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Edit Post #290145 Initial revision about 1 year ago
Answer A: What's the average skill gain from successes in Call of Cthulhu?
The peak is about 55 It looks like, based on this Anydice calculation that peak skill increase is about 55. I haven't done an analytical calculation of the probabilities, but my guess is that the initial pass (under) and then the skill advancement check (over) make the distribution symmetric. ...
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about 1 year ago
Edit Post #290144 Initial revision about 1 year ago
Question What's the average skill gain from successes in Call of Cthulhu?
As you use skills in Call of Cthulhu 7e, any successes get marked on your character sheet, and can be used to make skill advancement checks when requested by the Keeper. Any extreme successes are also marked. To succeed a skill increase check you must roll higher than your skill number. If it was...
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about 1 year ago
Edit Post #289317 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question Is it possible to add the non-occupational +20% to Language(own) and achieve 100% at character creation?
I'm basing my character creation off of this CthulhuWiki page, which says this about Language(own): > A character’s Mother Tongue. Choose the language best known to your investigator, such as English. The starting value is equal to the character’s Regular EDU score Which means if your character...
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over 1 year ago
Edit Post #289071 Initial revision over 1 year ago
Question When are Size rolls used in Call of Cthulhu 7e?
When are Size rolls used in Call of Cthulhu 7e? []() I've given my character a size of 80 (using the character generation guidelines on cthulhuwiki. I did so as I wanted to play a tall and fat character. But I'm struggling to see when that comes into play as a roll, instead of a static value?...
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over 1 year ago