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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 137561" data-attributes="member: 158">Indiana Jones and Doc Savage ARE pulp fiction at its best.For some reason, take the characteristics of pulp fiction, put them in a setting other than the 1920's and 1930's, and it's not pulp anymore - it's an action movie. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />But the advantage to pulp Cthulhu is that hopeless horror need not be the only setting. The heroes are by definition more likely to "win" in a pulp hero setting, and many people who cannot take stark, depressing horror might be more likely to play.I have one player who dislikes the regular CoC game, because of the fact that your character actually STARTS OFF better than he will ever be. But this same player BOUGHT ME the CoC d20 book for Christmas. His rationale is (he told me) that he would like this version better to run in because he likes the concept of gaining levels, and the fact that it need not be stark-raving horror and the guy with the depressing little 10 to 14 hit points who is GONNA DIE if he lifts a hand or stays behind.</blockquote>