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[jakeread1]

Intro OOC:

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This is a forum game about a series of murders in modern day New York and you, the detective who will attempt to solve them. There will be only one controllable character, expect 1 turn a day. The way it will work is the detective will take whatever action you, the voices in his head, choose; if more than one action is chosen he will do both if they don't take too much time. If the chosen actions take too much time whichever action was voted for the most will be taken. When reading a turn it will be in first person perspective, think as if I was the detective and you were the voices in my head. Address the detective and tell him what to do as if you were a voice in his head. Put actions in bold, talking in italics and OOC in ((double parenthesis.))

Intro IC:

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You're a detective in modern day New York, recently a string of murders has the city in terror. The police department has no leads or even a hint of how to find one. After the 16th murder the police department is practically begging for your help, you received a phone call yesterday, on December 3rd.

System:

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I will choose a difficulty for a role, and then I will role a d10 and every point above the difficulty is a success. Example:
You attempt to jump across the roof (Difficulty 4, you rolled a nine, 5 successes.) you take off into a sprint jumping at just the right moment, flying through the air you contort into a roll and get back to your feet still running towards the roof door.
Please note I will be hiding the roll results.

Character Sheet:

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Name:
Age:
Date of Birth:
Skills: Choose Three
Traits: One positive, one negative, feel free to make your own trait.
Bio: It has to make your skills and traits make sense.

Sanity System:

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You can see some crazy shit, not even all your years as a detective could have prepared you for this. The lower your sanity the crazier things you see, it also can grant various debuffs such as a negative to rolls.

Skills:

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Lock Picking: Not even a lock can hide its secrets from you.
Investigation: You have a feeling that the blood indicates someone may or may not be bleeding.
Brawling: It’s not police brutality if you’re a detective…. technically.   
Persuasion: Your ability to bullshit out of potentially murderous situations.
Clubs: Home run!
Pistols: Your ability to pew pew at your enemies.
(There are more skills but these are the only ones you can start with.)

Traits:

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 I will give you the right to make your own traits to fit your bio better, if they are OP I will scale them down, If you would rather I make them leave it blank on your character sheet.

[rabidgam3r]

I will ONLY continue to post if this involves Cthulu SOMEHOW.

Name: Benjamin Richards
Age: (OTHER PEOPLE, PICK IT.)
Date of Birth: (OTHER PEOPLE)
Skills: Lockpicking, Investigation, Persuasion
Traits: (YUP, YOU GUESSED IT: I WANT YOU GUYS TO DO THIS)
Bio: (OTHER PEOPLE DO MY CREATIVE WORK FOR ME)

[jakeread1]

I will ONLY continue to post if this involves Cthulu SOMEHOW.

Name: Benjamin Richards
Age: (OTHER PEOPLE, PICK IT.)
Date of Birth: (OTHER PEOPLE)
Skills: Lockpicking, Investigation, Persuasion
Traits: (YUP, YOU GUESSED IT: I WANT YOU GUYS TO DO THIS)
Bio: (OTHER PEOPLE DO MY CREATIVE WORK FOR ME)

I knew it would spoil it if I told you all about the sanity system *facedesk* Yes Cthulu is involved. Stop being so lazy!

[a1s]

I knew it would spoil it if I told you all about the sanity system *facedesk* Yes Cthulu is involved. Stop being so lazy!

Is he a character, or will he only be calling from time to time?

NEway,
Name: Benjamin Richards
Age: Unknown, somewhere in the early 30s
Date of Birth: we know, but we're not telling
Skills: Lockpicking, Investigation, Persuasion
Traits: contact at the PD, Too curious for own good
Bio: (passing the buck again)

[Yoink]

Name: Edward Richard Bradbury
Age: 32
Date of Bir- Wait, why are you asking us for both an age and a DOB if we've already established it's set in "Modern Day" New York? I guess you just mean birthday. Uh, okay. 7th of June.
Skills: Persuasion, Clubs, Investigation.
Traits: Police Pedigree, overly curious easily bored/distracted ((I might leave this up to you.))
Bio: Born into a family with a strong police tradition, Eddie is the son of the former Chief of the NYPD, who now lives a quiet life playing golf out in the country. Eddie, having seen his father's career (along with his mental health) crumble during a particularly trying series of cases, grew disillusioned with the idea of following him into the force.
Eddie was seventeen when his father retired, and promised himself he would never put himself through such an ordeal. Ed figured he could take up mechanics, or history, or maybe just sell used cars- anything but the police force.

