[OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
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Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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. ==============================
= 1 point
Skills ive marked at least:
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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. ==============================
= 1 point
Skills ive marked at least:
- Archaeology
Climb
Fast Talk
First Aid
History
Spanish
Spot Hidden
Firearms Pistol
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Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
@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.
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.
Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
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!
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!
Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
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.
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Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
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.
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.
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).Mr. Handy wrote: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.
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.
Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
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.
This includes an auto-tick for Spanish / English for non-fluent speakers.
I'm hoping to begin posting Chapter One tomorrow.
Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
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.
Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
Raiko wrote: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...
Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
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.
I thought Amy was also supposed to get a free check in FIrearms(Handgun) from Cynthia's training.
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Skill ticks
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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.
Skill Checks from Peru
1925 Modifications
Occupational Skills
* 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.
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.
Skill Checks from Peru
1925 Modifications
Occupational Skills
* 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.
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Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
I was actually allowing you to automatically pass the improvement check, so you'd be guaranteed at least 1.Mr. Handy wrote:I'll take the straight +5 EDU. I'd most likely get zero from an improvement check.
That's correct. I'd forgotten.Mr. Handy wrote:I thought Amy was also supposed to get a free check in FIrearms(Handgun) from Cynthia's training.
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Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
13 luck x 5 = 65Raiko wrote: 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.
Skill checks: Increase 1d10 [dice]12[/dice] Increase 1d10 [dice]13[/dice] Increase 1d10 [dice]14[/dice] Increase 1d10 [dice]15[/dice] Increase 1d10 [dice]16[/dice] 11 points added to:
spot hidden +8
stealth +3
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Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
The 11 skill checks: is that 11 improvement rolls or just adding 11 points?
Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
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.
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Thought as much, cheers Zero.
Skill checks from Peru
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.
Skill checks from Peru
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.
Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
More dice rolls (I guess it's only 20 per post?)
Last of the 11 skill rolls Increases
I think that's correct?
Last of the 11 skill rolls Increases
I think that's correct?
Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
Continued from above. Roller seemed to not want to go work beyond 20 separate rolls in a single post.
1925 Modifications
Occupational Skills
* 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
* 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)
1925 Modifications
Occupational Skills
* 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
* 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)
Re: [OOC]Prologue - Peru, March 1921
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?
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?
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