Hrothgar Rannúlfr
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Has anyone heard whether or not Sandy Peterson will release a version of his Cthulhu Mythos for fifth edition?
We've talked about the possibility of doing a 5e book in the future, but have no plans for such. The success of this Kickstarter will determine other Role-Playing Game products in the future from Petersen Games.
I like 5e very much but I don't think D&D it is suitable for EVERYTHING.
Call of Cthulhu / Cthulhu Mythos are their own thing so why try to make it fit into 5e? Is it a business strategy to get a share of the 5e success?
I would feel much more excited if WotC would revamp Masque of the Red Death!!!
Well, there's a d20 Call of Cthulhu, so...
In some respects, it's interesting. It's using the 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules, so it provides plenty of insight into how to go about a Cthuluoid game with D&D rules.
In my mind, the biggest flaw was something they really couldn't work around: levels. D&D has levels. This means you can't create the game's best Anthropology professor without him or her also inexplicably be really really good at combat (if not actual offense, then at least defense - with that many hit points, you're bullet-proof)
To explain this in 5e terms, you can't have a +6 proficiency bonus without also having twenty Hit Dice. And the skill level difference between a 1st level character and a 20th level one was MUCH larger in 3rd edition.
Having Lovecraftian spells was kind of nifty though. Even if the game, being D&D, completely missed the point and made them much more into useful tools for heroes rather than the implements of self-insanity they're meant to be... ��
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Interesting, what if you simply removed HP accumulation from leveling? You would still gain more proficiency and HD, but you never gain any more hit points after say 3rd level. Would that help make it a CoC feel? You could mess with the rest, recovery, dying, and insanity rules to get you the rest of the way there?
It would be D&D, but it would be something similar to CoC I would think.
I'm mostly interested in it for the lore of the Cthulhu Mythos as can be explained through the PF/D&D paradigm.I like 5e very much but I don't think D&D it is suitable for EVERYTHING.
Call of Cthulhu / Cthulhu Mythos are their own thing so why try to make it fit into 5e? Is it a business strategy to get a share of the 5e success?
I would feel much more excited if WotC would revamp Masque of the Red Death!!!