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Mar 26, 2023 2:34 pm
Welcome. I’ll be setting up character generation threads for everyone as they join so standby if yours isn’t there yet
Mar 26, 2023 6:03 pm
Good to have you Drakis! Now get over to your character thread and make the magic happen
Mar 27, 2023 1:11 am
Introducing Dardan Kela, a 36 year engineer born in Cairo, of Albanian ethnicity.
A typical child of the European middle class, in British administered Egypt, Dardan went to university to study engineering, and graduated at 24. He saw duty in the Great War, as part of the British armies engineering corps, but was lucky to escape seeing heavy action. Companionable and friendly, Dardan often has a smile on his face, and is quick to laughter.
He considers himself a man of the modern age, and believes everything can be explained by science. But he does retain some of the religious beliefs, and superstitions, from his culture. This extends to his lucky monkey wrench, which he always carries around with him. People who notice this will often make fun of this affectation, which he laughs along with. But he still continues to carry his lucky wrench.
He has an equal interest in both history and the occult, and this in turn has led to him seeking work with the archaeological digs in Egypt and Libya. Dardan has a working knowledge of Arabic, something considered valuable to the many American and European nationals who run the digs.
His greatest hero is Giles Lambert, an reknowned British engineer who has worked extensively in Egypt and the middle east, and who was for a time involved in Howard Carter's famous dig. It is his ambition to be part of a dig which unearths a treasure as famous as Carter's. Not so much because of the treasure, but because of the approval he would hope to get from Lambert for Dardan's own engineering skills in making it possible.
Married with 3 young children, he spends most of his time working away from home. He takes his work seriously, and is always open to new knowledge. The times when he is not working in the field he will spend at home with his extended family. He will regularly visit with his fellow engineers in the various clubs, and in the British university at Cairo, learning of advances in the field. He has a love of animals, and some skill in handling them, so will often take European tourists on treks out to the pyramids on his small stable of camels.
A typical child of the European middle class, in British administered Egypt, Dardan went to university to study engineering, and graduated at 24. He saw duty in the Great War, as part of the British armies engineering corps, but was lucky to escape seeing heavy action. Companionable and friendly, Dardan often has a smile on his face, and is quick to laughter.
He considers himself a man of the modern age, and believes everything can be explained by science. But he does retain some of the religious beliefs, and superstitions, from his culture. This extends to his lucky monkey wrench, which he always carries around with him. People who notice this will often make fun of this affectation, which he laughs along with. But he still continues to carry his lucky wrench.
He has an equal interest in both history and the occult, and this in turn has led to him seeking work with the archaeological digs in Egypt and Libya. Dardan has a working knowledge of Arabic, something considered valuable to the many American and European nationals who run the digs.
His greatest hero is Giles Lambert, an reknowned British engineer who has worked extensively in Egypt and the middle east, and who was for a time involved in Howard Carter's famous dig. It is his ambition to be part of a dig which unearths a treasure as famous as Carter's. Not so much because of the treasure, but because of the approval he would hope to get from Lambert for Dardan's own engineering skills in making it possible.
Married with 3 young children, he spends most of his time working away from home. He takes his work seriously, and is always open to new knowledge. The times when he is not working in the field he will spend at home with his extended family. He will regularly visit with his fellow engineers in the various clubs, and in the British university at Cairo, learning of advances in the field. He has a love of animals, and some skill in handling them, so will often take European tourists on treks out to the pyramids on his small stable of camels.
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Mar 29, 2023 6:14 am
By the way, Gamersplane has a Discord server for random chats and giggles, including a dedicated CoC room if you want to join, let me know
Mar 29, 2023 6:15 am
For those that are ready, feel free to introduce your character here as Drakis2 has
Mar 30, 2023 6:33 pm
Regretfully I've booted BlackRiver as they weren't answering messages. Another newcomer, GreatNorthernWendigo is incoming
Mar 30, 2023 7:53 pm
Not incoming, for he has arrived!
I am happy with any of the pre-gen characters. New to Gamers Plane so I will be poking about. Let me know where to find the character I am assigned and I will be ready to go asap.
I am happy with any of the pre-gen characters. New to Gamers Plane so I will be poking about. Let me know where to find the character I am assigned and I will be ready to go asap.
Mar 30, 2023 9:23 pm
Good to have you hear GNW. Are you completely new to Cthulhu? I've set up a thread for you under character gen.
Mar 31, 2023 7:47 pm
I have the core books and have read through and followed some podcast games. I am familiar with the mechanics but have not played before.
