Call of Cthulhu 2022 Character Creation - BEGINNER'S GUIDE

[@Nonat1s]

Correction: I mention that Call of Cthulhu 7e came out "recently". It actually came out almost a decade ago. No clue where I got the impression that it was super new.

[@simmonslucas]

Yeah but it is the most recent... so are you wrong?

[@TheRulesLawyerRPG]

Really? My Keeper's Handbook says "published in 2019" (I consider that recent)

[@Wabajck]

To timeless beings a decade is nothing

[@korachof11]

@@TheRulesLawyerRPG 7th edition released in the same year as DND 5e, which is actually kind of interesting to think about!

[@waldowallace9102]

Heh, thanks, I do enjoy character creation from other systems.

[@cybersmith_videos]

A game where failing a check to know, understand, or even perceive something can be the safest option.

[@swr3603]

no way the human pet guy is on youtube

[@geoffreyperrin4347]

I would love to see character creation explained for starfinder

[@ChadHensley]

Bring on more non-PF2 content! Obviously, we're here to see what you have about that system but I love to see your perspective on other systems or anything in geek culture or that just interests you. It give us insight into how you feel about things with a PF2 foundation and lets us know a bit more about who you are outside of PF2. Keep it up!

[@WhiteCaneV1]

Agreed this looks like a complex system.q

[@mjsfalcon986]

I wouldn't mind videos on Monster of the Week or Blades in the Dark. The first is made for urban fantasy.. The second one is a bit unknown, but with a cool gothic setting.

[@coopdiamond15]

The Dnd/Pathfinder community desperately needs to learn about other games, please keep making videos like this!

[@rpgchronicler]

OSR: How do you do fellow kids?

[@lorenzovaletti4951]

Very true :)

[@simonfernandes6809]

I was playing Runequest, Star Wars, Paranoia, Conspiracy X, 2300, and Call of Cthulhu long before I tried D&D.

[@LordXenon54]

I've been playing and running CoC since 7th Edition came out. I highly recommend it. Lots of great roleplaying opportunities, especially when sanity is involved.

[@GoblinLord]

alright since this seems like something you'd be interested in, I'll highly encourage it! I would also suggest looking into City of Mist, which is one I'm getting into recently, that or a World of Darkness game

[@12thLevelSithLord]

I'm down for an ongoing series of character creation in different games. Sounds like a good time.

[@bensharplesfilm]

I've run a few one shots of 7e over the years. It's a blast to run for a table who wanna clown around in RP and eventually all die or go mad. Highly recommend playing in person if people can.

[@bensharplesfilm]

Also recommend Seth Sorkowsky's channel as well for any 7e enthusiast

[@TheGallantGoblin]

Thanks for making this video! CoC has been next on our list of systems to learn for a while so definitely gonna keep this bookmarked!

[@tyleri.4219]

I’d love to see other TTRPGs on the channel. Been really curious about Starfinder, Witcher RPG, Fate, Blades in the Dark

[@JD-ms7lk]

I'm all for having more and varied content. It's actually interesting to see how different roleplaying can be and even if one person wants to keep playing the same game over and over, it's still useful to see different formulas and to... "integrate" them into your campaign. :'D

[@hawkakux]

I like how you generate stats first! defintiely makes for a more interesting way of character building for someone who wants something less pre-planned. Also, comments to feed the Al Gore rhythm.

[@snuzzlebumble]

Please do Delta Green and show the differences between it and CoC!

[@Hughes81]

I'm glad to see the channel cover other RPGs. Don't get me wrong I love PF/PF2, but it's still like 30% of the TTRPG KZbin with 5E taking up 65%. The other games need more love! I love CoC even though I Haven't played in a while. Always said CoC is a game you don't "win" you hope your survive. Once we ran a game as a SpecOps unit ala Predator. I was the one with a minigun, went insane and took half my party out with me. :)

[@jennf1881]

This was a wonderful change of pace. We grow as gamers by expanding our knowledge of TTRPGs.

[@Wabajck]

Love to see you cover more non-PF things. I think its great if people have a favorite system like 5e or PF but I think they would benefit from playing other systems. I do not think they'll be converted to diehards of another system but I think theres something in every system we can learn from. Just like an artist who only paints takes classes in say sculpting theres something we can takeaway from how these other systems handle things that we can then apply to our dominant system. FATE, Savage Worlds, Genesys, etc these all provide something different. If you wanna see something even more different check out some diceless systems like the old Deadlands RPG that used poker hands instead of dice rolls

[@CristianzenV]

Yeah I'm totally in for a "let's check other ttrpgs systems" from time to time. Not only is it good to avoid getting stuck into a game, but also to discover other settings and get inspired.

