| A Field Observer's Handbook Of Preternatural Entities | |
|---|---|
 Cover by Tom Sullivan | |
| Designers | |
| Publishers | Chaosium |
| Publication | 1988 |
| Genres | Horror |
| Systems | Systemless |
| ISBN | 978-0933635487 |
S. Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters is a sourcebook published by Chaosium in 1988 for the horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu .
S. Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters is a 64-page sourcebook that details 27 creatures of the Cthulhu mythos, each with a full-page full-color painting and clues to help characters recognize them, and the supplement includes a key to help identify the monsters and a chart displaying their relative sizes. [1]
S. Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters was written by Sandy Petersen with Lynn Willis, with art by Tom Sullivan and was published by Chaosium in 1988 as a 64-page book. [1]
In the October 1988 edition of Dragon (Issue #138), Ken Rolston called this "a useful game reference" that "manages to take itself fairly seriously while maintaining an atmosphere of fun." Rolston called Petersen's writing "a perfect example of Chaosium’s masterful control of tone and diction." He concluded, "This is delicious. Buy several for your best friends and hope that some day the gaming hobby will produce works of equal charm to describe monstrous species for other fantasy and science-fiction role-playing settings." [2]
S. Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters was awarded the Origins Award for "Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or Supplement of 1988". [3]
Basic Role-Playing (BRP) is a tabletop role-playing game which originated in the RuneQuest fantasy role-playing game. Chaosium released the BRP standalone booklet in 1980 in the boxed set release of the second edition of RuneQuest. Greg Stafford and Lynn Willis are credited as the authors. Chaosium used the percentile skill-based system as the basis for most of their games, including Call of Cthulhu, Stormbringer, and Elfquest.
Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos. The game, often abbreviated as CoC, is published by Chaosium; it was first released in 1981 and is in its seventh edition, with licensed foreign language editions available as well. Its game system is based on Chaosium's Basic Role-Playing (BRP) with additions for the horror genre. These include special rules for sanity and luck.
Chaosium Inc. is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include Call of Cthulhu, based on the horror fiction stories of H. P. Lovecraft, RuneQuest Glorantha, Pendragon, based on Thomas Mallory's Le Morte d'Arthur, and 7th Sea, "swashbuckling and sorcery" set in a fantasy 17th century Europe.
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