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	*'''Ancient Enemies''' is the sourcebook for Tagers and the Chrysalis Corporation. It has two new Tagers and metamorphized versions of all ten of them, new Dhohanoids, backgrounds on both the Eldritch Society and the Chrysalis Corporation and rules on how to play a Dhohanoid game alongside rules for them.		*'''Ancient Enemies''' is the sourcebook for Tagers and the Chrysalis Corporation. It has two new Tagers and metamorphized versions of all ten of them, new Dhohanoids, backgrounds on both the Eldritch Society and the Chrysalis Corporation and rules on how to play a Dhohanoid game alongside rules for them.
	*'''Unveiled Threats''' is the gear book detailing weapons (now fully illustrated), gear, vehicles, and armor. Also includes rules for drugs (coke is now sold over the counter!), new spells of all kinds, magical artifacts that will mess the user up, some background on technology and some weapons and armor for both the EOD and the Migou.		*'''Unveiled Threats''' is the gear book detailing weapons (now fully illustrated), gear, vehicles, and armor. Also includes rules for drugs (coke is now sold over the counter!), new spells of all kinds, magical artifacts that will mess the user up, some background on technology and some weapons and armor for both the EOD and the Migou.
	*'''Burning Horizon''' is the metaplot book for the year 2087. The Independent Solar Colonies, a coalition of the survivors of the various NEG colonies, has made it to Earth after kicking the Migou's asses and deals so much damage that the Second Hive Ship runs back to Pluto. The Migou are sore losers (Being kicked in the shins by your recently cloned slaves and the butt-monkeys of the universe, humans would make anyone bitter) and unleash the Migou Hemorrhagic Virus, which is pretty much Influenza meets Ebola on steroids. A cure is invented, however [[Heresy\|it's rewriting of DNA and empowering the individual with immunities is shunned by some Earth citizens]]. The ISC forces have brought along new technology in the form of the Inertial Dampener, an expansion on the D-Engine which pretty much negates any inertia you'd experience in space, allowing a ship to start and stop on a dime and turn at speeds that would normally liquify a human from sheer G-forces alone. The book contains rules for space combat, new mecha, and vehicles for fighting in space and rules for ISC characters who now fight alongside the NEG forces as the Coalition. The plot is promoted from Grimdark to Nobledark.		*'''Burning Horizon''' is the metaplot book for the year 2087. The Independent Solar Colonies, a coalition of the survivors of the various NEG colonies, has made it to Earth after kicking the Migou's asses and deals so much damage that the Second Hive Ship runs back to Pluto, [[AWESOME\|and the Hive Ship in orbit gets stormed in a massive assault by the entire human military that it's heavily crippled, but not destroyed(the book explicitly tells it would break the setting)]]. The Migou are sore losers (Being kicked in the shins by your recently cloned slaves and the butt-monkeys of the universe, humans would make anyone bitter) and unleash the Migou Hemorrhagic Virus, which is pretty much [[Nurgle\|Influenza meets Ebola on steroids]]. A cure is invented, however [[Heresy\|it's rewriting of DNA and empowering the individual with immunities is shunned by some Earth citizens]]. The ISC forces have brought along new technology in the form of the Inertial Dampener, an expansion on the D-Engine which pretty much negates any inertia you'd experience in space, allowing a ship to start and stop on a dime and turn at speeds that would normally liquify a human from sheer G-forces alone. The book contains rules for space combat, new mecha, and vehicles for fighting in space and rules for ISC characters who now fight alongside the NEG forces as the Coalition. The plot is promoted from Grimdark to Nobledark.

	==See Also==		==See Also==

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	'''CthulhuTech''' is a [[RPG\|roleplaying game]] developed by and published by WildFire LLC (formerly published by Mongoose Publishing and [[Catalyst Game Labs]]). It combines [[H.P. Lovecraft\|Lovecraftian]] eldritch horror with [[Anime]] mecha (and [[rape\|hentai]], according to some of the lore and sample adventures) sensibilities set in the [[grimdark]] future of the late 21st Century, complete with a total war on all fronts that would give [[Creed]] a chubby. It's surprising no video games are made about it, probably cus a lot of the [[magical realm]] stuff would have to be discarded.		'''CthulhuTech''' is a [[RPG\|roleplaying game]] developed by and published by WildFire LLC (formerly published by Mongoose Publishing and [[Catalyst Game Labs]]). It combines [[H.P. Lovecraft\|Lovecraftian]] eldritch horror with [[Anime]] mecha (and [[rape\|hentai]], according to some of the lore and most of the sample adventures, especially when you get to the metaplot books like Damnation View) sensibilities set in the [[grimdark]] future of the late 21st Century, complete with a total war on all fronts that would give [[Creed]] a chubby. It's surprising no video games are made about it, probably cus a lot of the [[magical realm]] stuff would have to be discarded. Ripping out parts of the setting to use just the cool parts isn't rare as a result.

