I have uploaded some of the material for the Cthulhu Play and Post Game System, but unfortunately the adventure is not to come until October. Perhaps a Halloween launch, who knows?

I have yet to finish designing and compiling all the maps and graphics that will be required for the universe and the adventure, which is quite a bit of work, but hey, if I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't be doing it. The world has to be constructed, because in Play and Post adventuring parameters have to be set to accommodate the pre-designed adventures.

Everything, with the exception of the OCC Discussion and Character Submittals are locked as there is no need for any posts to be made in those threads.

Please, review the system and present any questions you have in the discussion or you many PM me directly if you wish.

Well, I already said I would be in on this one, and hopefully I will indeed have the time come Oct. However, I will wait till it gets a bit closer to the launch date before I polish off my character ideas. My mood for what type of character I want to play tends to change with the biorhythms, or something, so though I do already have a couple characters in mind, I'll see what I'm feeling like come autumn.

Well there's no pressure. Once everything is in place, it will begin when everyone can be accommodated and not before that. There is going to be a learning curve for everyone, as far as I know a system of this fashion has never been implemented, which is probably because it is reliant upon someone with a design background to run it. If I could ever get my sorry butt to learn Python, I'd program it for easy modification than anyone could sit back and easily make character sheet adjustments, but for now it's all manual. As I said though, I like doing it. This should be very close to a true desktop role playing experience, as it utilizes a complex character sheet.

Oh, I do have a question for people.

Is there anyone who cannot see the graphics in any of the Cthulhu posts?

The pictures are linked to the Gallery and it has been brought to my attention that a Firewall setting may prevent the viewing. This does not seem occur with off site links, which really confuses me, since you'd figure that if anything was going to get blocked it certainly wouldn't be a graphic that originates from the very site you are looking at.

I would like to know if this is a problem, because then I will know to stash the graphics somewhere else so we won't run into any viewing problems.

I was checking out some adventures at Chaosium. (You can purchase and download modules).
There are some cool stories and all the work is already done. One is a Western style adventure as well, looks pretty cool.

Come Autumn I'll make the decision whether or not go ahead with Cthulhu based on time constraints and overall interest.

RPM & Sub Bear,

I am thinking of giving this a go. Things have been a little busy so I am still organizing the adventure (still need to make some more maps, and depictions which is necessary).

This is a Game Mastered adventure, and is run in role-playing, play & post style. I many submit a character, which will be run as an NPC.

I have added some more information, to the Character Submit Topic as I require more information to create your Character Sheets. Look at the 'Reginald Peterson' example (it vanished for a while when Forumotion was screwing around with their servers). Your character sheets will look just like that, utilizing your rolled attributes and skills that you have allotted points to.

Oh crap.

I didn't realiz this was the sort of story that used dice rolls for stuff.

I'm going to have to back out of this. I don't understand the whole dice roll thing and I find it too complicated for me to learn. (Sorry, can't teach this dog a new trick)

I'm sorry to do this to you, Tiph as I was really looking forward to joining this story, but I don't want to join in something I totally don't understand and make mistake after mistake by making posts that don't work because they don't match up to the percentages I rolled or what ever that is.

No worries... I was actually considering the style of the game play myself. I think that we should create a Cthulhu story, but one that is a story telling style, that way, I don't have to get all my 'poo' togehter .

When I get a chance I am going to revamp the scenario. It will most likely phase out Everlasting Night... but it's proving to be a slow mover for good reasons.

I am going to move Cthulhu into the Archive so the characters will be preserved.

So I moved some stuff around.

I suggest that we make this a modern adventure for ease of play. A 1920's setting may be appealing but I suggest we keep in present time and concentrate on some good old fashioned horror or thriller style writing.

Suggestions for characters:

In the spirit of H.P. Lovecraft the characters are usually more cerebral. The shoot first ask questions later types usually don't exist, more often they college professors, archaeologists, researchers.... the sorts who usually don't have adventures nor crave them. Basically they are ordinary people thrown into extraordinary situations.

Oh, yeah... these ordinary people eventually learn more about the MYTHOS and even develop the ability to cast spells. Sort of left that one out... that's a BIG part of the scenario. These spells are of course very rare and more than often ritualistic. There are many types of spells, however, I'll post a bunch so people can get feel for them. The thing about Cthulhu spells is that using them usually has dire effects on a person's body... this mainly effects their sanity. The more a character embraces the Mythos and uses magick the crazier they get. The crazier you get the more of the world of the Mythos one can see, but then one risks going totally insane.

That is Cthulhu in a nutshell.

I don't advise characters beginning with magical abilities. I think that's something that should be developed as the character delves more into the Mythos.

I added this passage to 'Cthulhu Universe'

In order to better define this scenario let us imagine that we are writing in the spirit of 'The X-Files' or the more current, 'Fringe' series. Your character is an investigator but not necessarily an FBI agent or police officer. These professions are not discouraged, but generally if one creates an officer of the law it usually forces all other characters introduced into the story to follow suit.

All the strange events that your character(s) is/are investigating are always connected to either the OCCULT or the MYTHOS, in some capacity. The Mythos resides beneath all that is occult, but can be viewed as an esoteric realm amongst what is commonly known in the world.



I think if we approach this scenario from such a perspective it becomes clearer. While a main underlying story line will develop, we can have many side adventures, where characters are dealing with such things as were-wolves or vampires.

I should also clarify that in this story Vampires are MONSTERS. They are not over-sensitive boys or girls who long for mortality, they are vicious creatures that care only about obtaining their next meal. They can camouflage themselves as a normal person but in reality their persona is 100% false and beneath it all they are a creature that cannot relate to, or be related to by humans. Any vampires that are reminiscent of Anne Rice or Twilight will instantly die of their own self-pity.

I should mention that I have read the Anne Rice series and rather enjoyed them, but such romantic interpretations of vampires have no place in a Cthulhu setting.

I like how you've changed things around, Tiph. I'll adjust Beatrice's profile and make the necessary adjustments to fit the new story setting.

I'll keep her name and origin the same, although I may need to find a different image. LOL...no big deal.

Thanks for making it something I can easily adjust to. I feel bad that you had to change the whole gaming system around like that. I didn't mean for you to go to such measures. But I'm glad ya did....

No worries. I believe Contrary may be joining us, as this is a brand new story and nothing has really been established.

Sorry about changing the era, but it just seems easier to keep it modern.

I have basically used Oxford University as the template for Omenwich, although it lies in Canterbury.

Everyone is free to start off their characters anywhere in the world and we'll just slowly pull it all together. My first post has just established a connection, but I have no idea what it will lead to, or if it will just create a connection to another story. The board is pretty much wide open.

No prob. I'll figure out where to put Bea and start working on a story for her. Eventually the character's paths will cross when the time comes.

Been busy of late. Post as soon as I can. Bloody Web Design! It's freakin' time consuming!

Understandable, Tiph. Take your time.