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You can view last weeks culty matchups here:
https://steemit.com/fundition-zim8j667e/@drwatson/ithaqa-steemit-rpg-round-1-results-happy-new-year

But let's continue our descent into madness, comment on this post and create a character if you haven't already!

Our current rankings are (based upon stats):

@bryan-imhoff, The Mythos based Rat-Thing, has 5 Power, and a Mythos stat of +3 + 1 Perk
@Chestbot, The Mythos based Chestbot has 5 power and a Mythos Stat of +1
@creativetruth, The Stamina based cultist, Reverend Calvin Vonderheim, sanity reduced to 4 stamina at 0
@DrWatson, The Stamina based investigator, Mookie Smitts, sanity dropped to 4 stamina at 0

HOW TO PLAY:

Pick A Faction: Investigators, Cultists, or Mythos Creatures (if you haven't already).

Comment below with your faction pick (or your pre-existing character if you have already played before).

Pick a Starting Stat, and mention it in your comment: Mythos or Stamina

As your character wins or loses, your stats will go up or down, and that will add buffs or debuffs to your roll.

I will randomly match two players up via RNG.
I will roll dice (https://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm)
Winner of each match will be sent 1 steem from my account and 100% Upvoted, earning you STEEM after 7 days.

All human characters will have a starting Sanity rating of 5, and every loss will cost 1 sanity point. If you get to 0, your character is insane! Start again! If you are a mythos creature, you will have a starting Power stat of 5, which functions the same way.

NEW RULE: If you roll a natural 20 in combat, you may choose one of the following perks for your character:

Do not suffer a sanity/power loss during your next defeat in game
You can either choose a future plot element (or item for your character) for me to write into your story
You can choose who your next matchup will be

BONUS:
(( RESTEEM THIS POST )) FOR BONUS HIT-POINTS: Random Weapon Generator:

(Example: Hazel [12] / Rat-Thing [8]) WITHOUT RESTEEM BONUS
(Example: Hazel [12] / Rat-Thing [8]+{5 Weapon}=[13])

I will write some fun flavor text to describe the encounter that happens between you and your opponent, and hopefully this will be a fun way to help raise money for the actual comic!

Buy the comic!
https://www.ithaqacomic.com/buy-the-comic

Please check out our Fundition page - you can score exclusive rewards by contributing steem!
https://fundition.io/#!/@drwatson/zim8j667e/backers

Issue 3 Leaderboard:

@Fundition Contribution: $ 293.55 + a $9.99 direct contribution

Council of Five:

@kommienezuspadt - $19.18
@ocdb - $8.13
@smjn - $7.32
@katharsisdrill - $6.48
@Veryspider - $0.17 +$4.50 direct contribution = $4.67
@bryan-imhoff - $4.61

We have currently raised $311.93 towards our goal of $2,000, which puts us at 15.60% of our goal. When we get to 25% of our goal, we will unveil our next prize!

You can read all of "Ithaqa" Issue 1 here on steemit!
https://steemit.com/art/@drwatson/full-issue-1-of-ithaqa-comic

If you have any friends or family who might be interested in a Lovecraftian horror comic, please send them to our website to sign up for some free pages! https://www.ithaqacomic.com/contact-us/

Additionally, If you're new to this comic I strongly recommend you check out our instagram, as I'm currently uploading pages every day.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ithaqacomic/

Theresa Chiechi's (The Artist @la-fumettista) website is here: http://www.theresachiechi.com/

Lucas Gattoni's (The Letterer/Logo Designer) website is here: http://bit.ly/LG_Lettering

Sign up to buy the comic on our website: https://www.ithaqacomic.com/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/pg/IthaqaComic/about/?ref=page_internal
Twitter: @IthaqaComic