I’ll dive in over there then.
I’ll dive in over there then.
Mar 31, 2023 11:14 pm
Arthur is a British Foreign Correspondent working for the Pall Mall Gazette. He is small of stature and prematurely balding. The many missions abroad, mainly in the Mediterranean and Middle East, gave him a tanned complexion making him a bit of an oddity back home.
With the Pharaoh-mania that followed Carter's discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb, his paper sent him to cover this new archaeological dig, to quench the readers' apparently insatiable thirst for all things Egyptian with his field reports.
Arthur was born into money and idolises his Mother Evelyn, from whom he caught the traveller's bug, having joined her in her Grand Tours since a young age. He enjoys the luxury hotel accommodations and foreign travels his profession grants, as well as the social perks of being part of a community of Western Expats abroad: the contacts, the partying, the gossip.
With the Pharaoh-mania that followed Carter's discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb, his paper sent him to cover this new archaeological dig, to quench the readers' apparently insatiable thirst for all things Egyptian with his field reports.
Arthur was born into money and idolises his Mother Evelyn, from whom he caught the traveller's bug, having joined her in her Grand Tours since a young age. He enjoys the luxury hotel accommodations and foreign travels his profession grants, as well as the social perks of being part of a community of Western Expats abroad: the contacts, the partying, the gossip.
Mar 31, 2023 11:18 pm
OOC:
Welcome Dr_BApr 1, 2023 6:50 am
"I’m sure it’ll hold fer the time bein’. I haven’t heard tell of any collapsed pyramids yet." Stepping into the shade of the entranceway With a wooden match in hand the newcomer strikes it on the carved stone to put a light to a cigar. After a long pull he leans on the wall removes the cowboy hat from his shaggy long haired head and rubs his sleeve on his forehead to catch the sweat. "Whooo boys it is damn hot."
The dusty man flips his head back settle his hat back on his head and clenches the cigar with his teeth and sticks out his hand to shake, he introduces himself "Howdy fellas I’m Bascom Buchanan, but y’all can leave it at Baz. Happy to be along for the ride."
The dusty man flips his head back settle his hat back on his head and clenches the cigar with his teeth and sticks out his hand to shake, he introduces himself "Howdy fellas I’m Bascom Buchanan, but y’all can leave it at Baz. Happy to be along for the ride."
Apr 1, 2023 10:25 am
"So your the group I'm looking for?" Alistair sighs looking around at them, "I write books about the future, mind you a terrible future but you should really read them, I'm here to research Hieroglyphs because that's what the New Order uses for secret communications. So I need to see some real writing according to my Editor."
Apr 1, 2023 2:31 pm
OOC:
Hello @GreatNorthernWendigo and @KoldikSteelskin, look forward to gaming with you all.@Knifesedgegames: Are we waiting on any more players or should we all head over to the thread: Necropolis Gameplay, to start?
He gives Alistair a confused look, that quickly turns into a smile. "Well, you came to the right place to study the writing of the ancient Egyptians, but I do not know of this New Order you speak of. Maybe they are in charge of the dig down by the south entrance?"
Apr 1, 2023 4:33 pm
OOC:
Just waiting on Zeromancer, Griffincol and GNW to finish their character sheets and assign them to the gameApr 2, 2023 5:26 am
OOC:
Submitted Baz to the game...baited breath on getting started.Apr 2, 2023 12:51 pm
Thanks GNW, I've amended the max sanity to 99 (not that it matters for a one shot) and accepted Baz into the fold. Just waiting on the other two now
Apr 3, 2023 12:31 am
I'm the one who was making an amalgamation of the archaeologist/dilettante. I modified the pregen dilettante to fill both the role of financial backer for the expedition as well as a hobbyist archaeologist which I feel was needed. His name is Richard Joseph Lyttelton III (RJL3, lol). He is highly educated and interested in all things ancient as well as the practices surrounding occultism.
@Dr_B There's a good chance RJL3 knows Arthur Morecambe, given the status of their two families. He may have even invited the correspondent to join the expedition knowing he was working on his piece.
@Dr_B There's a good chance RJL3 knows Arthur Morecambe, given the status of their two families. He may have even invited the correspondent to join the expedition knowing he was working on his piece.
Apr 3, 2023 6:22 am
Sure thing, works for me, do share a background here.
Arthur is also an amateur Occultist, so there might be more overlap there.
Arthur is also an amateur Occultist, so there might be more overlap there.
