How to create an investigator

Let's start with character creation. For those who are not familiar with Call of Cthulhu, playable characters in this universe are called investigators. To begin with, we are going to roll stats with the integrated dice roller bot.

Basic statistics

We need 5 different 3d6 rolls to assign to Strength (STR), Dexterity (DEX), Constitution (CON), Appearance (APP) and Power (POW). Then, we roll 2d6+6 four times for Size (SIZ), Intelligence (INT), Education (EDU) and Luck.


1. Strength (STR) measures the raw physical power your investigator can bring to bear.
2. Constitution (CON) is a measure of the health and hardiness of your investigator.
3. Power (POW) is a combination of force of will, spirit, and mental stability.
4. Dexterity (DEX) is a measure of your investigator’s physical agility and speed.
5. Appearance (APP) measures the physical appeal of your character.
6. Size (SIZ) reflects your investigator’s combined height and weight.
7. Intelligence (INT) is a rough measure of your investigator’s cunning and ability to make leaps of logic and intuition.
8. Education (EDU) is a measure of the formal and factual knowledge possessed by the investigator, as well as indicating the time the investigator has spent in full-time education.
9. Luck is used when circumstances external to an investigator are in question, and when determining the fickle hand of fate.

Then, we roll 2d6+6 twice for Education (EDU) and Luck. I forgot on the first post about those two, sorry! Once rolled, we assign those four 2d6+6 results to Size (SIZ), Intelligence (INT), Education (EDU) and Luck.

After all of them are assigned, we multiply them by 5.

Also, for your better understanding of the values given to each stat, this is how numbers are interpreted: http://oi66.tinypic.com/288v31d.jpg

I will update this post soon.

Nice, we have to assign each 3d6 roll to a base statistic (STR, DEX, CON, APP, POW).

Then, we roll 2d6+6 twice for Education (EDU) and Luck. I forgot on the first post about those two, sorry! Once rolled, we assign those four 2d6+6 results to Size (SIZ), Intelligence (INT), Education (EDU) and Luck.

After all of them are assigned, we multiply them by 5.

I'm going on a slow pace because I assume some of you did never play Cthulhu. If you want me to skip this, just tell.

Also, for your better understanding of the values given to each stat, this is how numbers are interpreted: http://oi66.tinypic.com/288v31d.jpg

If you opt for rolling your characters with Dole's House directly, let's assume the stats are the ones chosen by the generator. Just not to mess up with the EDU, as you said.

When you have your investigator done, create a character sheet in GP and submit it to the game. If you have any doubt, just tell.
Cannot reveal much, but it's somehow related to laboratories, interviewing people and so on.
Yes, the crash is somewhere in Chaves County, NM.