Scenario hook for a Fear Itself one-shot Rudiger and Dietrich Thalbach had a problem. As descendants of the noble Vilsdorf family of ancient Bavaria, they were born as lebendurghul, or living ghouls. A congenital condition requires them to periodically ingest fresh human DNA or lapse into a feral, pre-sapient state. Their forebears compensated for this […]
Author Archives: Robin Laws
In the latest episode of their well-preserved podcast, Ken and Robin talk GM advice in scenarios, mummification enthusiast Gottfried Knoche, Heather O’Neill, and fighting back against early Rome.
A Foe for Yellow King: This is Normal Now The Carcosan entity known as the Fame Eater nourishes itself on the psychic energy exuded by celebrity. Fame Eaters can attach themselves to well-known individuals of any stripe. Most seek the particularly heady emotional energy that surrounds people who combine true achievement in their fields with […]
A Scenario Seed for The Yellow King: Aftermath Not knowing who to trust, a fellow ex-insurgent now working for the Federal Police turns to the crew for assistance. A top-secret tribunal has sentenced a key war criminal of the Castaigne regime to death. The hitch: the convict is an egregore, an insubstantial malign being from […]
In the latest episode of their loophole-free podcast, Ken and Robin talk setups that don’t pay off, Yellowstone’s Zone of Death, clandestine Chinese police stations abroad, and Mothman.
In the latest episode of their frog scorning podcast, Ken and Robin talk researching places, archaeologists Tessa and Mortimer Wheeler, Iranian influence on Arthurian legend, and Suzanne Treister’s HEXEN 2.0 tarot.
A scenario hook for Ashen Stars The lasers take a contract from the Combine Xenoarchaelogical Foundation to protect the ruins on Delaney. This largely uninhabited world contains remnant structures from the dimly-known ancient civilization known to Combine scholars as CIVA-3. This enigmatic culture left ruins across the worlds of the Bleed. On Delaney the most […]
In the latest episode of their heavily armored podcast, Ken and Robin talk Magnum P.I. in Trail of Cthulhu, J-M & Trish deFoggi, a well-preserved dinosaur, and the wars of 1675.
In the latest episode of their vibrant, well-lit podcast, Ken and Robin talk portraying historical NPCs, the flattening of cinematography, and Ken’s Powell’s Portland book raid.
In the latest episode of their gelid, courageous podcast, Ken and Robin talk mystery protection, Mythos investigator Ernest Shackleton, and Ken’s latest Powell’s Portland book haul.