Masks of Nyarlathotep [OOC]

[Yellow Sign]

Ok we have the following people wanting to play.

1. Krug - English Ex-Butler/Bodyguard
2. Toric_Arthendain - Catholic Priest/Psychologist
3. Vorpalbunny - Professor type
4. Festy_Dog - Gangster/Twin of Shapermc
5. Shapermc - Smarter Twin of Festy_Dog.

That leaves one slot open. I would like a Dame in the group. Does anyone know a female gamer on these boards that would be interested in playing?

The group mix so far is pretty good! Just to give you a hint, knowledge of Anthropology, Archaeology, and the Occult would be a big help. Also a knowledge of other languages would be a plus. A doctor or medical man would be nice. These are just suggestions though. Try and have a good mix of skills among your characters. It is very likely that some characters will go insane or die during the adventure so have a back up character in mind. Your location at the time might provide a idea for a interesting character.

Here is a fun website with pictures of 1920's silent movie stars. You can pick a picture for you character there if you want. Silent Ladies & Gents

Lastly, I am starting a character thread over in the Rogues Gallery for your characters.

 

[Yellow Sign]

Oh one more thing, your starting cash on hand is equal to 10% of your Starting Money (savings) [pg 15]. You can also purchase items with 20% of your Starting Money. The rest (70%) is locked up in investments, loans, home, car, etc. You can liquidate it if you need cash but it will take time.

 

[ivanhoe]

could you specify to me what call of cauthol is ... it sounds like d20 modern but i dont know

 

[VorpalBunny]

Call of Cthulhu is a horror roleplaying game based on the writing of H.P. Lovecraft and others. Rather than try and come up with an explanation I'll paraphrase Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu site.

The Great Old Ones ruled the Earth aeons before the incidental rise of man. They came from the gulfs of space, waged war upon one another, and then were cast down by even greater beings. Remains of their cyclopean cities and forbidden knowledge can still be found in the remote extremes of our planet. Upon uncharted islands, within dark ocean depths, under burning desert sands, locked within polar ice, miles below the Earthís crust, they lay imprisoned. But when the Stars are right they will awaken and walk this earth once more.

Call of Cthulhu is our classic roleplaying game of Lovecraftian horror in which ordinary people are confronted by the terrifying and alien forces of the Cthulhu Mythos.

What they don't tell you is that this "Cthulhu" guy is a great old one, and when he awakens "when the Stars are right" he'll eat humanity and rule the earth.

Hope this helps.

 

[VorpalBunny]

Yellow Sign, I'll try and have my character up tonight.

BTW, since I'm a functional HTML illiterate, could some please tell me how to include a link in your .sig?

 

[Yellow Sign]

Call of Cthulhu is a horror role-playing game based on the "Cthulhu Mythos" created by Howard Phillip Lovecraft (1890-1937) and other writers. In the "Cthulhu Mythos", secret supernatural forces define and control the cosmos. These supernatural forces are vast alien intelligences that consider humanity as nothing more that a ant hill to be stepped upon.
There is a varied patheon of gods and monsters that belong to this myth cycle. Cthulhu himself is a giantic octopus headed demi-god who rests in his sunken city under the pacific, dead yet dreaming and awaiting the day that the stars will be right and his city will rise from the ocean and he will awaken to rule the planet and wipe humanity from it's surface. (pretty neat huh!)

The Call of Cthulhu role-playing game has be around for two decades. Recently Wizards of the Coast published a d20 version of the game. Player Characters are normal people who are drawn into the "Cthulhu Mythos" with the usual results of insanity and death. But they try to hold back the chaos for one more day and keep the rest of humanity blissfully ignorant to the true face of the universe. Call of Cthulhu can be played in several time frames, from the late 1800's to present day. The 1920's is the most common time frame to play since this is the time in which H.P. Lovecraft wrote many of his stories. Though I have heard of games set in the Dark Ages and in the far future.

I hope this helps.

 

[Yellow Sign]

Haha!! Vorpalbunny, great minds think alike!

As to HTML, I am also a babe in the woods. I will try and figure how to do it though. Does anyone else know how to add a link to a sig?


If we don't get a sixth player by the time everyone's characters are posted, we will just go with 5 then.

 

[Shapermc]

For that you just add HTML

My sig looks like this

<a href=http://www.shapermc.com/cocnocturnj.htm>The Nocturnum PbP game Homepage.</a>

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

Father Joe Savino

Father Joe Savino
Profession: Catholic Priest
Level: 1
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 174 lbs.
Age: 40
Hair: Short, black and graying at the temples
Eyes: Green

14 Str
10 Dex
12 Con
14 Int
14 Wis
12 Cha

Hit Points: 7
Armor Class: 12 (10 base, +2 Defense Bonus for Defense Option)

Defense Option
Fort +3
Ref +0
Will +6
Base Attack +0 (Melee +2, Ranged +0)

Profession Skills:
+1 Concentration (1 Rank, 0 Ability)
+7 Diplomacy (4 Ranks, 1 Ability, 2 Feat)
+6 Heal (4 Ranks, 2 Ability)
+6 Knowledge (Religion) (4 Ranks, 2 Ability)
+5 Knowledge (Occult) (3 Ranks, 2 Ability)
+6 Knowledge (Psychology) (4 Ranks, 2 Ability)
+6 Listen (4 Ranks, 2 Ability)
+6 Psychoanalysis (4 Ranks, 2 Ability)
+5 Sense Motive (3 Ranks, 2 Ability)
+4 Speak Other Language (Latin) (2 Ranks, 2 Ability)
+4 Speak Other Language (English) (2 Ranks, 2 Ability)
+5 Spot (3 Ranks, 2 Ability)

Non-Profession Skills:
+4 Gather Information (1 Rank, 1 Ability, 2 Feat)

Feats:
Iron Will
Trustworthy

Sanity: 70

Joe was born in Naples, Italy on June 7th, 1884. He came over to New York in 1905 with a desire to make something of his life, something he felt that he would be more able to do in the land of opportunity. Shortly after arriving, Joe got involved in boxing. His physical strength and stamina were well suited to a boxing career and early on he did quite well. Against more serious boxers however, he found that he wasn't fast enough to avoid getting hit and in 1910 his boxing career came to an end.

Joe had made enough money during his career as a boxer to attend college at NYU. In 1914, Joe received his degree in Psychology and began a private practice, settling into a comfortable life. Joe was quite content.

In January of 1918, Joe was hit by a car while walking to his office from his home. He was nearly killed in the accident. Joe had what many would call a near death experience and when he was fully recovered, he felt the calling. Within weeks, he had enrolled at a New York Seminary and began studying religion. In the summer of 1922, Joe finished his studies at seminary and entered the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. He chose the Catholic Church because that was the religion practiced by his family back in Italy and the only one he was familiar with.

In early 1923 Joe was ordained as a Priest by a bishop. Joe took over as Priest in a small church in his Greenwich Village neighborhood. Later that same year, Joe had his first encounter with the occult. He performed an exorcism on a woman most assuredly possessed by "something", although Joe still isn't sure what the something was.

 

[Yellow Sign]

Toric, great character! I have a few questions and comments though. Your native language is Italian so you don't need to spend any points on Speak Language (Italian).

Could you note which of your skills are your class skills please. So I can double check your math . You should have 12 class skills.

Other than that, he will fit in perfectly and is a great character!