The first step in the Call of Cthulhu character creation process: determine characteristics. Well versed in occult. On the back of the character sheet you will find room for a personal description, an ideology, significant people, meaningful locations, treasured possessions, and traits.
Below I will recommend some great starting resources if you want to get into the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game. Let's agree to one thing. 20 bonus points to Spot Hidden. His work can range from very mundane (such as connecting a generator so you can see or fixing a car so you can escape! ) You now assign points to the skills on the investigator sheet. He has asked Claudia to be on the lookout for these books as the thief might try to fence the stolen books in her shop. This enables more normal gameplay, where the player can still somewhat comfortably go on a field mission. Skills: Art(s), Climb, Drive Automobile, Electrical Repair, Mechanical Repair, Photography. Skills: Accounting, Bargain, Climb, Drive Auto, Electrical Repair, Fast Talk, Firearms, Fist/Punch, Grapple, Head Butt, Hide, Jump, Kick, Law, Persuade, Psychology, Sneak.
Foreign Correspondent. The characteristics that you rolled in the first step of the Call of Cthulhu character creation process will determine a number of derived attributes. 20 Reputation if you own the farm. Contacts: Legal connections, possibly organized crime. Personal description. While Cult Leaders skillset is more oriented toward interaction with their followers, it is so flexible that it enables other playstyles. Cthulhu by Gaslight. Find a piece of information, such as a certain book, newspaper, reference in a library, or collection of documents (assuming the information is there to be found). To be effective, First Aid must be delivered within one hour of injury, in which case it grants 1 hit point and can rouse an unconscious person. Not only do you have tremendous influence, but even excellent personal skillset. Skills: Art, English, fast Talk, Library Use, Other Language, Persuade, Psychology. Forger/Counterfeiter. Suggested Contacts: Organized crime, street-level crime, police, city government, politicians, judges, unions, lawyers, businesses, and residents of the same ethnic community.
For most of these characteristics, 50 is considered an average score. The Call of Cthulhu character creation rules give you the option to age your character. Their connections with authorities can serve your group both in defense and offense. Your character portrait.
Your loyal underligs protect you from connection to actual crimes and are willing to go to prison for you. You will teach them how to move, how to hunt, and how to survive. Rather, it represents the opening and tuning of the human mind to the Cthulhu Mythos. Your group doesn't have anyone with Medicine and First Aid. They have their official look of a bob haircut, Cloche hats, a long string of beads and dresses with a slit up the side, but they are connected more by attitude than anything else. Special: +1 STR and +1 CON. Another option is to modify the low rolls by rolling an extra 1D6.
Contacts: Organized crime, gamblers, police, any debtor owing him a favour. Contacts: Local historians, antique dealers. Credit Rating 10-49: average, a reasonable level of comfort. "There's so much to choose from! Skills: Conceal, Fast Talk, Hide, Listen, Sleight of Hand, Sneak, Spot Hidden. Skills: Bargain, Firearms, First Aid, Hide, Jump, Knife, Listen, Natural history, Other Language, Sneak, Track. We recommend that you write your skill values down in the same format as your Characteristics—Regular/Half/ Fifth values—as you'll need to refer to these during the game (see the Quick Reference Chart). This occupation would be suitable for any time period after the 1920's as is. Skills: Bargain, Computer Use, Drive Auto, Fast Talk, Firearms, Fist/Punch, Grapple, Hide, Law, Persuade, Sneak, Spot Hidden, Track. Veterans are immune to sanity losses due to injury/death, but suffer from a secret phobia. She asks Keeper Ralph in which era the game will take place.
Dodge allows an investigator to instinctively evade blows, thrown missiles, and so forth. Having government authorization will greatly boost your investigation powers. Special: Add 20 to reputation; add an extra 30 points to any skill or skills applicable to the business (not including weapon skills). If you want all three in a nice slipcase set, you can grab that exclusively on the Chaosium website. Created Jan 25, 2008. Drive and Piloting skills allow the stunt man to perform stunts or safely crash these types of vehicles. Examples: Harry Houdini. Contacts: Other labour leaders and activists, possibly socialists, communists, and subversives, possibly organized crime. Your knowledge of Latin will come in handy. Company Officer/Executive. Being a woman entrepreneur in the 1920s, she learned the hard way that being persuasive is a golden skill to have.
Of course, with the survival of the fittest kicking in, only the smartest and most ruthless of criminals remain. Each harbours a secret phobia that only the keeper knows of. Your power characteristic is gained by rolling 3D6 and multiplying the result by 5. Each occupation comes with a brief description, a number of Occupation Skill Points, a Credit Rating, Suggested Contacts, and 8 skills that define the occupation.
The Keeper may choose to make concealed Psychology skill rolls on the player's behalf, announcing only the information, true or false, that the user gained by employing it. Examples: Bat Man, The Lobster (AKA Lobster Johnson). Skills: Art/Craft (Photography), one interpersonal skill (Charm, Fast Talk, Intimidate, or Persuade), Psychology, Science (Chemistry), Stealth, Spot Hidden. Skills: Accounting, two interpersonal skills (Charm, Fast Talk, Intimidate, or Persuade), Occult, Psychology, Spot Hidden, any two other skills as specialties. Suggested Contacts: While the majority of followers will be regular people, the more charismatic the leader, the greater the possibility of celebrity followers, such as movie stars and rich widows. Immune to claustrophobia, faster-than-normal crawling speed. Contacts: Other pilots, airline personnel, mechanics, navigators, possibly smugglers. Using the Quickfire Method. Also placing appropriate handguards and rails on a plane in advance should allow a wing walker to make a climb role on the outside of it with advantage. If practising, possibly contacts among patients. Starting Adventures. There are still some academic questions about where the word Flapper comes from, but it is probably from the girl's habit of wearing unbuckled galoshes that flapped when they walked.
Her studious nature has given her a pretty good understanding of history and of course library use will be her ace in the hole skill. Allocate the following values among the eight occupation skills and also the Credit Rating skill: one at 70%, two at 60%, three at 50% and three at 40% (set the skills directly to these values and ignore the skill base values written next to each skill on the investigator sheet). Contacts: Boxing promoters, sports writers, organized crime. Let's take a look at them one by one. I own and have used all of these myself. Skills: Bargain, Shovel, plus up to three areas of interest. Being the daring metal singer she is, Valerie decides to go for a random name.
Lies and hidden motivations escape detection as the actor weaves a false reality for himself and others. Valerie decides to divide the remaining 10 skill points between Appraise and Persuade to bring both of those skills to 60%. Remember that 70-year old professor you dreamed of playing? Or when your social skills will keep your cover after being seen. Equipping your character. Most climbers have separate incomes. Special: 20 Library Use. Special skill, Fire Fighting, 1d20 + 40 points.
She then looks down the skill list on the investigator sheet and picks two other skills that she thinks might be useful for a journalist: Spot Hidden 50% and Stealth 60%. Most are specialized in one part of the world, such as the Canadian woods, African plains, and other locales. Going with the independent woman angle, Valerie decides that her character will have at the very least a basic knowledge of accounting to understand as much as possible of her business finances. Art, Craft, Credit Rating, Other Language, Ride, Shotgun, any one other skills as a personal or era specialty. Doctor of Medicine (best for keeping your group alive). Skills: Accounting, Bargain, Biology, Persuade, Psychology, Reputation. Starting skills: Any one Craft/Art, Any one Interpersonal skill (Charm, Fast talk, Intimidate, or Persuade. )