[OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921

[jp1885]

Killing Mendoza,[dice]0[/dice]

Killing Larkin,[dice]1[/dice]

Restoring the ward,[dice]2[/dice]

Total = +11 SAN

Reading the rules regarding asset increases, unless it takes you into the next wealth bracket ('average' $500 - $2450 to 'wealthy' $25,000 - $44,500 for example) you just roll 1d6 and add that to your credit rating I think.

So although Cynthia's assets have risen from $500 to $10,500, it's not enough to pass the $25,000 mark and tip her into wealthy, so I guess it's a 1d6 roll for me.

Credit rating increase,[dice]3[/dice]

By my reckoning, these are Cynthia's possible skill improvements. Anthropology was one of those last-minute rolls after refitting the ward, so may not count.

Anthropology ?
Archaeology
Firearms(Handguns)
Language-Other (Spanish)
Listen
Psychology
Spot Hidden
Stealth

So my original plan stands - Cynthia continues her studies in psychology (part-funded by her windfall, some of which she has invested, thus upping her credit rating a little). However she still cannot get backing to start her doctorate (partly due to her gender, partly due to her abrasive character and probably some bad luck too) and so decides to catch up with Sanchez, Elias and co. in New York.

[Anatomist]

Dr. sánchez will be in N.Y. in 1924. Hes not a big spender, but he will make it habit of drinking champagne on fridays.

san gain 1,[dice]0[/dice]

san gain 2,[dice]1[/dice]

san gain 3,[dice]2[/dice]

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= 14 san points

As suggested from jp1885. Dr. Sánchez does not go up to wealthy. Adding then 1d6 to credit rating.

credit rating roll,[dice]3[/dice]

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= 1 point

Skills ive marked at least:

• Archaeology
  Climb
  Fast Talk
  First Aid
  History
  Spanish
  Spot Hidden
  Firearms Pistol

@Raiko. No roll for recovering luck?

[Zero]

@Anatomist I think we'll be getting a Luck improvement roll, he just neglected to mention it thus far.

With regard to Credit Rating, I believe it can change if one's occupation does. When Amy and Cynthia graduate, their change in occupation should bump them up significantly. Now that I think about it, Atauchi has changed his occupation.

[jp1885]

Changing occupation is a very good point Zero.
I can't find anything in the rules that covers progression of an academic career, but I suppose a rise in EDU from a college graduate / bachelor degree (EDU 70-ish) to a degree level graduate / master's degree (EDU 80-ish) could be in order for Cynthia and Amy?
Perhaps an EDU improvement check, or even a straight 1d10 addition?
Any increase in EDU could be multiplied by 4 and spent as skill points in the chosen, or allied, field (students skill points are EDUx4 I think).
Though of course this is all up to the keeper!

[Mr. Handy]

Since Amy is shifting age bands, she will gain +5 EDU automatically, and she also gets an EDU improvement check. I'm not sure in which order those should be, but I'd prefer to have the improvement check first.

[Raiko]

Sorry again for the delays - my son's in a show this week, which has taken much more of my free time than I expected. I'm looking through those skill check lists right now.

Since Amy is shifting age bands, she will gain +5 EDU automatically, and she also gets an EDU improvement check. I'm not sure in which order those should be, but I'd prefer to have the improvement check first.

Officially aging up into her 20s, Amy gains +5 pts automatically to split between STR and SIZ, and also gets an improvement check for EDU. There's no official automatic gain for EDU (the improvement check is supposed to make up for the loss of 5 EDU during character gen).

However, since: (a) That's a little unfair, and (b) I promised you that you'd get the EDU back at the start of the game, I'm happy to ignore the official rule for aging from teen to 20s.

So you can have a choice between: (a) getting the +5 EDU automatically or (b) auto passing the improvement roll and so getting +1d10 EDU (so maybe less than 5, but maybe more). Amy automatically gains some professional skill points for her EDU increase.

Zero and jp1885 make some good points regarding EDU and Credit Rating though.

So: In addition to the EDU increase that Amy receives for entering her 20s, everyone (including Amy) gains +1d10 EDU.

