Combat - How to Play Call of Cthulhu 7E (Tabletop RPG)

[@MaximumScrotum]

Optional Rule: "I am using it just to be cruel..." CoC in a nutshell.

[@lunatic0verlord10]

I guess she'll be able to boast "I killed a ghoul with *this* butter knife! Now who wants some toasts?".

[@Skiamakhos]

She could sing "I killed a ghoul & I liked it!"

[@spudsbuchlaw]

@@Skiamakhos "the taste of the ectoplasm~"

[@InquisitorThomas]

Lucile best girl.

[@georgispiroff5413]

Inquisitor Thomas she's a total tsundere lmao

[@InquisitorThomas]

Georgi Spiroff eh... not really, Tsundere implies that she's being an asshole to hide her soft side, I just think she's a big headed smug asshole, AND I LOVE IT.

[@Nionivek]

Hey Lucile actually godes for things and tries. You don't see her going "Ohh, I only have a 40 I better not try" she goes "OHH YEAH a 40? That means your in danger cultist!"

[@Ultrox007]

14:02 ...this is a horror game, why do I hear "You Say Run"?

[@captain_hammer]

You know it's CoC not D&D when a single zombie nearly causes a TPK

[@TheLordUrban]

Captain Hammer Keep in mind it’s a party full of nerds.

[@shinobidaniel_12]

True CoC has normal people in the game not fully preped people with cool powers. At best you get warlock like casting?

[@janjems_1210]

Well you haven't met my party yet

[@stm7810]

@@shinobidaniel_12 Yeah, but usually they each have a decent combat skill and weapon on hand. our group would usually justify everyone having hand guns at all times.

[@themaddoctor5304]

While I was explaining the combat rules to my players, one of them tended to get very creative. One time, we were investigating this mansion, and a cultist attacked him in the gym with a knife. His character didn't carry a weapon (due to the fact he was just a librarian) and had to resort to using a dumbbell near him. He found it satisfying to cave in his attacker's skull with just some random object.

[@sarahcole9661]

whatever works!

[@elusivedesert8530]

Smart, good improvised weapon in a pinch if your strong enough

[@Dracopol]

Lucille opened her eyes at the sleep end-sequence thing! *Waifu of the Century!* As long as tentacles don't sprout from her mouth or something...

[@theatheistbear3117]

Tentacles only make it better! ;)

[@liamkendrick42]

Booty Call of Cthulhu?

[@theatheistbear3117]

liamkendrick42 Basically Song Of Saya (Saya No Uta). It’s really fucked, but absolutely worth it! ;)

[@NightFlame-eb2cn]

Add much as i love tentacles, she MUST be the only exception to role 34

[@destonnight5444]

There's just something so unnerving with the sequence at the end I fear it will turn into something terrifying

[@paperbullet1945]

The fight was incredible - so tense, even as an observer rather than a player. Well done!

[@ImpKnt80]

Lucille says: “I'll cut your heart out with a butter-knife! Eat toast and die, you ghoulish freak! Hiyaaaa!” Our brave damsel in distress then cuts the monster down to her delicately proportioned size! Thus, the day and our heroes were saved from certain doom thanks to our heroine spreading the power of buttery friendship! Horray!

[@probablynotasith5355]

I still cant get over how great the animations are even after having watched your channel all this time.

[@justanotherdreamer.8669]

I honestly want to finish this playlist of tutorials just to see the story of these characters unfold. They are so cute and lovely. Also great tutorial!

[@DB-cn6rw]

I got excited over a video detailing how an aspect of a Tabletop game worked. I was wondering "Gosh golliger, how will they get out of this!" and that's not something you usually think about when trying to learn how to properly roll dice. This is quality content, my good Blankity Blank

[@Rey-cw4tg]

Thanks you CJ for creative infortive content and helping people get into the Tabletop hobby I love your videos and they've helped me a lot thank you

[@SorryBones]

0:01 Damn, this is stylin'. What an aesthetic, looks like a jazzy RPG.

