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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Strahd_Von_Zarovich" data-source="post: 4471067" data-attributes="member: 24609">Important NPC you should know, you can add them to your background as you see fit.They will participate in the adventure – just ignore the death date – it’s 1930, they are still alive. (you can see the full description in Wikipedia)[sblock=Professor James Edward Quibell] 11 November 1867 - June 5, 1935) British Egyptologist. [/sblock][sblock=Journalis/Writer Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall] English Egyptologist, stage designer, journalist and author whose works span the whole range from histories of Ancient Egypt through historical biographies, guide-books, popular novels, screenplays and lyrics. [/sblock][sblock=Photographer Harry Burton] (1879–1940) was an English Egyptologist and archaeological photographer. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he is best known for his photographs of excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings at the beginning of the 20th century. His most famous photographs may be those he took documenting Howard Carter's excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. The Times published 142 of these images on February 21, 1923. [/sblock][sblock=Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie] FRS (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. 1923 saw Petrie knighted for services to British archaeology and Egyptology. In 1926, the focus of Petrie’s work shifted permanently to Palestine (though he did become interested in early Egypt, in 1928 digging a cemetery at Luxor which proved so huge that he devised an entirely new excavation system, including comparison charts for finds which are still used today). [/sblock][sblock=Prof Henri 'Hans' Frankfort] (February 24, 1897 - July 16, 1954) was a Dutch Egyptologist, archaeologist and orientalist. Born in Amsterdam, Frankfort studied history at the University of Amsterdam and then moved to London, where in 1924, he took an MA under Sir Flinders Petrie at the University College. In 1927 he gained a Ph.D. from the University of Leiden. He married Henriette Groenwegen and later Enriqueta Harris. Between 1925 and 1929 Frankfort was director of the excavations of the Egypt Exploration Society (EES) of London at El-Amarna, Abydos and Armant. [/sblock][sblock=Elizabeth Thomas] (March 29, 1907 – November 28, 1986) was an American Egyptologist. She is NPCed by me, during the time of adventure she is a M.Sc student. [/sblock][sblock=Frederick Jones Bliss] (1857 - 1939) was an American archaeologist. After training under Flinders Petrie in Egypt, Bliss became involved with the Palestine Exploration Fund working in the field of Biblical archaeology at the site of Tell el-Hesi between 1894 and 1897. [/sblock]Now, for the game - Do you want to roll the dice using Invisiblecastle.com or do you want me to roll the dice for you? Unlike D&D, those are simple d100 rolls.Lower then the % of the skill – You pass. Higher – you fail. That simple (main reason why I took Chaosium system and not D20 … skills and DC …brrrr….)DH – Excellent.I’ll post a link to the RG soon, you can post the character over there.If any of you have any more suggestions or background thoughts, post them, I want to flesh it up. it will help me in the extensive design of a good thrilling campaign</blockquote>

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