Character Creation and OOC

Apr 30, 2023 3:51 pm
I wasn't necessarily going to walk you through character creation. If you have the Player's Guide, then feel free to make one, otherwise, there are pregens in the Quickstart guide.

If you really want to see character creation run through, then we can do it as a group.

In the meantime, I'll double check the character sheet made for this game. It doesn't have dice automation, but that's kind of tricky in this game, because there are some mix and matching of attributes and skills, plus possible focusses.
[ +- ] Achtung! Cthulhu
Apr 30, 2023 4:02 pm
Copied from the interest check:
Esidrix says:
I'm partial to James Swann - if no one objects strenuously, I'll claim that one. Do we have a 'Character sheet' that works or just wing it?
Windyridge says:
Private Dan Gregg for me if there are no objections.

KCC

May 1, 2023 1:04 am
Just a quick question on character art. Are people thinking of going with actual portraits from the time:
https://i.imgur.com/7OWQHti.jpg

Or for more of an arty style:
https://i.imgur.com/YGa11Ou.jpg

Or just grab it from the pre-gen character sheet?
May 1, 2023 1:35 am
I grabbed mine from the pregen sheet.

Your arty style fits the pregen style pretty well it seems.
Last edited May 1, 2023 1:37 am

KCC

May 1, 2023 3:15 am
I’ll take Sarah Walker, if none are opposed. Really, I don’t mind charging or generating something!
May 1, 2023 3:23 am
Should we invite a fifth? Someone else had poked their head into the IC thread. I don't mind, only the more players, the slower action scenes can go.
May 1, 2023 4:30 am
I'm down for playing Daphne Rogers from the Quick start, if no one objects.
May 1, 2023 8:31 pm
I've extended an invitation to Harrigan for the fifth seat.
May 1, 2023 8:39 pm
Oh no not him! Yay! 😁😂🤣

KCC

May 1, 2023 11:00 pm
"Gudday, mate!"

KCC

May 2, 2023 12:47 am
Wondering if I should have just made my own character, after all! Never imagined playing an Australian commando when it came to cracking Nazi heads.

Always liked the idea of the French Resistance!
May 2, 2023 4:39 am
Hello all! Looking forward to this game for a BUNCH of reasons, but I do have a pretty busy week or three ahead. I'll do my best to keep.

Happy to use a pregen -- I'll download the Quick Start -- but what's the premise here? Are we a team hunting monsters, or will this essentially be a rag-tag group of allies who just happen to find themselves in a dire situation?

Perhaps I should read the interest check. ;)

Ah, I see, Section M. They're kind of a unit to hunt monstahs, though, art they?
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May 2, 2023 5:14 am
Alright, looks like Sven Nilsen is the only pregen left, true?

KCC

May 2, 2023 5:52 am
That’s it, though happy to swap mine too. I want to fussed about which one I got.
May 2, 2023 5:22 pm
I'll post the first scene up tonight to help you get an idea of what the adventure scenario entails.
May 3, 2023 2:34 am
Posted the opening reel. Have a look, but we won't get too involved until everyone is ready and has their PCs sorted out.

KCC

May 4, 2023 2:07 am
Muddling my way through char gen. Found I didn’t really know what an Aussie might sound like.
May 4, 2023 3:37 pm
Great first posts! I know @Harrigan is busy for a few days, and @CTME2000 might be as well. I'm hoping we can unleash the kracken by Friday, but could be Saturday morning (North American time) as I'm gaming live Friday night.

KCC

May 5, 2023 12:09 pm
Not a step closer to finished this character today. It’s Children’s Day here so it was a mile a minute stuff!
Last edited May 5, 2023 12:09 pm
May 5, 2023 3:26 pm
Sorry y'all, in the midst of helping family move, so been pretty busy, but should be finished later today and can post an intro this evening.
May 6, 2023 4:16 am
Yeah, apologies, it was already a busy week *before* my boss called to tell me about the ethics incident on a team that might, you know, result in us losing contracts worth tens of millions. Gaah.

To A!C -- looks like I have the choice of one PC, right? Any chance I can make one, and even join late? I hate to hold us up further.
May 6, 2023 5:20 am
Visiting my FLGS tomorrow with intentions to buy the book...

KCC

May 6, 2023 6:22 am
I made my own character, freeing up one of the pre-gens. An infiltrator. You can imagine the type. Rifles, camouflage etc.
May 6, 2023 1:52 pm
So Sarah and Sven are available? Pretty easy to make a PC, KCC? Can't see Irish. What overall archetype did you go with?

