Modern Mythos with Jon & Seth Jon Hook

In this episode, Jon and Seth are joined by Call of Cthulhu's Creative Director, Mike Mason! We talk about the new Arkham book, the further plans in the Miskatonic Valley line of books, Chaosium Con 2024, and the Basic Roleplay (BRP) Contest.
 
This episode was graciously sponsored by the creators of Northern Lights & Darkness compellation of modern day Call of Cthulhu scenarios set in Scandinavian cities and country sides. Each scenario is set in the author’s home countries and uses elements of Scandinavian folklore and myth.
 
The Excursion, by Maja Kvendseth, is set on the Norwegian coastline.
The Art of Hygge, by Poul Holmelund, takes us back to the year 1999, and is set in and around Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dreamers of the Bogland, by Wille Ruotsalainen, is set in Helsinki, Finland.
The Hidden People, by Theodor Helgason, is set in modern day Iceland.
The Tunnel People, by Jonas Morian, is a “dungeon crawl of Cthulhu” set in the metro lines beneath modern Stockholm, Sweden.
And finally, A Shadow of What Once Was, by Oscar Sedholm, is set in the Sapmi region of Sweden. 
Northern Lights and Darkness on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/463221/Northern-Lights-and-Darkness-BUNDLE?term=northern+lights+and?affiliate_id=51821
 
The new Arkham book has been well received by fans and critics alike. Mike Mason and the entire Chaosium crew couldn't be more thrilled. Mike was kind enough to join us to talk about the new Arkham book and the other books that will follow in this line.
Topics discussed include: Matt Ryan's amazing maps, creating Arkham specific investigators, and the broadsheet Arkham Advertiser newspaper created by the fine folks in the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society.
We also talked about Chaosium Con, both in The United States and Australia. And the new BRP Contest!
Chaosium Con: https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-con-2024-registration-is-live-see-you-in-ann-arbor-in-april/
BRP Contest: https://www.chaosium.com/blogthe-basic-roleplaying-design-challenge/
 
We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy 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/
And once again, a huge than you to our sponsors Northern Lights and Darkness. Remember to hit the link above and pick it up. Thanks for listening. 

A Time for Sacrifice campaign
Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns
 
Cast:
Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist
B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest
David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante
Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney
and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore
 
Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at:
https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/
 
It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a  Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.

A Time for Sacrifice campaign

Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns

 

Cast:

Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist

B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest

David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante

Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney

and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore

 

Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at:

https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/

 

It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a  Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.

In this episode, Seth and Jon talk about werewolves and lycanthropes in your Call of Cthulhu game.
 

Episode Sponsor: Northern Lights & Darkness

Northern Lights and Darkness is a collection of six modern-day Call of Cthulhu scenarios written by Scandinavian authors and taking place in each of the author’s home countries. The settings include Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, offering players and game masters fresh backdrops for investigating the Cthulhu Mythos.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/463221/Northern-Lights-and-Darkness-BUNDLE

 

Werewolves (pp182 of Malleus Monstrorum)

Movies - The Howling, Silver Bullet, Dog Soldiers, Wolf, Wolfen, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Wolfman,
Traditional werewolves are governed by the phases of the moon – What else could compel a lycanthrope?
Seasons
Other celestial bodies
Other planets
Comets
Constellations
Emotional states (ie: Hulk’s anger)
Adorning an animal hide/skin (magic item)
Magic Spell they cast
Innate ability to do at will
Seth’s Valducan series - demonic possession
Drug-induced, scientific concoction (pills, potion, or intravenous)
Other types of lycanthropes
Lots of examples from fantasy gaming:
Wererats
Weresharks
Weretiger
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (wereneanderthal?)
Hulk (wereroids???)
Rakshasa (Hindu shapeshifting demon)
Are they an animal or a wolf-man?

What hurts them?
The lore of silver originated in 1760’s France with Beast of Gévaudan (Brotherhood of the Wolf) But not a universal folklore.
Wolfsbane
Do other herbs/minerals work for yours? PCs might have to discover it. Instead of having players pretend they don’t know the lore of silver, maybe their characters do know it, but it’s simply folklore and not true. Lovecraft’s “Fear of the Unknown” quote. Have the fear of a werewolf be not knowing who it is or how to hurt it/
Maybe regular bullets can (like American Werewolf in London)
CoC Modules with Werewolves

The Rescue (From Cthulhu Companion)
The Swarming (Blood Brothers)
Chateau of Blood (Blood Brothers 2)
 

We can’t do this show alone. We want to thank our amazing editors Max Mahaffa and Edwin Nagy 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/

A Time for Sacrifice campaign
Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns
 
Cast:
Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist
B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest
David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante
Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney
and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore
 
Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at:
https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/
 
It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a  Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.

A Time for Sacrifice campaign
Chapter 1: Egg Out of Time, by Ben Burns
 
Cast:
Brett Bookout as Dr. Archibald Bleakman, an archeologist
B. Sawyer as Father Doug Roth, a two-fisted missionary priest
David Fogel as Beauregard Lafayette Fulbright, a culinary-focused dilettante
Seth Skorkowsky as Chester Stanley, Esq., an attorney
and Jon Hook as the Keeper of Arcane Lore
 
Music composed by Jules Lawrence, and is used with permission. Visit his Bandcamp site at:
https://mrwilsonlawrencescabinetofcuriosities.bandcamp.com/
 
It is August 1925, and our intrepid investigators are all members of a  Miskatonic University archeological dig in the Mayan city of Chechen Itza.