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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 1, 2014 2:05:05 GMT -6
I have been wondering if people have been running any Carcosa games lately, or if folks have been working on the setting. I've read the blogs, but few have new entries lately.
The campaign I've been running has stalled for the near future. I have an adventure idea, but I haven't had time to work out the details.
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Post by Mushgnome on Dec 1, 2014 9:59:34 GMT -6
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Post by geoffrey on Dec 1, 2014 13:22:42 GMT -6
I'm basically finished typing my new Carcosa book. I will spend most of December proof-reading it before sending it to my publisher late in the month. We've had a lot of fun with it, exploring the lands south of the published Carcosa map. Lots of craziness. Lots of nasty monsters. Lots of weird things. |
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Post by burningtorso on Dec 1, 2014 13:57:39 GMT -6
I am soooooo very much looking forward to that Geoffrey! tkdco2: I ceased work on my blog mainly due to the pain it was to get the page to cooperate, otherwise I would still post stuff. Though when I got free time I am usually writing up something for my Carcosa campaign. |
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Post by otiv on Dec 1, 2014 13:58:06 GMT -6
I'm basically finished typing my new Carcosa book. I will spend most of December proof-reading it before sending it to my publisher late in the month. We've had a lot of fun with it, exploring the lands south of the published Carcosa map. Lots of craziness. Lots of nasty monsters. Lots of weird things. I'm going to run a campaign with that as soon as it comes out and blog about it. |
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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 1, 2014 15:30:12 GMT -6
Please let us know when your book comes out, geoffrey. I'm looking forward to it.
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Post by benno on Dec 2, 2014 3:02:39 GMT -6
My carcosa is decidedly less horror and less gonzo. That's why I never shared but my campaign is still going quite well. Is there any more information about what's in the new book Geoffrey? Another class perhaps?
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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 2, 2014 17:12:36 GMT -6
It's good to hear your game is going well, benno. I'm okay with downplaying the gonzo and horror aspects; my games haven't had a lot of those either. No Old Ones have appeared yet.
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Post by benno on Dec 2, 2014 20:17:13 GMT -6
It's good to hear your game is going well, benno. I'm okay with downplaying the gonzo and horror aspects; my games haven't had a lot of those either. No Old Ones have appeared yet. I wonder how many Carcosa DM's have went a similar way. What gonzo and horror elements have you used and why have you omitted some of these elements? |
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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 2, 2014 20:59:00 GMT -6
I wouldn't say I've omitted anything, except perhaps the details of the rituals. Nobody is playing a sorcerer anyway. The main antagonists that the characters have come up against are the Bone Men, although they've fought a few Spawns of Shub-Niggurath and have hunted a dinosaur or two. I've only run two games so far, so there are still a lot of things the characters haven't encountered yet.
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Post by kjandar on Dec 3, 2014 19:54:04 GMT -6
I am also curious of the contents of the new Carcosa book. I did read (if I'm not mistaken) that it is a detailed hexcrawl of unknown regions.
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Post by geoffrey on Dec 4, 2014 11:11:44 GMT -6
As of right now, my manuscript for the new Carcosa book has just over 57,000 words. Most of the document consists of descriptions of 214 hex encounters (one for each hex that is not 100% water) immediately south of the published Carcosa map. As you can see, these descriptions are much more fleshed-out than those in the first Carcosa book. Each hex encounter in the new book averages about 250 words, as opposed to a sentence or two. Off the top of my head, the text includes:
new monstrous races
new deities
new monsters
many unique spawn of Shub-Niggurath
new poisons
new magical/sorcerous things
new high-tech things
new extra-terrestrial races
hundreds of names for the 13 races of men
name-roots to generate names for Cthulhoid things
geographic descriptions (perhaps 50 words long, average) of about two dozen places
lots of crazy human settlements ("What's wrong with these people?!")
disturbing, horrific fates
Also, I put in ways for PCs to be clerics or magic-users, if the group so chooses. Only 8 hexes have anything whatsoever to do with clerics, and only 6 have anything whatsoever to do with magic-users. Most of these could be replaced in a moment with sorcerers if the group wants to keep clerics and magic-users out of Carcosa. I for one think they fit, given the way I've put them in, but it is inevitable that some will disagree. But, as I said, they are easy to ignore if you don't want them. Out of 214 hexes, 201 hexes are completely free of clerics or magic-users.
Another way to look at this book is as a conversation between D&D referees who conduct campaigns in Carcosa. This is how I do it, how I flesh-out the skeleton presented in the first Carcosa book. I think all Carcosa referees will find it of value, whether for giving them new, weird ideas, or whether for solidifying the practices of other Carcosa referees who do things differently. ("That Geoffrey doesn't get this one thing at all. I'm going to fix it for him.")
I'm sure I'm forgetting stuff, since this is all just off the top of my head.
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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 4, 2014 17:07:35 GMT -6
I can't wait, although my group has barely scratched the surface of the setting.
