Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth
A podcast about the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game, writing, game mastering, and playing -- presented by the hosts, Jon Hook and Seth Skorkowsky
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 90 minutes
- Episodes
- 77
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Modern Mythos - Ep.16 - CoC sans-Mythos!
In this episode, Jon and Seth discuss running a Call of Cthulhu game without the influence of the Mythos in it, and they continue designing an original Call of Cthulhu adventure with some help from t…
Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth Ep.15
Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth - Ep.14
Modern Mythos Ep.11 - ENNIE Submission 2022
This 12-minute audio file is a sample taken from Modern Mythos Episode 11 - Bouts of Insanity. This episode was originally released in January 2022. Jon and Seth are submitting this episode sample so…
Modern Mythos - Ep.13
Modern Mythos - Ep.12
Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth - Ep.11
Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth - Ep.10
Call of Cthulhu Credit Rating:
For many RPGs gaining treasure is a key motivator for both PCs and Players. In CoC a character can simply begin being wealthy, removing much of that character motivati…
Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth: Ep.9 - Mike Mason and Low-Prep Games
Chaosium's Line Editor for Call of Cthulhu, Mike Mason, rejoins us to talk about low-prep Call of Cthulhu games. With some practice, it's possible to have an impromptu game of Call of Cthulhu. Join u…
Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth - Ep.8 Mike Mason (pt.1)
In this episode, special guest Mike Mason, Chaosium's Line Editor for Call of Cthulhu, joins us to talk about our favorite forms of horror entertainment, be it a film, book, TV show, game, whatever!
Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth - Ep.07: Investigator Organizations & Optional Uses for Characteristics
- APP -- Change the base chance of Charm to be Half APP (Current base Charm is 15%)
- APP -- Grant a Bonus Die on Charm, Fast Talk, and Persuasion rolls if…
Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth - Ep. 6
In this episode, Jon and Seth talk about Milestone Leveling and the benefits of PC Death!
D&D characters “level up”... traditionally by XP awards, but a new concept known as “Milestone Leveling” all…
Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth
Welcome to the next episode of Modern Mythos. In this episode, we interviewed James Lowder, the Executive Editor at Chaosium. Chaosium recently reanimated their fiction line, and Jim is their Dr. Her…
Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth - Ep.4
In this episode, Jon and Seth talk about game mechanics from other game systems, and how to adapt them into Call of Cthulhu. And, they provide advice on where game masters and players can divine insp…
Modern Mythos - Ep.003
In this episode, Jon and Seth go into great detail on a couple of Call of Cthulhu scenarios, and give suggestions on how a Keeper could successfully run these scenarios for their players.
Jon -- The…
Modern Mythos - Ep.001
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Modern Mythos, with your hosts, Jon Hook and Seth Skorkowsky.
In this initial episode, we talk about writing for Chaosium's Miskatonic Repository on DriveThruRPG,…
Modern Mythos - Ep.002
In this episode, Jon and Seth talk about their favorite published modules that they've run across a gamut of games.
Jon’s Favorite Modules:
- Death Duel with the Destroyers -- 1982, Bill Willingham,…