The Campus Crier
The Campus Crier is Miskatonic U's student paper. Here's where we go through Mythos related news and feedback to the podcast.
Check out Keeper Jon on the Into The Darkness video podcast on YouTube as they play The Shadow Over Providence, a new scenario published by Chaosium, written by Keeper Jon to celebrate the Necronomicon 2019 convention. The series of videos is only three episodes long. The first two episodes are already available on YouTube, with the third and final episode coming very soon.
Ep. 01: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-TOd08syBo&list=PLJQ7JbI3-ZhI7EllbO7gv8bYb0kJndVDa
Ep. 02: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwB9PJ2hV3w&t=2s
Chris Spivey’s Haunted West Kickstarter has been wrastling up the stretch goals after meeting its 10,000 dollar goal in less than three hours. It has pushed past the 35,000 mark at the time of recording, which means our own Charles Gerard will be writing that Mythos chapter add-on that we mentioned last show.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1881168175/haunted-west-a-historical-weird-west-rpg-corebook/description
On October 10th, Chaosium released The Lightless Beacon for Call of Cthulhu, a short introductory scenario by Leigh Carr with Lynne Hardy for their We Are All Us campaign in remembrance of Greg Stafford. You can check out this and the other free scenarios released for the campaign on their website.
The Lovecraft Country Holiday Collection from golden Goblin Press almost doubled its funding goal by the time it closed out for a total of more than 22,500 dollars. It knocked down nine out of ten stretch goals, including more scenarios, more art, more maps, more stuff. It’s closed now so you can’t have any of that. But if you didn’t back it, keep your eyes peeled for this book to reach book racks of various kinds soon.
Stygian Fox put out a pack of maps for Lovecraft Country that bears checking out. It includes interesting stuff like a poverty map of Arkham, and maps of all the classic Lovecraft Country settings plus some less covered sections.
This October, Bret Kramer is doing what he is calling “Book-tober.” For the month of October he is featuring one short horror* story that has influenced him in some way, wherein he talks about his relationship to the story, how it impacted him, what others have said regarding the story, and links to the story itself (for reading and adaptations of it) so readers can experience it for themselves.
https://sentinelhillpress.com/2019/09/30/welcome-to-book-tober/
Chaosium’s “Cthulhuween” “Julia, our 'merc of merch', has just declared the month of October as Cthulhuween. She'll be adding a new piece of haunting artwork from Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu RPG line to the Chaosium Redbubble merchandise store every day this month. Check them out for wall-art, clothing, home decor, and more!”
The second installment of the Flotsom & Jetsom Organized Play scenario was released by Chaosium today. It is called “Inheritance;” it is written by Matthew Dawkins and it is available now for download from the Cult of Chaos forums in the BRP Central forums.
MU Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/vNjEv9D
Trick or Treat, by Scott David Aniolowski
Listen to the episode to hear Keeper Murph, Keeper Chad, and Keeper Jon discuss way to run this amazing scenario at your table during the spookiest time of the year. And, to help run the scenario with the current Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition rules, we asked Chaosium for permission to write-up and give to you, the listener, updated 7th Edition write-ups of the monsters, investigators, and spells.
“Trick or Treat” scenario and characters copyright 1990 Chaosium Inc., all rights reserved, used with permission.” You can purchase a PDF copy of Blood Brothers from Chaosium's website: https://www.chaosium.com/blood-brothers-pdf/
7th Edition Conversion Notes
~ When the investigators attempt to bash-in the closet door in Jeremy Wolfe's apartment, a Hard STR roll successfully breaks down the door.
~ The Sanity loss for the discovery of the extended family members seems high. Keepers might consider reducing those losses to 1/1D3, but keep the Sanity losses dictated for the discovery of the investigator's friends who have been murdered by the scarecrow.
~ The discovery of Tierney's car should not be a whole series of rolls. Have a Group Luck roll -- with any failed roll, it takes 3 hours to find the car; with a standard success, it takes 2 hours to find the car; with a hard success, it takes 1 hour to find the car; and with an extreme success, it takes 30 minutes to find the car.
~ The Keeper may consider making any one or two of the pre-gen investigators Wiccan characters who know spells. As the pre-gen characters are originally presented, only one character is a Wiccan who knows spells. This might be difficult if the game has less than six players, and that investigator is not used in the game.
