Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth

In this episode, Jon and Seth are joined by Call of Cthulhu's Creative Director, Mike Mason! We talk about the new Arkham book, the further plans in the Miskatonic Valley line of books, Chaosium Con 2024, and the Basic Roleplay (BRP) Contest. This episode was graciously sponsored by the creators of Northern Lights & Darkness compellation of modern day Call of Cthulhu scenarios set in Scandinavian cities and country sides. Each scenario is set in the author’s home countries and uses elements of Scandinavian folklore and myth. The Excursion, by Maja Kvendseth, is set on the Norwegian coastline. The Art of Hygge, by Poul Holmelund, takes us back to the year 1999, and is set in and around Copenhagen, Denmark. Dreamers of the Bogland, by Wille Ruotsalainen, is set in Helsinki, Finland. The Hidden People, by Theodor Helgason, is set in modern day Iceland. The Tunnel People, by Jonas Morian, is a “dungeon crawl of Cthulhu” set in the metro lines beneath modern Stockholm, Sweden. And finally, A Shadow of What Once Was, by Oscar Sedholm, is set in the Sapmi region of Sweden. Northern Lights and Darkness on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/463221/Northern-Lights-and-Darkness-BUNDLE?term=northern+lights+and?affiliate_id=51821 The new Arkham book has been well received by fans and critics alike. Mike Mason and the entire Chaosium crew couldn't be more thrilled. Mike was kind enough to join us to talk about the new Arkham book and the other books that will follow in this line. Topics discussed include: Matt Ryan's amazing maps, creating Arkham specific investigators, and the broadsheet Arkham Advertiser newspaper created by the fine folks in the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society. We also talked about Chaosium Con, both in The United States and Australia. And the new BRP Contest! Chaosium Con: https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-con-2024-registration-is-live-see-you-in-ann-arbor-in-april/ BRP Contest: https://www.chaosium.com/blogthe-basic-roleplaying-design-challenge/ We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft’s writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/ And once again, a huge than you to our sponsors Northern Lights and Darkness. Remember to hit the link above and pick it up. Thanks for listening.

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/ It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/ It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.

In this episode, Seth and Jon talk about werewolves and lycanthropes in your Call of Cthulhu game. Episode Sponsor: Northern Lights & Darkness Northern Lights and Darkness is a collection of six modern-day Call of Cthulhu scenarios written by Scandinavian authors and taking place in each of the author’s home countries. The settings include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, offering players and game masters fresh backdrops for investigating the Cthulhu Mythos. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/463221/Northern-Lights-and-Darkness-BUNDLE Werewolves (pp182 of Malleus Monstrorum) Movies - The Howling, Silver Bullet, Dog Soldiers, Wolf, Wolfen, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Wolfman, Traditional werewolves are governed by the phases of the moon – What else could compel a lycanthrope? Seasons Other celestial bodies Other planets Comets Constellations Emotional states (ie: Hulk’s anger) Adorning an animal hide/skin (magic item) Magic Spell they cast Innate ability to do at will Seth’s Valducan series - demonic possession Drug-induced, scientific concoction (pills, potion, or intravenous) Other types of lycanthropes Lots of examples from fantasy gaming: Wererats Weresharks Weretiger Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (wereneanderthal?) Hulk (wereroids???) Rakshasa (Hindu shapeshifting demon) Are they an animal or a wolf-man? What hurts them? The lore of silver originated in 1760’s France with Beast of Gévaudan (Brotherhood of the Wolf) But not a universal folklore. Wolfsbane Do other herbs/minerals work for yours? PCs might have to discover it. Instead of having players pretend they don’t know the lore of silver, maybe their characters do know it, but it’s simply folklore and not true. Lovecraft’s “Fear of the Unknown” quote. Have the fear of a werewolf be not knowing who it is or how to hurt it/ Maybe regular bullets can (like American Werewolf in London) CoC Modules with Werewolves The Rescue (From Cthulhu Companion) The Swarming (Blood Brothers) Chateau of Blood (Blood Brothers 2) We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft’s writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/ It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/ It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.

Not sure how this episode was skipped, but here it is. Sorry for the mix-up. - Jon A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/ It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.

