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[Neonivek]

So after having a rocky time keeping continuous online games going, I thought perhaps doing a play by post would lead to a better experience. And while dnd doesn't lend itself to the play by post experience I checked out my Call of Cthulhu book I paid for and never actually played remembering that I wanted to do one for a while.

My initial premise is that this will take place in the modern times where everyone has been called to a secluded mansion due to their connection (or some other reason) to the mansions owner who believes he is going to pass on soon but never quite explains why, he is writing his will and wants to see his extended family for one last time before going and has paid for your tickets (assuming you are a member of his family).

You know he didn't always earn his money honestly, in fact you would say that most of it is quite dirty. Yet you know that in his final years he completely turned himself around and even managed to turn what was once considered a crime family into a respected one. While there is suspicion that he did more dirty dealings anyways they are just suspicions.

You will all receive some clue and some extraneous goal in secret that you can keep or reveal as you wish. Except one or more of you is a traitor and knows more, and less, then they appear. The person you show a clue to, might be the one working against you. This isn't unexpected but expected of a family that used to revel in crime with more family members then even the oldest and wisest members can remember.

This is a game of investigation and paranoia and things turn from tense to dark.

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Now people worried about not having the rulebook do not despair... This is not only an incredibly easy game to play, but there is even a quick start guide one can get for free.

http://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-7th-edition-quick-start-rules-pdf/

Use these are a general aid to know what you can do. Yet when it is truly needed I will step in and give you the options.

My idea is to give everyone two-three days to plan out their actions.

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I hereby solemnly swear not to
-Give cheap sanity checks for no reason so as to make literacy a detriment
-Cheaply kill off players because of something they couldn't see
-I will warn people and be specific if they are doing something stupid.
-I promise not to set off a death bomb.
-I will reward intelligent solutions that solve the problem regardless of how hands off, cowardly, or excessive they are. If there is a monster in a well and you pour cement down the well... Success!
-I will attempt to with all my might to allow through intelligent playing a way to perform a perfect run.

Things you can and cannot do
-You can have weapons, but keep them close to Civilian grade.
-You cannot have explosives of weapons ludicrous for this situation like C4 and flamethrowers ("I use this to kill bedbugs!")
-You can chose goals in advance (though unless they are public PM them to me), though this doesn't stop me from giving secret ones.
-You can give yourself ANY connection to the main plot you wish. Are you a family member? FBI agent? Thief? Just a traveler? A servant of the house?
-You can explicitly PM me not to give you certain hooks or outright refuse to use them, but give me a reason even if it is just taste.
-You can lie on your public sheet so long as you PM me your real one.
-you can refuse to act out a goal due to moral duress or a more important situation, and in fact prefer you not become kill crazy.
-You can bring retainers, family members, and colleagues
-You cannot bring children or play children
-You cannot play a psycho murderer, a killer traitor, or any ultimately disruptive and destructive character.
-You cannot play an overly comical character. Yes I know we all want to recreate that famous scene where some guy killed Hastur.

I will also be doing randomly rolled attributes... But I'll probably give you three arrays and you can chose any of them for your character. Though feel free to stick to the first one if you want a more authentic experience.

In the case that your character cannot possibly keep his concept and you don't want to switch (100% acceptable) I will adjust your stats.

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I will retain the ability to give this thread exactly three bumps due to the nature of the forum.

If this goes well, I'll put up a real OOC room, then a IC room for when the game starts.

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Other Links:

My Tutorial on Making a character (Finished but it could use some work)
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=153378.msg6534321#msg6534321

My Tutorial on Skill/Attribute challenges and Pushing the challenge
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=153378.msg6554765#msg6554765

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Players

-Tomasque (Mark Kovir)
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=153378.msg6538824#msg6538824

-Harry Baldman (O'Flarity)
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=153378.msg6534455#msg6534455

-Flying Dice (Louise Bicknell)
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=153378.msg6539643#msg6539643

-My name is immaterial (Alphonse Vignali)
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=153378.msg6532659#msg6532659

-Abstract Traitor Hero (Custos Promus)
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=153378.msg6558050#msg6558050

-The Bigger Fish
--WARNING: FINISHED SHEET UNPOSTED

-Liber Celi (Ben Capiter)
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=153378.msg6542788#msg6542788

[Tomasque]

I reserve a spot. How many players playing?

[Neonivek]

I reserve a spot. How many players playing?

Play by post leaves a LOT of options as far as players. I'll see how many people join

Minimum 4, maximum 8.

I'd love to do a monumentally large game, but I have no experience in the play by post format.

[My Name is Immaterial]

I'd In. Can I have some arrays?

My first thought for a character is the grandson of Mr. Mansion, who didn't give up the family business, like his grandfather.

[Neonivek]

Here are your Arrays Note that 50 is average (except for Education and Size. 60 is average for size) and 15 is a true weakness (you aren't in poor health unless con is 15 or lower)

The first five numbers you arrange by: Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, Power, and Appearance. You chose what number goes in what
The next three numbers are your: Size, Intelligence, and Education. Same thing goes
The last number is your luck

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

65, 45, 40, 30 25 (80, 70, 55) -75

60, 60, 55, 40, 35 (75, 60, 55) -35

60, 60, 55, 40, 40 (90, 85, 75) -45

You must also pick your age, and I'll give you your job since you gave it. One sec

[Flying Dice]

As before, I'm in. 

e: And PbP CoC will probably be easier on you if you burden yourself with 6-8 players than DnD would.

