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On page 137 of volume 2, the “Nodens” entry, the first paragraph after his other names a line reads: While many consider the entity to part of the order known as Elder Gods… The word “be” missing. It should read: While many consider the entity to be part of the order known as Elder Gods… On page 138 of volume 2, the “Nodens” entry, the second paragraph has a reference to Nodens’ height in the line: Thus, it takes an imposing human form (said to 10 feet/3 m tall) when appearing to humans… The word “be” is also missing here. It should read: Thus, it takes an imposing human form (said to be 10 feet/3 m tall) when appearing to humans…

On page 124 of volume 2, for the “Lilith” entry, the final paragraph on the page has the following text: Certainly, such human contact has worked to effectively mask Lilith’s true from and identify from human perception. The word “from” should be “form” and the word “identify” should be “identity”. On page 125 of volume 2, under the “Cult” sub-entry for Lilith, I found this sentence: In the main, humans tend to become enamored and acolytes of Lilith by direct contact, whether through dreams or a physical manifestation imploring the person for help to undertake a certain task. Maybe I’m just tired but I can’t make heads or tails of it. Am I just reading it wrong? On page 126 of volume 2, for Lilith’s powers, under Beguiling Glamour: Those affected can do little too but stare and may willingly undertake whatever Lilith requests of them… The word “too” can be removed.

Thanks! I’ve been waiting for this Kickstarter to begin. I thought I’d signed up for an alert but I didn’t get one. Maybe it’s in my spam folder.

On page 101 in volume 2, for the "Hastur" entry, under Possible Blessings "Allies", the second sentence states that the minds of servants can be "swopped". This should be "swapped". In the same section for "Boneless", the last sentence reads: Some may be eventually be granted... One of the "be"s is unnecessary. Either or can be removed to read: Some may be eventually granted... Some may eventually be granted... Personally, I like the second better. On page 104 in volume 2, for the "Hastur" entry, under "Warp Senses", the third sentence reads: Reality seems to be bend and reshape... The word "be" should be removed so it reads: Reality seems to bend and reshape... On page 106 in volume 2, for the "Hastur: Ravening One, The" entry, the second sentence of the first paragraph after "Other names" reads: With this entity sent forth to meter out death... I believe it should say With this entity sent forth to mete out death... On page 109 in volume 2, in the King in Yellow's stat block, under Combat "Attacks per round". The second sentence mentions "Pallid Masks" but it shouldn't be plural. Hopefully, that along with what was previously pointed out about the Yellow Sign box are all the grammatical errors for the Unspeakable One's entry. It's a great read so far.

That image of the King in Yellow on page 103 in volume 2 is simply stunning. I’ve made it my new phone background. Whomever the artist is, my compliments.

On page 160 in volume 1, for the “Yith, Great Race of (Old Cone Bodies)” entry, the descriptive text at the beginning, the second sentence begins: At the top of cone… It should read: At the top of the cone… On page 161 in volume 1, continuing the Great Race entry, under the “Human Cult” section, the text reads: …a network or cult of human agents devoted to the Yithian minds in is operation. It should read: …a network or cult of human agents devoted to the Yithian minds is in operation.

On page 107 of volume 1 for the “Outer Gods, Larvae of the” entry, the first line reads: The larvae of the Other Gods (sometimes Other Gods)… I believe the first “Other” in that sentence is suppose to read “Outer” so it should say: The larvae of the Outer Gods (sometimes Other Gods)… On page 138 of volume 1 for the “Tindalos, Lords of” entry, the descriptive text paragraph has the line: Where they material or spirit? It should read: Were they material or spirit? Also, in their Stat Block on page 140, their Bite attack has an extra percentage sign so it reads “70%%”. On page 141 of volume 1 for the “Tindalosian Hybrid” entry, the first line of the second paragraph reads: Like anything else tainted or from Tindalos, the physical appearance of a hybrid is strange to human eyes, as their form constantly ripples and shifts, with elements phasing and out of our reality. The word “in” is missing near the end of the sentence, so it should read: Like anything else tainted or from Tindalos, the physical appearance of a hybrid is strange to human eyes, as their form constantly ripples and shifts, with elements phasing in and out of our reality. On the same page, in the changes to Tindalosian Powers, for the Hyper-Sight entry, I think this is an error: Hyper-Sight: costs of magic points for 1 round; power works within a 5-foot (3 m) area. I think the word “of” is supposed to be a number for the MP cost. On same page, in the combat entry for attacks per round, the line reads: My attack twice per round… It should read: May attack twice per round…

“The King in Yellow” page fragments

My latest idea: I printed out a few pages from Lin Carter’s “The King in Yellow” play fragment from “The Hastur Cycle” collection. (I also added a watermark of the Yellow Sign.) I’m gonna stain these and tear and crumple them up a bit. I may even burn them a little. Maybe they’re bits from the copy Castaigne threw in the fire!

I found these MAJESTIC Project Dancer autopsy reports which I stained to age them up a bit.

I’m putting together a binder full of various weird and strange items from redacted reports to photographs of paranormal phenomena for a possible Delta Green campaign. I got a few things from HPLHS and found a bunch of images online and printed a few photos to add to it. I’m calling it “The Black Dossier”. I’d like everything in it to look as real and official as possible. If anyone has any ideas of things to add or images they can share I’d appreciate it.

While Lovecraft’s Massachusetts could be deemed far off or exotic for someone not from New England, the difference I was implying was fictional versus real locations. Boston would be the far-off or “exotic” locale whereas Kingsport would be Lovecraft’s Massachusetts.

