Chatting at the Bar

[BoyBlunder78]

Nevermind the awkwardness of dealing with patients.......at least he's not a dentist......or vet.

[Philulhu]

If he were a vet, particularly a country vet, he’d be ok for 50% of the time, as they seem to spend that amount of their time with an arm up a cow’s arse…

[BoyBlunder78]

True...swapping one dripping orifice for another......

[Philulhu]

And there’s a lovely mental image for a Sunday…

[Mr. Handy]

Don't ask Bonnie to do the talking. She's not exactly a people person.

[Snapper]

I'm still picturing cows with big sharp teeth at both ends. That never happened to James Herriot.

[BoyBlunder78]

He never failed a roll........got a first in Miskatonic non euclidean veterinary practises. Yorkshire campus.

[Snapper]

[Snapper]

He sees Freddy Krueger...

[BoyBlunder78]

And his hands come out the mirror and grad his face.

[Snapper]

I have this nagging suspicion that every significant decision our PCs have made has been wrong...

[BoyBlunder78]

And the rolls have aided that.......

[Philulhu]

I have this nagging suspicion that every significant decision our PCs have made has been wrong...

Not every one… … (just the important ones )

[BoyBlunder78]

Well....where would the fun be if we got every choice right......

[Philulhu]

That’s true!

[Snapper]

Not sure why we are debating this.

[BoyBlunder78]

No readon, just seemed something my character would question. No intention of dragging it out any longer.

[Snapper]

Thank you GM, that was a most excellent game indeed!

Some very classic CoC themes were definitely happening:
- gradually building dread;
- classically unwelcoming, unhelpful, and occasionally untrustworthy locals;
- moments of great tension and / or panic.

And excellent team role-playing of course!

(And despite Ascot's best efforts, not a single shot fired in anger by the team, bullet-holed tree notwithstanding.)

[BoyBlunder78]

Thank you GM and fellow investigators. This was my first time playing COC so thank you for making it an amazing experience and I (hopefully) look forward to many more.
Too many highlights to mention but a couple were:

When Beth got the Crit on the statue I gave an audible cheer........only to be brought down to earth when it was just a statue.
When McBride had us all back in the mansion as the creature was attacking and we were desperately trying to barricade the door and arm ourselves with anything we could. Loved the tension.
My first bout of madness!!!!

So thank you for letting me join your game, and hope my role-playing was ok.

[Philulhu]

You’re welcome. Glad to hear you enjoyed it

It’s an old scenario (1980s, I think) so I did wonder how it would hold up but it worked well.

BoyBlunder - your roleplaying was definitely up to scratch so no worries on that score.

Snapper - sorry you didn’t get to shoot anything. Getting tooled up is a bit of Call of Cthulhu trope so it doesn’t hurt to subvert that from time-to-time

I’ve got two or three scenarios under consideration for my next game (all in different time periods to this one) so keep an eye out as you’d all be welcome to join in. Some do have shooting in them and you might even get to keep your guns next time around…

Thanks for playing