A Ghastly Companion to Gothic Icons (d20)
THEY'RE ALIVE! ALIVE!
Let history¸ literature¸ and folklore come alive with A Ghastly Companion to Gothic Icons!
Inside the virtual pages of this macabre PDF you will find such Terrors and Wonders as:
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Ghastly Affair stats for Carmilla Karnstein (from Le Fanu's "Carmilla")¸ Count Dracula (from Stoker's "Dracula" and "Dracula's Guest")¸ and Lord Ruthven (from Dr Polidori's "The Vampyre).
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The Clockwork Impostor (inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann's "The Sandman")¸ Victor Frankenstein (from Mary Shelley's immortal classic "Frankenstein")¸ and a book-accurate rendition of Frankenstein's Creature ‐ in all his fast¸ agile¸ and literate glory!
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The Amorous Revenant (inspired by Goethe's "The Bride of Corinth")¸ the Reclaiming Revenant (inspired by the classic folktale "the Golden Arm") and the Woman in White (inspired by folktales of ghosts such as La Llorona).
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The Fire King (from the writings of Matthew Lewis and Walter Scott)¸ the Hell Beast (a template for creating folkloric monsters such as Hell Hounds¸ Hell Horses¸ and Hell Cats)¸ the Pact Devil (inspired by both medieval European and American Hoodoo lore)¸ and the Seducer Devil (inspired by medieval demonology¸ and Lewis's "The Monk")
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A writeup for Deacon Brodie (the real-life Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)¸ Ghastly Affair stats for Heathcliff (from Emily Bront ë 's "Wuthering Heights")¸ and stats for none other than the Marquis de Sade himself!
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Ghastly Affair stats for three giants of early 19th century Gothic and Romantic literature ‐ Lord Byron¸ Doctor Polidori¸ and Mary Shelley!
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A complete system for randomly generating villages filled with strange inhabitants and dark secrets.
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A fun set of table for randomly generating the baroque (and bizarre) titles of 18th century Gothic Romances.
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A complete discussion of converting Ghastly Affair creatures for use with other OSR systems.
Plus¸ OSR-compatible stats for the Clockwork Impostor¸ Amorous Revenant¸ Reclaiming Revenant¸ Woman in White¸ Fire King¸ Hell Beast¸ Pact Devil¸ and Seducer Devil.
Guaranteed not to drag your soul down into awful and eternal torment. At least¸ probably not. Unless the man with that odd black book was misrepresenting the terms of our agreement.
A Ghastly Companion to Gothic Icons contains some material intended for mature readers.