Topic 1: Optional Uses for
Characteristics
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APP
-- Change the base chance of
Charm to be Half APP (Current base Charm is 15%)
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APP
-- Grant a Bonus Die on Charm,
Fast Talk, and Persuasion rolls if APP is 70+, conversely grant a
Penalty Die on Charm, Fast Talk, and Persuasion rolls if APP is
30-
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APP
-- Grant a Bonus Die on
Intimidation rolls if APP is 30-, or a Penalty Die if APP is
70+
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STR
-- A successful Jump roll lets
investigator leap a distance of One-Fifth STR in feet with a full
running start
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Currently in 7e, Jump is across or down the character’s
Height, or 2x height with running start.
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Alternative might be the base of 20% is replaced by 1/5
Str + 1/5 SIZ.
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OR
since Build is already calculated of SIZ + STR, maybe Build is
Bonus Die to Jump (Build 1 = 1 Bonus, Build 2 = 2 Bonus, no
unenhanced PC will have above a 2 Build)
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SIZ
-- Grant a Bonus Die on
Intimidation rolls if SIZ is 70+, or a Penalty Die if SIZ is
30-
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CON
-- Investigator can hold their
breath for CON x1 seconds without a penalty, then apply one Penalty
Die on skills done during CON x2 seconds, then apply two Penalty
Dice for skills done during CON x3 seconds. An additional Penalty
Die is applied for each additional multiplier of CON in seconds. If
an investigator holds their breath longer than CON x5 in seconds,
then a Hard CON roll is required to not pass out for 1D6
rounds.
Topic 2: Investigator
Organizations
Investigator Organizations or ways of linking
characters so that it makes sense that this band of people with
wildly different backgrounds, education, and social levels would be
hanging out together adventure to adventure.
Chapter 6 of the CoC Investigator Handbook covers
“Investigator Organizations”
The CoC
supplement, Terror
From
the
Stars, published
in 1986, had an investigator group supplement in the center of the
book. It was called the Field Manual of the Theron Marks
Society. (Unfortunately,
this
book
is not
available
on DriveThruRPG)
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