Investigator Name: Anika Nikolaievna Romanova
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
Colleges, Degrees: Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia
Mental Disorders: NA
Sex: Female
Age: 28
Residence: St. Petersburg, Russia
Personal Data: Anika is a female electrical engineer brought up in Russia. She has traveled many times, and has an interest in medicine. She is used to surviving in cold weather, having lived in Russia all her life.
Family & Friends: Nataliya Romanova- grandmother of Anika, only living relative.
Wounds & Injuries: stitch in chin caused by childhood accident, stitch in lower right part of the abdominal area from an operation for appendicitis.

STR: 6
CON: 7
SIZ: 13
DEX: 14
APP: 11
INT: 14
POW: 13
EDU: 17
Idea: 70
Luck: 65
Know: 85
Damage Bonus: +0
Sanity: 65
MP: 13
HP: 10

Astronomy: 31
Chemistry: 41
Drive Auto: 50
Electr. Repair: 70
Hide: 40
History: 50
Library Use: 45
Listen: 45
Mech. Repair: 50
Medicine: 45
Navigate: 60
Other Language: English: 40
Own Language: Russian: 85
Sneak: 40
Polar Survival: 41

Investigator Name: Othello Bellucci
Occupation: Geologist
Colleges, Degrees: PhD in Natural Sciences
Birthplace: Venice, Italy.
Mental Disorders: ADD
Sex: Male
Age: 35
Residence: Omaha, Nebraska
Personal Data: Othello has brown hair and eyes, a very pale complexion, and is very skinny. He strongly believes in people following their dreams, and not letting anything hold them back. He is of average height.
Family & Friends: Never knew any family outside of his dead parents.
History: Othello's mother died giving birth to him. His father tried to take care of him, but was murdered in front of Othello's eyes when he was eight. He grew up in foster care, never really making friends with anyone. Dreams of his father's death still plague his memory. He was diagnosed with ADD, but despite that, he went through school, getting scholarships enough to get into college for free, even one out-of-state. He saw the name "Hope College" and jumped at the opportunity to go there. He flew to Michigan, where he got his PhD. Then, he decided to start traveling. He went to Nebraska for work and stayed there.
Wounds and Injuries: One scar across his forehead to remind him to never tell anyone what he witnessed.

STR: 4
CON: 11
SIZ: 15
DEX: 10
APP: 10
INT: 12
POW: 13
EDU: 18
Idea: 60
Luck: 65
Know: 90
Damage Bonus: None
Sanity: 65
MP: 13
HP: 13

Archaeology: 45
Biology: 57
Chemistry: 60
Fast Talk: 40
First Aide: 45
Geology: 70
Medicine: 40
Natural History: 50
Other Language: English: 60
Own Language: Italian: 75
Physics: 55
Spot Hidden: 60

Character name: Matthew Vigor
Job: Survivalist
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Birthplace: NYC, USA
Mental disorders: Mild paranoia
Residence: NYC, USA (though he travels all over the world)

Stats:

STR: 17
DEX: 10
CON: 8
POW: 7
APP: 8
SIZ: 10
INT: 17
EDU: 14
SAN: 35
Damage bonus: +1d4
HP: 9
Magic: 7
Sanity points: 35

Skills:

Climb 50%
First aid 50%
Jump 40%
Listen 60%
Other language (Elder Cipher) 66%
Medicine 50%
Navigate 70%
Polar survival 31%
Rifle 60%
Knife 50%
Spot hidden 70%
Sneak 75%

Weapons:
Hunting knife (damage 2d4+2)
.303 Lee Enfield. Damage is 2d6+4. Range is 110 yards, you get 1/2 of an attack in a round because it’s a single shot weapon, 10 bullets, 12 HP, and Malfunctions on a 00.

Personality: Mildly paranoid (claims that he’s just trying to survive, and believes that always assuming the best, or sometimes, what’s logical, is not going to help his chances), but insightful. Tends to try being a leader, but his mild paranoia causes most people to doubt his abilities as a leader. Claims that experience has taught him that wishful thinking only leads to disappointment. Were it not for the paranoia, he could probably be an excellent leader.

