[Call of Cthulhu - OOC] Whispers in the Darkness

Captain Marcus

Six figures is a decent amount for a professor and the scion of a mining family.

PsychoLarry1

El Skid wrote:

Apparently Guy is independently wealthy. Wealth roll (1d10=10)

Once I have that equipment list I'll flesh things out more- apparently I have lots of toys to buy!

You'll have to modify your background, or reroll. I'm fine with him bouncing around exciting jobs for fun or because his family has his money in a trust fun, but he's obviously not working as a used car salesman because he needed the money.

Can't find the present day prices online anywhere, so you get some poorly lit photos of my rules, along with a bit of my thumb.
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These are only the basics, and I have hundreds of weapons I could throw in as well. Basically, whatever you come up with we can work out an arrangement.

Peff

If I'm not too late to the party, I'd like to jump in. I should have a concept and all that rolled out sometime tomorrow.

rucdoc

roll fast man roll fast

PsychoLarry1

Waiting on you @Peff

Peff

Just about done, I ended up home way later than I was supposed to be today

El Skid

PsychoLarry1 wrote:

You'll have to modify your background, or reroll. I'm fine with him bouncing around exciting jobs for fun or because his family has his money in a trust fun, but he's obviously not working as a used car salesman because he needed the money.

I don't see any big rewrites needed. A recent inheritance or ...ahem... "coming into" some money another way would do fine. Might provide some interesting story hooks too >_>

Peff

Name: Javier Cubilla
Age: 30
Sex: Male
Birthplace: Arraijan, Panama Prov., Panama.
Occupation: Medical Consultant

Description:

Javier is just under 6ft tall. While not heavyset he isn’t thin by any means. Javier has a dark complexion with dark, shortly cropped hair, set off by his green eyes. His cheeks are marked by acne scars and he has a thick jaw with a wide nose.

Background:

Javier was born in Arraijan, Panama. His mother is a native of Panama, whom he closely resembles. His father was a military man stationed at the nearby Howard Air Force Base. Distraught over the death of his father in an automobile accident, Javier moved to the Pacific Northwest to began his studies in medicine. Javier graduated from the University of Washington in the top 10 of his class with honors. After finishing his residency at Overlake Hospital he was recruited by Axiom Associates as a medical consultant. At this time he moved from Seattle to Virginia to pursue this career...

Stats:

Str - 11
Con - 7
Dex - 13
Siz - 15
Int - 15
Pow - 5
App - 11
Edu - 15

Idea - 75
Know - 75
Luck- 25
Damage Bonus - +1d4
Magic Points - 5
Hit Points - 10
San - 19

Wealth - 8

Rolls:

Stats: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3237648/
Siz/Int: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3237657/
Edu: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3237660/
Wealth: http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3237662/

Skills:

Cthulhu Mythos: 1
Biology: 50
Credit Rating: 40
Medicine: 87
First Aid: 63
Pharmacy: 70
Other Language (Latin): 25
Other Language (English): 75
Psychology: 25
Own Language (Spanish): 80

History: 40
Natural History: 35
Fire Arms - Rifle: 50
Knife: 35
Listen: 48

Still need equipment but I wanted to get this up, let me know if you think anything with the occupation or skills that need tweaking.

PsychoLarry1

Ok, in character thread is up: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/150585/call-of-cthulhu-ic-whispers-in-the-darkness#Item_1

Try to get your equipment in as soon as you can. Your characters are all at least somewhat acquainted, and this isn't your first job. You can each bring along a duffel bag and backpack of gear, clothing and the like on the plane. Anything larger than that will be sent along after you, and will arrive 12 hours later.

rucdoc

wii. It begins, now taking bets on who goes crazy first.

my money is on the professor

rucdoc

ok so I'm gonna have to use back doors to get into to files, and find out what he was working on. as I said in my ic post I want to study the note for anything hidden inside it, mainly because I'm reading it and it seems to be atleast two different notes in one, maybe there is more information there that we may not be seeing, or not, atleast it will give my character something to do on the flight

PsychoLarry1

When you want to make a skill check, just go ahead and roll for it and link it in the IC post.

rucdoc

woohoo 7 I kicked that rolls butt.

Peff

So I was just looking over my stats and realized that I have library use as 20...which is 5 under the base. Mind if I just remove that from the sheet? I'm guessing I moved some hobby points into the wrong area.

