Welcome Vlad! I'm glad you found CoC to be so intuitive. That has always been one of the strong suits for me. The primary reason why I have stuck with it for so long. I hope you guys enjoy Death in Luxor! If you do, please check out the other adventures in that line. My opinion is 100% biased, but I think the early adventures, (the first three), were decent... they were just okay... but with the fourth one, and onward from there, I think they get very strong and lots of thrilling fun and suspense and horror. Enjoy!vladsee wrote:Hi all,
My name is Vlad and I'm from Manila, Philippines. My gaming experience started in the mid 80s with AD&D and Basic D&D along with PC gaming. Soon, college and work took over, my original gaming friends also moved on to other things and the interest for RPGs was shelved while I really got into PC gaming. It wasn't until the mid 2000s when reminiscing about the past that I decided to go back into RPGs. Now, PC gaming has taken the backseat (the hard disk crash certainly didn't help) and I'm enjoying the tabletop gaming hobby much much more after I hooked up with new gaming friends and now have the disposable income to buy the books and games that I never could afford in the 80s.
I've heard of CoC before but never really played it back then. D&D was THE game for me. I only recently got into Call of Cthulhu when I ran "The Haunting" and "The Edge of Darkness" for my friends. I realy like the intuitiveness and simplicity of the system itself. We had fun both times especially in the latter game where I had better grasp of the rules and things were moving faster (resulting in 1 player death but a success in banishing the creature for the other 2 players!). I'm now preparing to run Death in Luxor (from Goodman Games) for the same guys who played "The Edge of Darkness". Thanks to your podcast as well as YSDC and the HP Literary Podcast, I've come to have a better appreciation for CoC RPG. Today, CoC has replaced D&D as my favorite RPG (although I will always have a soft spot for D&D).
Thats my short gaming life story. I hope to have some good discussions with you guys soon!
Vlad
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Welcome to the forum and the game, Vlad!
Helping folks get a handle on Call of Cthulhu and increasing the numbers of gamers willing to at least give it a shot is what we're all about. Any time there are questions, just ask away!
Helping folks get a handle on Call of Cthulhu and increasing the numbers of gamers willing to at least give it a shot is what we're all about. Any time there are questions, just ask away!
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Thanks for the warm greetings!
Here's my first noob question. When a skill check is needed and it says something like EDU X 3. Is the EDU score multiplied by 3 (making it easier to succeed) or is the roll multiplied by 3 (making it hard to succeed)? Are there any other ways of modifying a skill check?
Here's my first noob question. When a skill check is needed and it says something like EDU X 3. Is the EDU score multiplied by 3 (making it easier to succeed) or is the roll multiplied by 3 (making it hard to succeed)? Are there any other ways of modifying a skill check?
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Good question. It is the attribute value that is multiplied, and then you roll to make that modified value or less. So if you need to roll EDU x3, and you have an EDU of 15, means you need to roll a 45% or less.vladsee wrote:Thanks for the warm greetings!
Here's my first noob question. When a skill check is needed and it says something like EDU X 3. Is the EDU score multiplied by 3 (making it easier to succeed) or is the roll multiplied by 3 (making it hard to succeed)? Are there any other ways of modifying a skill check?
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Good question -- it means you multiply your EDU by three to arrive at a target for the roll. So in this case, a character with an EDU of 10 would have to roll equal to or under 30 on percentile dice. Thus, it's harder to succeed against an EDU x 3 than against an EDU x 5. For stat-based rolls, x 5 is usually the standard.vladsee wrote:Thanks for the warm greetings!
Here's my first noob question. When a skill check is needed and it says something like EDU X 3. Is the EDU score multiplied by 3 (making it easier to succeed) or is the roll multiplied by 3 (making it hard to succeed)? Are there any other ways of modifying a skill check?
As the Keeper, you can always move the target around or add bonuses or penalties as you see fit. Flexibility is a big strength of this game, and percentiles are pretty intuitive to work with. I tend to add or subtract 10 for mild advantages or disadvantages. Like a -10 to a Drive roll (target) for snowy conditions, or +10 to a Persuade roll if the NPC target is a friend. I think Jon pulled a couple of those during the Ilsley AP.
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Hah, Jon said it in fewer words. So Jon wins.
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Yo. I found this whole site just now while searching for resources for CoC - I'm planning on running a game in time for Hallowe'en. I've been into rpgs for a while now, and into Lovecraft for longer than that, but this is the first time I've attempted to combine the two. As I understand it, my goal as a Keeper is to be as horrifically cruel to my players as is humanly possible so it should be fun.
Outside of gaming, I'm British, a film student, and (I like to think) a bit of a history buff.
Compared to everyone else in this thread, I also seem to be a man of few words.
Outside of gaming, I'm British, a film student, and (I like to think) a bit of a history buff.
Compared to everyone else in this thread, I also seem to be a man of few words.
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Welcome Wireless! I'd love to hear how your game goes. Are you designing your own scenario, or running a published adventure?Wireless wrote:Yo. I found this whole site just now while searching for resources for CoC - I'm planning on running a game in time for Hallowe'en. I've been into rpgs for a while now, and into Lovecraft for longer than that, but this is the first time I've attempted to combine the two. As I understand it, my goal as a Keeper is to be as horrifically cruel to my players as is humanly possible so it should be fun.
Outside of gaming, I'm British, a film student, and (I like to think) a bit of a history buff.
Compared to everyone else in this thread, I also seem to be a man of few words.
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Welcome!
This is the perfect time of year to introduce friends to Call of Cthulhu.
This is the perfect time of year to introduce friends to Call of Cthulhu.
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Hello everyone!
My name is James. Like most, I am an avid gamer with many years under my belt, but I am very new the whole Call of Cthulhu thing. The only Cthulhu-based game that I have every played was Trail of Cthulhu and that was at this past GenCon. I found this podcast through other podcast. I've always had an interest in horror and dark fantasy, mostly sticking to the Classic and New World of Darkness stuff. I have recently picked up Dread and Don't Rest Your Head. I grew up playing mostly traditional style games, but I have recently opened myself up to the narrative side of gaming. I look very much forward to get a copy of the game, but I might just wait for 7th edition to be finished next year before I start.
I just finished the Dream Lands episode and I have to say that the topic grabbed much of my interest. I had no idea about that other world.
Keep up the good work guys! I'll poke my head into this forum from time to time.
My name is James. Like most, I am an avid gamer with many years under my belt, but I am very new the whole Call of Cthulhu thing. The only Cthulhu-based game that I have every played was Trail of Cthulhu and that was at this past GenCon. I found this podcast through other podcast. I've always had an interest in horror and dark fantasy, mostly sticking to the Classic and New World of Darkness stuff. I have recently picked up Dread and Don't Rest Your Head. I grew up playing mostly traditional style games, but I have recently opened myself up to the narrative side of gaming. I look very much forward to get a copy of the game, but I might just wait for 7th edition to be finished next year before I start.
I just finished the Dream Lands episode and I have to say that the topic grabbed much of my interest. I had no idea about that other world.
Keep up the good work guys! I'll poke my head into this forum from time to time.
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