Episode 703: I Only Knew Twenty Lesser Sages

About this episode

The episode discusses tuning pregenerated characters for a horror scenario and features a book discussion.

The Gaming Hut picks up on our previous general discussion of tuning pregens to a scenario by finding hooks for Trail of Cthulhu Investigators about to enter an old dark house. Beloved Patreon backer Alex Gill convenes the Book Hut for an explanation of a tome sometimes translated as The Book of Mad Desire for […]

People in this episode

Hosts: Kenneth Hite, Robin D Laws

Guest: Alex Gill

Topics covered

• gaming
• role-playing games
• scenario design
• investigators
• horror
• book discussion

Keywords

• pregens
• scenario tuning
• Cthulhu
• dark house
• investigators
• gaming discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Book of Mad Desire, Trail of Cthulhu

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