OOC: Chapter 1 - NEW YORK, Starts 12th Jan 1925

[coffee demon]

Instead of roleplaying the news of the marriage, I think we can jump ahead whenever Raiko's ready. Think of it like a movie - you don't have to see every scene. Just imagine how your character would react after time has passed.

i.e. in London, "Dang, brother, I still can't believe you got married!" or whatever.

Thats just me though, I suppose its up to Raiko.

[Raiko]

Hi, sorry I had to go home sick from work on Wednesday, before I finished my lunchtime post.

I'm feeling better now, so I should be able to post later today.

Sorry for the hold ups, there's been loads of viruses going round my family, my work and the kids' school, hopefully I've had them all now.

Also, I've noticed other characters earning skill points...me wants some too! What did we have to do again?

Pick a skill that you think Timour could have increased during the voyage (just choose an interpersonal one if nothing else), and you can gain 1d3 skill points in it.

Timour also recovers 1d6 SAN.

There's also lots of skill checks to sort out for your characters, I'll try to get that done today.

Instead of roleplaying the news of the marriage, I think we can jump ahead whenever Raiko's ready. Think of it like a movie - you don't have to see every scene. Just imagine how your character would react after time has passed.

i.e. in London, "Dang, brother, I still can't believe you got married!" or whatever.

Thats just me though, I suppose its up to Raiko.

I'm happy either way, but I'll definitely have Chapter Two up within the next 12 hours or so now.

[Laraqua]

6 sanity points earned!

I'm now on 76! If I see a Great Old One, I've got way more improved odds of scraping out of it with a few SAN left. Woo hoo!

[Raiko]

Sorry Laraqua, you already rolled for Maks, remember:

http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1312170

5 skills.

5 sanity that is.

My post above was for Trixie's benefit, as she was asking what to roll for skill increases, sorry.

So I guess Maks is back on 70 Sanity.

BTW: You can never heal your sanity to be greater than 'starting sanity,' so under normal circumstances Maks will be limited to 70.

Not that that's likely to matter much in the long run.

[Raiko]

I got sidetracked yesterday, but I'm concentrating on sorting these games out today.

I'm trying to get the skill check stuff done at the moment, but invisible castle is running really slow for getting those old results.

[trixie]

Timour gained 5 sanity! Yay....back from the dead has it's health benefits I see.

Where are character sheets posted? Should I update his sheet or you, Raiko?

[Raiko]

Finally! I've got those skill checks done.

As I've said before, I actually hate the 'experience system' in CoC, but we're sticking with it, so if you fair badly in the lottery, you have my sympathy.

Note: Each character also receives +1d6% to two skills of their choice that they feel were used by their character during the chapter (even if no dice were rolled)

Chapter 1 - Skill Checks:

Andrei
Handgun(65%)
Law(65%)
English(71%)
Psychology(65%)
Library Use (25%)

Skill Checks - Chapter 1 - Handgun(65%), Law(65%), English(71%), Psychology(65%), Library Use (25%) (1d100=58, 1d100=30, 1d100=19, 1d100=49, 1d100=54)

Andrei - Checks Passed
Library Use = +8%
Skill Increase - Chapter 1 - Library Use (25%) (1d10=8)

Caroline
Chemistry(50%)
First Aid(60%)
Library Use(70%)
Psychology(60%)
Spot Hidden(25%)
Skill Checks - Chapter 1 - Chemistry(50%), First Aid(60%), Library Use(70%), Psychology(60%), Spot Hidden(25%) (1d100=85, 1d100=14, 1d100=37, 1d100=67, 1d100=76)

Caroline - Checks Passed
Chemistry = +7%
Psychology = +4%
Spot Hidden = +10%
Skill Increases - Chapter 1 - Chemistry(50%), Psychology(60%), Spot Hidden(25%) (1d10=7, 1d10=4, 1d10=10)

Elizabeth
Persuade(55%)
Credit Rating(75%)
Fast Talk(60%)
Skill Checks- Chapter 1 - Persuade(55%), Credit Rating(75%), Fast Talk(60%) (1d100=61, 1d100=100, 1d100=22)