[@ryanbeverley1546]

I actually got the books for this system for Christmas last year. Still haven't ran a game yet, but I am really excited to do so. This is a great explanation of the basics for making a character. I'd love to see some more stuff off Cthulhu or any other systems

[@JacksonOwex]

Always up for videos about other games! Basically I just love TTRPGs!!! At the same though I hate these kinds of video, now I want to PLAY the game! lol

[@SonicKing84]

A certain dapper troll is a good friend of mine and I heard he’d be playing CoC with ya! Slightly envious, but that aside, I also love hearing about new systems in general, so a great watch in my book!

[@NXPhoenix3]

Traveller!!! I love me some lifepath character creation. I'd like a video on Traveller's character creation even if just to show how different character creation can be and what emerges from such a difference. You too can play an old drifter that had four different kinds of Space Malaria because the dice were feeling weird that day.

[@kalacs32]

Pathfinder and Call of Cthulhu are my "backup" TTRPGs behind Vampire: The Masquerade, bless your heart for making all this non-DnD content for us.

[@PosonedSalami]

Love to see you branching out! Smaller RPGs need love too!

[@dragonmaster8980]

I would love more videos like this! Also YES TRAVELLER!!

[@JacksonOwex]

OMG, Traveller, YES PLEASE!!! I found it through another YT gaming creator and I think it's AWESOME, though I do just love all(well, most) TTRPGs!!! OH! I didn't know that he HAD the book when I made this comment, now that I DO I hope to see a video for it down the road!

[@PatricioINTP]

I have Traveler: The New Era, which never got much momentum when it came out in the 90s. Space Opera where most regions of explored space get hit by a technological virus, throwing them back to pre-space exploring times. The societal changes done to a planet is why I LOVED that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3OVl36IfpmdodE

[@Ollardell]

I have never looked into Call of Cthulhu, but I love the idea of it. Character creation seems pretty cool! Might have to try to find a group to play with!

[@pianodevotion]

I'd love to see additional game systems discussed. In particular, a series on different character creation could be great!

[@K-H-28]

I appreciate the character creation process too. Please make more of these kinds of videos. It's nice to learn more about more RPG systems

[@cgdragneel]

This was helpful. I had to rewind this video several times because I'm not used to fast talking when I'm a noob.

[@Zoken44]

I love this! I would love to learn character creation for different games, it’s a great starting point for learning new systems

[@zanderford2733]

I'm mainly a Cthulhu player, and while it does take a long while, I usually use the optional point buy rules instead. One of the strengths of this system is, while you are playing just humans, you are able to make the character exactly as they are in your brain. Because of the specialization of the skill system, your character will be far different and useful at much different things than another. Everyone feels useful because of this specialization, which is one of the reasons I love this system. So, yeah, point buy all the way for me and my group. Great video as always!

[@DiomedesRangue]

One of the only games left on my bucket list

[@kyzer42]

This video was super interesting, and I'd love to see you cover character creation in more ttrpgs.

[@deanstwalley3783]

Our primarily DnD / Pathfinder group ran a short Delta Green and had an absolute BLAST! The rule system is similar to CoC but not as complex as yet somehow manages to maintain depth. Being able to fight back...a little....against the eldritch horrors before going completely insane or dying is fantastic! I highly recommend it!

[@malachischrodinger4675]

Thanks for broadening my horizons to even more games! Im slowly building my own ttrpg game, and im pulling from multiple systems for inspiration. Always glad to see new concepts.

[@rainl7066]

I’d like other ttrpgs but I’d really like more obscure ones. We don’t need more d&d content :D

[@crazycucumis]

CoC is anything but obscure, if i not mistaken, it has been best selling Trpg in Japan for last decade.

[@rainl7066]

@@crazycucumis technically on KZbin everything is obscure except for d&d. How many coc videos are there compared?

[@crazycucumis]

@@rainl7066 well, you got a point here :D

[@Mewzard]

Loved the video Nonat! Makes me want to give Call of Cthulhu a shot. Keep doing this unique stuff, I say.

[@ori9830]

I love seeing what you talk about, as it helps me get others interested. (I pick up games like nothing, and some people I play with prefer having a video like this to go over chargen stuff or whatever) so I hope this content does well for you

[@WargamerPainter]

In addition to both versions of Pathfinder, I absolutely adore other games such as Call of Cthulhu, The World of Darkness games, Traveller's (Mongoose edition), Seventh Sea, and a whole host of non-D&D games. Great video! Keep up the good work!

