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imme wrote: DecrepitThis could have either resulted in a friendship between the two characters, or there may have been little interaction, but your character would still be closely tied to the Downings.

You can go whichever way you like Decrepit, but a close friend of Elizabeth would be easier to explain in the party than someone who just has ties to her family.

Raiko, the character sheet you posted has the base skill level for Credit Rating as 25%. My (possibly outdated) CoC book has it at 15%. Do I really have 10 more points than I thought I did?

imme wrote: Raiko, the character sheet you posted has the base skill level for Credit Rating as 25%. My (possibly outdated) CoC book has it at 15%. Do I really have 10 more points than I thought I did?

No sorry.

I'll correct any mistakes on the tempate.

It should all be correct now.

Question:

Do I roll 3D6 for each Characteristic, or are we using some other method? Or is that the "110 Attribute Points" you're talking about? If so, that would apply to STR, DEX, INT, CON, APP, POW, SIZ, and EDU?

coffee demon wrote: Question:

Do I roll 3D6 for each Characteristic, or are we using some other method? Or is that the "110 Attribute Points" you're talking about? If so, that would apply to STR, DEX, INT, CON, APP, POW, SIZ, and EDU?

No you don't roll 3d6.

Yes you spend the 110 points on your attributes, within their normal ranges (eg STR 3-18, SIZ 8-18, EDU 6-21, etc).

Then modify EDU & the physical attributes normally for age.

I’m going to need to carve up Johnny’s background a bit.
Right now I have a lot of text from his crippled San Francisco PI and some notes on the new character (who is probably not going to have been a police officer but more of a trained criminologist/lawyer/aide).

Raiko’s got the old character sheet; and I don’t plan on deviating from it too much.

I've decided to allow one more player into the game.

Hello warhammer!

I really am too nice to be a CoC Keeper.

I'm not sure if you can all think where your party is a little weak.

I'd say you could do with an academic type, but I've not seen Decrepit's doctor so I don't know.

Hey all,

Thanks for letting me in. 8)

I'll submit a character concept within the next few hours.

The more the merrier! Welcome!

Andrei is actually an ex-Military Officer. His strengths will be Persuade, Law, Navigation, and Languages. He's also a big man, but doesn't have a lot of experience fighting. He can drive a car, but probably not perfectly.

I have a feeling we're a little short on the History/Academic side of things.

Lets see:
2 x soldier/pilots (prob. good with guns, airplane pliots, one is a con-artist?)
1 x military officer (law, navigation, politics, big and strong)
1 x dilettante (jack of all-trades, a bit? some History background i thought)
1 x PI (martial arts, investigative skills)
1 x doctor

Yeah, we're definitely missing out on the academic. Would be nice if you knew how to drive a car, maybe, but if not I'm sure we'll find a way. We can always hire a driver, there's a bit of money in the group

There are actually at least two good drivers in the team already.

How's everyone doing?

I'm hoping to begin on Wednesday, if everybody's submitted a character by then.

If anybody needs any help give me a shout.

I'll review the character sheets that I've already received later today.

I'm going to finish my character Sunday night. Hopefully that gives us enough time?

That's fine.

Raiko, do you have Character Sheets for eveyone but me? There hasn't been a lot of talk in this thread in the last few days... I hope everyone's still gung-ho about playing!

Gung-ho and itching to start!

Agreed, I'm all set, just waiting patiently.

Raiko, I'm pm'ing my proposed character--Dr. Caroline Ward, a medical doctor whose career has been aided greatly by Elizabeth and her family. I'll still have to figure out the connection to some of the other characters.

coffee demon wrote: Raiko, do you have Character Sheets for eveyone but me? There hasn't been a lot of talk in this thread in the last few days... I hope everyone's still gung-ho about playing!

Sorry I’m always busy at weekends, I’ve got a big family
I always manage to read new posts over the weekend, but sometimes I struggle to post myself. I post a lot during the week though.

I’ve received a character sheet from everyone except Coffee Demon & Decrepit so far. Imme’s and Warhammer’s characters are complete unless they want to modify anything themselves. The other three had minor comments to resolve before we start.

EDIT: I’ve just got Decrepit’s character while I was writing this.

Laraqua: Maksim Mikhailovich Rukov, Russian aviator, twin brother of Timour (submitted)
Thewhatchamacallit: Timour Arseni Rukov, former Russian aviator, twin brother of Maksim (submitted)
Imme: Elizabeth Downing, New York dilettante (submitted, accepted)
coffee demon: Andrei, Former Russian soldier, Courting Elizabeth
Decrepit: Caroline Ward Doctor, close friend of Elizabeth(Submitted)
Grafster: Johnny Wong Former PI, works for Elizabeth's Family, Chaperone (submitted)
Warhammer: Thomas Allan, Lawyer (submitted, accepted)

Warhammer’s lawyer Thomas Allan needs to have a connection with the other characters, he tends to look after the interests of the “little guys” so he isn’t likely to work for Elizabeth’s family. He’s also from a humble background so he’s not a school friend.

He does speak good French so maybe he met Elizabeth and/or Andrei there. He’s also got good enough Credit Rating to have initially met her at a party or other function (he could even make it a ‘love pentagon’ ). Maybe he’s a friend of Decrepit’s doctor, and so also knows Elizabeth through her. His knowledge of Hieroglyphics means he could have met Elizabeth in Egypt, or through her interest in classics.

I’d prefer all the characters to have a connection to either Elizabeth or Andrei (I’m assuming that the Rukov twins are friends of Andrei rather than Elizabeth). We need to get you all together over 2-3 days as a result of one Telegram addressed to Elizabeth.

Decrepit: You said in your PM that you were thinking of connections to the other characters, this isn’t necessary as you only need to know Elizabeth. Though you can think of a link if you like.

One more thing, imme asked for help selecting a hunting rifle for Elizabeth, I’m going to have a look, but if anybody is more knowledgeable about 1920s weapons please suggest something.

Everyone can start to post their characters into the "Cast of Characters" thread now, this will help to finalise the connections between characters.

It's better for you to post your own characters than for me to do it, as then we can both edit them when necessary.