Apr 3, 2023 2:52 pm
A noble of the British Empire, Richard Joseph Lyttelton III's great wealth means that he has been able to pursue his studies without the need to work. Spurred by his fascination with all things ancient, RJL3 funded an archaeological dig in Egypt, hoping to uncover priceless artifacts and hidden lore. He is excited, as his dig team believes they have found the entrance to a previously unknown necropolis.
I really didn't feel the need to change anything from the pregen dilettante's background. Most of the adjustments were made to his skills.
@Dr_B I currently have his age set to 32, but I can modify it 3-4 years in either direction to better sync it with Arthur's. Perhaps they even attended university during the same time period. Oxford perhaps?
I really didn't feel the need to change anything from the pregen dilettante's background. Most of the adjustments were made to his skills.
@Dr_B I currently have his age set to 32, but I can modify it 3-4 years in either direction to better sync it with Arthur's. Perhaps they even attended university during the same time period. Oxford perhaps?
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Apr 3, 2023 4:30 pm
@Zeromancer: I created an engineer, Dardan Kela, with an eye to being the person responsible for organising the work crews and digging into the site. So he was likely employed by RJL3 and they'd have the usual 1920's employer/employee relationship, unless @Knifesedgegames has different ideas?
Apr 3, 2023 4:55 pm
And, @Zeromancer, Baz was raised in rural Kentuky and prizes the life of idle cleverness espoused by Mark Twain. He often gets underestimated with regards to his wits and education because of his accent, and his comfort with maintaining his southern common sense and manners. He is usually happy to let people think what they will while he pursues his ideal life of solitary comfortable living as an academic, paid to study and write away the days with nary a chore or bit of toil in sight. He was educated at a graduate level in England so however you want to play around with knowing, or knowing about him is up for the fun.
Baz could be a rivals attempt at sabotaging the expedition by setting you up with this hillbilly translator, not knowing Baz's actual skill, or you could have recruited him as the diamond in the rough you might figure him to be. Either way Baz is here to get in the field work he needs to set himself up for a good while writing books and hopefully avoiding classroom teaching at the university.
Baz could be a rivals attempt at sabotaging the expedition by setting you up with this hillbilly translator, not knowing Baz's actual skill, or you could have recruited him as the diamond in the rough you might figure him to be. Either way Baz is here to get in the field work he needs to set himself up for a good while writing books and hopefully avoiding classroom teaching at the university.
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Apr 3, 2023 6:28 pm
Drakis2 says:
@Zeromancer: I created an engineer, Dardan Kela, with an eye to being the person responsible for organising the work crews and digging into the site. So he was likely employed by RJL3 and they'd have the usual 1920's employer/employee relationship, unless @Knifesedgegames has different ideas?Apr 3, 2023 11:11 pm
@Drakis2 I like this idea a lot. I imagine him as Indy's Sallah.
@GreatNorthernWendigo I noticed that you took the language professor, excellent. I could see the two of them competing for time with old manuscripts and tablets while at university. Perhaps we can sync their ages as well, like I proposed to Dr_B.
@GreatNorthernWendigo I noticed that you took the language professor, excellent. I could see the two of them competing for time with old manuscripts and tablets while at university. Perhaps we can sync their ages as well, like I proposed to Dr_B.
Apr 3, 2023 11:46 pm
Sounds good to me, syncing ages is no trouble. Now in character...
"Competin' for time with the books, sure we did a little of that, but twernt no competition betwix us at school. Last time an englishman got beat by an american like that he had to take his face off our money. Sure happy to be here nontheless boss."
"Competin' for time with the books, sure we did a little of that, but twernt no competition betwix us at school. Last time an englishman got beat by an american like that he had to take his face off our money. Sure happy to be here nontheless boss."
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Apr 4, 2023 2:26 am
Good evening, fellow travelers. This is Christopher Johns.
An English photographer who covered the Great War, Christopher carries scars both physical and mental from his time capturing the worst of humanity. The atrocities of trench warfare, the permanent damage to his right eye from a stray bullet, and the fact that the work he risked his life and lost the love of his life for was censored and ignored on his return- have left him adrift from his former colleagues and carefree youth. He copes by hiding his dead eye behind a patch and throwing himself into freelance work, taking the most dangerous and remote jobs available. When the opportunity to travel to Egypt and photograph the Tomb came over the wires, he couldn’t turn down the opportunity…
Raised by a devout Anglican English father and a Muslim Moroccan mother, Christopher found their religious traditions overbearing and exhausting from an early age but still followed his father's faith. This faith began to waiver as he watched first his mother, then his father both succumb to illness… What little faith in a higher power was destroyed by he witnessed during the war, men hacking each other to pieces with bayonets, blasting each others limbs off, and the ultimate atrocity, the horrors of the gas…
Christopher now refuses to believe in any benevolent higher power in the universe and resents the idea of any grander fate or personal destiny.
