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TheThing 03-21-2002 06:07 AM

Quote:

"Of such great powers or beings there may be conceivably a survival . . . a survival of hugely remote period when . . . consciousness was manifested, perhaps, in shapes and forms long since withdrawn before the tide of advancing humanity . . . forms of which poetry and legend alone have caught a flying memory and called them gods, monsters, mythical beings of all sorts and kinds . . ."

Algernon Blackwood
Quote:

"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age."

H.P. Lovecraft
Welcome to earth... err... earthlings? Ever read the relaxing and fabled tales based on the beautifully oriented world of H.P. Lovecraft? Yes? No? You missed a lot if your answer is the later. For those who have the fortune to experience horror, I mean, pleasurable scenes first handedly, now it is your chance to enter the realm where your soul longed to reach. A place where one finds no eternal peace, where shapes and shadows from the stars haunt even the dreamland.

Ok, small campaign! 3 to 5 players are good

Sign up any time you want. I am in no hurry, but only max 5 players is allowed. More updates regarding rules are coming.

EDIT:

ok,
Learn about Character Creation

and
<a href="http://www.thelurkingthing.50megs.com/test.html">
Idiot's Guide to Create An Investigator</a>

[ 04-05-2002, 03:48 PM: Message edited by: TheThing ]

TheThing 03-21-2002 06:27 AM

I dont know how to get these links to work! they are not working, any ideas? I spent a lot of time writing instructions...

[ 03-21-2002, 07:58 AM: Message edited by: TheThing ]

TheThing 03-21-2002 09:31 PM

no one seems to be interested in this?

or is the game too complex?

@hopeful look@

TheThing 03-22-2002 07:24 PM

Cannot say I am not disappointed. Is there no one wants to try this game?

K T Ong 03-23-2002 01:48 PM

Why not just make it freelance RPG storytelling without any special need for creating a character etc?

TheThing 03-23-2002 02:51 PM

well, that is because there are checks to be made, and stats is a part of the game. also, for the purpose of consistency, freelance gaming often bring the game into chaotic situation.

how do you freelance this anyway? do you know the background of H.P. Lovecraft's world? the Necronomicon? the Great Old Ones? the Outer Gods?

I DMed this game for a long time, and I am willing to bring something new to each one of your RP experience. Anyone wants to try it out? ^^

Aelia Jusa 03-23-2002 04:56 PM

So do you have to be familiar with this HP Lovecraft world to play?

TheThing 03-23-2002 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aelia Jusa:
So do you have to be familiar with this HP Lovecraft world to play?
no you dont [img]smile.gif[/img] actually, everyone of you is familiar with it. the world of H.P. Lovecraft is basically earth, except with a different meaning. everything (stories, adventurers) happens on earth. as an investigator, you search for clues that would bring you to the greater truth: the cosmic horror of the universe.

when I say investigator, I do not indicate a private eye by trade. an investigator can be of any profession, race, class, nationality as long as they exist during the time when the stage was set.

you make your character. your job is to explore, interact and roleplay. I will unfold the tales for you. it is very much like AD&D, except only darker and more dread.

[ 03-23-2002, 05:21 PM: Message edited by: TheThing ]

TheThing 03-25-2002 03:51 PM

no one wants to try this? I garantee you it is gonna be fun. why? because you dont want to create your character? only 9 stats.

com'on, just try it! I can give you the link that you can use to roll stats!

TheThing 03-25-2002 04:18 PM

nevermind

http://www.irony.com/igroll.html

roll 2d6+6 seven times, and post your result here.

the seven stats are:

Str
Con
Dex
App
Int
Pow
Siz

you can assign your 7 stats to any of the stats above

K T Ong 03-28-2002 10:14 AM

All right, can I play a Chinese scholar who has come over to Innsmouth (or wherever) to do some research? ;)

Name: Dr Wang Chung

STR 10
CON 16
DEX 14
APP 18
INT 12
POW 12
SIZ 10

TheThing 03-28-2002 10:31 PM

alright, good [img]smile.gif[/img] got one here, finally... need two more, com'on people!

the game I am running now does not take place in Innsmouth, though I am surprised you know this place ^^ anyway, you can be a chinese scholar, sure.

join join join ^^

K T Ong 03-29-2002 07:42 PM

Perhaps we can start with just me first? (Maybe you can add in a NPC to accompany my character. ;) )

Oh, and perhaps my character's area of interest will be on finding out about the legend of the Plateau of Leng, which he suspects to be some silly Chinese legend. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

TheThing 03-30-2002 09:11 PM

alright, we will start with just you then

take a look at the character sheet front (here).

you as a scholar has the following skills:
<font color='yellow'>
Bargain,
Credit Rating,
Library Use,
Other Language,
Persuade,
Psychology
</font>

and any two of the following:
<font color='yellow'>Anthropology, Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Geology, History, Law, Medicine, Natural History, or Physics</font>

you have 320 points to distribute into the above 8 skills.

you are skilled in two languages, Chinese and English
you can choose a third language as your Other Language. (you need to distribute points in it in order to make it good)

and you have 120 points to distribute among skills other than the one listed above. recommanded skills are:
<font color='yellow'>
Listen
Spot Hidden
Fast Talk
or Any of the firearm skills
</font>


tell me how you distribute your points, and I will fill out the character sheet for you

[ 03-30-2002, 09:18 PM: Message edited by: TheThing ]

TheThing 03-30-2002 11:24 PM

**new addition**

<a href="http://www.thelurkingthing.50megs.com/test.html">
Idiot's Guide to Create An Investigator</a>

this will speed things up for new players

K T Ong 03-31-2002 09:50 AM

I tried getting to the character sheet front, but got the error message, "plugin did not initialise properly." :(

Anyway, I'll pick Natural History and Archaelogy. As for other language, I'll pick Sanskrit.