In this episode, Seth and Jon talk about introducing a new game to your table. Benefits of Playing different RPGs Learn fresh approaches (many you can port back into other RPGs) Change of pace. Why change games? Fatigue - Both players and GMs can tire of a system or genre Cult of the New (New editions, new genre, new approach to what you already enjoy (CoC, Delta Green, Trail of Cthulhu, etc.) Rotating GM Method for introduction One shot Session zero Lots of Quickstarts out there Talking to your group Explain the reason why (meaning you first need to know it yourself) Sell them on it. People naturally focus on what they’re losing, so tell them what they’ll gain. What will this new game do that the old one can't? Best if this is approached as “WE” project. More of a group activity project than a “YOU or I” thing. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/modern_mythos RedBubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Modern-Mythos/shop?asc=u Discord: https://discord.gg/t7Ud67zRG3 We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft’s writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/ It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/ It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.

A Time for Sacrifice campaign Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns Cast: Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at: https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/ It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.

Happy New Year - 2024! Join Jon and Seth as they welcome their guest, Justin Alexander -- an author, game designer, and creator of The Alexandrian blogsite: https://thealexandrian.net/ . Listen in as they talk to Justin about his bestselling book and his love of games. Justin wrote the bestselling "So You Want to be a Gamemaster", published by Page Street Publishing. https://www.amazon.com/You-Want-Game-Master-Adventure_for/dp/1645679152/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1705940872&sr=8-1 New Year - New Game: Tell us about any new games you want to try in 2024. We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft’s writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/

As 2023 draws to a close Jon and Seth talk about the things they're reading, watching, and playing as inspirations for future creative endeavors. Jon's Reading: Dracula, Bram Stoker - audio book The Hollow Kind, Andy Davidson - Kindle I Am Legend, Richard Matheson - paperback Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros - hardback (about to start) Seth's Reading: Finished Ben Aaronovich - Rivers of London 1-9 Re-listened to Ben Riggs - Slaying the Dragon Just started C.J. Cherryh - Downbelow Station +++ Seth's Watching: 30 Coins S2 Re-watch - Battlestar Invincible S2 Only Murder in the Building Haunting in Venice Jon's Watching: UpLoad - Amazon Prime For All Mankind - Apple+ Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - Apple+ Quantum Leap - NBC 30 Coins - HBO (need to get back into it) +++ Jon's Playing: Ticket to Ride: Legends of the West - Days of Wonder Dune: Imperium - Uprising - Dire Wolf Digital Fury of Dracula (digital) - Steam Terraforming Mars (digital) - Steam Call of Cthulhu - Miskatonic Valley Campaign (patrons) - on hold Call of Cthulhu - Time for Sacrifice Campaign (patrons) Coriolis - Free League Publishing ALIEN - Fallout - Free League Publishing (with How We Roll podcast) Seth's Playing: Traveller Secrets of the Ancients - Gareth Hanrahan Cyberpunk Red Finishing up CoC Need to pickup Starfield Puzzling Pursuits - Blackbrim - La Familia We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft’s writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/

Jon and Seth welcome back the Creative Director for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu line, Mike Mason! In this episode, we talk about the soon-to-be released Arkham book and how it's the first in the new Arkham Unveiled series of books. Mike also tells us about the new podcast he and Paul Fricker are creating, Mason and Fricker's Eldritch Stories: http://www.eldritchstories.com Please be sure to sign-up and listen to them weave short tales of terror and talk about their love the horror genre. It's a fantastic podcast. And finally, Mike, Seth, and Jon all talk about their favorite Call of Cthulhu scenarios, and which ones are good for introducing new players into the Call of Cthulhu RPG. We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft’s writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/

In this episode, Seth and Jon are joined by one of our Patreon members, Martin Heuschober to talk about Kult: Divinity Lost. Martin recently ran Seth and Jon through a short Kult scenario that he designed. The game was fully completed in just a single session, but it was filled with some very cool decisions and consequences. Unfortunately, Jon forgot to record the game, so it only lives in the player's memories and in the stories shared in this episode. We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft’s writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/

