Quickstart Rules.pdf

Quick-Start

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CREDITS

CthulhuTech and Framewerk created by

Matthew Grau

www.cthulhutech.com

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Quick-Start Rules Written by

Matthew Grau, Fraser McKay

wildFire llc

23321 se 291st st.

black diamond, wa 98010

www.wildirellc.com

Intellectual Property Developer

Matthew Grau

CthulhuTech Framewerk Assistance

Fraser McKay

black sky

www.blackskystudios.com

Editing

Jonni eMrich, Matthew Grau

text herein are copyrighted by black sky studios, used by wildFire llc under license. refer-

ences to the works of h. P. lovecraft are from and remain in the public domain.

Art Direction & Logo Design

MiKe Vaillancourt

you may distribute these free Quick-start rules freely, as long as the complete document is

kept intact and no one makes any money in the process.

Cover Design & Book Graphic Design & Layout

Maria cabardo

Cover Art

MiKe Vaillancourt (Pencils), treVor claxton (col-

ors)

Interior Illustration

whit brachna (10), treVor claxton (3, 5, 32, 33, 34,

35), Zachary GraVes (51, 52), Maclean Kendree (44,

45, 46), brandon leach (28), Marco MaZZoni (47),

Marco nelor (6, 21), ben newMan (12, 14), chris

ocaMPo (14), andrew olson (12), ed tadeM (13,

29), MiKe Vaillancourt (13), yi-Piao yeoh (7), Jen

Zee (4, 18)

Disclaimer

CthulhuTech is a game. it is a work of iction intended as entertainment. everything contained

within is a product of imagination. None of it is real.

This book uses the supernatural for settings, characters, and themes. all mystical and super-

natural elements are ictional and intended for entertainment purposes only.

For maTure auDieNces oNly

This book is intended for mature readers. it contains dark and disturbing content and images.

reader discretion is advised.

of Contents

04 ................. Introduction to the Setting

10 ................. Rules

14 ................. Characters

18 ................. Conlict

24 ................ . Adventure

33 ................. Pregenerated Characters

46 ................. Enemies

Table

INTRODUCTION

CthulhuTech is a storytelling game about what could be our world

after almost a hundred years of advancement, enlightenment,

and bloodshed. it is the story of humanity’s evolution, place in

the universe, and ight for survival.

it all begins when a talented doctoral student named teresa

ashcroft stumbles across a long-lost tome that delves into the

world of non-euclidean principles – mathematics in more than

three dimensions. by 2019, she has pioneered a new ield that

will become known as arcanotechnology, merging science with

what could only be considered magic, though at the cost of her

mind. through perilous research, others take up her mantle and,

by 2030, one of the greatest inventions of all time is revealed.

the d-engine is a clean inexhaustible fuel source based on ar-

canotechnology. it revolutionizes the world.

this forces people to accept that magic is real. however, magic

is not parlor tricks or the lashy magic of fantasy tales. it is in-

tense, dark, and ritual-based, designed to focus a person’s will

to manipulate the power of the cosmos. Magic is immediately

regulated by the government and a law enforcement agency

called the ofice of internal security is created to police its mis-

use and the growing black magic black market. all sorcerers, as

users of magic are called, are required to register with the gov-

ernment, and the penalties for violating these laws are severe.

under the surface of Pluto lives a race of alien creatures known as

the Migou, who have dwelled there for millennia. they are a race

of part-crustacean, part-insect, part-fungus beings of ancient

tradition and great intellect. the Migou have always regarded

the earth as theirs and humanity as barely evolved primates, to

be used and abused at will. suddenly, without warning, we have

become a threat to their place in the universe – a threat that

must be put down.

these factors are responsible for two things that change the

course of humanity forever. First, they start humanity out on a

new level of existence, the irst steps of higher evolution – a path

we aren’t even consciously aware we are on, but some suspect.

second, they attract the attention of things we would rather

have not noticed, things spoken of only in forbidden tomes and

the murmuring of madmen.

