Modern Mythos with Jon and Seth

Episode 59 Sponsor: Daniel Harila Carlsen! Thank you, Daniel, for sponsoring this episode. Daniel is an aspiring illustrator, RPG writer, and graphic designer based in Oslo, Norway. He's versatile in a variety of physical mediums and design technologies. He invites you to check out his portfolio and consider him for your next TTRPG project. Portfolio: https://danielharilacarlsen.myportfolio.com/ Daniel illustrated the Tiger Princess of Treacherous Tripura, currently on Backerkit. We'll include some music composed by Michael Sollien for that fantasy RPG campaign at the end of the show. Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/mudknight-media/the-tiger-princess-of-treacherous-tripura * * * Keris McDonald is the lead editor for the Cthulhu by Gaslight line for Chaosium. Her first project is Dust and Blood, a scenario book for Cthulhu by Gaslight. And she's shaping Gaslight's first major campaign, The Curse of Seven, into its final stage to prepare it for publication. Included in Dust and Blood are two scenarios, Ashes to Ashes, and Signs Writ in Scarlet. Ashes to Ashes: The investigators are assumed to be working-class employees at Lange's Dust Yard, a disposal center for the city's trash. All in the yard is not as it seems, and death looms cloaked in a cloud of dust. Signs Writ in Scarlet: Set in London's East End, the investigators are drawn to solve the mystery of a series of murders. The brutally murdered victims each bear a strange glyph etched into flesh. Dust and Blood: https://www.chaosium.com/cthulhu-by-gaslight-dust-and-blood-hardcover/?searchid=0&search_query=dust+and+blood * * * Both Mike and Keris also edit and guide Call of Cthulhu products so they are ready for publication, including the new Pulp Cthulhu scenario book, Clockworks and Claws. The scenarios included are Of Clockwork & Clay, and Wolf Among the Flock. Of Clockwork & Clay: Following a break-in at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, the heroes search for a stolen artifact, but the thief is no simple villain! A secret formula, a devilish device, and all manner of villains provide a mystery brimming with intrigue and mayhem. Nothing is what it seems in this race against time to stop a scientist's maniacal scheme. Wolf Among the Flock: The heroes are invited to the funeral of a revered naturalist couple, killed in a tragic accident with one of their own animals in the zoo they managed. But is the beast really to blame? Or, is there something else lurking in the zoo, waiting for its chance to run wild and kill again? [At the time of this episode's publication, the Chaosium site has not been updated to offer Clockworks and Claws.] * * * As always, a huge thank you to John Sumrow, for our badass logo. Follow him on Facebook, check out his official artist website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft's writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/ @darkestthickets.bsky.social

Pyramid Scheme is the final chapter in the Time for Sacrifice campaign! Please join our players as they embark on this final exploration into Central America. Our cast includes... Ed Morgan as Juan de la Cruz (Luchadores wrestler) Rob Dennis as Loise Brannigan (Librarian) Troy Hansen as Ferguson Tuttle (Author) Dru Clay as Audrey Lake (Criminal Kid/Scamp) Kyle Ashcraft as Caleb Ashland (Author) Andy Meisem as Gunnar Deacon (Photographer) and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Pyramid Scheme is the final chapter in the Time for Sacrifice campaign! Please join our players as they embark on this final exploration into Central America. Our cast includes... Ed Morgan as Juan de la Cruz (Luchadores wrestler) Rob Dennis as Loise Brannigan (Librarian) Troy Hansen as Ferguson Tuttle (Author) Dru Clay as Audrey Lake (Criminal Kid/Scamp) Kyle Ashcraft as Caleb Ashland (Author) Andy Meisem as Gunnar Deacon (Photographer) and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

