Welcome

Welcome to Curiosity and Satisfaction!
A Call of Cthulhu game from a cat’s-eye view.

A setting connecting the traditional Call of Cthulhu RPG with a feline milieu inspired by Akif Pirinçci’s Felidae and other novels.

Cats. Aren’t they just a little bit uncanny sometimes, sitting there, staring intently at something that we can’t see? What sort of invisible monsters do they perceive? And what do they do at night prowling the neighborhood streets?
Cats are not the soulless animals that we may take them for. They have their own point of view, social structure, and even culture! Some can read human books, understand speech, and occasionally even communicate with the “Can Openers.” They help, protect, or warn their master or mistress when they are threatened by the invisible forces that cats sometimes see. They also have the important skill of being able to wander the Dreamlands at will in their sleep — one reason that cats sleep so often and enthusiastically, for they have fewer enemies in the Dreamlands than the waking world and are respected much more there.
Cats played a small but important role in H.P. Lovecraft’s life. Lovecraft was a notable cat lover, and his story “The Cats of Ulthar” is fondly recalled by kindred spirits. Playing feline characters instead of human characters demands special skill and sympathy on the parts of both players and keeper. Players who have owned cats and are more or less familiar with them will have the easiest time imagining themselves as cats, but everyone else should give it a try, because an exceptional Call of Cthulhu game can be the result.

ON BEING A CAT

A lot of the fun in playing cats comes from cats being very different protagonists than human beings.

NATURE

While the cats in this game are sapient and possessed of magical like powers, they’re still cats. They are easily distracted by laser pointers or pieces of string, and their predatory instincts can make it difficult for them to keep prey alive for interrogation. They aren’t generally fond of water and tend to poke their noses into places where they shouldn’t.

SENSES

Cats have excellent night vision and can see in color, but struggle to distinguish between colors near the red end of the spectrum. They can’t see if there’s no light at all and can’t hold flashlights, so in totally dark environments they must rely on magic or their other senses. Fortunately, their sense of smell is more than ten times better than humans’, and they have a preternatural ability to sense air currents, objects, and spaces around them with their whiskers. Cats hear low-pitched sounds about as well as humans, but they can detect sounds at much higher pitches—higher than even dogs can sense.

LITERACY

Cats have no written language and generally can’t read human languages. They can however leave simple messages for each other such as “Stay away!” or “Danger here!” with scent markings, and can understand similar messages left by other animals.

NAIVETE

Cats, clever as they are, know a lot about the human world. However, being outsiders, they are often baffled by the things that humans do or use. Some cats can’t read pictographic signs, so they can’t benefit from human books and histories. Rather than using their own experience, cats often have to piece together clues to understand human behaviors and tools.