Call of Cthulhu: Discussion 2 (Yes it has a title he. Why? Because I say so, dangit!)

[Forever Zero]

Alright, not as many problems as I thought.

When I make the next RP thread, I will have 1 Chem check ready for Sithdarth, I will have SS and Jad's chars meet up with Mr. Head Librarian to talk about the book, and I will have Demon go the the Widows house for a talk.

And also, the idea put forward by Lazy, discuss here, and/or in the RP when it comes back, who wants to check out the basement box?

Note: The title should have a "Here" instead of a "He", but I hit the title limit apparently.

[Krylo]

I vote we all check the box while lazy checks the attic.

[Forever Zero]

It takes at least two people to check the attic. The door is too high up to reach without a ladder or unless you stand on someone else's back.

EDIT: And there isn't a ladder...

[lazy man]

Or we could get a couple people to carry the basement box up to the first floor.

[Krylo]

Ok... I vote we all go down stairs, other than one guy who boosts lazy into the attic, and then runs into the basement with the rest of us.

Actually... I don't care if it's lazy... of ecurt... or sith... or IHMN... or spirit... I just wanna see someone get eaten. Someone who's not me.

[Sithdarth]

I feel like killing myself I'll help with the attic.

Edit: I'll at least boost him up.

[Squishy Cheeks]

So what does William know is going on?

[Forever Zero]

William know about everything that happened yesterday, but nothing from today so far. When I post, he will get an update. He and Neil are trying to get access to the Restricted Books List. It will be explained in a bit.

Oh, and guess who got a 90 on there Luck roll to see who goes in the basement first (Not the attic)! That's right krylo, your up! Post will be up soon.

[Krylo]

Just so long as it's not the attic where that thing was thumping around in the journal.

Also... I wonder how many times you had to roll to get that, Mr. I'm-going-to-fake-rolls-to-get-you-killed-you-tentacle-demon-freak.

Not to say I wouldn't deserve it at this point, or anything...

[Forever Zero]

Meh, you're to worried about conspiracy theories, there are no black helicopters on the way to your house right now to take you to a re-education camp to unfailingly agree with everything the GM tells you...

Actually, I got it on my first try. And the warning was more to just freak you out then anything else.

[J Man]

An old hobo?

[lazy man]

FZ made it look like a hobo was there when we first entered.

[Forever Zero]

First in response to Celes, everyone has been having trouble with the site today.

Second, about the box, who here doesn't love a good red herring! I know I do!

Third, the hobo had been scared off last night by the monster, after you all left. He had returned to pick up his things, but then all of you arrived. He fled to the basement, and when you went down, he wanted to escape and fought his way through. The hobo is gone now, a plot opportunity missed...

EDIT: That box just made your night, didn't it IHMN?

[Krylo]

I was pretty sure the box would be empty, really... you passed it off too casually the night before for it to really be important.

[Forever Zero]

When I mention something important, it usually gets a little description. You are a really through band of investigators at least...

And now J Man has started the War of the Attic, which unsuspecting fool goes up to check it? You know this could just be another red herring, or it could be vital...

[J Man]

This HAS to be important, man. Let's pick straws. *rolls luck roll* *gets a 1* DAMN!!! I mean, my roll was DAMNed good! Therefore, someone else goes into the attic.

[Krylo]

Or it COULD be fatal.

[Forever Zero]

Want me to "Draw Straws" and go with another luck roll, or do you think it can be handled?

The only people that can't go are JAD, SS, Demon, and Dante (He is joining in on the next mission).

[J Man]

Looks like it's handled. Sweet, I'm not gonna die!

[Krylo]

Can I shoot the trap door instead of letting someone with a higher strength go? I wanna shoot something...

Edit: I can see it now: Frankie unloads his clip into the trapdoor and a large creature can be heard flailing about in pain and anger. He steps down and glances about. "Uh... Let's not go up there, on second thought."

[Forever Zero]

It won't help. You don't need to break a lock or anything, it is just old and hasn't been opened in decades, so it's stuck. If you want, you can shoot it anyway however.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

I'm back.

The .. things ... I had to ... do ... took slightly less than I thought.

*fanfare - cue 'O Fortuna'*

[Truce]

Meh...Henry will go up, if noone else has. Time to check the RP thread!

[CelesJessa]

Poor poor IHMN...

If it's any condolences (sp?), My character lost 8 sanity points because of you.

And now I suggest, what Clara will probably be suggesting soon, if somebody else doesn't before I can get the website working fast enough: "We should get the hell out of that house."

[Sithdarth]

I am just wondering what type of insanity FZ what me to have cause i dont feel much like deciding at this point.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Of all the characters, I thought IHMN's 'Agent Scully' character would survive till the end.

It's a shame. He was rough around the edges but, and the monster will agree with me, he had a good heart.

Zing!

[Krylo]

Sith: Go homicidal... steal frankie's gun and shoot everyone. Muahaha. Err... I mean... you might wanna go with panic and run away like a sissy girl. I'm not sure whether that thing can get out of the attic now that the way's been opened up... so, picking my type of insanity might just get your character to be second on the beast's meal plan.

Demon: ...You're a bad bad man.

Also... stupid forum acting up today almost ate this, but I was smart and copied it.

[Sithdarth]

I dont know what happend but i just got all my speed back I can post normal like for now.

As for the insanity I think I'm about to start screaming and running for the cars.

[Forever Zero]

Sith, I rolled up a Faint/ Screaming Fit. go with one of those.

Demon is indeed a very bad man. I think Karma should be included in the RP...

Celes,I don;t know how, but you lost some san earlier. You only lost 4 this time.

krylo, in response to your question in the RP, you lost 5 permenant sanity, but it doesn't lower you current sanity, only your permenant. Now bad events have to happen to lower it back below, and when it restores it can only go back up to the new max.

And the beast won't come down. Even though the door is open, the ward is still there.

EDIT: In some good news tonight, it seems the website is back to normal at least.

[Krylo]

You mean HE did. I still have my normal max sanity. Silly. And yes, that answers my question... and I think once Frankie regains his sanity he's going to point out that once they leave the house, and the wards, that thing has open season on them.

Edit: Ok... Alan isn't living that one down until a mythos creature eats him.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

And to think ... with blind, stupid luck I survived both 'The Creature' and a rabid hobo.

See, people. I told you that weapon skills wouldn't save you in the end. This isn't a combat game.

Apparently it's a game of blind, stinking luck. Where the good (IHMN), bad (Demon), and the ugly (Fedore the Intern Monkey) are all dead before the damb game even starts.

[Sithdarth]

So stupid question how long before I recover from this faint cause right now if you all go running off I will probably be the only one left.

[CelesJessa]

Celes,I don;t know how, but you lost some san earlier. You only lost 4 this time.


It must have been within the lastest chapter, because at the Insanity Stats at the beginning of the chapter, Clara has full sanity, and it didn't visably change until Davil died. (visably meaning, if I did lose some, you didn't post it)

EDIT: And I hope this RP goes by the basic horror movie rules: if there are girls in the main group, at least one of them will live. ^^;; Heh. I'm not gonna get hopeful though.

[Krylo]

If we all go running off you'll probably be the only one alive. That creature PROBABLY isn't stupid/animalistic in it's intelligence. Which means that it now knows there's fresh meat... and further knows it can't get into the area they're in... so it's probably waiting outside. Which is why Frankie has no intention of leaving until they perform the banishing thingie.

[Forever Zero]

Maybe I failed to post it then.

And Sith, umm, wait about 10 minutes or so, game time, I will post or PM you when you can get up again.

1. Nice call on the intelligence. If a hobo knows when you all arrived, what makes you think the beast missed it...

2. The ceremony does take place at midnight... And a point of logic, if the beast is free now, why does it spend all day in the attic?

[Krylo]

Because it's gotten to liking the attic... or there's something in the attic... like a piece of amber... to seal it in... and it knows that if it lets someone get it it can be locked away... ah hell...

Well either that or one of the originals isn't dead... but that seems unlikely.

[Forever Zero]

I'll stop giving hints. You all can work it out. Oh, and the ceremony to banish it doesn't require a piece of amber. The amber was destroyed when the Beast escaped. You only need the box to seal it... oh crap...

[Sithdarth]

I think like Alan mentioned before it doesnt like daylight. So we may be safe outside as long as I'm right. It just seems that something that can only be summoned at night might not like the daylight.

Edit: He thinks it doesnt like daylight

[Krylo]

Heheh... don't worry. I won't use that in character like. Well, I guess I don't know why it's up there then... other than maybe the murder of Marion Allen having been faked or something like that. Or the one guy who went to the insane asylum somehow still being alive.

