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[D20 CoC] Beyond the Mountains of Madness Campaign - Recruiting Alternate Players
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eabha
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Taokan said:
Welcome to the game!
By the way, Annie's planning to travel to New York City, seduce then drug Starkweather, rifle through his belongings and find something with which to blackmail him...
EDIT: Say, would one of you nice gentlemen explain to me how you placed those swell images in your character sheets? This particular skill continues to elude me.
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eabha said:Welcome to the game!
By the way, Annie's planning to travel to New York City, seduce then drug Starkweather, rifle through his belongings and find something with which to blackmail him...
Why I am I getting the impression that we are not even going to make it out of NYC...
The Shaman
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He's a mountaineer - of course he rocks!taitzu52 said:
That picture definitely shows him in his element.
Worse would've been telling her to fix his dinner and get him a beer...Morpheus said:It could have been worse...he could have asked for your phone number afterwards...
As a heads-up, I'll be out of town Thursday through Saturday this week.
jdeleski
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Question for Camille
Taokan,
I could not tell directly from your response in the In Character thread, but did you mail that letter (you know, the one in the flaming envelope) to Starkweather or are you going to hand him that letter in person?
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Job (the tortured one).
Taokan,
I could not tell directly from your response in the In Character thread, but did you mail that letter (you know, the one in the flaming envelope) to Starkweather or are you going to hand him that letter in person?
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Job (the tortured one).
I am indeed planning on giving him the letter in person - what happens when she does so is still up in the air, however... Of course, prior to doing so, Camille's acceptance will be sent to the nearest available newspaper as well, just to create some trouble for the chauvinistic ankle-biter.
jdeleski
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Getting Better Organized
OK, now that our character creation effort is just about complete and our InGame thread is starting to heat up, I’d like to present an idea or two as to how I expect this game to flow. It’s a large campaign with a lot going on, and it could get confusing, so I’m going to take special steps to organize our information so that we all can easily keep track of where we are in the game.
This BMoM compaign is a little different from some games in that there is a strong storyline that we’ll weave our activities through, but if your characters choose to deviate from the storyline, I’ll certainly allow you to do so and will modify the storyline as appropriate. So, you might ask, what does this mean? Here’s the details:
1. EVENTS
Each week or two, I expect that we’ll work through a key game or storyline event. Occasionally there will be more than one key event in a week, or perhaps less than one every week if we’re working through a detailed encounter, but I’ll try to present at least one every week or two so that we develop a rhythm to our game. I’ll keep a running list of these events as described below. If you expect to be busy for an extended period of time in real life (i.e. RL), and you know that you won’t be able to respond during that period, let me know so that I can roleplay your character, if needed.
2. CAMPAIGN INFORMATION
I have begun thread entitled “EVIDENCE & EVENTS – Mountains of Madness” that I’ll use to to 1) collect/display all key evidence that your team uncovers and also 2) to list a timeline of important dates so that you can see, at a glance, what happened recently and what is expected to happen soon. For the most part, this will be a thread that only I add to; if you feel that an event or certain evidence should be added to this thread, just post something here in the OOC thread to let me know and I’ll add it. This thread will be a “One stop shopping” area for our campaign information. I’ll post both the Gametime and expected Realtime dates for these events so that you can try to plan your character’s actions and also your RL writing time. In this OOC thread, we may decide to adjust the dates (Realtime and/or Gametime) for these events depending on everyone’s schedules and planned in-game activities.
Take a look at my "EVENTS & EVIDENCE" post to get an idea what I mean. Let me know your thoughts.
3. OUR NEXT KEY EVENT - The Fundraiser
Our first deadline is the meeting in New York City at the Amherst Hotel on August 14, 1933 for the SE-M Expedition Fundraiser. I’d like to post a description of the start of this event by no later than next weekend, August 5th, in Realtime. That means that within the next week-and-a-half in realtime, you should try to post whatever actions your character would take prior to this event in NYC.
4. EXPERIENCE AND LEVELING UP
I expect to follow the general guidelines as written in the D20 CoC rulebook regarding awarding experience. That is, your characters in the story will reach a new level after completing approximately 13 (a wonderful number!) objectives. An objective is a little different than an event in the game; not every event will equate to completing an objective and some VERY difficult objectives might be worth up to twice the normal award. Our “EVIDENCE & EVENTS” thread also provides a list of “COMPLETED OBJECTIVES” so that you are fully aware of your character’s experience status in the game. As you can see from the "EVENTS & EVIDENCE" thread, you will have completed 3 objectives once we complete the Expedition Kickoff Meeting on Sept 1, 1933.
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Job (the tortured one).
OK, now that our character creation effort is just about complete and our InGame thread is starting to heat up, I’d like to present an idea or two as to how I expect this game to flow. It’s a large campaign with a lot going on, and it could get confusing, so I’m going to take special steps to organize our information so that we all can easily keep track of where we are in the game.