[@wilsonjonah]

Man, and I thought learning to do combat in Dungeons and Dragons was gonna be stressful, this puts that to shame! Never played either game before, but now I'm gonna try them both! Awesome tutorial, CJ 😄

[@NightFlame-eb2cn]

LUCILLE IS SO ADORABLE!!! I JUST WANT TO PINCH HER CHEEKS DO BAD! Edit PINCH! Not punch! Autocorrect why do you forsaken me in front of this goddess

[@StarkMaximum]

Please don't punch Lucille. She is small.

[@theatheistbear3117]

StarkMaximum She’s not small. She’s delicately proportioned.

[@NightFlame-eb2cn]

@@StarkMaximum easier to pick up and shower her with love

[@NightFlame-eb2cn]

@@theatheistbear3117 well said sir

[@liamkendrick42]

“Small but fierce!” -Sanya Knight of the Cross

[@SeanNyte]

I'm just now finding this series playlist because someone asked if I knew anything about the game... Other than the name, and the fact everyone knows Lovecraft, I had to say "No"... So, thanks to you and this awesome video series, I'm about to know enough to play the game... I LOVE the whole storyline process you're using to explain the game... Amazing work! I had to subscribe to your channel... TO WHOEVER TAKES THE TIME TO READ MY COMMENT: I hope all is well with you and your family! Keep your head up and keep smiling!

[@sirunklydunk8861]

“And judging by his appearance she is convinced he is evil.” Alright Lucille, I know Lovecraft had a bit of an issue judging people by looks (mainly race) but come on! You’re better than that!

[@grayfulbester]

Ok but tell me when was the last time that a dagger wielding masked man came to your house just to burrow sugar. This time you should totally judge someone by how they look AND THEY LOOK EVIL. 8D

[@sirunklydunk8861]

Felipe Jimenez Maybe he was at a masked party with his friends and was cooking dinner for everyone. He realized he didn’t have sugar, went over to ask for some and brought his cooking knife without realizing it God you people are judgmental /s

[@Dracopol]

@@sirunklydunk8861 Sounds legit!

[@Ian-yf7uf]

LoL but they're wearing a mask and have a knife in their hands 😂😂 😂

[@peacewasalwaysanoption8593]

was she wrong tho? LOL

[@NikoDyz]

Man, these are amazing videos. I just ran a game last night for the first time, wish I watched this before I did. Your characters have so much personality, I am really enjoying this. You are very good at giving concise information and being informative. Keep up the good work.

[@rileydurrer2497]

Can’t wait to be able to play call of Cthulhu with some friends

[@pandacakes6613]

"FINALLY, I've been waiting! I'm very impatient lol. sorry" -Me last episode still applies

[@The_Green_Ghost]

Start the next video with: "I'm CJ, your tabletop RPG" and just stop there

[@andrewlance3898]

Any one play CJ 3.5?

[@anthonykeller7218]

This was way more entertaining than it needed to be. Great video!

[@swiftyscarob]

this is perfect, i just started a homebrew call of cthulhu campaign and this is helping a lot

[@El-Hechi]

Man, you don't know how much your videos have helped me understand, whenever I come back to the game.

[@Sunny_Punkin]

Your animation s are excellent. Thanks for the hard work.

[@Strangie160]

Haha, aww. You ol' blankity blank you. I am definitely hooked into this series though! Learning new things is always a good time.

[@e.nataliareyeshdez.3557]

Came back for the 5th. time to be reminded again about the rules. This is the best guide I have seen ever. Makes it so easy to understand 💕

[@luna4s]

This is great! The videos for D&D were very helpful. And these videos make me want to pick this up as well. The story is also really entertaining. But the portrait of Lucille at the end worries me... I've got a feeling something bad is gonna happen.

[@railbaron1]

So Gunfightin' gonna be next right? I'd like to see how you'd cope with "Fanning the Hammer" or "The Mad Minute"

[@RogueInBlue]

I LOVE the series so far!! This episode especially!! The characters are so animated and lovable, im super invested and now i reaaallly wanna start my own campaign!!

[@davidreno6]

CJ doesn't sound like a mad lib, but rather a good Keeper. I liked the Ghoul's description.

