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Raiders of R'lyeh: Gamemaster's Guide & Complete Rules



RAIDERS of R'LYEH is a stand-alone roleplaying game and sourcebook in which mercenary rogues explore forbidden frontiers¸ unearth ancient artifacts¸ and outwit villainous scum. Derived partly from the Runequest rules that have been released under the Open Game License¸ the game is crafted to emulate not only adventure in the CTHULHU MYTHOS of H.P. Lovecraft and his circle of influences¸ but especially the savage and evocative feel of Robert E. Howard's Mythos and Weird menace stories.

Attention has been made to keep the game mechanics compatible with other percentile systems - while innovating additional rulesets unique to the setting and atmosphere - so those players wishing only to use Raiders of R'lyeh as an Edwardian era adventure sourcebook will have a massive global setting to explore and use in their preexisting Mythos campaign¸ as well as modular adventure¸ monster and scenario resources for gaming in 1900-1913. Those players wanting a standalone rulebook with its adventure modes of play¸ will have a complete toolkit for interacting with the Cthulhu Mythos.

  • A complete sourcebook for expeditions¸ intrigues and adventures in the pre-Great War Edwardian period (can be used as a rules-independent sourcebook)
  • A wealth of resources about technology¸ inventions¸ architecture¸ weapons¸ gear¸ currencies¸ class structure¸ etiquette¸ vehicles¸ mounts¸ ports of call¸ and travel for the period
  • An expansive monster construction kit¸ with new weird monsters and twists on old favorites from the Mythos¸ drawn from the works of Lovecraft¸ Robert E. Howard¸ M.R. James¸ William Hope Hodgson¸ Clark Ashton Smith¸ Algernon Blackwood¸ Lafcadio Hearn¸ among others
  • Hundreds of pages of GM support and world building resources for developing adventures¸ enemies and organizations
  • A global network of back-alley criminals¸ controlling gentry¸ avaricious smugglers and a campaign-spanning conspiracy known only as "The Glove¸" drawn from the pre-War era and tradition of Weird adventure
  • Setting creation support - including a collection of organizations from the era¸ from intelligence agencies to detective bureaus and secret society lodges¸ as well as ideas for secret factions and cults within these organizations or as separate entities¸ NPC stats for warlords¸ criminals¸ soldiers¸ spies¸ thugs¸ beasts...all the added Kickstarter-backed NPCs and organizations...and more
  • Faction rules¸ with a complete toolkit for developing your own factions
  • Guidelines for facilitating node-based investigation¸ using Circles of Influence (derived from other systems)¸ Clue Webs and Scenario Nodes¸ Networking and Connections rules¸ and Organization Responses and Hierarchies
  • A robust and extensive chapter on magic¸ sorcerers¸ occult works and artifacts from the world of 1910
  • A simple yet robust sanity system integrated into the PC and NPC motives and bonds
  • Options for "pulpier" occultists and occult detectives adventurers - akin to much of Lovecraft's original material and most of Howard's¸ and to the occult detectives in the works of various weird writers such as William Hope Hodgson¸ Arthur Machen¸ and so on - for players who want to incorporate pulpier magic into their mythos game


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