[@PatricioINTP]

I just thought of something, though I know you don’t like prewritten adventures. A Call of Cthulhu conversion of Malevolence.

[@mysticz3447]

Thank you! I haven’t understand how skills work at all and with me and my friends finally straying away from Dungeons and Dragons this really heloed

[@silverdust4197]

The first two long running campaigns I was a part of , where Pathfinder 2e and CoC 7e , The pathfinder one was unfortunately cut short , only going for 4-5 sessions but the CoC went well 😊 It has temporary stoped now but we did go through a lot , And the pathfinder one , despite been short lived was also good .

[@DarkAutumnScribe]

Always happy to get CoC videos... keep 'em coming!!!

[@Mario_On_Edge]

YES!!! More videos about RPGs not like Pathfinder or D&D I really love when someone talking about something diffrent than mainstream things including RPGs

[@tabletopgamingwithwolfphototec]

Cool. Already know how to play & GM for it. It's always nice to have more variety on KZbin.

[@c4nniba1]

I dig it. Planning on starting a CoC campaign next year. Been running Cyberpunk Red this year, and playing a different setting/system has really given me a new perspective for running Pathfinder/DnD campaigns in the future.

[@aventuraenlafogata649]

I tried CoC and it was not my jam as a system (the themes are pretty good). I think it's too complicated as a system for what it wants to do. For this kind of themes, I prefer lighter rules. Precisely because min maxing doesn't make sense, having so many numbers and mechanics associated with the character is more a burden than a good thing. Still, nice to see you cover more games. TTRPGs get better the more systems you know :)

[@Nonat1s]

It's really unfortunate that character creation is as in-depth as it is. The actual gameplay is incredibly simple once you're actually playing, but I can totally understand the aversion to the game's setup.

[@aventuraenlafogata649]

@@Nonat1s Our CoC GM really made it simple at the table and very very narrative, which was fun. We almost never used the system's crunch... Which further reinforced me that the crunch that CoC was not important for a good gameplay experience, and therefore using a lighter system as Spiralis could be better. I love crunch (I mean, I love Pathfinder2e) but I think in horror specifically, crunch gets in the way.

[@joemerrill2201]

What did you use to fill out the character sheet? I like how it calculated things for you. Could be useful for new players.

[@RicksPoker]

I would have spent a bit more time talking about which skills are important in Call of Cthulhu (CoC). These are: -- Dodge. Super important. Weapons do a tonne of damage relative to your hit points, and being able to dodge damage is critical. -- Psychology. Sounds dull. Mainly used for "Detect Lies" rolls. When trying to solve a mystery, would you like to know when people are lying to you? Also used for knowing when people are upset / excited / etc. and trying to hide it. I like my characters to start with at least 30 or 40% in this skill. -- Library Use, Spot Hidden, & Listen. CoC is a game where you have to find clues, and these skills make it less likely to overlook something important. History, Accounting, Occult, Law, & Read Lips could also fall in this category. -- Charm, Fast Talk, Intimidate, & Persuade. These are skills to get NPC's to talk to you. Be good at at least one of these. -- Fighting( Brawl ), & Firearms ( Any-Gun-Type ). At least a couple people in your party should be able to fight well. -- First Aid, Medicine, & Psychoanalysis. First Aid is for battle field healing; Medicine is for speeding recovery of hit points; and Psychoanalysis is for speeding recovery of Sanity (the OTHER hit points in CoC). I like my party to have a couple people with at least 35% in some of these skills. -- Locksmith, Stealth, & Disguise. Often 'thief' type skills are useful. -- Languages. A lot of CoC campaigns have you travelling the world, and reading obscure books. Some language skills are useful. *** The skills listed on your character sheet are not the only ones. Read Lips, Demolitions, Hypnotism, or any other skill your GM allows may be taken. Finally, to be 'good' at something, you don't need your skill to be 80% plus. 30 to 40% are decent, and 50% or higher is good, and such skills will improve as you play. If you want to do another video on CoC, talking about the skills in detail, would be cool. Lots of videos give the basics or rolling up a character, a lot fewer get into the details of skills. Warm regards, Rick.

[@Ditidos]

It would be cool seeing you create a Traveller character. I want to play that game with my group at some point but I never get to actually plan a sesion.

[@harjutapa]

Love it! Character creation is the first step in my process of learning any new system, so more of these for other systems would be great! And Traveler could be an excellent one, what with the possibility of character death and the narrative power of the creation process. Burning Wheel might be a fun one, as well.

