Creating Call of Cthulhu Characters from Pulp Heroes
I'm writing a Pulp Call of Cthulhu campaign, and I'm looking to literally populate it with Pulp action heroes, in the same mode as this. I figured I'd translate a handful of characters to the Call of Cthulhu rules and then present them to my players and let them choose. I'm looking to avoid "superheroes" but pretty much any character is fair game. I've started with the "big three."
Doc Savage
The hardest to translate to the game: he has no flaws. He's an exceptional combatant and also knows virtually everything. I decided to make him good at everything but make the others even better at some things.
The Shadow
Former World War One Flying Ace turned vigilante, exceptional driving, flying and shooting skills - also possesses some measure of quasi-mystical stealth and possibly the ability to see the darkness in men's hearts. Depends on which version exactly you're consulting. He's going to have some kind of innate magic, for sure, I haven't decided how powerful exactly to make him.