[@darthjoel6357]

Your COC how to play is one of the best I’ve seen. Great explanations and easy to follow! Outstanding young man! Subscribed!!! 😊

[@ValosarX]

Your voice is amazing. I could listen to you read the ingredients on the back of cereal boxes for hours.

[@gamegraves]

I love the animation and explanation. Very well done.

[@luizjuvencio6665]

OMG, This series is fantastic!

[@bloodybones5303]

Shipping Scott and Lucielle hard!

[@jackiesheppard3016]

These videos are so good! Super informative and beautiful to boot! I am also totally invested in these characters. Bonus points for using Sunrise Lodge as the background location in this video.

[@goncalocarneiro3043]

Very grand. I was expecting Rosaline to dramatically run over the ghoul with a car or something but this works.

[@professornope4792]

Scott did most of the damage in the fight

[@VelocitasEradicato]

Yeah, high brawl is really good if we speak meta, if your character is a big guy your damage output will be really good and you'll have an okay-ish counter chance. I've seen some pretty crazy melee centric characters.

[@DrPotatoPerson]

12:23 Well Cthulhu himself got knocked out by a boat in the call of cthulhu story

[@flaggschiffen]

And immediately reformed after. "For an instant the ship was befouled by an acrid and blinding green cloud, and then there was only a venomous seething astern; where-God in heaven!-the scattered plasticity of that nameless sky-spawn was nebulously recombining in its hateful original form". Call of Cthulhu was released 1928 and a steamship was one of the biggest baddest machines humans had invented when the story was written. Lovecraft chose it because it was the most powerful, impressive and iconic piece of technology he could think of.

[@patrickfitzpatrick2945]

Amazing video series! Production value and content 10/10!

[@felipelizana5941]

I’m not even planning to play CoC but your videos are amazing.

[@anthony_hw]

This video series is brilliant.

[@inkheart4866]

When was the last time a dagger wielding masked man came to your home to ask you for a cup of sugar? 🤔

[@kinggeo8545]

Just yesterday. I live in Nebraska.

[@justdoesntmakesense]

This is so awesome - what an amazing video!!!! Thank you for doing this - it is not only informative but super fun!!!!!!!!!

[@egglegg6456]

Wow! This is so cool! What a great resource. Informative, and visually interesting enough I might just be able to convince my players to sit through the whole thing! lol.

[@MrChupacabra555]

You're a Blankity Blank...such language!! ^_^

[@tbowne05]

These fielded are very helpful for a new player. Thank you. Animation is heat as well.

[@sillymonger]

These videos are amazing thanks CJ!!!! Beautiful animations!

[@Hellfirematrix]

Great video! My players LOVE it! Thanks!

[@alyastastic]

How do you manage to make me hyped during a tutorial. How do you manage to turn it into a compelling story. Gosh, if only half the people making tutorials online were half as good as you, the world would be a better place.

[@Stavol2Dual]

You are THE RPG coverage guy

[@ncrtrooper1782]

Cant wait for Sanity, I've played this game and know alot but love these animations.

[@NoFoxGiven247]

I love your videos. thank you for teaching me d&d, and now coc.

[@klebermarchand]

Weird that ranged combat/gun are in a separate place than melee combat...I wonder why and can't wait to learn

[@IAmTheStig32]

Because guns are a whole new ballgame. Case in point, notice most of these characters have about 10 to 12HP? A M1911 pistol does 1d10+2 damage per shot... and it can fire three times (albeit with a penalty die). Rifles and shotguns hit even harder.

[@klebermarchand]

@@IAmTheStig32 But rule wise, can the target react ? That's what I meant by other rules, like only a luck roll can defend you

[@mjschuler54]

Great video series! Entertaining and educational! When will the next video be posted? No rush I’m excited to watch them.

[@mrc8308]

Great format for these vids!

[@destonnight5444]

Wait a sec CJ has made Lucile Use some of her luck points to win in this fight That being mixed with the eerie sequence at the end- now, I'm no fool. CJ is planning something terrible to happen to Lucile

[@StarkMaximum]

People have compared CJ's voice to Shrek and to a vampire and to a blank, but if you ask me, I think his voice is uniquely CJ.