[@GoblinKing2001]

I like that you are covering other systems. Maybe have a second channel for stuff like this.

[@dwarfspike]

I've always wanted to learn more about CoC! Thanks for putting this out there. If you have any thoughts on them, would love to hear your thoughts on PbTA games. I don't see a lot of love for them in the KZbin space.

[@clouddraxie]

I'm a fan of Upwind: The RPG's system and character creation. Players name all of their character's abilities and decide what effects they have, and all "encounters" are decided with bidding playing cards from your hand and trying to out-bluff the GM to make for a very narrative game. An extra plus is that the setting is all about air ships, sky islands, and teslapunk.

[@platyclysm4633]

I would absolutely love to see more TTRPGs on the channel! For a couple of examples of some really out there character creation, a couple good recommendations would be Cyberpunk and, one of my personal favorites, Stormforge Productions “The Runed Age.” The latter especially is a really amazing system and setting that so highly recommend!

[@KnicKnac]

Been interested in see how a character is made in this. I've heard good things about this game. Seeing the skill "psychology" makes me happy. Now a game I can use my degree in playing.

[@Noobzera99]

This is a great video about an awesome system, i would love to see more. This helps people to get to know more systems and enhance their play.

[@robertleescott79]

Great video on character development and stats. I'm gaining interest in this.

[@MemphDesuske]

You have to much power sir, and must be stopped! Lol thanks for all the needed info!

[@SonicKing84]

I found you, friend. :3

[@AJGames1220]

This is so cool! I’ve always heard about Call of Cuthulu but I never really looked into it so this is great.

[@Daexusnol]

Never clicked so fast, been wanting to learn this game

[@dovhakiinguerra3018]

Great video Is nice to see you doiing content of other systems, i m a great fan oc CoC despite i stayed in 6e(it looks like it didn change much) i really like these kinds of games because of the customization and the rolplay, vulnerability and investigation focus i suggest you to check world of darkness, more than anythinh mage the ascencion or hunter the reckoning. God bless you, pardon for my english, salutes from peru

[@LuciusClevelandensis]

I was a bit confused by the skills, but your video cleared it all up for me. This was exactly what I needed, so thank you for this fine video. I guess you're mostly a Wizards of the C guy, which is too bad, but if you make the conversion to BRP, I'll be on your channel often. Take care and good luck to you.

[@jamesbrucker3587]

This is great timing! I’m starting a CoC game this week.

[@stephenjeffrey3344]

I played Call of Cthulhu 1st edition. Now I feel really old!

[@WhiteCaneV1]

That sounds complex, but let's go deeper and get wild! So yes for Traveller

[@Overlegen]

I have been interested in Call of Cthulhu since the 90's, but never had the opportunity to play. Would love to see more of this! Some gameplay perhaps?

[@Lcirex]

As a avid fan of Seth skorkowsky I approve of COC and Traveler content. and I welcome your fun energy and views about both games.

[@TheBurnsides2011]

I had to double take at my notification, but I'm glad to see. Right now, my top two are PF2e and CoC

[@ashleykendall4229]

Loving the change of pace

[@Itheriss]

Awesome video! I would love to see more from other ttrgs!

[@ricbo358]

I'm excited to see your Traveller content

[@PatricioINTP]

Oh yeah, I played this game! Let’s me see…. [Goes grab his book]. I got edition 5.1.2, published 1994. It and Chill were my two favorite horror RPGs. … … … Jesh I am starting to feel old. Does anyone remember Avalon Hill’s version of RuneQuest? Chart… I mean Rolemaster? Traveler The New Era? Anyone?!? Also Mongoose I know likes buying up a lot of these old games. I remember West End before their quality went over the cliff.

[@msogden2013]

Yooo! Bring on the CoC stuff! I've been getting really into this game as of late and will be all for it. Though I will say, further delving into this game may lead to decreasing your Sanity as you will have a crisis of branding because you definitely want nat1s in CoC. On another note, a primer on Traveller would be great! I have one or two books on the system that I haven't had the time to crack open because I've been busy with P2, 5e, and Vampire the Masquerade games.

[@squidrecluse2336]

I've never really cared for the cthulhu mythos (even ignoring its problematic origin), and always hearing how likely your character is to die or go insane really turned me off of the Call of Cthulhu game. After watching this though, it actually seems like it'd be a good system to run a more low key, slice of life type game, and just minimize the combat and supernatural stuff. Kind of like the game Night in the Woods. Heck, you could still use the Sanity system if your character works in retail or customer service (if you know, then you know...).

