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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Broken Fang" data-source="post: 127257" data-attributes="member: 3172">I to got my copy earlier today and have gone through a good chunk of it...while also trying to go through Dirtside 2 (modern mass combat game).  Its a good thing I didn't have to do anything today!The book is very nice...PHB/DMG/MM all in one!  For those of you worried about the D&D conversions only the last 30 pages deal with D&D, thats 285 pages of Cthulhu.About character creation: There are no classes as stated earlier.  BAB progression maxes out at +15/10/5.  Each character gets 12 "core" skills (treated as class skills) and 8 skill points per level.Cthulhu Mythos can NOT be raised with skill points...only through experiance with the Mythos or reading Mythos tomes.  HP are determined by d6 + CON modifier.Sanity...I don't know why they didn't change everything to a d20 roll instead of a %, but oh well we all have the dice to roll.  They do have a neat chart on p. 288 for monster sanity loss with D&D monsters...something I am thinking about bringing into the game.Death from massive damage has been reduced to 10 points.  DC 15 Fortitude check.  That is going to be nasty.  Even at 9th level with a good F save and +4 CON you fail the roll 20% of the time (1-4).Magic is pretty cool and could be used for those "low" magic settings (though it might require some conversion).  There is no spells per day...they all have some attribute/sanity cost (some attributes are permenantly lost from casting)!There is a good section on the Mythos and how to run a horror game (about 50-60 pages).  This section will really help those who are not familiar with the game/books.I give the book an A!  With SpyCraft you could have a great X-Files type campaign though you could probably make due with the information presented in CoC itself, just make up some more feats, etc.</blockquote>

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