[@liamkendrick42]

Don’t blanks sound exactly like the compost head they replaced?

[@yeyint6557]

can’t wait for next episode ❤️

[@Micha-kv9hp]

Those characters with their clothing bring this to another level of immersion! Great job !

[@travisc2127]

great series man. very informative

[@giannispantachos4260]

Now I want to see Lucille to upgrade from butter knife to butterfly knife. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ...plz dont kill me... ...it was unintentional... ...at first... (but it would be adorable)

[@OGNoNameNobody]

And that, folks, is how things go from OK to Sideways in CoC! See you next time!

[@rexhex3700]

God I love the animations in these!

[@joaosoares-rr5mj]

scott always having to risk his poor neck for lucille XD i hope the boy get some hot pie at the end :v he diserves it

[@SciDarkReal]

ooh i got some bad news man

[@joaosoares-rr5mj]

i'm sad ;-; @@SciDarkReal for real tou, i understand that call of cthulhu is a story that most likely is gonna have a sad ending, but i think that there should be the possibility of a happy one, if there isnt a way for the players to win, than there is no point in playing the game, even if it is hard, to achieve, there should be a path to victory

[@SciDarkReal]

@@joaosoares-rr5mjthis story seemed to have a more bittersweet ending, because although we didn’t get the WORST case scenario (which we almost did), it was still tragic, but there might be hope yet.

[@skeletondandy7405]

Lucile out here fucking buckin' ghouls left and right.

[@canceledlogic7656]

Lucielle I stan for you

[@ajutantable]

I love the art work!

[@liamkendrick42]

Is that a ghoul or a zombie? Lovecraft ghouls looked more canine I thought.

[@TheLordUrban]

Well you couldn’t mention zombies for awhile because of censorship.

[@nostromo9743]

yes, mythos ghouls have dog-like heads, and are not undead

[@nostromo9743]

@Naren Gurrier-Jones Well, Mythos ghouls are not really open to interpretation, they are their own species, they are not undead and they are not created, they are hairless cannibalistic humanoids with canine heads, often feeding on human carcasses or fighting moonbeasts with spears on the dreamlands.

[@nostromo9743]

​@Naren Gurrier-Jones Theres a bunch of boardgames and other stuff that illustrate ghouls as shambling undead but not because they are a different type of ghouls, but because they are named "ghouls" and that misleads people into thinking they are the classic undead ghoul of every other setting. In reality Mythos ghouls are completely different creatures, you may actually summon one with magic, but cant create them. They can be found in the dramlands, other planets and on earth, they first appeared in the short story "Pickman's Model". Undead on the other side can be found in a lot of different shapes and sizes from the basic zombie to the more rare and complex undead, like the Spawn of Gla'aki or the Peruvian Kharisiri, but neither are remotely related to Mythos Ghouls. Theres more info about them online or on the Monster section of the Keepers Rulebook.

[@nostromo9743]

@Naren Gurrier-Jones Dont worry, If you just want explore the lore or become a CoC Keeper dont be discouraged to do so even if you are new to the mythos, the really important thing is that you have fun while doing so, cheers.

[@halesthehero2921]

Lucille is the MVP and I love she

[@gamerdad7980]

First and foremost, your video's are amazing. Very well put together. Combat seems very confusing to me, there seems to be a TON to keep track of. Maybe after reading the core book I will understand it more, but it just seemed like there was a lot going on.

[@PossumMedic]

Awesome explanations and animations thank you so much! :D

[@Incrediblefatslug]

You should make a final fantasy combat style game. Your animations are awesome.

[@corvanphoenix]

You forgot to add the next part - the party telling the girl who ran away to find new meat shields.

[@SokiHime]

@Don't Stop Thinking I've been dying to know; what is the music you used for this video, during the Ghoul encounter?

