GURPS Care Bears: Call of Cthulhu
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Meet the Care Bears: Bedtime Bear, Cheer Bear, Good Luck Bear, and Friend
Bear. There are such well known bears as
Funshine Bear, Tenderheart Bear, Grumpy Bear, Wish Bear, Love-A-Lot Bear,
and Secret Bear. There are even Care Bear Cousins (like Brave Heart Lion,
Lotsa Heart Elephant, and Playful Heart Monkey) and Care Bear Friends
(Cloud
Keeper).
They all work together, watching the world from Care-a-Lot, and flying
around in their cloud cars (and cycles) like little Care Bear gestapo,
protecting the Earth (or at least white American children) from vile,
uncaring evil. They've defeated Professor Coldheart. They've foiled the
nefarious plans of Darkheart and No Heart. But a few days ago, an evil
arose, deep in the shadowed heart of Worcester. Each team of Care Bears
left to confront this unnamed darkness. None have returned.
Enter, the Care Bear Second Cousins (AKA Care Less Bears). You are
basically a Care Bear reject. It's not that you don't Care. You care
quite
a bit, but not necessarily about the sort of things they can show on an
early morning cartoon. You join the ranks of such ill fated Bears as
Myopia
Bear, Lobotomy Bear, and I'm Not Wearing Any Pants Bear. You've heard the
names of Death of a Thousand Paper Cuts Bear, and Rapid Exothermic
Reaction
Bear. There's even been a Dead Bear, a Francophile Bear, and for some
ungodly reason, a Candy(-Ass) Bear.
Now is your chance. You can go down to Worcester, solve the mystery of
the
missing Care Bears, save the World, and maybe even rescue them and be
showered with praise and adulation by the grateful World. You can finally
rise up and show everyone what it means to be a Care Bear Second Cousin!
It's time for the misfits to win, or die trying.
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GCB:COC is simple. The character creation system is so asininely simple
that it would be an insult to your intelligence to explain it in this
e-mail. So, here goes.
The crux of a Care Bear concept is this: You have a Care Bear stare.
It has three levels of Power, and a personal effect.
For example: Myopia Bear is myopic. He has trouble seeing past his nose.
That would be his personal effect.
His level one stare is minor and can be used with impunity. Let's say, it
makes one person (or unnamable horror) nearsighted temporarily. All the
player has to do is say "Myopia Bear Stare!" and it happens. If you use
it
too much, you may be penalized, but unless you're being annoying, don't
worry about it.
The level two stare has a major game effect. It causes health damage *to
you* when you use it, so be careful. To use this power, the player has to
say "Myopia Bear Power Stare!" and it happens. He takes a level of damage
and can permanently "blind" an opponent (or perhaps temporarily blind a
large group...). YAY!
Running away is easier if the Deep Ones can't see you.
The third level of stare is the "Care Bear Death Stare" If you use this
stare, you die. End of story. Don't use this power unless you absolutely
have to, or your S.O. whispers something in your ear about leaving the
game
for hot monkey love.
You have NO idea what your death stare does. You've never used it... duh.
If you use it, you'll find out. Curiousity killed the Care Bear.
You have 5 stats (Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Charisma, and Health)
and 13 points to spend. You may not have a zero in a stat (Unless you are
Lobotomy Bear or Dead Bear, which you can't be because someone's already
played them). If dice must be rolled, you roll a D6 and try to get equal
to
or under your stat. Care Bears don't have skills. Heavy Weapons Bear is
no
more capable of using that rocket launcher than Candy(-Ass) Bear. But,
Heavy Weapons Bear might start with one. Care Bears do not have Sanity
Points. Deal.
Think of a Care Bear Stare and a Cool Care Bear name. Decide what your
tummy symbol looks like. Determine what you want your Stare and Power
Stare
to do. Maybe even suggest a Death Stare. Have fun. Try not to die.
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