Call of Cthulhu: That Which Should Not Be (Opening)

[Chris107]

Thanks Alethan

[hedgeknight]

I know nothing at all about CoC, but have always been intrigued by it. I will gladly lurk along! Good luck!!

[Grognardsw]

I am new to the site and the role playing world but I am a fast learner, if you can put up with me, I am in

I never want to turn away new players, so welcome and may God have mercy on your soul.

It's a big group now so I'll start a wait list for additions.

Waiting on ToniXX to create the campaign forum. In the meantime I'll PM character creation info.

[thesniperknight1]

Thanks my soul is ready!!!!!

[Chris107]

Father Claude Hugo Vaughan
Born: Arlesford, Hampshire 1895. f: The Right Honourable Lord Justice Hugo Vaughan. m: Lady Emilia Vaughan (Nee Dickson-Smith)
Education: Perin's School, Hampshire. Wichester College. Peterhouse Cambridge 1913-14 (Law) and 1919-22 (B.Th.)
Military Service: Commissioned Royal Hampshire Regiment 1914. 2nd Battle of Ypres MC, Promoted to Captain after Passchendale 1917, Wounded and honourable discharge after the the first Battle of Arras.
Professional Service: Serving the Sacred Order of St. Ignatius of Loyola. A Jesuit institution rumored to be involved in the more esoteric practices of the church including exorcism. Based in the Vatican but currently in the United States of America.

Claude Hugo (CH) Vaughan is the second son of high court judge Lord Justice Hugo Vaughan. After Winchester he went up to Peterhouse Cambridge to read for the Bar, however, the out brake of war saw him commissioned into the Royal Hampshire Regiment serving with the 4th Battalion through some of the worst battles fought on the Western Front and finally loosing an arm at the first Battle of Arras.
The horror of the war changed young Claude who converted to Catholicism and in 1919 recovered from his physical wounds he returned to college to read Divinity.
Upon graduation he went to study at the Vatican where he now travels at the command of a strict Jesuit order.

[Chris107]

Here's a picture of CH taken in 1916.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7245/7351 ... 7449_z.jpg

[Grognardsw]

Our campaign forum is up!

viewforum.php?f=168

The Investigators is the character thread for putting your sheets up.

Howie's Speakeasy is the OOC thread.

So get a wiggle on over and hit on all sixes, cause it's the bees knees!

[Inferno]

If this is the waiting list, I've got a hard boiled private eye looking for trouble.

[Grognardsw]

It is, and welcome. I've sent a PM. Thanks.

[Inferno]

Thanks.

[Fulci]

I'd like to join the waiting list as well.

My character idea is a misanthropic old man with a troubled past.

[Grognardsw]

Thanks Fulci, welcome to the boards. I've sent you a PM.

[Anders Molin]

Hi,
I'd like to join the wait list for this game if possible.

I am leaning towards playing a journalist, but if there are any other roles you are looking for in particular I am open to suggestions!
-Anders

[Grognardsw]

Hi,
I'd like to join the wait list for this game if possible.

I am leaning towards playing a journalist, but if there are any other roles you are looking for in particular I am open to suggestions!
-Anders

"Anders! We have a murder! Get to the station and give me 800 words!"

PM sent.

[FrankL]

I have a character I'd like to add to the waiting list for this game, if possible. Harold Matthers, engineering professor at Miskatonic U. I've run him in the stand alone, solo adventure "Alone Against the Flames." Other than that, I've never played CoC before.

[Grognardsw]

Hi Frank I'll PM you. Thanks.

[Grognardsw]

The Call of Cthulhu campaign has reached an inflection point, as deaths are mourned and minds struggle to comprehend the horrors unfolding. Progress has been made, small victories celebrated, yet the realization of what should not be and how to stop it remains.

Book Two - The Psychogeography of Terror - begins this month. A few new investigators of brave heart and keen mind are welcome to join.

Original Recruitment Post

That Which Should Not Be

The time is the roaring Twenties. The Great War is a faded memory, America is in ascendancy, Wall Street is pumping greenbacks, hepcats and flappers are dancing to that new Jazz, and Prohibition is vainly trying to halt the hooch. But beneath this gilded surface are grim undercurrents of crime, disturbing discoveries and dark secrets. 

A Call of Cthulhu homebrew adventure for up to six players.  Diverse happenings swirl into a web of investigative paths bringing together the characters for a common goal. Post rate every couple of days. Knowledge of H.P. Lovecraft's works will increase appreciation but is not required. This is a thinker’s game that stresses role playing, storytelling and investigation of mysteries and horrors. Inspiration from Alan Moore, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Boardwalk Empire. Rule set is CoC third edition - easy to understand, but knowledge of rules not needed.

Players can choose from an array of professions, including FBI agent, professor, journalist, archeologist, private investigator, pulp magazine writer, playboy dilettante, debutante-turned-flapper, cultist, antiquarian book dealer, exorcist priest, occultist/stage magician, gangster, or other profession. Characters start in their own thread and come together as the plot thickens. Creativity encouraged.



Are the stars right?

Book Two - The Psychogeography of Terror



Coming August, 2015



Insights Spawn Nightmares



An Autopsy of Horror With Words and Pictures

[Coleridge]

I was never able to convince my friends to play COC, but I am down. May I join the waiting list?

How about an archaeologist who is forced to investigate the macabre to relieve the dark dreams that come upon him every night since uncovering <insert omnipotent dead god here>'s tomb?

[Grognardsw]

Welcome Coleridge there is an opening. I've PMed you. Thanks.

[GreyWolfVT]

I'll be happy to hop into the waiting list if you don't mind there Grog.