	==Backstory==		==Backstory==
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	CthulhuTech uses a system called [[Framewerk]], known to some fa/tg/uys as 'lol poker dice'. The system uses d10s and success is based on either the single highest dice rolled ''or'' the sum of the highest sum of multiples of dice rolled ''or'' the sum of the highest straight of dice rolled (e.g. 4 5 6) hence the poker dice moniker. The system is notoriously swingy. A script has been created to show the distribution of rolls. [http://anydice.com/program/6177]		CthulhuTech uses a system called [[Framewerk]], known to some fa/tg/uys as 'lol poker dice'. The system uses d10s and success is based on either the single highest dice rolled ''or'' the sum of the highest sum of multiples of dice rolled ''or'' the sum of the highest straight of dice rolled (e.g. 4 5 6) hence the poker dice moniker. The system is notoriously swingy. A script has been created to show the distribution of rolls. [http://anydice.com/program/6177]

	The game has [[Rifts\|significant balance issues in combat]], with most character archetypes unable to play nice with each other, cross class play being something the creators either never though of or were trying to discourage, though there's no sidebar or warning so an inexperienced group could try putting together a party of different backgrounds that sound like they might thematically go together only to discover half their number can't do anything compared to the foes that the stronger jobs use as mooks. Mecha pilots are hilariously OP compared to anyone not in a mech (and Engels are flat-out better than non-Engels), and even if you go down to power armor, that's generally significantly tougher than the Tagers in combat despite one thinking it might be a natural place to team up your military and Eldritch Society characters- a teamup between which being something the creators never had in mind. On the other side, investigators and similar types are no match for Tagers and have a lot of trouble working alongside them, the magic system is very weak and takes a lot of time for not a lot of power, and the parapsychics ~~are~~ a special case where they get to advance through the power categories unlike anyone else so while they start out with modest power they end up blowing out of the investigator range, going past the tagers, and finishing up closer to the mecha in terms of what they can throw down with.		The game has [[Rifts\|significant balance issues in combat]], with most character archetypes unable to play nice with each other, cross class play being something the creators either never though of or were trying to discourage, though there's no sidebar or warning so an inexperienced group could try putting together a party of different backgrounds that sound like they might thematically go together only to discover half their number can't do anything compared to the foes that the stronger jobs use as mooks. Mecha pilots are hilariously OP compared to anyone not in a mech (and Engels are flat-out better than non-Engels), and even if you go down to power armor, that's generally significantly tougher than the Tagers in combat despite one thinking it might be a natural place to team up your military and Eldritch Society characters- a teamup between which being something the creators never had in mind. On the other side, investigators and similar types are no match for Tagers and have a lot of trouble working alongside them, the magic system is very weak and takes a lot of time for not a lot of power, and the parapsychics aren't on a level with the mages at all, instead being a special case where they get to advance through the power categories unlike anyone else so while they start out with modest power they end up quickly blowing out of the investigator range, going past the tagers, and finishing up closer to the mecha in terms of what they can throw down with.

	==Tagers==		==Tagers==

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	==System==		==System==
	CthulhuTech uses a system called [[Framewerk]], known to some fa/tg/uys as 'lol poker dice'. The system uses d10s and success is based on either the single highest dice rolled ''or'' the sum of the highest sum of multiples of dice rolled ''or'' the sum of the highest straight of dice rolled (e.g. 4 5 6) hence the poker dice moniker. The system is notoriously swingy. A script has been created to show the distribution of rolls. [http://anydice.com/program/6177]		CthulhuTech uses a system called [[Framewerk]], known to some fa/tg/uys as 'lol poker dice'. The system uses d10s and success is based on either the single highest dice rolled ''or'' the sum of the highest sum of multiples of dice rolled ''or'' the sum of the highest straight of dice rolled (e.g. 4 5 6) hence the poker dice moniker. The system is notoriously swingy. A script has been created to show the distribution of rolls. [http://anydice.com/program/6177]

			The game has [[Rifts\|significant balance issues in combat]], with most character archetypes unable to play nice with each other, cross class play being something the creators either never though of or were trying to discourage, though there's no sidebar or warning so an inexperienced group could try putting together a party of different backgrounds that sound like they might thematically go together only to discover half their number can't do anything compared to the foes that the stronger jobs use as mooks. Mecha pilots are hilariously OP compared to anyone not in a mech (and Engels are flat-out better than non-Engels), and even if you go down to power armor, that's generally significantly tougher than the Tagers in combat despite one thinking it might be a natural place to team up your military and Eldritch Society characters- a teamup between which being something the creators never had in mind. On the other side, investigators and similar types are no match for Tagers and have a lot of trouble working alongside them, the magic system is very weak and takes a lot of time for not a lot of power, and the parapsychics are a special case where they get to advance through the power categories unlike anyone else so while they start out with modest power they end up blowing out of the investigator range, going past the tagers, and finishing up closer to the mecha in terms of what they can throw down with.

