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Sanctum Secorum #27 – The King of Elfland’s Daughter

August 4, 2017 3 Comments Written by Gatekeeper

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The lord of Erl is told by the parliament of his people that they want to be ruled by a magic lord. Obeying the immemorial custom, the lord sends his son Alveric to fetch the King of Elfland’s daughter, Lirazel, to be his bride. He makes his way to Elfland, where time passes at a rate far slower than the real world, and wins her. They return to Erl and have a son, but in the manner of fairy brides of folklore, she fits uneasily with his people. She returns to the waiting arms of her father in Elfland, and her lovesick husband goes searching for her, abandoning the kingdom of Erl and wandering in a now-hopeless quest. However, Lirazel becomes lonesome for her mortal husband and son. Seeing that she is unhappy, the King of Elfland uses a powerful magic to engulf the land of Erl. Erl is transformed into a part of Elfland, and Lirazel and her loved ones are reunited forever in an eternal, enchanted world.

Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight we discuss Lord Dunsany’s novel The King of Elfland’s Daughter as well as Daniel J. Bishop’s adventure Through the Dragonwall.

Online Inspiration: Gelatinous Horror

July 24, 2017 2 Comments Written by Gatekeeper

Judge Joan Troyer reached out to the Google+ community to ask about a DCC version of the dreaded gelatinous cube. Of course, that was too good a chance to pass up. Reprinted here is the Sanctum’s take on the classic creature
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News: Sanctum Companion surpasses 10,000 downloads

July 8, 2017 Leave a Comment Written by Gatekeeper

We here at the Sanctum Secorum are fairly fond of our free episode companion ‘zine and it seems that you folks are too. We are pleased to announce that we have broken the 10,000 download mark with the ‘zine and hope that folks are getting some enjoyment and use out of it.

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Sanctum Secorum #26 – Changeling Earth

July 7, 2017 1 Comment Written by Gatekeeper

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The planet was Earth. The time was fifty thousand years from now. Magic and witchcraft worked and the Old Science didn’t. Why this was so, nobody knew – it had always been that way during the long tyranny of the Empire of the East. During that same period there had always been little bands of rebels using fragments of white magic against the demonic armies. Rolf was the latest of these rebels – and he had on his side the mysterious power known as Ardneh.
When Rolf finally finds Ardneh, he learns of the Change through which Ardneh forced technology to be replaced by magic in this alternate Earth of a far distant future. The discovery of Ardneh’s origin, the climactic showdown of fifty millennia of cosmic contention, and Rolf’s part in it, combine to make a thrilling adventure that concludes the struggle between the Old Technology and the New Demonology.

Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight we discuss Fred Saberhagen’s novel Changeling Earth (aka Ardneh’s World) as well as Daniel J. Bishop’s adventure Silent Nightfall.

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Sanctum Secorum #25 – The Fallible Fiend

June 2, 2017 Leave a Comment Written by Gatekeeper

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He looked like a cross between a dragon and a catfish, and he could bend iron bars into pretzels with a flick of his hand. But what Zdim the mild-mannered demon really was, was a scholar of logic and philosophy. That’s why when Zdim was drafted for a year’s servitude on the mortal plane, he felt that a monumental administrative error had been made. And even though Zdim resolved to be absolutely obedient and to do exactly what he was told, the wizard who employed him (Dr. Maldivius) soon agreed…

Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight we discuss L Sprague de Camp’s satirical fantasy novel The Fallible Fiend as well as Terry Olson’s adventure Elzemon and the Blood-Drinking Box.

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Brunuhville, Clifford Morton, Daniel J. Bishop, David Baity, Dieter Zimmerman, Djilia Phralengo, Doug Kovacs, Dyson Logos, Elzemon and the Blood-Drinking Box, Ethnic Zorigoo, Frozen in Time, Gen Con, Harley Stroh, Heather Alexander, Intrigue at the Court of Chaos, Jobe Bittman, Journey to the Center of Aerth, L Sprague de Camp, Michael Curtis, Not in Kansas Anymore, Peter Gundry, Sailors on the Starless Sea, Southeastern Desert Metal, Tennger Cavalry, Terry Olson, The 998th Conclave of Wizards, The Carnival of the Damned, The Infernal Crucible of Sezrekan the Mad, The Music of the Spheres (is Chaos), The Sea Queen Escapes, The Tribe of Ogg and the Gift of Suss, Yothi Yind