Background: Raised in New York City, Matthew often times found himself dealing with so many problems, given that he was raised near the ghetto. He managed to prove his intelligence in school, but suffered from mild paranoia given the life that he had. Eventually he took up the life of a survivalist just so that he can find a way to exercise his paranoia without seeming insane.

However, he often times prepares himself for situations that never arise, like bringing a hunting rifle and knife on simple expeditions where there is a very small to no chance of being attacked by anything remotely dangerous.

Appearance: Blonde haired and blue eyed, but not necessarily a good-looking person. Roughly of average height and fairly well-built, though not tough.

Family and friends: While he has very few friends, those that he does have usually serve as the straight man in his bouts of mental paranoia, though there are some who understand his paranoia.

Wounds and injuries: Couple bullet and knife scars from scraps he got into, usually around the gut and chest, though he has one scar over his right eye from a knife-fight he got into against a thug

Character Name: Rodrick Welsh
Job: Photographer
Colleges: New York Institute of Photography
Birthplace: San Francisco, California
Mental Disorders: NA
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Residence: NYC, New York
Personal Data: Rodrick has shaggy black hair and glasses that keep falling off the bridge of his nose. He usually wears very baggy sweatshirts and loose jeans, and seems to walk with a permanent stoop. Rodrick is a very lonely person who feels most at home with natural flora and fauna rather than humans, and often converses with them and treats them as equal. He also has a very strong personal belief in God, and admires St. Francis of Assisi.

History: Rodrick was born into a single parent family and was raised atheist. During his teenage years he started to suffer from depression and tried to kill himself. After surviving what rightfully should have killed him, he decided that it was the will of God and became a devout Catholic. His photography career took off because he believed that it was only right for him to document and display all of the Lord’s creatures so that others would learn of their plight and stop harming them.

Family and Friends: Amelia Welsh- mother
Marks and Scars: Tattoo of a cross on his right shoulder.
Episodes of Insanity: Suffered a period of intense depression during his teenage years, where he constantly threatened to kill himself. Attempted to kill himself by ingesting sleeping pills, but miraculously survived.

STR: 6
CON: 8
DEX: 12
SIZ: 14
INT: 15
POW: 13
APP: 13
EDU: 14

Idea: 75
Knowledge: 70
Luck: 65
Damage Bonus: +0
MP: 13
HP: 11
Sanity: 65

Art: 55 %
Conceal: 45 %
Disguise: 31 %
Hide: 40 %
Photography: 70 %
Natural History: 40 %
Spot Hidden: 65 %
Track: 40 %
First Aid: 40 %
Listen: 40 %
Anthropology: 21 %
Own Language (English): 70 %
Other Language (Mandarin): 21 %
Mech Repair: 40 %
Climb: 50 %
Drive Auto: 40%
Handgun: 55%

Investigator Name: August Kuranes
Occupation: Journalist
Colleges: University of Arizona
Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Mental Disorders: N/A
Sex: Male
Age: 29 (therefore born in 1904)
Residence: Arkham, Massachusetts, USA
Personal Description (Plus Family & Friends): August has very dark brown eyes, and fitting short hair. His face doesn’t show his age: in fact, it makes him look younger, due to its cleanness and lack of wrinkles.
August studied Journalism in the University of Arizona, in Tucson, where he lived while he studied. He has passion for journalism, mostly induced by his father, Arthur Kuranes, who never got the opportunity to study Journalism, so passed his enthusiasm unto August. After he studied in Arizona, August moved to Massachusetts, to a city called Arkham, with his brother Adam, who would study Geology in Arkham’s Miskatonic University. In 1930, Adam was sent to an expedition to the Antarctica, and never came back. The rest of his family still lives in Arizona. After he moved to Massachusetts, he kept contact with friends from Arizona, but also made new friends in Arkham.
Even after Adam’s disappearance, August stayed in Arkham, and was recruited for the second expedition to the now-called Miskatonic Mountains, to write a special report for Arkham’s main herald, the “Arkham Advertiser”.
Episodes of Insanity: Suffered from episodes of depression when he received the news of the end of Miskatonic’s expedition to Antarctica. He assumes reality, therefore believes his brother Adam is dead.
Wounds & Injuries: N/A
Marks & Scars: N/A

