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Eldritch Tales: Lovecraftian White Box Role-Playing

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Aeons before man arose from the primordial mire, ancient creatures descended from the stars or stepped through dimensional passages to inhabit the Earth. Whilst many of these Old Ones have since passed into inactivity, the secrets they carried with them have been shared with man and now terrible cults haunt the fringes of modern society. These ancient terrors thus still menace mankind and, if the prophecies are to be believed, the Old Ones shall return to reign again over the Earth!

Eldritch Tales: Lovecraftian White Box Role-Playing in an OSR rule set with its roots in the Original version of the world's favorite RPG, but instead of exploring musty dungeons, characters in Eldritch Tales investigate Mythos horrors in the 1920s! The setting and background are based on the cosmic horror tales of Howard Phillips Lovecraft and other members of his writing circle. 

Within the pages of Eldritch Tales you will find four character classes representing many classic pulp archetypes, occupations, rules for insanity, spells, monsters, esoteric tomes, artifacts, a starting scenario, and setting material, as well as advice on using Eldritch Tales with other White Box games. This game is compatible with Swords & Wizardry White Box and other OSR games.

To accomodate all devices, the PDF purchase includes versions in both high resolution and low resolution. PDF has a bookmarked Table of Contents, as well as linked terms throughout the book.

Eldritch Tales offers a Compatibility License to third-party publishers interested in creating material to support the game, find it here on RPGNow or DriveThruRPG!

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Neil A September 01, 2023 7:16 pm UTC
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Just realised that the bestiary does not have an entry for any cats, but it does have an entry for dog. What about the cats of Ulthar ?
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Neil A May 22, 2023 8:46 pm UTC
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If I have a Class Skill and an Occupation I take also has that Skill, what benefit / bonus do I use ?
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Ashley B August 15, 2023 1:03 pm UTC
2d6 and take the highest
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Brian S January 31, 2023 8:19 pm UTC
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why in the world would you not have the table of contents shown?
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Derek N October 27, 2021 4:22 pm UTC
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It looks like all options for this except the stand alone hardback are discounted for Halloween. Is this purposeful, or should the hardback alone also get a mark down?
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Neil S March 29, 2021 6:09 am UTC
Does this have stats for Cthulhu etc
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Joseph S July 25, 2021 5:07 pm UTC
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No, it doesn't.
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Ashley B January 02, 2021 7:25 pm UTC
Are there any more scenarios coming for this? Or any further Eldritch Inquirers?
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Joseph S February 14, 2021 1:56 am UTC
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Hi Ashey,
I do have issue 2 of the Inquirer in the works, but it has been on the backburner while I focus on my next project. I currently have no timeline - once I finish my full draft of Reaver and have out to playtesters, I'll get issue 2 done. Sorry I cant be more helpful right now. I will say that I've run CoC modules with ET successfully.
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Jaime P December 09, 2020 5:29 am UTC
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I can’t seem to find rules for move rate. Did I miss it? I see the penalties for weight carried, but now how it’s applied mechanically. I’m assuming it’s standard White Box, but I just can’t find it
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Joseph S February 14, 2021 1:53 am UTC
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Hi Jaime, page 70 is what you want!
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Jaime P February 15, 2021 12:39 am UTC
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Right in front of me, lol. Thank you!
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Hugh A July 02, 2020 11:15 pm UTC
Is there any game mechanic stuff in the book at all? Could I get buy without a copy of Swords & Wizardry?
Thanks in advance.
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Michael P July 20, 2020 12:03 am UTC
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It is a complete rulebook. No need to buy S&W.
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Joseph S August 14, 2020 12:03 pm UTC
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As Michael P. said, this is a complete game and you won't need to reference S&W at all. That said, you can get the free versions of that game here:
http://snw.smolderingwizard.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=4
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Joseph S August 14, 2020 12:03 pm UTC
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Thanks Michael!
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Hugh A August 16, 2020 10:06 am UTC
Thank you
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Marco E March 14, 2019 1:06 pm UTC
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hey! Just a detail: it doesn't seem that the fillable sheet is actually "fillable"... Hints? xD
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Joseph S March 16, 2019 3:33 pm UTC
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Hmm. Well that's news. It seems to be working for me, but I'll see what I can do with it. Thanks for letting me know!
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Joseph S March 27, 2019 3:21 pm UTC
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Should be fixed now!
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Jonathan H March 01, 2019 7:26 pm UTC
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Just for the record, the POD is *excellent*. Great work.
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Joseph S March 16, 2019 3:32 pm UTC
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Thanks Jonathan!
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thorsten G January 01, 2019 4:45 pm UTC
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POD me!
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Joseph S January 23, 2019 10:13 pm UTC
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It's here!
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Ilias L December 01, 2018 10:31 am UTC
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Any news of the POD version?
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Joseph S January 23, 2019 10:13 pm UTC
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POD has dropped!
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Sami K September 30, 2018 7:07 am UTC
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Really waiting for print version of this!
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Joseph S October 06, 2018 2:55 pm UTC
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His Everyone,

I saw that several of you have asked about PoD and wanted to let you know that there have been some foreseen delays, but rint proofs have been ordered and I should have them in a few weeks. I apologize for the wait and thank you for your patience!

I encourage you all to join the Eldritch Tales Fan Community on G+ to receive the latest ET news!
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Joseph S October 19, 2018 2:54 pm UTC
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PoD update - received the first round of proofs and submitted corrections to my layout guy. It took only 5 days for the softcover to get back to me, but 12 days for the hardcover.
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Joseph S January 23, 2019 10:14 pm UTC
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POD is now available!
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E. D September 27, 2018 1:48 am UTC
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Any progress on making this available in POD yet?
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Joseph S January 23, 2019 10:14 pm UTC
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It's here!
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Tyler C August 31, 2018 3:21 am UTC
Eagerly awaiting a POD version. Fingers crossed for a hardcover.
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Joseph S October 06, 2018 2:55 pm UTC
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Hardcover and softcover will be available!
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Alessio S August 26, 2018 11:30 am UTC
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€8.99 spent to buy this product but I don't see any character sheet! I'm very disappointed for this.
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jordy W August 28, 2018 3:45 pm UTC
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https://www.rpgnow.com/product/248640/Eldritch-Tales-Character-Sheet

It's free.
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Joseph S August 28, 2018 8:49 pm UTC
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Thanks Jordy!
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