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Call of Cthulhu: Dissociation - RPG Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2018
- A review and Game Master tips for the Modern-Era Call of Cthulhu Scenario Dissociation. It's a unique 1-shot or introductory adventure for new and veteran players.
You can find the module in Fear's Sharp Little Needles here: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/...
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Guest Starring Jack the NPC.
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The idea of Yuggothian couch potatoes watching the party as a reality TV show is one of the grimmest bits of horror I've ever heard of. Imagine, an alien civilization capable of crossing the stars, doomed by addiction to an "innocent" Terran entertainment medium. Utterly terrifying. I almost feel sorry for the poor mind-swapping fungi.
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The “serpent people on an airplane” got me good.
I know this is dumb, but every time I hear "Mi-go" I think "U-stay".
Heh...funny.
@Tailn O Wag It's hilarious because it's dumb. Love it.
Mi-Gos ruined forever.
I was actually lucky enough to have played this scenario with Matt Sanderson as the game master. We played it in a 4 hour time slot and it was brilliant as a one off.
As someone who lives in a smaller town in Alaska, I need to run this.
*The experiment is still going on.*
I need to steal that for my games, although I don’t know how I’d implement it in D&D.
A more scientific minded Mind Flayer might work. Or maybe a very vicious, twisted fairy creature
Sandy Petersen recently did a Cthulhu Mythos book for 5e. I'm assuming Mi-Go are in there. Most of the scenario would be pretty easy to change. They start on a ocean-crossing voyage. The wind dies and skies go dark as the Mi-go attack. Then they end up in a small village murder case, then a camp where some fortune-hunters were abducted and experimented on. Then in the wilderness as a group of wealthy hunters. Their Ranger guide can then get them to the center of the map where they discover the mine.
They made a CoC Rulebook for 3rd Edition DND. You have to dig to find it though as it's out of print.
Well, I meant the experiment part of the adventure I should steal. I don’t know much about the mythos, so I probably wouldn’t use the Mi-Go exactly for it. That CoC book for 5th edition sounds interesting though, I’ll definitely check it out. Thank you Seth.
Ok Seth already gave a great answer, but you could change the Mi-go to a circle of Necromancers who are testing experimental magic involving holding souls outside of their bodies and forcing them to possess other people and do their bidding. During each part of this adventure after the first soul/mind swap you could have them roll D20s, don't even tell them they're saving against magic and PCs who fail X number's souls are rejected by the host and they die. Once they complete the adventure have them return to their original bodies, so they think. Then in future adventures have them make Perception Checks with ridiculously high DCs whenever they deal with their patrons because it's actually the Necromancers making them hallucinate receiving orders from good guys. Then you can just sort of have inn keepers, black smiths, and everyone else never have ever heard of any of their patrons until the PCs get suspicious and want to investigate, finally going head on against the circle. Or you could have the PCs who fail those saves against magic in the 1st adventure secretly become slaves of the necromancers. Like at the end of that adventure everyone is just back to normal but you secretly tell those or 2 players that their characters are now evil spies working against the party in secret
I feel kind of weird that I watch these, or to be a bit more specific I listen to these being someone who does not and pretty much has never done any tabletop RPGing, I just like listening to the stories and Seth's anecdotes and stuff
04:27. Shatner Voice: Stewardess...there'sa...man...on the...wing!
Dubuya Jay most underrated comment ever
@@starssandwich5093 Tyvm.
This was a properly creepy Halloween episode. Thanks, Jack and Seth.
As a potential new Keeper living in Alaska, I'm holding on to this one.
I've been a GM and player of various systems since -87, and I have to say that your reviews are awesome 😊
Great review once again! As an aspiring GM, I love how insightful and wise you are when it comes to RPGs. Thanks so much for making these :)
Seth... I am so proud of you for the success this show has quickly become. 26K and climbing, that's incredible.
110k and climbing.
@@Lallander114k and climbing. Wait till he hits a million!
Don't worry Seth, one of my best friends also loves "Ghost Ship."
I have been searching for a similar review like this for months, even when I don't have time to run games anymore, still great to listen to this episodes and know about the adventures and what they are about. Keep the good work, seriously, you are funny and your content is awesome!
Seth,
Once again a stellar review. Thanks for all your videos they are fantastic. Keep up the great work
Thanks so much for the handouts/pre-gens - I'm looking at running this for my London RPG Community meetup/discord group as something a little different, but was quailing at the thought of the admin involved in the multiple character sheets!
Plus, very helpful video as always - thanks.
Thanks for the great review, the handouts, and the pre-gens!
The experiment is still going on.
Skorkowskyyyy!!!!
Always great. Love ya, man ❤️
New keeper here and this sounds like a lot of fun.
Nice. Very cool review and lots of fun, as usual. Thanks for the PCs and props too!
