OOC: Discussions, absence announcements, etc.
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OOC: Discussions, absence announcements, etc.
Here's the obligatory OOC Topic. Post Absence Announcements, random stuff that doesn't belong in the game, and other such nonsense. There's no such thing s a stupid question; ask me or Leestriter if you have enquiries.
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I'll be checking over and handling character sheets.
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Character creation rolls:
STR, CON, POW, DEX, APP:
[dice]0[/dice]
[dice]1[/dice]
[dice]2[/dice]
[dice]3[/dice]
[dice]4[/dice]
SIZ, INT:
[dice]5[/dice]
[dice]6[/dice]
EDU:
[dice]7[/dice]
Personal Wealth:
[dice]8[/dice]
I won't have time tonight to finish creating my character, but I should tomorrow. Am I allowed to rearrange my rolls between different stats rolled on the same dice, or do they need to be taken in order? I like most of them where they are anyway, so I probably won't swap more than a couple.
STR, CON, POW, DEX, APP:
[dice]0[/dice]
[dice]1[/dice]
[dice]2[/dice]
[dice]3[/dice]
[dice]4[/dice]
SIZ, INT:
[dice]5[/dice]
[dice]6[/dice]
EDU:
[dice]7[/dice]
Personal Wealth:
[dice]8[/dice]
I won't have time tonight to finish creating my character, but I should tomorrow. Am I allowed to rearrange my rolls between different stats rolled on the same dice, or do they need to be taken in order? I like most of them where they are anyway, so I probably won't swap more than a couple.
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Feel free to swap them around! I trust that you won't fudge the stats. Take as much time as you want! We aren't running a tight schedule here since there's not a lot of players yet. Take your time and try and create the best character possible.
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Great to have the first sheet submitted, and it looks good.
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My character sheet is partway done, but I haven't had time (or sleep) lately. I have something that I absolutely have to get done first this weekend, but if I have time left after that I'll finish it then.
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The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
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No worries!Mr. Handy wrote:My character sheet is partway done, but I haven't had time (or sleep) lately. I have something that I absolutely have to get done first this weekend, but if I have time left after that I'll finish it then.
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Hey this is a Call of Cthulhu game! Do you really think stats are going to be much use to us against the unimaginable horrors out there?HelplessBystander wrote:Feel free to swap them around! I trust that you won't fudge the stats. Take as much time as you want! We aren't running a tight schedule here since there's not a lot of players yet. Take your time and try and create the best character possible.
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Again, it's not. But stats encourage role-playing, such as an APP of 4 would make your Character the human equivalent of a Deep One and an APP of 3 might make NPCs lose SAN...crawlingchaosfan wrote:Hey this is a Call of Cthulhu game! Do you really think stats are going to be much use to us against the unimaginable horrors out there?HelplessBystander wrote:Feel free to swap them around! I trust that you won't fudge the stats. Take as much time as you want! We aren't running a tight schedule here since there's not a lot of players yet. Take your time and try and create the best character possible.
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Exactly. I've only swapped two stats, STR and DEX, which is just a shift of one point for each, but it fits my character a little better. Everything else is fine where it is.
A Deep One would have an APP of 0. A Deep One Hybrid that's fairly far gone might have an APP of 3 or 4.
A Deep One would have an APP of 0. A Deep One Hybrid that's fairly far gone might have an APP of 3 or 4.
Doctor Who/CoC Campaign:
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
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Depends on te context for APP. Is it scaled with a human's aesthetic tastes or an impartial ranking of unpleasant attributes to the vast majority. Because the way I see it, ranking it like this would imply Dagon have an APP Attribute of -2. Which doesn't make sense. An app of 0 is just a gelatinous blob of execretory slime. APP of 1 should be either Nyarlathotep's unappealing howler or bloody tongue avatar whilst Cthulhu would be a 3. I imagine Azathoth have no APP attribute.
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The rulebook does scale it to a human perspective, I think. Very few monsters even have an APP stat. Nyarlathotep's human avatars are an exception to this, and their APP is extremely high. 3-18 is the normal human range, though humans who get disfigured can end up with an APP below 3. Deep One Hybrids do have an APP stat, which is rolled on 2D6-1. The most attractive among them will have an 11, whereas they can go as low as 1 for the mostly fishy ones. for which I increase the Sanity penalties. A "normal" Deep One Hybrid has a Sanity loss of 0/1D4, but this can be higher. I've had one with an APP of 1 cause 1/1D6 Sanity loss, which is a little worse than a full Deep One's Sanity loss of 0/1D6. I chalk this up to the "uncanny valley" effect from realizing that the monster is partly human.
Doctor Who/CoC Campaign:
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
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I see...interesting proposition.Mr. Handy wrote:The rulebook does scale it to a human perspective, I think. Very few monsters even have an APP stat. Nyarlathotep's human avatars are an exception to this, and their APP is extremely high. 3-18 is the normal human range, though humans who get disfigured can end up with an APP below 3. Deep One Hybrids do have an APP stat, which is rolled on 2D6-1. The most attractive among them will have an 11, whereas they can go as low as 1 for the mostly fishy ones. for which I increase the Sanity penalties. A "normal" Deep One Hybrid has a Sanity loss of 0/1D4, but this can be higher. I've had one with an APP of 1 cause 1/1D6 Sanity loss, which is a little worse than a full Deep One's Sanity loss of 0/1D6. I chalk this up to the "uncanny valley" effect from realizing that the monster is partly human.
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Beauty is a subjective thing.
I happen to know there are a few people in Innsmouth who find deep ones quite sexy
I happen to know there are a few people in Innsmouth who find deep ones quite sexy
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Oh yes, oh yesyesyesyesyes. *Pants and breathes heavily*
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For anyone who doesn't know, I will be giving a helping hand on this game, sort of co-gm.
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Yep. Rounds of applause for lee.
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Yes, thank you.
I'm sorry I haven't had time yet to finish creating my character. I'm hoping I can get it done this coming weekend.
I'm sorry I haven't had time yet to finish creating my character. I'm hoping I can get it done this coming weekend.
Doctor Who/CoC Campaign:
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
(viewforum.php?f=176)The Terror Out of Time
(viewforum.php?f=191)]The Ninth Planet
The Shadow Over Dunwich
The Brotherhood of Death
The Horror in the Blackout
The Masque of Nyarlathotep
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No worries. Spend a second much time as you want. We still want to get as many people onboard as possible.
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