When you play CoC, do you prefer traveling to the fictional towns and cities of Lovecraft’s Massachusetts, far off places you’ve never been or only visited, your hometown or places close to home, or do you like to invent your own locations?

Any D&D 5e players, have you checked out Whispers in the Dark by Saturday Morning Scenarios? I came across this the other day in an email. The black and red cover with its fairly creepy cover image and a title invoking one of Lovecraft’s tales intrigued me. The short booklet is a minor overhaul of the 5e rules to allow players to play as investigators in a world like our own but fraught with eldritch horrors. It was written by M.T. Black, a frequent DMsGuild contributor and a co-writer for Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus, and Matt Corley, who has worked on projects for Sandy Petersen, including co-writing his Ghoul Island 5e adventure series. The rules do away with the fantasy class system for Investigator backgrounds which clearly takes inspiration from CoC. The only playable race is humans, but their are options for Deep-One and Lengian ancestries. The booklet also has a comprehensive set of rules for sanity and madness that appear to be inspired by those in the CoC Keeper Rulebook set to a d20 system. All in all, this looked pretty interesting to me. If you have any friends who are big D&D players who you’ve wanted to introduce to CoC, this might be the bridge. Coupled with Sandy’s 5e Cthulhu Mythos, you’d have a whole bestiary of mythos threats. Although this is only a brief QuickStart, Matt Corley has said he has plans to begin work on a complete core rulebook later this year with rules for mythos magic, more backgrounds, ancestries, etc. Currently, Saturday Morning Scenarios has released a few adventure modules and an Investigator’s Companion (with new backgrounds, feats, and rules for magic). A sourcebook for Chicago was successfully crowdfunded last month for release later this year. If you’re interested, the books are fairly cheap on DriveThruRPG with most being under $5. If anyone has already played Whispers in the Dark, I’d appreciate any reviews or thoughts you had on the game.

Latest update from New Comet Games from last night is that Chaosium has given their final approvals. The book is now off to the printers and a pdf should be arriving soon on DriveThruRPG.

Ah ha, I hadn’t looked at the back covers yet, but as you say, there they are. I guess it’s because I have the softcover Keeper’s Guide and Invstigator’s Handbook that it hadn’t really occurred to me that there was a definitive policy for what is released as hardback vs softback.

I already have the PDFs in prep for these. Any idea what the price will be? Also, will paperback editions eventually be available?

Agreed. I appreciate their regular monthly updates revealing their progress per section. In all honesty though, I thought they were at least another month out from unveiling that they were ready to send the finished product to Chaosium for approval. I wouldn’t have blamed them for it either so I was blown away hearing that they effectively completed the book.

As you appear to be a fan of Golden Goblin Press, I was wondering if you had a copy of their 7th Edition Cthulhu Invictus sourcebook. I studied Roman history in college so the Invictus setting has always intrigued me so I’ve been planning to get a copy of that book. Unfortunately, I never got a copy of Chaosium’s original version, but I’ve heard good things about GGP’s quality. I joined their Kickstarter for Britannia & Beyond and so I’d say I’m already pretty much sold on getting a copy of Cthulhu Invictus added on to my pledge, but I’d appreciate any insight.

After a very successful Kickstarter last year, the folks at New Comet Games announced this morning that their upcoming adventure book, A Time for Sacrifice, is nearing completion. They’re fortunately only about a month behind schedule due to the current situation in the world, and frankly I find that incredible. According to this morning’s update, all they have left to do is a final proof read before they send it off to Chaosium for their approval. Hopefully, all said and done, the PDFs will be available through DriveThruRPG by end of June. The book will feature five complete adventures for the 1920s set in Mesoamerica. If you’d like to check out more, I’ll provide a link to the Kickstarter below. http://kck.st/2pYhraS

I’ve been rereading the entire Dream Cycle recently and just got a copy of the 5th edition Dreamlands sourcebook. Does anyone have any suggestions for some good pre-written Dreamlands modules?

http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/ptt/images/tt-0923.pdf Best I could find. That’s for the New York Central Railroad in 1923. However, the more direct route would be the New York, New Haven, Hartford line (or New Haven Line for short). I haven’t been able to find a timetable for 1923. Best I located was for 1915. http://streamlinermemories.info/Eastern/NH15-6TT.pdf EDIT: Found this on eBay: 1926. Hope it helps.

There is a half page map of the manse grounds in the book as well as a full page devoted entirely to a map of the mansion. Both maps are in full color. There are also the more photorealistic illustrations of the dramatis personae that we’ve been getting in these 7E modules located at the beginning of the module with brief descriptions of each character. Each of the handouts have an official look to them. The letter looks like it was written on a typewriter, the articles look like they were clipped from a newspaper, etc.

Cool, maybe there were just some temporal anomalies on that page, haha. I think I spotted another one though on page 133. There’s a bullet point at the top left which gives several page references. One says “(Meeting Hawkins, page @@)”. I think it’s supposed to say “(Meeting Hawkings, page 114)” or alternatively “(Meeting Harold Hawkings, page 114)”, although the latter is splitting hairs.

Just noticed, same page for the Temporal Fractal Entity’s entry: “Little is known about these creatures. They are intellignt and communicat through some form oftelepathy, but teir wants and intentins are a complete mystery.” Should read: ”Little is known about these creatures. They are intelligent and communicate through some form of telepathy, but their wants and intentions are a complete mystery.”