Custom Investigators and Investigator Cards

I too really like Father Wilhelm he would be a highly desirable character around my table. I might would consider knocking his focus down to compensate for his divine favor ability which since the chances of keeping a bless are better than loosing a curse i could see him holding clues for those "bad" 1's and essentially guaranteeing that once blessed a character will stay that way indefinitely.

Mind you, i don't think its too powerful, i would just consider having him be less ready to prepare himself to offset his 'other character support power'.

I think divine favor is to weak. It should be 1 clue token not 2.

Many of us play that Sister Marry can spend a clue to re-roll her blessing if she fails it, and I have never found this to be unbalanced. 2 clues just seems to much IMO...

well, you 2 guys give 2 opposite answers.
Thanks for comments.

Mill: I was scared about making him too powerful, since he has already another ability. Sister mary has another too, I know, but her bless-keeping works only on her. And I think that God is my sheperd is better than Sister Mary "never lost in space", so wanted to balance it. What do you think about this?

Mavhunter: focus is not directly influenced by abilities but by skills, usually. Should I change his skills and lower his focus, he would be even stronger, in my opinion

geki wrote:Mavhunter: focus is not directly influenced by abilities but by skills, usually. Should I change his skills and lower his focus, he would be even stronger, in my opinion

This I know, i was only offering to reduce his focus as a means to bring his total effectiveness down a little. In other words, since his special abilities are really good I would consider lowering his focus to 1 strictly as a balancing act to offset those abilities. I wouldn't lower his skills and focus as his skills are all fitting to his theme.

As for the excess cash strange eons would give you perhaps convert it to a little more cash and clue tokens, or simply let it drop off in favor of what i think to be very cool and intriguing abilities

Re: The vicar.

I'd start him at the Church - backstory could be a travelling preacher that he was checking with Father Michael about the spiritual needs of the people of Arkham. I'd also drop the Blessing re-roll - it's too much like Sister Mary's unofficial ability. You might want to replace it with Prayer: Wilhelm may choose to recover one Sanity instead of having an Encounter at the Church.

Re: Sister Mary. Anybody thought of publishing an updated SM with her special ability to this forum. Also an updated Monterey Jack whose ability works on Exhibit Items as well as Unique ones.

carcosannoble: the tobacconist is certainly balanced, even too much: I can't see his strength-points, nor his weaknesses. I'll wait the story to get an idea of the character concept

fnajake: Actually, from the story, he should start from the docks, but we made a mistake

About father Michael, the reblessing ability wants to symbolize his role

geki wrote:n

Is that Rowan Atkinson?

not that I know, mat may be

Here's a guy I created to use with the Arkham Book Club variant on Tomes, which i like far better than the base rules for tomes and is very worth it if you have the patience for the preparation

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http://homepage.mac.com/nephilim/arkham_investigations/cases.html

sorry, I do not use that variant, so I cannot give you any comment.

Dominic is not an Italian name, grunt v

Domenico would fit better!

This is my first time for this so be gentle but honest. The pictures are silent movie stars from the 1920's and 30's obtained from http://www.silentladies.com/Ladies.html. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Very nice! They all fit the theme nicely, and all seem like they would be fun to play (which is the most important thing).

I used the same ability you have as 'Charismatic' on one of my customer characters, but called it 'Alluring'

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Steve

Thank you, scotherns, I'm glad you liked them. I have yet to play them but will soon. If anyone plays with my investigators, let me know. I will be posting a few more in due time.

I've actually seen the actress you used for Maggie Chen in an old Sherlock Holmes movie

This is a custom job created for Warlock... (I know its a break from my "mythos only" traditions, but hey... what the hell)

Thanks MillMaster!!

I will try him out as soon as I get a chance.

do you know how many people who I have introduced to the game have asked "So, what does this game have to do with Batman?"

too funny!

Thats why I used a very dark picture, and never used the word Batman... was as Lovecraft as I could keep it...

In an effort to add a semi-historical figure to my game I found some amazing personalities from the 1920's that would fit in Arkham nicely. Here is my second try at this gentleman.

I tried to make him balanced. The rocket is OTT is suppose, but is one use only so the player will have to survive encounters with the weaker monsters and wait for a concertation worth using it on. It would be devastating against a GOO that had no physical resistance/immunity, so maybe I will drop the combat bonus. What do you think? Feel free to share any comments.

What would be cool is a rocket that exhausted, and didn't unexhaust until you got some fuel somehow. Possibly like in the upkeep you had to discard 5 bucks or something. You could have a secondary ability that just let you return it to the box to kill all flying monsters... sort of like a pain free lightning gun...

has anyone come up with a way to make the caracter markers better fit in the holders...i printed mine on card stock but it doesnt fit.

I stick mine to cardboard from a shoebox. This gives me about the right thickness. I use a black marker pen on the edges to make the sides look neater.

Cheers,

Steve

Probably a silly question....and one that has been asked NUMEROUS times:

Where do I find a card editor??

Jonny WS wrote:Probably a silly question....and one that has been asked NUMEROUS times:

Where do I find a card editor??

Try the one in this thread.

Never much cared for it myself, but people seem to like it.

Cheers,
Chris