This page collects together resources for Cthulhu Eternal Cold War that have been written by Community Creators and made available for others to re-use.
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The Cthulhu Eternal Cold War SRD has a selection of Protagonist Archetypes that cover common types of characters that appear in Lovecraftian stories. Of course those ten or so character types won’t cover everything that a player might dream up for a Protagonist concept … that’s why the SRD also has a section describing how to build new Archetype templates. Collected below are some new Cold War Archetypes that community members have built.
The ever-inventive Paul StJohn Mackintosh created this set of espionage protagonist archetypes to complement the set already included in the SRD. He notes that most of them would work for a game set any time in the Cold War era, but the “Hacker” archetype would probably only work (without tinkering) for games set in the 1980s or later.
Asset Handler (Cold War)
RECOMMENDED STATS: CHA, POW
ARCHETYPAL SKILLS:
Administration 40%
Espionage Training (Operating Agent) 60%
Foreign Language (Local) 40%
Harangue 40%
Insight 60%
Persuade 50%
Psychoanalyze 50%
Choose any 3 of these that you don’t already have:
Alertness 60%
Anthropology 40%
Firearms 60%
Law (Local) 40%
Organizational Lore (Agency) 40%
Regional Lore (Local) 40%
Research 50%
Search 60%
STARTING RESOURCES: 5
BONDS: 3
Bagman (Cold War)
RECOMMENDED STATS: INT, CHA
ARCHETYPAL SKILLS:
Administration 40%
Appraise 40%
Espionage Training (Money Laundering) 30%
Harangue 40%
Insight 40%
Law (International Financial) 30%
Organizational Lore (Financial) 20%
Persuade 50%
Choose any 3 of these that you don’t already have:
Anthropology 40%
Art (Forgery) 40%
Charm 60%
Craft (Handwriting) 40%
Disguise 50%
Search 60%
Stealth 50%
STARTING RESOURCES: 5
BONDS: 4
Bang-and-Burner (Cold War)
RECOMMENDED STATS: DEX, INT
ARCHETYPAL SKILLS:
Craft (Explosives) 60%
Disguise 60%
Espionage Training (Sabotage) 50%
Heavy Machinery 60%
Science (Chemistry) 60%
Stealth 60%
Use Gadgets 60%
Choose any 3 of these that you don’t already have:
Alertness 60%
Firearms 60%
Melee Weapons 70%
Military Training (Bomb Disposal) 40%
Organizational Lore (Terrorist) 40%
Survival (Urban) 40%
STARTING RESOURCES: 4
BONDS: 2
Cleaner (Cold War)
RECOMMENDED STATS: INT
ARCHETYPAL SKILLS:
Administration 60%
Alertness 50%
Craft (Forensics) 70%
Espionage Training (Site Cleaning) 40%
Law (CSI) 50%
Research 40%
Science (Forensics) 70%
Search 60%
Choose any 3 of these that you don’t already have:
Craft (Electronics) 40%
Disguise 50%
Medicine 40%
Organizational Lore (Homicide Division) 40%
Science (Chemistry) 40%
Stealth 50%
Use Gadgets 40%
STARTING RESOURCES: 4
BONDS: 2
Cobbler (Cold War)
RECOMMENDED STATS: DEX, CHA
ARCHETYPAL SKILLS:
Administration 50%
Art (Forgery) 60%
Craft (Digital Intrusion) 60%
Espionage Training (Clandestine HUMINT) 40%
Organizational Lore (Border Control) 30%
Science (Computing) 50%
Choose any 3 of these that you don’t already have:
Alertness 60%
Craft (Electronics) 40%
Disguise 50%
Law (Border Control) 40%
Regional Lore (Local) 40%
