D&D General Cthulhu by Torchlight Brings Mythos To D&D

Dungeons & Dragons 5E lead designer Mike Mearls' latest project combines his current and former employers--on D&D Beyond you can now access a digital exclusive product from Chaosium which brings the Cthulhu Mythos to D&D 5th Edition.

The supplement is called Cthulhu by Torchlight and includes subclasses, feats, and spells designed for 5E.

Cthulhu by Torchlight adds a new subclass to each of the character classes in the new Player’s Handbook, along with over two dozen Mythos-themed spells, a new background, and new Origin feats. For DMs, it holds over 20 horrid monsters of the Cthulhu Mythos. Rules for Passions and Dreadful Insights amplify roleplaying by putting mechanics behind your characters’ personality, while the skill challenge rules provide a framework for investigation, interaction, and other non-combat encounters.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Do you use in your games any sanity/madness rule-system like the one from Unknown Armies?

OMG! Now I remember I bought a lot of years ago "Chulthupunk" for GURPS.

How would be a Eberron version of "Batman: the doom what came to Gotham"?


* Ghoul-pact warlock would be an undead patron, and dreamlands would be fairy patron.

 

[Mistwell]

There is also a video on a behind the scenes coverage of how subclasses were edited, how they began, changes and final version to show the evolution of the rules.

 

[Parmandur]

There is also a video on a behind the scenes coverage of how subclasses were edited, how they began, changes and final version to show the evolution of the rules.

This does she's light on what makes this release pretty attractive, the designers clearly know and understand 5E and what works.

 

[Selas]

yeah, looks like Petersen Games was swallowed by the void / Covid shipping prices, oops. Bought a bunch of their Mythos 5e PDFs maybe two years ago, did not expect them to disappear

OMG their website is truly gone. Glad I got a copy of the PDF backed up in Google Drive, but shame I didn't get any of the Mythos Sagas (Ghoul Island looked interesting)

 

[SkidAce]

yeah, looks like Petersen Games was swallowed by the void / Covid shipping prices, oops. Bought a bunch of their Mythos 5e PDFs maybe two years ago, did not expect them to disappear

I had no idea. This is truly horrifying and disappointing.

When Peterson came out with the books, I was like "Heck Yah I'll support this" and thought it was going to be a fresh new long lsting start to a product line.

I'm bummed out now.

 

[SkidAce]

I wonder what this was about, never updated my shipping address as requested so I might never know.

 

[Bolongo]

OMG their website is truly gone. Glad I got a copy of the PDF backed up in Google Drive, but shame I didn't get any of the Mythos Sagas (Ghoul Island looked interesting)

There's a limited selection of stuff here:

Petersen Games Shop

Masters of Horror and Strategy Gaming by the Legendary Sandy Petersen

shop.petersengames.com

Nothing from the Cthulhu 5e range, though.

 

[Selas]

There's a limited selection of stuff here:

Petersen Games Shop

Masters of Horror and Strategy Gaming by the Legendary Sandy Petersen

shop.petersengames.com

Nothing from the Cthulhu 5e range, though.

Huh. I was not able to access the website from my pc. Wonder why

Edit: I believe Quimbly still has the publishing rights from the previous deal they made with Petersen games based on a blog by Sandy

 

[Nord Ronnoc]

yeah, looks like Petersen Games was swallowed by the void / Covid shipping prices, oops. Bought a bunch of their Mythos 5e PDFs maybe two years ago, did not expect them to disappear

Didn't Sandy Peterson also get into trouble with saying racist and transphobic stuff on Twitter?