[D20 CoC] Beyond the Mountains of Madness Campaign - Recruiting Alternate Players

[eabha]

Okay, two things.

First, I finally got the Call of Cthulhu d20 rule book. Yay! Now I have to decide what to read first, CoC or Harry Potter...

Second, my character sheet is done. Let me tell you, the equipment list just about undid me. Now, am I supposed to assume this is all I own? Or is this what I am taking with me to New York? I'm so confused! But anyhow, it's done for now. She can shop for more stuff later. I mean, look at all that money!

Now I've gotta go home. I'm exhausted.

 

[jdeleski]

Next Steps

Phew! Everyone has been quite active recently!

I only have a short amount of time to work on the campaign tonight, so I'll review character sheets to try to get everyone in play. Tomorrow or Saturday, I'll focus on responding to everyone's recent posts.

And my RL friend is almost ready to post our 6th, and final, player-member of the expedition! Stay tuned.

I also may have one alternate player lined up.
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Job (the tortured one).

 

[jdeleski]

Approval of James R. Poole Character Sheet

TZ,

Your character sheet is approved for play. That's an incredible equipment list! And I enjoyed reading through your enhancements to his background; hopefully, with a little luck and skill, he'll make it back safely to his wife and his retirement.

Here are two minor money/equipment-related edits:

1. As a highly skilled and educated cartographer/surveyor, I'd give him a profession modifier of +2 as a technician, with average starting savings of $11,000 and an average income of $5,500.
2. For his hunting rifle, I'd suggest a Winchester M1895 sporting rifle, the same one used by Teddy Roosevelt, 0.405 caliber with the nondetachable box magazine (suitable for harsh conditions). It's statistics are not specifically outlined in the CoC manual, but are probably similar to those of the M1894 caliber; 2d12 damage, X3 critical, 8 bullet capacity, range 200. Let me know if this is suitable, but the Teddy Roosevelt connection is interesting.

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Thanks!
Job (the tortured one).

 

[jdeleski]

Approval of Annie Kathleen Mahoney's Character Sheet

Eabha,

Annie's character sheet is approved for play.

One question: Will Annie will bring her evening dress, high heels, silk stockings, and corsets for Antarctica?

The current date is June 21st based on some of the letters recently mailed, so there's plenty of time for Annie to go on a shopping spree in New York City!

(As a side-note, if possible, players should avoid advancing the time in the game by adding days/weeks to their letter dates and such. It worked out without any difficulties here, but might become important later. If something like that occurs and causes trouble with the timeline, we can always go back and edit a posted date or two, so it's not a big deal but, as you'll see, the passage of time will become more and more crucial to the campaign.)

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Thanks!
Job (the tortured one).

 

[The Shaman]

I can back up the date if you like - I misread the press clipping and had it in my head that it was dated 23 June, not 3 June.

I just chose 21 June because it is the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere, the darkest day of the year for Paco - I thought that seemed like the perfect time to find out he was going on the expedition...

 

[jdeleski]

Oooh! Yeah, the Winter Solstice sounds like a WONDERFUL point to begin our expedition!

Nah, don't change it. Let's run with it!

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[eabha]

Will Annie will bring her evening dress, high heels, silk stockings, and corsets for Antarctica?

Ha!

I want to say that those are for New York City. But I think it's just that I personally don't own any designer evening dresses and couldn't resist. As for the corsets, well...they come in handy anywhere.

 

[taitzu52]

That's an incredible equipment list!

Well thanks! Considering that I horked it all from Bob and Shaman, it shouldn't be a surprise. Like I said, Jim's speciality is hauling large objects to extremely rugged places. So I guess a couple more cases are in order. Prices?

Speaking of prices, what sort of technical equipment would I want to be bringing? Or should I leave all that to Starkweather?

 

[Taokan]

Hello, everyone! I posted my character sheet and will most likely have my letter of introduction up sometime this weekend. I'm looking forward to an interesting game! (I'm also reading some H.P. Lovecraft tonight to "get me in the mood".

 

[Bobitron]

Welcome!