Elizabeth - Checks Passed
Persuade = +6%
Credit Rating = +2%
Skill Checks- Chapter 1 - Persuade(55%), Credit Rating(75%) (1d10=6, 1d10=2)

Johnny
Spot Hidden(85%)
Sneak(50%)
Dodge(32%)
Law(45%)
Listen(25%)
Locksmith(21%)
Skill Checks- Chapter 1 - Spot Hidden(85%), Sneak(50%), Dodge(32%), Law(45%), Listen(25%), Locksmith(21%) (1d100=20, 1d100=69, 1d100=89, 1d100=75, 1d100=18, 1d100=9)

Johnny - Checks Passed
Sneak = +8%
Dodge = +3%
Law = +1%
Skill Increases- Chapter 1 - Sneak(50%), Dodge(32%), Law(45%) (1d10=8, 1d10=3, 1d10=1)

Maksim
Drive Auto(80%)
Spot Hidden(45%)
Handgun(60%)
Psychology(70%)
Persuade(80%)
Skill Checks- Chapter 1 - Drive Auto(80%), Spot Hidden(45%), Handgun(60%), Psychology(70%), Persuade(80%) (1d100=85, 1d100=93, 1d100=74, 1d100=86, 1d100=42)

Maksim - Checks Passed
Drive Auto = +6%
Spot Hidden = +9%
Handgun = +3%
Psychology = +10%
Skill Increases- Chapter 1 - Drive Auto(80%), Spot Hidden(45%), Handgun(60%), Psychology(70%) (1d10=6, 1d10=9, 1d10=3, 1d10=10)

Timour
Throw(50%)
Machine Gun(66%)
Listen(50%)
Handgun(66%)
Spot Hidden(50%)
Skill Checks- Chapter 1 - Throw(50%), Machine Gun(66%), Listen(50%), Handgun(66%), Spot Hidden(50%) (1d100=56, 1d100=59, 1d100=79, 1d100=45, 1d100=38)

Timour - Checks Passed
Throw = +1%
Listen = +3%
Skill Increases - Chapter 1 - Throw(50%), Listen(50%) (1d10=1, 1d10=3)

[Raiko]

Timour gained 5 sanity! Yay....back from the dead has it's health benefits I see.

Where are character sheets posted? Should I update his sheet or you, Raiko?

Here is a link to your character sheet Trixie, I've switched the poster from Thewhat to you so that you can edit it.

You can edit yourself, or leave it to me, I don't mind.

[Grafster]

I kinda like the skill system. Its like one of those old SciFi games where you roll on the lifepath and get "you are eaten by aliens your character dies" before you get into play.
Of course, ah, I didn't do so bad.

[quote="Raiko"]
Note: Each character also receives +1d6% to two skills of their choice that they feel were used by their character during the chapter (even if no dice were rolled)

Chapter 1: (Listen) & (Sneak) (1d6=3, 1d6=4)

Listen +3
Sneak +4


I also made a dumb roll using 1d10s. Please ignore it!

[imme]

Chapter 1: skill increases for Fast talk & French (1d6=4, 1d6=4)
(the french is because she read that creepy book in french)

I'm with Grafster, I like the strangeness of it.

p.s. I added the skill bonuses on my character sheet.

[Laraqua]

That's Maksim! His rolls are ALWAYS very high.

For once, it benefited him.

Hey, sif he can't read Caroline like a book now. 80% psychology ... in your FACE!

[trixie]

Ok...I'll leave it to you if you don't mind. Thx for sending me that link.

Could a skill Timour'd learned on the boat be locksmith?

Timour gained 5 sanity! Yay....back from the dead has it's health benefits I see.

Where are character sheets posted? Should I update his sheet or you, Raiko?

Here is a link to your character sheet Trixie, I've switched the poster from Thewhat to you so that you can edit it.

You can edit yourself, or leave it to me, I don't mind.