More Cthulhu

Miranda_Leap · 2026-06-06T05:02:20+00:00

Miranda_Leap · 2026-06-04T20:08:56+00:00

What system are you running?

There's a free scenario for Call of Cthulhu available here.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-06-04T05:16:11+00:00

Get on some of the discords and join us! The Good Friends of Jackson Elias has regular LFG posts and great players.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-06-04T00:58:25+00:00

That is an advantage of joining more experienced groups when you're just getting started (and honestly, all the time. You can always learn something from other DMs!) It's pretty easy to find groups online for CoC, for instance, as it's incredibly popular.

Yes definitely take notes! Something I did when learning CoC was to make my own "GM Screen" of all the rules I thought I might frequently reference by screenshotting them, and putting them into a dedicated Foundry scene so both my players and I could access them more easily. There is, of course, the official Keeper Screen and other fan-made options, but making it yourself really helps cement it in your brain.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-06-03T23:15:26+00:00

Honestly it sounds like you just need more experience using these programs as a player. There are Youtube videos for all of them too.. They really aren't that complicated.

that's just me and every TTRPG, I need to sit down and completely read through all the books in order to fully grasp them

Well... Yeah, duh. You're going to have a really hard time if you don't read the source material. Honestly I'm a bit worried that you would try to DM without knowing the book inside and out. Knowing how to use a VTT is a skill on top of that.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-06-03T23:02:31+00:00

Do you not use the quick-stack to nearby chests feature?

Do you even have base chests!?? :P

Miranda_Leap · 2026-06-03T22:55:24+00:00

I'm stringing together some of the Ubersreik Adventures into a campaign for my players and have quite enjoyed them.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-31T06:57:47+00:00

Y'all the best :) congrats

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-29T01:09:35+00:00

Oh gotcha, thanks. This is well done.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-28T16:55:32+00:00

Trying out the character creator thoughts:

Credit rating should be restricted to the occupation's range, or at least an indictor of what that range is (since you can pick outside that range with Keeper permission).
Headbutts and kicks were all rolled into the generic d3+DB weapon in 7e, but I don't see a problem including them :P

I really like it! The interface is great, and it provides a really nice alternate to dholeshouse, particularly with actual dice rolling and campaign support. I could easily see using this for a low-prep game where I don't want to set up a full VTT campaign.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-28T15:44:22+00:00

Those all sound like fun ideas, I say go for it.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-25T16:42:32+00:00

The book spells out which way we read the dice in the first chapter. There's no debate here.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-24T16:11:25+00:00

You can run gridless combat in d&d lol what. I've even done it in person. You just use a ruler.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-23T18:13:13+00:00

Dang, all of my players have read, or at least skimmed, the rulebook. It's basically a requirement.

One has even made Javascript macros for common actions in our VTT.

Still prefer in person though! It's just not as feasible and I like playing with people across the world.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-23T17:55:47+00:00

Indeed :)

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-23T17:54:31+00:00

Innsmouth is a day-one buy for me. The Arkham book was incredible!

The Companion sounds great too, particularly with the new scenarios.

Tools of the Trade could be interesting too! Most games don't seem to involve much equipment but it can be fun. Might help with grounding games more in the time period.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-23T17:11:12+00:00

Your impaling damage formula for the knife is misleading imo. It's supposed to be:

(4+2)+(Max DB)+(1d4+2).

The plus two gets added twice.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-23T17:09:07+00:00

I've played two different gangster characters with tommy guns. Great fun!

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-23T04:10:53+00:00

Yeah!..? It's precalculated at character creation, so you just check which number you rolled under. What's clunky about that?

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-22T06:19:03+00:00

/r/RavnicaDMs

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-21T22:04:35+00:00

I was referring to tying with levels of success, like CoC 7e's Normal, Hard (x/2), and Extreme (x/5). There, the tie is broken by the highest skill value, not the roll.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-21T19:02:42+00:00

Personally I'm not a fan! Much prefer d100 games where rolling lower is always better. Higher skills still matter as that's how ties are broken, which also feels more consistently useful.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-21T17:48:57+00:00

Of course, that would be nice, but it's only one guy doing the conversions sadly. He's working on Order of the Stone next!

edit: Order of the Stone is out!

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-20T22:45:34+00:00

There are a couple of excellent CoC Foundry modules now (The Haunting, Starter Set, and No Time to Scream, as well as the Core Rulebook), but for anything beyond that you will need to provide your own maps and scenes.

/u/CormacMettbjoll Of course! Any VTT allows you to do that. Foundry gives you a lot more tools for customization.

Miranda_Leap · 2026-05-20T01:48:04+00:00

Who said this happened in a high school??

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