Most newer books are in the original electronic format. Also, their file size tends to be smaller than scanned image books. These ebooks were created from the original electronic layout files, and therefore are fully text searchable. We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.įor printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable. The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.įor PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. I’m not a gun guy, but these sure look like the bees’ knees to me.” ‒ Kevin Ross ( Cthulhu by Gaslight, Escape from Innsmouth) “They have lots of nice details, photos, and even suggestions for films in which each weapon can be seen in use. “The book is so much more than just a collection of fire arms that I’d consider it indispensable to anyone running a modern game.” ‒ Chad Bowser ( Cthulhu Invictus, Victoriana) Now available as PDF and POD from this site. Investigator Weapons 2 – The essential modern weapons book for Keeper and players of all editions of Call of Cthulhu. A Keeper’s chapter examines the consequences of magic on firearms and ammunition, and the effect of firearms on Mythos creatures. Typical weapons for non-player characters are suggested, as are likely weapons for cultists from around the world. Finishing each weapon description is the movie use of the weapon – so that you can see and hear it in action – and a comprehensive statistics bar. Significantly, each weapon’s operation is described, allowing Keeper and players to convincingly portray its use and effect. These range from the famous Glock 17 pistol, H&K MP5 submachine gun, and Kalashnikov assault rifle to many lesser known but even more widespread firearms – as well as specialized designs developed for assassins, combat divers, and special forces.Įach weapon is illustrated and described in detail, as are numerous variant models. Hans-Christian Vortisch (author of Investigator Weapons 1: The 1920s and 1930s, GURPS Covert Ops, GURPS High-Tech,and GURPS Tactical Shooting) has selected many dozens of the most typical or iconic weapons available to the discerning shooter today. It is particularly suited for settings using Chaosium’s Cthulhu Now, Pagan Publishing’s Delta Green, and Cubicle 7’s The Laundry. Investigator Weapons 2 covers handguns, rifles and assault rifles, shotguns, submachine guns and personal defence weapons, machine guns, grenade launchers, rocket launchers, melee weapons, explosives, and special ammunition and gathers together all the spot rules for injury, environmental conditions, and firearms combat in one place, as well as introducing many optional rules for enhanced play. Investigator Weapons for Call of Cthulhu in the Modern Day era is a comprehensive collection of weapons available to stalwart investigators of the Cthulhu Mythos and their crazed cultist opponents. A silly, futile gesture, I know, but it illustrates my present state of mind, I think.”– Paul F. Took out the old twelve gauge my father left me, and blew it to pieces.
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