I'm assuming that would be written in the book Jad and SS are going to be looking at anyway, though.

Edit: You assume whatever you want. Frankie isn't moving from that room, other than to stick David's body downstairs, if no one takes it, until that thing is banished.

[Truce]

Marion Allen! The murder case was never solved...or something. Bleh, Ecurt shut up now.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Of course, the beast has had a meal, so it's hunger might be sated at the moment.

And it may very well hate sunlight, being a night hunter and all ... possibly.

And, Zero, stop proving that my lead is another dead end, dammit! I need everyone to think I'm competent here!

I mean, erm ... shiznit.

[Krylo]

Henry breathed deep, unsure that that thing would leave them alone. "I think it's safe to say that none of us should be opening that door again anytime soon."I have the urge to have Frankie stand on that box with his hands on the door and be like "Gimmie all your money or I open the door! I'll do it, man!"

[Truce]

Henry doesn't have any money...

Besides, if Frankie opens the door the rest of them have a better chance to make it back to the cars.

Oh...damn, didn't IHMN's guy have the keys?

[CelesJessa]

And then Cthulhu would pull you up into the room and kill you, and only you.

But it seems we're stuck in the house for awhile... But I have a feeling there are going to be a lot more twists and turns in the story than it seems there are going to be now. ^^ How fun. I just hope my character doesn't die.

I wish I could give Clara a bazooka.

EDIT: even if IHMN's guy had the keys, his body is down here now, we can flinch the keys from his body.

[Krylo]

His body's on the floor... so it doesn't matter if he had the keys or not (and he did, to one of the cars)... just means someone will have to search the body for them. And his wallet... and his shoes... and yah. I call his guns!

And Frankie could push it open with a stick... or just throw it open and duck down again. The thing can't reach into the room or anything, so he'd be safe so long as he didn't put any limbs up there.

[Forever Zero]

Man, you guys are screwed on so many levels... How will the heros get out of this jam? Tune in next time for another exciting adventure of Call of Cthulhu!

Did IHMN leave when his guy died, or is he just lurking and doesn't want to post anymore? I figured he would at least say if he was interested in re-joining next chapter.

EDIT: Don't start messing with the evil Beast krylo... You would need to put a stick in the attic to push that door open enough... And the Beast just proved it was strong...

[Krylo]

Man, you guys are screwed on so many levels... How will the heros get out of this jam? Tune in next time for another exciting adventure of Call of Cthulhu!I don't know about the rest of them, but I plan on picking anything of value off of IHMN's body, using the fireplace to cook the corpse and eat it, and reproducing with Cele's character, using the children as fresh meat... thus living out the rest of my years without leaving the house.

Edit: Can I at least shoot the ceiling every time I hear the thing move around?

[Forever Zero]

You scare me sometims krylo... Although I will admit that is original...

... I think someone just lost all his sanity points... And, to pull a Demon, I think Clara would rather take her chances with the monster then reproduce with Frankie. Zing!

EDIT: Sure, won't do anything, but you can. Call it a long term sanity effect.

[Sithdarth]

Well I guess I now have a reason to bring in my saber and get armed.

[Krylo]

... I think someone just lost all his sanity points... And, to pull a Demon, I think Clara would rather take her chances with the monster then reproduce with Frankie. Zing!But just think of the conversations they could have at birthing time...

"Ohh, Triplets! We're eatin' good this year!"
Or
"This 'uns a little skinny... guess we'll haf ta do more rat huntin'." *creak* "Son of a bitch!" *blam blam blam* "Quiet down up there ya damn monster!" *creak creak creak* "I hate that thing."

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

I admire a man who likes to pull a little Demon now and then ...

Sweet Angry Jesus, I feel dirty.

[Krylo]

I'd pull a little demon there, big boy. Raowr.

Edit: Hurry up and have 10 IC minutes pass so me and sith can move.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Still, it is a better comeon lone than:

"Hey baby, is that a Demon in your pocket or - Holy Hell! Sweet Angry Jesus! It has my face! Get it off! Get it off!"

or

"Big Chief wants to know if you would join us at the fire. Smoke the peace pipe. Tear the Demon with us."

The second one doesn't even make any sense!

[CelesJessa]

I don't know about the rest of them, but I plan on picking anything of value off of IHMN's body, using the fireplace to cook the corpse and eat it, and reproducing with Cele's character, using the children as fresh meat... thus living out the rest of my years without leaving the house.
O_o;;; (why am I always brought up into conversations like this? )

You DO realize that even if that DID happen (which it's NOT), you would only have something to eat every 9 months? (or am I overlooking something?)

Clara wouldn't take her chances with the monster instead of Frankie, she would convince him (or force him) to go into the attic for something, and let him get killed instead.

Edit: Can I at least shoot the ceiling every time I hear the thing move around?
I wouldn't think that would be a great idea, after so many bullets, I would think the wood would get weak, making the monster crash down on us... not something we want to happen. ^^;;

[Forever Zero]

I don't think either of you make sense, but one time jump coming right up!

Celes had a great point I forgot! If you weaken the wood, it can bust through around the wards and kill you all! Fun!

[Krylo]

You DO realize that even if that DID happen (which it's NOT), you would only have something to eat every 9 months? (or am I overlooking something?)Well, obviously we'd have to smoke the baby and then ration it... Duh. Little bits of baby at a time.

And there's no way Frankie is going up there.

Edit: Now I have to flip a coin to decide if I'm going to shoot at it every time it moves or not.

[Forever Zero]

You have put way too much thought into this to keep me from worrying...

[Sithdarth]

One quick question: Is it ok if after we get back to the hotel I say that Alan finds there is a package waiting for him and when he opens it finds a note that reads thought you might need this and the saber. There whould be no name it was just dropped at the front desk and no one would remember what the person that dropped it off looked like. If not I might just go to an old pawn shop and buy it or something.

[Krylo]

And, of course, we could hunt rats if we run out of child too soon... and if she had twins, we would kill and smoke one, while raising the other as long as possible on breast milk, so it'd be bigger when we finally had to eat it.

How worried are you now?

[Forever Zero]

Pawn shop is better.

EDIT: I am this close to failing my sanity roll...

[CelesJessa]

Well, obviously we'd have to smoke the baby and then ration it... Duh. Little bits of baby at a time.

Or they could just order out pizza.

Celes had a great point I forgot! If you weaken the wood, it can bust through around the wards and kill you all! Fun!

Oh good. I'm glad I pointed that out so he would get ideas on how he can kill us even more. ^^


Krylo: Do NOT make Frankie shoot the ceiling.

[Truce]

Meh. Let me just say that the moment any of you start hitting on Celes' character will be when Henry also makes his move, thus ruining your chances of any romantic moments.

PS - Celes, it's the sad fate of being and playing a girl that's not a full blown lesbian.

PPS - If my character dies, I can make a horny lesbian character, right? Not that I plan too...err...yeah.

[Sithdarth]

Umm .... Masterful jump where ever did you come up with that.

[Krylo]

Also, if... when, Frankie dies... would you guys rather my next character be a professional thief (lock picking, hiding, sneaking, pocket picking, yada yada), a professional pervert (kinda like the real me... only he'd get to see a real demon... that probably has tentacles, or two)... a japanese school girl (Mitsuru's breath became labored as the beast's claw ripped her shirt. She was lucky and had managed to back away far enough to save her soft, succulent flesh, but... etc. etc.)... a flamingly gay fashion designer (Oh no no no... you'd look MUCH better in something like this... just let me get your inseam, gabriel dear.)... or a meat shield (Demon? I ain't 'fraid on no demon. I'm gonna ram my boot up it's evil ass and twist.)?

[Forever Zero]

Alright, I've been on too long. Good round tonight, but it's time for me to sign off. See you all tomarrow.

Pervert is out. So is Japanese school girl. Meat Shield positions are always needed, and a thief could be useful. As for falmingly gay, this was the 20's where being gay was usually kept quiet, so that wouldn't work either, although it would be funny.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Everytime someone other than me refers to 'Demon' I'm slightly worried they're refering to me.

It's not that I'm a bad guy, I just ... y'know ... It's my job to be the 'Destroyer of Worlds' ... I'm not a bad guy. Or gay. But if Krylo is, I might consider a conversion.

Only we wouldn't be gay. We would be 'Faaaaaaaaaabulous!'

[Squishy Cheeks]

Horror movie rules people. Why do you think I didn't go along. remember your rules of the horror movie never go 'check out' the haunted house. Leave the house alone, until you are sure it's safe.