The Oak Tree
STR 200 CON 1000 SIZ 300 POW 150
HP 130 MP 30 DB +5D6
Weapons: Branches & Roots 40%, 1D6 striking or piercing
Entangling Mnvr: 25% to entangle with roots and vines,
crushing victim on subsequent round for 5D6 damage. Entangled victims need an
Extreme STR roll to escape, each person helping adds on Bonus Die, for a
maximum of two bonus dice. Once a victim is dead, the tree hurls the corpse at
the other investigators.
Armor: 2 pts of thick bark
Animated Corpses
STR
CON
SIZ
DEX
POW
HP
DB
Sex
Archetype
1
70
60
65
30
5
12
1D4
M
Salesman
2
60
70
60
35
5
13
0
F
Housewife
3
75
60
80
40
5
14
1D4
M
Farmhand
4
65
70
65
45
5
13
1D4
M
Hobo
5
75
65
65
25
5
13
1D4
F
Teacher
6
60
50
50
45
5
10
0
M
Pastor
7
90
75
85
20
5
16
1D6
M
Mechanic
8
70
65
70
35
5
13
1D4
F
Reporter
Move: 6 (each)
Weapons: Maul (tooth & nail) 35%, 1D3+1 + DB damage
Remember the Outnumbered rule on pg.108 of the Keeper’s
Handbook
The Scarecrow
STR 100 CON 75 DEX 30 SIZ 95 INT 80 POW 180
HP 17 MP 36 DB +1D6 Move 5
Weapons: Claws 60%, 1D6 + DB damage; Scythe 45%, 2D6 + DB
damage
Armor: 1 pt. of hard wood. Impaling weapons do minimal
damage, and fire causes only 2 pts of damage per round while the scarecrow has
magic points available. If the scarecrow’s magic points fall to zero, then it
can be harmed normally by weapons. Magic always does normal magic damage.
Spells: Bring Pestilence, Call Lightning, Command Plant,
Control Elements, Create Storm, Enchant Scarecrow, Implant Fear, and Nightmare
SAN Loss: 0/1D8
Karyn Basianti, Veterinarian (27)
STR 25 CON
65 SIZ 40 DEX 65 APP
75
INT 90 POW
75 EDU 90 SAN 75 LUCK (3D6)
HP 10 MP
15 DB -1 Build -1 Move 8
Fighting (Brawl) 25% (12/5), Dodge 32% (16/6)
Firearms (Pistol) 35% (17/7)
Skills: Charm 40% (20/8), Credit Rating 25% (12/5), Fast
Talk 25% (12/5), First Aid 50% (25/10), Library Use 30% (15/6), Medicine 65% (32/13),
Other Language (Latin) 35% (17/7), Ride 25% (12/5), Science (Pharmacy) 35%
(17/7), Science (Zoology) 50% (25/10)
Weapons: .45 Revolver (1D10+2 dmg)
Quote: “Make my day.”
Karyn is a quiet woman, although known for her sharp wit
when provoked. She is very intelligent and her love for all animals prevents
her from harming or being part of any harmful acts to animals. While small and
quiet, she does know how to use a rather powerful weapon!
Alek Burnett, Artist (20)
STR 40 CON
85 SIZ 45 DEX 75 APP 80
INT 80 POW
65 EDU 70 SAN 65 LUCK (3D6)
HP 13 MP
13 DB 0 Build 0 Move 8
Fighting (Brawl) 55% (27/11), Dodge 40% (20/8)
Firearms (Pistol) 20% (10/4)
Skills: Anthropology 10% (5/2), Art/Craft (Draw) 55%
(27/11), Art/Craft (Paint) 45% (22/9), Art/Craft (Photography) 40% (20/8),
Drive Auto 20% (10/4), Fast Talk 60% (30/12), History 25% (12/5), Library Use
30% (15/6), Listen 35% (17/7), Navigate 20% (17/7), Mechanical Repair 25% (12/5),
Occult 40% (20/8), Sleight of Hand 25% (12/5), Stealth 20% (10/4)
Weapons: .22 Revolver (1D6 dmg); Pocketknife (1D3 + DB dmg)
Quote: “You think this is some kind of Halloween costume?
This is a way of life!”
Alek is a talented and creative artist. He often has
realistic and bizarre dreams on which he bases much of his work. These dreams
are psychic or precognitive at times. He is moody and while small, he does not
run from trouble and can, (at times), be antagonistic. He dabbles in the
occult. Alek is known for his auto mishaps! Jeromy Wolfe was a very close
friend. Alek tries to make a statement in the way he dresses and wears his hair
– he is seldom seen without his pin and stud-covered leather coat and his black
hair is often spiked up and colored with streaks of white.
Tim Coniff, Doctor (30)
STR 65 CON
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