	==Tagers==		==Tagers==

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	*'''Vade Mecum''' (Latin for useful book/useful object, used in the context of a frequently referred to handbook) is the CthulhuTech Companion. It is essentially more CthulhuTech. It has rules for Cascades (gun fu and other martial arts), more Mecha and Tagers, the rules for Para-Psychics, new monsters, new spells and all sorts of other stuff. Also, focuses on underwater combat.		*'''Vade Mecum''' (Latin for useful book/useful object, used in the context of a frequently referred to handbook) is the CthulhuTech Companion. It is essentially more CthulhuTech. It has rules for Cascades (gun fu and other martial arts), more Mecha and Tagers, the rules for Para-Psychics, new monsters, new spells and all sorts of other stuff. Also, focuses on underwater combat.
	*'''Dark Passions''' is a sourcebook on the various smaller cults. This makes them ideal enemies for police and investigator games, and possibly an entry point for Tager games as well. If you play a higher powered game however you won't find a lot of information here though. Note that there are two versions of this book: the original Mongoose printing which is in black and white, and the full-color Catalyst printing which is the standard for the game.		*'''Dark Passions''' is a sourcebook on the various smaller cults. This makes them ideal enemies for police and investigator games, and possibly an entry point for Tager games as well. If you play a higher powered game however you won't find a lot of information here though. Note that there are two versions of this book: the original Mongoose printing which is in black and white, and the full-color Catalyst printing which is the standard for the game.
	*'''Damnation View''' is the metaplot book for the year 2086. It details how things are going to shit for the NEG and includes a number of storylines. It also details Secret Services, which act like more or less the Men in Black for the NEG.		*'''Damnation View''' is the metaplot book for the year 2086. It details how things are going to shit for the NEG and includes a number of storylines. It also details Secret Services, which act like more or less the Men in Black for the NEG. Very railroady adventures, and home to the infamous furry sex adventure, where in order to infiltrate a cult your characters get mind-controlled/date raped by deviantart furries. Where a lot of people realized how [[Magical Realm]] the game was.
	*'''Mortal Remains''' is the NEG/Migou sourcebook. It details daily life in the NEG, looks into the Nazzadi and describes the Migou and their mindset. Includes new vehicles and mecha for both parties, describes how you can make Migou characters and lists rules for the Nephilim.		*'''Mortal Remains''' is the NEG/Migou sourcebook. It details daily life in the NEG, looks into the Nazzadi and describes the Migou and their mindset. Includes new vehicles and mecha for both parties, describes how you can make Migou characters and lists rules for the Nephilim.
	*'''Ancient Enemies''' is the sourcebook for Tagers and the Chrysalis Corporation. It has two new Tagers and metamorphized versions of all ten of them, new Dhohanoids, backgrounds on both the Eldritch Society and the Chrysalis Corporation and rules on how to play a Dhohanoid game alongside rules for them.		*'''Ancient Enemies''' is the sourcebook for Tagers and the Chrysalis Corporation. It has two new Tagers and metamorphized versions of all ten of them, new Dhohanoids, backgrounds on both the Eldritch Society and the Chrysalis Corporation and rules on how to play a Dhohanoid game alongside rules for them.

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	'''CthulhuTech''' is a [[RPG\|roleplaying game]] developed by and published by WildFire LLC (formerly published by Mongoose Publishing and [[Catalyst Game Labs]]). It combines [[H.P. Lovecraft\|Lovecraftian]] eldritch horror with [[Anime]] mecha (and hentai, according to some of the lore and sample adventures) sensibilities set in the [[grimdark]] future of the late 21st Century, complete with a total war on all fronts that would give [[Creed]] a chubby. It's surprising no video games are made about it, probably cus a lot of the magical realm stuff would have to be discarded.		'''CthulhuTech''' is a [[RPG\|roleplaying game]] developed by and published by WildFire LLC (formerly published by Mongoose Publishing and [[Catalyst Game Labs]]). It combines [[H.P. Lovecraft\|Lovecraftian]] eldritch horror with [[Anime]] mecha (and [[rape\|hentai]], according to some of the lore and sample adventures) sensibilities set in the [[grimdark]] future of the late 21st Century, complete with a total war on all fronts that would give [[Creed]] a chubby. It's surprising no video games are made about it, probably cus a lot of the [[magical realm]] stuff would have to be discarded.

