Real Cthulhu Running Game

Miskatonic University can be said to be an important part of the Cthulhu mythology, because in many works of the great god of love, the human characters that appear are more or less related to Miskatonic University, and the "Miskatonic Watchdog" is also widely circulated in the circle of Cthulhu.

In related settings, Miskatonic University is a fictional town located in the lighthouse country of Massachusetts in the United States, Arkham, a fictional town in Sussex County (the city of Arkham in Batman pays homage to it, and both can be described as "talented"), named after a fictional river named the Miskatonic River.

As mentioned in "The Dunwich Horror" by the love craftsman, Miskatonic University is a world-class university with a reputation far and wide, comparable to Harvard University, and they are also the two most famous schools for the children of "old gentlemen" in Massachusetts.

As a world-renowned university, Miskatonic University must have its own advantages. Therefore, in addition to making achievements in history and psychology, Miskatonic University has reached the peak level of archeology and occult science. Therefore, a large number of students come to Miskatonic University to study every year. . . Although many students ended up in the Arkham Asylum next door, or were sent directly to the grave. . .

In addition to its strong academic strength, Miskatonic University also has a library with a rich collection of books. In the library of Miskatonic University, you can find almost all magic books or related books that have appeared in Cthulhu Mythos, including "Necronomicon", but most of them are translations of modern languages.

Therefore, in the Cthulhu running group game, if the player has the opportunity to come to Arkham, he will definitely choose to go to Miskatonic University. If the player arrives at Miskatonic University, he will definitely go to the library of Miskatonic University.

By the way, in the works of Cthulhu Mythos, the scientific expedition team organized by Miskatonic University is full of disasters. During the scientific expedition to Antarctica, Egypt and other places, they encountered attacks from various mythological creatures and suffered so many devastating blows. Miskatonic University is still able to organize a world-leading scientific expedition team, which shows how deep the background of Miskatonic University is. . .

Therefore, Liu Xing once saw such a post in the forum of the Cthulhu Running Group game hall, which listed the possible "hell difficulty start" of the player's character card, among which the highest ranking was "students/teachers studying/working at Miskatonic University", and then "living in the city of Arkham".

Of course, although this is a "hell-difficult opening", in fact, from another perspective, this can also be said to be the most profitable opening, because after your character card has gone through several modules in Arkham City, you can quickly obtain a large number of Cthulhu Mythos knowledge values, and put your character card in mind. After all, it is like Liu Xing's character card "Liu Xing". The world view of Lu mythology.

Of course, risks and benefits coexist, and the character card that can come out of Arkham City alive is one of the best in a hundred, but players who have such a character card will basically become players in the Cthulhu area.

That's why Liu Xing and others are so surprised now that Alice has a teacher from Miskatonic University, but this may also be a major reason why Alice will join the Deep Sea Gospel Society. After all, the leader of a secret church like this Deep Sea Gospel Society basically has Cthulhu Mythos knowledge and occult values ​​that are not too low, so Liu Xing began to suspect that Alice's teacher is the leader of the Deep Sea Gospel Society, or a high-level person of the Deep Sea Gospel Society.

But it doesn't matter.

"Miskatonic University? It's one of the most famous universities in the world. I didn't expect you, Miss Alice, to be a student of Miskatonic University... Uh, what I mean is, Miss Alice, as a student of Miskatonic University, why would you choose to open a bar in Kyoto? This really surprises me." Panda Pig pretended to be surprised.

Alice chuckled and said, "Mr. Panda Pig, you have misunderstood a bit. Although my teacher used to work in the occult major of Miskatonic University, many years ago, after participating in a scientific expedition team organized by Miskatonic University, he decided to retire from Miskatonic University for some reason and return to London to live his life."

"But because my father had experienced the midnight subway serial murder case that year, although he was transferred to become a lawyer, under the arrangement of the London police, he became a lawyer who was responsible for some supernatural cases. Therefore, my father met my teacher, and then because I personally became more interested in mysterious, I became my master's disciple. Master has learned a lot of mysterious knowledge ... So if you don't have an accident, we are now involved in supernatural events. "

Everyone nodded in agreement.

And Liu Xing can now be sure that if his group communicates with Alice further, it is very likely that the plot points on Alice will be triggered, and there will be a chance to trigger the corresponding modules in the future.

Therefore, Liu Xing is a little tangled now, should he trigger the plot point on Alice?

After all, Liu Xing is 70% sure that the module related to Alice will involve Elizabeth, or the boss of the module is Elizabeth. If this is the case, then Liu Xing has a certain advantage.

More importantly, if you have an in-depth communication with Alice, you will have the opportunity to get in touch with Teacher Alice, and thus have the opportunity to go to Miskatonic University.

And the modules related to Miskatonic University, whether in the real Cthulhu running game or in this real Cthulhu running game hall, are called the players' "whetstone", or "Dragon Gate".

Because the modules related to Miskatonic University will basically involve a large number of NPCs and mythical creatures. Leaving aside those mythical creatures for the time being, these NPCs alone give players a headache, because the identities of these NPCs are more mysterious than one, and the background is more terrifying than the other. If you apply a certain fantasy novel, the NPCs of Miskatonic University are "archaeologists walk all over the street, and there are as many occultists as dogs", "Just throw a stone down and hit an important member of a secret church."

So, maybe the NPC who was chatting and laughing with you one second, pushed the black-rimmed glasses and cast some kind of time-based spell on you the next second.

