How to Play Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition RPG | Rules Overview | How to Game w/Becca Scott

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Call of Cthulhu is a horror and mystery role-playing game where investigators uncover the unspeakable otherworldly nightmares found in the bowels of Lovecraft Country. Becca teaches you the basics of investigator building, skill checks, combat, and everything else you need to play your first scenario.
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:26 - Investigator Crafting
00:00:00 - half and fifth values
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@David_Baxendale 3 года назад

Ah, Call of Cthulhu, the investigative roleplaying game where you do not , under any circumstances, want to find what you are looking for.

@Crabinton 2 года назад

Unless you are using pulp cthulhu rules

@HenkkaArtGames 2 года назад

@@Crabinton ...and then the investigator did a backflip, snapped the Old One's neck and saved the day.

@paulll47 2 года назад

@@HenkkaArtGames Ridiculous, a neck snap is not pulp enough, he should have ripped the Old One's hearth and eat it.

@ashemcclure9848 Год назад

Can't remember which author said it but horror and mystery are the exact same genre with one difference: in a mystery story, you're intrigued by the investigation's developments and want to know more, but in a horror story you're horrified by the clues you find and have no desire to know what's next.

@Dani_Cano Год назад

haha true

@tyblu7667 2 года назад

As someone who has never played any TTRPG outside of half of a dozen D&D sessions, this REALLY made me want to play this game!!!

@petespanchos 9 месяцев назад

Hope you got around to it. It’s amazing

@charliewolf6531 3 года назад

This was an absolutely perfect intro to the system.

@og_DHawke 2 года назад

Awesome video! Quick links for reference: 0:00 - Video Start & Head-boppin Beats 0:15 - Intro to Call of Cthulu 1:26 - Character Creation Start 1:33 - Characteristics, Generating and Descriptions 3:34 - Hard/Extreme Success 3:59 - Occupation & Skill Points 5:12 - Creating Backstory 5:39 - Equip Investigator / Credit Rating 6:17 - Gameplay Overview & Using the Dice 7:35 - Skills & Checks 8:12 - Pushing the Roll 8:57 - Critical Rolls & Fumbles / Investigator Development 9:57 - Luck 10:33 - Combat 12:03 - Damage, Losing Consicousness, and Death 12:43 - Sanity 13:38 - Wrap-Up

@kensvideos1 3 года назад

Perfect to get non-player friends involved.

@justinehercthehuman Год назад

I know right. It's simple enough that it's not too out of this world but also entertaining enough that it gets you on the edge of your seats.

@user-rn2ew3us8m 3 года назад

The Professor holding his Thompson fails his sanity role and thinks all of his party members are Cthulhu minions!

@Lone_GamerUK Год назад

The one stop shop for a Call of Cathulhu explaination, keep looking at the dog's face in the picture on the wall 🤣, thanks for your sharing gaming passion, content, creations, and explanations.

@madquest8 3 года назад

Always ask for a Sanity roll before describing what is causing the need for one... it always freaks out the players more, because they have no idea what they have just stumbled onto! :)

@SteveMND 3 года назад

Yep! It also allows you to tailor the description to what it is that caused it. Had one investigator that failed their SAN roll, but succeeded in 'repressing' it, so the flayed skin of a victim that cultist was wearing over his shoulders appeared, to her, to just be some weird "soaking wet red leather jacket." Also, if your players are the sort that will allow you to make these rolls for them in secret, that's even better, because then they really don't know whether they actually succeeded, or if their brain is playing elaborate tricks on them.

@Nichoalsziv 3 года назад

Sandy Peterson himself the author of CoC, specifically talks about not doing that. Story first, then metagame jargon i.e. "roll for sanity" Not to mention, if your following the "maximise tension" line of reasoning; it's far better to keep the player weary of anything you say because any sentence could be ending with "roll for sanity." When you lead with "roll for sanity" the player has already moved on from the event and pays less attention to the rest, they've already gotten the mechanic information they've needed from the encounter.

@madquest8 3 года назад

@@Nichoalsziv I strongly disagree, try it out with your players. If you tell everyone what the threat is and name it, then they know exactly what they are up against and how to deal with it. Instead of being scared. First identifying things should require mythos rolls and research... and without those they may never know what that thing they encountered really was. Secondly if you are with someone and they open a door ahead of you... then the GM says "Make a sanity roll" and they fail, ending in them passing out or running away screaming... are you going to look through the door? If you already know its "Just a ghoul" and you are armed, chances are you might risk it. If you have no idea what just drove your friend mad, then the fear is REAL. My advice stands and has been proved by my play group... but perhaps it depends on your players. I say keep the fear real... roll for sanity first, let them wonder... then every time they hear those words, they will be on edge and worried about what exactly they have stumbled onto.