Leave the attic alone. no one puts anything good int the attic, the attic is always evil or at least full of crap.

[Squishy Cheeks]

http://www.geocities.com/dreamyemmy16/rulestosurvive.html

[lazy man]

And on a side note, it's my birthday! I'm 15, yay!

[Dr DR]

Congrats old chap.

[CelesJessa]

And on a side note, it's my birthday! I'm 15, yay!

Happy birthday (your an Aeris, like me! (If I have my dates right). *sniffle* I feel old now... I'm almost 2 years older than you.... I don't wanna turn 17! Next saturday (april third) is my 17th birthday. ^__^

Only one more year of childhood... oh well, like I say "Growing old is manditory, growing up is optional."

[Sithdarth]

Well now it looks like Alan is going to have to sleep with one eye open. Seeing as leting him live would break the kill the scientist rule.

15 and 17 feel lucky. I turn 20 in June.

[IHateMakingNames]

Why the hell would anyone keep their head in a hole when there is a pile of bones there?

Edit - Problem with stats, it ignores common sense (Ducking instead of looking).

Edit 2 - Stupid worthless 90 luck...

Edit 3 - Note that I was expecting death, but an instant death, not "I shall go take a quick glance. Hm? What are those bones doing up here? I shall look at them for a while and inspect them, not caring at all that there is a large pile of bones here in the 'haunted house'."

Edit 4 - Since you all stayed up late and even adding some common sense to my guy is to late, I am coming back as either a David clone, or a thief.

Oh, and the journal is now gone, seeing as it was in a pocket in his coat near his heart. Also the better of the two guns is gone to.

Edit 5 - And his keys (Car) are gone as well. If I'm going down, I'm taking some one else with me.

[Forever Zero]

He didn't just stare at the bones. That all happened in about two seconds, game time. He popped up, saw the bones, then the beast was on him before he could think. The long description and conclusions were all come up with instantly and were there for reader info, not as his actual thought process.

Luck doesn't have to do with anything. Is the monster there? Luck roll. Can you dodge the monster in time? Has nothing to do with luck, purely a dodge roll.

You can come back as a David clone. In fact, I can keep his sheet and you can be his twin or something in the next mission, come to avenge your brother's death.

And you are just doing that to be spiteful. They don't need the journel anymore anyway. All they need is the papers, to translate the Latin, and the gold box, and they can complete the ceremony. And no, you can't take the papers or the gold box with you since you carried neither, and you are quite dead, so no coming back and taking the papers or box away.

[IHateMakingNames]

Duh I am being spiteful. I want someone else dead, preferably Demon or kyrlo.

Edit - Why would readers need to know about all that? Not like any of the investigators will be looking up there any time soon. It should all be a mystery to them.

[Forever Zero]

That may happen before the end of the mission...

[IHateMakingNames]

David's dead body could have landed on the gold box/papers.

And I thought luck was everything... Monster attacks, do a luck roll to see if it has to sneeze or something and mess up, then a luck roll to see if David trips and fall before getting hit. Luck can do anything.

[Krylo]

David's dead body could have landed on the gold box/papers.We're going to strip you naked and throw you back into the attic for the monster to eat anyway. That way it'll be too full to eat us, but we still get all your stuff.

And why do you want ME dead... I understand Demon... but what'd I do?

[IHateMakingNames]

Because I missed your post saying that you were going into the attic (Long before we even went near the attic), and the post saying FZ saying that you were going first due to some rolls.

Edit - I also want Tor dead, seeing as his guy just shrugged off a monster and a destroyed body of a man he was just talking to so he could light up a cigarrete.

[Forever Zero]

I think we all know why he wants Demon dead... And in case you couldn't guess it from what just happened, the monster only eats hearts. Thus the neat hole devouring David's heart. It might throw the body back at you.

And the Gold Box isn't even at the house, and the papers are on Sith or krylo I think. And you landed on the floor.

And if it worked like that, just max out luck and everone is invincible to everything. Luck only works when it seems nothing else fits, like if they arrive in time to see a suspect, or if there is a random chance the monster shows up. In concrete dictated rolls, Luck doesn't factor in.

About Tor... Seriously, what is with that? He shrugged off a teammate being messily devoured and killed before his eyes? Luckily he has a low Luck and a low Sanity... And Luck DOES deterimine who monsters like to attack first...

[IHateMakingNames]

This monster needs more of a life... It can finnaly leave the house, so it hangs out in the attic.

[Krylo]

Actually... the box is on Neil (SS), Alan (Sith) had it, but Frankie (me) told him to hand it to Neil after telling him about the Mu thing, to see if he could find out more about it at the school.

And I could see us getting into a 'food fight' with the monster. "Eat the corpse so we don't have to explain it!" "Growl roar hiss" (translation: I only eat hearts) "What? You want some A1 with him? Fine! Now eat!"

And my next character is SO having maxed dodge... it seems to be the only combat skill which is equal to survival thus far.

[Forever Zero]

There is a reason, none of you have figured it out however. I think someone mentioned the correct reason, but I don't remember who or when.

[CelesJessa]

*resists from making a ton of puns related to hearts*

I think we all know why he wants Demon dead... And in case you couldn't guess it from what just happened, the monster only eats hearts.

Well, if it only eats hearts, then I think Krylo is safe....


So it's kinda like a REALLY violent version of the Heartless from Kingdom Hearts, in KH, they steal your heart, here... they eat it. (alright. I think I've gotten far enough off subject... time to come back.)


IHMN, your next character should be a big time hunter kind of guy (poacher maybe) so he would have lots of weapons to take care of the monster with.

[IHateMakingNames]

I have decided that this guy has the second best chance of survival (Low HP, but a high HP would make him a meat shield and always go first).


Name: Dave McDhoul
Sex: Male
Age: 27
Occupation: Criminal
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Background: Dave went to highschool, dropped out, then began to steal from people.


Stats

Strength - 3 (Stupid rule...)

Constitution - 6

Size - 6

Intelligence - 8

Dexterity - 18

Power - 18

Appearance - 12

Education - 9

Sanity - 90

Important Non-Stats to keep in mind.

Idea Roll (INT x5) - 50

Luck Roll (POW x5) - 90

Know Roll (EDU x5) - 25

Hit Points (CON + SIZ / 2) - 6

Magic Points (POW = MAX) - 18

Skills - 260 total
Fast Talk - 70
Disguise - 40
Handguns - 50
Locksmith - 30
Dodge - 61
Sneak - 9

[Forever Zero]

All stats must be at least three.

Now that it's corrected, your Dodge is formidable at 76, you have a handgun skill, and while he is for the most part an idiot at 5 EDU, he will be a good survivor, if nothing else.

[IHateMakingNames]

Changed it a bit, now he can sneak around to. I am assuming that will make monsters/cult people not notice him as much.

[Krylo]

Well, if it only eats hearts, then I think Krylo is safe....That hurts, Jessa. Really it does.

Besides... Frankie's the one who might end up getting his heart eaten, and, unlike me, he can't live without one.

Edit: Wouldn't his dodge be 86? You said it's dex x 2 for the base, right? So that would be 36 with his 18 dex... plus his 50 of actual skill, would be 86.

[IHateMakingNames]

With a 40 disguise, is that good enough to disguise one self as a cult member then pretend to be one with 70 in fast talk?

Edit - kyrlo, I edited that in after he posted.

[Forever Zero]

IHMN, sneak is a skill you need to activate, but saying, "I sneak up on..." is enough for me to do a sneak roll. However as a warning, there are both Psychic monsters, and monsters that hunt on smell, so Sneak won't work on every monster, and it won't work if you were already spotted, so no going, "The monster sees me, so I sneak up on it..."

As for the disguise, you would of course need the clothes, but it should be alright. The disguis lets you see a cultist and make sure to dress properly, and the Fast Talk should get you by many situations.

EDIT: He upped his dodge, it used to be 40 bonus, not 50.

[CelesJessa]

That hurts, Jessa. Really it does.

I was considering not posting that, but then you laughed at me for my Enter key not working, so... ^^


So IHMN went from a Cop to a Criminal? Interesting.

[IHateMakingNames]

It's 60 now.

He is not dieing any time soon.

Can this guy already be a vet in monster hunting?

[Forever Zero]

Wow, a 98% dodge... You are going to fricken dodge everything... Just watch out for those magic spells that don't rely on hit rolls...

And no, he can be some sort of big game hunter, but he gets the honor of being another new guy who gets involved somehow, just like any other new people made will be. Maybe the team could start an official investigation group to cover their monster hunting, and he could try to join.

