Back in 2010 I started writing this blog post, and got through 17 revisions it seems, but never finished the adventure. It has been sitting in my drafts folder for 13 years now, and I no longer remember the story well enough to finish it off, but thought I might as well post it rather then have it sitting in my drafts folder forever. I would love some suggestions as to how to finish it off, if anyone is familiar with the story.
I recently finished a Black Canaan, a collection of Robert E. Howard’s ‘lesser’ stories. While he is best known for inventing Conan Howard also wrote horror and pulp. Really he wrote anything he could get paid for. While reading it I was struck by how similar some of his tales where to my Call of Cthulhu game. In fact, it has inspired me to attempt to write my own adventures.
Howard has steel-hewed, square-jawed hero’s fighting cultists and demons. Practitioners of the occult stopping those who engage in black magic, and all manner of similar events. It seems a good match for my players, who like CoC and yet want to be Big Damn Heroes.
So I am going to give the outline of an adventure based on a story from this book: The Haunter of the Ring.
Warning: Beyond this point are spoilers
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