Cthulhu by Gaslight d20: It's Alive!!

[Douane]

Tony,

my reason for assuming the 1881/1882 date: I somehow don't think a western christian would be well received to do actual studies in the Sudan itself after the rise of the Mahdi. So I guessed that your stay dated prior to this event.

Alas, the count is not much of a "man-of-letters", especially in recent years due his constant travels in africa and the Near East, so an acutal correspondence seems a bit unlikely.


Folkert

 

[Tonyfr]

Hmmm...did not know all that. You will have to excuse my ignorance I do math and psychology by trade. Maybe it would be easier to change the location of is studies to northeast north american continent where legends of Wendigo, Ithaqua, exist.

Tony

 

[Douane]

Tony,

please accept my apology for the tone and style of my posts. I certainly didn't mean to come across as an "know-it-all" @ss, but unfortunately it's one of my RL faults that all too often a lecturing tone seems to find its way into my language. *Sigh!* Guess it bleeds off even onto the boards.

I've done some research on North Africa and the Near East in the 1860s and '70s as a result on an profound interest in the work of german writer Karl May who set a good number of stories there, but that's about it.

Otherwise I'm just an historian (specializing in the history of the Third Reich) and a political scientist.


Folkert

 

[Sherlock]

Hey, everyone. Sorry for the delay in getting things started.

But I promise to get things started today!

 

[Sherlock]

Ok the game is afoot!

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1360691#post1360691

 

[Tonyfr]

Folkert,

No offense was taken. I was just frustrated at my own lack of knowledge of international history. I appreciate the input about the character if someone knows of a historical flaw I would like to be notified of it.

Thank you,
Tony

 

[Sherlock]

I would like some imput on the game, please.

Am I going too slow? Too fast? Or is it just me and this is the pace that you like?

Have some people stopped playing? Lost interest? Douane has not posted in over a week.

I would like some suggestions on improving the game.

 

[flyingricepaddy]

Am I going too slow? Too fast? Or is it just me and this is the pace that you like?

You said posting would happen once every couple of days, give or take. That sounds like a good rate.

Some parts of the game require a bit of back and forth between the players, and low GM involvement. Other parts pretty much need some GM input after everyone's made a single post. Or had an opportunity to make a single post--say after a couple of days. After that, a GM post moving things along would probably, um, move things along nicely.

Well, that's my input, FWIW. If nothing else, I wanna get to the running and the screaming and the hurting, mm-hey.

 

[Douane]

I would like some imput on the game, please.

Am I going too slow? Too fast? Or is it just me and this is the pace that you like?

Have some people stopped playing? Lost interest? Douane has not posted in over a week.

I would like some suggestions on improving the game.

I'm still here!

And I certainly have not lost interest. Main reason for my absence/silence was extreme trouble with boards, due to extreme slow-downs and their habit of eating my posts. [EDIT: So this habit still exists, as I just experienced.]


Regarding speed, it seems quite natural to have a slower start with PCs so dispersed; while I would like a bit more of speed [Look who's talking! ] to get to the "good" cthulhu parts, ultimately this is more up to us players than to you as the GM.


Folkert

 

[Sherlock]

Douane,
As you look over the box, you recognize it as a Chinese puzzle box. These boxes were made to only open when certain areas are pressed or pushed on the box.

Tonyfr,
You recognize several symbols on the box that stand for occult Chinese monsters or deities such as The Bloated Woman and Hui Shu, the rat god.

Dr. Zombie and yangnome,
Now that the box is in a well lite area, you can see the symbol of a Black Fan on the box. You know that the Black Fan is the symbol of a chinese criminal gang that is based in Limehouse.