I killed our campaign

[Narfellus]

Oh baby. CoC is a real great fix for anyone burned out on pure combat games. I highly recommend it for anyone, and the BRP is just fine. You don't need the d20 version, but it works well too.

 

[Desdichado]

CoC, either version (although I'll admit a slight preference to the d20 version) is just great no matter what. I'd jump at the chance to play in one again (although I'm not doing a gaming commute of 4+ hours one way to join Kent's...) and I incorporate tons of Cthulhu elements into my fantasy games all the time too.

Let us know how it goes. Heck, write up a story hour!

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

I like this. A broth elemental.

PC: And, then the elemental attacked.
Bard: What kind of elemental?
PC: Urm... Well, a liquid one.
Bard: Oh. So it was a water elemental, then?
PC: Not exactly.
Bard: Must have been one of those nasty blood elementals.
PC: Not quite.
Bard: So, what was it made of, then?
PC: Um.... Well... It was kinda beef-flavored.
Bard: Bard flavored? WTF?
PC: Yeah, it was pretty much made out of beef broth.
Bard: Okay, this'll be a fun story to write.

LOL. We actually got into that as a side debate--how much jerky? Salty water v. saltwater. Etc. But we never considered a new type of elemental from the Para-elemental Plane of Broth!

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

CoC, either version (although I'll admit a slight preference to the d20 version) is just great no matter what. I'd jump at the chance to play in one again (although I'm not doing a gaming commute of 4+ hours one way to join Kent's...) and I incorporate tons of Cthulhu elements into my fantasy games all the time too.

Let us know how it goes. Heck, write up a story hour!

Well, keep your fingers crossed. If I win the lotto, you can jet over twice a month for sessions.

I may write up a story hour. I tried to do it once for a 3e game, but I just couldn't "get into" it. I have been writing character journals for two of my games, so maybe I could do a real story hour for the CoC game.

 

[Conaill]

*latest example: In the WLD game, we have a bowl of water elemental summoning. You get better monsters with salt water. He claims we should be able to put a piece of food (e.g., beef jerky) in the water and have salt water (since the jerky is salty) and, thus, be able to conjure a much stronger elemental. The DM said no. I (player of the PC with the bowl) said no. And he whined so much that the DM finally said, "Yes" (just to shut him up). But I still refused to do it.

Heh, I would have given him a horribly twisted cross between a water elemental and a flesh golem. Combine some of the drawbacks of both creatures until you wind up with something with a slightly lower CR than the smaller water elemental from the bowl, but it starts out berserk (as per the flesh golem) and out to destroy whomever called it into its tortured existence. Heck, he might even try to destroy the bowl if there are no other convenient targets around...

 

[Desdichado]

Well, keep your fingers crossed. If I win the lotto, you can jet over twice a month for sessions.

I'll keep 'em crossed for that!

I may write up a story hour. I tried to do it once for a 3e game, but I just couldn't "get into" it. I have been writing character journals for two of my games, so maybe I could do a real story hour for the CoC game.

Yeah, it can be a lot of work to write one, but satisfying still the same. Coincidentally and only partially self-pimping, I just updated mine earlier this afternoon!

 

[JoeBlank]

I know we're talking about a game where we pretend to be magic elves and all, but that's really stretching things.

This kind of talk is what gets you quoted in .sigs, you know?

Your attitude is the kind of thing that makes me consider buying Murchad's Legacy just because I bet it would be a fun read.

 

[Desdichado]

Heh, I would have given him a horribly twisted cross between a water elemental and a flesh golem.

What's that, like a urine golem?

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

It can hang out with the excremental from Dogma

 

[Einan]

Beef jerky elemental!

Am I the only one who sees the possibilities here?

BEEF JERKY ELEMENTALS! I mean, c'mon! It could run after the party shouting, "SNAP into a Slim Jim!"

Anyone want to stat this puppy out?