Non-modern Cthulhu

Benoist · March 08, 2011, 09:15:39 PM

Quote from: Werekoala;444740Here's an idea - combine the Roman Cthulhu idea with the post by Benoist about the "chemical attack" the Persians supposedly used. Think about it - two armies, fighting a seige, they begin digging underground and then... well, you know about those Things Man Was Not Meant To Know... they pop up at the most inconvenient times...

Awesome.

RPGPundit · March 09, 2011, 03:02:50 PM

Quote from: danbuter;444738I think part of it is that then you can play a Gaul fighting the Romans.

Which has no appeal to me at all. Plus there were plenty of barbarians fighting the romans throughout the Imperial period, including the Britons, who were basically gauls.

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Akrasia · March 10, 2011, 12:57:55 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;444392Why oh WHY is it that so many rpg products about Rome choose to focus on the Republican period, which in comparison with the Empire is positively fucking DULL as far as the opportunities for playing both war, action-adventure, and intrigue...

Chaosium's Cthulhu Invictus is set during the Empire (first century, iirc).

RPGPundit · March 10, 2011, 11:31:44 AM

Quote from: Akrasia;445027Chaosium's Cthulhu Invictus is set during the Empire (first century, iirc).

Yes it is, that's one of the things I liked it about it! I would like to run the Roman answer to "delta green" setting it during the time of Hadrian and having a secret society ("the XIII") within the frumentari that are dedicated to dealing with the Empire's mythos problems.

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