Dec 24, 2024 6:39 pm
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I'm fine with that switch, GentlemanLet's have Owen make a Lore roll for paranormal.
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@Cathamber are you still with us?Whispers by the Water
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Hoffmann shines the light but as the footsteps get closer the fog seems thicker. If he sees anything it's obscured by the changing texture of the swirling fog.
Let's have Owen make a Lore roll for paranormal.
Dec 24, 2024 8:14 pm
Myles looking around and hearing the footsteps says"What the hell is that?" He will swing the light of the camcorder that way.
Dec 25, 2024 11:57 pm
Blue tries to understand what is going on, he must have read something about this fog before...
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Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays... sorry I've been posting less than usual. I expect things to go back to normal after Jan.07.Rolls
Paranormal check
1 Positive, 2 Blank, 1 Negative - Total: +0 (+2) = +2
Dec 27, 2024 1:15 am
It's one thing to be a ghost hunter but another to find actual evidence of the supernatural. Burt is sufficiently disturbed but knows they have a job to do. He holds up his phone, hoping for more evidence, and says to the others, "We have a contract. We need to try to get to the bottom of this. That is unless something pops out and attacks us. Then I'm out of here, no offence."
Dec 28, 2024 5:23 pm
Owen feels that the mostly likely explanation for the window is the souls of the victims attempting to warn you. Of what, or of whom, you cannot tell as the dead are said to be notoriously unable to concentrate but are instead trapped in their own last moments.
The footsteps from the lack grow closer, crunching on gravel.
Burly knows that they have recorded a bunch of footage. Perhaps reviewing that in slow motion would provide more details?
The footsteps from the lack grow closer, crunching on gravel.
Burly knows that they have recorded a bunch of footage. Perhaps reviewing that in slow motion would provide more details?
Rolls
Secret roll for Burly
Dec 29, 2024 4:46 am
"I don't know what's going on, but maybe we need to compare notes," he says to the others. "I've got some photos and video. Maybe if we take a minute to go back over this stuff we'll have a clue as to what's going on."
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Since reviewing the data we've collected is the GM's request, do I need to roll for this?Dec 30, 2024 3:53 pm
Burt simply turns his back momentarily to the fog and the noises to distract himself away from the strange goings on, and begins, slowly, reviewing what he's collected so far, trying to see if he can find a clue, a lead, some inspiration. He doesn't know how much time they have.
He zooms in on different parts of the photos and and plays/replays his video to see he can find something in the images. Every so often, he pauses the video to examine it like a photo and take in as much as he can, even every greasy smudge he's left of the glass of his phone.
"Please be something here, he mutters to himself. Mercifully, he hasn't had too much chance to collect to evidence and so there isn't much to go through. However, he knows the others took some footage as well.
He zooms in on different parts of the photos and and plays/replays his video to see he can find something in the images. Every so often, he pauses the video to examine it like a photo and take in as much as he can, even every greasy smudge he's left of the glass of his phone.
"Please be something here, he mutters to himself. Mercifully, he hasn't had too much chance to collect to evidence and so there isn't much to go through. However, he knows the others took some footage as well.
Dec 30, 2024 4:46 pm
It isn't the video or the photo that catches Burt's eye, but a strange static that catches his ear. Playing it back loudly, he can hear what sounds like voices in the static. Could this be EVP (electronic voice phenomenon)?
It's difficult to make out, other than a few words: stone, circle, and break.
It's difficult to make out, other than a few words: stone, circle, and break.
Dec 30, 2024 6:05 pm
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I'm assuming here that my characters heard this as well. If they didn't, disregard this: Rolls
Athletics roll
2 Positive, 1 Blank, 1 Negative - Total: +1 (+2) = +3
Dec 31, 2024 4:03 am
"What do you all make of this?" Burt asks the others. "Stone, Circle, Break"; Did we see something like that?
Dec 31, 2024 4:24 am
Hoffmann runs into the fog, his legs pumping as his eyes try and remember the way and spot tripping hazards. Behind him he hears the crunching footsteps turn to follow, showing up, racing closer, following his every step, gaining on him.
When he gets to the circle he grabs a stone and throws it toward the lake. There is a crash as it hits other rocks and the splash of water. He turns around to face the man chasing him.
There is no one there.
When he gets to the circle he grabs a stone and throws it toward the lake. There is a crash as it hits other rocks and the splash of water. He turns around to face the man chasing him.
There is no one there.
Dec 31, 2024 3:03 pm
Hoffmann comes back just in time to hear Burly's question. "I presumed it meant we should break the stone circle. That's one friendly ghost in our van."
Markus Crane
Feb 16, 2025 8:53 pm
[ +- ] The initial information
Markus Crane
"Lakeshore Haven, a summer lake resort on the other side of this lake, was abandoned after a brutal mass murder twenty years ago. The site has since become the subject of urban legends and unexplained phenomena ever since. Strange sightings, eerie sounds, and disappearing locals near the lake have reignited interest in the location. Now it's scheduled to be torn down without any real attempts at uncovering the truth. I made sure you were invited to this festival knowing that you have a reputation for looking into, shall we say, odd occurrences."
"The mass murder occurred at the height of the resort’s popularity in the summer of 2004 when 13 guests and staff were killed by an unknown assailant. The killer was never caught."
"The killer’s final victim, Alice Moore, was found with symbols carved into her body, and her spirit is said to haunt the lake."
"Local witnesses report strange lights over the water and muffled voices at night."
Each of the newspapers, from different dates, tells of a new victim, suspected or actual. The only piece of actual new knowledge is that one of the articles mentioned mysterious symbols found on Alice Moore's body, and links the symbols to ancient occult rituals. In typical journalistic incompetence, what cult or even culture may have practiced these so called ancient rituals was not disclosed.
The name disappears in the window and the fog replenishes itself. After a moment, lines form as an unseen digit writes back.
T R A P P E D
The message disappears in the window and the fog replenishes itself once more. After a moment, lines form as an unseen digit writes back.
H E C O M E S
The key was the circle of stones, marked with occult symbols that are intended to bind spirits to the area. Just like Alice Moore, the victim was marked.
You don't know the motive, but the mass murderer of many years ago was attempting occult rituals to bind the victim's souls. Was it for personal gain, or for dark desires, it cannot be said. However, the spirits here were trapped in limbo, reaching out the only way they could. They were freed when the circle of stones was broken and cleansed by the lake.
Is the murderer still out there? Did he or she get what they desire? Or did they too fall victim to the lake. Who's to know.