Still, the pressure from his family to join the law enforcement was immense, and eventually Eddie decided to compromise, buying an office (with help from Dad, naturally) and going into business as a PI.
So far, he's performed unspectacularly, his few cases mainly pulled in by his father's status as an important citizen.
He has little patience for paperwork and buerocracy, despises the suspicious spouses who provide most of his work, and overall wishes he could do something else.

He is missing two fingers from his right hand after an unfortunate childhood incident with a lawnmower.

[jakeread1]

Cthulu and crazy shit like that will be the main theme of this story. By the way remember there is only one detective, so please vote for which character sheet will be used.

[LordSlowpoke]

Cthulu and crazy shit like that will be the main theme of this story. By the way remember there is only one detective, so please vote for which character sheet will be used.

we are cthulhu and we are investigating why people go insane upon seeing us by eating them

[a1s]

we are cthulhu and we are investigating why people go insane upon seeing us by eating them

That's a good twist, run with it. But don't tell the readers who we are, except in cryptic hints that almost make sense.

[Cerol Lenslens]

Name: Jake Monroe
Age: Hard-boiled
Date of Birth: 31 Oct
Skills: Punching Mooks, Holding Liquor, Picking Locks
Traits: Notices fine details, Sucker for a pretty dame.
Bio: He left the army after a bad tour of service. He couldn't do it anymore. He'd seen the horrors of war, things that would turn you white. His eyes had saved his squad from enemy ambushes countless times, but he knew his luck couldn't hold out forever. He shipped back home and into a bottle.

But sweet lady booze was just like every other woman. When your wallet went empty, she left you high and dry. He pulled himself out of his funk and went back to work, but for himself this time instead of Uncle Sam. A private eye gig looked good. Spend a lot of time napping behind a desk, then tail some guy's wife, take a few pictures, cash the check. Easy, right?

Of course, things never are that easy. Sometimes you have to do a little snooping. He'd taught himself lockpicking as a teen, thought it'd be a great party trick. It sure came in handy now. And sometimes you get caught doing a little snooping. He'd refused to carry a piece since he left the service. He'd seen what those things did to people. It may have been a few years since boot camp and he might be going to seed a bit, but his right was as solid as ever. That came in even handier.

And then this case slid along his desk...

[jakeread1]

Cthulu and crazy shit like that will be the main theme of this story. By the way remember there is only one detective, so please vote for which character sheet will be used.

we are cthulhu and we are investigating why people go insane upon seeing us by eating them

Alright, that's a rather good idea. If anyone wants to be cultist PM a character sheet and then every turn your actions.  Your objective will be to summon Cthulu by killing innocents, and the detective has to stop you before you do so.

[scapheap]

Name:Alucard Green
Age:34
Date of Birth:20th of November
Skills: Brawling, Persuasion, Investigation
Traits: Six sense, blind
Bio: Alucard Green didn't have a good childhood, most would say it was one of the worst after his 'father' clawed out his eyes. Because of the 'incident' as his 'dad' would put it, Alucard became very good at 'seeing' with his ears. His 'dad' met a unfortunate end and he was on the other side of the city at the time, yes sir.

He became a detective which seem strange for a blind man, but his track record shows he doing something right.

[Scelly9]

Name: Edward Richard Bradbury
Age: 32
Date of Bir- Wait, why are you asking us for both an age and a DOB if we've already established it's set in "Modern Day" New York? I guess you just mean birthday. Uh, okay. 7th of June.
Skills: Persuasion, Clubs, Investigation.
Traits: Police Pedigree, overly curious easily bored/distracted ((I might leave this up to you.))
Bio: Born into a family with a strong police tradition, Eddie is the son of the former Chief of the NYPD, who now lives a quiet life playing golf out in the country. Eddie, having seen his father's career (along with his mental health) crumble during a particularly trying series of cases, grew disillusioned with the idea of following him into the force.
Eddie was seventeen when his father retired, and promised himself he would never put himself through such an ordeal. Ed figured he could take up mechanics, or history, or maybe just sell used cars- anything but the police force.

Still, the pressure from his family to join the law enforcement was immense, and eventually Eddie decided to compromise, buying an office (with help from Dad, naturally) and going into business as a PI.
So far, he's performed unspectacularly, his few cases mainly pulled in by his father's status as an important citizen.
He has little patience for paperwork and buerocracy, despises the suspicious spouses who provide most of his work, and overall wishes he could do something else.

He is missing two fingers from his right hand after an unfortunate childhood incident with a lawnmower.

+1

[jakeread1]

Alright Yoinks character will be the detective, the turn will be made tommorow.

[scapheap]

Fine with that

[alamoes]

Interesting.  Being a follower of the *cult of the great Sherlock Holmes, I shall follow this thread. 


*Fictional Cult