Chronicles of the Damned
another reason to be afraid of the dark
You are in a cold room. You carry a heavy book. You feel the fibers of a rug beneath your bare feet as you walk. Your knees buckle. The curtains open with a mind of their own. The reaching fingers of dawn sear your flesh. The rug fibers are stained gray with ash. Only the book remains:
The Manual
Chapter 1:Ability ScoresEach character has 7 "ability scores" that determine the results of their actions (See Table 1-1). All scores start at a base of 0, but the player may invest up to 13 points to improve them, with a maximum of 5 points to a score. If a score is left at 0, then...
Table 1-1
Ability Name //Related Actions
-Strength //Martial/Melee Wpn/Thrown Wpn Damage, Breaking, Carrying
-Dexterity //To-Hit for all Weaponry, Dodging, Balancing
-Constitution //Health & Vitality, Saving against Poison/Disease, Prolonged Running/Fighting
-Intelligence //Common Sense, Sensing Motives, Problem Solving, Saving against Insanity
-Wisdom //Knowledge of the Occult, Going Insane
-Charisma //Social Interaction, Haggling, Persuading, Lying
-Perception //Usage of all Five Senses, Investigating, Searching
When a character does an action, a number of d6's are rolled to determine the result. This number is the related ability score + applicable bonus dice. There are two types of rolls: Regular (Table 2-1) and Hardcore (Table 2-2). The result is determined by the amount of successes (dice that rolled above a certain number) that are in these rolls. Usually 2 successes will fully achieve your goal in an unopposed action. In an opposed action, however, greater successes wins.
Table 2-1
Roll //Result
1 //Fumble (Cancels out a success)
2 //Nothing
3 //Nothing
4 //Success
5 //Success
6 //~Success (If three of these are rolled you epicly succeed, otherwise it's a normal success)
Table 2-2
Roll //Result
1 //Fumble (Cancels out a success)
2 //Nothing
3 //Nothing
4 //Nothing
5 //Success
6 //~Success (If three of these are rolled you epicly succeed, otherwise it's a normal success)
Experience Points:When your character succeeds in an tough actions, or thinks outside-the-box, you may gain "experience points" (XP). You can spend 5 XP to gain a bonus dice for a certain action permanently. There is no limit to this, but the price will increase for improving an action again. You can also spend 15 XP to add a point to an ability score permanently. There is also no limit to this, and the price will increase similarly.
History Roll:When your character is created, a "history roll" will be made using some of your stats. This will determine how your character's life/studies have been going.
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Appendix A:The ChroniclesThis Chronicle is about you:
a human, but no ordinary human. You are a quaesitor de occultis. A seeker of Secrets. A scholar of the Occult.
This Chronicle is about the Mark on your arm:
the sign of a curse. A punishment for your life choices. Don`t touch the sunlight. Walk in the Dark.
This Chronicle is about them, and what they bring:
even demons tire of being in chains. A treaty is broken. They will rise.
This Chronicle is about the Damnation of the world.
And that has to change.
Nothing is set in stone.
Name:
Gender:
Age:
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Str:~ Dex:~ Con:~
Int:~ Wis:~ Cha:~ Per:~
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Description:
Bio: (Include why you chose to be a quaesitor de occultis)
1)LuckyKobold
Name:Uttrinathok The All-Consumer, Carl to his friends.
Gender:Nobody can really tell because of the robes,But Carl insists that he is male.
Age:Unknown To All But Him
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Str:01 Dex:01 Con:02
Int:01 Wis:05 Cha:02 Per:01
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Sanity:Medium
Physical:~Missing all fingers on left hand
~Nose broken (Temp. -1 Cha)
Knowledge:~-1 dice on Black Magic rolls
Curse:~Sunlight turns your flesh to ash
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Inventory:~libro Secretorum
Exp. Points:3
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Description:Carl is wearing a dull brown cloak that covers his entire body, and the majority of his facial features, But you can clearly see a pair of Aviator Goggles and a Smoking Pipe.He speaks in a very strange high pitched accent, And while he is very kind, He rarely ever feels guilt or sees the reasonable or moral side of an arguement.
Bio:Carl was born in the year **** and during his teenage years got hooked on cannabis which he smokes regularly,However the weed seems to steel his nerves.Carl decided to become a quaesitor de occultis when he heard a voice from beyond calling him, Of course he was probably just high but the result is the same either way.Carl would tell more but the cannabis has messed up his long-term memory.
Carl has been making a living scavenging through garbage bins and mugging hobos.
2)NAV
Name:Brianna MacGregor
Gender:Female
Age:17
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Str:01 Dex:03 Con:01
Int:03 Wis:02 Cha:01 Per:03
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Sanity:Medium
Physical:~Left eye blind
Knowledge:~+1 die to Identifying Demons
Curse:~Sunlight turns your flesh to ash
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Residence:A friend's house
Inventory:~libro Secretorum
Exp. Points:3
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Description: A short teenage girl with very big glasses and a backpack full of books.
Bio: A nerdy girl who was always reading. She found a note scribbled in the margin of a second hand book that led her here.
3)killerhellhound
Name:Birger "Hound" Digger
Gender:Male
Age:22
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Str:01 Dex:03 Con:02
Int:02 Wis:02 Cha:01 Per:02
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Sanity:High
Physical:~Right arm gone
~Left arm sore
~Body bruised
Curse:~Sunlight turns your flesh to ash
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Inventory:~libro Secretorum
Exp. Points:0
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Description: Birger is a Australian male and has a bit of a tan. He is not as strong as the Australian stereotype may claim but he is more then perceptive enough to survive in a country where a tiny spider can fatally poison you. He has green eyes and black hair.
Bio: Birger was an activist a few years ago and still maintains the speed and eyes needed to avoid getting caught by the cops. He is now working at a library and has been looking through the old books for clues on some of the experiments being preformed he saw during his activist years. Some of the books seem like they could be more then just fiction, like maybe that book on raising dragons or summoning demons. Yeah right when pigs fly but it's the only source of info he had so he tested the advice and it worked. This only brought up more questions and Birger was detemened to figure out what this was and how far down the rabbit hole went But now he has an aversion to sunlight and a mark on his arm bringing up more questions.
4)Sarrak
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Graveyard1)Sarrak
Name:Konnar Reel
Gender:Male
Age:27
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Str:03 Dex:04 Con:01
Int:01 Wis:02 Cha:00 Per:02
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Sanity:Medium
Physical:~Deaf
~+1 die to Evasion rolls
Mental:~Sociopathic
~Mute
Curse:~Sunlight turns your flesh to ash
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Inventory:~libro Secretorum
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Description: Grim, intimidating man. Standing at 6'2", he has slim yet muscular build. Pale-skinned, gray-eyed, with regular brown hair, he has no distinguishing traits.
Bio: - Working...
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