[@arsia123]

animations are so cool, i wanna play this game

[@felx89]

I dont knwo if you noticed but the sword you've shown in the video is actually the Polish Coronational Sword "Szczerbiec"

[@slowik1986]

yeap, just wanted to give same comment :)

[@Mefi93]

Oh don't mind me. Just admiring the cute artworks.

[@sonicspeedx13]

As much as im loving learning about a new system... I just want to know what happens next to these characters!

[@kwenb1]

Great work!

[@Nionivek]

Goodness I can't help but notice how non-midmax your PCs are. I remember last time I tried to run it and everyone gave themselves 99s... Which wouldn't have bugged me if they justified it ("I was an Olympic Fencer") but most of the time it is just "Yep, I shot some birds and became the Albert Einstein of dodge."

[@_Hamler]

You can do that in CoC? Woah

[@toxicscarecrow1633]

Is it just me, or is Lucile the most adorable lady ever?

[@waddld4779]

Call of cuthulu is the fear and hunger of TTRPGs

[@TheCart54321]

I can see now why people say you want to avoid combat as much as possible in this game because these characters could’ve died so easily

[@szymonlepper1862]

Ok, so why there is Szczerbiec sword there? :) Legendary sword of the Polish king Bolesław Chrobry (the Brave) from the 11c.

[@Glassius89]

I also noticed it. Those cultist must be plotting something in Poland aswell!

[@davemathew2430]

Hm i just thought of a intresting characters to use in this module. 1 a half human, half eldritch entity, starts at zero sanity, due to his "nature" he can easily use spells and can shift parts of his body into madness inducing (and deadly) limbs and loosing sanity helps him, However, he gains sanity when away from eldritch entitys and becomes more unstable the more sanity he gains, causing him to loose control of his eldritch side of himself which will negatively affect his allies. The longer he is away from said entitys, the harder it will be for him to lose his sanity and become stable again 2 A individual with a large (perhaps otherworldy) amount of luck, can choose to double his chances of success on any role, but will cause the penilty to double if he fails the role as well as deal sanity damage to him in the process, carries a roulet revolver which has a one out of six to fire a extreamly powerfull shot...and a 5/6th chance to do absolutly nothing, which was unfortunate for the guns previous owner...he had no idea blood could even stain half of the stuff in that room..oh well free firearms! That all i thought of for now what do you think of them? I allways apreciate criticism..if its constructive Also great video.

[@OoBloodyHunteroO]

love Lucille she's adorable

[@1FrogCommander]

listening to CJ reminds me of my college professor

[@thewrustywrench21]

You make this look easy

[@haydongonzalez-dyer2727]

Awesome vid

[@mr_meow7627]

I would love to get into CoC and run some games for my friends, its just that they prefer combat to roll play alot of the time and i think they would get kinda angry at me if they got hit with some maddness and coulden't do anything. Though i am imagineing an insane version of some of them and now i really want to play CoC.

[@milkjug4237]

Try to find another group, if it's really dire. Combat isn't even the focal point of CoC and can be very punishing...for obvious reasons.

[@jackpundamiera2936]

awesome battle there i like it😎👌

[@DaveThaumavore]

I have dice roll animation envy.

[@aettic]

I'm curious if it would be feasible to play Call of Cthulhu combat (or opposed rolls in general) using the Gumshoe / Delta Green "Blackjack" system: In opposed rolls, the highest roll without going over the skill number wins. Effectively, it has the same percentages of success or failure, and I don't think it changes anything as far as odds, but I like it better because it reflects the idea that when you have a higher skill in something, you are more capable at that thing. So, for instance, if I have a 30 in Brawl, and some Cultist has a 40, that cultist has a whole range of 31 - 40 which I just can't even hit.

[@ecyor0]

Don't stop thinking. Your thoughts are the main way the mythos gets you, so I'd prefer if you did it all the time.

[@gilberthjimenez431]

Why is Lucile so cute? :3 Lucile is best girl ever

[@sandorsbox]

I think a fail on the luck roll to find a cleaver would have been worth a steak knife at least. A fumble should have been a butter knife lol

[@aleandrew]

Cj sure love his insult... He he cj from groove street

[@joshc.2707]

Now I want to play bioshock Cthulhu