EDIT: You also need to watch out for multi attack monsters. You can only dodge once per round, so if the enemy gets two attack successes, you going to get hit once at least.

[IHateMakingNames]

Magic is what the 18 Magic Points are for.

Edit - You can't dodge twice? If something can attack twice, why can't you dodge twice?

[Forever Zero]

That will help, but you won't be able to resist forever. Magical monsters, powerful cultists, and Gods have a LOT of MP. As in upwards of 20, and in the case of Gods it is usually closer to 50. So you won't be invincible, but you will be hard to kill.

Cause you dodge by say leaping away, or falling back. It is hard to dodge once you are in the middle of one dodge already. I will double check the rules, but I think you can only dodge once per round. It is a concentrated action, and takes up a whole round to do.

EDIT: "If an attack can be seen, a defender may try to dodge it. Against guns, only the first bullet may be dodged."

I was getting my rules mixed up, so you can dodge lots of melee attacks if you can see it (Still wouldn't save you here, you can't "see" the Lurker), but you can only dodge one bullet at a time no matter how many there are coming at you, and you can't dodge an ambush.

[IHateMakingNames]

I'm some what glad that David died. Dave (The name I have decided for this guy) is much better.

[Krylo]

EDIT: "If an attack can be seen, a defender may try to dodge it. Against guns, only the first bullet may be dodged."

I was getting my rules mixed up, so you can dodge lots of melee attacks if you can see it (Still wouldn't save you here, you can't "see" the Lurker), but you can only dodge one bullet at a time no matter how many there are coming at you, and you can't dodge an ambush.What if you're blind? Then could you dodge things you can't see?

[Forever Zero]

No. If your blind, you are throughly screwed. You don't need to worry about seeing monsters and horrible scenes, but you can't dodge making you easy prey.

[Krylo]

Damn... I was going to suggest that Dave trip and fall on a pair of short yet sharp rocks exactly in the right space to take out both of his eyes, thus making him able to dodge anything. Other than multiple bullets in a round.

[Forever Zero]

IHMN's char falling on sharp rocks from that one old RP is the new running gag, isn't it?

[IHateMakingNames]

Character is completely done (Crappy background abd birthplace added), so you can add him/assest him if you want.

Or should I make Dave David's brother?

[Krylo]

Well, if you do... his parents would have to be the most horribly unoriginal people ever, naming one son Dave and the other David.

[Forever Zero]

If you want. Doesn't matter a lot. Might make him sorta angsty thought, and he is a criminal when his brother was a cop? That's straight out of the RPG cliche handbook. Do what you want, I mostly just need stats and stuff.

[IHateMakingNames]

I would change his name to something else obviously (Seeing as they have different last names).

Edit - Cliche = Bad... No brothers.

[Forever Zero]

I assume the items from David are being transferred to Dave?

[IHateMakingNames]

Yes, all items from David go to Dave, including the car (He will steal the car).

[Forever Zero]

I think that counts as a Mythos event, so everyone that was there just had their first Mythos related event. Update.

[IHateMakingNames]

Would it be to much to ask for a number besides the SPs to show the begining maximun stats, like 35/40(45)? I'm just curious as to how much people have lost completely, including their max and temp.

[Forever Zero]

Well, you could just add the number of Cthulhu Mythos points to the total and get the number, but in the next update I might do that.

[Krylo]

Just look at their CM and add that to their current max sanity. My old max was 75...

[IHateMakingNames]

I did not know that, since it went from points to a % I figured there was some sort of difference beyond just adding it up.

Also, changed the 30 Sneaking to 10, and the 30 Handguns to 50 (Duel pistols are to good... Damn you CS)

[Forever Zero]

Changed. Total now you have a 70% in Hanguns and a 20% in sneak.

[IHateMakingNames]

Ugh... I'm conflicting with myself between duel pistols or slightly better sneaking around for when we encounter non super monster things...

How often will locks need to be picked?

[Krylo]

Go with the duel-pistols... not like they're going to actually hit you when they see you, anyway.

[Forever Zero]

krylo has a point with your insane dodge. But Cultists are humans, and are just as likely as anyone to carry guns as well. Still, I vote the pistols. Sneak isn't used a ton from the scenarios I've read over so far.

[IHateMakingNames]

I though cultist would have magic.

And will Dave be getting a character assessment like everyone else?

Edit - You can only have a max of 99% right, no 100% dodging? (Added 1 more to dodge and 1 less in stealth so its at it's max)

[Forever Zero]

Warning, after a review, you can no longer change characters.

Well, lets see...

Low STR, never good, but not always bad. Don't take this guy into melees.

Average CON, good for resisting some evil spells. Good for pumping up life. Not much else.

Average SIZ, not good or bad.

8 INT, he won't be quick on his feet, and he will have trouble learning spells, but it won't be too horrible.

DEX 18, insane, not much else to say. If you need agility or to dodge, you almost can't lose.

POW 18, practically earmarked for a sorcerer eventually with his high SAN and good MP amount, but the INT will temper his ability to comprehend magic.

APP 12, will help with his Fast Talk, and will mean if he takes APP damage, he will still have a reserve.

EDU 5... He is a high school drop out. Heck, he is probably a middle school drop out. He doesn't know a lot at all.

Skillwise, He can wheel and deal with the best of him with his high FT, and he can shoot them afterwards with a high Handgun, and nothing short of a machine gun or a room full of cultists can hit him and his 98% dodge, but other then those average. He is a meat shield, but he is all shield and no meat. Has the potential for magic, but his low INT will slow down his attmempts.

EDIT: You changed dodge before the review came out, so I will cahnge it. And no, you can never hit 100%

[IHateMakingNames]

Edu is 9, not 5...

[Forever Zero]

Oops, must have forgotten one of the updates, hold on.

For the most part, my assesment stands. However, he would probably be on a High school drop out level of EDU.

[IHateMakingNames]

What is the requirement for the levels of insanity? Shouldn't at least someone have some insane thing/reaction (Looking at the points it seems like some one should have, but I forgot the requirements).

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Right. Journal destroyed ...

IHMN, do you have any reference to the situation in which you got the journal back from Gabriel? I don't recall ever handing it back, and if that were true, he would still have it.

It's not entirely important, but I still would like closure on this.

Oh, and it's juvenile to wish death upon someone for very little reason. Not that you would care, or anything.

[IHateMakingNames]

I asked in discussion thread somewhere if David could have taken journal from Gab (Figured it would be useful), FZ said yes (Gab would have left on a counter, David take), so David had the journal.

And it's not like I personally want you to die, just your character, and possibly you suffer a little.

[Krylo]

People did have insanity reactions. Frankie was rooted to the spot with intense fear... that was one of them, and Alan screamed like a little girl and then passed out.

It was only temp insanity...

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Fz was refering to the key, I believe.

And you better get a hold of that animosity, kiddo. That attitude problem is going to really suck for everyone around you when you hit puberty.

[Forever Zero]

Yes, for temp insanity, you need to lose 5 or more SP in one hour of game time. To go Indefinitly insane, you need to lose more then 20% of all your SP in one hour game time. So lets say...

Bob has 50 San. Bob freaks out, and loses 5. He goes temperarily insane, and passes out for 10 minutes. When he wakes up, there is a horrible monster over him. He loses 5 more. Now he has lost 10 SP, and that is 20% of his total San in under one hour, so for the next month or so, he has developed a long term mental disorder from his panics and bad situations.

[IHateMakingNames]

No no, I specificly said journal, and he replied.

Edit 2 - Want to add something about David taking the journal back from Gab before leaving?

And sure, say he accidently left it on the table, and you grabbed it as you left...

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Ahh, yes. I see.

[Forever Zero]

Indeed, I gave him the journel. And of course, that is the last time I give him anything of that magnitude...

Still, like I said, it is irrelevant. Once you transalte the papers and Demon arrives, you'll have everything you need.

And if anyone wants a time jump, say so, but the main party takes precedence as a warning.

EDIT: Wrong, not Demon, SS and Jad, they have the gold box.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Well, in the end, he did give you his heart.

Zing!

-edit: Well, if I time jumped to the house, that would be three hours of them scared out of their minds trying to decide whether or not to leave ... but it would give Gabe the chance to die a terrible, terrible death. And that would make IHMN giggle with glee ... Tough choice.

[IHateMakingNames]

I was just being logical. He keeps thing in his coat's inside0 pocket, coat pockets tend to be around the heart, his heart was torn out, therefore the journal should be gone.

And some spite.

[Forever Zero]

Coat pockets... External ones? Depends on which side of your body your heart is on... about 18% of Americans or something have their heart on the opposite side of their body from waht you would expect... and David DID have a really big luck roll...