@Nichoalsziv 3 года назад

@@madquest8You're arguing against a position I don't hold. But I also understand what your trying to get across and agree with you there. Just not the method you take. The threat is the story, the thing that is happening. If you're afraid your players know what a ghoul is, use a different term. Describe the ghoul, it's smell, appearance and sound it makes. You never need to say it's a ghoul, keep that information for a roll. The sanity roll is just a mechanic, it's not the threat, the rotting pile of guts spilling from the corpse's stomach, and the buzzing flies that surround it -- are. Don't take it just from me, here's Peterson talking about this very topic. If it's real-life proof you want, I'm not sure you can get better then the game's original writer and by all accounts, also a veteran roleplayer. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_B5kd05_hqY.html The link starts at the relevant bit, but the whole video is worth a watch.

@danacoleman4007 10 месяцев назад

Do the opposite of this

@oopsie3415 Год назад

I'm just here for Becca

@nightcatarts 3 года назад

I am so looking forward to more of this from you. Before I saw the Stream Of Blood games, I had heard terrible things about the game's complexity, but it's really not that difficult to get your head around.

@hadrianbuiltawall9531 2 года назад

Had a house rule that when a character went insane, the keeper would roll a dice in secret. Even numbers meant you sit and drool doing nothing. Odd numbers meant the keeper controlled you for that turn/session. Roll again, 1 and 2 something useful (a clue to winning, etc), 3 and 4 something indirectly bad (open a door that shouldn't be open, etc), 5 and 6 attack a friendly. 14.48 that shadow on the far right is very CoC.

@thisjust10 3 года назад

You know I've never played much call of Cthulhu. But I feel this presence... Pressing on the edges of my consciousness, my mind is changing... All of a sudden a door in front of me, I'm inside that door of percentile based madness. Haha think I'm going to have to get a game going on the GTS discord

@Reasonably-Sane 3 года назад

Yesss...

@theo6525 3 года назад

I've been playing for about two years now and It's 100% worth it: it's one of those games where the rules are so un-intrusive that they you barely even have to think about them while playing.

@thisjust10 3 года назад

@@theo6525 yeah I've played some since and love it. Had the same thought about the rules being unobtrusive. d00 just makes a lot since and your skills are basically named after the actions that they're related too.

@TweEkc 3 года назад

After reading a lot to prep for a 1 shot, this video is incredibly helpful, and wildly informative. Great script.

@melissatomlin6871 2 года назад

This is a fantastic break down, thank you for making it! I can't wait to get playing.

@CthulhuBob.Lovely 3 года назад

You are awesome. This an excellent overview of the game and game mechanics. I also love your intelligent and very playful delivery.

@leodelu7568 Год назад

Precise and concise introduction to the game. Thank you Good Time Society!

@aldotolino3700 3 года назад

Great overview Good Time Society. Clear and concise. I highly recommended this to anyone looking for the gist of the Call of Cthulhu 7th edition rules system, in under 15 minutes!

@Lionrhod212 2 года назад

Thanks much! I haven't yet gotten the 7e rules, and having a clue how it works really helps. Love the Calyx videos I've seen thus far.

@jeffp2x443 3 года назад

I am thinking of playing this game, and I think this is one of the better summations of the game I've seen. (Seth Skorkowsky's 7 part series on the game is probably the best). You really made it simple and easy to understand. I just bought the Investigators Handbook and looking to find a game online. Do you have any suggestions on a site where I can find players and a site to play on? This is the first video I've watched on your channel and I am subscribing and going to check out what else you have. Thanks for the information!

@comrademaxim3929 3 года назад

Hey! Don’t know if you already got any lucky but you can ask around at the Necronomicon Discord Server - so far the only big CoC Community Server.

@ArtAndPrevailing 8 дней назад

This is a really awesome recap! Thanks for this!!

@thelast9021 Год назад

I feel like you put a lot of work into producing this video and it shows, liked it.

@LihimSidhe Год назад

Thank you for doing this video. I’m exploring various game systems and feel this was a great explainer vid even if I felt the system a bit needlessly complex. It has made me think about how to degrees of success with percentile rolls though. Thank you again!