KCC

May 6, 2023 2:13 pm
Yeah, it seems pretty easy. Just follow along in the book and punch in the numbers it gives you.

Went with an infiltrator.
May 6, 2023 4:41 pm
Sure, go ahead and make a character if you're keen, I know I would!
May 6, 2023 5:15 pm
I'll give it a whirl tonight. Sorry for continued delays. Keep trucking if you can!
May 7, 2023 4:49 am
FLGS did not have the book. Will look at grabbing the PDF tomorrow.
May 7, 2023 4:08 pm
@KCC it looks like you just applied the Infiltrator package, as you still need to:
- choose a talent for your infiltrator.
- Then, a roll and apply a background (page 65),
- then a Characteristic (page 72)

Windyridge, your mechanic's sheet looks good

@Esidrix: Commander looks good but it looks like you have an extra Focus; you should have four to start

@CTME2000 How's the creation coming?
May 7, 2023 5:19 pm
Grabbed the PDF, built my PC this morning -- and had a great time doing it! Will get her submitted this afternoon. A Boffin with specialties in medicine, the occult, and having a crisis of faith!

KCC

May 8, 2023 12:05 am
Reporting for doody. Can’t help but feel I made him wrong. Technically correct, yes; but I kind of lost the thread of him 75% of the way in! :D
May 8, 2023 12:41 am
Then pick it up man. Pick it up! 😀

KCC

May 8, 2023 12:54 am
He started as a sniper guy and ended as knife wielding Rambo. Close quarters, no mercy!
May 8, 2023 1:01 am
Irish looks good, thanks for updating him.
May 8, 2023 5:40 am
Submitting Sister Sabine. I want to work on her sheet and background more, but there's enough to get started. I think!

KCC

May 8, 2023 10:27 am
Let’s get to hunting some Nazis! Can I get a whoo-rah?
May 8, 2023 12:06 pm
@Qralloq = I'll strike one, I just copied Swann straight out of the QuickStart.
May 8, 2023 1:04 pm
KCC says:
Let’s get to hunting some Nazis! Can I get a whoo-rah?
Whoo-rah!
May 8, 2023 2:21 pm
Haven't heard from @CTME2000 in a minute. I'll get us moving tonight regardless.
May 8, 2023 5:33 pm
Apologies again y'all, between hosting in-laws, moving, kids bday party, it's been a crazy past few weeks. Creating a character sounds fun, but no time atm. I'll stick with the pregen I selected. I'll input the character and have an intro later tonight. Get moving gentlemen, Nazis wait for no one!
May 9, 2023 5:56 am
Posted, finally!

And come, you two -- it's either Hooah, Oorah, or Hooyah, depending on your service. If it's the Brits, it's "I say! Nazis! Have at them, lads!"
May 9, 2023 5:56 am
Also, let's kill some Nazis!

KCC

May 9, 2023 6:14 am
I accidentally ended up without weapons, so used this, Harrigan.

https://i.imgur.com/rorV76p.jpg
May 9, 2023 6:20 am
Thanks. This will make killing Nazis easier.
May 12, 2023 6:20 am
Conscious that Sabine has the only pic that's not illustrated. Would one of these be better?
https://i.imgur.com/suOVlv9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/fJTpIz6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/cunJL2z.jpg

KCC

May 12, 2023 7:27 am
I like the first one!
May 12, 2023 12:22 pm
Me too. The first one.

KCC

May 12, 2023 12:25 pm
She looks annoyed at something our characters just said!
May 12, 2023 3:15 pm
Numero uno.
May 13, 2023 10:31 pm
And pssst, Esidrix, we're finally playing together again. Maybe this one will last!
May 14, 2023 12:24 am
No kidding. I just saw the Warlock game ended. Congrats on that one. :) I think we have a stable-er crew than previously. It's time to rock some old gods.

KCC

May 18, 2023 9:26 am
Is that us locked in at one success then, Q? I have to imagine most stuff is packed up in the back.
May 18, 2023 12:36 pm
If someone else wants to roll, that could be touching up the hiding spots a bit. Nothing stopping everyone from rolling, but I'll just take the best result.

KCC

May 18, 2023 1:04 pm
I rolled ass, in classic fashion.
May 19, 2023 1:37 am
Sorry, I didn't mean to hog up the roll.