Pyramid Scheme is the final chapter in the Time for Sacrifice campaign! Please join our players as they embark on this final exploration into Central America. Our cast includes... Ed Morgan as Juan de la Cruz (Luchadores wrestler) Rob Dennis as Loise Brannigan (Librarian) Troy Hansen as Ferguson Tuttle (Author) Dru Clay as Audrey Lake (Criminal Kid/Scamp) Kyle Ashcraft as Caleb Ashland (Author) Andy Meisem as Gunnar Deacon (Photographer) and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

We asked for your questions on Modern Mythos Patreon and Discord server, and here are your answers! Enjoy! Modern Mythos Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/modern_mythos? Modern Mythos Discord: https://discord.gg/mQ3yQbM45G We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He's a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft's writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/ @darkestthickets.bsky.social

Exorcist's Codex 2025 by Two Starving Gnolls (Pax Cthuliana, Svasbard - system-neutral adventures) Uses BRP mechanics (with ORC License) 1890s Demon Hunters Mechanics Several Occupations - Occupations offer special abilities, restrictions, and modifiers to Faith (Relic Hunter, Priest, demonologist, occult detective, Church Licensed Exorcist, etc) Holy Faith Factor - source of Power, but higher it is the more susceptible to Demonic Corruption Instead of SAN they Have Spirit - works very similar, but one key difference is that it replenishes with time. Speed based off how low it is. Spirit can be spent to inf;uency Destiny Rolls (sorta like Luck rolls) Criticisms - I dislike BRP Resistance Table. Feel the 7e CoC should have been used for BRP, but they chose not to. Unsure on diversity of adventures. But I haven't read too deep. Indiana Jones RPG 1984 by TSR (David Cook - game designer) Uses Percentile dice for Attribute Test resolutions Setting: Pulp 1930s pre-war Mechanics Attributes - All characters have six attributes: Strength, Movement, Prowess, Backbone, Instinct, and Appeal. Each Attribute has four percentile values: Normal, Twice Normal (x2), Half of Normal (1/2), and One-Quarter of Normal (1/4). Referee (GM) determines the difficulty of an Attribute Test, and then the player attempts to roll percentile dice equal to or less than the declared difficulty level. Characters have Skills, but no skill has a percentile value; instead having an appropriate skill, (or using a skill in a clever way), can influence the difficulty level of an Attribute Test, typically making it an easier test if the character possesses the needed skill, or possibly more difficult if the character does not have the needed skill. We can't do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa, Edwin Nagy, and Zach Sokol for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He's a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft's writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/ @darkestthickets.bsky.social

SORRY FOR THE DELAY Jon Hook as The Keeper of Arcane Lore David as Zadok Felton (a Physicist) Dru as Acadian Broussard (a Pharmicist) Erin as Libby Howizer (an Art Dealer) Troy as Augustas "Gus" Jones (a Handyman) Vanessa as Violette Holzmann (a Botanist) Willie as Tomas Leche Dvaca (a Student)

In this episode, Seth and Jon welcome historian and game designer, Shannon Appelcline, to the show. Designers & Dragons: Origins -- https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/0477a26f-723e-4d2f-8f11-74cdc007daf1/landing Shannon's Blog -- designersanddragons.com Modern Mythos Patreon -- https://www.patreon.com/modern_mythos We can't do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa, Edwin Nagy, and Zach Sokol for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He's a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft's writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/ @darkestthickets.bsky.social

Jon Hook as The Keeper of Arcane Lore David as Zadok Felton (a Physicist) Dru as Acadian Broussard (a Pharmicist) Erin as Libby Howizer (an Art Dealer) Troy as Augustas "Gus" Jones (a Handyman) Vanessa as Violette Holzmann (a Botanist) Willie as Tomas Leche Dvaca (a Student)

Jon Hook as The Keeper of Arcane Lore David as Zadok Felton (a Physicist) Dru as Acadian Broussard (a Pharmicist) Erin as Libby Howizer (an Art Dealer) Troy as Augustas "Gus" Jones (a Handyman) Vanessa as Violette Holzmann (a Botanist) Willie as Tomas Leche Dvaca (a Student)

