Anyone got Cults of Freeport yet?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Let's hear it! What sort of cults are covered, what sort of spread is there, and most importantly, how much will it make players' skin crawl?

That GR ad with the person having plucked their eyes out sets the bar pretty high for ick factor ...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

No one?

 

[Patrick O'Duffy]

I'm buying it today, but won't have to read it for a few days.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I'm waiting for the print version.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm waiting for the print version.

Me too, but I is impatient for reviews.

 

[Voadam]

Let's hear it! What sort of cults are covered, what sort of spread is there, . . .

From the product description at rpgnow:

Inside this sourcebook, you'll find details on all of the following cults:

* The Brotherhood of the Yellow Sign: A foul group of madmen devoted to the horrific Unspeakable One.
* The Priesthood of Yig: The ancient religion of the lost Valossan Empire that seeks to find its place in a world dominated by lesser races.
* The Lost Souls of Yarash: Bloodthirsty pirates that butcher innocents to glorify their bloody-handed god.
* The Esoteric Order of Starry Wisdom: A hidden cabal of wizards behind Freeport's Wizards' Guild who search for the power contained within the elusive Azoth Stone.
* Scions of the Destroyer: A filthy cult of demon-worshippers, they strive to release Abaddon from the Bottomless Pit and usher in the final age of the world.
* The Charnel Children: A ghoulish pack of cannibal children led by a muttering lunatic devoted to the bestial Charnel God.
* The Society of the Velvet Whip: Deviants dedicated to the exploration of pleasure and pain, they infest Freeport and erode its morality with their excess.
* The Obsidian Brotherhood: A strange cell of killers and scholars united in their thirst for the knowledge contained within the fragments of a being known only as the Wanderer.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Interesting that Harrimast has gone back to being The Pirate God in the Pirate's Guide, but Yarash retains his name. (Both were first named in Black Sails over Freeport.)

Thanks for the info, Voadam!

A lot of those look eminently Galchutt-able for me, and I can certainly use the Charnel God's cult with Empire of the Ghouls and Doresain from Libris Mortis.

 

[Rechan]

The Lost Souls of Yarash: Bloodthirsty pirates that butcher innocents to glorify their bloody-handed god.

Sounds like Ethryul.

The Society of the Velvet Whip: Deviants dedicated to the exploration of pleasure and pain, they infest Freeport and erode its morality with their excess.

Freeport has Morality? Sounds less like a cult and more like a casual pass time.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Sounds like Ethryul.

Yarash is actually a lot more interesting. (Although I guess it wouldn't be more hard to be more interesting than Etheryl.) Black Sails over Freeport is a big mega-module about his cult (and some somewhat tongue-in-cheek haunted islands).

Freeport has Morality?

Yes.

 

[Ry]

Sounds less like a cult and more like a casual pass time.

Casual my foot. Any idea how much blood, sweat and tears goes into that stuff?