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CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game)
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CthulhuTech is a tabletop roleplaying game that can be described as Neon Genesis Evangelion and the Cthulhu Mythos put into a blender and set to purée.It all begins when a scientist discovers a Tome of Eldritch Lore (called ''The Mysteries Within") and uses the information within to create the Dimensional Engine (D-Engine), an infinite-energy Magitek device deriving power from another dimension. Though both the creator and her apprentice were driven insane by the design process, the D-Engine proves to be a success and soon makes futuristic technologies like Humongous Mecha and Anti-Gravity possible.This development does not sit well with the Migou, a local group of Starfish Aliens from Pluto that pride themselves on their complete and utter superiority to mankind. They declare war on Earth, first via the Nazzadi, a cloned puppet race of Proud Warrior Race Guys created from the human genome. After the Nazzadi discover their true origins and defect to the side of humanity, the Migou take to the stage of war personally with their own semi-biological mecha and a perfect form of Brainwashing called assimilation. This conflict is known as the Second Arcanotech War, and devastates the Earth.It is now the era of the Aeon War. Humanity has survived the Second Arcanotech War thanks to the totalitarian (but otherwise okay) New Earth Government, but greater threats are stirring under the surface. Various Eldritch Abomination cults are enjoying a resurgence thanks to the development of Functional Magic and are attempting to revive The Old Ones from their slumber. An army of Deep Ones lurk below the waves of the ocean, planning to swarm the land and enslave/transform its people. An avatar of Hastur (He Who Must Not Be Named) has been summoned into the world, organising its crazed devotees into the trigger-happy "Rapine Storm" that threatens to sweep across the world like a plague. And the Migou, stubbornly proud and terrified of the idea that even one of the Old Ones could be awoken, have declared war on everyone.However, all is not lost. Realising that they were ill-equipped to fight against all of these threats at once, the New Earth Government have been busy creating new weapons to defend the last bastion of humanity: the Engels, a line of Evangelion-esque bio-mechanical super-mecha with apocalyptic firepower and a mind of their own. Meanwhile, there are factions that fight their own shadow wars against the darkness, such as the Eldritch Society and their Tagers, a group of elite agents that have literally fused their bodies with an alien symbiont to gain otherworldly power.And so it begins, in a brave new world that teeters on the brink of complete collapse. You find yourself on the front lines with your futuristic weaponry or otherworldly powers as the only barriers between you and the madness that lies beyond reality. Good luck.The following books are part of the series. CthulhuTech (Mongoose) — The core rulebook Vade Mecum (Mongoose) — Companion which details para-psychics, zoners, additional spells and mecha for various factions Dark Passions (Mongoose - black and white; Catalyst - color version) — A sourcebook for cults Damnation View (Catalyst) — A metaplot sourcebook for 2086 Mortal Remains (Catalyst) — Details culture, society of the New Earth Government, and their enemies, the Migou Ancient Enemies (Sandstorm) — Details the struggle between the Tagers of the Eldritch Society and the Chrysalis Corporation Unveiled Threats (Sandstorm) — Details the armaments, devices and technology of the Strange Aeon Burning Horizon (Sandstorm) — 2087 Metaplot sourcebook | |
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Rape as Drama | |
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Rape as Drama: Used a lot in sample adventures. | |
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Religion of Evil | |
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Religion of Evil: Subverted in the form of the Eldritch Society — see above. | |
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Gone Horribly Wrong | |
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Gone Horribly Wrong: What happens when Migou try to create their own version of the Engels. Needless to say, no Migou scientist dares to work on that project again. | |
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Multiple Endings | |
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Multiple Endings: Right now, none of them look very good. Likely endings include human extinction, getting enslaved by a Mythos race, and surviving to become a Mythos race. The best possible one may very well be getting the hell away from Earth through whatever means necessary — and it would still imply only a fraction could escape. | |
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Playing with Fire | |
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Playing with Fire: Pyrokinesis is one of the valid options for psychics, introduced in Vade Mecum. Ancient Enemies introduces the third "Super Tager", the Efreet, which is an Elemental Embodiment of flame that can melt solid metal, breath flames at enemies, is immune to any fire, plasma or explosion-based damage, and radiates heat intense enough to set fire to everything directly nearby. It can also evolve into the Inferno Tager, which gives it all the powers of a Pyrokinetic Psychic as well. | |
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The Quisling | |
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The Quisling: Many people who believe (perhaps correctly) that humanity will lose the Aeon War become this. Despairing Humans tend to go to the cults, and Nazzadi seek to return to the Migou's service, believing that they will be spared if they work for their former masters. If they aren't killed outright, the Nazzadi tend not to last long. | |
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With Great Power Comes Great Insanity | |
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With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Engel Pilots? Check. Sorcerers? Check. Zoner Parapsychics? Check-squared. | |
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Crapsack World | |
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Crapsack World: The phrase "Neon Genesis Evangelion meets H. P. Lovecraft" should tell you how bleak it is. Thankfully for the NEG, there actually is some hope for humanity. (Or at least for whatever humanity evolves into.) | |
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Palette Swap | |
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Palette Swap: The Migou mech have new design in Mortal Remains, but the description say they're same as the old design, both in function and stats. | |
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Captain Ersatz | |
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Captain Ersatz: Several prominent ones. It's worth mentioning that the core rulebook acknowledges and lists the various anime influences on the game. The Engels are alive, they go berserk when the wrong person gets in them or when the right person is knocked out, they're the only proper defense Earth has against unstoppable monsters, and their pilots tend to be a little bit nuts. Sound familiar to anyone else? Nazzadi= Zentradi Tagers and Dhohanoids= Guyvers and Zoanoids. | |
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State Sec | |
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State Sec: The Office of Internal Security. They're supposed to just be the police for Functional Magic-related crimes, but in practice, they seem a lot more like a more democratic Ministry of Love, which is probably a good thing considering what kind of enemies they have. Considering that they do themselves employ parapsychics to counter hostile parapsychics and that they have an extensive R&D division running... experiments on their more interesting detainees, the OIS crosses over from State Sec into a kind of Ghostapo at a few points. | |
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Plot Armor | |
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Plot Armor: Yog-Sothoth's Guard is designed to be used as this. It grants Nigh Invulnerability and immunity from any kind of restraint to a character for five minutes, is completely indestructible, and is, by design, extremely inconvenient for PCs to use (though it's not impossible if they're planning ahead and willing to spend a significant amount of money in exchange for guaranteed victory). In any published adventure that includes an NPC with the Guard, the writers will put in a statement to the effect of "keep this guy alive regardless of what the players do." | |
