Play@YSDC

Name: Edge of Darkness
System: Call of Cthulhu 7th edition (free download: http://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu ... rules-pdf/ )
Setting: 1920s
Characters: 4-6

It's the year 1921 and in Arkham, Massachusetts, a group of strangers come together through their mutual acquaintance, a dying professor named Rupert Merriweather. They all know him in one way or another -- perhaps as friends, relatives, former students, or old colleagues.They have all received word that Professor Merriweather is not long for this world, and have been requested to visit him in St. Mary's hospital in Arkham, likely to hear his dying words...

So I've decided to try my hand at running a game through play-by-post. We'll be using the 7th edition of the CoC RPG, which has the added value of being free. The Edge of Darkness is a common introductory game for new players, so chances are good it's been played here before as well as elsewhere, so this is really meant for people who haven't played CoC before. This will also be my first time playing as a Keeper, so please keep that in mind as well.

Assuming there is enough interest, people will submit character sheets to me, making their rolls on Invisible Castle. Once we have enough players, we'll start the game in the hospital, meeting with Merriweather. Players will have time to introduce their characters but I want to keep a brisk pace so as to keep the game active. If things go well, I may run some additional adventures that the characters can continue in.

Additionally, I won't be allowing any characters that are crack shots, have incredible knowledge of the Cthulhu Mythos, or otherwise strike me as overpowered. The premise of CoC and Lovecraftian horror in general is that the characters are ordinary people thrust into extraordinary situations, beyond normal human comprehension. It's no fun if you don't stand a good chance of going insane and/or dying horribly

Also, if you're unsure of dealing with character creation, I'd be willing to make a character for you. Just give me an occupation and I'll give you stats.

I'm still shaky on creating a charecter sheet so i'll let you generate one for me. I would like to be Anthony Piere, professor of Psycology.

Here you go. I can provide an avatar of your character if you wish.



Name: Anthony Piere
Player: Xamthos
Occupation: Psychology Professor
Age: 36
Sex: Male

STR: 50 (25/10)
DEX: 50 (25/10)
INT: 80 (40/16)
CON: 60 (30/12)
APP: 40 (20/8)
POW: 60 (30/12)
SIZ: 50 (25/10)
EDU: 70 (35/14)

LUCK: 3d6=9 * 5 = 45
MAGIC: 12
DMG: 0
BUILD: 0
HP: 11
SAN: 60

OCCUPATION SKILLS:
Library Use - 70%
Psychology - 60%
Medicine - 40%
Anthropology - 50%
History - 40%
Natural World - 50%
Own Language - 50%
Other Language (German) - 40%
Credit Rating - 60%

PERSONAL SKILLS:
Drive Auto 40%
Persuade 30%
Listen 40%
Charm 35%

i would like an avatar please, and i'll be 36 years old.

Done and done. Mr. Bates is maybe a little old for 36, but we can say that all those years in the library and the politics of academia have taken their toll

Obviously we still need quite a few players... People tell their friends

If you feel like rolling me up a character I'll join in the mayhem!

Is there a particular character concept you have in mind? Or will any character do?

If you don't mind I already have a character ready to go, just add in an avatar and it should be all set.
Lance Monroe
Author of short Western stories for Pulp magazines
Age 45
Sex Male
Residence Arkham
University Miskatonic U
Birthplace Boston

STR - 50 (25/10)
CON - 50 (25/10)
POW - 80 (40/16)
DEX - 60 (30/12)
APP - 40 (20/8)
SIZ - 50 (25/10)
INT- 70 (35/14)
EDU - 60 (30/12)

LUCK 3d6=8x5 =40
Magic Points - 16
Damage bonus - 0
Build bonus - 0
HP - 10
SAN - 80
Occupational skills
Art (Literature) 50 (25/10)
History 60 (30/12)
Library Use 60 (30/12)
Natural World 50 (25/10)
Other language German 40 (20/8)
Own language English 70 (35/14)
Psychology 40 (20/8)
Fast talk 50 (25/10)
Credit rating 40 (20/8)

Personal Interest skills

Accounting 25 (12/5)
Elec repair 30 (15/6)
Mech repair 30 (15/6)
Spot hidden 45 (22/9)

Saaaay...this Monroe fella looks familiar. Haven't I seen him in a wayside diner somewhere on a dark and stormy night?

Waste not want not

Ok, let's do this. Haven't played in awhile, just blew $50 on the new rulebook pdfs, this adventure better be cosmically yigcredible.

I'll have my investigator done my tonight or tomorrow.

(The rulebooks are half off right now, Cyber Monday FTW)

Name: Elijah Grimm
Player: MC Lovecraft
Occupation: Army Veteran, Schoolteacher
Age: 39
Sex: Male

STR: 60 (30/12)
DEX: 50 (25/10)
INT: 75 (37/15)
CON: 75 (37/15)
APP: 40 (20/8)
POW: 65 (32/13)
SIZ: 85 (42/17)
EDU: 60 (30/12)

LUCK: 2d6+6=13 * 5 = 65
MAGIC: 13
DMG: +1d4
BUILD: +1
HP: 16
SAN: 58

OCCUPATION SKILLS:
Climb – 40%
Dodge – 60%
Fighting (Brawl) – 70%
Firearms (Rifle/Shotgun) 60%
First Aid – 50%
Intimidate – 45%
Listen – 50%
Spot Hidden – 65%
Stealth – 55%
Other Language (French) – 36%


PERSONAL SKILLS:
Credit Rating – 40%
History – 35%
Library Use – 50%
Occult: 30%
Own Language (English) - 60%

Note: Grimm is a veteran enlisted man of the Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, Pancho Villa Expedition, and the Great War. As a veteran of these conflicts, he has lost 7 sanity and gained 70 Occupation Skill points.

Hello? Anybody home in here? I hope this game isn't dead before it even started. If anybody is still alive out there, please respond.