[@Hughes81]

The single greatest CoC game I ever played was a one shot. My friend, the GM pre made characters. Each one was in a sealed manila envelope with only a simple word on the top: Leader, Support, Brains, etc. We each picked one and he started the set up: You and your companions and traveling in your van on dark and stormy night. You see a strange figure appears in the middle of the road, you swerve to miss them, but end up hitting a tree." We now open our envelopes and see who we are playing: Freddie Jones Daphne Blake Velma Dinkley Norville "Shaggy" Rogers Scoobert Doo

[@lorenzovaletti4951]

Making videos about other ttrpgs is a good idea, imo. I'm a very passionate PF2e lover, and I also love many other rpgs like Starfinder, Cultos Innombrables (Hitos, it's a remarkable generic rpg system made in Spain that I love), Aquelarre, Nahui Ollin, Delta Green, Savage Worlds, Cyberpunk Red, Star Trek Adventures, 7th Sea, Blades in the Dark, Vampire 5th, Fiasco... I should stop, you get the idea xD

[@Fnordathoth]

Definitely more non Pathfinder content, and more Cthulhu content.

[@K.J.Saunders]

So hyped for another system to check out

[@MySqueezingArm]

Yes NoNat, please cover more systems! Thank you!

[@lightblckknight]

Glad to see you branching out! To my understanding, Achtung! Cthulhu has easier character creation and being a 2d20 system, has some mechanics to help ease fantasy players in. Hope y'all enjoy(ed)! Looking forward to hearing about your experience with 7e. :)

[@ghulz4545]

I really enjoyed this vid so keep more of the Call of Cthulhu coming. Can you do a Starfinder character creation next. Remember to grow a viewing of a gaming system you always start of small.

[@TravDadGamer]

Super interested in more variety! Down with the algorithm!

[@justiceiro47]

awesome video, nonat. i have seen an audio drama of a bunch of people in brazil playing a call of chtullu campaign, been curious about maybe playing it one day. Maybe i will make a former cop, now a private investigator that ends wraped up in the story(the more jaded member of the group).

[@dantedetoussaint209]

You should definitely show us more of your other favorite rpgs. I play call of cthulhu and it's good fun!

[@jamieparrish6373]

I love other systems. It's love to hear your impression of Traveller. Specifically Mongoose Traveller 2e

[@coolboy9979]

I for myself find it less interesting cause its a system that I dont play, especially since its a character creation video. However I would be more interested in a introduction to what Call of Cthulhu is. What is it about? Main theme? Philosophie? What makes it special? How do you play it? Etc.

[@GoblinLord]

that would definitely be good for other systems I'd say, specifically other systems because it's Call of Cthulhu, we all know Cthulhu, the big eldritch abomination who says "It's Cthulin time" before he Cthules your mind to the far realms

[@sylvaincousineau5073]

Ah ! I see that you finally heard the call of our savior and master Great Cthulhu , good !!

[@robertschroeder2494]

King Arthur Pendragon or Runequest, both from Chaosium would be awesome

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

The mind mechanics are really interesting am gonna steal it for my OC since he is meant to have mental threshold buff/debuff thing going on to since he is both adult an 4 years old in mind :)

[@TangledLion]

Commenting and watching to help the algorithm. I'd be interested in other games to learn about them, but I initially passed over this cause I'm not really interested in CoC

[@Vladislav187]

Good idea to branch out a bit. If you ever have time/desire to do so, I'd like to see you take a look at Mutants and Masterminds and/or Savage Worlds.

[@WarSongParadise]

Oh, that's a nice breeze of fresh air! Yog-Sothoth approves.

[@estevanrodriguez4002]

Doing different content is great. Love to see more ttrpgs

[@LynkCablePlays]

Be interested to see you do a Vampire: The Masquerade character creation if you ever take a interest in that game some day dude :) + love seeing you cover more than just Pathfinder 👍🏻

[@Torvik40]

It's worth mentioning (if it hasn't been already) that there *are* options for non-random character generation.

[@_KayWoah]

I'd be down for more Call of Cthulhu content, it seems like a cool system i hope to play for myself someday

[@AeromancerOffical]

Now, THIS! is Mathfinder!

[@SarekOfVulcan]

"...is not going to save you from the tentacle monster in the closet." Well, that presupposes....

[@andrewhildner]

Thank you! I would prefer if you stuck around with a game system for more than one video, Ideally a several month series (not exclusively), for me to get excited about a system.