Therefore, the modules related to Miskatonic University will have relatively high difficulty. Basically, as long as there is one step difference, the whole game will be lost.

Therefore, only by clearing the relevant modules related to Miskatonic University can one be regarded as a senior player of the Cthulhu running game and be eligible to be promoted to the Cthulhu area, of course, except for some special occupations.

Although Liu Xing is still a player in the Shoggoth area now, one has to plan ahead.

But before Liu Xing could speak, Zhang Jingxu said with a smile: "Miss Alice, if possible, I hope you can introduce your teacher to me in the future, because I have been very interested in occult studies for a long time, and Miskatonic University's occult study program is number one in the world."

Liu Xing frowned, he didn't expect that Zhang Jingxu would steal his role, and according to Liu Xing's thinking, Zhang Jingxu shouldn't need to go to Miskatonic University.

After all, Zhang Jingxu’s occupation is a Taoist priest, which belongs to the special occupation mentioned by Liu Xing. Therefore, if Zhang Jingxu wants to be promoted to the Cthulhu area, he only needs to honestly follow his master to do tasks, and “subjugate demons and demons” everywhere. There is no need to participate in the modules related to Miskatonic University.

And Alice also thought so, "Uh, Mr. Zhang Jingxu, isn't your occupation a Taoist priest? According to my understanding of you Chinese Taoist priests, your theory should be quite different from our Western mysticism."

As Alice said, although the relevant knowledge and theories of Taoist priests are also classified into the skill of occultism in the Cthulhu running game, this is still somewhat different from the "occultism" studied in the Western world, and even somewhat contradictory.

To put it simply, the relevant theories of Huaxia Daomen and the "occultism" of the Western world are both branches of the mysticism skills in the Cthulhu running game, but there are still conflicts between these two branches, so Alice feels a little surprised.

But Zhang Jingxu nodded, and said with a smile: "That's right, although the Taoist knowledge I learned before is different from Miss Alice's Western mystic theory, we can still seek common ground while reserving differences, especially after I encountered so many supernatural events and mythical creatures, I also felt that my knowledge was limited, so in order to improve my own knowledge level, I planned to study occultism, but the paper was too shallow. I basically didn't get much useful information just by reading books."

"So, I wanted to find a professor who studies occultism to preach to me. Originally, I also planned to study at Miskatonic University, but I still lacked a guide. Even if I went to Miskatonic University, I would be an auditor at most. This doesn't mean much to me. Therefore, I very much hope that Miss Alice, you can introduce your teacher to me, and I will definitely pay your teacher to satisfy him."

Alice thought for a while and said, "That's not a problem. My master is quite open-minded. He is very interested in the occult theories related to the Eastern Church. Unlike other occult professors who come from academic schools, they only stick to their own opinions and keep going. They think that only Western occult theories are correct, and Eastern occult studies are all nonsense. Therefore, if there is no accident, my master should be very willing to meet you, Mr. Zhang Jingxu. Yes, but before that, we still want to find a chance to escape from the Fisherman's Village."

Zhang Jingxu heaved a sigh of relief after receiving Alice's affirmative answer, and said relaxedly, "Well, let's exchange contact information after we leave Fisherman's Village."

Liu Xing noticed that there was something wrong with Lu Tianya's face right now.

Sure enough, women like to be jealous, even though Zhang Jingxu and Alice were talking about "work".

And Zhang Jingxu obviously felt the murderous intent coming from beside him, but to Liu Xing's admiration, Zhang Jingxu said without changing his face and heartbeat: "Okay, I'm full now, everyone, eat slowly, I'll go back to the room to prepare, and help Miss Alice get rid of the compound magic circle. If you have eaten, Tianya, come up and help me too."

After speaking, Zhang Jingxu got up and left the dining table.

However, Liu Xing still noticed that Zhang Jingxu's movements were a little stiff, while Lu Tianya walked beside Zhang Jingxu, using Zhang Jingxu to block the sight of Liu Xing and others, but Liu Xing could still see that Lu Tianya's hand was already on Zhang Jingxu's waist.

Seeing this scene, Liu Xing smiled knowingly, but soon Liu Xing's smile froze instantly, because Liu Xing found that as a single dog, he seemed to be stuffed with dog food again.

After a while, Zhang Jingxu went downstairs and said to Alice: "Miss Alice, if you can, go upstairs and chat with Lu Tianya first, and Lu Tianya will help you solve the problem of the compound magic circle in the room later."

Alice smiled and nodded, and went directly upstairs.

At this time, the secret room time opened.

"Student Zhang Jingxu, I didn't expect you to be a strict wife." Panda Pig said with a smile.

Zhang Jingxu smiled helplessly, and said, "Stop teasing me, what can I do, I'm also very desperate, let's get back to business, I didn't expect that the boss of this module would be Shoggoth, this is going to be troublesome."

Liu Xing nodded, shrugged and said: "That's right, according to what I found in the underground ruins this afternoon, there must be more than one Shoggoth in Fisherman's Village, and there will definitely be an elite-level Shoggoth, but logically speaking, we should have a way to avoid confronting these Shoggoths head-on. After all, in terms of our current combat power, we may not even be able to defeat an ordinary Shoggoth."

Although Liu Xing said so, he still had no idea, because Liu Xing really couldn't think of what to do to avoid conflicts with the Shoggoths in Fisherman's Village.