Call of Cthulhu d20 Preservation Society

[Desdichado]

Dude, welcome to my world. My bookshelves are full of games I've run that I've never played in: Grim Tales, d20 Modern, CoC, Exalted, Skull & Bones, Mutants and Masterminds...

My bookshelves are full of games that I've neither run nor played in.

Sigh.

Indeed.

 

[HeapThaumaturgist]

Well, as to everybody that never gets to play:

I'm usually in that boat myself, but two of my players have recently decided they're bored with running/playing D&D and want to run a D20 Modern and Mutants and Masterminds game, respectively. Both on Wednesdays, alternating nights. So, woo hoo, I'm finally getting to PLAY in a D20 Modern game.

We'll be playing Urban Arcana, which I own and have never used, with the dark level turned up a few notches. Not that all of the "D&D In NYC" will be taken out, though: Apparently down-town there's a little gym and youth outreach center called "The House Of Kord", run by a big guy named Hanaur. Who just incidentally has the same name and description as the GM's Barbarian/Cleric/Mighty Contender of Kord PC from my RttToEE game we retired last year. A little campy, but I think he'll be able to pull it off.

What's of further interest to this thread is that I wanted to run a sort of Investigator/John Constantine style PC (the movie made me remember how much I liked the comics). But there's nothing with that dark sort of magical flavor in Urban Arcana/Modern so we sat down and hashed out a system where-by I could take some of the more flavor-appropriate spells from CoC and just learn them incidentally. Darkness, Light, Cast Out Devil, Identify Spirit, Unmask Demon, Detect Magic, etc.

This is like the fourth time we've taken either the Magic or Psychic rules from CoC and put them to use in another game. It's led me to crafting a whole new system of magic, based on the FLAVOR of CoC, some of the mechanics of Grim Tales, and some of the mechanics of Blue Rose.

--fje

 

[barsoomcore]

It's led me to crafting a whole new system of magic, based on the FLAVOR of CoC, some of the mechanics of Grim Tales, and some of the mechanics of Blue Rose.

And I can see this system-that-sounds-exactly-like-what-I-want where, exactly?

 

[Achan hiArusa]

Kult d20

Did I hear that right? I might have some files you would be interested in. Its just monsters I converted in a few short days to White Wolf and d20. Not sure if I can legally post them.

 

[DnDChick]

My name is Erica, and I like CoCD20.

If anyone is interested, I have a few webpages dedicated to d20 Cthulhu. Enjoy!

My general house rules page:
http://members.aol.com/CountryGrrlhere/cthulhumod.html

My Call of Cthulhu conversions page:
http://members.aol.com/CountryGrrlHere/cofcd20.html

My Dreamlands conversion page:
http://members.aol.com/CountryGrrlHere/dreams.html

My Original monsters page:
http://members.aol.com/CountryGrrlHere/original.html

NPC stats for Dr. Phibes and Vulnavia in D20 Modern:
http://members.aol.com/CountryGrrlHere/adp.html

... and in Cthulhu d20:
http://members.aol.com/CountryGrrlHere/adpcoc.html

NPC stats for the Addams Family in D20 Modern:
http://members.aol.com/CountryGrrlHere/addams.html

... and in Cthulhu d20:
http://members.aol.com/CountryGrrlHere/addamscoc.html

 

[HeapThaumaturgist]

And I can see this system-that-sounds-exactly-like-what-I-want where, exactly?

I'll whip it up and post it in another thread.

--fje

 

[amethal]

If there was an award for the best thread, I'd nominate this one.

Interesting, informative, creative, polite, and it even has celebrity cameos.

You have inspired me to rush out and buy Cthulhu d20. I can therefore confirm that Amazon UK has never heard of it, and Amazon.com are offering me the chance to buy it from their marketplace sellers for about 50 dollars (including international postage). I've gone from not wanting it (the result of plenty of negative comments seen elsewhere, which I now realise were posted by misguided fools) to not being able to get it for a reasonable price.

I will have to see how it goes on eBay.

Keep up the good work!

 

[DnDChick]

Best of luck in your search, Amethal!

I, too, know the pain of wanting to find a OOP game product. I've been looking for the Pirates of Darkwater RPG for years with no success.

 

[barsoomcore]

If there was an award for the best thread, I'd nominate this one.

I understand. It's a fine thread.

However, you haven't read this one.

Best. Thread. Ever.

I mean, it coined LOVECRAFTIAN RINGWALDPUNK, for crying out loud. Like anyone's going to top that.

 

[DnDChick]

If there was an award for the best thread, I'd nominate this one.

Interesting, informative, creative, polite, and it even has celebrity cameos.

You have inspired me to rush out and buy Cthulhu d20. I can therefore confirm that Amazon UK has never heard of it, and Amazon.com are offering me the chance to buy it from their marketplace sellers for about 50 dollars (including international postage). I've gone from not wanting it (the result of plenty of negative comments seen elsewhere, which I now realise were posted by misguided fools) to not being able to get it for a reasonable price.

I will have to see how it goes on eBay.

Keep up the good work!

Amethal ... I think my FLGS has a copy in store.

http://www.thedragonshoard.com/

Call that store, (540) 885-5530, and tell them Erica Balsley sent you. The owner, Harry, is a personal friend of mine some 20 years going. See what kind of deal he might make you for payment and shipment.

Good luck!