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Gender Bender | |
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Gender Bender: Beckon the Unexpressed, a spell that changes the target's sex over a period of three days. Often used as a college prank. | |
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Magic or Psychic? | |
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Magic or Psychic?: Sorcery is taught as a science in universities, while Parapsychics are some sort of mutation or other special ability subject to a Mutant Draft Board. | |
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Starfish Aliens | |
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The Aeon War, with both the Migou and the Rapine Storm's various monsters attacking humanity, certainly comes under this category. | |
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Grim Up North | |
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Grim Up North: The Migou mostly inhabit the polar regions. | |
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Mad Scientist | |
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Mad Scientist: Most scientists in the setting, considering that its science concerns itself with Things Man Was Not Meant to Know. | |
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Mutant Draft Board | |
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Mutant Draft Board: All parapsychics (people born with innate abilities, which can range from mind control to having control over gravity) have to register with the Office of Internal Security, be tested, are subjected to surveillance, and if their powers are deemed Invasive or Dangerous, they have to wear badges in public to inform people of it. In particular, Gravikinetics specifically get the full brunt of this trope and are forced to join the NEG; they're seen as just too dangerous to leave off a leash. On the other hand, looking at what kind of place the CthulhuTech setting is, it's fairly justified. | |
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Blessed with Suck | |
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Blessed with Suck: Congrats, you've survived a brush with the Zone, and now have incredible Psychic Powers. Now all you have to deal with is constant Burn, being slightly insane (ranking up to moderately and severely after a few days), and being a Weirdness Magnet. Oh, and did we mention that you're unable to control your powers and pretty much every group wants to kill or experiment on you? You know, screw it, being a Zoner is a perfectly good reason for saying I Just Want to Be Normal. | |
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Powered Armor | |
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Powered Armor: Smaller mechs, such as the Crusader and Centurion. Unveiled Threats also include Spectrashield Exo-skeletal Armor, which still counted as armor instead of mecha. Tagers in their One-Winged Angel form can be technically seen as an Organic Technology version of this, just like the Guyver. Despite the fact that the Order of Dagon prefers kaiju like Megalodon over Humongous Mecha, they still equip their basic troopers with this to stand up to the New Earth Government. | |
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Brainwashed | |
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Brainwashed: The Migou have a process known as "Assimilation" which is a perfect brainwashing system. It creates fanatically loyal subjects, is irreversible, and can only be detected with advanced brain scans. | |
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Jump Physics | |
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Jump Physics: CthulhuTech is animesque, so characters are allowed to pull wicked jumps. | |
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You Have Failed Me | |
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You Have Failed Me: The Migou consider the Nazzadi as failed experiments, and mercilessly kill them on sight. | |
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CIA Evil, FBI Good | |
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CIA Evil, FBI Good: The OIS gets a far worse rap than the FSB in the books; while it's portrayed on the whole as Necessarily Evil, the moment a criminal goes into OIS hands, all concepts of human rights go out the window. The FSB, by contrast, have an organizational culture of integrity, their largest division is Internal Affairs to keep the cults out, and generally play their cases by the book. | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness: With the currently in Beta second edition, the original edition and its more unseemly contents will be regarded as this. | |
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Body Horror | |
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Body Horror: The Dhohanoids and their Dark Is Not Evil kin, the Tagers. | |
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Cast from Hit Points | |
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Cast from Hit Points: If a psychic runs out of MP, he can choose to do this. Just don't go near him for a few hours afterwards. | |
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Innocent Fanservice Girl | |
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Innocent Fanservice Girl: The Nazzadi have no nudity taboo. They don't run around naked in public or anything, but they think nothing of stripping down if the situation might possibly call for it. | |
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SuperRobot | |
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Second, we have the Engels, Super Robots of the Evangelion style, being partially organic based. They require advanced, specialized training to pilot correctly, but are far stronger than individual Swords. | |
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Power Incontinence | |
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Power Incontinence: When para-psychics overexert themselves, they can enter a state called Burning, wherein they can still use their powers... with the catch that their powers don't turn off for quite a while. Zoners are in a permanent state of Burning, so you can probably figure out why they're considered a public menace. For reference, a para-psychic whose skill at pyrokinesis can barely heat up cold coffee are capable of making a house explode when they Burn. No pun intended. | |
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Dark Is Not Evil | |
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Dark Is Not Evil: Eldritch Society's Tagers are as horrifying as Dhohanoids, their Evil Counterpart. You can also play a sorcerer, who indulges in what one would probably consider Black Magic in any other setting, albeit at a significant cost to their sanity. Then again, everyone else is paying that cost too. The Vade Mecum book adds ghouls, who, while they are certainly The Grotesque and have some disgusting nutritional requirements, are no better or worse than the mortal races — heck, some of them may have been mortal once. | |
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1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_575fd5e2 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_5874eb12 | type |
Organic Technology | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_5874eb12 | comment |
Organic Technology: Migou mecha are implied to be at least partially biological, Tagers when "suited up" look like they're wearing organic Powered Armor, and Engels are basically cybernetically modified clones of Eldritch Abominations covered in armor so they can pass for Giant Mecha. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_5874eb12 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_5874eb12 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_5874eb12 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_588d766f | type |
BlackAndGreyMorality | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_588d766f | comment |
Black-and-Grey Morality: Would you prefer the (properly) paranoid Police State of the NEG? The amoral Eldritch Society? The genocidal Migou? Or would you like to go all out and join the Eldritch Abomination cults? | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_588d766f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_588d766f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_588d766f | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_5a2f45cb | type |
