Idol of Ra

The latest pagan idol from Slagovir is this carved wooden depiction of Ra, the ancient Egyptian god of the sun.  I really like how he incorporates the traditional ship of the sun into the design. 

 

Give My Regards to Broadway

Pomchop returns to our pages with another collection of excellent handouts.  This time it's for "Great Old Ones on the Great White Way" from Chaosium: 

I’ve just run ‘Great Old Ones on the Great White Way’ as a one-shot for some theatrical/roleplaying friends. Here are the handouts I made for the game. Unfortunately the investigators didn’t find them all, but they go to the bottom of the mystery with one indefinite insanity and no deaths.

For those of you who don’t know the scenario, it was originally printed in the Chaosium halloween monograph ‘Dead Leaves Fall’ and features a missing actress and a fishy broadway show. I feel to get the most out of the scenario the players should have a knowledge of musical theatre which, thankfully, my group did. It went down well and took 4 1/2 hours to run (with breaks).

He's very kindly made all of them available for free.  You'll find a PDF with most of them over here, while the playbill for the show is over here.

 

 

Crime in Arkham

I'm shocked, simply shocked, to discover bootleggers are active in the beautiful city of Arkham, Massachusetts.  Abraham Marsh of El Primo de Innsmouth reveals the awful truth with these pictures of his ne'er-do-well cousin smuggling illegal liquor disguised as bottles of maple syrup.  

 

 

Clickity Clack

"Brave-as-a-noun" went completely old school to produce props for a new Call of Cthulhu campaign.  He used an actual vintage typewriter to produce teaser messages that he then mailed to his players.  That's insanely cool. 

 

Clay Tablet Props

Avason created these clay tablet props for a Dungeons and Dragons adventure.  The process was pretty straight forward.  They rolled out a sheet of polymer clay, sculpted the raised figures, then used a toothpick to engrave the writing.  The results demonstrate a pretty high effort/reward ratio. 

 

Glue Gun Wax Seals

There are few things more evocative in a tabletop RPG session than a hand-written letter with an impressed wax seal.  The only problem is that traditional melted wax can be tricky, not to mention messy, to work with.*  As an alternative, artist Katrina Crouch has an incredibly detailed tutorial on how to create them with a glue gun.  It's aimed at brides doing their own wedding invitations, but the techniques are equally applicable to prop use. 

 *Personally, I also have some concerns about the safety of sealing wax.  Most of the commercially available products are manufactured in China and carry a non-zero risk of being contaminated with lead and other heavy metals.  I religiously use a respirator, but that just adds to the hassle factor of prepping a prop document. 

The Bound Prince

Ebrahel Lurci brings us Lucifer, the Bound Prince.  Another wonderfully creepy piece combining a wildly imaginative sculpt with with a worn and weathered patina.