Everyone needs to check whether the +$10,000 of assets affects their social standing, if it does, then they make +1d10 credit rating rolls until their credit rating falls into the new band, if not then they gain +1d6 credit rating, as mentioned by jp1885 earlier.

For everyone - I'm happy for you to swap occupation to something that correctly identifies your role at the start of 1925. If your post-Peru credit rating is below the range for your new occupation, then you should increase it +1d10 at a time until it's within the range. If it's above, then don't reduce it.

Each character will also gain 11 skill checks for "training" between March 1921 and January 1925. At least 5 of these checks must be used for professional skills of your 1925 occupation. The others can be used freely for any skill except the two special skills Cthulhu Mythos and Credit Rating.

Just hang on with the skill checks for now while I get back to you with the prologue skill check lists.

Unfortunately, your LUCK doesn't carry over to 1925 - Please use 3d6 x 5 to reroll your LUCK scores. However if you roll less than half of your old LUCK, then you can have that instead if you wish.

[Raiko]

Here - I think - Is a correct list of skill "ticks" for the Post-Lima half of the prologue.

This includes an auto-tick for Spanish / English for non-fluent speakers.

I'm hoping to begin posting Chapter One tomorrow.

[Raiko]

Oh, one other thing that I forgot to answer, unfortunately Atauchi's de Mendoza head trophey disintegrated a little while after the ward was repaired.

[Zero]

Oh, one other thing that I forgot to answer, unfortunately Atauchi's de Mendoza head trophey disintegrated a little while after the ward was repaired.

I was going to suggest that as an option when I asked my question, but I didn't want to give you any unfavorable ideas. I was hoping that since it was separate from the body, that it would somehow survive.

@Anatomist Any idea where Doctor Sanchez has been during the last 4-ish years? I want to add at least one more language to Atauchi, but he's not going to study something academic unless he thinks it's going to be useful. I don't want to metagame and add something like Arabic, though King Tut's tomb was found in 1922...

[Mr. Handy]

I'll take the straight +5 EDU. I'd most likely get zero from an improvement check.

I thought Amy was also supposed to get a free check in FIrearms(Handgun) from Cynthia's training.

[Silver Priest]

EDU,[dice]0[/dice] Of course.

New luck,[dice]1[/dice]

Skill ticks

Spanish 4%,[dice]2[/dice] [dice]10[/dice]

Handgun 75%,[dice]3[/dice]

Rifle 65%,[dice]4[/dice]

First Aid50%,[dice]5[/dice]

Listen 50%,[dice]6[/dice] [dice]11[/dice]

Spot Hidden 56%,[dice]7[/dice]

Stealth 60%,[dice]8[/dice]

Track 55%,[dice]9[/dice] [dice]12[/dice]

[Zero]

SURVIVALIST - Climb or Swim, Firearms (any), First Aid, Listen or Spot Hidden, Natural World,
Navigate, Survival (any), Track.
Credit Rating: 15-30
Occupation Skills: EDU x 2 + either DEX x 2 or STR x 2

@Raiko I've come up with this custom occupation using the Big Game Hunter, Explorer, and Outdoorsman occupations as inspiration. I think it makes sense.

EDU improvement,[dice]0[/dice]

Credit Rating increase,[dice]1[/dice]

Skill Checks from Peru

Firearms (Bow) (35%),[dice]2[/dice][dice]12[/dice]

Firearms (Rifle/Shotgun) (41%),[dice]3[/dice][dice]14[/dice]

History (5%),[dice]4[/dice][dice]15[/dice]

Other Language (English) (29%),[dice]5[/dice][dice]16[/dice]

Other Language (Spanish) (56%),[dice]6[/dice]

Listen (50%),[dice]7[/dice]

Occult (26%),[dice]8[/dice][dice]17[/dice]

Spot Hidden (67%),[dice]9[/dice]

Track (70%),[dice]10[/dice]

1925 Modifications

1925 Luck,[dice]11[/dice]

Credit Rating increase (to minimum of 15,[dice]13[/dice])

Occupational Skills

Firearms (Bow) (38%),[dice]18[/dice]

Firearms (Rifle/Shotgun) (42%),[dice]19[/dice]

* I think I must have hit some sort of cap for die rolls in a given post. I'm trying again with the rest in a new one below.

