What the hell is CthulhuTech? It's a independent game being published by Catalyst Game Labs (formerly Mongoose Publishing). I'll let the developers give a better description of what it's about:
CthulhuTech is an innovative storytelling game that started out as a combination of two popular genres. The first was that of cosmic horror, made popular by H.P. Lovecraft and culminating in the modern day with elements of Mike Mignola's Hellboy and John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness. The second was that of giant mecha Japanese animation, made popular by such series as Robotech, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Rahxephon. But the setting has grown far beyond what it started out to be. CthulhuTech is now a truly unique hybrid of genres – cosmic horror, anime, post-apocalypse, traditional horror, and science fiction blended together seamlessly.
That being said, if I ran a game, it would be a little bit on the side of HP Lovecraft with the anime aspects in the background. So, is anyone interested in a game?
BTW, the website for the game is at
http://cthulhutech.comStory
Forthcoming.
OrganisationDramatis PersonaeMiyako Richards, Engel Pilot (played by Rainfall)Availability: Mondays, Weekend Evenings
Actions: 2
Movement: 13 MPH (32/8ypt)
Reflex: 8
Orgone: 11
Vitality: 10
Drama Points: 10
Agility 7
Intellect 5
Perception 9
Presence 4
Strength 5
Tenacity 7
Skills:
Languages: Expert (English)
Literacy: Novice
Regional Knowledge (Novice)
Athletics: Adept (3)
Armorer: Student (1)
Hobby (Drinking): Student (1)
Observation: Adept, Mecha Sensors (3 ½)
Intimidate: Novice (2)
Munitions: Student (1)
Surveillance: Student (1)
Stealth: Novice (2)
Streetwise: Student (1)
Marksman: Adept, Engel Focus (3 ½)
Dodge: Adept (3)
Armed Fighting: Novice (2)
Fighting: Novice (2)
Qualities:
Authority (3)
Double Jointed (1)
Fast (2)
Wary(2)
Peripheral Vision (1)
Acute Senses(Vision) (2)
Amnesia (-4)
Engel Synthesis Interface (-1)
Duty (-3)
Ineptitude: Artist (-2)
Cheats:
+1 Perception(3)
+6 skill points(3)
Gear:
UT-7 Hornet(pistol)
Sentrytech Mk IV (armor)
Auphan-Class Engel
Appearance: Tall, slim, chin-length black hair, with a predatory gleam in her black eyes, and a squad tattoo on her left cheek.
Personality: Miyako, or Miya, as her teammates call her, is driven. She will take any risks, break any rules, to complete the mission. Some say she’s as sadistic as the Engel she pilots, taking pleasure in toying with her opponents before wiping them out. Antagonistic to most people, she’s intensely loyal to anyone that has proved their worth working alongside her.
Off-duty, she tries her hand at sculpting the nightmares she has seen on the field. She’s not too good at it, though, and normally after a frustrating day of carving stone she returns to the relaxing routine of maintaining her weapons and armor before heading to the bar, where she engages in her favorite past-time of getting blind-drunk around her fellow team-members.
?????, Vampire Tager (played by Egos)Availability: Could probably make most days work. Tuesday and Wednesday are iffy.
?????, Intelligence Agent (played by Powerslave)Availability: Any day except Wednesday
?????, Nazzadi Soldier (played by Fiaryn)Availability: All days excluding Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
?????, Shadow Tager (played by Cynic Jester)Availability: Any day except Tuesday. Preferably not Friday.
Thomas Carter, Human Engel Pilot (played by ProfMoriarty)Availability: Saturday
????? (played by ElJeffe)Availability:Weekdays are usually good. Later is better.
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I'll check it out though. Mechs are the only facet of anime I do like.
I made a TD for iphone and windows phone!
I don't know much about the setting. Some of it looks decent/good (if you view Lovecraft beasts in a more Hellboy light or akin to the horrors in an anime like Blue Gender). Others parts looke a bit weird (the exotic gray folk).
To expand on it a little, the characters will all be members of the the Office of Internal Security, which is a sort of FBI for magic in this setting. They track magical purchases, track down and arrest sorcerers who have gone insane from the dark knowledge they have seen, investigate various other weird stuff. The main arc will be ultimately regarding your amnesia, but there will also be sub-arcs dedicated to investigation of various weird occult stuff.
As far as source materials, I'll be providing you guys with information on how to create characters, but not much else. This should be enough, given the set up for the game. Since both your character and you will be lacking any knowledge of the world, if you have a question, your character probably has the same question and should ask or operate in the dark.
its kind of a cool idea, at least.
But uh hey. I guess I could be interested in this. Very very interested.
If I were any further in the Yith would have my brain.
Cthulhutech, you are utmost temptation given tabletop RPG form. I...I might be able to FIND time for this. We'll see.
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So, here are my thoughts. Once a week, we'll do IRC sessions and the in-between will be occupied with casual PbP. Does this work? If so, what days is everyone free to do an IRC session?