Online Inspiration: The Beareagle

May 30, 2017 Leave a Comment Written by Gatekeeper

Where we continue to build on our partnership with Axe Cop co-creator Ethan Nicolle in an effort to warn of the impending bearmageddon as well as bring nightmarish inspiration to your DCC table.
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Sanctum Secorum #24 – Three Hearts and Three Lions

May 5, 2017 3 Comments Written by Gatekeeper

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Holger Carlsen is an American-trained Danish engineer who joins the Danish Resistance to the Nazis. At the shore near Elsinore he is among the group of resistance fighters trying to cover the escape to Sweden of an important scientist (evidently, the nuclear physicist Niels Bohr). With a German force closing in, Carlsen is shot – and suddenly finds himself carried to a parallel universe, a world where Northern European legend concerning Charlemagne (“The Matter of France”) is real. This world is divided between the forces of Chaos inhabiting “Middle World” (which includes Faerie) and forces of Law based in the human world, which is in turn divided between the Holy Roman Empire and the Saracens. He finds the equipment and horse of a medieval knight waiting for him. The shield is emblazoned with three hearts and three lions.

Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight we discuss Poul Anderson’s seminal work Three Hearts and Three Lions as well as Terry Olson’s new adventure Escape from the Shrouded Fen. We like one of these far more than the other…can you guess which?

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Sanctum Secorum #23 – DCC Lankhmar

April 7, 2017 2 Comments Written by Gatekeeper

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Lankhmar is a fictional city in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories by Fritz Leiber. It is situated on the world of Nehwon, just west of the Great Salt Marsh and east of the River Hlal, and serves as the home of Leiber’s two antiheroes. It is richly described as a populous, labyrinthine city rife with corruption, decadent and squalid in roughly equal parts and said to be so shrouded by smog that the stars are rarely sighted.

Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight is our long awaited interview with Michael Curtis as we discuss the even more long awaited DCC Lankhmar kickstarter.

Locations, Men and Magicians, NPCs, podcast

Acrassicauda, Al Marconi, Anarchadia, Angelo Badalamenti, Dead Can Dance, Djilia Phralengo, Dracovallis, Fritz Leiber, Jeff Beal, Masks of Lankhmar, Michael Curtis, Nervecell, Reid San Filippo

Sanctum Secorum #22 – Gary Con Special Part 2 – Hiero’s Journey

March 28, 2017 1 Comment Written by Gatekeeper

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Per Hiero Desteen is a priest, a telepath — and a highly trained killer. Five thousand years after the holocaust known as The Death destroyed civilization, Hiero explores the mutant-infested wilderness of Canada and North America, riding a mutated, telepathic moose named Klootz. The Abbey has attempted to establish colonies, but the evil Brotherhood of the Unclean was waging all-out war against the few remnants of normal humanity, determined to wipe out all traces of its emerging civilization. Hiero’s task was to bring back a lost secret of the ancients that might save the humans. His eventual allies include Gorm, a telepathic black bear, and Luchare, a princess from the distant kingdom of D’alwah. But his path lay through the very heart of the territory ruled by the Unclean and their hordes of mutated, intelligent, savage beast followers…and the Unclean were waiting for him!

Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight is part two of our marathon-long Gary Con special episode! Ernie Gygax rejoins us as we discuss Hiero’s Journey before moving off into the realm of DCC.

As a programming note, the Companion ‘zine for the Gary Con special will release POST Gary Con (likely within 48 hours of this going live).

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Sanctum Secorum #21 – The Dying Earth

February 3, 2017 Leave a Comment Written by Gatekeeper

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“The six stories that make up the the first volume of the Dying Earth are all set in an undefined far future Earth, when the sun is nearing the end of its life. The sky ranges from pink to deep blue, lit by a dim red sun, and many strange plants and animals exist. Much of the story is set within the forested country of Ascolais*, and in the ruined cities that dot the landscape. Seekers of wisdom and beauty include lovely lost women, eccentric wizards and man-eating melancholy deodands. Twk-men ride dragonflies and trade information for salt. There are monsters and demons. It is a world where each being is morally ambiguous: the evil are charming, the good are dangerous.”

Welcome to the Sanctum Secorum podcast. Tonight’s episode takes you across the Dying Earth of Jack Vance, introduces you to the new Keeper of Mysteries, and announces the winners of our Tarzan content contest!

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