JaredS113

A few friends have asked to try out Pendragon, but we'll only have a single session of about 3 hours or so.

Are there any adventures that would work well in this short time frame?

I'll probably just use the pregenerated knights from the new Quickstart adventure so that won't take up any time.

Thanks for the unboxing and reading through our new issue, Michael!

Issue #4 is now out!

PDF: US$9
Softcover (+PDF): US$18
Hardcover (+PDF): US$25

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/381849/Bayt-al-Azif-4-A-magazine-for-Cthulhu-Mythos-roleplaying-games

Issue #4 includes:

• 3 adventures dual-statted for Call of Cthulhu 7th edition and GUMSHOE (Trail of Cthulhu)
  • A group of strangers awakens in an unfamiliar place (Classic Era 1930s, 10 pages)
  • A death sets off a search for an unorthodox architect (Classic Era 1930s, 15 pages)
  • A mysterious ancient box leads into dark events (Classic Era 1920s, 15 pages)
• An overview of every Cthulhu Mythos RPG release of 2020
• An interview with Mike Mason, the creative director for Call of Cthulhu
• Advice, history, comics, and more!

Thanks to everyone for your support! We hope you enjoy this issue.

Jared Smith
editor

Switzerland is digitizing a lot of their manuscripts (over 2000 so far) and there is some great art in there if you are looking for inspiration.

http://e-codices.ch/en

If there is not a kingdom of the bears among the fae, I will be very disappointed.

Hooray! I look forward to it.

thanks!

Are there any plans for a community content site for Pendragon once the new edition is out, similar to the Jonstown Compendium (RuneQuest) or the Miskatonic Repository (Call of Cthulhu)?

Or should such concepts be sent in as "Other RPG" submissions directly to Chaosium?

I've got a new idea for a Pendragon adventure that I'm working on.

thanks!

jared

Ah, I think I was assuming Moon Design had taken over Chaosium rather than the two companies sharing officers. Updated it, thanks for the correction!

For a look inside the issue, here's a post by one of the writers, Dean Engelhardt, about writing a comprehensive overview of Cthulhu Mythos RPGs released in 2019!

https://cthulhureborn.wordpress.com/2020/11/21/psst-wanna-buy-the-al-azif/

The time has come...

Your sacrifices have appeased the Great Old Ones!

Issue #3 is now for sale!

PDF: US$8
Softcover: coming soon
Hardcover: coming soon

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/333682/Bayt-al-Azif-3-A-magazine-for-Cthulhu-Mythos-roleplaying-games

Issue #3 includes:

• 3 adventures dual-statted for Call of Cthulhu 7th edition and GUMSHOE (Trail of Cthulhu/The Fall of DELTA GREEN)
  • A mysterious murderer stalks the industrial workers of Berlin (Classic Era 1920s, 19 pages)
  • A military team is sent to investigate a radio signal in the arctic (Cold War, 15 pages)
  • A group attends an early opening of an exhibit by a famed blown glass artist (Modern, 19 pages)
• An overview of every Cthulhu Mythos RPG release of 2019
• An interview with Sandy Petersen, the creator of Call of Cthulhu
• Advice, history, comics, and more!

Please note that due to safety concerns at the printing press, the softcover and hardcover print versions of issue 3 are coming soon!

We really appreciate all the support, and as always, would love to hear from you after you've read it.

jared
Editor, Bayt al Azif
A magazine for Cthulhu Mythos roleplaying games
baytalazif.com

Correct, I mainly put it if there is a female Knight as the mother, but it makes sense to make it the most Glorious Parent.

And if you are using female Knights, I have no problem with women inheriting as well. That's probably how I'm going to play it.

Use whatever rules you want!

Right, I changed Son Number to Child Number.

Most of the changes I made were on the second page, so it's gender neutral across all the generations.

Wife to Spouse

Glory to Son to Glory to Children

Lineage Men to Lineage Members

Father's Name to Parent's Name

Ok I changed Lineage Men to Lineage Members.

Totally missed the regionless sheet at first, so this is the new Regionless version.