STR 9
CON 12
SIZ 13
DEX 11
APP 15
SAN 55
INT 12
POW 11
EDU 13 + 1
Idea 60
Luck 55
Know 65
Damage Bonus 0
Sanity Points 55
Magic Points 11
Hit Points 13

JOB SKILL POINTS 280 (used 280)
Fast Talk (05%) + 40 = 45%
Library Use (25%) + 30 = 55%
Listen (25%) + 50 = 75%
Persuade (15%) + 60 = 75%
Psychology (01%) + 34 = 35%
Spot Hidden (25%) + 30 = 55%
Other language (Spanish) (01%) + 31 = 32%
Own Language (English) (EDU x 5) = 14 x 5 = 70 + 5 = 75%

PERSONAL INTEREST POINTS 120 (used 120)
Accounting (10%) + 40 = 50%
Bargain (05%) + 30 = 35%
Drive Auto (20%) + 30 = 50%
Navigate (10%) + 20 = 30%

Investigator Name: Anika Nikolaievna Romanova
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
Colleges, Degrees: Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia
Mental Disorders: NA
Sex: Female
Age: 28
Residence: St. Petersburg, Russia
Personal Data: Anika is a female electrical engineer brought up in Russia. She has traveled many times, and has an interest in medicine. She is used to surviving in cold weather, having lived in Russia all her life.
Family & Friends: Nataliya Romanova- grandmother of Anika, only living relative.
Wounds & Injuries: stitch in chin caused by childhood accident, stitch in lower right part of the abdominal area from an operation for appendicitis.

STR: 6
CON: 7
SIZ: 13
DEX: 14
APP: 11
INT: 14
POW: 13
EDU: 17
Idea: 70
Luck: 65
Know: 85
Damage Bonus: +0
Sanity: 65
MP: 13
HP: 10

Astronomy: 31
Chemistry: 41
Drive Auto: 50
Electr. Repair: 70
Hide: 40
History: 50
Library Use: 45
Listen: 45
Mech. Repair: 50
Medicine: 45
Navigate: 60
Other Language: English: 40
Own Language: Russian: 85
Sneak: 40
Polar Survival: 41

Investigator Name: Othello Bellucci
Occupation: Geologist
Colleges, Degrees: PhD in Natural Sciences
Birthplace: Venice, Italy.
Mental Disorders: ADD
Sex: Male
Age: 35
Residence: Omaha, Nebraska
Personal Data: Othello has brown hair and eyes, a very pale complexion, and is very skinny. He strongly believes in people following their dreams, and not letting anything hold them back. He is of average height.
Family & Friends: Never knew any family outside of his dead parents.
History: Othello's mother died giving birth to him. His father tried to take care of him, but was murdered in front of Othello's eyes when he was eight. He grew up in foster care, never really making friends with anyone. Dreams of his father's death still plague his memory. He was diagnosed with ADD, but despite that, he went through school, getting scholarships enough to get into college for free, even one out-of-state. He saw the name "Hope College" and jumped at the opportunity to go there. He flew to Michigan, where he got his PhD. Then, he decided to start traveling. He went to Nebraska for work and stayed there.
Wounds and Injuries: One scar across his forehead to remind him to never tell anyone what he witnessed.