I'll also pick Spot Hidden and one Firearm skill. (What firearm can I have? :D ) And I guess I'll just have my points evenly distributed among my skills.

Okay, now let's go to Arkham where I can date Randolph Carter's daughter. :D

Rikard_OHF 03-31-2002 09:57 AM

What skills are police skillz?

TheThing 03-31-2002 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by K T Ong:
I tried getting to the character sheet front, but got the error message, "plugin did not initialise properly." :(

Anyway, I'll pick Natural History and Archaelogy. As for other language, I'll pick Sanskrit.

I'll also pick Spot Hidden and one Firearm skill. (What firearm can I have? :D ) And I guess I'll just have my points evenly distributed among my skills.

Okay, now let's go to Arkham where I can date Randolph Carter's daughter. :D

^^ your thread starts here

The Corruption of G’Hyr

it starts out at Landon, sorry.

and Rikard, just go to the same thread and play, I will get your skills soon. need to eat for now

EDIT:

KTOng

just join that thread and play, which Rikard already started doing.

you can somehow bump into Rikard on his way out of Mrs. Wilson's manshion. and you two can exchange information. (it is crucial)

[ 03-31-2002, 08:11 PM: Message edited by: TheThing ]

TheThing 04-02-2002 04:13 PM

Rikard, you have 380 points to distribute among the following

<font color='yellow'>
Bargain,
Fast Talk,
Law
Listen,
Persuade,
Psychology,
Spot Hidden
and any ONE of the following Firearms (Handgun, Machine Gun, Rifle, Shotgun)</font>

you also have 150 points to distribute among other skills. (you have the character sheet, right? choose some yourself, and post it here)

Rikard_OHF 04-04-2002 10:21 AM

Yes ehm skillz
How does it work?
1 point 1%?
ah I'll work like that
lemme see....

10 Bargain
00 Fast Talk
50 Law (stupid policemanclass :-p)
60 Listen
50 Persuade
45 Psychology
65 Spot Hidden
100 Firearm Handgun

And ehm

75 Martial Arts
30 Hide
25 Drive Auto
20 Astronomy

uss 04-05-2002 03:18 PM

hey, thething! these links don`t work!

TheThing 04-05-2002 03:54 PM

now they do, check again...

uss 04-06-2002 12:45 PM

hey, where shall i go when i want to roll? i don`t have anything to roll this stuff with.

Cyril Darkcloud 04-06-2002 01:33 PM

<font color=silver>Thing, as I mentioned I'm interested in the game, but just do not have the time to enter immediately. As per your suggestion, I rolled up some character stats:</FONT>
</font>
  • <font color=turquoise>Name: Jacob Andrews</font> </font>
  • <font color=turquoise>Occupation: I'd like to play a scholar/university professor specializing in sacred traditions and ancient religions.</font></font>
</font>
  • STR 10
    </font>
  • DEX 12
    </font>
  • CON 13
    </font>
  • APP 16
    </font>
  • INT 16
    </font>
  • POW 14
    </font>
  • SIZ 11
    </font>
  • EDU 17 </font>

[ 04-06-2002, 01:36 PM: Message edited by: Cyril Darkcloud ]

/)eathKiller 04-12-2002 10:57 PM

I'm quite interested and was wondering If it was too late to have another person join like me [img]tongue.gif[/img] I play PSO, and it's not too unlike the game you're playing, the weapon types are even identical: Shotgun, MachineGun, RIfle, Handgun. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Well My name's Deathkiller you can start me off whatever level you choose... umm my Race, is I am an android built by the Military for moon combat, I was never put into service however and was assigned for decomission, a great man, named Dr. Ian Boswell took my hull and onboard computers and gave me free will. I now exist as a powerfull assasin, with the power of a leged tank in a man...PS Im a ranger who specialized in long range and short range projectil weaponry and I can arm C4 Explosives and Freeze Traps [img]smile.gif[/img] Confusion traps are a feild that I am trying to specialize in as well...
Occupation: I just try to help anyone out that needs it and get the job done flawlessly
STR 17
* DEX 18
* CON 16
* APP 16
* INT 8 - though it Does not apply to computer
* POW 15
* SIZE 25 -Im big
* EDU 5- though Does not apply to computer

380 points among these eh?
Bargain, 00
Fast Talk, 00
Law 50
Listen, 80
Persuade, 50
Psychology, 100
Spot Hidden 100
And I like to use a Shotgun, thought I can use mechguns if i am required to do so...

My skills are computation, Hacking, and Heavy Armored one man assault...

urrr I don't exactly go undercover or anything because i'd really stand out [img]tongue.gif[/img] PM me if you need a big robot anywhere in the story, heck ill even do a job and attack the players as an oponent, if so then i'd like to be given the uber weapon I use in PSO, Heaven Punnisher Shotgun, it attacks all oponents simultaneously, takes 25% of their Hp away and gives it to me [img]smile.gif[/img]

feel free to totally ignore me too [img]smile.gif[/img]
-------------------
http://www.dabros.com/images/deathki...heifoneart.jpg

TheThing 04-14-2002 04:41 AM

ok, Mr.

first of all, you cannot have size over 25. I roll if for you, and the result is 14.

second, you didnt roll your character. fine, I dont mind. with Edu of 5, you only have 100 points to distribute among your skills

and an int of 8, you have 80 points for your personal interest.

in the time setting of 1920, you dont have access to computer, so I will give you Credit Rating instead.


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