Using Paizo and Open Design's new collaborative module.
Looking for four players.
Level 6
Good-aligned.
25 point buy.
16,000 gp.
No traits.
Advanced player manual classes are welcome.
Standard races only.
Minimum of one post a day.
Please don't create your character before I have accepted you.
What you have to do: tell me which is your favorite H.P. Lovecraft story you have read, why, and describe the your most memorable scene from that story.
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Hmmm... Selecting my favorite Lovecraft story is a tall-order, but I would have to say that The Hound probably tops my list.
I have a fondness for the mythology of the British Isles, and I love the spin that Lovecraft placed on the 'Black Dog' myth; the themes of history repeating itself, and the sense of a malevolent doom gradually and unstoppably drawing closer make it an excellent read.
In terms of the most memorable scene,
The two half-crazed thrill-seekers, feverishly and perversely exhume a fellow 'collector', in an Old-World cemetery filled with the evidence of ancient corruption, and oozing a palpable sense of death and decay.
Heedless of the muttered stories of the gruesome end of the former grave-robber (in fact, they revel in it!), once they breach the sanctity of his tomb, they gather like greedy children gloating over a forbidden treat, and claim the sickening jade amulet from around the occupant's bony neck, before re-filling the grave, and stealing-off into the night with their newest prize... which ultimately sealed their fate.
Thank you. You're in!
Well...seeing as how I make my living on and beneath the water...I would have to say my favorite Lovecraft story would have to be "Dagon"...short and sweet. As for a favorite seen? No particular seen is what I like about the story...it's the subtle way the story is done...written as a suicide letter by a man driven mad by simply seeing the creature from the deep...awesome. The story leaves the rest of the horror up to the readers imagination invoking questions of what does lie in wait in the dark waters of the world? Questions that when you are actually in the dark waters of the world can truly cause moments of fear induced
insanity (all be it temporary).
We have player number two !
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For me my favorite Lovecraft story right now might have to be "The Music Of Erich Zann." It really appealed to me because I am a musician, and the idea of music that means something more than notes on a page, a recurring theme amongst other Mythos authors post-Lovecraft, really struck a chord (pun intended). Just the image of the mad violist playing frantically, rendered senseless by the power of a sound, really stuck with me after many years.
And for scene, when the narrator peers out the window. Lovecraft was a creepy creepy man.
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What you have to do: tell me which is your favorite H.P. Lovecraft story you have read, why, and describe the your most memorable scene from that story.
Favourite Lovecraft Story is a toss up, but I'd have to say "Shadow over Innsmouth".
Why? I liked the way the story unfolded, as The Narrator slowly begins to find out what is going on in the town, scarcely believing what he is uncovering.Most memorable scene is the end, where he finds out about his past and instead of being horrified as he was while in the town, he comes to embrace what he is becoming.
We have player number two !
Excellent! Looking forward to it, thanks! I've been playing a lot of warrior and priest classes lately so I wouldn't mind changing it up to some sort of arcane caster...maybe a witch/rogue or wizard/rogue..?
I'll add my dot then. I'm not a huge Lovecraft fan although I've read a good deal. Most memorable to me was The case of Charles Dexter Ward, partly because it was the first story I read. I like it because it's a well-crafted story, not as fragmentary as many of the shorter stories. The scene I remember most is when he finds the pits with the (un)dead creatures. I think it was the sheer horror of realizing what they were, which was a new concept to me at the time.
I also like the short story with the telephone line breaking up (the name eludes me). Very suggestive.
For me my favorite Lovecraft story right now might have to be "The Music Of Erich Zann." It really appealed to me because I am a musician, and the idea of music that means something more than notes on a page, a recurring theme amongst other Mythos authors post-Lovecraft, really struck a chord (pun intended). Just the image of the mad violist playing frantically, rendered senseless by the power of a sound, really stuck with me after many years.
And for scene, when the narrator peers out the window. Lovecraft was a creepy creepy man.
And you are player number III !
What you have to do: tell me which is your favorite H.P. Lovecraft story you have read, why, and describe the your most memorable scene from that story.Favourite Lovecraft Story is a toss up, but I'd have to say "Shadow over Innsmouth".
Why? I liked the way the story unfolded, as The Narrator slowly begins to find out what is going on in the town, scarcely believing what he is uncovering.
Most memorable scene is the end, where he finds out about his past and instead of being horrified as he was while in the town, he comes to embrace what he is becoming.
And you round out our party, number 4 :)
Excellent! Looking forward to it, thanks! I've been playing a lot of warrior and priest classes lately so I wouldn't mind changing it up to some sort of arcane caster...maybe a witch/rogue or wizard/rogue..?
Whatever you and your party members want.
Here's the OOC thread. Let's continue our discussions there.
Kender Kin, Black Tom, sorry for leaving you two out.
If we have a vacancy, I'll post a new recruitment thread. If you still want to join, you'll still have to re-post in that thread.
Recruiting is now closed.