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General Category => RPGs => : Tadanori Oyama April 16, 2009, 05:04:34 PM
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I'm gearing up for my first Call of Cthulhu game and I'm working on a bit of a problem.
Most of my players have no idea about any of the Mythos details. One players knows quite a bit but only about the higher beings, the various gods, rather than the smaller creatures.
I need to pick a good, lower on the totem creature for the characters to encounter towards the climax and I'm not sure what would be a good one for first timers.
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Ghouls?
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Serpent person. a mastermind and dangerous, but still a piker in terms of the mythos.
Byakhee. Check out this scenario (http://web.me.com/drgonzo/Site/Download_files/AVictimOfTheArt_1.pdf) to see how a single byakhee can be used for maximum effect.
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Speaking of which, I wish Pagan would put out 'Dig to Victory!' already. Shit was hot.
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Not for awhile yet. The comment says 2010.
I like the idea of starting with a Byakhee because it would make for a good way to build into something involving Hastur later on, if the players want to continue.
Is there a good story where they are used that I could read to get to know their place and function alittle better?
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I'm gearing up for my first Call of Cthulhu game and I'm working on a bit of a problem.
Most of my players have no idea about any of the Mythos details. One players knows quite a bit but only about the higher beings, the various gods, rather than the smaller creatures.
I need to pick a good, lower on the totem creature for the characters to encounter towards the climax and I'm not sure what would be a good one for first timers.
I think not knowing about the mythos actually enhances the game. Every round is a sort of "what the hell are we doing?" situation.
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Oh I know. I'm glad most of them have no clue about the game. And the player who does only knows the gods and some about Deep Ones. Other than that he doesn't know a formless spawn from a dhole.
The idea is to try and keep it that way, to prevent the players from learning "the rules" by avoiding having rules for the monsters, especially the higher ups.
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I'm gearing up for my first Call of Cthulhu game and I'm working on a bit of a problem.
Most of my players have no idea about any of the Mythos details. One players knows quite a bit but only about the higher beings, the various gods, rather than the smaller creatures.
I need to pick a good, lower on the totem creature for the characters to encounter towards the climax and I'm not sure what would be a good one for first timers.
I think not knowing about the mythos actually enhances the game. Every round is a sort of "what the hell are we doing?" situation.
That was my experience the first time playing CoC.
Ross: You're playing the leader of a Soviet exploratory team.
Me: Great.
Karee: I think we are fighting something supernatural. Maybe even a ghost.
Me: THERE ARE NO GHOSTS IN MOTHER RUSSIA!
I singlehandedly got everyone killed because of my devotion to the Party.
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Sounds like a Russian leader to me.
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Sounds like a Russian leader to me.
Oh yeah, I also horded all of the evidence in my command HQ, which put the party 2 hours game time behind and commanded the NPCs to actually perform the maintenance mission we were sent to do. I also contemplated shooting one of the other PCs for insubordination.
EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot something else. I requested that we play the scenario again with a different group of players so that I could play the character the exact same way and see how the other group reacted. Ross gave me the finger.
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That's the kind of character I except to show up as an NPC later on.