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Post by kjandar on Dec 4, 2014 21:08:31 GMT -6
Cool! looks impressive. Out of curiosity, will there be some tools to create one's own weirdness (I see mention of a Cthuloid name generator...)?
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Post by burningtorso on Dec 5, 2014 6:02:01 GMT -6
I already wanted the book Geoffrey. Now I am pondering how many sacrifices and of what type are needed in the ritual: "Raggi's Publication of Geoffrey's Most Holy Manuscript"? |
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Post by geoffrey on Dec 5, 2014 11:06:45 GMT -6
I think the only random generator in the new book is the one for Cthulhoid names.
That should be "Raggi's Publication of Geoffrey's Most Unholy Manuscript".
An OD&D version in digest format? While never say never, I doubt it. I hasten to add that all of Raggi's publications are digest-sized, and the book can be used with OD&D on the fly.
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Post by Necromancer on Dec 8, 2014 3:40:34 GMT -6
This new book seems very interesting, and I'm sure it's going to be as awesome as inspirational! And this time I'll make sure I'm not the last one to the party...
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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 10, 2014 5:02:22 GMT -6
I really ought to run another Carcosa game soon. Christmas in Carcosa? Nah, too cliche.  |
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Post by Merctime on Dec 10, 2014 9:52:52 GMT -6
I really ought to run another Carcosa game soon. Christmas in Carcosa? Nah, too cliche. I, for one, would love to see the OD&D stats of the mighty Shub-Niggura-Claus!!! "Now, foolish mortals... Let us find out who's been naughty or nice.... Muwahahahaha!!!" |
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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 10, 2014 11:24:12 GMT -6
I really ought to run another Carcosa game soon. Christmas in Carcosa? Nah, too cliche. I, for one, would love to see the OD&D stats of the mighty Shub-Niggura-Claus!!! "Now, foolish mortals... Let us find out who's been naughty or nice.... Muwahahahaha!!!"It may be the only way I'll even get close to liking the holidays. |
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Post by geoffrey on Dec 10, 2014 12:29:15 GMT -6
I really ought to run another Carcosa game soon. Christmas in Carcosa? Nah, too cliche. Beware the Flying Claws/Claus! |
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Post by burningtorso on Dec 10, 2014 13:58:53 GMT -6
Someone should run a G+ session of "Christmas in Carcosa" as a goofy one shot. We have been talking about the "Christmas in Carcosa" theme over in the "Lost Carcosa" group on Facebook as well.
(I want to play Kreskregal the Jolly)
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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 10, 2014 18:43:47 GMT -6
Someone should run a G+ session of "Christmas in Carcosa" as a goofy one shot. We have been talking about the "Christmas in Carcosa" theme over in the "Lost Carcosa" group on Facebook as well. (I want to play Kreskregal the Jolly) He's an ulfire sorcerer who delivers weapons to all men and space aliens during the winter solstice. He rides on his flying chariot, drawn by eight winged velociraptors. |
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Post by funkaoshi on Dec 11, 2014 10:39:37 GMT -6
I've started up a Carcosa campaign recently. I'll start posting more about it on my blog. (You can see the posts I have about Carcosa so far over here: #carcosa.) Right now there is probably more discussion about the game on G+, in this community I made to organize things. (I am playing virtually with people using Google Hangouts.) |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2014 2:13:47 GMT -6
As our previous PbP Carcosa game here has been dead in the water for some time now, and my home gaming group is wary of anything not generic fantasy, I have decided at trying my hand at DMing a Carcosa game on these boards. Presently with school I am a little pressed for time but I think I can cobble something together for a start a week after next. The basic premise is to turn the gonzo up to 11 by including a copious amount of elements from Adventure Time due to having the Adventure Time Encyclopedia and being a huge fan of the show itself. I'll likely start up a recruitment thread for the game within a couple days in order to gather players over the course of the next week. If interested send me a line.
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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 16, 2014 16:48:10 GMT -6
Sounds good to me.
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Post by geoffrey on Dec 17, 2014 11:45:16 GMT -6
The Flying Claws is watching you.
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Post by eaterofkittens on Dec 23, 2014 1:33:14 GMT -6
Christmas in carcosa was indeed the theme for December. Next months theme is Wacky Racers. Not only are shocking vehicles to suggest but discussions of what sort of terrain which vehicles would excel in and what sorts of obstacles Carcosa would throw in the path. Its more gonzo and less sentimental than Christmas.
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Post by tkdco2 on Jan 27, 2015 19:02:42 GMT -6
How about a Hobbit/LOTR theme to your Carcosa adventures?
A Space Alien is recruited by a sorcerer and his 13 henchmen to free their village from one of Cthugah's flame creatures.
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The stars are right, and Cthulhu is about to rise from the depths of R'lyeh. The human races (at least the lawful tribes) must put aside their differences and send a group of warriors to destroy a powerful artifact to prevent Cthulhu's rising.
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