you like these rolls, you could split your +3, put 1 on CON and 2 on POW.

[LookDown]

Yeah, I think I'll do what you suggested.

So now:
STR: 11
CON: 9+1=10
POW : 6+2=8
DEX: 12
APP: 8
SIZ: 15
INT: 17
EDU: 17

I'll work on my getting my character sheet together now.

Edit: Here it is, I checked it on that Byakhee program and it seems to be okay

Skills: (Non-default skills BOLD, Professional Skills ITALICS, personal interests denoted by an *)
Accounting (10%):
Archaeology (01%): 46
Anthropology (01%):
Art (05%):
Astronomy (01%):
Bargain (05%): 21
Biology (01%):
Chemistry (01%):
Climb (40%):
Computer Use (01%):
Conceal (15%): 50
Craft (05%):
Credit Rating (15%):
Cthulhu Mythos (00%):
Disguise (01%):
Dodge (DEX x 2): 24
Drive Auto (20%):
Electrical Repair (10%): 60
Electronics (01%): 60
Fast Talk (05%):
First Aid (30%):
Geology (01%):
Hide (10%): 40
History (20%): 30
Jump (25%):
Law (05%):
Library Use (25%): 40
Listen (25%): 60
Locksmith (01%):
Martial Arts (01%):
Mechanical Repair (20%): 50
Medicine (05%):
Natural History (10%):
Navigate (10%):
*Occult (05%): 85
Operate Heavy Machinery (01%):
*Other Language: Russian (01%): 40
*Other Language: German (01%): 85 (bilingual benefit)
Own Language: English (EDU x 5%): 85
Persuade (15%):
*Pharmacy (01%): 50
Photography (10%):
Physics (01%):
Pilot (01%):
Psychotherapy (01%):
Psychology (05%):
Ride (05%):
Sneak (10%):
Spot Hidden (25%): 58
Swim (25%):
Throw (25%):
Track (10%):

Hand-to-Hand:
Fist/Punch (50%):
Grapple (25%):
Head Butt (10%):
Kick (25%):

Firearms:
Shotgun (30%):
Handgun (20%):
Machine Gun (15%):
Rifle (25%):
SMG (15%):


Benefits:
-bilingual
-catnapper

Flaws:
-cowardly
-low pain threshold


I'm thinking of him being quite scholarly, having been to university and studying a wide range of things without really achieving anything, and subsequently being forced to work at a job that is not worthy (in his eyes) of his skills and talents.

[Laraqua]

Still have openings - no back-reading necessary. No scrabbling to catch up on other PC's plots.