Cthulhu Rising.pdf

CTHULHU RISING

BY JOHN OSSOWAY

Try a visit to the Cthulhu Rising website, where there are lots of nice free adventures.

www.cthulhurising.co.uk

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

None of this would have happened if Nerissa hadn't given me the push I needed.

Illustrations by Ben Thornley.

Editorial assistance by Andrew Shanahan.

Additional information / play-testing by Stu Blackburn, Chas Blackwell, Ste Barton, Gary Cooper,

Andy Edwards, Zane Gulliford, Roy Hughes, Ste Mills, Graham Raynes, Mike Smith, Paul Winstanley,

Tyrone Williams.

Cthulhu Rising - Horror Roleplaying in a Dark Future was first devised by John Ossoway in 1999 as an

alternate campaign setting for Call of Cthulhu. Call of Cthulhu(R) is Chaosium Inc.'s registered

trademark for its roleplaying game of horror and wonder.

The Chaosium Dudes, for being such excellent people.

HP Lovecraft and his contemporaries - they know what lurkest in the dark spaces between the stars…

All those who have ever written scenarios / supplements for Call of Cthulhu - your influence is in

here somewhere.

Hugo Foscolo and the Foscolo Discontinuity are taken from the novel 'Starworld' by Harry Harrison

Influences for the feel of the look and feel of the 23rd century include Philip K Dick (and movies

made from his books, such as Minority Report, Blade Runner), Harry Harrison, Pitch Black, Aliens.

The overall look and feel of Earth and the colony worlds in the 23rd century draws a lot of its

inspiration from that envisioned in the Alien saga of films, specifically the second film, Aliens. In

these films the future is seen to be a dark and dangerous place, where outer space is the new

frontier, and humanity in its ignorance has left Earth to exploit the galaxy for its own ends.

I have taken inspiration for technology and organisations from the films, the Colonial Marines

Technical Manual and the Alien 3 script by William Gibson that was rejected.

Some of the equipment and character skills were inspired from the original Traveller rules, by GDW,

and from Cthulhu Endtimes, by Dr. Michael C. LaBrossiere.

Cthulhu Rising only pretends to be hard science-fiction. This is a world with interstellar travel and

artificial gravity after all!

The above list is far from complete. Respect where respect is due - if I have missed you off this

acknowledgments page, apologies, and thanks.

CTHULHU RISING is published by Chaosium Inc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART 1: THE SETTING

Timeline 2026 – 2271

A Rough Guide to the 23rd Century

Politics

The Colonies

Corporations

The Cthulhu Rising Mythos

PART 2: THE RULES

Character Generation

Psychic Powers

Combat

Hardware

Equipment

Cthulhu Rising Character Sheet - Front

Cthulhu Rising Character Sheet - Back

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