Also would you mind a bit of pestering over Google Talk about the game? Some questions about just how much of this or that setting element we should expect and the like.
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Sure. My GTalk address is "knight@lambdacalcul.us".
Looking through it now, this stuff is amazing-awesome. I'm thinking an Engel Pilot right now, who is willing to take any kind of risk, and ignore any orders, in order to achieve mission success.
Who also tries sculpting in her (limited) spare time, trying to depict the things she sees in her dreams and while piloting. Unfortunately she's really not too good at it.
Considering this ,are we a bit limited in terms of what class we are? Or are engels and mech pilots a part of the Office of Internal Security?
And furthermore, Tagers?
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Mechs and Engels are a little trickier. From an out-of-character perspective, it's hard to integrate such a huge piece of machinery with a group of otherwise normal-sized characters. It'd be sort of like one person playing a naval destroyer and everyone else is playing a normal dude.
That being said, I'm not going to rule it out completely. If you want to play a mech pilot or an engel pilot, let me know and I'll try to think how I can work it all together. However, also be prepared with an alternative character idea in case I throw my hands up in the air and say "Fuck it. I can't do this."
Considering your plot, would we be a tager based team? Or would you want more variety ?
Whatever. My general philosophy with running games is that you guys should pick the character you want to play and I'll try to build the campaign around your choices. So, no need for anyone to play a cleric even though they really don't want to.
Profession: Engel Pilot Allegiance: NEG
Defining Virtue: Self-Confident | Defining Flaw: Cruel
Actions: 2
Movement: 13 MPH (32/8ypt)
Reflex: 8
Orgone: 11
Vitality: 10
Drama Points: 10
Agility 7
Intellect 5
Perception 9
Presence 4
Strength 5
Tenacity 7
Skills:
Languages: Expert (English)
Literacy: Novice
Regional Knowledge (Novice)
Athletics: Adept (3)
Armorer: Student (1)
Hobby (Drinking): Student (1)
Observation: Adept, Mecha Sensors (3 ½)
Intimidate: Novice (2)
Munitions: Student (1)
Pilot (Engel Flight): Novice (2)
Surveillance: Student (1)
Stealth: Student (1)
Streetwise: Student (1)
Marksman: Adept, Engel Focus (3 ½)
Dodge: Adept (3)
Armed Fighting: Student (1)
Fighting: Novice (2)
Qualities:
Authority (3)
Double Jointed (1)
Fast (2)
Wary(2)
Peripheral Vision (1)
Acute Senses(Vision) (2)
Habit (moderate Alcohol addiction) (-2)
Mean (-2)
Engel Synthesis Interface (-1)
Duty (-3)
Ineptitude: Artist (-2)
Cheats:
+1 Perception(3)
+6 skill points(3)
Gear:
UT-7 Hornet(pistol)
Sentrytech Mk IV (armor)
Auphan-Class Engel
Appearance: Tall, slim, chin-length black hair, with a predatory gleam in her eyes
Personality: Miyako, or Miya, as her teammates call her, is driven. She will take any risks, break any rules, to complete the mission. Some say she’s as sadistic as the Engel she pilots, taking pleasure in toying with her opponents before wiping them out. Antagonistic to most people, she’s intensely loyal to anyone that has proved their worth working alongside her.
Off-duty, she tries her hand at sculpting the nightmares she has seen on the field. She’s not too good at it, though, and normally after a frustrating day of carving stone she returns to the relaxing routine of maintaining her weapons and armor before heading to the bar, where she engages in her favorite past-time of getting blind-drunk around her fellow team-members.
In the interests of covering my back if piloting an Engel doesn't work out, I'll write up a Tager. Because (a) Tagers are awesome, (b) if we're all Tagers that would be pretty cool, and (c) because the other professions seem a little lame compared to Engels and Tagers. Or I might do a power-armor pilot. That would probably be simpler.
The Mirage and teh Vampire definitely look a bit cooler(or maybe its just less creepy) than the Phantom, Whisper,Nightmare,Shadow,etc.. I'm curious about the Spectre tager...
Yeah that's right. No super powers....except some psychic shenanigans. But otherwise just guns!
Freakin' Tagers, think they're so special with their ineffable beings from another dimension that are probably going to make them flip out and kill us all.
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I thought for sure you were going to be one
So I'm phoning them tomorrow and getting them to order another copy in(as well as the supplements) for me.
EDIT: Also, I'm cool enough to not read the GM chapters. I like being in the dark completely.
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PS: A special prize to anyone who specialises in all three of these hobbies: Body Shots (Drinking), Killer Pina Colladas (Cocktail Mixing), and Co-ed Naked Twister (Games).
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Whatever shall we do?
I made a TD for iphone and windows phone!
I made a TD for iphone and windows phone!
I made a TD for iphone and windows phone!
I do live in Juneau, AK, so it may take a little while, but I want to play this soooo bad.