[Harry Baldman]

Ooh, in. Always been curious about CoC.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Spoiler: Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Alphonse Vignali
Occupation: Criminal
Age: 27
Sex: Male
Residence: Stowe, Vermont
Birthplace: Stowe, Vermont

Characteristics:
Strength: 60 (30/12)
Constitution: 60 (30/12)
Appearance: 55 (27/11)
Dexterity: 40 (20/8)
Power: 40 (20/8)
Size: 90 (45/18)
Intelligence: 85 (42/17)
Education: 75 (37/15)
Luck: 45
Sanity: 40

Skills:
Accounting (16% 8/3)
Anthropology (01%)
Appraise (30% 15/6)
Archeology (01%)
Art/Craft (05%)
Charm (15%)
Climb (20%)
Credit Rating (40)
Cthulu Mythos (00%)
Disguise (15% 7/3)
Dodge (60%)
Drive Auto (30% 15/6)
Elec Repair (10%)
Fast Talk (05%)
Fighting (Brawl) (65% 32/13)
Firearms (Handgun) (40% 20/8)
Firearms (Shotgun/Rifle) (25%)
First Aid (45% 22/9)
History (05%)
Intimidate (50% 25/10)
Jump (20%)
Language (Other: Italian) (50% 25/10)
Language (Own) (75%)
Law (25% 12/5)
Library Use (20%)
Listen (20%)
Locksmith (01%)
Mech. Repair (50% 25/10)
Medicine (01%)
Natural World (10%)
Navigate (10%)
Occult (10% 5/2)
Op. Hv. Machine (01%)
Persuade (10%)
Pilot (01%)
Psychology (40% 20/8)
Psychoanalysis (01%)
Ride (05%)
Science (01%)
Sleight of Hand (10%)
Spot Hidden (45% 22/9)
Stealth (40% 20/8)
Survival (10%)
Swim (20%)
Throw (20%)
Track (10%)

Combat:
DB: 1d4
Build: +1
Dodge: 60% (30/12)
HP: 15
Weapons:
Unarmed: 1d3+1d4 dmg
Brass Knuckles: 1d3+1+1d4 dmg
Small Knife (Multi-tool): 2d4
Beretta: 1d10 dmg, 15 yards, 1(3) uses per round, 15/mag, 98 malf, 1 mag (in gun)
Small Club (Spanner/Wrench): 1d6+1d4

Backstory:
Personal Description: A tall Italian-American man with hair as greasy as his hands. Well, most of the time, but he's washed up after hearing the news.
Ideology/Beliefs: Blood is thicker than water. Anything done in service of the family is forgivable, especially if you confess it to a priest. There's never a good reason to miss Mass.
Significant People:
Bob Vignali, Al's uncle, and namesake of his autoshop.
Mary and Sal Vignali, Al's mother and father.
Davey, Al's righthand man at the Autoshop. He's covering for Al until he gets back.
Rebecca, Al's girlfriend. She's an old-fashioned gal, which works nice, since Al's an old-fashioned guy from an old fashioned family. She's still in the city.
Meaningful Locations:
Bob's Autobody Shop, the shop that Bob passed on to Al.
Treasured Possessions:
A wooden rosary, given to him by his mother. He carries it everywhere.


Gear:
Truck, with a week's worth of clothes inside, along with a tool box for Mech. Repair.
A gun, a knife, and some brass knuckles, inside the car.
Some business papers and a Bible, along with a few pens and pencils, inside the car.
He carries a phone, a wallet and a rosary.

Spoiler: Backstory (click to show/hide)

Born in 1988 to a large Italian American crime family, Alphonso Vignali had a traditional childhood. He attended a private Catholic school where he studied hard, but never really had much interest in his studies. After school, he boxed, at his father's insistence, and worked in his uncle's car mechanic and body shop, which was his introduction to the true family business.
You see, Al looked up to his uncle like another father, since his own was rather distant, always busy with 'work'. But his uncle, Robert, or Bob to everyone, always had time for the young man, and the young man always had time for an old man; his uncle was a few years older than his father, who wasn't a spring chicken himself. Bob always made sure to make it to Al's boxing matches, even when his father couldn't, and especially in that case. And so, tit-for-tat, Al got good at standing around looking threatening, an easy task for a man of his height and build, while his uncle was conducting shadier business deals and getting money from those who would rather not give it up.
And once you start in on the business, you start meeting people, and they start giving your offers. You start hanging out with the right people and they introduce you to the wrong people. And then you start doing some work. Some break-ins, some enforcement, some protection, you get familiar with the system, but you've got connections. Connections get you out of prison time. Still, you get to know how it works.
Once you're out of the system, your mother gives you a long talk. Reminds you of good Catholic values, and shames you around into more scrupulous business. So Al doubles down on the boxing and his uncle's shop, despite his father's pressure. When Papa Vignali decided to step down from active duty, Bob stepped up to take over a larger portion of the business. He asked Al to step up and take over the business, which Al accepted gratefully.
Since then, he's been running "Bob's Auto Body" pretty well if you ask him. And when Al heard that his grandfather was on his deathbed, he threw some clothes in the truck and put the pedal to the metal.

[Tomasque]

Could you give me an array as well?

[Liber celi]

I'm a Lovecraft fan, and this specific game seems to have some Paranoia-like elements which I completely adore. I'm very Interested.

(First idea for character: unsuccesful, formerly penniless artist that married into the family about five years ago. Low self-esteem. Bad dreams.)

[Salsacookies]

I'd like to join. Main we could work on an RPG later once this is finish. I have a hard time keeping interest as a gm.

(Character: The troublemaking eighteen year-old son of the willmaker's great granddaughter.)

[My Name is Immaterial]

(Character: The troublemaking nine year-old son of the willmaker's great granddaughter.)

-You cannot bring children or play children

Sorry!

[Tomasque]

Could you give me an array as well?

[Neonivek]

Ok ok, Arrays coming.

I'll also need your job and age so I can fetch them (though age comes after)

[Tomasque]

Stupid me...

A 25 year old drifter who heard he was (for some reason) part of his will.