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The story follows Robert Wolff, a man disenchanted with his life and his marriage. One day, while looking at a new house, Wolff discovers a strange horn in the basement. Blowing the horn, Wolff is transported to a strange new world, the World of Tiers. Wolff finds himself initially in an edenic paradise known as Okeanos. This region is the first level of the planet, which contains a number of tiers like a wedding cake, separated by vast mountain ranges. The entire planet is ruled over by a cruel and mysterious lord named Jadawin, who created it. Okeanos consists of a beach, an ocean, and a small forest and is populated by nymph-like humans who originated in and near ancient Greece. In this new world, Wolff regains his youth and vigor and falls in love with a local woman named Chryseis who lived in Troy at the time of the Trojan War.
Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight we discuss the Maker of Universes, the first book in Philip José Farmer’s World of Tiers series and pair it up with The Dread God Al-Khazadar.
Dark Acquisitions
Campaign Tools
Death Throes – Bruce Priddy
Locations
Kala Vale and the Thousand Lakes – Daniel J. Bishop
Magic Items
Draugmere, the Demonglass Blade – Daniel J. Bishop
“Faithless” – James Pozenel
The Orb of Temptation – Daniel J. Bishop
Phandaal’s Arrow of Dreadful Gyration – James Pozenel
Monsters
Batfaces – Bob Brinkman
Centaur – Bob Brinkman
Dreadnought – Tom Wendt
Drowning Man – Mario Garcia
Felix Atrox – Bob Brinkman
The Wishler – Mars Homeworld
Zebrilla – Bob Brinkman
The Stacks
Appendix N
The Maker of Universes (World of Tiers #1) by Philip José Farmer
Adventures
Against the Atomic Overlord by Edgar Johnson
The Emerald Enchanter by Joseph Goodman
Frozen in Time by Michael Curtis
Hole in the Sky by Brendan LaSalle
Intrigue at the Court of Chaos by Michael Curtis
The Level of the Lost (MA) by Michael Curtis
Moon-slaves of the Cannibal Kingdom by Edgar Johnson
Peril on the Purple Planet by Harley Stroh
Sailors on the Starless Sea by Harley Stroh
Super Number One Food Tower by Matthew Goiffon
The Tribe of Ogg & the Gift of Suss by Daniel J. Bishop
Twilight of the Solstice by Marc Bruner
The Vertical Halls by Gabriel García-Soto
While the Gods Laugh by Marc Bruner
Conventions
Free RPG Day
Gen Con
Music
American Indian Ceremonial and War Dances (album) by various artists
Dances with Wolves OST (album) by John Barry
Lumumba OST (album) by Jean-Claud Petite
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring OST (album) by various artists
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers OST (album) by various artists
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King OST (album) by various artists
The Unconquered Spirit (album) by various artists
Way of Life (album) by Lakota Thunder
Podcasts
Appendix N Book Club
Road Crew Appearances
* M Nicksic @ Tacoma Games in Tacoma, WA (every Saturday)
* Tim Deschene @ Revival Brewing Company in Cranston, RI
* Joan Troyer @ Better World Books in Goshen, IN
* Joan Troyer @ Secret Door Games in Elkhart, IN
* Marlene Whitmer @ Secret Door Games in Elkhart, IN
* Tim Loughrist @ Blank Comics in Florence, AL
* Christian Burd @ The Beer Temple in Chicago, IL.
* Mario Garcia @ Funagain Games in Eugene, OR
* Chris Lauricella @ Bell, Book, and Comic in Dayton, OH
* Christian Burd @ The Beer Temple in Chicago, IL
Settings
Metamorphosis Alpha by James M. Ward
Mutant Crawl Classics from Goodman Games
Zines
Primal Tales from Pandahead Publishing
Thanks to
Sanctum Secorum’s theme music was created using Seating Incantation by Landmark Entertainment
The French RPG was called Thoan (after the Lord’s name for themselves) and uses an interesting resolution system using a linear d6 combined with a scale system (so a size value of 1.1 is a quark.whilst a value of 6.6 is the solar system’ the human scale is 3.1 to 3.6, with a Man being size 3.3). Extremely verbose (especially when describing the game system), but with some quite good art assets. [Although the section on explaining chases is rather disturbing to modern sensibilities – it’s all satyrs attempting to chase nymphs.] There is also a supplement, Arwoor, but I’ve yet to get around to starting to translate this (I don’t actually speak French and can only translate a little bit before I get a headache).
Kickaha was also expressly a trickster, which definitely has certain expected behaviours, especially in keeping with the Native American traditions of tricksters.
The whole series is most excellent and it is an excellent world to play in.
Draugmere, the Demonglass Blade was written by Bob Brinkman? Are you sure?
The credits are correct in the zine; this is a quick fix for a “somebody hasn’t been sleeping” bug. 🙂
Yeah, sorry. I was tweaking Bob’s nose. I didn’t mean to be a jerk.
Okay, finished the episode, and it was very nice.
I would also recommend to you Tomb of the Squonk (part of Pulp Weird #1 published by Mystic Bull Games).
https://dcctreasures.blogspot.com/2018/02/pulp-weird-encounters-1-tomb-of-squonk.html
“This adventure is heavily influenced by the World of Tiers series by Philip José Farmer. So much so that there are rules for creating Patricians – a group of human-appearing interdimensional beings that fight in an endless internecine conflict that they term “games.” The point of these games is to humiliate, and eventually to kill, the other Patricians through a “board” that consists of multiple universes, on a playground that includes other times as well as other spaces.”
Thank you very much for the kind words.
Daniel