[i]Significant Person:[/I] Eva Neumann, a young German woman living on the border between Luxembourg and Germany who took pity on a wounded Christopher after finding unconscious on the banks of the Rhine River. At great risk, she hid him from the Imperial German Army and nursed him back to health from the injury that cost him his right eye. Separated from his unit, Christopher was forced to remain in hiding in her home, waiting for an opportunity to escape German territory and rejoin the Allies. An avid reader and collector of books, she read to him in German and slowly taught him the language. As weeks turned to months, distrust turned to understanding, then affection, then finally love.
This was the first time in his adult life that Christopher allowed himself to feel warmth and see the goodness in another human being. As the year 1918 wore on and the German Army became more desperate, it became evident that the time to chart an escape was rapidly approaching. Knowing that they could not hide together forever and that he could not take Eva with him, Christopher made the difficult decision to go through with his retreat back to Allied territory. He promised he would return for her, she promised she would wait for him. They would start a new life together.
Before their tearful farewell, he took a photo of her. This photo would become his most cherished possession- he keeps it in a silver locket attached to the grip of his Webley Mk. VI top-break revolver.
Christopher managed to reunite with the Allies, and by the winter of 1918 it was clear the war was nearing it’s end, but he was unable to gain clearance to return to Rhineland until the fall of 1919. Alas, when he finally returned to his lover’s home, he did not find her. There were not notes or indications of what might’ve happened to her, no neighbors reported seeing her, it was as if she’d disappeared from the face of the earth. The only trace of her he has left is her photo.
Unable to forget the life he planned to live with Eva, and unable to return to the life he led back in England before the war, Christopher now finds himself a man without a home.
Christopher’s greatest trait is his perceptiveness. As a child, his father taught him to shoot. As a man of devout faith, his Father never missed the opportunity to entwine religious teachings into daily life lessons, and while instructing Christopher on how to breath and aim, he advised him to ‘take a breath, stop time and see through the eyes of God’.
Though he has long abandoned his fear of God, Christopher took the mantra to heart and sought to hone his observantness and learn to identify and aim for the heart of anything before him- this skill led him to success behind a camera and also contributed to him becoming a keen marksman.
An English photographer who covered the Great War, Christopher carries scars both physical and mental from his time capturing the worst of humanity. The atrocities of trench warfare, the permanent damage to his right eye from a stray bullet, and the fact that the work he risked his life and lost the love of his life for was censored and ignored on his return- have left him adrift from his former colleagues and carefree youth. He copes by hiding his dead eye behind a patch and throwing himself into freelance work, taking the most dangerous and remote jobs available. When the opportunity to travel to Egypt and photograph the Tomb came over the wires, he couldn’t turn down the opportunity…
Raised by a devout Anglican English father and a Muslim Moroccan mother, Christopher found their religious traditions overbearing and exhausting from an early age but still followed his father's faith. This faith began to waiver as he watched first his mother, then his father both succumb to illness… What little faith in a higher power was destroyed by he witnessed during the war, men hacking each other to pieces with bayonets, blasting each others limbs off, and the ultimate atrocity, the horrors of the gas…
Christopher now refuses to believe in any benevolent higher power in the universe and resents the idea of any grander fate or personal destiny.
[i]Significant Person:[/I] Eva Neumann, a young German woman living on the border between Luxembourg and Germany who took pity on a wounded Christopher after finding unconscious on the banks of the Rhine River. At great risk, she hid him from the Imperial German Army and nursed him back to health from the injury that cost him his right eye. Separated from his unit, Christopher was forced to remain in hiding in her home, waiting for an opportunity to escape German territory and rejoin the Allies. An avid reader and collector of books, she read to him in German and slowly taught him the language. As weeks turned to months, distrust turned to understanding, then affection, then finally love.
This was the first time in his adult life that Christopher allowed himself to feel warmth and see the goodness in another human being. As the year 1918 wore on and the German Army became more desperate, it became evident that the time to chart an escape was rapidly approaching. Knowing that they could not hide together forever and that he could not take Eva with him, Christopher made the difficult decision to go through with his retreat back to Allied territory. He promised he would return for her, she promised she would wait for him. They would start a new life together.
