The
CthulhuTech
Core
Book
The Last War
2085. Humanity faces extinction. Alien insects from the
edge of our solar system, long hidden behind the façade of
reality, descend to enslave us. Hordes of unspeakable
horrors roll out from Central Asia, laying waste to
anything in their path. The church of the fish-god scours
the world for lost occult secrets to unleash terrible
forces. Dead gods awaken and turn their dreadful eyes
toward the Earth. And within hides a cancer, eating away at
the very heart of the New Earth Government.
This is the Aeon War. This is the time of
CthulhuTech.
Climb inside a thirty-foot tall war machine and rain down
hell on the unwavering Migou. Fight tooth and nail on the
front lines against the horrific beasts of the Rapine
Storm. Seek out the disgusting corruption of the insidious
Esoteric Order of Dagon. Explore the dark world of the
malignant Chrysalis Corporation and their unseen monstrous
agents. Sift through secrets long thought lost and bend the
power of the cosmos to your will. Join in symbiosis with
something beyond time and space and become a shape-shifting
bringer of wrath.
Nowhere else will you find a setting like this.
Inside this book you will find:
- a complete history and detailed exploration of the world
of the Aeon War, so that you can start a game right away.
- nine pieces of provocative short fiction to help portray
the feel of the setting.
- the innovative Framewerk
system. Not only
cinematic, Framewerk
puts control back
where it belongs – in your hands.
- the option to play a hardy and resourceful 21rst century
Human or join the fight as a night-skinned
genetically-engineered Nazzadi.
- the option to play as one of seven professions, including
Arcanotechnicians, who meld technology and magic into a
unique discipline, Engel Pilots, who join in communion with
gigantic arcane cyborgs, Occult Scholars, who delve into
the mysteries of the universe and harness its power for
themselves, or the mysterious alien shape-shifting Tagers.
- a unique ritual-based magic system, simulating dark and
painstaking universe channeling power, including two dozen
mind-wrenching spells.
- more than 30 unique machines of death, including the
bug-like Migou mecha, the rough and tumble mecha of the New
Earth Government, and the monstrous bio-organic Engels.
- more than 20 unspeakable horrors, including the terrible
hordes of the Rapine Storm and the monstrous servants of
the Chrysalis Corporation.
- a secret history of the world for Storyguides,
including an exploration of dead gods, lost races, and
forgotten places.
- story starters and hooks, to get you into a game now.
CthulhuTech
is a complete,
self-contained storytelling game. All you need besides this
book are five to ten 10-sided dice.
288
pages. Black and white hardcover Mongoose Publishing
edition available now. Full-color hardcover Catalyst Game
Labs edition available September/October 2008.