KCC

May 19, 2023 2:34 am
No, no. You got a success. If it had been up to the master infiltrator over here, we’d get nothing!
May 19, 2023 5:35 am
No one else fared very well so far, from the looks of it.

KCC

May 19, 2023 9:32 am
Top… men…
May 22, 2023 5:24 pm
Hey y'all I know I've barely been participating, and apologies for that. Have some family stuff going on and it's taking way more of my time then anticipated. So I'm going to bow out of this game until things cool down back home. Appreciate the offer GM, as the setting looks awesome and rules are certainly interesting. Hopefully I'll see you all again, happy gaming in the meantime! Kick some Nazi ass!
May 22, 2023 6:45 pm
He's gone, so be it. Well, I mainly wanted just four so no problem from my end.

Any skills Daphne had we were relying on?

KCC

May 23, 2023 1:51 am
I believe she was the occultist right? She had magic.
May 23, 2023 4:56 am
Magic is not needed! We hunt Nazis the old-fashioned way!
May 23, 2023 11:57 am
With Fire and Iron.
May 23, 2023 2:06 pm
And grit and determination!
May 23, 2023 2:47 pm
https://i.imgur.com/KWU9yUG.png

Just kidding. Probably.

KCC

May 26, 2023 9:50 am
Is that to say that all of us roll the same roll?
May 26, 2023 11:50 am
Hello all, just a heads up, we're heading to Europe tomorrow for a 10 day. I'll have my phone and should be able to check in from the hotel daily. If for some reason it seems I'm lagging, don't be afraid to bump me along to keep things moving.
May 26, 2023 12:13 pm
KCC says:
Is that to say that all of us roll the same roll?
You bet!
May 27, 2023 1:04 am
Enjoy Europe, Esidrix! Lucky!
May 31, 2023 5:38 am
Thanks Harrigan. Couple days in and it's awesome.

@qralloq - we've got the routine now, so I'm checking in at least daily.

KCC

May 31, 2023 7:19 am
Where abouts are you? ^^
May 31, 2023 12:56 pm
In Venice today, heading to Lucerne, Switzerland tomorrow morning.
May 31, 2023 1:40 pm
Sounds wonderful. Enjoy!

KCC

Jun 1, 2023 12:56 pm
So, when I take 5 damage, are we playing that as I’ve been shot/whacked for realzies? Or is it like luck being burned and when it’s gone, I finally get got?
Jun 1, 2023 6:13 pm
Quote:
Despite the protection of their Armour, and the dauntlessness of their courage, characters can only withstand a certain degree of punishment before any lasting injury is caused. This ability to endure is represented by the character’s ability to take stress, while any lasting harm they suffer is called injury.
Quote:
Injuries represent wounds and mental trauma. While injuries don’t knock you out of the fight by default, if they build up they can cause lasting issues and leave you defeated and helpless before your enemies. If you suffer 5 or more stress from a single attack or hazard, or you reach your maximum stress, you immediately suffer an injury. If both these things happen, then you suffer two injuries instead of one. Suffering 5 stress is just a threshold, however, and injuries aren’t gained by suffering multiples of 5 stress (10, 15, 20 etc.)

If you are already at maximum stress then suffering any amount of stress will cause an injury, and if you suffer 5 or more stress while already at maximum, this causes an additional injury.
Because Irish took five Stress at once he sustains an Injury.

KCC

Jun 2, 2023 3:05 am
Shot through the heart, and you’re to blame…
Jun 2, 2023 3:30 am
Darling you give Nazi hunting, a bad name

KCC

Jun 3, 2023 11:29 am
Esidrix says:
OOC:
Nazi 4 can go. It'll be easier to shoot him once he's out of the truck ;)
That’s no ordinary Nazi! That’s… the Foürhrer!
Last edited June 3, 2023 11:30 am

KCC

Jun 5, 2023 9:11 am
Harrigan is trying to kill me!! You all saw it.

