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Colin Songsmith sings a song to an old witch who takes an unlikely revenge. The witch’s granddaughter rescues him from the dire threat of being eaten alive by the cat. She hears the song, which happens to concern her recently married sister and a gypsy. Convinced that she has to save her sister, she takes the minstrel, the cat, and her magical resources to Rowan Castle. The story is rich with descriptive details of setting and encounters with magical and fantastic creatures such as a talking cat, a lovesick dragon, and a bear prince.
Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight we look at a book not from Appendix N, but certainly one of the period and by an author contemporary with a number of others on the list. We then pair the story with our featured adventure, Prince Charming, Reanimator to really bring some flair to the table.
In addition, we have bonus content to bring to your game: classes, monsters, spells and more…after the jump.
Dark Acquisitions
There is a great deal of new material to bring to the table based on this story. Below is a list, by category and author, of what has been added to the Dark Acquisitions page by the Keepers of Mysteries, based on this show. Further contributions from friends of the library will also be found there as they arrive.
Character Classes
Hearth Witch – Bob Brinkman
Redcap Gnome – David Baity
Men and Magicians
Gypsies – Bob Brinkman
Magic Items
Dragon Crown of Melniboné – Bob Brinkman
The Mirror of Memory – Bob Brinkman
Ruby Throne of Melniboné – Bob Brinkman
The Sword of Earl Aubec – Dieter Zimmerman
Monsters
Argonian Mermaids – Jen Brinkman
Black Swan, Giant – Bob Brinkman
Creeping Willow – Bob Brinkman
Siren – Bob Brinkman
Spells
Bind the Heart – Bob Brinkman
The Stacks
Appendix N-ish
Song of Sorcery by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Adventures
Blades Against Death by Harley Stroh
The Curse of the Kingspire by Harley Stroh
Doom of the Savage Kings by Harley Stroh
The Emerald Enchanter by Joseph Goodman
Mermaids from Yuggoth (In the Prison of the Squid Sorcerer) by Daniel J. Bishop
Prince Charming, Reanimator by Daniel J. Bishop
Theater of the Hammed by Clint Bohaty
The Treacherous Cobtraps by Jimm Johnson
Trolls of Mistwood by David Fisher
The Vile Worm by Jimm Johnson
The Witch-Man of Darkweather Mountain (Tales of the Shudder Mountains) by Michael Curtis
Publications
Crawl! #6 by Dak Ultimak
Spotify Lists
Gypsy-ish Music
Stupor Mundi by Arcadia
Thanks to
The ambient background of the Sanctum Secorum was created using Horror Ambiance from Klankbeeld.
Sanctum Secorum’s theme music was created using Seating Incantation, by Landmark Entertainment.
O Keepers of Mysteries!
Many apologies if my enthusiasm for your work has ever felt like being hit over the head! Fear no angry emails!
I am trying to keep an up-to-date product list on my blog, and the amount of material available for DCC is incredibly vast and varied. I am a bit of an uber-nerd/fanboy about this stuff, and I own every product (if not every cover of every product) currently available, except the new holiday module, which I just haven’t gotten around to purchasing yet.
Your readers may like to know that, in addition to Prince Charming, Reanimator, there are three titles in the Faerie Tales From Unlit Shores series available in print and pdf: Creeping Beauties of the Wood (which was mentioned), The Portsmouth Mermaid, and Three Nights in Portsmouth. Creeping Beauties contains a Faerie Animal class, which might be apropos to your selection, and The Portsmouth Mermaid includes (not surprisingly) mermaids. Readers interested in fairy tale themes might also consider The Revelation of Mulmo, which has a fairy godmother and Queen Mab as patrons (warning, not a full write-up! however, they do include text to allow other publishers to use them). Inner Ham’s Patrons Extraordinary: The Unpretty Preview also contains a patron which anyone adding fey and fairy tale type stuff to their DCC campaign should take a look at. http://www.rpgnow.com/product/151691/Patrons-Extraordinary-The-Unpretty-Preview
Any of your listeners who are not snatching up each Companion as they become available is doing themselves a real disservice. These are some very creative direct translations from fiction to the gaming table, and each one offers a wealth of gaming goodness!
Keep up the good work!
We appreciate your enthusiasm. I must say, creating content on such a regular schedule can be a bit tough, but it certainly is fun and I find it pretty rewarding. The response from the community, has been really nice especially since that is what we are all about, the community. Hopefully, as we roll into the next year, we will start building a calendar of events and conventions that folks can use to drum up more support for their efforts. In the meantime, keep putting out that great stuff!
Thanks for the mention of The Trolls of Mistwood. I’m currently working on a second Mistwood adventure with Daniel J. Bishop that revolves around the hags. Hopefully it will see light of day the first half of this year. These podcasts are outstanding.