Science (Computing) 40%
Search 60%
Stealth 50%
STARTING RESOURCES: 5
BONDS: 3
Cuckoo (Cold War)
RECOMMENDED STATS: CHA, POW
ARCHETYPAL SKILLS:
Alertness 50%
Art (Acting) 70%
Charm 50%
Disguise 60%
Espionage Training (Deep Cover) 60%
Insight 60%
Persuade 60%
Choose any 3 of these that you don’t already have:
Administration 50%
Appraise 50%
Espionage Training (Clandestine HUMINT) 40%
Foreign Language (Local) 40%
Harangue 50%
Regional Lore (Local) 40%
Research 50%
Search 60%
Stealth 50%
STARTING RESOURCES: 5
BONDS: 2
Hacker (Cold War)
RECOMMENDED STATS: INT
ARCHETYPAL SKILLS:
Administration 40%
Alertness 50%
Craft (Digital Intrusion) 60%
Espionage Training (SIGINT) 50%
Organizational Lore (Tech organizations) 50%
Science (Computing) 70%
Stealth 50%
Use Gadgets 50%
Choose any 3 of these that you don’t already have:
Charm 60%
Craft (Electronics) 40%
Insight 50%
Persuade 60%
Science (Engineering) 40%
Search 60%
STARTING RESOURCES: 4
BONDS: 2
Mule (Cold War)
RECOMMENDED STATS: DEX, STR
ARCHETYPAL SKILLS:
Administration 50%
Alertness 60%
Charm 60%
Disguise 60%
Drive 50%
Espionage Training (Clandestine HUMINT) 50%
Regional Lore (Local) 40%
Stealth 50%
Choose any 3 of these that you don’t already have:
Athletics 70%
Firearms 60%
Foreign Language (Local) 40%
Insight 50%
Law (Border Control) 40%
Navigate 50%
Pilot (Plane) 40%
Survival (Urban) 50%
STARTING RESOURCES: 4
BONDS: 3
Watcher (Cold War)
RECOMMENDED STATS: DEX, POW
ARCHETYPAL SKILLS:
Administration 50%
Alertness 60%
Athletics 50%
Disguise 50%
Espionage Training (Clandestine HUMINT) 40%
Regional Lore (Local) 30%
Stealth 50%
Track 40%
Choose any 3 of these that you don’t already have:
Charm 60%
Drive 60%
Insight 50%
Navigate 50%
Persuade 60%
Search 60%
Survival (Urban) 50%
Use Gadgets 40%
STARTING RESOURCES: 5
BONDS: 3
Wheel Artist (Cold War)
RECOMMENDED STATS: STR, DEX
ARCHETYPAL SKILLS:
Alertness 60%
Craft (Mechanics) 60%
Drive 70%
Navigation 50%
Regional Lore (Local) 50%
Survival (Urban) 50%
Use Gadgets 50%
Choose any 3 of these that you don’t already have:
Administration 50%
Craft (Electronics) 40%
Disguise 50%
Espionage Training (Covert Operations) 40%
Firearms 60%
Insight 50%
Melee Weapons 70%
Pilot (Boat) 40%
Unarmed Combat 60%
STARTING RESOURCES: 4
BONDS: 3
Wire Rat (Cold War)
RECOMMENDED STATS: INT
ARCHETYPAL SKILLS:
Alertness 50%
Craft (Electronics) 60%
Disguise 30%
Espionage Training (SIGINT) 40%
Research 40%
Science (Engineering) 60%
Stealth 40%
Use Gadgets 60%
Choose any 3 of these that you don’t already have:
Administration 50%
Charm 60%
Craft (Digital Intrusion) 40%
Espionage Training (Clandestine HUMINT) 40%
Insight 50%
Regional Lore (Local) 40%
Research 50%
Search 60%
STARTING RESOURCES: 4
BONDS: 3
Sometimes you just want to quickly grab a Protagonist for an impromptu game of Cthulhu Eternal, rather than go through the process of designing your own customized character. Alternatively, it’s sometimes handy to look at previous Protagonists for inspiration when making your own. Either way, the resources below give you some ready-to-play characters for your Cold War games of Cthulhu Eternal.
New Archetypes built by community members will go here.