	==Backstory==		==Backstory==

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	'''CthulhuTech''' is a [[RPG\|roleplaying game]] developed by ~~WildFire LLC~~ and published by ~~<s>Catalyst Game Labs</s>~~ (formerly published by Mongoose Publishing). It combines [[H.P. Lovecraft\|Lovecraftian]] eldritch horror with [[Anime]] mecha (and hentai, according to some of the lore and sample adventures) sensibilities set in the [[grimdark]] future of the late 21st Century, complete with a total war on all fronts that would give [[Creed]] a chubby. It's surprising no video games are made about it, probably cus a lot of the magical realm stuff would have to be discarded.		'''CthulhuTech''' is a [[RPG\|roleplaying game]] developed by and published by WildFire LLC (formerly published by Mongoose Publishing and [[Catalyst Game Labs]]). It combines [[H.P. Lovecraft\|Lovecraftian]] eldritch horror with [[Anime]] mecha (and hentai, according to some of the lore and sample adventures) sensibilities set in the [[grimdark]] future of the late 21st Century, complete with a total war on all fronts that would give [[Creed]] a chubby. It's surprising no video games are made about it, probably cus a lot of the magical realm stuff would have to be discarded.

	==Backstory==		==Backstory==

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	'''CthulhuTech''' is a [[RPG\|roleplaying game]] developed by WildFire LLC and published by Catalyst Game Labs (formerly published by Mongoose Publishing). It combines [[H.P. Lovecraft\|Lovecraftian]] eldritch horror with [[Anime]] mecha (and hentai, according to some of the lore and sample adventures) sensibilities set in the [[grimdark]] future of the late 21st Century, complete with a total war on all fronts that would give [[Creed]] a chubby. It's surprising no video games are made about it, probably cus a lot of the magical realm stuff would have to be discarded.		'''CthulhuTech''' is a [[RPG\|roleplaying game]] developed by WildFire LLC and published by <s>Catalyst Game Labs</s> (formerly published by Mongoose Publishing). It combines [[H.P. Lovecraft\|Lovecraftian]] eldritch horror with [[Anime]] mecha (and hentai, according to some of the lore and sample adventures) sensibilities set in the [[grimdark]] future of the late 21st Century, complete with a total war on all fronts that would give [[Creed]] a chubby. It's surprising no video games are made about it, probably cus a lot of the magical realm stuff would have to be discarded.

	==Backstory==		==Backstory==

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	==Backstory==		==Backstory==
	Early in the 21st-century woman by the name of Teresa Ashcroft discovered arcanotechnology, the science behind magic. The discovery revolutionized the world and sent her mad. Her colleague Simon Yi continued her research, laying the groundwork for the Dimensional Engine, a clean and inexhaustible power source. He was also driven mad. The research was taken over by one Doctor Golvash Czeny, who assembled a team and let people work on minute parts of the D-Engine project. While the staff suffered psychotic attacks, nervous breakdowns, frequent nightmares and other such unpleasantries, they were not driven mad, which was a good thing for everyone involved. Eleven years after Teresa Ashcroft began her research, the first arcanotech-powered D-Engine went public. After three months of trying everything, the global scientific community was forced to admit that the things were legit. With the limitless power of the D-Engine, it became possible to build anti-gravity pod systems, or A-Pods, with which vehicles could fly. D-Engines could also power mecha, allow for better space travel and gave the power required to build underwater research and food-growing bases. It was a pretty swell time to be alive, as long as you didn't live in the Middle East who had their economies go to shit because nobody bought oil anymore and resented the growing power of the UN, so they decided to side with China (who had not joined the UN and its growing power) and another Cold War started. Things tensed up and a global Jihad was an ever-growing threat.		Early in the 21st-century a woman by the name of Teresa Ashcroft discovered arcanotechnology, the science behind magic. The discovery revolutionized the world and sent her mad. Her colleague Simon Yi continued her research, laying the groundwork for the Dimensional Engine, a clean and inexhaustible power source. He was also driven mad. The research was taken over by one Doctor Golvash Czeny, who assembled a team and let people work on minute parts of the D-Engine project. While the staff suffered psychotic attacks, nervous breakdowns, frequent nightmares and other such unpleasantries, they were not driven mad, which was a good thing for everyone involved. Eleven years after Teresa Ashcroft began her research, the first arcanotech-powered D-Engine went public. After three months of trying everything, the global scientific community was forced to admit that the things were legit. With the limitless power of the D-Engine, it became possible to build anti-gravity pod systems, or A-Pods, with which vehicles could fly. D-Engines could also power mecha, allow for better space travel and gave the power required to build underwater research and food-growing bases. It was a pretty swell time to be alive, as long as you didn't live in the Middle East who had their economies go to shit because nobody bought oil anymore and resented the growing power of the UN, so they decided to side with China (who had not joined the UN and its growing power) and another Cold War started. Things tensed up and a global Jihad was an ever-growing threat.

	And then the Migou struck.		And then the Migou struck.