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Call of Cthulhu House Rules

Various house rules for use with the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game and its variants.

Combat System Modifications

Autofire - a more realistic, and quicker, method of handling automatic weapon fire.

Hit Locations By Damage - a system for determining the hit location of a wound based on the amount of damage points inflicted. It also includes detailed rules for describing wounds and treating them.

Shooting Modifiers - additional modifiers for shooting over those used in the Call of Cthulhu rulebook.

General System Modifications

Action Order of Declaration - a method for determining the order in which players declare their character's actions each turn.

Character Generation - a method for generating, based on the method recommended by Pagan Publishing characters.

Competency - a method of determining a character's competency based on his skill values, plus how to use this information.

Difficulty Modifiers - a system for modifying skill percentages based on the difficulty of the skill. It includes specific modifiers for Hide, Sneak, Spot Hidden, and Track skills.

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