GM LFP for Call of Cthulhu: Dead Light One Shot (newbies welcome)

I plan to run a one-shot game of Call of Cthulhu, using the Dead Light scenario. Since this is a one-shot, this will be a lethal game, and I'll have no qualms about killing off PCs, especially as the scenario begins to reach its conclusion. This is a straight-up horror game, and I will be running it as such. Dead Light uses the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition rules. While the 7e rulebook has not yet been released, you can obtain the Quick Start rules for free from Drive Thru RPG or the Chaosium website . Alternatively, just google it. I think there are at least two results on the first page that let you read the pdf directly online. Use the Quick Start PDF to familiarize yourself with the rules and create a character. I plan to run the game on Thursday, July 10th, after 6pm EDT (exact time to be determined). If you are interested, either PM me or post in this thread. When I have at least 3 players, I will make a game on roll20. Maximum 5 players.

I was in a 7e campaign but it ended after a couple sessions, count me in.

I'll look over the quickstart and see if I'd be interested.

I am interested. Sounds like fun, Edit: So deleting my comment didn't actually remove me from the thread. I'm sorry OP but I've changed my mind. I do not see a good digital character sheet, and I'm a newbie so you'd have to help me understand some things. I'm very interested though. So I don't know, count me as a maybe. If you find more players who are more experienced contact them first though.

There is a character sheet at the back of the quick start rules. That's about all I can find Character Sheet wise.

Very interested and the time works for me. Never played Call of Cthulhu but I've been on a kick recently reading Lovecraft stories. I'll read through the quickstart.

I cant make it on Thursday. Do you host these one shots often?

By the way I made a PDF character sheet, it's not form fillable but you can use foxit reader to typewriter on it.

@Supergirl: Not often, no. Most of the games I've run have been multiple sessions. This will the first one-shot I've hosted on Roll20. I may host more if it goes well though. :D @MillionDollarMan: Awesome! Can you post a link? @notBowen and Megan J: Let me know if you're still interested after you read the quick-start. :)

<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?q2ueck9gsem19kn" rel="nofollow">https://www.mediafire.com/?q2ueck9gsem19kn</a> I hope this link works. I just took the thing from the QUickstart and made it a PDF, it's not form fillable but Foxit and other reader's typewriters can work on it :)

So far, I've got two players. Need at least one more, hopefully three more.

I've read through and I'm down to play. The only thing I'm confused about the the percentages in partentheses on the Investigator Skills section. Are those just the baseline success rates if you never allocate any points to them?

If I recall, the percentage in the parenthesis is what you have if you pick it as a HOBBY SKILL. Each hobby skill is 20%, and then you add that 20% to the parenthesis.

According to page 9 on the quick-start: "Allocate the following values among the eight Occupation Skills and also the Credit Rating skill: one at 70%, two at 60%, three at 50% and three at 40% (set the skills directly to these values and ignore the skill base values written next to each skill on the investigator sheet). After assigning points to the Occupation Skills, select your Personal Interest Skills. These are skills that your character has acquired outside of work. Pick four non-occupation skills and boost them by 20% (adding 20 to the skill base values listed on the investigator sheet)." So MillionDollarMan is correct (well, he got the exact terminology wrong, if you want to be really pedantic, but still. :p). Ignore the parentheses if it's an Occupation skill and add to it if it's Personal Interest.

Alright I changed my mind again, Assuming spots are still open. I'll play. I'm going to work on making a character if it's still okay. I'll send any questions here. If the OP doesn't mind, I'm just going to write it out manually I guess, like the olden days. (I feel like such a pleb.)

I'm willing to give it a shot. I've been laid off for a few months so while I wait for job callbacks and such I've been doing a lot more on the RP side of things. So if there is still a spot open please let me know. My players have been asking me about CoC for some time (Drew happens to be one of them who told me about this one-shot) so I am looking forward to trying things out.

Sounds like fun! I'm interested if you still have any open spaces?

Hi! I've participated in a few CoC games now and would love to take part as well if you have any space....or if you would like to run the scenario a second time!