Before their tearful farewell, he took a photo of her. This photo would become his most cherished possession- he keeps it in a silver locket attached to the grip of his Webley Mk. VI top-break revolver.
Christopher managed to reunite with the Allies, and by the winter of 1918 it was clear the war was nearing it’s end, but he was unable to gain clearance to return to Rhineland until the fall of 1919. Alas, when he finally returned to his lover’s home, he did not find her. There were not notes or indications of what might’ve happened to her, no neighbors reported seeing her, it was as if she’d disappeared from the face of the earth. The only trace of her he has left is her photo.
Unable to forget the life he planned to live with Eva, and unable to return to the life he led back in England before the war, Christopher now finds himself a man without a home.
Christopher’s greatest trait is his perceptiveness. As a child, his father taught him to shoot. As a man of devout faith, his Father never missed the opportunity to entwine religious teachings into daily life lessons, and while instructing Christopher on how to breath and aim, he advised him to ‘take a breath, stop time and see through the eyes of God’.
Though he has long abandoned his fear of God, Christopher took the mantra to heart and sought to hone his observantness and learn to identify and aim for the heart of anything before him- this skill led him to success behind a camera and also contributed to him becoming a keen marksman.
Apr 4, 2023 7:10 pm
Thanks everyone for getting your characters set up. Does anyone have any questions before we get started?
Apr 5, 2023 8:37 am
I expect daily posting from everyone where possible but character gen has dragged a little so we’ll see. I always try to keep it moving so if I prompt someone to post and they don’t respond in 24 hours I’ll move on.
Apr 5, 2023 1:35 pm
Gameplay has begun : https://gamersplane.com/forums/thread/28742/
Apr 5, 2023 10:33 pm
I just did my first roll!!! yayyy.
I assume you will take note when we hit Hard or extreme success.
I assume you will take note when we hit Hard or extreme success.
Rolls
Sanity Loss - Failed roll when slab dropped - (d2)
(2) = 2
Apr 5, 2023 11:00 pm
GreatNorthernWendigo says:
I just did my first roll!!! yayyy.I assume you will take note when we hit Hard or extreme success.
Note you can edit posts and add more rolls at anytime it won't effect existing rolls
Apr 6, 2023 1:06 am
Just out of curiosity, what time zones are all of you located in? I'm east coast US, putting me at GMT -4, presently. I will generally catch up on new posts in the AM, but will typically only post in the evening (between 8 and 11 PM).
Apr 6, 2023 1:39 am
MST (Canadian Rockies) I work from home and am available most of the day... my job is easy.
Apr 6, 2023 10:36 am
Make sure you post as your character rather than the player in the gameplay thread. If you make a mistake, you can always go in and edit the post and change.
Apr 6, 2023 1:54 pm
I've been posting IC stuff with my character, and OOC stuff like dice as my player. Seemed logical to do it that way. 🤔
Apr 6, 2023 3:03 pm
Zeromancer says:
I've been posting IC stuff with my character, and OOC stuff like dice as my player. Seemed logical to do it that way. 🤔Apr 6, 2023 3:11 pm
Knifesedgegames says:
Zeromancer says:
I've been posting IC stuff with my character, and OOC stuff like dice as my player. Seemed logical to do it that way. 🤔Apr 6, 2023 5:40 pm
With Baz checking the sigils on the slab ahead of Christopher would he not have rolled Occult as well?
Apr 6, 2023 11:36 pm
GreatNorthernWendigo says:
Knifesedgegames says:
Zeromancer says:
I've been posting IC stuff with my character, and OOC stuff like dice as my player. Seemed logical to do it that way. 🤔
Apr 7, 2023 7:58 pm
@KoldikSteelskin In a near future post I intend for Richard to discuss the contents of the hieroglyphic inscriptions. Paramount will be trying to find a cartouche with the pharaoh's name. Might let us get a better idea of what we may find within, provided they are mentioned at other sites.
Apr 7, 2023 8:20 pm
Just a heads-up to everyone that i am a bit under the weather. So i will try to keep up to date with the posts but please excuse me if i lag behind. I am usually quite good at posting, but just not at the moment. Sorry!
Apr 10, 2023 2:18 am
@GreatNorthernWendigo Just out of curiosity, is that lantern open or enclosed in glass? Reason I ask, is open flames may be useful in finding drafts of fresh air.
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May 14, 2023 10:36 pm
Closing this one down soon, so if anyone wants to grab anything, now's the chance (I'll remove your characters so you can access them)