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I have some players who are relatively new to Call of Cthulhu, so I don't necessarily want to throw them right into a humongous and notoriously deadly campaign like Masks.

However, if they enjoy Edge and are intrigued enough by the red herring plot hooks to keep playing, the ancient Egyptian box's connection to Nyarlathoptep made me think the Peru chapter of Masks could be a continuation.

My thought was to change Marion Allan's death. Instead of being murdered in New Orleans, the investigators could find an old newspaper article announcing his dissappearance while searching for lost temples in Peru.

Then I can have them see Larkin's advertisment for an expedition in Peru searching for the same, and that can be their call to adventure. Maybe Marion can even show up as a Kharisiri.

Maybe this doesn't really gel though?

And on DriveThruRPG in general. This might be a silly question, but here we go. Unless I'm doing something wrong, it seems like the only filter related to the actual content of the scenarios is the genre filter, which itself only gives you pretty broad categories.

So there's no real way to narrow the search down based on the themes, topics, Lovecraftian entities, and so on that you're interested in. To find something you might like, you just have to go through each individual scenario. And there are an awful lot of scenarios on that website, so... not ideal. It would be nice if creators were able to add additional content tags that we could then filter by. Being able to search for scenarios set in a particular year or decade would be nice too.

Has anyone else been bothered by this or found a work around?

This time period (the early 20th century and WW1) in European history has always been very interesting to me, but I realized recently that I know relatively little about the Ottoman Empire in any period.

I'm wondering if there are any good history books about what life was like for people (particularly outside of just modern day Turkey, such as modern day Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, etc.) in the last years of the Ottoman Empire/in the early 20th century.

Biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs would also be welcome.

This time period (the early 20th century and WW1) in European history has always been very interesting to me, but I realized recently that I know very, very little about the Ottoman Empire in ANY era, and now I'm very curious about it.

I'm wondering if there are any good history books about what life was like for people (particularly outside of just modern day Turkey) in the last years of the Ottoman Empire/in the early 20th century.

Biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs would also be welcome.

I did look in the sub's book recommendation list, but didn’t see anything that was specific to the period I'm interested in.

I think the time of the Arab Revolt and WW1 in the Middle East is an interesting temporospatial setting, I just haven't come across any stories that cover it.

The book doesn't have to be about the fighting or soldiers specifically, it could also be about civilians living through it and such.

I think the time of the Arab Revolt and WW1 in the Middle East is an interesting temporospatial setting, I just haven't come across any stories that cover it.

The book doesn't have to be about the fighting or soldiers specifically, it could also be about civilians living through it and such.

Hello! I love history, especially pre-20th century history.

Can anyone recommend some podcasts created by professional historians (meaning people who got a degree in history and study history for their main job) or archeologists?

Right now I'm mainly interested in non-American, non-European history, but I'll take recommendations for podcasts covering any region as long as it's very well done.

Thanks!

So I'm a huge history buff. I know it's not possible for a book to be 100% historically accurate, but I'm looking for ones where the author clearly tried their damnedest! 😆 Stuff with a truly pedantic amount of historical detail and obsession with authenticity.

Also, I'm sure this is just my perception because of what I've been exposed to, but it seems like 60 percent of all historical fiction books are either 19th century romances or WW2 novels. Those are fine, but not my cup of tea. I'm looking for historical fiction that takes place before the 20th century. Preferably in any time period from the medieval period through the 19th century, but I'll really take anything with a pre-1900 setting.

Hello! What would people here recommend for well done, educational history documentaries that are NOT about WW2 or the mid- to late 20th century? I'd prefer a documentary that covers some earlier event or time period.

Something about non-American history would be especially welcome but this isn't a requirement!

Please let me know if you have any favorites or know of any that are particularly good!

Hello! What would people recommend for well done, educational history documentaries that are NOT about WW2 or the mid- to late 20th century? I'd prefer a documentary that covers some earlier event or time period.

Non-American history would be great but isn't a requirement!

Please let me know if you have any favorites or know of any that are particularly good!

I'm looking for dramas such as Taxi Driver or Phantom Lawyer, where the main characters either help someone (or multiple people) get justice/take revenge when they've been wronged, or where the main characters get justice/take revenge one that person's behalf.

I particularly enjoyed Taxi Driver, as I feel like the creators were very successful at putting together a cathartic show where you really feel like the bad guys get what's coming to them.

Though the two dramas I listed are set in the present day, historical dramas are very much welcome!

