Image by Hochy_Marmeladky
The Cursed Ones
To be cursed is to be plagued with your own body and mind. Though a plague may be curable, can this curse be too, or are those just desperate dreams?
TYPE
SYSTEM
LANGUAGE
EXPERIENCE
AGE
$8.00
/ Session
Details
Weekly / Wednesday - 12:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 2–4 hours
Campaign Length / 15–30 Sessions
0 / 5 Seats Filled
Report Adventure
StartPlaying Money Back Guarantee
If your game doesn't happen, we guarantee a refund. Just reach out to StartPlaying Support. Refund Policy
About the adventure
This is Pulp Cthulhu, where you start as a hybrid monster that has curses/perks that affect your character throughout the game and story. This campaign takes place in 2006, in the United Kingdom, where a man named Herbert Kingsley suggests a corporation to try to find a way to undo these curses. All curses have benefits and drawbacks based on the one you choose, and each has a secret chance of turning fully into these monsters. The list below has what these curses give and their drawbacks (stats are subject to change) - Deep One: +30 Swim, ability to breathe underwater, Bonus Die for water-related activities, immune to Airborne smells, 1 Pulp Ability/ Needs moister, -10 Slight of Hand, -10 Appearance, -10 Charm - Ghoul: +30 climb, +35 Track (smell), +5 doge, 1 armor for Piercing Weapons, 1 Pulp ability/ Required to eat rotten food, -5 education, Photosensitivity - Cursed Generation: +2 damage points for brawl attacks, +10 brawl. +2 hp, 1 Pulp ability/ Penalty dice with fire luck rolls, random aggressiveness, -10 doge - Petesouchi: +10 swim, +10 intimidate, +2 armor, +6 hp, extended time for holding breath, 1 Pulp ability/ May randomly lose voice, highly carnivorous, -10 fast talk - Wendigoism: Not affected by cold climate, has 1d6+DB dagger claws, bonus dice against VS Pow rolls, +10 Jump, +20 Track (Smell)/ May become beastly, -10 Psychology, May hear voices - Spawn of Yig: Venomous spit (Mild), +6 Magic points, +30 Sense Prey (Heat Vision), 1 Pulp ability/ -10 STR, Cold Blooded, -10 Swim, -10 Charm, Animals may become fearful - Child of Yog: Invisibility, +10 doge, +15 Slight of Hand, +2 armor for Blunt weapons, +4 Magic points, OR a Special Transforming Limb/ Yog-Sothoth Is Calling For You - Cursed Bloodline: This is if you want to play more as a standard Pulp Hero with 2 Pulp abilities -Fostering of the Old Ones- Custom Ideas (Must be agreed upon on stats and effects.) If you need help or have any questions, feel free to contact me here on the site.
Game style
Combat Heavy
Roleplay Lite
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
4.5
(13)
2 years on StartPlaying
5 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Teacher, Knows the Rules
About me
I make many of my own sessions and games. With the hope of have a interesting experience and some fun ideas that you might enjoy playing.
View Profile →Character creation
Creating your character
Other than the traits for your curse, all other points will be used similarly to basic Pulp Cthulhu character creation methods. If you need help making a Pulp character, I can help during the session 0 or whenever you need. In Call of Cthulhu the are three main character creating ways. Quick Fire Method, Point Buy Method, and the Roll Dice Method. I prefer the Point Buy Method because it is more even to everyone and you have flexibility, but if you wish to use any of the other methods I will be ok with it. (As long as you not super over powered, by the Dice Method.)
What to expect
Preparing for the session
- A mic would be best for communication - On my Discord server is a link to the Chaosium Call of Cthulhu sheet to use, and more info - Have a way of keeping track of your points because you will lose some SAN, LUCK, or HP (the sheet) - It will be fast if you create your character beforehand (could be a rough draft for a character), but you may talk to me on Discord if you want help
What Ed the Editor brings to the table
I have a 3D VTT to play on and will use discord screen share to show it to everyone. The VTT is Tale Spire, it charges for seats, so that why I show it on discord screen share. I have handout for this story which I will show you on discord if you find them.
Homebrew rules
Other than the ones listed above, in-game, you can increase your skill level or gain experience if you decide to learn or do anything in your free time. Ex: You decide that your character is trying to learn Spanish, so in about 2 weeks of free time in-game, you may roll education to gain the skill Language (Spanish). This could help with Sanity or any skill, determined by time, learnability, and help.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Ed the Editor creates a safe table
I don’t charge any session 0 The first session will be a session 0 where we can make characters, backgrounds info, any questions for how it will work and any concerns. -This game type does include a lot of content warnings, and based on what happens could bring up hard issues not planned. My discord username is edteheditor on the server, I labeled myself as the Keeper.
Content warnings
Safety tools used