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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew D. Gable" data-source="post: 1144812" data-attributes="member: 4144"><p><strong>Social Classes/Backgrounds</strong></p><p><em>Low Class:</em> Agent (undercover), Criminal, fallen members of any background</p><p><em>Working Class:</em> Blue-Collar Worker, Criminal, Doctor (Nurse), Soldier, Writer</p><p><em>Upper Class:</em> Antiquarian, Archaeologist, Artist/Musician, Criminal, Detective, Dilettante, Doctor, Parapsychologist, Priest/Clergyman, Professor, Psychologist/Alienist, Soldier, White-Collar Worker/Businessman, Writer</p><p><em>Nobility:</em> Antiquarian, Archaeologist, Artist/Musician, Criminal, Detective, Dilettante, Doctor, Parapsychologist, Priest/Clergyman, Professor, Psychologist/Alienist, Soldier</p><p></p><p><strong>Weapons and Equipment</strong></p><p>The following weapons are available that are not available in standard Call of Cthulhu:</p><p></p><p>Elephant Gun (2d12, $100)</p><p>Moran’s Air Rifle (2d6, $200)</p><p></p><p>In addition, all generic pistols and rifles listed on p109 are available, with the following exceptions. Use 1920s prices. Substitute "revolver" for "semiautomatic", though: all 1890s pistols are single-shot. Semiautomatic rifles are likewise unavailable. Assault rifles and submachine guns are also unavailable, and shotguns are limited to the double-barrel civilian model (as per the chart on p107, the shotguns available are 20-gauge and 12-gauge models). The standard sidearm for Scotland Yard detectives is the Webley revolver, a single-action .45. The only explosive readily available, aside from homemade pipe bombs, is dynamite.</p><p></p><p>Likewise, for equipment, use the 1920s prices, except for clothing, which has a cost as follows:</p><p></p><p>Low Class (free)</p><p>Working Class ($13)</p><p>Upper Class ($40)</p><p>Nobility ($100)</p><p></p><p>All characters have one free set of clothing (except police officers, guardsmen, and uniformed workers, who regardless of class have a uniform as well). Nobody in Victorian London would be caught wearing clothing that befits a member of lower society; and in case you’re tempted by the free price of "Lowest Class" clothing, remember these are meant solely for street thieves, prostitutes, and other denizens of London’s ghettoes.</p><p></p><p>The typical conveyance of the time was a horse and carriage, I'll put the rules and everything up for them whenever I make them. I know the use of 1920s pricing and American currency isn't accurate, but it's easier. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew D. Gable, post: 1144812, member: 4144"] [b]Social Classes/Backgrounds[/b] [i]Low Class:[/i] Agent (undercover), Criminal, fallen members of any background [i]Working Class:[/i] Blue-Collar Worker, Criminal, Doctor (Nurse), Soldier, Writer [i]Upper Class:[/i] Antiquarian, Archaeologist, Artist/Musician, Criminal, Detective, Dilettante, Doctor, Parapsychologist, Priest/Clergyman, Professor, Psychologist/Alienist, Soldier, White-Collar Worker/Businessman, Writer [i]Nobility:[/i] Antiquarian, Archaeologist, Artist/Musician, Criminal, Detective, Dilettante, Doctor, Parapsychologist, Priest/Clergyman, Professor, Psychologist/Alienist, Soldier [b]Weapons and Equipment[/b] The following weapons are available that are not available in standard Call of Cthulhu: Elephant Gun (2d12, $100) Moran’s Air Rifle (2d6, $200) In addition, all generic pistols and rifles listed on p109 are available, with the following exceptions. Use 1920s prices. Substitute "revolver" for "semiautomatic", though: all 1890s pistols are single-shot. Semiautomatic rifles are likewise unavailable. Assault rifles and submachine guns are also unavailable, and shotguns are limited to the double-barrel civilian model (as per the chart on p107, the shotguns available are 20-gauge and 12-gauge models). The standard sidearm for Scotland Yard detectives is the Webley revolver, a single-action .45. The only explosive readily available, aside from homemade pipe bombs, is dynamite. Likewise, for equipment, use the 1920s prices, except for clothing, which has a cost as follows: Low Class (free) Working Class ($13) Upper Class ($40) Nobility ($100) All characters have one free set of clothing (except police officers, guardsmen, and uniformed workers, who regardless of class have a uniform as well). Nobody in Victorian London would be caught wearing clothing that befits a member of lower society; and in case you’re tempted by the free price of "Lowest Class" clothing, remember these are meant solely for street thieves, prostitutes, and other denizens of London’s ghettoes. The typical conveyance of the time was a horse and carriage, I'll put the rules and everything up for them whenever I make them. I know the use of 1920s pricing and American currency isn't accurate, but it's easier. ;) [/QUOTE]
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