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Knifesedgegames

Jun 24, 2022 12:36 am

Jun 24, 2022 12:36 am

It takes moments for the Gardiner-Thing to appear at the top of the stairs, having strode past the dazed figures of Perry and the Policeman. It latches eyes on to Otto, and a deep guttural voice comes from all around, "Dream!" As it moves down the stairs toward the German.

Knifesedgegames

Jun 25, 2022 12:37 am

Jun 25, 2022 12:37 am

OOC:

Otto, do you move up the stairs and attack him before he gets to you or wait defensively and dodge/fight back/maneuver in response?

Jun 25, 2022 5:10 am

Jun 25, 2022 5:10 am

OOC:

You know, I was intending to have him wait, but given the screeching the thing is doing...

"Run!" Otto roars one final time, then he's running up the stairs two at a time, makeshift weapon at the ready. There will be no more infernal sounds coming from the thing's head if he bashes it in with a heavy brass torchiere!

Rolls

Fighting - Brawl (50) - (1d100)

(23) = 23

Knifesedgegames

Jun 25, 2022 12:44 pm

Jun 25, 2022 12:44 pm

OOC:

Ok! Let's have a brawl roll. As Otto is bigger than Gardiner, it gets a penalty die when fighting back

Rolls

Fight back - (1d100)

(37) = 37

Penalty for size diff - (1d10)

(1) = 1

Jun 26, 2022 6:38 am

Jun 26, 2022 6:38 am

Gritting his teeth, Otto smashes the base-end of the heavy brass lamp into the piping horror as hard as he can!

Last edited June 26, 2022 3:57 pm

Rolls

Damage (1d6 or 1d8 depending on small/large club) - (1d6, 1d8)

1d6 : (4) = 4

1d8 : (6) = 6

Damage Bonus - (1d4)

(2) = 2

Knifesedgegames

Jun 26, 2022 9:47 am

Jun 26, 2022 9:47 am

OOC:

Maybe you missed it, I gave you slightly better stats, so it’s 10 damage

Big Brass Lamp: Fighting (Brawl) , Damage 1d8+2+Damage Bonus

Knifesedgegames

Jun 26, 2022 6:16 pm

Jun 26, 2022 6:16 pm

The Gardiner-thing tries to bat away the incoming blow but Otto is too fast. Heaving with both hands he slams the solid base of the lamp into the face of the horror. There's a wet sound like a watermelon dropped from a height as the face of the thing is crushed by the impact. It tries to stagger backwards and falls on the stairs, collapsing into a heap, unmoving.

Knifesedgegames

Jun 26, 2022 11:41 pm

Jun 26, 2022 11:41 pm

Lang and Sam, the colours and horrific images fade from view.

OOC:

Sanity check please. 1/1d3

Langston 'Lang' Du Bois

Jun 26, 2022 11:52 pm

Jun 26, 2022 11:52 pm

"Mr Schmidt?! Are you...?!"

Lang tried to focus as the lights and sounds faded, only the horror of them remained.

OOC:

SAN -1, now 46.

Last edited June 26, 2022 11:53 pm

Rolls

Sanity Check (47) - (1d100)

(18) = 18

Knifesedgegames

Jun 27, 2022 9:56 pm

Jun 27, 2022 9:56 pm

OOC:

Waiting on Sam..

[ +- ] Sanity Tally

Jun 28, 2022 4:58 pm

Jun 28, 2022 4:58 pm

Sam shakes his head, as if to shake away the horrible images that went into it.

Rolls

Sanity check (49) - (1d100)

(67) = 67

SAN loss - (1d3)

(2) = 2

Knifesedgegames

Jun 28, 2022 9:27 pm

Jun 28, 2022 9:27 pm

[ +- ] Final Sanity tally

Knifesedgegames

Jun 28, 2022 9:33 pm

Jun 28, 2022 9:33 pm

Footsteps are heard running along the sidewalk outside. Shouts of "What’s going on here?" precede the arrival of two policemen
with guns drawn, moments too late.

Over the following weeks, you piece together the truth of the situation. James Gardiner enjoyed a vivid and fantastical dream life but somehow lost his ability to dream. He sought occult solutions to regain his dreams and found a spell in a tome that he believed would open the way for his dreams to return.
Unfortunately, the spell and the book were cursed. Some strange entity from another world tricked Gardiner into performing the rituals he found in the tome. One prepared his body to become a vessel for the foul entity while the other led to his death, sending poor Gardiner’s soul into oblivion. His empty body could then be possessed by the entity—just as you all discovered.

During the fight, some of you had a brush with insanity and still cannot explain the dreamlike and nightmarish visions experienced. Thanks to the bravery of Otto Schmidt, the body was damaged enough that the creature could no longer inhabit, but Gardiner was gone forever. Ma Shanks was not impressed to see the state of her lamp but you all agreed it was a small price to pay.