This BMoM compaign is a little different from some games in that there is a strong storyline that we’ll weave our activities through, but if your characters choose to deviate from the storyline, I’ll certainly allow you to do so and will modify the storyline as appropriate. So, you might ask, what does this mean? Here’s the details:
1. EVENTS
Each week or two, I expect that we’ll work through a key game or storyline event. Occasionally there will be more than one key event in a week, or perhaps less than one every week if we’re working through a detailed encounter, but I’ll try to present at least one every week or two so that we develop a rhythm to our game. I’ll keep a running list of these events as described below. If you expect to be busy for an extended period of time in real life (i.e. RL), and you know that you won’t be able to respond during that period, let me know so that I can roleplay your character, if needed.
2. CAMPAIGN INFORMATION
I have begun thread entitled “EVIDENCE & EVENTS – Mountains of Madness” that I’ll use to to 1) collect/display all key evidence that your team uncovers and also 2) to list a timeline of important dates so that you can see, at a glance, what happened recently and what is expected to happen soon. For the most part, this will be a thread that only I add to; if you feel that an event or certain evidence should be added to this thread, just post something here in the OOC thread to let me know and I’ll add it. This thread will be a “One stop shopping” area for our campaign information. I’ll post both the Gametime and expected Realtime dates for these events so that you can try to plan your character’s actions and also your RL writing time. In this OOC thread, we may decide to adjust the dates (Realtime and/or Gametime) for these events depending on everyone’s schedules and planned in-game activities.
Take a look at my "EVENTS & EVIDENCE" post to get an idea what I mean. Let me know your thoughts.
3. OUR NEXT KEY EVENT - The Fundraiser
Our first deadline is the meeting in New York City at the Amherst Hotel on August 14, 1933 for the SE-M Expedition Fundraiser. I’d like to post a description of the start of this event by no later than next weekend, August 5th, in Realtime. That means that within the next week-and-a-half in realtime, you should try to post whatever actions your character would take prior to this event in NYC.
4. EXPERIENCE AND LEVELING UP
I expect to follow the general guidelines as written in the D20 CoC rulebook regarding awarding experience. That is, your characters in the story will reach a new level after completing approximately 13 (a wonderful number!) objectives. An objective is a little different than an event in the game; not every event will equate to completing an objective and some VERY difficult objectives might be worth up to twice the normal award. Our “EVIDENCE & EVENTS” thread also provides a list of “COMPLETED OBJECTIVES” so that you are fully aware of your character’s experience status in the game. As you can see from the "EVENTS & EVIDENCE" thread, you will have completed 3 objectives once we complete the Expedition Kickoff Meeting on Sept 1, 1933.
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Job (the tortured one).
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jdeleski
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Other Thoughts
Here's a few other important notes:
Job (the tortured one).
Here's a few other important notes:
- Currently, Annie and Camille have no idea that the fundraiser has been scheduled. If either of you plan to attend this fundraiser, you will need to post a few sentences in the IC thread as to how your characters discovered this information and what your thoughts might be.
- In the "EVENTS" thread, I've proposed starting the fundraiser event next Friday or Saturday, realtime. If most of you are content with your current character status by this weekend, realtime, and if I hear from 4 of the 6 characters by this Friday that we should get going (and assuming that no serious side investigations start that we should wait for), then I'll initiate the fundraiser kickoff this weekend. If your character would like to take some action, our gametime is currently June 23rd based on my recent IC postings.
- In a similar fashion, I've scheduled the Sept 1, 1933 Expedition Kickoff Meeting to begin 2 weeks in realtime after our fundraiser. If we complete the fundraiser event activities within one week realtime, I'll move up the start of the Sept 1 meeting.
- Once I approve your character sheet, I print off a copy and enter the information in a DM program on my computer. At that point, your character information is fixed (with the exception of a few minor tweaks that I might ask for). If you find that you need to change something that I should take note of, for example purchasing extra supplies or that shiny new pistol, please post a sentence or two in this thread to alert me to any changes. That way I can update my information before you meet that deadly mythos creature in your closet.
Job (the tortured one).
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taitzu52
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Awesome. I'm psyched..I'm jazzed...I'm moving 
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This is just a heads up that I may not be able to post quite as much leading up to and following Aug. 1st. So this weekend will not be good for me to do any intensive roleplaying. Weekends are a bit slower for me anyways, but this one is particularly bad. As well as early next week. I will be here, but may be a bit tied up to make long posts.
Thanks in advance.
TZ
.This is just a heads up that I may not be able to post quite as much leading up to and following Aug. 1st. So this weekend will not be good for me to do any intensive roleplaying. Weekends are a bit slower for me anyways, but this one is particularly bad. As well as early next week. I will be here, but may be a bit tied up to make long posts.
Thanks in advance.
TZ
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