I'm totally ok with taking the 5 point hit on it and just going "derp, what's a book"

PsychoLarry1

Peff wrote:

So I was just looking over my stats and realized that I have library use as 20...which is 5 under the base. Mind if I just remove that from the sheet? I'm guessing I moved some hobby points into the wrong area.

I'm totally ok with taking the 5 point hit on it and just going "derp, what's a book"

That's fine. Maybe go over your skill points again to make sure everything adds up.

Peff

Alright, got the math issue worked out and updated my skill block to reflect it.

El Skid

Okay, my character is updated- I don't really see Guy needing much in the way of equipment, so he has a few extravagances that will likely never see play in the campaign, and a bank account the size of Toledo.

PsychoLarry1

Any objection to moving us along to New Mexico?

Peff

None, sir!

rucdoc

mexico mexico

I figure mathew is to engrossed in the letter to really talk much, so yeah hitting new mexico would be cool

rucdoc

Binwin split the party up and got Al killed, Aquisitions Inc.

now the fun begins, I'm still backing the profesor to go crazy first, but I'm gonna take a run at it myself.

PsychoLarry1

Remember to keep track of your skill check successes so you can level them up.

El Skid

Larry, I was hoping for Guy to go outside and talk with the press, not go inside with the doctors. Or have the press moved indoors now?

PsychoLarry1

There's a couple of PAs/techs/cameramen moving gear outside, all of the actual press is in the lobby for the interview.

rucdoc

I need to remember to transfer my pistol from my bag to my holster when I get out of the car.

PsychoLarry1

Noted.
You still with us @Dread__Cthulhu? I'm not going to be too harsh about inactivity, since the holiday season is approaching and I know I'll be in and out a bit over the next 2 months too. If you are chronically gone though, there are 3 options.
1) I run your character. I will likely take great joy in leading you into bad situations.
2) One of the other players takes over for you until you start posting again.
3) We bring in a new player to take over your character.
Which would you all prefer?

El Skid

Guy is planning on assessing the situation- if he isn't stopped by anyone official he'll check out the press conference while scoping out a likely target (beautiful female reporter, preferably young). So feel free to run with things as far as you want if that's the case.

If he is stopped, we can RP that out.

rucdoc

woohoo johnny cash. another note to self, don't shot anyone, pistol versus rifle and dog equals bad day

Peff

Marcus, we totally need to do a "Doctor, Doctor, Doctor" thing when we meet these other doctors

Also, Javier thinks pretty modestly and usually doesn't refer to himself as a doctor unless its a formal introduction or he needs his credentials to persuade someone. Hopefully its not causing any confusion in the thought processes.

PsychoLarry1

If you guys want to give Dread_Cthulhu's character something to do, be my guest. Otherwise he'll be sitting in the lobby reading Newsweek.

rucdoc

newsweek hehe

rucdoc

Larry not sure if I should or shouldn't tell you but if my character gets a chance to he will try to put a backdoor log in for the server to allow him remote admin access so he can go over project information that they may not want him too have but he may feel contains important info. I know I'm gonna need to make computer rolls for that, but do I need any like subterfuge rolls or anything like that?

PsychoLarry1

You're fine for now. I'll let you know what rolls are needed when you actually start using the computers.

rucdoc

so if I just start shooting everyone that would be bad right?

Peff

What did you come pre-crazy for the adventure? Haha.

PsychoLarry1

I can't think of anything negative happening if you go on a killing spree. Maybe you'll get lucky and kill some lurking horror.

Rucdoc, make a persuade or a fast talk check to see how your request goes over.

Also, I'm going to be out of town for the next few days. I'll try to get you updates, but I can't promise they'll be timely.

El Skid

It's cool, Larry. Thanks for the heads up!

rucdoc

Woot a 65 I failed that, though I wasn't really trying to pull anything just yet.

Peff

I'm likely out for the weekend or at least until mid Sunday but hopefully it won't impact anything since Larry is out too.

PsychoLarry1

Back. Skid, go ahead and make a Listen check if you'd like to hear the whole statement.
Mr. Schmidt has now read 3 Newsweeks and one Outdoor Sport magazine. He ventured down to the cafeteria, and the chili has given him a nasty case of the runs, so he's sequestered in the bathroom for the near future.