[IHateMakingNames]

He has a huge hole in his chest along wiht many cuts. I'd be suprised if the coat was still on him at all.

[Darth SS]

*coughSSspostpleasereplycough*

Yes, but IHMN, if you do still have the journal okay, is anyone really dumb enough to go back in to find it?

[IHateMakingNames]

Go back? They are all still right next to the bleeding and rotting corpse of David, which is inside of the farm which they are all in, with the monster.

[Forever Zero]

Note the detials, multiple times I've said a neat hole. The only part the Lurker likes is the warm, beating heart. The rest is just garbage it chews through on the way there. This is a creature that eats holes in birds and raccoons without eating anything more then the heart.

SS, I'll give you and JADGuy and update in a sec. This will let everyone meet back up at the farm for, *ahem* "THE BIG FINALE!" And think, this is just one mission, and the first ones are always the easiest!

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

And the verdict on the 'Time Warp' .. thing ...?

[CelesJessa]

I was just being logical. He keeps thing in his coat's inside0 pocket, coat pockets tend to be around the heart, his heart was torn out, therefore the journal should be gone.

What kinds of coats are we talking about. Usually coat pockets are by the sides. And how small is the journel anyway? I don't even have mangas small enough to fit into a pocket. (and those are small books.)

[Forever Zero]

When I am done, SS and JAD will arrive at 5:00 PM, and Demon will arrive at 6:00 PM, but no one in the main party has spoken about wanting a time warp. Ahh what the hey, I'll allow it, just hold on for me to write it all up.

EDIT: Demon, sorry, but until I know what the House party (Don't comment on my choice of words, or someone will get hurt) will be doing before and during 6:00 PM, I can't advance you to that point yet.

[Darth SS]

Whoops, sorry IHMN.

Assumed your corpse was left inside of the room with the lurker.

Heh....heh...*flees*

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Kay. You did take note of the things he's bringing (buying,really), including the nonaformentioned object of somewhat importance, and you're okay with all of it?

edit- Gabriel's 'jacket' is more of a suit ... jacket. Those have pockets by the heart, and can easily fit a small book. I'm not sure if IHMN is talking about the same kind of jacket. I hear 'Detective' and I think of a guy in a brown trenchcoat.

[Forever Zero]

Lesse, you can have two flashlights, and everything you need for the ceremony is already at the house. Thus, explain Blankets, Taper Candles, and Matches and why you need them (A few people already have lighters and/or matches.)

[IHateMakingNames]

Oh, add a flashlight to Dave's items as well.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Blankets because it's a drafty barn, and will probably get very cold even with a roaring fireplace. Taper candles burn for a long time, and can provide the rooms with light, and the matches are to light them, or the fire.

And the nonaformentioned item is just a nonaforementioned item. That's all.

[Forever Zero]

Alright, you can have them.

[Forever Zero]

You may want to bury David's body, or at least move it to the basement if you are still unsure aobut going outside. The room will need to be cleared out some because the ceremony must be performed in there, since it is the only room with a fireplace...

[Krylo]

When we loot his body after moving it into the basement, I call the coke.

[IHateMakingNames]

One of his guns is gone, and why would you want to drink blood covered coke?

[Krylo]

It probably wouldn't have that much blood all over it, given how cleanly the beast killed David. Besides... I'd rinse it off first...

[Squishy Cheeks]

"ah... ahh...Ahhhh....AHHHH....HASTUR!!" I sneeze.

[IHateMakingNames]

Who/what is Hastur?

And normally I wouldn't want FZ to give all of the living people hints so they could die, but I want to get back in this, so help them out FZ...

[Forever Zero]

I don't know why they stopped posting. I assume everyone wants me to jump to 6:00 so Demon can show up, then midnight so that everyone is there and ready for the ceremony?

And Hastur would take a long description, but he is one of the more powerful Great Old Ones. He is probably in the Top three for power with Cthulhu. He seems to be a favoirte of JAD, although I'm not sure why. Maybe he reads User Friendly, Hastur pops up there every once in a while.

[Krylo]

Hastur is one of the great old ones, I think, albeit I'm not sure.

And, we know what we have to do... we have just about everything we need, except for it to be midnight and the gold box, it's just that no one is helping Frankie loot your corpse, and maybe fulfill necrophilliatic lusts w... wait... wait... YES! If one of my characters achieve indefinate insanity he will develop necrophillia. No one will want to die before him... muahahaha.

[IHateMakingNames]

Puh, you just thought of that? That was the first thing I thought of when I read the wierd sexual desires. But before that, I read the fetish thing (First of course was sexual fetishs), but then I mixed odd sexual desires with fetish of being attached to a rock, which would need some drilling first to work.

[Darth SS]

Mental note to self....make sure Krylo always enters rooms first....

And IHMN? It could be worse. You could find yourself with a sudden liking to Lurkers. Yep, that'd show them to mess with your group.

[Forever Zero]

... Ew...

Yes, something needs to be done with the body, and then I will jump time ahead.

As for history, umm, I dunno. The summoners are the first to release the Lurker. It hasn't done much but feed on small animals unfortunate enough to enter the attic. Now with teh last summoner free, it is free to go out at night and feast on whatever it wants.

The past owners are totally irrelevant, except for the summoners. They all owned it jointly, but as they died total ownership was split less and less until the house was given to Merriweather. Now you guys own it, congratualtions.

I would give a full report on Hastur, but it is irrelevant. Maybe if I'm bored later and posting lsows down again before I log off. Oh, and I won't be around this weekend, going on a trip.

[Forever Zero]

SS, you are so making up BS as you go along... You know none of that is officially sancitoned by the GM...

[Darth SS]

Pretty much.


Only thing I've learned all through high school.

How to BS my way through anything without doing anything horribly wrong, and not doing anything horribly right.

Now i'm going to vainly hope I didn't go overboard.

[Truce]

SS, that's pretty much the same for me.

Anyway, I'll be a chanter for this.

[Krylo]

I call being a chanter, being as that my physical stats suck and my mental ones are good. Probably McGrudder and that guy who said he knew latin besides him as well. Jim should be a watcher with his rifle... and Alan should be a watcher due to having low power for this group... other than that, I don't know.

[Forever Zero]

Anyone with a POW over 8 can be a chanter. For every 30 minutes you chant, it costs 2 MP, and if your MP hits zero, you pass out, thus only those with 9 or more MP can go the whole ceremony without passing out.

Oh, and sanity will be important to. You need a high sanity, or bad stuff might happen...

[Krylo]

I stand by my assessments thus far, then. High power would be better anyway... just because of the higher sanity stat.

[CelesJessa]

I would like to be a chanter, but it looks like everyone is going to want to be a chanter.... probably safer....

But I'll be a guard person if I need to be.

But if Clara is protecting you guys... heh. That might be bad... since she can't even weild much of a weapon, really.

[Forever Zero]

Clara would make a better spellcaster then some. And she wouldn't be a good watcher since she has no weapons skills, so she should be a Chanter. I'm reviewing all the others to pick the ohter three (The first three being Celes, krylo, and Ecurt)

[IHateMakingNames]

Well, if David was still alive, he could do either due to his high Power and his high Handgun.

Or, if Dave was there, he could do either as well.

But alas, David is dead, and Dave is out stealing stuff.

[Forever Zero]

McGruder doesn't have the stats. His POW 7means he would pass out before it ends. We need two more people (Added Spirit to the group.)

[IHateMakingNames]

Who is McGruder?

Oh, and just something I noticed. GreenDarkness has been reading the RP thread for a while, so I think we might be getting a newb soon...

[Forever Zero]

He can't join, were maxed out. You know what to do if he tries...

EDIT: And McGruder is JAD's guy, the Priest.

[Krylo]

McGruder doesn't have the stats. His POW 7means he would pass out before it ends. We need two more people (Added Spirit to the group.)
But McGruder knows latin... which would be useful in making sure everyone is doing it right at the beginning. Plus... he might get a power bonus from the spell, and I don't think he's going to box the lurker, and thus woudn't make a very good guard person. Clara should DEFINATELY be a chanter... like she said, she can't do anything so far as weapons goes, and thus would be a horrible guard person.

[Forever Zero]

Oh, there will be dangers you don't expect during the chanting......

[IHateMakingNames]

While chanting spells, can a person still dodge things?

[Forever Zero]

Well, it would interrupt their chanting to be running around and chanting at the same time, but as long as 1 person is keeping the chant going at ALL times, the spell will still work. It just means one person would have to hold still and pass thier cahnce to dodge, while another runs around and avoids whatever danger.