RailRoading | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_5a2f45cb | comment |
Rail Roading: The sample adventures are criticized for doing this heavily. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_5a2f45cb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_5a2f45cb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_5a2f45cb | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_607df6c | type |
Recruiters Always Lie | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_607df6c | comment |
Recruiters Always Lie: The NEG runs a recruitment program that allows citizens to sign up for temporary enlistment. In theory, a recruit would join the armed forces for two years, and they get a ton of benefits from it. In practice, the wording of the small print at the bottom of the contracts is so vague that the NEG can keep them for as long as they're needed. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_607df6c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_607df6c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_607df6c | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_617f0563 | comment |
Heel–Face Turn Most Nazzadi, once they learned about their true origin. When a group of Dhohanoid agents of the Chrysalis Corporation studied Ta’ge Fragments, they began to think that maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to be bringing Great Old Ones into this world again. So they runaway, taking the tome with them, and become founders of the Eldritch Society. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_617f0563 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_617f0563 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_617f0563 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_62b4f327 | type |
RealRobot | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_62b4f327 | comment |
Third, we have the Nazzadi mecha. While they're also Real Robots like the Swords, they are considerably faster and pack far more heat. This is offset by their being far more difficult to manufacture and field. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_62b4f327 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_62b4f327 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_62b4f327 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_63557923 | type |
Death World | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_63557923 | comment |
Death World: The area around the Zone. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_63557923 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_63557923 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_63557923 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6411dac8 | type |
BadassNormal | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6411dac8 | comment |
Badass Normal: Honestly, any character who isn't a sorcerer, para-psychic, Engel pilot, or Tager is going to either be this or dead. Eldritch Society Operators will sometimes go into the field with Tager packs, despite not having the combat skills, damage resistance, and Healing Factor that the latter's symbiotes confer. Pilots of normal mecha can be seen as this when fighting alongside the mighty biomechanical Engels. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6411dac8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6411dac8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6411dac8 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_647afe03 | type |
Rei Ayanami Expy | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_647afe03 | comment |
Rei Ayanami Expy: The Whites are essentially CthulhuTech's take on Rei Expies: essentially asocial not-quite-humans, with pale skin and hair, near-perfect control over their selves and emotions and psychic abilities. Also, as of the beginning of the game, the oldest Whites are teenagers. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_647afe03 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_647afe03 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_647afe03 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66181568 | type |
Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66181568 | comment |
Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions: Subverted. In the time of the Strange Aeon, Christianity and Islam are effectively dead, but most people are very much spiritual. Also, Buddhism, Judaism and Hinduism are still around, essentially unchanged. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66181568 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66181568 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66181568 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_661d7909 | type |
Maligned Mixed Marriage | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_661d7909 | comment |
Maligned Mixed Marriage: There's a consensus in the Nazzadi community that they should be building their own Nazzadi culture, and part of that means marrying and producing children with other Nazzadi. Nazzadi who marry humans or who become parents of xenomixes are not well liked. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_661d7909 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_661d7909 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_661d7909 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_663f35c0 | type |
Only One Name | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_663f35c0 | comment |
Only One Name: Nazzadi don't use surnames. They identify themselves by occupation, instead. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_663f35c0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_663f35c0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_663f35c0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66ce8a39 | type |
Fake Memories | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66ce8a39 | comment |
Fake Memories: The Migou made the Nazzadi think that they were millennia-old galactic conquerors instead of a newly-made clone race. The Nazzadi finding out that these memories were fake led to their Heel–Face Turn. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66ce8a39 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66ce8a39 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66ce8a39 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66ff4a54 | type |
We Will Wear Armor in the Future | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66ff4a54 | comment |
We Will Wear Armor in the Future | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66ff4a54 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66ff4a54 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_66ff4a54 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6a1c2a6 | type |
Cosmic Horror Story | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6a1c2a6 | comment |
Cosmic Horror Story: Considering the source material that this is based upon, this pretty much comes with the territory. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6a1c2a6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6a1c2a6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6a1c2a6 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6b510ace | type |
Hopeless War | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6b510ace | comment |
Hopeless War: Again, comes with the territory in this Cosmic Horror Story. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6b510ace | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6b510ace | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6b510ace | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6ef09297 | type |
Masquerade | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6ef09297 | comment |
Masquerade: The NEG with its Ministry of Information tries really hard to hide how utterly screwed humanity is. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6ef09297 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6ef09297 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6ef09297 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6fb07cc4 | type |
Science Is Wrong | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6fb07cc4 | comment |
Science Is Wrong: Averted. Science was wrong (well, technically incomplete). And then science got let loose against magic, and promptly stole it and then did it better. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6fb07cc4 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6fb07cc4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_6fb07cc4 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_71598ac8 | type |