@sazzy6264 Месяц назад

Thanks Becca! I just decided to step out of my MTG comfort zone and try a new type of game, so I threw caution to the wind and put my name in for a casual, beginner-friendly Cthulhu session at my local game spot. Glad I found this vid before showing up!

@thorpeharold9809 2 года назад

Thank you for this vid! This helped me decide to start delving into this game.

@GRWelsh7 2 года назад

Good summary for new players who haven't read the rules yet, or for those who need a refresher. Well done.

@tkhiez 3 года назад

the music makes your eyes glisten terrifyingly!

@Realjaredschmeck 2 года назад

Top notch tutorial for a new player. Running this for my sons on Halloween weekend 😎

@patrickd1968 2 года назад

I was introduced to gaming with Basic D&D but learned how to role play with the original set of COC. what fun gaming days.

@giant3dorangutanmodel89 Год назад

This video is super helpful, thanks so much :)

@bernardputersznit64 Год назад

Excellent overview - thank you

@pricerowland 3 года назад

Great rundown and very expressive eyebrows. But seriously this is one of the best TTRPG breakdowns I've ever seen, usually these things leave me more confused than I was before

@morecringe89 2 года назад

I can't see how dark ages would have any hope of survival. I guess all depends of the keeper's style

@michaelcoward1902 10 месяцев назад

Cant imagine it being explained better...but I've watched this three times and I still have no idea what's meant to be going on. These rules are more complicated that rl'yean architecture!

@ClutchSituation 3 года назад

Information-rich with excellent writing, editing and delivery. This will help grow the game. Thanks Good Time Society!

@cb2291 6 месяцев назад

It's a good run down and i really enjoyed my first game today

@francoislavallee1961 3 года назад

Très bien fait. Vous devriez en faire d'autres sur les mécaniques du jeu. 🐙💙🙂🖖🏻

@alexanderb302 Год назад

Thank you Becca!

@avoidconfusion 2 года назад

Becca crushing this video again!

@WestHooligan 3 года назад

The first part hi was unbelievable game ever made on tera I hope they will make it again similar

@cwesley2005 Год назад

Becca you are the best!

@SkywatcherAnomalous89 2 года назад

Am here for research for the drop on Veve nft looks cool

@accountfor1reason 3 года назад

Psht. I'm not afraid of ancient interdimensional demon gods. But be damn sure I keep my ears open when I think Becca's around.

@burner9147 2 года назад

I recommend pulp Cthulhu it turns COC into an action game I am hosting an Indiana Jones inspired adventure and I am having SO MUCH FUN

@noreaster7171 3 года назад

Great game

@GlossRabban Год назад

Very good.

@nicholaslara0405 3 года назад

Aweeeesoooome!

@Chris_Hg80 10 месяцев назад

Looks like fun.

@Surehill 3 года назад

Just to clarify - a task requires a roll of EQUAL TO or less than your characteristic or skill value on 1D100.

@thisjust10 3 года назад

She also clarifies in the video.

@Surehill 3 года назад

@@thisjust10 She goes back and forth between "roll under your score" and "roll on or under".

@GoodTimeSociety 3 года назад

Good point! It's 'on or below', though the probability of rolling exactly your skill value is .01

@Surehill 3 года назад

@@GoodTimeSociety It matters more when using luck to lower a close roll :)

@oliveteo8160 3 года назад

Perfect vidéo, thx from France.

@Reasonably-Sane 3 года назад

I love the Sanity check rules! I can finally have an excuse for my character's manic behavior.

@skle2300 2 года назад

Hi, I'm trying to do a CoC campaign, first time keeper. How would you guys run a session 0? Something that isn't "you're all hired to investigate"

@hadrianbuiltawall9531 2 года назад

A simple starter one is everyone been cordially invented to the opening of a new exhibit at a museum by an npc as "single" player characters. The group forms during the events of the scenario. The new exhibit is either been hunted by someone who wants the guests as sacrifices or it IS the threat and mentally effects the guests. If the players are well versed in CoC and utterly paranoid then don't make it as easy been the NEW exhibit.

@michaelbarry1651 Год назад

A disaster eg a train crash -- immediate sanity and attack+damage rolls on each character. The PCs are the survivors, who gradually realise that something is eating its way from the engine, carriage by carriage back to the caboose.

@CVJackson 3 года назад

Great video and awesome game !!!!! Congratulations !