Jon Hook as The Keeper of Arcane Lore David as Zadok Felton (a Physicist) Dru as Acadian Broussard (a Pharmicist) Erin as Libby Howizer (an Art Dealer) Troy as Augustas "Gus" Jones (a Handyman) Vanessa as Violette Holzmann (a Botanist) Willie as Tomas Leche Dvaca (a Student)

Welcome to a new season of the Summer Book Club! In this episode, hosts Jon Hook and James Droucker talk about the selection of stories in "Into the Cthulhu-Universe," edited by Steven Paulsen and Christopher Sequeira. Table of Contents: The Chaos Lords of Mars, by Jonathan Maberry Twas Brilling, by Cat Rambo Sweet Music, by Jason Nahrung Simbiyu and the Nameless, by Eugene Bacon The Meatamorphosis, by Aaron Sterns Innsmouth Park, by Jane Routley The Queen's Solution, by Peter Rawlik & Sal Ciano Dread Island, by Joe R. Lansdale Fhtagntastic Four, by Christopher Sequeria & Jan Scherpenhuizen The Sleepwalker's Manifesto, by Kat Clay Creatures of the Night Train, by Del Howison A Perfect Summer for Baseball, Tentacles, Mutants, and Love, by Barry N. Malzberg & Jack Dann Three Bad Actors In A Silvery Room, by Steve Proposch Fame Bites, by Anna Tambour Leftovers, by Jim Krueger The Power of F'thagn, by Scott Driscoll Hill-Runner and the Enemy From Behind the Curtain of Stars, by Gerry Huntman The Colour Out of Hautdesert, by JM Merryt The Sign of Daoloth, by Ramsey Campbell

Seth and Jon sojourned to Ypsilanti, (Ann Arbor/Detroit adjacent), for Chaosium Con 2025! As you can well imagine, it was amazing! +++++++++++++++++++++++ Fire Lizard Games, thank you for sponsoring this episode! Check out Fire Lizard Games' upcoming Yith Borg game! Designed with the Mork Borg rules, in Yith Borg you are a Yithian looking to stake your claim on Earth in the hellscape aftermath of a Mythos-fueled cataclysm that devastated the planet in 1920. Check out their Upcoming Projects page at: https://www.firelizardgames.com/upcoming-projects And check out their full site at: https://www.firelizardgames.com/ +++++++++++++++++++++++ While at Chaosium Con, Seth and Jon did some "Man on the Street" interviews with convention goers we ran into in the lobby/bar in the morning hours of Friday and Saturday. This entire endeavor would not have been possible without friend-of-the-show and new Modern Mythos editor, Zach Sokol! Thank you, Zach! Zach provided all of the equipment we used to record these "live" sessions, and he fully edited this episode. We are thrilled to add Zach's audio expertise to the team. We interviewed: Ben Burns, of New Comet Games Andy Miesem Holly Buetow, of RPG Reanimators Rina Hensey Matt "Doc" Tracey Bucho Rodenberger Sandy Petersen Zach Sokol We can't do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa, Edwin Nagy, and Zach Sokol for their hard work and keen skills at making us sound awesome! We also want to thank John Sumrow, for our badass logo. He's a very talented artist, so please follow him on Facebook, check out his official website, and please consider joining his Patreon account. Links in the show notes. https://www.facebook.com/johnsumrow http://www.johnsumrow.com https://www.patreon.com/JohnSumrow And finally, we want to thank The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets for generously allowing us to use their song, Gluttony, as our intro and outro music. If you are a fan of Lovecraft's writing and the Call of Cthulhu RPG, then you need to check out The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Please check out their BandCamp site and their official band site. Links in the show notes. https://thedarkestofthehillsidethickets.bandcamp.com/ http://thickets.net/ @darkestthickets.bsky.social And once again, a huge thank you to our sponsor Fire Lizard Games. Thanks for listening.