Do you Cthulhu? Patronage project...open design.

[Aberzanzorax]

A new patronage project over at open design (winner of several ennie awards) is in the process of being funded by patrons.

This is Cthulhu across history...across these ages:

1. Vikings raiding off the coast of England fall into the Denizens’ machinations.

2. Samurai are sent by their Shogun to investigate and combat some unspeakable horror.

3. During the Spanish Inquisition, the Denizens’ handiwork is seen as the work of the Devil by the Catholic church.

4. The Denizens are behind Roanoke’s disappearance.

5. The Wild West, it’s pistols on horseback against horrors from beyond!




For those curious, here is an interview with the lead designer:
http://www.critical-hits.com/2009/09/10/interview-joshua-stevens-of-open-design/

The forum discussion on the project:
:: View topic - Red Eye of Azathoth

The place to sign up as a patron (and directly shape the direction the adventures go):
http://www.koboldquarterly.com/KQStore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=56



Check it out! It has some awesome potential and I'm really excited where it is already headed!



Any questions? Ask me in this thread and I'll try to answer or point them out to someone who can.






To the mods: If this is the wrong place for this, please, by all means move it. I mean only to let people know about this project that I'm really excited about!

 

[JustKim]

Is this adventure Call of Cthulhu, 3.5 or 4E?

 

[Aberzanzorax]

It is in the process of being decided. It will either be Pathfinder (likely with the player character "investigators" using powered down classes...like NPC classes) or it will be the Chaosium Basic Roleplaying System.

Right now the vote is slightly in favor of BRP, but a big swing of new patrons before september 24th (when voting on the system closes) could solidify that or change it.

 

[Vorput]

Wow, this sounds awesome.

 

[Monkey King]

I agree that it's completely awesome. It needs a few more supporters, but I think it's one of the most exciting Cthulhoid adventures I've seen in years. I sooooo want to play a Viking investigator, and a Samurai, and basically have 5 tickets to glory/insanity instead of one.

Definitely worth signing up.

 

[Crothian]

Is after the system is decided to late to sign up?

 

[mach1.9pants]

To me (this is my forth OD project) this is the most interesting. I don't play BRP/CoC but don't care if the rules go that way. The premise is just AWESOME and the brain storming so far has been the most interesting I have seen.

Sign up guys and gals, a great opportunity to see diverse RPG design in action.

 

[Monkey King]

Is after the system is decided to late to sign up?

No, you can sign up after the 23rd (when the system will be locked); system will be final and announcement on the 24th. However, I'd encourage you to sign up earlier for two reasons:

1) The project needs support; Cthulhu has always been a niche taste, so Open Design is sort of going out on a limb to try it.
2) You can help DECIDE which system it will be if you sign up now. It's really just a margin of a few votes at the moment.

 

[Crothian]

My reluctance is that if its Pathfinder my interest in this would drop considerably. Pathfinder is a great game for fantasy but I don't like systems being used for something they really were not designed for.

 

[Monkey King]

My reluctance is that if its Pathfinder my interest in this would drop considerably. Pathfinder is a great game for fantasy but I don't like systems being used for something they really were not designed for.

Sure, but the Cthulhu ruleset is already ahead. Having another Cthulhu fan sign up improves the odds that it will stay ahead, and actually be commissioned.

Call me selflish, but I'm really hoping that a Cthulhu BRP project can work, because I'd like to write one myself someday.