Internal Affairs | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_71598ac8 | comment |
Internal Affairs: Sectarian Crimes at the FSB fills this role for the entire NEG, though they aren't there to irritate Cowboy Cops, they're there to clean out Cult infiltration in the NEG, and they have quite a few Cowboy Cops on their own payroll. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_71598ac8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_71598ac8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_71598ac8 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_72856b70 | type |
Godzilla Threshold | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_72856b70 | comment |
Godzilla Threshold: However, if it looks like they will lose the war, or if it looks like the Old Ones are truly going to return en masse, they will use both nukes and virus. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_72856b70 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_72856b70 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_72856b70 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_75b53c77 | type |
Arcology | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_75b53c77 | comment |
Arcology: Although only mentioned in passing in the game rules, "arcos" are very integral to the storyline of the game. With the danger of cults and Mi-Gou attacks, you do not want to live outside a major city. So most have been converted into hardened, self-contained Mega City structures. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_75b53c77 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_75b53c77 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_75b53c77 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_77a5657 | type |
Lovecraftian Superpower | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_77a5657 | comment |
Lovecraftian Superpower: Dhoanoids and Tagers have this as their schtick. The Dhoanoids are closer to the strict definition of the term, due to the fact that they're basically Eldritch Abominations wearing human skin-suits, instead of symbotically merged with humans like Tagers are. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_77a5657 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_77a5657 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_77a5657 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_77a8fd8a | type |
STD Immunity | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_77a8fd8a | comment |
STD Immunity: STDs have essentially been eradicated in the NEG, and any new outbreaks can be quickly solved with a little arcanotherapy. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_77a8fd8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_77a8fd8a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_77a8fd8a | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_7870735b | type |
From Bad to Worse | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_7870735b | comment |
From Bad to Worse: In the first story book, The Rapine Storm overruns China completely, the Deep Ones find something, and the summoning of an Outer God is barely averted. There are five books remaining. Also, the big reveal at the end of the book? There's another Migou Hive Ship on the way to Earth. The presence of ONE has driven mankind nearly to extinction. Yeah. It's about to get much, much worse. The book Mortal Remains has some interesting information, but the opportunity it opens up is so minute as to be nonexistent. The two Hive Ships hold the ENTIRETY of the Migou in our solar system. Pluto, their mining colony, is going to have a skeleton crew once the second ship launches. Some may question the rationality of leaving Pluto defenseless, but according to Migou intel, there are no threats to it since nobody is capable of getting there (and the Earth is locked down by the first Hive Ship). | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_7870735b | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_7870735b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_7870735b | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_7a7b093d | type |
Mana Meter | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_7a7b093d | comment |
The Outsider Taint drawback, which doubles your Orgone at the cost of the NEG's trust, the ability to become a Tager or pilot an Engel, and a physical deformity. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_7a7b093d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_7a7b093d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_7a7b093d | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_82d2715f | type |
Magitek | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_82d2715f | comment |
Magitek: Well, sort of. The line between science and magic is basically arbitrary in CthulhuTech, based off the ability of humanity to understand the underlying principles without going crazy. The D-Engines, with their whole infinite-energy-but-finite-power nature are a clear example of this trope, though. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_82d2715f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_82d2715f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_82d2715f | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_830f2f0e | type |
Police State | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_830f2f0e | comment |
Police State: The NEG, which is understandable given the amount of threats they face from internal enemies and the Migou's Mind Control. Although, the New Earth Government can also be seen as a more dystopian example of The Federation, which has to follow policies more suited for the Imperium of Man in order to survive. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_830f2f0e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_830f2f0e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_830f2f0e | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_83444f07 | type |
Mon | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_83444f07 | comment |
Mon: Project Nephilim introduces CthulhuTech's own take on the anime genre, with genetically engineered mini-mecha horrors that have to be kept under control by psychic handlers. There's also a plethora of spells which allow sorcerers to summon various Eldritch Abominations, usually to serve as assassins or bodyguards. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_83444f07 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_83444f07 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_83444f07 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_851dda8f | type |
Humanoid Abomination | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_851dda8f | comment |
Humanoid Abomination: An entire subrace of them (white xenomixes), and then some. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_851dda8f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_851dda8f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_851dda8f | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_874176be | type |
Psychic Powers | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_874176be | comment |
Psychic Powers: Parapsychics, who can vary quite a lot in power. At the low end, they can keep their coffee hot. At the high end, they can crush a Humongous Mecha into a little tin can, set fire to entire buildings with a thought, and rebuild your personality from the ground up. For this reason, they're subject to mandatory registration with the OIS, and those with powers deemed Dangerous or Invasive have to wear public identity tags. On the plus side, both the government and corporations love their abilities, so they tend to migrate to high paying jobs. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_874176be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_874176be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_874176be | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8774fb47 | type |
Eldritch Abomination | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8774fb47 | comment |
Eldritch Abomination: Played straight. Frequently. It's Hideaki Anno and Lovecraft! | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8774fb47 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8774fb47 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8774fb47 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_89443850 | type |
Absolute Xenophobe | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_89443850 | comment |