@Neversprinter Год назад

Hi! My dnd group is thinking of switching things up. What books would be required for us to play and for my to write lovecraft based stories?

@dannybourne6427 Год назад

Probably too late for you but for anyone else interested you can get everything you need to play CoC in the starter set which I think is about $25 and then decide if you want to go from there. All CoC releases have amazingly high production values.

@nicojo98 3 года назад

Until last Saturday if never heard of this game. Came across this video on trying to find out what the game is and how to play. I'm lost already. I Need to understand the basics of the game first. How many players, what equipment is needed, the aim of the game etc.

@ravenshadowz2343 3 года назад

You should get the starter set, it has everything that you need to play, www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-starter-set/ when you buy the physical produce, from the Chaosium website, you also get a copy of the PDF. If you plan on being the Keeper, you can run only 1 player, or up to how many you think you can handle. Once you get the starter set, read through the rules, take one of the character sheets out of the starter box and roll up a character. If you start to feel lost, refer back to the section of this video where she explains what to do. Take bite size sections at a time, try not to take it all in at once, or you will become overwhelmed. I assume you have very limited experience with Roleplaying Games. The starter set does not cost very much, and is a very good way to find out if you like the system or not, without spending a lot of money. I hope this helps.

@Jimersion 3 года назад

So there.

@sub-jec-tiv Месяц назад

Doing the lords’ work i see. (Lord Nyarlathotep)

@raz8752 3 года назад

This is great! You should do a Vampire: The Masquerade 5e overview like this!

@nurgleslefttentacle6844 Год назад

Has anyone tried playing this online? I've seen the Roll D20 system and it looks decent. How does it work with this game?

@hilfogar_anturmorragh Год назад

7:09 - On the particular sentence you said before " Note: rolling a double zero on the 10s die and a zero on the 1s die results on a 100 or a critical faliure. If you "Keeper" is doing their job right, this means something very bad will happen next" - I would slolemnly argue with that. Because there ar no such thing when the highest number on the d10 is 0 which you know It is means 10, now you got 2 of these dice so your precious critical roll has 2 percent of the chance to get the best outcome from the interaction. So, I think this "or" word in this case means harassing your players. Although, I understand that, this is a hardcore and more demanding game, than casual dnd as it seems. An other comment on the particular sentence you said before, you can grab a d20 and divide 100 with the result, not as accurate as the method heard before, but if you want to see the most truly result therefore you should buy a true d100. If I got something wrong write a comment, beacuse this roleplayer just got know about CoC at the moment. *wink*

@dunwitch 2 года назад

Not bad. The essence of "Cosmic Horror" is recognizing the utter insignificance of the human species; while all COC adventures aren't directly confronting cosmic horror, it's definitely there in the background. When the investigators are investigating a murder, they should never know whether the culprit is a gangland assassin, a crazed serial killer, or an immortal invisible alien god of immense power that came to earth a million years before humans evolved and who will one day destroy all human life. Played correctly, you'll be re-rolling characters often. The characters that don't die erode as their sanity declines, and a good keeper will usher them into becoming insane NPC's as the player rotates a fresh slate of SAN points into the fray. My favorite Call of Cthulhu Character ever was a grave digger named Edgar, who occasionally did favors for some of the professors at Miskatonic U in exchange for a boot of whiskey now and then.

@user-qk2zj2ml6r 4 месяца назад

But dugeons do not call a soldier a Cavalier is here

@DrakeDrow 3 года назад

Can some one please tell me how can i refund my luck points if i spend them on roll ? Thx btw

@sillyjellyfish2421 3 года назад

In an ongoing scenario you can't. However, they "regenerate" between different stories or episodes. There are some tables for hp, sanity, and luck regeneration in the rulebook, but all of those take time. Not like luck or hp in d&d at all

@jackeilhigh Год назад

Wear the fuck have this been lol like I can not believe I never known this was a thing

@user-qk2zj2ml6r 4 месяца назад

With blue eyes everyone gets lost

@lufasumafalu5069 9 месяцев назад

why it is impossible to buy this game on stores

@repertuaras 3 года назад

Wow, such beauty! Rpg also looks great!

@michaeldorrence9387 2 года назад

Love this Lady!! Very well spoken with a pleasant voice and beautiful smile! I was gaming back in D&D's early days, and have used just about every system out there from Rolemaster to Car Wars to Battletech. We had a few really good Keepers/Masters and had so much fun! Game On, and Thank You!

