On page 15 of the Pulp Cthulhu rulebook there’s an optional rule allowing players to select an occupation before they pick an archetype.
My players seem to prefer this method but it can cause a lot of scanning back and forth through the rulebook trying to list which archetypes are then available.
Here’s a list of Pulp Cthulhu archetypes by occupation to save your players some time. I hope it proves useful!
Actor: Adventurer, Bon Vivant, Femme Fatale, Harlequin, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker
Agency Detective: Explorer, Femme Fatale, Hard Boiled, Harlequin, Hunter, Seeker, Two-Fisted
Artist: Bon Vivant, Dreamer, Harlequin, Mystic, Outsider, Rogue, Swashbuckler
Author: Dreamer, Femme Fatale, Scholar, Seeker, Sidekick
Aviator: Adventurer, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker
Bank Robber: Adventurer, Cold Blooded, Hard Boiled, Hunter, Rogue, Thrill Seeker, Two-Fisted
Bartender/Waitress: Dreamer, Grease Monkey, Harlequin, Sidekick
Beat Cop: Beefcake, Cold Blooded, Hard Boiled, Hunter, Seeker, Sidekick, Steadfast, Two-Fisted
Big Game Hunter: Adventurer, Explorer, Swashbuckler
Bounty Hunter: Beefcake, Cold Blooded, Explorer, Hard Boiled, Hunter, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker
Boxer: Beefcake, Hard Boiled, Hunter, Two-Fisted
Butler: Bon Vivant, Egghead, Grease Monkey, Sidekick, Steadfast
Cat Burglar: Adventurer, Femme Fatale, Grease Monkey, Rogue, Thrill Seeker
Chauffeur: Grease Monkey, Sidekick, Steadfast
Confidence Trickster: Bon Vivant, Femme Fatale, Harlequin, Rogue
Cult Leader: Bon Vivant, Cold Blooded, Dreamer, Egghead, Harlequin, Mystic
Dilettante: Adventurer, Bon Vivant, Dreamer, Explorer, Femme Fatale, Harlequin, Mystic, Rogue, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker
Doctor of Medicine: Egghead, Scholar, Sidekick, Steadfast
Drifter: Adventurer, Cold Blooded, Dreamer, Grease Monkey, Outsider
Elected Official: Bon Vivant, Dreamer, Femme Fatale, Harlequin, Steadfast
Engineer: Egghead, Grease Monkey
Entertainer: Beefcake, Bon Vivant, Femme Fatale, Harlequin, Mystic, Rogue, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker
Exorcist: Cold Blooded, Mystic, Steadfast
Explorer: Explorer, Outsider, Thrill Seeker
Federal Agent: Cold Blooded, Femme Fatale, Seeker, Sidekick, Steadfast
Gambler: Adventurer, Bon Vivant, Dreamer, Harlequin, Rogue, Thrill Seeker
Gangster: Adventurer, Beefcake, Cold Blooded, Femme Fatale, Hard Boiled, Hunter, Thrill Seeker, Two-Fisted
Gentleman/Lady: Bon Vivant, Dreamer, Egghead, Harlequin, Steadfast, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker
Get-Away Driver: Explorer, Grease Monkey, Rogue, Sidekick, Thrill Seeker
Gun Moll: Bon Vivant, Cold Blooded, Explorer, Femme Fatale, Hard Boiled, Hunter, Sidekick, Thrill Seeker, Two-Fisted
Hired Muscle: Beefcake, Cold Blooded, Outsider, Two-Fisted
Hit Man: Cold Blooded, Femme Fatale, Two-Fisted
Hobo: Adventurer, Beefcake, Dreamer, Grease Monkey, Sidekick
Hooker: Dreamer, Femme Fatale, Sidekick, Thrill Seeker, Two-Fisted
Investigative Journalist: Adventurer, Egghead, Explorer, Femme Fatale, Seeker, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker
Itinerant Worker: Beefcake, Explorer, Grease Monkey, Outsider
Laborer: Beefcake, Hard Boiled, Hunter, Outsider, Sidekick, Two-Fisted
Librarian: Dreamer, Scholar, Sidekick
Mechanic: Beefcake, Egghead, Grease Monkey, Two-Fisted
Military Officer: Bon Vivant, Swashbuckler
Missionary: Adventurer, Explorer, Steadfast, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker
Musician: Bon Vivant, Dreamer, Femme Fatale, Harlequin, Thrill Seeker
Nurse: Adventurer, Dreamer, Femme Fatale, Outsider, Sidekick, Steadfast, Two-Fisted
Occultist: Dreamer, Mystic, Outsider, Seeker, Thrill Seeker
Parapsychologist: Mystic, Scholar, Seeker, Thrill Seeker
Photographer: Adventurer, Explorer, Sidekick
Police Detective: Hard Boiled, Hunter, Seeker, Steadfast, Two-Fisted
Priest: Bon Vivant, Dreamer, Egghead, Steadfast
Private Detective: Steadfast, Swashbuckler, Femme Fatale, Hard Boiled, Hunter
Professor: Bon Vivant, Cold Blooded, Dreamer, Scholar
Ranger: Adventurer, Explorer, Hard Boiled, Hunter, Outsider, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker, Two-Fisted
Reporter: Cold Blooded, Femme Fatale, Harlequin, Seeker, Steadfast, Two-Fisted
Sailor: Adventurer, Beefcake, Explorer, Grease Monkey, Steadfast, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker, Two-Fisted
Scientist: Egghead, Scholar, Sidekick
Secretary: Dreamer, Harlequin, Sidekick
Soldier: Adventurer, Beefcake, Cold Blooded, Explorer, Grease Monkey, Steadfast, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker, Two-Fisted
Spy: Femme Fatale, Rogue, Seeker, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker
Street Punk: Beefcake, Cold Blooded, Sidekick, Two-Fisted
Student: Dreamer, Grease Monkey, Rogue, Seeker, Sidekick
Tribe Member: Adventurer, Beefcake, Cold Blooded, Dreamer, Explorer, Mystic, Outsider, Sidekick, Steadfast, Two-Fisted
Union Activist: Grease Monkey, Hard Boiled, Harlequin, Hunter, Thrill Seeker, Two-Fisted
Zealot: Bon Vivant, Cold Blooded, Femme Fatale, Harlequin, Thrill Seeker
And here’s a bonus list of archetypes per characteristic in case that’s also of interest…
STR: Beefcake, Two-Fisted
CON: Hard Boiled, Hunter, Outsider, Sidekick, Steadfast
DEX: Adventurer, Explorer, Rogue, Sidekick, Swashbuckler, Thrill Seeker
INT: Cold Blooded, Egghead, Femme Fatale, Grease Monkey, Hunter, Outsider, Seeker
SIZ: Bon Vivant, Two-Fisted
POW: Dreamer, Explorer, Mystic, Thrill Seeker
APP: Adventurer, Femme Fatale, Harlequin, Rogue, Swashbuckler
EDU: Egghead, Scholar
Craig Pay 