We are joined by one of the original Shadow Handlers of Delta Green himself, Scott Glancy! In this interview we discuss his introduction into gaming in general, and specifically how he joined the Pagan Publishing crew at the dawn of Delta Green. Scott shares his tips and tricks for running a Delta Green game and shares with us his amazing take on the dream god, Nodens. You won't want to miss that! Buckle-up and bring a sandwich, cause this is a hefty episode! Of Wrath & Blood is now available as a print-on-demand book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/271923/Of-Wrath-and-Blood?term=of+wrath+and+blood Spark of Life is now available as a print-on-demand book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/278700/Spark-of-Life Seth’s YouTube Gold Ennie Award-Winning Channel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SSkorkowsky Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SSkorkowsky Modern Mythos Patreon: Link: https://www.patreon.com/modern_mythos RedBubble Link: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Modern-Mythos/shop?asc=u Discord Link: https://discord.gg/t7Ud67zRG3 YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmk5Y_OheFJL7-Xgvx-REJA/featured Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/jon.seth.921 We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft’s writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/

Jon and Seth are joined by Alex Guillotte and James Droucker to talk about their new book coming out, Grindhouse vol.4! Like the other previous Grindhouse books, this is a gritty Call of Cthulhu double-feature. Grindhouse vol.4 contains... Nazi Bikers Must Die! - by James Droucher Cold as Hell - by Alex Guillotte Alex and James are great guests and a whole lot of fun to talk to. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed making it. Use the following links to check out all of the things we talked about with Alex: Critical Hit Publishing Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CriticalHitMerch and Alex's DriveThruRPG Books: http://www.criticalhitpublishing.com And use the following link to check out all of the things we talked about with James: James' DriveThruRPG Books: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?author=James%20Droucker Jon has new books now available as print-on-demand: Of Wrath & Blood -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/271923/Of-Wrath-and-Blood?term=of+wrath+and+blood Spark of Life -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/278700/Spark-of-Life Seth Skorkowsky’s Gold Ennie Award-Winning YouTube Channel: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SSkorkowsky Seth's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SSkorkowsky We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft’s writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/

Two classic Chaosium publications, Blood Brothers and Blood Brothers 2, each include Gothic monsters as those books were designed to emulate the kind of stories seen in movies featuring those beasties. Oath of Blood (BB1) - features vampires The Haunting - Walter Corbitt was essentially a vampire or at least vampire-like Vampire Lore is an example of Lore Specialization skill in CoC (starts at 1%) — as “Lore (Vampire)” vs EDU/Know. Upcoming ‘Last Voyage of the Demeter’ -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Voyage_of_the_Demeter Great New England Vampire Panic - 1854 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/ Mercy Brown - Exeter, Rhode Island - Exhumed her body in 1892 two months after burial and removed and burned her heart, then mixed ashes into a potion for a sick family member to drink (he died anyway 2 months later) https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/14336 Goth subculture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture Part of the fun in the classic monster movies is seeing the heroes explore and discover the truth or falsehood of the folklore pertaining to the monster. The Keeper can play with this so the investigators have their own unique experience in discovering those truths: Do vampires need to be invited over a threshold? Does silver injure vampires? Do holy symbols repel vampires? Must they only be wielded by someone with unfaltering faith? Will any holy symbol work? Can the bite of a vampire be cured? If a “parent” monster is destroyed, does that destroy/release/cure any of the “children” that they sired? Can vampires shapeshift into other forms? Do vampires only feed on blood? (book says POW, but what if CON or STR to represent blood-loss like Lucy in Dracula) Can Vampires change appearance? Anne Rice their hair was always exactly the length as it was when they died, One character was groomed and shaved before he was transformed because of that. Various folklore from around the world - Aswangs from Phillipines Penanggalan from Malasia Babalonia and Assyiria had Lilitu which possibly links to stories of Lilith. Popular folklore the Players and likely the PCs are familiar with, but PCs have to discover which folklore is true. - EX: Lost Boys garlic didn’t work of vampires, American Werewolf in London any bullet worked (in fact the silver bullet folklore came from Hollywood). Lost Boys premiere date: July 31, 1987 (36th anniversary) Take a page from World of Darkness and different kinds of Vampires (Nosferatu, Ventru, Brujah, etc). Or as vampire becomes older more powerful if looks less and less human (or more and more human) In Seth’s Valducan series I had 2 types. One was if the vampire took them over before death and the other was after death. Modern Mythos Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/modern_mythos Of Wrath & Blood is now available as a print-on-demand book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/271923/Of-Wrath-and-Blood?term=of+wrath+and+blood Spark of Life is now available as a print-on-demand book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/278700/Spark-of-Life Seth Skorkowsky’s Gold Ennie Award-Winning YouTube Channel: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SSkorkowsky Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SSkorkowsky We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft’s writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG,...

