Cthulu : Dark Ages

Well, here we are, at number 3. Not much can be said about Chaosium's Cthulu series and its BRP system that hasn't already been said, so i'm not going to bother. If you care that much , Google it.

Over the last few years, Cthulu, to me atleast, seems to have become somewhat stale. Its lost its edge of creepyness and its ability to shock and scare....i mean what's scary about a plushy Cthulu? ut one game i never heard much about was Dark Ages, so spotting it sitting on the shelf of my local Ottakers i decided it must be bought. That was 3 years ago and i've only just cracked it open. So what better way to familiarise myself (not like BRP needs much familiarisation, but this is a completely stand alone book) than to make a character.

So, i bring you:

Aerlbert the young, of Skarlsberg

I envision him as a young, niave warrior about to be shaken to his core by the horrors of the Cthulu Mythos.

Sex : Male
Age : 18

Generating Base Characteristics

For those in the dark, in BRP you are given 100 points to spend across your Base characteristics minimum for SIZ and INT are 8, and for all others it is 3.

So:

STR 13
DEX 16
CON 12
APP 14
INT 11
POW 06
SIZ 12
EDU 11

From these you can gain your Dextity, Idea, Know, Luck and Charisma Rolls by x the relevent stat by 5, thusly :

Dexterity 80%
Idea 55%
Know 55%
Luck 30%
Charisma 70%


Damage Bonus : +1D4

Cthulu Mythos : 99

Hit Points : 12 (CON + SIZ)/2

Sanity : 30 (POW X 5)

Now you Multiply the PC's EDU by 20 (220) ad spend these beween the Occupation Skills as so:

Grapple : 55
Natural World : 40
Own Kingdom: 50
Ride: 45
Status: 25
Track: 50

Now you multiplt the INT score by 10 to gain personal interest points (110) that can be spent on any other skills except Cthulu Mysthos. I spent mine as follows :

Dodge (DEX X 2) : 52
Jump (25) : 45
Library Use (EDU X 2) : 22
Other Kingdoms (20) : 11
Swim (25) : 45
Hide (20) : 55

Weapons

Weapon     Skill  Damage Range #Attack
Fist(50)     -      1D3    -      1
Kick(25)     -      1D4    -      1
Head Butt(10)-      1D6    -      1
Grapple     55     spec    -      1
Long Sword  60      1D8    L      1
Javelin     55      1D6   25      1

So there you go, One Dark Ages Cthulu investigator, ready to go insane in the first scene.