EDIT: And I'm adding Lazy to the list, just because we haven't heard from him in a while, and his skills are adequate. We have a good number of rifle shooters and warriors, so I think the last pick will be... J Man. His rifle isn't as high as others, so maybe he can be spared.

[Krylo]

Damn... I'm wishing David's character wasn't dead now so he could dual-pistol wield. Well if there's going to be cultists, McGruder might be good as a guardian thingie... and Frankie might be a switch hitter, chanting most of the time, but taking time out of the chant to plant some bullets in some cultists or whatever if things get too heated.

And I assume cultists, because various cthulu-esque monsters popping up seems... wrong and weird, plus the wards would probably defend against them as well. AND, they wouldn't just go away after they were done chanting, probably... so having a bunch of monsters pop up would be bad in that they'd be hard to impossible to kill... plus having the chanters make sanity checks the whole time would be bad.

I suppose the spell could cause something like that though... or the lurker could be off summoning zombies... or maybe the things it killed could come back as zombies when it wants.

[Forever Zero]

Alright, I am about to go to bed, but I want to do this all in one shot for maximum effect, so the Ceremony begins tomarrow. Here is the Final Char Update before the big event.

EDIT: Damn, forgot I won't be here tomarrow, or this weekend when it would be perfect to do it. To keep you all in suspense, the Ceremony starts Monday...

[GreenDarkness]

uh, hello there. I have been kinda following your RP because I was interested in what Call of Cthulhu was exactly, and since I am normally wandering around these forums why not see it in context. Anyway, sorry to disturb you I just had a quick question. How do you pronounce Cthulhu?

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

It has multiple pronounciations.

"Coo-Thoo-Loo" is how I pronounce it.

Edit- And the special nonaformentioned item is a book on how to translate Latin. Probably won't do any good rigt now, before the ceremony though ...

[Krylo]

Cah-tuh-luh... tuh is where the emphasis lies, and it should all be said quickly, like a guttural cough. Really though, according to what's-his-name, the guy who wrote the whole call of cthulu thing, it can't be pronounced by human tongues, and that's the whole point of it... that's just as close as you can come.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Howard P. Lovecraft would be the author.

Like a modern day Edgar Allen Poe. Writes worth shit, but his ideas are somewhat identifyable with.

Unlike Stephen King who writes worth shit, and his ideas are equally worth shit. (Except for Desperation ... kinda. TAK!)

edit - And with 10 power I could easily chant, but am reluctant to, despite my inability to fight. Correct me if I'm wrong, but CoC character's have 'base' attack (punch/kick/headbutt) stats don't they? I mean, any idiot can swing a flaming baseball bat wrapped in barbwire and do a little damage, right?

[Krylo]

Lovecraft... couldn't remember his name worth shit... kinda like his writing is worth shit. But yah, my pronounciation was his ruling... even the humans can't pronounce it bs.

Also, Edgar Allen Poe wrote pretty decent poetry, for a Goth, but his stories did, indeed, suck, and I agree on King. I can't really stand him... except when his stuff is in movie form. Then it's kinda cool... but only because they butcher it, generally.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

His villians are cliched, too.

Picture this: An omnipotent evil that goes around doing evil things only because it is in his nature to do so. And yet the evil itself is intellegent and should have a reason for doing what it does, but only does so because it is, by vague definition, evil.

Which is a descriptive word, itself, and not to be used to back character motivation.

Also, they all have stupid catchphrases which don't ever mean anything. The only sound marginally creepy. "I see eyes like holes." "TAK!"

I see eyes like holes. What the fuck does that mean?!

[Forever Zero]

Never read a Lovecraft book. Just thought his books might be an interesting idea for an RPG, and thus here we are. But "Eyes like holes"... There is so much better that could have been used there, and I don't even know the context of that line...

As for the base damage, technically yes, but if you are weak enough, as in your STR + SIZ is low enough, then you will literally do negative damage with some attacks you are so weak. Thus, unless you have high STR + SIZ, don't go melee!

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Strength 8 and Size 8.

Not too too sure if that's good, or not (haven't read the book in soooo long), but I'm pretty sure it's average.

Edit - Oh and my comments were about King, not Lovecraft. Lovecraft wrote, mostly about his nightmares. Apparently he had a lot of them ...

[Krylo]

He also has that famous description of a nightgaunt going for him, about the black void where a face should be and yada yada. Maybe someone has the exact quote?

Along that line... you should put nightgaunts in some of our missions. They're cool, although I'm not sure if they're connected to the Cthulu mythos or something else that he wrote.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Personally, if we're going to be in an RP based of someone's written works, we should be roleplaying in the literary world of Oscar Wilde.

Or Jane Austin! That would give IHMN the chance to flirt poorly in a time period where everyone was so uptight, all the did was flirt poorly.

Uptight ... flirts poorly ... Great Scott! IHMN is a literary work of Jane Austin!

[CelesJessa]

"I see eyes like holes." "TAK!"

I see eyes like holes. What the fuck does that mean?!

Maybe it means, that while other people can see people's personality, and feelings through their eyes, all he sees are dark, unloving, unfeeling holes.


*shrugs*

[Krylo]

Personally, if we're going to be in an RP based of someone's written works, we should be roleplaying in the literary world of Oscar Wilde.

Or Jane Austin! That would give IHMN the chance to flirt poorly in a time period where everyone was so uptight, all the did was flirt poorly.

Uptight ... flirts poorly ... Great Scott! IHMN is a literary work of Jane Austin!And you wonder why IHMN wants your character killed.

Celes: That's probably it. About what I got out of it too... but it's still a really really really shitty analogy.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

I though of that ...

I personally think he means he views eyes as holes. Windows into people.

But that's just as silly. Actually the best villian catchphrase he had was from Storm of The Century, but it wasn't even his character or phrase.

"We are Legion. For we are many."

*shiver*

Edit- Yeah, you're probably right, Krylo. About the death thing ... I'll lay off him, I guess. *shrugs*

[Forever Zero]

"Shocking and uncouth black things with smooth, oily, whale-like surfaces, unpleasent horns that curved inward toward each other, bat wings who's beating made no sound, ugly prehensile claws, and barbed tails that lashed needlessly and disquietingly. And worst of all, they never spoke or laughed, and never smiled because they had no faces at all to smile with, but only a suggestive blankness where a face ought to be."
- H. P. Lovecraft, "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"

I honestly didn't know who you were talking about Demon, I thought you still meant Lovecraft. I've never read a Stephen King novel either. I generally stick to Sci-Fi, although this RP has gotten me interested in picking up a Lovecraft book now...

[Krylo]

I'm still trying to figure out why I got mentioned to be killed to... other than that I volunteered and was too weak to open the attic door... so his guy got killed because my guy sucks.

Edit: That's the quote, FZ. Can I make my next character a nightgaunt? They're like... intelligent and stuff...

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

If you want to read decent works out of the 1920s, with Mystery and Intrique, then I suggest:

(By Raymond Chandler)
The Big Sleep
The High Window
Lady in the Lake

But not 'The Little Sister' or 'Farewell my Lovely.' Both are convoluted, and their solutions/endings leave you wanting a better ending/resoultion.

Edit- I dunno. I think he just lashes out whenever he can. At friends (I assume you) and enemies (Me! Glee!) alike. Or he was just teasing you. Maybe. My money is on the violent lashing out due to an unsatisfying childhood wasted flirting into an electronic box.

... ... ... dammit. I'm doing it again.

[Forever Zero]

That would be a no to playing a nightgaunt.

Ironically, nightgaunts are the servents of one of the two "Good" Gods, so we may be seeing them on our side one day...

I will look into those Demon, I haven't been to the bookstore in far too long, and I am just about out of books again...

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Seriously, they are the best murder mysteries/mysteries ever written. They're in the 1st person which is easily forgivable because the main character, Phillip Marlowe is such an interesting character.

Big Sleep - Best ending to a book ever.
The High Window - Most convoluted plot with most satisfying ending to a convoluted plot ever!

Two thumbs way up for Raymond Chandler. (Just don't watch any of the movies ... bleh ...)

[Krylo]

I don't really read much anymore... but I now have two titles to toss into Frankie's bag of books.

That would be a no to playing a nightgaunt.How about if I give you head? Or not give you head... depending on which is more preferable to you.

[TheSpiritOfVengance]

Look I almost can't keep up with this. So I might just end the good doctors life it gets to out of control. All I know is my gut knows latin he has the highest occult score and a good sanity score for know. I think he should chant.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Three books, ... Frankie(???), three books.