King Arthur Pendragon regionless character sheet.pdf

I finally got KAP and the Great Pendragon Campaign, and in GDP it said you can have a knight of any sex, but the character sheet in KAP is phrased for only a male knight (though amusingly, the Woman sheet refers to "Spouse" instead of "Husband", where the Knight sheet uses "Wife").

So I tweaked the format and made a gender neutral version. The only things I left on (since I haven't played it yet!) is the reference to Other Lineage Men (any suggestions for a neutral phrase for that?) under Army, and I wasn't sure if the Chivalry Bonus marks for Personality Traits should be left on there, since they vary so much from the Gentlewoman Bonus marks, but this should be a for a "Knight". Also, several skills didn't match between the Knight and Woman character sheets, so I didn't know if those should be added as well. Finally, I could add Household Treasures onto the Knight sheet if that would help.

Character sheet attached:

King Arthur Pendragon gender neutral character sheet.pdf

We will go that extra step to make sure you buy the next issue!

Here's a quick run-down of some of what is in issue 2:

• 3 adventures dual-statted for Call of Cthulhu 7th edition and GUMSHOE (Trail of Cthulhu)
  • Royal agents investigate the murderous Beast of Gévaudan (18th century, 12 pages)
  • A party celebrates the return of an adventurer from his latest expedition (Gaslight Era, 17 pages)
  • Parents worry over the disappearance of their daughter at college (Classic Era 1920s, 12 pages)
• A overview of every Cthulhu Mythos RPG release of 2018
• A review of the history of Masks of Nyarlathotep
• An interview with the staff of Cthulhus Ruf magazine
• An interview with Lynne Hardy
• Advice, history, comics, and more!

Always looking for feedback, please let us know what you think of this or issue 1, and what you'd like to see in future issues.

thanks!

jared

Editor, Bayt al Azif

Hi again Michael! 

Looking forward to hearing about it. I agree, putting it out in print was a must for me! 

Hi everyone,

The first issue of my new magazine for Cthulhu Mythos roleplaying games is out! You can get it in PDF, softcover, or hardcover from https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/246851

Issue 1 of Bayt al Azif has:

• 3 adventures dual-statted for Call of Cthulhu 7th edition and GUMSHOE (Trail of Cthulhu/The Fall of DELTA GREEN)
  • A group of teenagers must survive the night in an abandoned school (Modern Era, 10 pages)
  • A team of investigators must determine the truth behind a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers (US-Vietnam War, 12 pages)
  • A band of secret agents must discover what has been smuggled into Damascus (Dark Ages, 15 pages)
• 1 solo adventure set in the Miskatonic University library (6 pages)
• Tables for running random chases
• A overview of every Cthulhu mythos RPG release of 2017
• Classic Cthulhu RPG reviews
• An interview with Rogue Cthulhu
• An interview with Chris Spivey
• Advice, history, comics, and more!

I hope you'll check it out. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback!

jared

I reworked the 6 pregenerated characters from The Broken Tower adventure in the RuneQuest Quickstart.

Each character now has 2 extra pages that break out a lot of their stats into a more readable form with more info targeted at players new to RuneQuest.

• Rune spells
• Spirit magic spells
• Skills
• Runes
• Passions

Here's the link to Harmast. The other 5 are all in the Downloads folder above under Browse.

Let me know if you see any mistakes or have any suggestions!

Makes sense! Thanks.

On 11/10/2017 at 3:44 AM, Yelm's Light said:

That appears to be a typo; it should be Discorporate, and it's explained on p. 3 of Vishi Dun's character description, followed by more rules involving spirits and spirit combat.

That seems to describe the Spirit Magic version, but Vishi has it as a Rune spell (which is mentioned but not explained). Which Rune would Vishi roll to cast it as a Rune Spell? Moon? Death? Man?

cool thanks for the hints! I'm prepping to run the Broken Tower so I these are all questions about what's in the QS. Looking forward to the full book!

Vishi Dun has Disincorporation on his Rune Magic list... is that detailed anywhere?

Should Harmast have Lock as well as Passage on his Rune Magic list since Passage says "Must be cast with Lock"?

Should Vostor's Rune Spell of Summon Small Fire Elemental instead be to summon earth, fire or water elementals since he is in the Seven Mothers cult?