Bwahahahhaa mdoern Jack's hair!
Great review as always, fun to watch.
Thanks, Seth! Please, keep up the good work!
Thanks for the handouts and such. Good stuff there.
Very interesting review and a good video, thank you Seth! :)
Thank you for the handouts!
For the plane tickets, I'd suggest switching out the Delta Air Lines logo and trademark for Oceanic Airlines. That's a fictional airline that's used in movies and TV whever a plane is going to crash or get hijacked. It's been in media from Flipper to Dead Island.
Lovely Adventure, will definitely runn this one as soon as my Players and I got used to more “Normal“ adventures, to fully use the weird factor here :D
And thanks for the Handouts you Provided, they seem like they could be quite usefull ^^
That's a cool one. Could you go into further depth about how you would expand this one-shot into a short or long campaign? I think that would be a good video topic for you-building a one-shot into something bigger.
just discovered your vids yesterday - enjoying a great deal... gotta say tho, i was waiting for that 'There's.... something on the wing.... Some.... THING.' lol
3 dots.... THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!
Thanks for the review, Seth. I've been watching your videos for years but I don't think I've ever posted. I actually ran this module with my gaming group and the results were mixed. Unfortunately, I have some curmudgeons and intractable gamers in my group and fell flat with them. For one player, he seemed to hate it cause I wasn't using the GURPS system and it wasn't set in the 1920's. For the other, I think he was just being contrary. That said, this module may seem a little rail-roady for the players that like complete freedom. I think the biggest problem with this module, as you pointed out, Seth, is getting the investigators to realize that they need to travel to the center of the triangle created by the three sites on the map. I encouraged this by having them see the triangle when leaving the cylinder interlude and even making the vertex they were visiting blink. I put maps in every location so they knew that maps were important. Even after all that, they didn't connect the dots. In fact, in the third experiment, several of the investigators either shot themselves or allowed the formless spawn to kill them as a form of protest to the alien studying them. Yep, they went there. Eventually, I just used insane insight and basically had them visualize the triangle superimposed over a map of Alaska. Finally, they got the connection and then made a bee line to Eagle Island. They ended up finding their brain canisters and activating the bomb. I highly recommend you make your players hear one final "Fascinating" in their heads if they choose this death for themselves. Thanks again for the review, Seth. To those who are thinking about playing this adventure, I recommend warning your gaming group up front that this is a very atypical adventure. Incidentally, I used the tickets you posted on your Google share and one of my players scanned the bar code. I didn't expect that. He said, "Hey this ticket is for Barbara ____. Is this part of the mystery?" Ha!
One more thing for Seth - Not sure you've had this issue before, but I often feel that I've drifted away from my group. Many of them are intolerant of change, believe there is only one correct way to game, or just can't handle it when things don't go their way. Or they just don't want to game anymore.. A couple topic ideas for your upcoming videos: How to pick a gaming group or how to know when it's time to move on.
Yeah, this one is pretty weird and if players walk in dead-set on some expectation they're going to be in for disappointment. It's worse when you have one player that gripes for no other reason than to gripe (part of why the Social Contract emphasizes that everyone needs to make the choice to be open to having a good time, no matter what). Personally, I love the hell out of this adventure, but it's definitely a 'mileage may vary' scenario.
I did one (earlier this year, I think, but time has become fuzzy the last few months) about how you can't play with everyone and some people just want different things out of a game. It's a different kind of hell when you're with a long-term group and realize your styles might no longer mesh. There's also one vid I did on talking to your group about changing RPG systems. For me, my crisis happened in 2008ish when I realized I just didn't enjoy D&D anymore. I'd played it for 18 years and it just didn't excite me and all my little complaints about it had festered into full-on gripes. It took a little work to convince them to switch, but the simple truth was the only choice was to change systems or stop playing because I was just too burnt out. Since then, we've gotten pretty good about switching systems every 2 years or so and keeping it fresh. Not everyone can do that.
I want your shirt bro, also thank you for the review and guide.
I love how you play with your PCs minds 😈. Misdirecting the player’s attention is key to maintaining suspense in a horror game
I just watched this vid, and it's one of the few that legit made me go out and buy this book. I'd love if you could do more vids about Delta Green or modern CoC, or anything within that genre
This sounds like such a fantastic adventure!
I had another story planned for my players, but after your review, I haven't really been able to think on much else, except how to incorporate this into our weekly Fantasy Grounds Sessions - I do wish this book was in FG, but I guess I'll have to reevaluate my initial thoughts... and as someone pointed out, "the experiment" is most certainly still going on.
It also sounds like a fantastic FIRST game in a campaign to me...!
Prepping to run this again tomorrow night and decided that if the characters are detained in Aniak I'm going to have one of the hosts spouses fight past the state troopers to see them and demand to find out what the hell happened to them since they went missing.
