Jun 12, 2025 5:59 am
The Gardiner-thing
OOC:
Lori and MartinBruno only are affected by the dire tune this time. Give me a POW roll. You'll need a HARD success to resist.Rolls
POW - (1d100)
(19) = 19
Gameplay
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The Gardiner-thing
Jun 13, 2025 9:20 am
OOC:
Did you mean Bruno? I'll roll just in case.Rolls
POW - Hard (25%) - (1d100)
(3) = 3
Jun 13, 2025 10:26 am
OOC:
My bad, didn't realise I put Martin, instead of Bruno. Martin is of course immune.OOC:
Bruno resists the strange noise and may act normally next round.Jun 13, 2025 10:27 am
Round 6
Martin 80 - (Bout of Madness until round 10!)
Bruno 55
Rita 50 - Running!
Joe 50 Running!
Lori 40 Dazed
Gardiner-Thing 35
Martin 80 - (Bout of Madness until round 10!)
Bruno 55
Rita 50 - Running!
Joe 50 Running!
Lori 40 Dazed
Gardiner-Thing 35
Jun 13, 2025 4:42 pm
Bruno struggles to block out that awful noise. It's hard to focus, nearly impossible to maintain any semblance of courage as others flee. Some little voice in the back of his mind tells him he really should just follow their example.
However, another voice tells him that he'll never be able to look his sisters in the eyes if he abandons the dame still in the room. And that Bauer fella, he seems to be coming apart at the seams. He can't just abandon him, can he?
"Lori!" he barks out. "Can you get him outta here!?" He throws another punch, just hoping to draw attention away from the others.
However, another voice tells him that he'll never be able to look his sisters in the eyes if he abandons the dame still in the room. And that Bauer fella, he seems to be coming apart at the seams. He can't just abandon him, can he?
"Lori!" he barks out. "Can you get him outta here!?" He throws another punch, just hoping to draw attention away from the others.
Last edited June 13, 2025 4:57 pm
Rolls
Fighting, Targeted strike (Neck/Head). 60% - (1d100)
(44) = 44
Penalty Die - (1d10)
(1) = 1
The Gardiner-thing
Jun 13, 2025 8:50 pm
Gardiner fights back
The Gardiner-thing
Rolls
brawl - (1d100)
(88) = 88
Jun 14, 2025 12:12 am
There is a crunch as the Gardiner-Thing's head snaps back from the solid uppercut. The blood soaked figure staggers back a few steps, stumbles and collapses, unmoving and once again silent.
Jun 14, 2025 9:19 am
Whatever happened here, it's over but none of you will ever be the same again. The corpse of James Gardiner is unmoving again. Within minutes, a patrolman arrives and will likely have questions for all of you.
Martin, comes out his reverie and is taken to a hospital for observation, but refuses to let go of the book.
Lori has no memory of what happened in those last moments. She doesn't get to recover her books, but perhaps the police will be open to her claiming them.
Joe, unable to obtain what he was looking for may have to look over his shoulder for a time. Once the police are done with him, perhaps he'll leave the city.
Rita, dismayed at the loss of her favourite tenant, at least protected her son, the thing most precious to her.
Bruno, may have been the hero of the day, but the police might not see it that way. He taps his pocket to make sure the things he grabbed are safely stowed for later inspection.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 discovered.
Due to your timely actions, you can feel proud to have played your part in foiling the schemes of a monster from beyond.
Martin, comes out his reverie and is taken to a hospital for observation, but refuses to let go of the book.
Lori has no memory of what happened in those last moments. She doesn't get to recover her books, but perhaps the police will be open to her claiming them.
Joe, unable to obtain what he was looking for may have to look over his shoulder for a time. Once the police are done with him, perhaps he'll leave the city.
Rita, dismayed at the loss of her favourite tenant, at least protected her son, the thing most precious to her.
Bruno, may have been the hero of the day, but the police might not see it that way. He taps his pocket to make sure the things he grabbed are safely stowed for later inspection.
