The Cthulhu Hack: The Haunter of the Dark (d20)
The Cthulhu Hack: The Haunter of the Dark takes HP Lovecraft's final Mythos tale of doomed writer Robert Blake and guides you ¸ in clear steps¸ through the process of turning it into an adventure for The Cthulhu Hack. With that approach in mind¸ you can then use the same tools and guidance to create classic adventures in mystery and horror.
The Cthulhu Hack is a game of investigation and battling the sanity-shattering horrors of Lovecraftian gods and monsters. With an elegant dice mechanic and fast¸ player-focussed gameplay¸ The Cthulhu Hack is designed for quick and easy pick-up play¸ with characters ready in 5-minutes.
This supplement includes:
- an adventure outline-a sort-of-sequel to The Haunter of the Dark¸ Lovecraft's final solo Mythos story;
- sets down clear thoughts¸ advice and guidance on breaking up (or down) a story into gameable content;
- furnishes you with 9-pages of carefully crafted random content tables¸ to help spark your creativity or create new content for your adventures on the fly; and
- an annotated version of the HP Lovecraft's original suspenseful story of the doomed artist and writer¸ Robert Blake. Filled with thoughts¸ annotations¸ and highlighted key elements¸ it picks out the potential game content as a guide to doing that same yourself.
Eric Dodd - "Very interesting and worthwhile read for anyone who wants to take Lovecraftesque stories and turn them into adventures for any system. Good reading of The Haunter of the Dark¸ exploring its themes in a number of directions. Well worth reading and stealing for story ideas and reviewing methods for any analysis of stories.
Along with other general books like Stealing Cthulhu ¸ The Haunter of the Dark is recommended to anyone trying to write an adventure in a true Lovecraftian style." ( RPG Geek )
The book clocks in at 88-pages¸ including two fantastic black-and-white images¸ by artists Pete Amachree and Gianluca Maconi¸ inspired by The Haunter of the Dark.
Complete with maps and images to help make this an exciting and memorable adventure!