Absolute Xenophobe: The Migou are completely and utterly locked into their mindset of "kill all Nazzadi, enslave or kill every human on the planet, and keep the Old Ones in their can." No Migou will ever consider any kind of negotiation or working with humanity that doesn't involve turning humans into blanks or killing every Nazzadi on the planet. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_89443850 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_89443850 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_89443850 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_898ff050 | type |
Villain Protagonist | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_898ff050 | comment |
Villain Protagonist: Mortal Remains has rules for playing as Migou, while the rules for playing Dhohanoids are in Ancient Enemies. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_898ff050 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_898ff050 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_898ff050 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8a4988bb | type |
Mind Rape | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8a4988bb | comment |
Mind Rape: Oh so very common. It happens just from looking at some of the things that humanity has to fight. It can also be done by parapsychics, and the OIS does it to people it suspects of involvement in cults. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8a4988bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8a4988bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8a4988bb | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8a6d2168 | type |
Beat Them at Their Own Game | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8a6d2168 | comment |
Considering that they do themselves employ parapsychics to counter hostile parapsychics and that they have an extensive R&D division running... experiments on their more interesting detainees, the OIS crosses over from State Sec into a kind of Ghostapo at a few points. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8a6d2168 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8a6d2168 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8a6d2168 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8bf8adfa | type |
Just Before the End | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8bf8adfa | comment |
Just Before the End: Sure, it may not seem like it in NEG-controlled territory, but the government has become quite adept at hiding just how utterly screwed humanity is. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8bf8adfa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8bf8adfa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8bf8adfa | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8c1ad82f | type |
Proud Warrior Race Guy | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8c1ad82f | comment |
Proud Warrior Race Guy: Pick a Nazzadi, though they are a subdued example; see Warrior Poet below. The Deep Ones have instances of this. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8c1ad82f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8c1ad82f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8c1ad82f | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8cb4ea46 | type |
By-the-Book Cop | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8cb4ea46 | comment |
By-the-Book Cop: The FSB is presented as this, in contrast to the OIS, who openly operate as State Sec. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8cb4ea46 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8cb4ea46 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_8cb4ea46 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_96fbeaf | type |
There Are No Therapists | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_96fbeaf | comment |
There Are No Therapists: Averted. Every NEG government person working with sorcery, arcanotech, or the sanity-straining bond with the inhuman Engels gets regular psychiatric care from well-trained therapists to keep them sane. Well, sort of sane. Functional at the very least, so they won't (hopefully) have a breakdown in the middle of an attack and be unable to pilot. Even psychiatry has its limits. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_96fbeaf | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_96fbeaf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_96fbeaf | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_978b5f6d | type |
Screw You, Elves! | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_978b5f6d | comment |
Screw You, Elves!: According to some, the authors of Mortal Remains overemphasized the Nazzadi's natural fitness, and made their culture too aloof. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_978b5f6d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_978b5f6d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_978b5f6d | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_97b5e1f9 | type |
Bug War | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_97b5e1f9 | comment |
Bug War: The Aeon War, with both the Migou and the Rapine Storm's various monsters attacking humanity, certainly comes under this category. The Migou themselves see the Aeon War as this, since for them humans are bugs to squash. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_97b5e1f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_97b5e1f9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_97b5e1f9 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_9b54d536 | type |
Evil Counterpart | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_9b54d536 | comment |
Eldritch Society's Tagers are as horrifying as Dhohanoids, their Evil Counterpart. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_9b54d536 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_9b54d536 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_9b54d536 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_9e2c893 | type |
Black Magic | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_9e2c893 | comment |
You can also play a sorcerer, who indulges in what one would probably consider Black Magic in any other setting, albeit at a significant cost to their sanity. Then again, everyone else is paying that cost too. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_9e2c893 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_9e2c893 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_9e2c893 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a2cbad1 | type |
Half-Human Hybrid | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a2cbad1 | comment |
Half-Human Hybrid: Three different flavors! Nazzadi/Human hybrids are justified. Since they are essentially the same race, it is natural that they would be able to interbreed. The Deep One Hybrids are... pretty much the same as they are in Lovecraft's "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," except that they can't pass down their Deep One genes to an ordinary mortal... at least until they become fully Deep Ones. The Outsider Taint drawback, which doubles your Orgone at the cost of the NEG's trust, the ability to become a Tager or pilot an Engel, and a physical deformity. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a2cbad1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a2cbad1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a2cbad1 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a5fb0d24 | type |
Healing Factor | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a5fb0d24 | comment |
Eldritch Society Operators will sometimes go into the field with Tager packs, despite not having the combat skills, damage resistance, and Healing Factor that the latter's symbiotes confer. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a5fb0d24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a5fb0d24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a5fb0d24 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a60f7120 | type |
Physical God | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a60f7120 | comment |
Physical God: Hastur's avatar, the Ragged King. Nyarlathotep as well, being the physical avatar of the soul and messenger of Outer Gods. Consistent with his portrayal as having many simultaneous "Masks", Nyarlathotep currently has two avatars on Earth (at least): the Director of the Chrysalis Corporation (the ultimate Corrupt Corporate Executive), and the Blind Lady (who rules The Circle, a splinter cult made up of powerful Evil Sorcerers). | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a60f7120 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a60f7120 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a60f7120 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a9eb984b | type |