@thebeanz7838 Год назад

I wish we had a Critical Role of Call of Cthulhu.

@GoodTimeSociety Год назад

We do have a bunch of awesome episodes, with Becca and friends (some you may recognize from Critical Role Land) right here. "The auction", "Edge of Darkness" and of course the entire series of "The Calyx" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FFMJ57saGAg.html And Critical Role did a Call of Cthulhu one shot too!

@thebeanz7838 Год назад

@@GoodTimeSociety Ah! I'll check out your stuff. Thank you! It's so hard to find people to teach me to play, gotta resort to RU-vid lol

@bradleydanner3787 Год назад

@@GoodTimeSociety do you guys still stream games I haven't seen any newer episodes

@joedredd1168 Год назад

I'm going to create Professor J.R.R. Tolkien as my investigator.

@JamesTillmanjimthegray 3 года назад

starting up a game not played coc in decades , that's for the video

@unknown-ib2wc 3 года назад

Can we play alone

@RaymondRich 3 года назад

There are some solo scenarios, similar to the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books of yesteryear.

@rustyshackleford7170 6 месяцев назад

Excellent intro to the game, though I'll admit I chuckled a bit at the "your character may die, discuss with your Keeper" disclaimer. Who goes into Cthulhu expecting not to go insane and/or die, lol.

@TheBlackFrog79 Год назад

I hate the "chasing" rules - they're unnecessarily complicated.

@beans4706 11 месяцев назад

How so?

@JahzG888 2 года назад

VEVE brought me here...

@Stronghand-yw1lk 2 года назад

I would love to see Becca, B. Dave Walter's, Mark Meer, Noura Ibrahim and Erika Ishii play Warhammer 40k: Wrath and Glory.

@unknown-ib2wc 3 года назад

Board game?

@RaymondRich 3 года назад

No, roleplaying game. One of the oldest, alongside Dungeons & Dragons.

@davidduckett6242 3 года назад

Only video online with zero dislikes. Truly was a Critical Role

@NathanielBlank Год назад

Wow. Those of you commenting on her looks are so creepy. Oh yeah - she’s going to melt at your feet and fall in love with you because of your creepy compliment

@litttlewing 2 года назад

Chaosium Inc.has just announced they will launch their first ever NFTs on the Veve app for Comic Con! So excited!

@michaelbarry1651 Год назад

NFT= 'Not Fwcking Tempted.'

@stevenwintersnight1036 3 года назад

Anybody who needs to discuss comfort with death before playing a game of CoC is not the kind of person Id ever sit down at the table with.

@mihawk508 Год назад

This game sounds unnecessarily complicated

@1992basilio 2 года назад

Becca is one of the most beautiful women in the world...oh sorry this is not a review about her oops game looks good...hehe

@cmdesign01 3 года назад

Wow she’s gorgeous Can you imagine being married to her Wow

@portman8909 2 года назад

She's alright, not a Stevie Nicks or anything like that.

@NicolauWerneck 3 года назад

Can't watch it. I'm sorry. I just feel I'm not morally pure enough to be in Her presence. Hope ZGen can figure that out before it's too late. To all of us.?!.!?

@michaelbarry1651 Год назад

She is a not-so-Elder Goddess.

@YouTubeIsRunByMarxists 2 года назад

If you want to be an actress, go be an actress. But the fits and spasms of dramatic acting added to this video seriously detract from the informational content.

@simonfernandes6809 Год назад

The acting adds to the watchability.

@rain.faded. Год назад

...what is with the delivery of this video? Te acting is really weird and kinda cringey.

@CycoSven69 3 года назад

Despite the pretty face I think this is too much info in too short a time to entice people to start playing Call of Cthulhu.

@ClutchSituation 3 года назад

Despite the misogyny I think you have zero subscribers and no cause to give anybody on the platform advice.

@Loscha 3 года назад

Well, when you've made your concise video introducing us to CoC, let us know. and we'll check it out.

@simonfernandes6809 3 года назад

Misogyny much? It's a video - not a Power Point presentation. You can watch it as much as you want and replay sections. Any problems therefore are a reflection of your issues.

@raz8752 3 года назад

It's literally a rules overview. Her goal is to get people to understand the basic rules in a short amount of time, not to read the keeper's handbook to them.

@CycoSven69 3 года назад

@@raz8752 You get a gold star now?