Mike M

Yes, those two need to be input in to the PDF - I've sent a reminder to get this done as soon as possible.

P59 Rulebook.  Arillery, in general, does not require specialization -  however, specialization is noted if the Keeper feels it is warranted.

and... Dreamlands and... Gaslight  - there are only so many hours in the day (I'm working on a spell to move to a pocket dimension where time does not exist).

The errata stated in the thread is updated to the PDFs.

Hi

Please see the top post in this forum - which details any errata for various Call of Cthulhu books, including the Rulebook. The PDFs available - depending from where you purchase the books from (Chaosium.com, DriveThru, Bits and Mortar) - are updated with the errata (which in the main corrects typos but also clarifies/corrects wording on a few rules too).

Characteristics  (apart from the derived attributes) are used to determine Occupation Skill Points, so APP,  DEX, STR, etc are useful as, depending on your character design, they decide your skill points pool.

In scenarios, yes certain skills often crop up because they are generic / useful. Other professional skills (Science, Art, etc.) are called on for expertise - usually, you will find in a scenario (at least modern ones) that something can be achieved with a Hard roll in a more generic skill (or a combined roll), whereas using a specialist skill requires only a Regular (or sometimes, no) roll. This rewards players who design rounded characters with appropriate skills to their profession. It is important to consider the advice given in the Rulebook about ensuring your players design investigators appropriate to the scenario to be played.

Soon - we are working on getting various scenarios laid out ready to upload to the library.

On 5/9/2018 at 6:05 PM, SBaldrick said:

Will the PDF contain Regenerated Characters?

It'll have pre-generated characters, they only regenerate if you do the right ritual... ; )

Masks of Nyarlathotep will NOT be a kickstarter, it will be a regular release - PDF released first, followed by print edition around 3 months later. Those who purchase the PDF from Chaosium.com and who then purchase the print edition will get the price of the PDF deducted from the print edition.

Members of the Cult of Chaos will be able to download a PDF of Scritch Scratch around a week before Free RPG Day to prepare to run the scenarios in stores and other venues on the day.

Great stuff ! Keep it coming!

International Tabletop Day soon and then Free RPG Day - lots happening and we love hearing about members of the Cult of Chaos getting involved!

Hi

International Tabletop Day on April 28th 2018 - I'm encouraging members of the Cult of Chaos to speak with their local gaming stores and venues to see what's happening, and to consider putting on a game to recruit players into the fun and maddness of Call of Cthulhu.

I'd love to hear what you have planned, so please post up your events in this thread and share some photos and report of the day too (not forgetting to let Dustin also know to claim your Chaosium store credit)

https://geekandsundry.com/international-tabletop-day-april-28-2018/

The rules sections of Pulp Cthulhu and Down Darker Trails are but a single chapter, the rest of the books are scenarios, background, and guidance. Over half of the 7e Rulebook is monster stats, scenarios, guidance, spells, tomes, etc. Using the Contents pages of each to identify key rules sections should help to narrow down reading required if pressed for time. Also at the back of the 7e Rulebook (p407) are page long rules summaries for pretty much every core rule - 13 pages in total  - you could just look over these to gain a brief understanding of the core rules. 

Thanks  - have checked through - some of these have been corrected, others passed on to input.

We are working on it now - its in layout and checking. It will be a few more weeks before its completed for PDF. 

We want to get it right, so no hard deadline  - it's done when its done. But all being well, just a few weeks away now.

On 21/03/2018 at 2:37 PM, joggiwagga said:

I'm working on setting up demos at the library I just started working at!

Question - at some point will we be able to access some of the newer con demo games in rotation (in 6 to 12 months is my guess)?

Yes you will - we are in the process of laying them out to share with the Cult. Will post the up to the library when ready. Thanks for your patience.

On 22/03/2018 at 12:44 AM, Elder Thing said:

So I just tried downloading from Bits and Mortar, the Keeper Rulebook, Investigator Handbook, Keeper Screen Pack, Pulp Cthulhu and also The Two-Headed Serpent, since I had seen that all these had now been updated over on DriveThruRPG.

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to download the Investigator Handbook and the Keeper Screen Pack, since I have now reached my download limit for those two.

However, the ones I was able to download, the Keeper Rulebook, Pulp Cthulhu and The Two-Headed Serpent, none of them were updated. They are still the versions from back in the beginning of April of last year.

Are they supposed to have been updated on Bits and Mortar now?

Is it that the files have been uploaded with changed names, or perhaps as zip-files? Because my guess is that the only way people are able to use their old Bits and Mortar emails to download the updated files, is if the files are uploaded with the exact same name, and filetype, over the old file. That is how I’ve been able to download the Keeper Screen Pack-zip when it was updated on Bits and Mortar a while back.

A suggestion then would be for when you upload new books to Bits and Mortars, is to upload them as zip-files, so if you at a later point want to update or add extra files, like perhaps Handout-PDFs, Resource Pack-PDFs, images and so on. All you need to do is update the contents of the zip-file and reupload it over the old zip-file, with the exact same filename. That way old Bits and Mortar emails should work, atleast for as long as they haven’t reached their download limit.

However, if the files on Bits and Mortar have been updated, I find it strange that I still get the old versions of the books when I try to download them, unless the older versions of the PDFs aren’t removed from the Bits and Mortar servers when new versions are uploaded.

Hi

Can you please message me stating which corrections you are not seeing in which books - the errata posted in the Errata Updates thread in this forum has been corrected in the books, so I'm trying to pin down what or where the issue may be. Please note only the corrections detailed in the Errata Updates thread have been approved for correction - this thread: 

Many thanks

Thanks - please see Errata for Down Darker Trails in the Errata thread

We'll be inputting any outstanding corrections to the PDF of the book in due course.

Errata: Reign of Terror

Update: 21 March 2018

Errata – Reign of Terror - 28 November 2018.pdf

Many thanks - have passed these to layout for input.

Thanks - corrections have been passed to layout for input. 

I've been informed that the Call of Cthulhu Rulebook, Investigator Handbook, Keeper Screen Pack, and Pulp Cthulhu PDFs are being updated on Bits and Mortar, DriveThru, and the Chaosium website in the next 24 hours. The files should also be updated on Backerkit within a couple of days.

Now is a good time to contact your local gaming store (or library, etc) and organise a demo game of Call of Cthulhu.

Recruiting new players is always fun and you can do your bit to bring tentacly goodness to others pre-convention season. If you can't get to a store maybe consider running an online game.

Don't forget to send your event reviews to Dustin to claim your store credit for running public games!

Hi

Corrections and checking of amendments is with Nick, who will go through these as soon as he is able, updating the various source hubs once done. 

Thanks

Presumably you are a member of the Cult of Chaos - see the sub forum for members - which includes a number of posts about player aids (some people have created and shared NPC photo cards already).