Warrior Poet | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a9eb984b | comment |
Warrior Poet: The Nazzadi were specifically created by the Migou to be intelligent ass-kickers, and it shows. Also, one of the things that gnaws at the Nazzadi is that as a cloned race with no members chronologically in their 40s, they have no true culture of their own, and are desperate to create one. Therefore, any of the 2nd generation Nazzadi who take up one of the arts are highly prized by their families and the Nazzadi as a whole. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a9eb984b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a9eb984b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_a9eb984b | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_aaaca277 | type |
Luck Manipulation Mechanic | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_aaaca277 | comment |
Luck Manipulation Mechanic: Drama Points. Spending them adds to your dice pool or subtracts from your opponent's dice pool. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_aaaca277 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_aaaca277 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_aaaca277 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ab176783 | type |
Nail 'Em | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ab176783 | comment |
Nail 'Em | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ab176783 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ab176783 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ab176783 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_abe166cc | type |
Bond Creatures | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_abe166cc | comment |
Bond Creatures: Project Nephilim. See Mon below. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_abe166cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_abe166cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_abe166cc | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_acedc6c4 | type |
Butterfly of Death and Rebirth | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_acedc6c4 | comment |
Butterfly of Death and Rebirth: The Chrysalis Corporation uses one of these as their insignia. Incidentally, they also specialize in turning people into hybrid monsters. Symbolism anyone? | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_acedc6c4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_acedc6c4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_acedc6c4 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ad4f656 | type |
Transhuman Aliens | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ad4f656 | comment |
Transhuman Aliens: Humanity is in the process to doing this to itself. It's either that or extinction. Dhohanoids, Tagers, Engels (which use human and Nazzadi DNA in their template), and Deep One Hybrids are already examples of this. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ad4f656 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ad4f656 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ad4f656 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_add14bc2 | type |
Orcus on His Throne | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_add14bc2 | comment |
Orcus on His Throne: Hastur. Sure, the Rapine Storm does all of his dirty work, but if a Great Old One - even a weakened one - actually entered the Mêlée à Trois himself, it would be over very quickly. It's implied that he's actually unable to leave his domain on the Plateau of Leng, but he's an Eldritch Abomination, so it's hard to say for certain. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_add14bc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_add14bc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_add14bc2 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b1619b3c | type |
Omnicidal Maniac | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b1619b3c | comment |
Omnicidal Maniac: Pick a member of the Rapine Storm. Any member of the Rapine Storm. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b1619b3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b1619b3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b1619b3c | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b532f68b | type |
Everybody Has Lots of Sex | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b532f68b | comment |
Everybody Has Lots of Sex: As part of the same process that legalized many illegal things (like drugs) in order to keep the general population sane, sexual morality became a lot looser: the average age when someones loses their virginity is 12; prostitution is legal and resembles modern-day Dutch practices; the porn industry rivals modern Hollywood; major porn stars are minor mainstream celebrities; and the sex in mainstream media is borderline softcore. Of course, Death Shadows and various other cults are trying to take this into Squick territory. There are indications that the cults set it up this way, and want to make it worse. Also see Free-Love Future below. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b532f68b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b532f68b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b532f68b | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b7c85c86 | type |
Free-Love Future | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b7c85c86 | comment |
Free-Love Future: Casual sex is seen as perfectly normal in the 2080's, although most people use it as a way to eventually meet someone with which they want to have a monogamous relationship - and also, y'know, because sex feels good. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b7c85c86 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b7c85c86 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b7c85c86 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b7e1dcc8 | type |
Empathic Weapon | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b7e1dcc8 | comment |
Empathic Weapon: The Engels, which the core rulebook admits are essentially Evangelions. Mortal Remains add Nephilim to this trope. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b7e1dcc8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b7e1dcc8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_b7e1dcc8 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bb7ae292 | type |
Child by Rape | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bb7ae292 | comment |
Child by Rape: The majority of Deep One-human hybrids. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bb7ae292 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bb7ae292 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bb7ae292 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bbfaa837 | type |
Knight Templar | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bbfaa837 | comment |
Knight Templar: The Office Of Internal Security has a lot of these on staff. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bbfaa837 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bbfaa837 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bbfaa837 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bce16d24 | type |
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bce16d24 | comment |
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Invoked and justified in Mortal Remains. There are three simple methods that Migou could have use to ensure victory, but none are practical. First is a mass nuclear attack; however, they want Earth to remain habitable. Second is an engineered virus that could kill all Nazzadi, but their DNA is so close to humans that the virus will kill all humans as well, and the Migou want us as labor animals. Finally, there's orbital bombardment from their hive ship, but the Migou learned that humanity is capable of attacking orbital targets from ground with unlaunched sattelites, and thus it's risky to move the hive ship close to Earth. Godzilla Threshold: However, if it looks like they will lose the war, or if it looks like the Old Ones are truly going to return en masse, they will use both nukes and virus. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bce16d24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bce16d24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bce16d24 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bd2812b5 | type |
Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bd2812b5 | comment |
Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Possible for powerful sorcerers, but as can be expected from the Cthulhu Mythos, no easy ride. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bd2812b5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bd2812b5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bd2812b5 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bebf0356 | type |
Mission Control | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bebf0356 | comment |
Mission Control: The Eldritch Society Operators are this. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bebf0356 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bebf0356 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_bebf0356 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c011cd29 | type |
Path of Inspiration | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c011cd29 | comment |
Path of Inspiration: The Church of All, which is actually a front for the Esoteric Order of Dagon. The basic beliefs of the cult are innocent enough for the NEG to leave them alone, but once an initiate is introduced to Harmony, they're well on their way to being a full-blown Dagonite. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c011cd29 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c011cd29 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c011cd29 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c0d1354b | type |
Metaplot | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c0d1354b | comment |
Metaplot: Present and integrated into the game mechanics. By the rules as written, the largest available XP award available to characters comes from witnessing the end of a metaplot arc. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c0d1354b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c0d1354b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c0d1354b | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c145f69b | type |
Subverted Trope | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c145f69b | comment |
Subverted with the Horned Ones: they appear as this, but they are brainbending rape machines living to breed the armies of Shub-Niggurath. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c145f69b | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c145f69b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c145f69b | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c34a1799 | type |
Kaiju | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c34a1799 | comment |
Despite the fact that the Order of Dagon prefers kaiju like Megalodon over Humongous Mecha, they still equip their basic troopers with this to stand up to the New Earth Government. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c34a1799 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c34a1799 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c34a1799 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c3c18143 | type |
Hope Spot | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c3c18143 | comment |
Hope Spot: Burning Horizon: Good news: 1. New Arcanowave technology lets the NEG make a devastating strike on the Hive Ship in orbit. 2. The second Hive Ship is forced to turn back when remnants of the NEG space forces (left behind when the second arcanotech war began) strike at Pluto using new technology of their own. 3. The NEG and Remnants join together and form the Coalition, which causes a massive moral boost in universe. Bad News: 1. In response to their setbacks, the Migou created a nasty disease that resembles the unholy fusion of Ebola and the common cold which cripples the NEG (along with the Eldritch Society and Chrysallis Corporation). 2. Chrysalis Corporation has made inroads into corrupting the OIS, which is supposed to stop things like them. 3. The Rapine Storm has made inroads into Australia and Thailand after overruning China in Damnation View. 4. The Cult of Dagon have managed to adopt the process of making Dhoanoids for their own uses. The core book notes that The Great Race of Yith issued warnings to humanity, claiming that the future is not entirely set yet. It's vague, but at least that means that the Aeon War isn't a hopeless one. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c3c18143 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c3c18143 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c3c18143 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c5ddc769 | type |
Armored Coffins | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c5ddc769 | comment |
Armored Coffins: Played straight with Engels due to the unique technology involved and it going berserk should the pilot wind up incapacitated. Subverted however with more conventional mecha and power armor, which usually offer ejector features or even life support pods for pilots. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c5ddc769 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c5ddc769 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c5ddc769 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c6695a49 | type |
Mêlée à Trois | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c6695a49 | comment |
Mêlée à Trois: The Migou, Humans/Nazzadi-run NEG, and Cults all want each other dead/conquered/changed. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c6695a49 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c6695a49 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_c6695a49 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cbe687ab | type |
Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cbe687ab | comment |
Consistent with his portrayal as having many simultaneous "Masks", Nyarlathotep currently has two avatars on Earth (at least): the Director of the Chrysalis Corporation (the ultimate Corrupt Corporate Executive), and the Blind Lady (who rules The Circle, a splinter cult made up of powerful Evil Sorcerers). | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cbe687ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cbe687ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cbe687ab | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cd3527d9 | type |
Negative Space Wedgie | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cd3527d9 | comment |
Negative Space Wedgie: The Zone, which is what happens when you try to compress infinite dimensions into just three. As it turns out, it doesn't work out well at all. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cd3527d9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cd3527d9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cd3527d9 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cd3703a2 | type |
Genre Mashup | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cd3703a2 | comment |
Genre Mashup: Between a Cosmic Horror Story with its utter insignificance of humanity in the face of unimaginable vastness and giant robots and teenagers who save the future with significant human endeavour. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cd3703a2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cd3703a2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_cd3703a2 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ce6555f0 | type |
Lighter and Softer | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ce6555f0 | comment |
Lighter and Softer: Well relatively in comparison to most other Cosmic Horror Story works. In this setting humanity has a Hope Spot and at the very least we'll go down swinging and taking a few things with us so others won't have to deal with them. | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ce6555f0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ce6555f0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Training from Hell | |
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Training from Hell: How Tagers are prepared to bind with their symbiont. First, they're practically tortured and emotionally manipulated by their instructors for at least six months, in order to learn how to maintain complete control over their bodies and minds. Then, they undergo the Rite of the Sacred Union, a three-day ritual in which they can't eat, drink, or sleep, having to remain focused the entire time. If everything goes correctly, they permanently fuse with a monster from beyond space and time. If something goes wrong, well... | |
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Evolution Power-Up | |
