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D&D and the Cthulhu mythos: Adventure ideas?
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<blockquote data-quote="Riverwalker" data-source="post: 3515858" data-attributes="member: 22526"><p>Stormborn's idea of the graffiti is similar to one part of the plot from Mielville's 'Iron Council' which prompted me to think of ideas from Mieville stories that could be used. </p><p></p><p>The Slakemoths from 'Perdido Street Station' would be perfect for a CoC type scenario - I think Mielville's orginal plot is stronger than my slight tweak below but if your players have read the novel they would spot the plot a mile off, so it's probably necessary to change it a little to throw them off the scent:</p><p></p><p>The general populace is becoming more and more edgy, easily angered, etc. This is due to them being unable to properly daydream/relax - they are always alert. This is due to them being preyed on by other-planar creatures that feed off daydreams/hopes/aspirations/etc. The creatures also target particulary 'tasty' individuals who are sucked dry of all their personality - leaving them blank. This happens in day time - often in populated areas.</p><p>The creatures are invisible/unable to be percieved by people in their normal state. However users of a particular new drug that has entered the market are able to see them. Of course their sightings are discounted as drug induced hallunciations. The drug induces a state where the user experiences other people daydreams/secret fantasies/etc.</p><p></p><p>The drug is actually the mother's milk of the creatures. The creatures were summoned by a evil/chaos cult specifically to harvest the milk for use in rituals. They also worship and attempt to breed the creatures. </p><p></p><p>However some/all the creatures managed to escape and are now preying on the city.</p><p></p><p>So the party could either get involved completely on their own - i.e. they are affected by the creatures, or even directly attacked (i'm sure the daydreams of adventurers counts as particulalrly tasty). Or they could be hired by the cult (in disguise probably) to capture the creatures alive. Or government/forces of good/law/etc could hire the party to end the menace.</p><p></p><p>In any case to be able to see the creatures would invlove using the drug or similar - cue Lovecraftian dream sequences. And the whole city would be taking on a horror aspect as people gradually become more agressive etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riverwalker, post: 3515858, member: 22526"] Stormborn's idea of the graffiti is similar to one part of the plot from Mielville's 'Iron Council' which prompted me to think of ideas from Mieville stories that could be used. The Slakemoths from 'Perdido Street Station' would be perfect for a CoC type scenario - I think Mielville's orginal plot is stronger than my slight tweak below but if your players have read the novel they would spot the plot a mile off, so it's probably necessary to change it a little to throw them off the scent: The general populace is becoming more and more edgy, easily angered, etc. This is due to them being unable to properly daydream/relax - they are always alert. This is due to them being preyed on by other-planar creatures that feed off daydreams/hopes/aspirations/etc. The creatures also target particulary 'tasty' individuals who are sucked dry of all their personality - leaving them blank. This happens in day time - often in populated areas. The creatures are invisible/unable to be percieved by people in their normal state. However users of a particular new drug that has entered the market are able to see them. Of course their sightings are discounted as drug induced hallunciations. The drug induces a state where the user experiences other people daydreams/secret fantasies/etc. The drug is actually the mother's milk of the creatures. The creatures were summoned by a evil/chaos cult specifically to harvest the milk for use in rituals. They also worship and attempt to breed the creatures. However some/all the creatures managed to escape and are now preying on the city. So the party could either get involved completely on their own - i.e. they are affected by the creatures, or even directly attacked (i'm sure the daydreams of adventurers counts as particulalrly tasty). Or they could be hired by the cult (in disguise probably) to capture the creatures alive. Or government/forces of good/law/etc could hire the party to end the menace. In any case to be able to see the creatures would invlove using the drug or similar - cue Lovecraftian dream sequences. And the whole city would be taking on a horror aspect as people gradually become more agressive etc. [/QUOTE]
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