Call of Cthulhu RPG : Horror Roleplaying

by Petersen, Sandy; Willis, Lynn

• ISBN13: 9781568821481
• ISBN10: 1568821484
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Chaosium

Summary

Ordinary people are confronted by the terrifying beings and forces of the Cthulhu Mythos. Players portray investigators of things unknown and unspeakable. Except for dice, everything needed for play is included in this book. Call of Cthulhu includes extensive background about H. P. Lovecraft, one-stop investigator creation, dozens of skills, three eras of play (1890s, 1920s, and present-day), over 200 Mythos creatures and spells, ready-to-play investigators, expanded weapons data from all three eras, four complete scenarios, and essays on the Necronomicon, Forensic Pathology, and the Dreamlands.

Table of Contents

The Call of Cthulhu	7	(15)
The Horror in Clay	8	(3)
The Tale of Inspector LeGrasse	11	(5)
The Madness from the Sea	16	(6)
Game System	22	(73)
Introduction	23	(11)
Call of Cthulhu Terms	28	(4)
Resources for the Game	32	(2)
About Investigators	34	(14)
Creating Your Investigator	34	(6)
Sample Occupations	40	(2)
Notes on Occupations	42	(4)
Creating Harvey Walters	46	(2)
Rules & Skills	48	(21)
The Resistance Table	50	(2)
Spot Rules for Injuries	52	(2)
Spot Rules for Combat	54	(2)
Spot Rules for Firearms	56	(2)
Weapons Table	58	(4)
Skills & Base Chances	62	(7)
Sanity & Insanity	69	(11)
Insanity & Treatment	76	(4)
Example of Play	80	(2)
Magic	82	(13)
Examples of Occult Books	84	(2)
Major Books of the Mythos I	86	(2)
Major Books of the Mythos II	88	(4)
Harvey's First Spell: An Example	92	(3)
Reference	95	(124)
The Cthulhu Mythos	96	(5)
The Necronomicon	101	(3)
Howard Phillips Lovecraft	104	(4)
In Rerum Supernatura	108	(6)
Mental Disorders	114	(4)
Keeper's Lore	118	(14)
A Keeper's Toolkit	124	(8)
Creatures of the Mythos	132	(24)
Alien Technology	156	(4)
Deities of the Mythos	160	(18)
Beasts & Monsters	178	(9)
Personalities	187	(4)
A Mythos Grimoire	191	(28)
Call/Dismiss Deity Spells	195	(4)
Contact Spells	199	(2)
Contact Deity Spells	201	(4)
Enchantment Spells	205	(10)
Summon/Bind Spells	215	(4)
Scenarios	219	(26)
The Haunting	220	(5)
Edge of Darkness	225	(8)
The Madman	233	(3)
Dead Man Stomp	236	(9)
Utilities	245	(41)
A Guide to Lovecraft Country	246	(4)
Guide to Arkham	246	(2)
Locales & Events	248	(2)
Traveling: Land, Sea, and Air	250	(4)
Optional Rules: Vehicle Chases	250	(2)
Speeds & Distances	252	(2)
Costs, Equipment, and Services	254	(6)
1890s Costs, Equipment, & Services	254	(2)
1920s Costs, Equipment, & Services	256	(2)
Present-day Costs & Equipment	258	(2)
References	260	(3)
Cthulhu Supplements	262	(1)
Timelines	263	(9)
Disasters, Natural and Man-Made	263	(3)
Events Occult, Criminal & Futurist	266	(3)
A Hundred Years & More	269	(3)
The Cthulhu Comic	272	(2)
Ready-to-play Investigators	274	(4)
1890s Investigators	274	(1)
1920s Investigators	275	(2)
Present-Day Investigators	277	(1)
Charts & Forms	278	(6)
Monster Master	278	(1)
Character Sheet (Front)--1920s	279	(1)
Character Sheet (Back)--Any Era	280	(1)
Character Sheet (Front)--1890s	281	(1)
Character Sheet (Front)--Present	282	(1)
Character Sheet (Half-size)	283	(1)
Blank Telegram Form	283	(1)
Play Aids	284	(2)
Index	286