OOC:

Due to your timely actions, you can feel proud to have played your part in foiling the schemes of a monster from beyond. Your surviving investigators are each awarded 1D6 Sanity points. Well done! Perhaps this incident has changed your investigator. If there are dark and unwholesome things out there that wish to break into our world, will your steadfast investigator join the fight to stop them?

Knifesedgegames

Jun 28, 2022 9:43 pm

Jun 28, 2022 9:43 pm

Experience works differently in CoC. When you successfully use a skill, you tick it on your sheet and at the end of a scenario, you get to roll against the skill. Get higher than your current total and you gain 1d10 in that skill. Below are the skills used, so go ahead and roll, who knows if your character will be needed again!

Otto
spot hidden
Fighting - Brawl
Sam
spot hidden
Firearm
Lang
Occult
Spot Hidden
Greek
Dodge
Perry
Spot Hidden
Accounting
Florence
Spot Hidden
First Aid

Jun 28, 2022 10:02 pm

Jun 28, 2022 10:02 pm

OOC:

Florence rolls -

Thanks for running this, Knifesedgegames!!

Last edited June 28, 2022 10:05 pm

Rolls

Sanity Gain - (1d6)

(6) = 6

Spot Hidden (45) Increase - (1d100)

(98) = 98

First Aid (30) Increase - (1d100)

(57) = 57

Spot Hidden +1d10 - (1d10)

(2) = 2

First Aid +1d10 - (1d10)

(9) = 9

Knifesedgegames

Jun 28, 2022 10:04 pm

Jun 28, 2022 10:04 pm

And if everyone could swing by OOC when you have time.

Langston 'Lang' Du Bois

Jun 28, 2022 11:07 pm

Jun 28, 2022 11:07 pm

The experience haunted Lang's dreams, and he was oddly happy he could still dream unlike poor Jim.

Lang had to know whatever secrets were in those books and ledgers, even if only to sell or destroy them. Perry could be sure of that. Maybe this could be the start of a mutually beneficial partnership.

OOC:

I had a great time! Thanks, Knife! If you're running another CoC game, I'd love to have Lang continue investigating and leaking sanity. ^_^

Last edited June 28, 2022 11:56 pm

Rolls

Occult (70) - (1d100, 1d10)

1d100 : (83) = 83

1d10 : (1) = 1

Spot Hidden (45) - (1d100, 1d10)

1d100 : (32) = 32

1d10 : (9) = 9

Greek (40) - (1d100, 1d10)

1d100 : (93) = 93

1d10 : (7) = 7

Dodge (40) - (1d100, 1d10)

1d100 : (79) = 79

1d10 : (9) = 9

Sanity increase - (1d6)

(1) = 1

Perry Greenwald

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Jun 28, 2022 11:41 pm

Jun 28, 2022 11:41 pm

Having only caught glimpses of the creature, Perry is filled with a need to know. He's known for his ability to track down items, and helps Lang find all sorts of occult texts and items: he stops reading them before turning them into more capable hands real quick, learning his lesson after a dual assault of night terrors at night and minor hallucinations during the day.

He happily turns over the book; the ledgers, he insist, contain only "a simple mundane mystery about me. Why do you think I joined your snooping around the apartment so readily?"

Rolls

Spot Hidden (25) - (1d100, 1d10)

1d100 : (37) = 37

1d10 : (5) = 5

Accounting - (1d100, 1d10)

1d100 : (21) = 21

1d10 : (2) = 2

Sanity Increase - (1d6)

(5) = 5

Jun 29, 2022 9:27 am

Jun 29, 2022 9:27 am

Sam, for sure, will always remember what happened that day. It definitely changed his way of looking at things, his place in society or the world. It also made him closer to his neighbors. He will try to keep in touch, and, especially if some uncanny events of the same kind happen again, he will be willing to give a hand.

Rolls

Sanity increase - (1d6)

(5) = 5

Spot Hidden (70) - (1d100, 1d10)

1d100 : (10) = 10

1d10 : (4) = 4

Firearms (20) - (1d100, 1d10)

1d100 : (94) = 94

1d10 : (8) = 8

Jun 29, 2022 2:27 pm

Jun 29, 2022 2:27 pm

Late at night, when Otto is alone in his room, a bottle in his hand... sometimes he still hears it.

The sound. The whistling.

The terrible whistling!

Rolls

Spot Hidden Improvement Check (45) - (1d100)

(38) = 38

Fighting (Brawl) Improvement Check (50) - (1d100)

(72) = 72

Recovered Sanity - (1d6)

(5) = 5

Fighting (Brawl) Improvement - (1d10)

(9) = 9

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