OMG I just noticed the T-shirt. love it!
Sounds like the Japanese manga gantz. love it.
Should I be worried that all of these movie references are completely familiar to me? It's probably fine.....
It only means you have excellent taste in film.
QUESTION - How much homebrew do you do in your CoC campaigns and would you be willing to do episodes on some of the adventures you have created yourself?
Nice shirt my guy
I'm running this one over July 4; I need to figure out how to add that stinger you came up with, about continuining the paranoia... as it should. :D
Having seen season 4 of Glass Cannon Network's Get in the Trunk and your review of the Last Things Last scenario, I'd love to see you do a review of Delta Green as a whole. Especially the differences between it and Call of Cthulhu.
I fucking love the mi-go.
Ooh every time the survivors walk past a mobile phone, they hear that deet-deet-deet....deet-deet-deet like they're broadcasting and the signals are getting crossed
1:02 how much of an armor class bonus does that helmet hair grant Jack the NPC? It's at least +5, right?
Ran this module today just a bit ago for a one-shot to change things up from the normal WFRP campaign I'm running. They TPK'd, but seemed to enjoy it.
Love your dune shirt
I like the movies Seth's comments about
Speaking of locked room scenarios @sethskorkowsky do you have any recommendation
Give one player an insane insight that alerts them that they're still being experimented on. But if this player conveys what he thinks, the aliens will pull the plug. So he has to somehow guide the party to saving themselves.
I havent seen you cover anything like video games before, but is there a way we could get a review for the new Call of Cthulhu video game. Id love hear your opinion on it
Reminds me in spirit of "The Burning Stars" scenario, you should review that one day.
Dude i love all your movie refrences you make most are movies i love even if i shouldnt lol
I wanna see Jack in a space-Cthulhu adventure so bad for some reason. Maybe just to watch him dodge face-suckers
I don't get to play CoC, but I love these videos. it does make me sad I don't have a group that would be willing to play with me though.
this sounds like a really neat way to start a campaign. though I've only played a few CoC one shots so maybe I'm wrong.
I read this a week or two back and it jumped to the top of my "I have to run this" list (alongside Forget Me Not). I've run Walter's Final Wish a couple of times from that book and would love to know how you got on with that. For me its always been brilliant but they've never even got close to working out what is going on.
Haven't run either of them yet. I was very close to running Hell in Texas as our October game (3 of us are from East Texas, so it'd have that extra benefit for us), but decided against it because this one jumped out at me.
@@SSkorkowsky Down Darker Trails would probably complement this well, since it's the Old/Wierd West Supplement for CoC.
Hell in Texas does look pretty good. As a one shot I really recommend Walter's Final Wish from Fear's Sharp Little Needles. Definitely played with my player's minds.
Well, this just sounds wonderfully bat-shit crazy-go-nuts! I like the thought of using it as a jumping off point for a modern game. I used 'King' from Cthulhu Britannica similarly for a home game recently.
could I run this as a one shot using just the rules given in the starter set?
Are these scenarios playable with only one investigator?
I need that t-shirt! But did not see it on your teespring page. where might I find that?
I picked it up at a con a couple years back.
From the summary at least this sounds very linear, and like the players can't really influence the outcome in any way- beyond whether they survive or not. It feels more like an inciting event than a game- like the real game begins once the PCs get their (spoilers) back and have to figure out who set them up and track those people down.
I think I'd take Seth's theory about the culprits and have that be the answer to that investigation, and then the PCs could go all sorts of directions with what to do once they figure it out- track down the humans involved and use them to work against the (redacted) such as wiping out any cults or closing gateways? Could be very cool.
I guess it's strictly a survival horror module, very little investigation- though there is at least a little puzzle solving near the end. It sounds like a serious mind-$&#@ roller coaster though.
This adventure seems like a great way to turn the clock back on a group of elderly pc's; if they can mitigate the mental damage that comes from growing older (the Mi-Go patch their brains up?) and keep their sanity.
I like the dune coffee shirt
"Holy crap, I'm a freaking college girl! This is now officially the second worse flight that I have ever been on!"
Yeah, at that point, you know you're in for a helluva ride.
I want that shirt! Where do I get it??????!!!
I support your taste in movies!!! :D :D :D
Greatest shirt ever
Hi, Seth, I’ve been enjoying your channel and am working my way through your videos. Thank you for all this great work! I am looking forward to the Valducan books, which I just got for my Kindle.
A quick question: Could you recommend your favorite short one-shot scenarios for CoC? I’m running Saturday, we have 3-1/2 to 4 hours, and we have a couple of newbies so I want to make it a one-shot since we don’t know if they’re going to come back. Dissociation does sound great for this. Any other suggestions?
Thank you again.
Modern Era? Also check out The Derelict
Classic Era: Edge of Darkness is a personal favorite.