The Big Sleep
The High Window
Lady in the Lake

edit- You're not missing much, Spirit. Just intellectual babbling, and such.

[Krylo]

That's cool with me. We have 11 people right now, going to be 13 by next mission (assuming Dante is done with his shit that keeps him from getting on regularily by then)... would be 12 but IHMN got eaten.

Kill off those that can't keep up! Kill them off and feed their bodies to the nightgaunts!

It's also equally cool with me if you don't quit.

Edit: Demon, Frankie is my character... and he has a backpack full of fiction novels.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Krylo - Ahhh. I see. I thought you were refering to yourself in the first person. "Yes, indeed. Frankie cares not if Spirt goes away, for Frankie is happy either was so forth and so on etc etc."

That sort of thing. And Spirit, if you do not wish to continue being a part of the RP it would be very polite of you to PM Zero with your request for dismissal.

[Krylo]

No. My name isn't Frankie... and certainly not Frankie McCulloch... although his place of birth is a city I used to live in. And by city I mean itty bitty speck on the map that had a bar on every corner.

[Forever Zero]

As to the question of you giving head, how about when the sun is a cold, black cindar in space, and a Black Hole AND a meteor are hurtling towards earth, AND the four riders of the apocalypse have just leapt FROM MY ASS, will I even consider, with the help of a severe concussion and a brain anurism, the idea of you giving head to get some sort of advantage in the RP...

See, and I thought the RP was moving sort of slow at times...

But if you want to get out, it's as easy as saying "I want out", but don't expect to be let back into da' family when your turns your back on us, capiche?

Just kidding, just say you don't want to be part of the RP anymore, we will all point and laugh at you, then I will work something out with your character. I would most likely retire him and he would leave after the mission.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Yeah. My name's not Gabriel either ... (I was sure your name was Mike ... that was what was up with the ??? thing ...), but he does hail from my current base of operations, just north of Seattle.

Memorize these funny place names: Walla Walla! Cucamunga! Seattle!

[Krylo]

As to the question of you giving head, how about when the sun is a cold, black cindar in space, and a Black Hole AND a meteor are hurtling towards earth, AND the four riders of the apocalypse have just leapt FROM MY ASS, will I even consider, with the help of a severe concussion and a brain anurism, the idea of you giving head to get some sort of advantage in the RP...Right... well... I'm off to kidnap Jesus, the current Buddha, the pope, as many muslim church heads as possible, and any other holy men I can hunt down, and blackmail God into meeting those demands.

(I was sure your name was Mike ... that was what was up with the ??? thing ...), I have no idea what you're talking about, and my name isn't Mike... although my name has been used in an RP at some point. I however won't tell you who used it, or even whether the character was PC or NPC.

[Forever Zero]

Right... well... I'm off to kidnap Jesus, the current Buddha, the pope, as many muslim church heads as possible, and any other holy men I can hunt down, and blackmail God into meeting those demands.

Alright, I can honestly say, that was not the answer I suspected...

And I am a paranoid nut, so my name has never shown up online. The black helicopters won't fine me here, and those pesky aliens won't take my brain this time! Yahehehe... *Sounds of a failed Sanity Roll in the background*

Seriously, I just like keeping my name private, and it doesn't work well as an RP name, so I've never used it.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

*shrugs noncomplacently* Meh. Read that somewhere. Perhaps the Introduction Thread, or one of the Post your Picture threads ...

Can't be bothered to do the research. All I know is you do a rather decent woodchuck impression.

Edit- And I'm pretty sure that Zero's name is actually Aaragorn WyldeWyrm DoomHart. Which is, indeed, a very poor RP name.

[CelesJessa]

As to the question of you giving head, how about when the sun is a cold, black cindar in space, and a Black Hole AND a meteor are hurtling towards earth, AND the four riders of the apocalypse have just leapt FROM MY ASS, will I even consider, with the help of a severe concussion and a brain anurism, the idea of you giving head to get some sort of advantage in the RP...

You might not want to say that... you DO know what happened in Bruce Almighty when somebody said something like that... you never know if Krylo would ever be given the powers of God for a day.... in which case... we would all be in so much trouble, I don't want to think about it.


ANYHOO... We're not really going THAT fast (in my opinion)... There are some RPs I've been in where you can't even make ONE small post without 5-8 other posts appearing while you write the few sentances. ^^

But if you want out, we won't... stone you or anything.

EDIT: meh. like this post... so many other posts posted while I was writing this one... ^^;;

[Forever Zero]

...I'm pretty sure that Zero's name is actually Aaragorn WyldeWyrm DoomHart. Which is, indeed, a very poor RP name.

If that was my real name, I would have the uncontrollable urge to kick my own ass every day... That is one of those names you saddle a child with only if you hate your own children...

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

We will bludgeon you to death with big fucking rocks, though.

Edit- I dunno, Zero. Frank Zappa called his children Dweezle, Moonunit, and something else ... and he probably loved his kids. He was just warped.

[Forever Zero]

We will bludgeon you to death with big fucking rocks, though.

Hell ya! Who doesn't love bludgeonings involving big rocks?

EDIT: Yeah, but if your warped, or drugged/drunk out of your mind are the only times its forgivable. If you are totally sober and say, "Hey, lets name our child Morrowind!", you have to know you are subjecting your child to a lifetime of ass kickings...

[Krylo]

And I am a paranoid nut, so my name has never shown up online. The black helicopters won't fine me here, and those pesky aliens won't take my brain this time! Yahehehe... *Sounds of a failed Sanity Roll in the background*

Seriously, I just like keeping my name private, and it doesn't work well as an RP name, so I've never used it.Same here. Someone else used it though... I thought it was really freaking weird.

You might not want to say that... you DO know what happened in Bruce Almighty when somebody said something like that... you never know if Krylo would ever be given the powers of God for a day.... in which case... we would all be in so much trouble, I don't want to think about it.You'd all be screwed. Literally. A few times... per day. Omnipresent sexual fantasies!

But if you want out, we won't... stone you or anything.Maybe YOU won't...

Can't be bothered to do the research. All I know is you do a rather decent woodchuck impression.What?

[CelesJessa]

I'm not as paranoid about people knowing my first name (man, people I don't know have named their kids after me, because they like my name), but I would never give out my last name on the internet. The closest you can get is a signature on hand-drawn pictures, but that's so messy, you can't read it anyway.

EDIT:
Edit- I dunno, Zero. Frank Zappa called his children Dweezle, Moonunit, and something else ... and he probably loved his kids. He was just warped.
Off topic: Dweezle Zappa is a decent singer sometimes though (if I'm thinking of the right guy.)

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Seriously. Why did you make me look this up, Krylo?

Scroll down to find woodchuck/zombie (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?t=503&page=7&pp=10)

Edit - I've heard of people naming their kids Raistlin. Worse yet are all the young, single mothers naming their kids Sierra, Asia, Heaven Lee, etc.

Double Edit - Dweezle Zappa is also the voice of Duckman's Eldest son. "I will call you 'A Squirrel.' Come here, A Squirrel!"

[Forever Zero]

What is wrong with them? Unless he made up for it by being really cool when the kid grows up, I think my response to a kid with the name, "Raistlin" would be, "WTF?", followed by laughter. Why do all these parents feel the need to make crap up for thier kids names? There are hundred of thousands of perfeclty good names floating around, just pick one of those, but don't make some random shit up and expect people to say, "Ohh, Alasaka/Asia/Heaven, I like that, it has a ring to it!" expect them to say, "What illegal substance were you on when you named your child?" And on a side note, you don't name a child "Heaven" unless you want them to grow up to be a stripper...

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

... you don't name a child "Heaven" unless you want them to grow up to be a stripper...

And to think, that's what they used to say about names like 'Bambi,' 'Tiffany,' "Lequisha,' and 'Steve.'

You don't name your kids any of those names nowadays unless you want them to become pornstars.

Edit- My apologies to Zero if his name is any of the above.

[CelesJessa]

My friend's sister named her first girl "Justice"

I just don't think you should name people after real words... unless it's something like "Harmony" (I've always liked that name)

My mom made up my name, but I recently found out that my name is actually Hebrew. (weird)

[Forever Zero]

Jessa? That is a good name. Justice? You don't name a person that, superheros name their canine companions "Justice"... Reminds me of the old Indiana Jones joke, "We named him after the dog..."

EDIT: It is none of those, so no apology needed.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Raven is the second weirdest name I have ever heard a girl named, besides Thryxanna.

Heh. No actually, Medea is the strangest. In the greek play 'Medea' I played Jason, and the part of Medea was filled by a young woman whose name was Medea.

Strange ...