[ +- ] Bouts of Madness and Cthulhu Mythos
Martin, every time you enter a Bout of Madness, you gain Cthulhu Mythos points as you gain some insight into the hidden world around you. This skill can be used to identify anything related to the Mythos. Your first bout awards 5 points of Mythos. However, as a result, your max sanity reduces by the same amount (not your current)
Martin has also developed an Underlying Insanity, this manifests as an obsession with the Book of Dreams . This illness can only be removed with professional help.
Martin has also developed an Underlying Insanity, this manifests as an obsession with the Book of Dreams . This illness can only be removed with professional help.
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 discovered.
Due to your timely actions, you can feel proud to have played your part in foiling the schemes of a monster from beyond.
[ +- ] Rewards!
You 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?
Additionally, any skills you used successfully without the aid of Luck or Push, gets you an experience roll. Roll against each skill noted below. If you 'fail', and roll over the skill, you gain 1d10 points in that skill.
Additionally, any skills you used successfully without the aid of Luck or Push, gets you an experience roll. Roll against each skill noted below. If you 'fail', and roll over the skill, you gain 1d10 points in that skill.
[ +- ] Skills used
Bruno - Brawl
Language - English
Lori - Ancient Greek
Martin - Spot Hidden
Dodge
Language - English
Lori - Ancient Greek
Martin - Spot Hidden
Dodge
Jun 15, 2025 10:55 am
Joe laid low for a while, trying to figure out what had happened. He considered a number of times trying to break into James' apartment again to retrieve his ledgers, but he could never approach the door again. The vivid memories of what had happened, he would still wake up in a cold sweat at night. The fact that he had procured the daggers which James had used to do that to himself continued to haunt Joe. Eventually Joe sold what he could and left the city, his enterprises in ruin, but he was alive.
Rolls
Sanity Increase - (1d6)
(4) = 4
Jun 15, 2025 6:26 pm
Bronislovas ended the day with a bruised fist and a pocket full of contraband, hastily squirreled away before the police arrived.
In the weeks that followed, he did his best to get on with his life and fence the stolen goods. If he perhaps spent a few more evenings at his brother's speakeasy, nursing a drink or three, nobody who knew him thought much of it. And if he occasionally woke up in a cold sweat in the darkest hour of the night, well, he rarely shared his bed with anyone anymore.
Whenever they met up to discuss the latest star-studded Hollywood release, his sisters noticed him trailing off frequently, gazing off into the distance. Anikke and Dovana never asked too directly what was on his mind, and he wouldn't have known what to answer if they had.
Some things were best left buried, and, if God was merciful, forgotten.
In the weeks that followed, he did his best to get on with his life and fence the stolen goods. If he perhaps spent a few more evenings at his brother's speakeasy, nursing a drink or three, nobody who knew him thought much of it. And if he occasionally woke up in a cold sweat in the darkest hour of the night, well, he rarely shared his bed with anyone anymore.
Whenever they met up to discuss the latest star-studded Hollywood release, his sisters noticed him trailing off frequently, gazing off into the distance. Anikke and Dovana never asked too directly what was on his mind, and he wouldn't have known what to answer if they had.
Some things were best left buried, and, if God was merciful, forgotten.
Rolls
Sanity increase - (1d6)
(1) = 1
Language Increase (40%) - (1d100)
(45) = 45
Fighting Increase (60%) - (1d100)
(32) = 32
Language improved - (1d10)
(3) = 3
Jun 15, 2025 10:55 pm
Martin spent a week under observation before being discharged due to lack of available space in the facility. As the weeks went on, Martin appeared more and more tired as a result of many a night spent trying to learn Greek from what little he could find on the subject. What little sleep he did get was often interrupted by nightmares of walking corpses, and from time to time he would sleepwalk to the room where Gardiner used to live and wake to find himself staring at the door. Martin may have survived his encounter with the unnatural, but he was far from unscathed.
OOC:
Didn't Martin fail his Dodge roll due to the penalty die?Rolls
Sanity increase - (1d6)
(6) = 6
Spot Hidden (45%) - (1d100)
(24) = 24