Love Songs of the Death Goddess is a scenario compatible with The Black Sword Hack (created by Kobayashi and published by the Merry Mushmen). I've personally run the scenario multiple times, and much of the writing is practical advice derived from direct play experience. The scenario features:
- A tragic backstory involving love, death, betrayal. and the forging of a terrible weapon.
- An epic poem that inspires love (of death). (I didn't actually write the poem. It wouldn't fit in a zine).
- A cast of colorful NPCs including a ruthless mercenary, a cunning spy, a murderous monk, and an undead priestess.
- A series of mysterious locations including an ancient library, a mountain monastery, and an abandoned lighthouse.
- A non-linear, highly reactive structure driven by the players' curiosity and values