STR: 4
CON: 11
SIZ: 15
DEX: 10
APP: 10
INT: 12
POW: 13
EDU: 18
Idea: 60
Luck: 65
Know: 90
Damage Bonus: None
Sanity: 65
MP: 13
HP: 13

Archaeology: 45
Biology: 57
Chemistry: 60
Fast Talk: 40
First Aide: 45
Geology: 70
Listen: 44
Medicine: 40
Natural History: 50
Other Language: English: 60
Own Language: Italian: 75
Physics: 55
Spot Hidden: 60

Call of Cthulhu Survival Tips

In a game like Call of Cthulhu, where the average lifespan of a player character is less than that of a mayfly, pointers a needed to stay on top of things.


Have you just inherited a mansion whose previous owner went mad, died horribly or simply vanished? Never ever sleep in the master bedroom, explore the unmapped caverns beneath the cellar and never try to find the source of that insane piping-sound going on at night. In fact, never ever visit the mansion in question.

Conduct investigations while the sun is still above the horizon. The common idea that night is the proper time for sneaking around and committing B&E is even deadlier than The Thousand-Faced Rotting Bubble-Person From Beyond ever could be.

Being illiterate is a good thing.

Yes, there is such a thing as too many tentacles.

Always bring a handgun, that way you can make sure that one of your friends will be in no shape to run when your group is chased by outer-dimensional hunting-creatures, thereby giving the horrible being something other than you to munch on. Hopefully.

Never become good friends with University professors. They are the living embodiment of trouble. In fact, watch out for people whose job is to read books, specifically old books, or tomes, as they like to call them. They always want help after having summoned The Horrible Horror with a Shady Reputation. Helping them will get you dead right quick or, at the very least, insane. Surreal happenings or outer-dimensional summoning may be commonplace in their lives; better not make it commonplace in your life.

Never date women who refer to themselves as cat-persons. Cuddly or not; the Cats from Saturn be damned!

Never go abroad. If you, for any reason, have to go abroad it better not be as a crewmember on an expedition.

Egypt and Antarctica kills off more investigators each year than cancer does.

Always bring explosives. Not pansy explosives like grenades instead bring bundles of TNT. Going to your cousins wedding? Great! Just remember to pack the TNT. TNT is good for some many things, like blowing up blasphemous temples or horrible proto-masses. Failing that, TNT makes great firewood for your final bonfire.

Never join a cult or sect. Enough said.

Curiosity did not kill the cat. Some unspeakable horror did. Not only that, it also turned the cat inside out, had pseudo pods grow from every orifice imaginable, gave it a taste for human blood and made it six times larger than before. Now the cat is coming for you.

Stay well away from mountain cabins. Every mountain cabin comes with an obligatory psychopath. Some cabin-retailers may allow for the psychopath to be exchanged for an Unknown Horror Existing in Far to Many Dimensions. Beware cabins!

Try not to live your life in England or New England. In fact, you should probably move to Sweden, a country where Mythos activity seems to quite non-existent.

Avoid anything that can be associated with the words ancient, elder, forgotten etc. I cannot emphasize this enough. Contracting Ebola is far more enjoyable than being torn to pieces over the course of seven years by the Ancient Guardian-Monstrosity.

Make a distinction between Good Slime and Evil Slime. Good Slime does not really do anything except maybe make you disgusted. Evil Slime, on the other hand, tends to eat you, dissolve you, expand like there is no tomorrow, et cetera. A surefire way of distinguishing between Good Slime and Evil Slime is this:
When you see a pool of slime for the first time, ask yourself these questions. But before proceeding, take heed; Good or Evil, no slime at all is better.
1. Does it shiver, move about or show any other sign of having means of producing kinetic energy by itself? No? Then it is probably safe to assume that you are dealing with Good Slime.
2. Does it have countless mouths and bulging eyes? No? Good Slime.
3. Does it talk? No? Good Slime.
4. Do you feel threatened in any way by this slime? No? Good Slime.
5. Poke the slime with a pointy stick. Does it react? No? Good Slime.
6. Have any of your pets disappeared lately? No? If yes, can you see the bones of your pets inside the slime? Yes? Evil Slime.
7. Did the slime come from outer space? No? Good Slime.