The Great Race of Yith Created in “The Shadow Out of Time,” published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories. (87 years ago) Early History: Original home planet: Yith Escaped the planet by mind-swapping with a race of conical-shaped beings that ruled Earth 200 million years ago (co-existed with dinosaurs) 206 mya - 248 mya Triassic Period earliest evolution of dinosaurs and small mammals Why leave home planet? What was their original form like? Built city of Pnakotus in what became Australia Waged war with Flying Polyps and Elder Things Had airship Giant books in libraries Age of Mankind: Yithians use mind-swap ability to study mankind and observe humanity and “history” through human eyes Human Cult (believe angels, share technology) Future History: Swaps minds with bee-like race of beings who inherit the Earth after the fall of mankind Beetle swarm Sandy Theory of designing own bodies Special Abilities: Time travel - via mind-swapping Since only swapping minds and not physical travel, appear to be immune to Hounds of Tindalos Engineers Lightning gun Stasis cube Tabula rasa device Temporal communicator Unique Abilities as presented in Weird Detective comic book series, by Fred Van Lente, (2016 Dark Horse Comics, 5 issues): According to the comic book, Yithians have 17 senses, (as compared to a human’s 5 senses, but only 7 are specifically described in the series of comics). Keepers could run with this and design the other 10 senses themselves. Rennakesh - sense of emotionalocation: people are sometimes physically in one place, but mentally in another. A Yithian can sense that separation of physical and mental states, and actually “see” where your mind/attention is otherwise located. Ranos - reverse sonar: resonating sound from the chest cavity allows for a mental picture of things on the other side of solid objects. And, another pitch in tone allows for the Yithian to move their body through solid matter. Mochadin - reading the mind through eyes: essentially it’s vision backwards. Animals typically try to communicate to other beings through mochadin, but humans haven’t developed the ability to perceive it yet like Yithian have. Aushure - reading of psychic impressions left in the ozone: able to correlate residual psychic energy into a visual playback of recent events in an area. Prubika - sense of mind reading: similar to reading of Braille, licking a brain allows the Yithian to read/see/experience memories. Dasein - sense of attunement to your surroundings: so attuned, that you blend-in and become indistinguishable from your surroundings. Kolmak - removal of memories: the ability to remove memories from a human mind, and possibly to insert memories into a mind. CoC Modules The Asylum Bad Moon Rising (The Great Old Ones) Timeless Sands of India (Goodman Games: Age of Cthulhu vol.7) Fungi From Yuggoth (Day of the Beast: The Dreamer) The Bleeding Stone of Iphtah (White Dwarf #60) City Beneath the Sands (Terror Australis) The Glendale Fairies Two Minutes On High (The Unspeakable Oath #11) Video Game: Dark Corners of the Earth Ruthanna Emrys version in the novel Winter Tide Patreon Support: https://www.patreon.com/modern_mythos We immortalized a number of our Patrons in a book of Mythosy artifacts appropriately titled, “Mythos Artifacts.” Available now on the Miskatonic Repository on DriveThruRPG.com. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/390047/Mythos-Artifacts?manufacturers_id=2?affiliate_id=51821 Of Wrath & Blood is available as a print-on-demand book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/271923/Of-Wrath-and-Blood?term=of+wrath+and+blood We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please...

In this episode, we’re again joined by actor and director Drew Shirley to discuss old school dungeon crawling and modern Cthulhu gaming. Old School Dungeon Crawling is New Again Question…? ● What is up with the old school “scene”, and its indy success? Favorite old school systems and why? ● What are the parallels between this old school style of play and Call of Cthulhu? History of D&D and its inspirations. ● How do the three: Old School, Modern D&D, and Cthulhu compare to each other, where do they stand apart? ● How does knowing Old School methodology help your Cthulhu game as a keeper? What can you steal? ● How do you feel about sword and sorcery games in general? ● What Cthulhu elements do you wish D&D had more of, and vice versa? Be sure to check out Drew Shirley’s upcoming Kickstarter… You Carry the Fire! It's a cool adventure with awesome art that is very much a blend of the two sensibilities (Old School and Cthulhu) we have been discussing. RedBubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Modern-Mythos/shop?asc=u Discord: https://discord.gg/t7Ud67zRG3 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmk5Y_OheFJL7-Xgvx-REJA/featured We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He’s a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft’s writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/