Thanks - 1920s to modern are preferred, though I am flexible. A favorite of mine is The Black Drop, a Trail or Cthulhu adventure (easily converted, methinks). I appreciate the suggestions.
I haven't checked The Black Drop out. I'll do that. Good luck with the session.
Also, hope you enjoy the Valducan. Thanks for the support.
Seth Skorkowsky FYI The Black Drop is collected in Out Of Time, a reprint collection (Trail of Cthulhu). Cheers!
The original AvP was an awesome movie.
the idea of printing out the plane tickets and geting a diagram of a real plane is so fucking good.
I’m thinking about running this, but I’m concerned that the players don’t actually seem to do much. They just get ushered from scene to scene... thoughts on this?
I was concerned about this, as well, but it ended up not being a problem. Take your time with the flight set-up. The twist will keep them engaged. Then Scene 1, let them explore and discover. Have fun with it and take your time. Scene 2 was the shortest and least involved. Then Scene 3 was the one with the most Player control
Seth Skorkowsky Thanks for responding! That’s good to hear, I think I’m going to give it a shot. I really appreciate your reviews, and you taking the time to respond.
I'm torn between getting this book or the cold warning book you did a review on. Which one would you recommend getting first?
Well Cold Warning is a single adventure set in the 1920s, while this is a bunch of very short modern era scenarios. So it's really just up to what you like. Both are well done.
@@SSkorkowsky I'll keep that in mind and talk with my groups
Second worst flight? Jack the NPC has been on Spirit Airlines - confirmed.
I laughed aloud at Jack and the second worst flight thing. Great review. Did you play this as vanilla CoC or as Pulp?
Regular CoC
Record a session already!
THAT WIG
"Look, mommy! Fairy lights outside!" Haha.
Have you happened to have run any of the other scenarios in FSLN yet? I'd love to hear about how they went.
I ran and reviewed Unland
@@SSkorkowsky Ah, I see that one now! Thank you! I did a search of your videos, but just missed that one.
AvP and Ghost Ship are both great movies Seth.
Oh I agree :)
Just as a matter of general course: there's a channel called the dm lair where the host tries to do same dm/pc roleplaying that you do and he sucks at it. I love your videos so much, thank you for all the work you put in😁👍
"Hey, you want to see something really scary?"
"NO! I JUST GOT OFF THE PLANE!"
If someone figured out how to swap bodies again, a lot of interesting scenarios and continuing gameplay could come about.
Can someone post a link to Seth's handouts? The drive link is broken.
Refreshed its clearances. Try it again.
While I liked the early twists, I'm not really seeing the appeal here.
Spoilers
After the second black room, the adventure seems to be on rails with the players not really doing anything, and the cool premise seems to be wasted. Especially the ending. Red Dwarf did more horrifying things with the body swap scenario than this adventure seems to do. Especially since this is meant to be a horror game for "mature audiences" and Red Dwarf is light comedy.
I don't want to backseat DM, but I'd have changed the ending. Have the players find the people who have their bodies, but they have no interest in swapping back. Maybe they are wanted criminals, physically disabled, old or in general poor health, or maybe the players damaged these bodies during the formless spawn fight and thus they don't want a body that's missing bits. This is a more interesting scenario imo, and it fits right in with the current plot.
I intend to use this to breathe new life into a veteran party that's starting to age....if they can keep sane long enough. 🤯👾
That ending tho...kek. Should've took the body of a rich guy and got a private jet.
what up unc
Not much. How you doin', neph?
kinda tempted to play this but start in the 1920 and every body jump is like 30 year in the future.
Oh what if it was the other way round? hmmm
LOL Oh my God, that wig! It makes you look like a parody of a televangelist!
Don't let Jack heckle you I love Ghost Ship as well.
*Cool .*
*I absolutely love your Reviews for DM's/GM's .*
*But you should make the player review section longer & add a player prep section .*
7:00 into it, I get a case of the NOPEs.
Ghost ship is a great movie. Yeah be quiet jack.
Still not a fan of the Chaosium roach-like interpretation of a Mi-Go. For one MIGO'S ARE PINK. This isn't up for discussion they describe the corpses as "pink-ish" in Whisperer in Darkness, plus the head antennae which look almost like a separate organism itself.
Maybe it's Derleth/later author's descriptions, but Mi-Go's are one of the few Lovecraft monsters to get a solid description (v.s. The Flying Polyps/Cthulhu) so I find it absolutely bizarre that they changed it and consistently get this.. bizarre cockroach like interpretation that feels less Alien.
I liked AvP wish Cameron would go whole hog and do an alien vs predator vs terminator. Could do something about skynet learning about the queen and thinking a terminator alien would be a good thing and the predators could think the terminator is a worthy opponent and trophy
Plot twist they where all serpent people