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Evolution Power-Up: The Tagers can go through metamorphosis, gaining an even more powerful form, possibly as an analogue to the Guyver Gigantic. Phantoms evolve into Wraiths, which can totally control their own inertia, rendering themselves unmovable and unstoppable. Whispers evolve into Dreams, who can see thoughts, dreams and emotions. Shadows evolve into Phantasms, who can perfectly mimic any appearance or sound. Echoes evolve into Impulses, gaining the ability to teleport. Mirages evolve into Memories, who are instantly forgotten about the moment they can no longer be seen. Spectres evolve into Revenants, gaining such a potent Healing Factor they can no longer feel pain and can revive from any wound. Widows evolve into Horrors, who are immune to fear and can inspire tear and madness with a look. Nightmares evolve into Torments, who can cause unbearable agony with just a touch. Vampires evolve into Bloodgods, who can reshape flesh, blood and bone at will. Finally, Efreeti evolve into Infernos, which are master pyrokinetics. | |
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Cute Monster Girl | |
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Cute Monster People: Subverted with the Horned Ones: they appear as this, but they are brainbending rape machines living to breed the armies of Shub-Niggurath. Non-particularly malicious Deep One hybrids can be this at the first stages of the transformation. | |
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Inherent in the System | |
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Inherent in the System: The NEG are a tyrannical police state who oppress humanity, but rebelling and overthrowing them? That's just going to damn humanity to the Cults. | |
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Despair Event Horizon | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_dda99fa8 | comment |
Despair Event Horizon: Finding out there's a second Hive Ship headed towards Earth. The section of the adventure that this happens in is even called "That's It, We're Totally Effed." GMs are advised to have a supporting NPC or two blow their brains out right there. It's a tad bleak. | |
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Green-Skinned Space Babe | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_de085a36 | comment |
Green-Skinned Space Babe: Nazzadi women are often treated as such by the artists on this project. Seriously, go through the books and try to find one Nazzadi female who isn't Stripperiffic. The fact that they have no nudity taboo doesn't help matters. Justified in that the Nazzadi are an artificially created race of modified humans. | |
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Functional Magic | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_dfe120e5 | comment |
Functional Magic: Parapsychics have an Innate Gift, while sorcerers use a mixture of Rule Magic and Force Magic which is taught as a science. | |
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Press Start to Game Over | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_e4c91c25 | comment |
Press Start to Game Over: If you choose the Para-psychic class, you start the game with a random mental disorder. If you roll a 100 for your mental disorder, your character is instantly comatose. Game over! | |
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Humongous Mecha | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_e6f18344 | comment |
Humongous Mecha: In five basic varieties, as well size differences between 10 foot tall Powered Armor to 55 foot tall Behemoths. First, there's the Real Robot NEG mecha, classified as the Sword line, all of which are Chicken Walker style and are generally considered baseline models, but aren't to be underestimated when they coordinate. Second, we have the Engels, Super Robots of the Evangelion style, being partially organic based. They require advanced, specialized training to pilot correctly, but are far stronger than individual Swords. Third, we have the Nazzadi mecha. While they're also Real Robots like the Swords, they are considerably faster and pack far more heat. This is offset by their being far more difficult to manufacture and field. Fourth, we have the Migou biomecha, which are referred to as "Bugs" by NEG troopers, and with good reason. They all resemble Earth insects, such as mantises, fleas, cockroaches and dragonflies. On the power scale, they sit slightly higher than Swords in raw power, but only the most powerful Bugs can compete with Engels. Fifth, and finally, there is Deep One Powered Armor, which is Exactly What It Says on the Tin. Pretty much what would happen if you gave a monster Spartan battle gear. Generally don't get much bigger than 15 feet or so, but they don't need the extra size. There's also Deep One-shaped mechs for the human members of the Esoteric Order, though they're not particularly good outside the water. They still have two models of humongous mecha, Hydra (23 feet) and Leviathan (40 feet), which were used to handle anything their powered armors can't. | |
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Powered by a Forsaken Child | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_e794cb54 | comment |
Powered by a Forsaken Child: QBatteries. Literally — it's got a human fetus inside. Gotta love the Chrysalis Corporation! | |
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Cloning Blues | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_e91a2f04 | comment |
Cloning Blues: The Nazzadi have mostly gotten over theirs, although the game mentions they still get sore when something reminds them of it. | |
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The Grotesque | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_eaf83237 | comment |
The Vade Mecum book adds ghouls, who, while they are certainly The Grotesque and have some disgusting nutritional requirements, are no better or worse than the mortal races — heck, some of them may have been mortal once. | |
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Jerkass | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass: The Migou aren't utter evil like other antagonists. However, they think of humans no higher than labor animals and experiment subjects. They'll also kill every Nazzadi, even the loyalists, simply because they remind the Migou of their dismal failure. | |
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Stealth in Space | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_f2e4d683 | comment |
Or the line from "Burning Horizons" about how it's ''easier'' to hide things in space because you can vent all the heat "into space", which is actually the exact opposite of how it works. | |
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Brain in a Jar | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_f3fac450 | comment |
Brain in a Jar: Harvested human brains, kept alive indefinitely in metal jars, form the core of Migou computer systems. | |
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Human Aliens | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_f4aeb714 | comment |
Human Aliens: Very, very subverted — if a person is even remotely humanoid and native to the local dimension, that's because they come from Earth. | |
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Artistic License – Physics | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_fc225bec | comment |
Artistic License – Physics: Usually explained away by magic or it being an anime genre convention, but sometimes just odd. Perhaps the most glaring example (both due to its short length and because of the way it defies not just science, but basic logic) is the description of electrokinetic weapons: The next paragraph does mention "Beyond the audible crack of breaking the sound barrier, electrokinetic weapons are virtually silent", so it is probable they just didn't want to mention it twice. Or the line from "Burning Horizons" about how it's ''easier'' to hide things in space because you can vent all the heat "into space", which is actually the exact opposite of how it works. | |
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One-Winged Angel | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_fc33ff16 | comment |
Tagers in their One-Winged Angel form can be technically seen as an Organic Technology version of this, just like the Guyver. | |
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Pet the Dog | |
| CthulhuTech (Tabletop Game) / int_ff7f34c5 | comment |
Pet the Blank: Migou turn humans into 'blank' slaves by invasive brainwashing... on the other hand, blanks retain their memory and identity, are allowed to have a vaguely normal life, and are treated very well by their masters. | |
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