because of the way they breed, the Migou had no warriors at

irst. it would take at least a decade to produce an army and

the Migou did not believe they had the luxury of time. they had,

however, mastered the dna of less complicated lifeforms – like

that of the dominant species of earth. cloning an army based of

human genetics seemed easy, but there was no way the Migou

could brainwash such a force with any expediency. to put their

creations on the path of subjugating the earth, the Migou im-

planted their creations with lies – a false home, a false culture,

false memories, and a false crusade. with small modiications to

instill fear, including jet black skin and red eyes that see at night,

the nazzadi were unleashed upon the solar system and nearly

ground humanity beneath their heels.

however, blood calls to blood. years after the war had begun,

the Firstborn nazzadi, those who knew the truth and were

entrusted to perpetuate the lies, inally began to feel that the

people they were killing were themselves. no longer could they

be the tools of alien insects, murdering their forebears. they re-

vealed the truth to their kin and the nazzadi rebelled, joining

forces with the denizens of earth to inally create an identity that

was truly theirs. though rough going at irst, the nazzadi began

to integrate and become valuable citizens of the new earth Gov-

ernment.

the streets and alleys. the chrysalis corporation, a major multi-

national company providing everything from consumer goods to

military hardware, has been consumed from within by the insidi-

ous cult known only as the children of chaos. they abuse their

power in an effort to bring about the awakening of more ancient

gods, and ultimately the end of the world as we know it. this

secret agenda is unknown to even the highest ranks of the new

earth Government, but there are those who understand the can-

cer eating at the heart of society. the eldritch society, is a secret

society of holy warriors. once mortal, these warriors have joined

in symbiosis with things from beyond space and time to become

something unique and incredibly deadly. Fearing the corruption

of the neG, the eldritch society ights on its own terms to stop

the chrysalis corporation’s heinous plans.

the aeon war is a war of three fronts. the new earth Govern-

ment ights against the armies of the Migou and the threat of the

cults. though the neG and the Migou share an enemy, the alien

insects ight a similar war, refusing to accept humanity as allies.

billions of people have died in the wars of the last thirty years

and the face of society has changed forever.

the rebellion of the nazzadi did little to slow the progress of

the Migou. Given decades to let their soldiers mature, the Migou

have come to earth in their gigantic moon-sized hive ship and

their forces spread out across the world to enslave or destroy

humanity once and for all. they make the threat of the nazzadi

seem like child’s play.

Fortunately, humanity has several advantages it did not have a

hundred years ago. we have arcanotechnology, which has led

to the development of giant battle-suits that turn soldiers into

tanks known as mecha. we have the ability to manipulate magic

and the psychic powers that branch off it. we have secret societ-

ies who have delved into the unknown to ind whatever advan-

tage they can, no matter the cost to themselves. Most impor-

tantly, we have humanity’s indomitable will to survive.

as if the threat of the Migou weren’t enough, the end times

are here, what is known in forbidden occult lore as the strange

aeon. it is a time when the celestial mechanics of the universe

have aligned to awaken ancient dark gods who have long slept

the sleep of death. their freakish cults have grown into armies,

each dedicated to serving an inhuman creature of immense

power. the disciples of the rapine storm, a horde of monsters

under the control of the dead God hastur, roll across asia,

genocidally exterminating anything in their path. they serve the

ruined King, an avatar of hastur that rules from his monolithic

castle on the Plateau of leng. the esoteric order of dagon, the

sea-cult of the cephalapoid god cthulhu, hunts to ind a lost

city which houses their god who promises to expunge the world

of the vermin that currently infest it. their years of breeding with

humans have given them what few expected – an army that rules

the oceans and all that is beneath.

it is 2085, and all mortal life on earth faces extinction. it is the

time of the aeon war.

in the face of such horror, the world has united under the new

earth Government. old enmities have gone away, as the citizens

of earth have banded together to survive what clearly looks like

extinction. even the lingering animosities between human and

nazzadi are gone, and the jet black-skinned race is hardly a mi-

nority – they are four out of every ten people.

while the forces of the new earth Government ight to save the

world from these threats, secret societies wage a shadow war in

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