Your name isn't actually Jessa, is it ... erm ... Celes?

[Forever Zero]

Seriously? That is really strange, who names their child after the woman that killed her own children and fled to avoid justice...

Anyway, it is 2:37 here, so I am really off to bed now. Later all.

EDIT: I thought her name was Jessa, and she just liked Celes from FFVI...

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Ciao, Zero/Aaragorn WyldeWyrm DoomHart/Lequisha!

[Forever Zero]

Ciao, Zero/Aaragorn WyldeWyrm DoomHart/Lequisha!

You are so going to pay for that tomarrow somehow... Too sleepy to think up vengence right this second however.

[Krylo]

...I totally forgot I had posted those crazy stupid faces. Even while making horrible faces I'm hotter than most of the people that posted their pictures, though.

[CelesJessa]

Jessa? That is a good name.

Actually. "Jessa" is just a nickname. (but I like that nickname ^^ ) But it's not Celes either. I do have Celes in my screenname because Celes from FFVI is my alter ego. ^^;; heh. (and pretty much the place where I got the nickname "Jessa" )

Justice? You don't name a person that, superheros name their canine companions "Justice"... Reminds me of the old Indiana Jones joke, "We named him after the dog..."

Any reason why they named that dog Indiana? (wasn't somebody who worked on the movie from Indiana? Just curious.)

EDIT: My cousin's name is Sunshine... that is the worst name...

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

...I totally forgot I had posted those crazy stupid faces. Even while making horrible faces I'm hotter than most of the people that posted their pictures, though.

Yeah, but not nearly as cute as I am.

There's evidence of that buried here at NuklearPower, but if you want to know the truth you'll have to find it yourself.

Edit- Sunshine, eh? Poor kid. Not a boy is it?

[Forever Zero]

Well, I assume Jessa is short for Jessica?

And as for Indiana, I could usually tell you because the Indiana Jones movies are some of my favorites, but as of right this second I'm drawing a blank.

[Krylo]

Yeah, but not nearly as cute as I am.

There's evidence of that buried here at NuklearPower, but if you want to know the truth you'll have to find it yourself.
No thank you... I have no desire to see a nasty old writer on the forums.

Besides... those were my horrible faces... my normal face is truly alluring... and I highly doubt you're cuter than atronflame anyway.

[CelesJessa]

Well, I assume Jessa is short for Jessica?

Nope. (that's what people call me though, when they can't read my name right...)
It's actually Jenessa. (a mix of both Jessica and Vanessa)
"JENESSA is a blend of two names - JENNIFER, from the Welsh meaning FRIEND OF PEACE; and VANESSA from the Greek meaning A BUTTERFLY."

And Sunshine is a girl... but I have no pity for her... My little cousin's name is Kennedy though... I have pity for him.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Nope. Not as cute as him. But I am, indeed, a cute little hottie.

Bleh. Too tired. No self control ... can delete later if needs be ...

http://www.angelfire.com/droid/gemma/images/RossisThinking.jpg

Hottie!

... yeah this is probably going really fast ... stupid no inhibitions ...

Edit- Kennedy, eh? "Gale, I would -er ah- like to -er ah- avoid that question with -er ah- yet another witty remark." *clapping, laughing, a woman sighs*

[Krylo]

You'd be cuter with slightly longer hair... and glasses... but you probably don't need glasses.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

No. My vision is extraordinary as it is.

And when my hair is long, it curls, and gets all tangled and messy, even when I take good care of it. Bleh. Stupid 'Sicilian Hair' Genes!

[Krylo]

Well, I don't like the super short hair look... so... I guess you aren't that cute so far as I'm concerned. You do have a very symmetrical face, and nice lips, though. I.E. you're a hottie, but not my type. Too bad.

Also: I knew Celes's real name before I even started actually talking to her. My web of informants is deep and far reaching. Muahahaha.

Edit: Yes I know I used I.E. incorrectly... but I don't care. Hah.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

Jeez. It's all aabout the symmetry to you people! Just get's your motor running.

Pfft. And the girls just won't leave me alone about my insanely large eyelashes. "Wow! I wish I had eyelashes that big!"

Try getting one in your eye, sister!!!!

[Krylo]

Pfft. And the girls just won't leave me alone about my insanely large eyelashes. "Wow! I wish I had eyelashes that big!"

Try getting one in your eye, sister!!!!I know! I have the same eyelashes. Stupid bitches... I wanna stab them in the eye everytime they bring that up and be like "Yah, because having your eye feel like THAT every time one gets bent is just fucking wonderful!"

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

And when they fall into your eye when you're sleeping and you don't notice until four weeks later! And then they have this thick film all over them, and you finally get them out and you're all like, "Curse these eye lashes!"

And a group of girls hears you screaming, and they come over and they're all like, "Wow! You have the greatest eyelashes ever! I am sooooooo jealous!"

And then you stab them with an icepick. And of course, you're the one that goes to jail ...

[CelesJessa]

Also: I knew Celes's real name before I even started actually talking to her. My web of informants is deep and far reaching. Muahahaha.

Meaning: He's a stalker. *grabs the baseball bat and glances out the window*

(There, I fixed it, since I didn't use AKA right)

And I would like to have thicker eyelashes, but I don't go up to people and say "Wow! You have such thick eyelashes! I wish I did too."

But it's not like I put mascara on more than absolutely necissary (there is NO WAY make up is getting that close to my eyes (I'm very protective of my eyes)), so I guess thick eyelashes aren't that important for me. ^^;;

[Krylo]

And when they fall into your eye when you're sleeping and you don't notice until four weeks later! And then they have this thick film all over them, and you finally get them out and you're all like, "Curse these eye lashes!"

And a group of girls hears you screaming, and they come over and they're all like, "Wow! You have the greatest eyelashes ever! I am sooooooo jealous!"

And then you stab them with an icepick. And of course, you're the one that goes to jail ...Exactly... but replace the icepick with slipping them roofies at the next party, then doing the same to the ugliest, nastiest guy you can find... and then mixing up fake semen (mayo and corn syrup... and some other ingredients) and squirting it on her leg... sticking them in a bed together naked, and then leave them to wake up the next day. Muahahaha!

Or when your eyes feel sticky on the corners because they interlock and get a little eye-gunk on them, and it's a bitch to make it feel normal again. I'm having that problem right now.

Edit: AKA is "Also Known As"... so, no.

[Demon with a Glass Hand]

I hear that, man. I hear that.

And speaking of slipping into a coma ... Zoinks!

(G'night all!)

[Krylo]

http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showpost.php?p=8097&postcount=25

I found my normal picture! Yay! Now people can compare it to the ones where I'm making horrible faces!

[Tor]

I'l stay as a watcher

[Tor]

Oh sorry ro double post, but I'll be away this weekend so someone needs to take over for me

[Squishy Cheeks]

Having worked in an elementary school I took the liberty of compiling a list of the oddest names I've seen.

Genesis -girl
Female (pronounced Fem * a * lee) -girl
Shithead (pronounced Shith *ead) - boy

That is all.

[Dante]

Zen Imperial Law.

Beat that.

[Squishy Cheeks]

You can do better than that.

[Dante]

I could also use non-English names... but that would just make everything lame.

I did see someone called Pidass Stu once.

[CelesJessa]

Genesis -girl
Female (pronounced Fem * a * lee) -girl
Shithead (pronounced Shith *ead) - boy


Those are just... sad. Even though every time I type my name into a computer, the spell checker wants to change it to Genesis.

[J Man]

Who's being the watcher/chanter?

[Dr DR]

I'm watching I guess.

[GreenDarkness]

Hey, thanks for the pronunciation thing. And while I was searching for my answer I realized that you talked about me here. Don't worry I can't join because I have very little time to do anything right now. And for the next few months because of school.

[CelesJessa]

Who's being the watcher/chanter?

The chanters are:
J Man
Lazy
Celes
Ecurt
Krylo
Spirit

And everyone who is not a chanter is a watcher, or IHMN, who is dead.

I like bulleted lists *easily amused*

[Forever Zero]

Being easily amused is a good thing. At least you're never bored.

And I think Jad's three take the cake for bad names...

[IHateMakingNames]

I know a person named Phuc...

[Forever Zero]

Is that pronounced like I think it would? Am I the only person that doesn't know someone with a bizarre name? All the people I know have normal names...

[IHateMakingNames]

Hurry up and finish it already... I want my guy (Who theoretically can kill any of your characters) to get into this...

[Forever Zero]

First, chill.

Second, I saw what you had before edited it...

Third, try to kill an investigator, and you getting mauled with no chance of return. And you overrate your skills....