Now, I’m not one for fiddly bits. But I’ll do the thing he said, if we have the fiddly bits to spare!!
Jun 5, 2023 2:11 pm
You do, make your attack roll on the nazi you stabbed before.
Jun 10, 2023 12:34 am
Why are we stealing the Opel, exactly?
Jun 10, 2023 2:54 am
And their uniforms to look like Germans.
Jun 10, 2023 4:54 am
Windyridge says:
And their uniforms to look like Germans.
Are you familiar with standard question-and-answer conventions, Windy? =]
Jun 10, 2023 9:34 pm
Harrigan says:
Why are we stealing the Opel, exactly?
To look like Germans. Wearing their uniforms should also help. Capiche? There are nazi's and then there are grammar nazi's 😁 and I won't be capitalizing the N. 🤣
Jun 10, 2023 10:29 pm
I wasn't complaining about grammar! ;)
Jun 10, 2023 10:30 pm
Don't mean to get us stuck here. If Irish and Dan stole the truck and are dressed like Jerry, so be it! Just remember we're supposed to be low-key and have a thirty some odd mile hike ahead of us, through wooded mountains!
Jun 10, 2023 11:17 pm
For sure but we saw a bunch of Germans driving by earlier. Who knows where they went or where they stopped. If nothing comes up the truck and unforms can be ditched.

KCC

Jul 6, 2023 1:23 am
Someone took German uniforms from the truck didn’t they? I remember thinking that Irish would be too gangly to wear one comfortably!

KCC

Jul 13, 2023 11:46 am
An (accurate?) artist’s depiction of the scene. The only way is down?
https://i.imgur.com/njwdYSh.jpg
Jul 13, 2023 3:19 pm
Yup, down is the way
Jul 13, 2023 7:24 pm
That's awesome, I may have to frame that.
Jul 23, 2023 10:13 pm
What happens to 'extra' stress once you top out the stress bar and take an injury? For example, Sabine has 8 stress, and a max of 11. What happens if she takes 4 stress? An injury and a fresh stress track, or an injury and a stress track with one tick ticked?
Jul 23, 2023 10:21 pm
You take an injury for maxing out your stress, but anything over is irrelevant. No need to track "negative hitpoints" in this game.
Jul 30, 2023 1:44 pm
I thought this when reading the player's guide, but now we're seeing it in action. It quite like this system so far, but it is not particularly well-suited for pulpy, high-octane play. It's really pretty gritty! You take an injury or two, things get *much* harder...
Jul 31, 2023 11:22 am
No kidding, kind of the opposite of "Hey, I dang near split him in two with my sword, can't he at least act hurt?" This system is much more, "oh yes, you will hurt."
Last edited July 31, 2023 11:22 am
Oct 14, 2023 8:07 pm
Sabine is a badass, just saying.

Also, no OOC here since JULY?!
Oct 14, 2023 8:18 pm
A good GM will use OOC to help foster a sense of community.
Oct 14, 2023 8:20 pm
And so will I!
Oct 14, 2023 9:08 pm
I think Dan is a little sweet on Sabine. She's a strong and capable woman and that makes his blood move. How's that for community? 😂
Oct 14, 2023 10:03 pm
They could make out and Anger God if WE WEREN'T SURROUNDED BY GODDAMNED NAZIS ALL THE TIME!
Oct 14, 2023 10:06 pm
If you people could shoot straight, me might not have so many Nazis...

/Sarcasm
Oct 14, 2023 10:12 pm
We're close to being done this adventure. The secrets of the Huginn are just behind the next doors...
Oct 14, 2023 10:12 pm
Three and counting for Sabine, I think!
Oct 16, 2023 2:19 am
Just a heads up -- out of town and largely out of pocket for all posting for the next seven days or so -- expect to see me back around by Oct 23rd. Autopilot Sabine as necessary!

KCC

Oct 16, 2023 2:20 am
Looks like KCC’s got a new character to sacrifice play!

KCC

Oct 26, 2023 12:37 am
I have escaped Qralloq’s clutches for another game! Thanks for running, Q. I know I was the one badgering you to give it a go! Appreciate that!

Catch you on the next big one, chaps!
Oct 26, 2023 1:07 am
In the way of such things, if we were continuing a longer campaign, Irish and Sabine would have permanent scars for their adventures, one for each injury.

Thanks for helping me explore this crazy, wonderful setting, and slay Nazis!
Oct 26, 2023 1:43 am
Awesome, Q, thanks for running and exploring the system!

PS: ALL of those Nazis on board would get a bullet in the head and be dropped off the side. Ideally onto Hitler as he has lunch in the German countryside with his white tablecloth and fine wine.
Oct 26, 2023 2:15 am
Wow. Intellectually I knew we were getting close to the end, but emotionally, I did not see it coming !! - Thanks Q and my fellow players. That was great fun and I can't wait for the next one... Nudge, nudge, know what I mean... Wink..
Oct 26, 2023 8:34 pm
This was great fun Q. Thanks for running it!
Oct 26, 2023 11:22 pm
I'll retire the game. Thanks again!

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