When dealing with beings of incomprehensible power, tread lightly. If you suddenly decompose, burst into flames, explode or suffer otherwise along similar lines you know you have done something wrong.

On the other hand, if you deal with beings of incomprehensible power you are a right git and deserve nothing less. Steer well clear of Outer Gods, Elder Gods, Old Ones and their ilk.

If your Keeper asks you to print out a couple of new character sheets before the session begins you know trouble and death are afoot. Suggest that you play Dungeons & Dragons instead; a game where being resurrected doesn’t automatically turn you into The True Spawn of Evil.

Of course, following these pointers alone is not really enough to keep your investigator alive. Common sense along with a big dose of self-preservation is also needed, but often sorely lacking when it comes to investigators in a game of Call of Cthulhu. Good luck, and remember: even how dreary it may sound, spending your last years in a retirement home is far better than spending your last years in a mental asylum eating bugs.

Some quick rules of survival for the Delta Green Operative:
* Always carry one more magazine than you expect to use.
* The abandoned mine never is.
* Painstakingly sealed refrigerators in the Green Box are probably painstakingly sealed for a purpose.
* If in doubt, empty the magazine.
* Never let your less-than-sane colleague carry the explosives.
* An autopsy-room is not a "safe place".
* Any dark strangers offering you gifts and favors should be avoided like the plague.
* When contemplating ways to execute your mission: think "Overkill".
* Sleep is only a bad substitute for caffeine.
* Always save the last bullet for the moron who got you into this.
* If that moron isn't you, aim for the legs. If you're going to get eaten alive so is he.
* Any offer to let you "Experience the Other Dimensions" should be tactfully declined ... with a shotgun blast.
* If you have no social skills: try "physical interrogation".
* Reading books is for the colleague you keep locked up in the nice room with soft walls.
* There is no such thing as "too many guns".
* Gasoline. Refueling cars is only its secondary use.
* When you enter a government facility and the toilet-doors are marked: "Men", "Women" and "Other" you might want to reconsider your position.
* Old Nazis never die. Period.
* Wimps fondle guns. Real Men fondle Doomsday-devices.

Character Name: Rodrick Welsh
Job: Photographer
Colleges: New York Institute of Photography
Birthplace: San Francisco, California
Mental Disorders: NA
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Residence: NYC, New York
Personal Data: Rodrick has shaggy black hair and glasses that keep falling off the bridge of his nose. He usually wears very baggy sweatshirts and loose jeans, and seems to walk with a permanent stoop. Rodrick is a very lonely person who feels most at home with natural flora and fauna rather than humans, and treats them as equal. He also has a very strong personal belief in God, and admires St. Francis of Assisi.

History: Rodrick was born into a single parent family and was raised atheist. During his teenage years he started to suffer from depression and tried to kill himself. After surviving what rightfully should have killed him, he decided that it was the will of God and became a devout Catholic. His photography career took off because he believed that it was only right for him to document and display all of the Lord’s creatures so that others would learn of their plight and stop harming them.

Family and Friends: Amelia Welsh- mother
Marks and Scars: Tattoo of a cross on his right shoulder.
Episodes of Insanity: Suffered a period of intense depression during his teenage years, where he constantly threatened to kill himself. Attempted to kill himself by ingesting sleeping pills, but miraculously survived.

STR: 6
CON: 8
DEX: 12
SIZ: 14
INT: 15
POW: 13
APP: 13
EDU: 14

Idea: 75
Knowledge: 70
Luck: 65
Damage Bonus: +0
MP: 13
HP: 11
Sanity: 65

Art: 55 %
Conceal: 45 %
Disguise: 31 %
Hide: 40 %
Photography: 70 %
Natural History: 40 %
Spot Hidden: 65 %
Track: 40 %
First Aid: 40 %
Listen: 40 %
Anthropology: 21 %
Own Language (English): 70 %
Other Language (Mandarin): 21 %
Mech Repair: 40 %
Climb: 50 %
Drive Auto: 40%
Handgun: 55%