[Raiko]

I'll take the straight +5 EDU. I'd most likely get zero from an improvement check.

I was actually allowing you to automatically pass the improvement check, so you'd be guaranteed at least 1.

I thought Amy was also supposed to get a free check in FIrearms(Handgun) from Cynthia's training.

That's correct. I'd forgotten.

[Anatomist]

So: In addition to the EDU increase that Amy receives for entering her 20s, everyone (including Amy) gains +1d10 EDU.

Each character will also gain 11 skill checks for "training" between March 1921 and January 1925. At least 5 of these checks must be used for professional skills of your 1925 occupation. The others can be used freely for any skill except the two special skills Cthulhu Mythos and Credit Rating.

Just hang on with the skill checks for now while I get back to you with the prologue skill check lists.

Unfortunately, your LUCK doesn't carry over to 1925 - Please use 3d6 x 5 to reroll your LUCK scores. However if you roll less than half of your old LUCK, then you can have that instead if you wish.

EDU increase,[dice]0[/dice]

Luck re-roll,[dice]1[/dice]

13 luck x 5 = 65
Skill checks:

Archaeology (80%),[dice]2[/dice]

Climb (40%),[dice]3[/dice]

Increase 1d10 [dice]12[/dice]

Fast Talk (70%),[dice]4[/dice]

Firearms Pistol (60%),[dice]5[/dice]

Firearms Rifle/Shotgun (25%),[dice]6[/dice]

Increase 1d10 [dice]13[/dice]

First Aid (30%),[dice]7[/dice]

History (65%),[dice]8[/dice]

Increase 1d10 [dice]14[/dice]

English (40%),[dice]9[/dice]

Increase 1d10 [dice]15[/dice]

Spanish (80%),[dice]10[/dice]

Increase 1d10 [dice]16[/dice]

Spot Hidden (62%),[dice]11[/dice]

11 points added to:
spot hidden +8
stealth +3

[jp1885]

The 11 skill checks: is that 11 improvement rolls or just adding 11 points?

[Zero]

I think that means we make 11 improvement rolls for the time between. The investigators weren't idle all that time, though maybe not in the field, they were still learning. I presume it's just once per skill, 5 of which have to be occupational, but the other 6 can be anything.

[jp1885]

Thought as much, cheers Zero.

Skill checks from Peru

Anthropology 21,[dice]0[/dice]

Archaeology 26,[dice]1[/dice]

Firearms (Handguns) 60,[dice]2[/dice]

Language-Other (Spanish) 41,[dice]3[/dice]

Listen 50,[dice]4[/dice]

Psychology 75,[dice]5[/dice]

Spot Hidden 50,[dice]6[/dice]

Stealth 50,[dice]7[/dice]

+1d10 EDU,[dice]8[/dice]

Luck reroll,[dice]9[/dice]

I've decided that Cynthia will become a Researcher. Denied a chance to study for a psychology doctorate, she reaches out to Sanchez and gets a job as a researcher for him. With the 1d6 credit increase she's still within the correct credit bracket. Looking at the researcher skills, here are my 11 extra skill checks.

History 20,[dice]10[/dice]

Persuade 10 messed this one up see next post,[ dice]1d100[/dice]

Anthropology 21,[dice]11[/dice]

Library use 60,[dice]12[/dice]

Psychoanalysis 01,[dice]13[/dice]

Climb 40,[dice]14[/dice]

Drive Auto 20,[dice]15[/dice]

Fighting (sword) 20,[dice]16[/dice]

First aid 50,[dice]17[/dice]

Firearms (rifle) 25,[dice]18[/dice]

Occult 05,[dice]19[/dice]

[jp1885]

More dice rolls (I guess it's only 20 per post?)