Dramas I have seen and enjoyed:

• Family Matters
• Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People
• Extraordinary Attorney Woo
• Moving
• Song of the Bandits
• Revenant
• Flower of Evil (all-time favorite)
• D.P.
• One Dollar Lawyer
• Strangers from Hell
• Crash Landing on You
• Bad and Crazy
• Inspector Koo
• While You Were Sleeping
• Run On
• The Killer’s Shopping Mall
• Tale of the Nine-Tailed
• Hotel del Luna
• Alchemy of Souls
• Ghost Doctor
• Strong Girl Im Namsoon
• Mr. Queen
• Healer

Dramas I didn't prefer

• Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon
• The Worst of Evil
• Life
• Vincenzo
• The Devil Judge
• Hospital Playlist
• Doctor Cha
• My Country: The New Age
• Lawless Lawyer
• Beyond Evil
• The K-2
• Move to Heaven

I recently learned about Uncle Timothy's Will, where the players are all cousins solving a mystery in their deceased uncle's house.

I'm wondering if there are any scenarios where the players are all servants solving a mystery on their employer's property?

I was reading through the rules books to get up to speed on damage in healing, and unless I missed something, there doesn't seem to be a limit to the type of damage or wound that first aid can be used on.

I'm wondering if I have this right because realistically I don't think a random person with nothing but a 1920s first aid kit could do anything for wounds such as internal injuries, hit point draining magic, or to restore the hit points of someone who almost drowned (for example).

Am I thinking about it too hard or did I miss something in the rules?

I've been playing in a D&D campaign since March, so really not that long (especially considering we've been having less than 1 session per week).

I made what I thought was a pretty interesting, fun character, but by this point I'm bored of them and fantasizing about what kind of character I want to play next.

I don't think this is a problem of me not liking the character's class or abilities, because this has happened in the few other times I've played long form games, even when my character has been wildly different. This has even happened when I've played non-D&D systems.

Is this fixable? I love longer form campaigns because they allow you to uncover and build on the story over time. But I'd probably enjoy them even more if, within a few weeks of starting, I wasn't fantasizing about getting my character killed so that I can play the cool new guy I came up with 🤣

Is the general expectation in the CoC gaming community that keepers will follow the Lovecraftian lore laid out in the rules/setting books closely, or is it expected/accepted that keepers will alter details to suit their need?

My instinct is typically to treat the lore as a source of inspiration and change details that don't interest me. For example, I'm not particularly invested in having supernatural phenomema always be related to Lovecraftian/cosmic horror entities in my games.

Or, I might include Yithian related body-switching plots, but since I don't enjoy time travel I would probably exclude that aspect of the lore.

I'm wondering whether or not adjusting the lore as a keeper is simply "not done," or if doing so is pretty typical.

Most horror concepts are metaphorical in some way or have some kind of message, and that's something I genuinely enjoy about the genre. But it really annoys me when basically every other story beat is telling you exactly what that metaphor/message is and what you should think about it. Films like The Substance, Immaculate, and even The Babadook do this.

Bad movies have always existed, and I don't exactly have highbrow tastes, but I feel like in recent years writers are absolutely tripping over themselves to make everything as spelled-out, heavy-handed, and closed for interpretation as possible.

Does anyone have recommendations for films that aren't like this? My favorite horror movies are Marrowbone, Black Swan, Noroi: The Curse, The Exorcist, and Carnival of Souls.

The only subgenres I don't like are slashers and body horror.

I'm writing a story featuring a character who is loosely inspired by Joan of Arc (young girl touched by divinity is inspired to fight and becomes a great military commander), though the context is pretty different and the setting is not "medieval Europe but with magic." (I should clarify that this is not a YA story, the character just happens to be a teen.)

I want this character to enter the story when she's about 14 years old. The problem is, I don't really know how to write a young teen. I have tried to get advice on this, but some people say, "Don't try to write them a specific way, everyone develops differently." And then other people will say, "Yes, but don't make them mini-adults either." I'm sure both factions are right, but I need specific advice on how how to portray that middle ground.

So I guess my question is: how do I find that intersection of making a teen character seem like a teen, without making them act a particular way?

Here's the reason why I'm posting on this sub even though writing teens is not specific to fantasy: A lot of the advice I've seen revolves in some way around youth culture, slang, and modern conceptions of adolescence. Well, I'm writing in a historically inspires, secondary world setting. There will be no modern slang, public schooling, or distinct youth culture to distinguish teens' lives and interests from adults.