Last of the 11 skill rolls

Persuade 10,[dice]0[/dice]

Increases

Archaeology,[dice]1[/dice]

Firearms (handguns),[dice]2[/dice]

Language (Spanish),[dice]3[/dice]

Listen,[dice]4[/dice]

Spot hidden,[dice]5[/dice]

History,[dice]6[/dice]

Anthropology,[dice]7[/dice]

Library use,[dice]8[/dice]

Psychoanalysis,[dice]9[/dice]

Climb,[dice]10[/dice]

Drive auto,[dice]11[/dice]

Fighting (sword),[dice]12[/dice]

Firearms (rifle),[dice]13[/dice]

Occult,[dice]14[/dice]

Persuade,[dice]15[/dice]

I think that's correct?

[Zero]

Continued from above. Roller seemed to not want to go work beyond 20 separate rolls in a single post.

1925 Modifications

1925 Luck,Zero rolled 3d6 and got a total of 11: * Taken from previous post Luck now at 55

Credit Rating increase (to minimum of 15),Zero rolled 1d10 and got a total of 8: * Taken from previous post Skill now at 19

Occupational Skills

Firearms (Bow) (38%),Zero rolled 1d100 and got a total of 7: 7 * Taken from previous post

Firearms (Rifle/Shotgun) (42%),Zero rolled 1d100 and got a total of 99: 99 * Taken from previous post [dice]0[/dice]

First Aid (30%),[dice]1[/dice]

Navigate (10%),[dice]2[/dice] [dice]10[/dice]

Survival (Desert) (20%),[dice]3[/dice] [dice]11[/dice]

* Added 1 point to Credit Rating
* Added 3 points to Firearms (Rifle/Shotgun)
* Added 5 points to First Aid
* Added 1 point to Navigate
* Added 3 points to Spot Hidden
* Added 3 points to Track

Personal Interest Skills

Drive Auto (20%),[dice]4[/dice] [dice]12[/dice]

Fighting (Brawl) (25%),[dice]5[/dice] [dice]13[/dice]

Firearms (Handgun) (20%),[dice]6[/dice]

Mechanical Repair (10%),[dice]7[/dice] [dice]14[/dice]

Occult (30%),[dice]8[/dice][dice]15[/dice]

Ride (Horse) (20%),[dice]9[/dice][dice]16[/dice]

* Added 8 points to Dodge
* Added 3 points to Drive Auto
* Added 1 point to Mechanical Repair
* Added 1 point to Other Language (English)
* Added 3 points to Ride (Horse)

[Mr. Handy]

In that case, I'll take the +1D10 EDU, as the odds are slightly in my favor. I had previously lowered my SIZ by 5 when I converted Amy to age 18, but I think I'd rather have the +5 STR.

Sanity has increased from 68 to 75.

EDU increases (current stat 70%):
[dice]0[/dice]
EDU increases to 76, which gives me 24 occupational skill points.
Credit Rating (10% skill) increase:
[dice]1[/dice]
Credit Rating increases to 15%.
Luck:
[dice]2[/dice]
Anthropology (41% skill) XP check:
[dice]3[/dice]
Archaeology (41% skill) XP check:
[dice]4[/dice]
Firearms(Handgun) (20% base skill) XP check:
[dice]5[/dice]
FIrearms(Handgun) increase:
[dice]11[/dice]
Firearms(Handgun) increases to 28%.
Firearms(Rifle/Shotgun) (25% base skill) XP check:
[dice]6[/dice]
History (65% skill) XP check:
[dice]7[/dice]
Language(Spanish) (2% skill) XP check:
[dice]8[/dice]
Language(Spanish) increase:
[dice]12[/dice]
Language(Spanish) increases to 10%.
Listen (45% skill) XP check:
[dice]9[/dice]
Listen increase:
[dice]13[/dice]
Listen increases to 55%.
Spot Hidden (64% skill) XP check:
[dice]10[/dice]
Spot Hidden increase:
[dice]14[/dice]
Spot Hidden increases to 69%.

Psychology had previously increased to 61% in the middle of the prologue. Are we supposed to update our own character sheets, or would you prefer to do that?