#cthulhu — Public Fediverse posts
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Into the Madness #6
Image generated using ChatGPT The Fire The dreams came the first night and did not leave. He dreamed of a man in a dark coat. The man stood on a porch. He held a hammer. The head of it was dark and the handle was hickory, blackened with age and oil, and the man stood over something that lay on the porch boards and the hammer rose and fell and the sound of it was small and wet and final. He could not see the man's face. The dream gave him everything else. The coat. The boots. The hands […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/into-the-madness-6/
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https://www.europesays.com/cz/199658/ Srpnové recenze na Games.cz #Adventura #akční #AkčníAdventura #AkčníRpg #článek #cthulhu #Fantasy #games #Horor #Humor #Japonsko #kooperace #Lovecraft #Metal #pc #Playstation5 #postapokalyptická #Příběhová #Radioaktivita #recenze #Remaster #rozšíření #RPG #Science #Science&Technology #Simulace #soulslike #Stalker #stealth #Střílečka #survival #Switch2 #Technika #Technology #Věda #VědaATechnika
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MYTHOS MAYHEM: ‘Nyarlathotep’ by H.P. Lovecraft (Featuring ‘Nyarlathotep the Yellow King’)
Nyarlathotep... the crawling chaos... I am the last... I will tell the audient void...' --H. P. Lovecraft (NYARLATHOTEP) -
To all you #HPLovecraft fans out there: have you been chanting “Yog-Sothoth!”
several times a day like you know you should?No?
It’s high time now that you do some catch-up Yog-Sothothing lest our Great Master Cthulhu find you wanting on that great and fateful day when he arises in his glory!
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🎧 Adam and Pooka discuss Robert W. Chambers’ The King in Yellow mythos and other stories. Can they inspire Mage stories? Can these two stick to the subject? Listen https://magethepodcast.com/reality-deviants-book-club-king-in-yellow/ #magetheascension #comischorror #kinginyellow #cthulhumythos #hplovecraft #cthulhu
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The #CoC adventure "Coven of Cannich" (Shadows of #YogSothoth) features Chekhov's Elephant Gun.
This brings to mind The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
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E siamo tornati ad esaminare le geografie atlantidee con uno che è lo pseudoluogo per eccellenza: l'Altopiano di Leng.
Punto di incontro tra il nostro mondo e i Reami de Sogno, fu "scoperto" da HPL per poi lascialo in "eredità" a tutti gli autori che successivamente lo hanno esplorato, o solo solamente riadattato.
https://www.cercatoridiatlantide.it/altopiano-di-leng-piu-fantasia-che-realta/
#CercatoriDiAtlantide #SeekersOfAtlantis #Cthulhu #Leng #CallofCthuhlu #HPL #Lovecraft #Dreamlands #YogSothoth #Nyarlatothep #weird #horror #books #book
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Everyone magically disappears while staying at the ç̸̥̭̱̥͖͓̈́̊̄͊̀͗́̆̂̽̽̎͜ţ̴̨̗̠͓̠͍͚̘̼̯͕̳̱̓̆̈́̈́̈́̿̊̄̆̚͘͜͠͠͠h̵̨̯̱̜̜͎͖̹̳̟̘̼̺̀̈́͠u̷̜̼̼͉̬͕͙͈͚̻̍̉̄̇͑̀̎̾̄̂͝ĺ̸̟͂͗͂̾̄̈́̑͊́̂͊̕͠͝ḧ̴̢̧͚̟̩̘̙̝̠͇̦̮͚́͛u̶͍͎̭̍͜ ̸̡̱̙̘̣̪̠͈̝̻̥̞͊̀͘͝į̸̛͈̪̲̦̥͚̞͍̳̪̘͊̔̓̒̈̉̈́̇͜͜͝͠ṇ̶̯̜͔̪̩̿̈̒̐̾̄́͆̑̈́͊̀̋͝͝ͅn̵̡̠̞̗̥̰̬̈́͗̌̍̌̌͘.
Renamed to the Magic Hotel for the simple modern times the management would like represent.
#magichotel #hotel #airbnb #joshuatree #joshuatreenationalpark #desert #deserthotels #western #cthulhu #lovecraft #grimdark #cosmichorror #surreal_art #eldritchhorror #magician #surrealism #surreal #horrorart #arts #art #artist #gothic #fear #digitalart #aiart #darkart #horror #horrorimages #midjourney #stablediffusion #surrealhorror #oldones -
The more I engage with game design, the more I notice some disastrous ideas that keep turning games with great potential into "great idea, poor gameplay" for decades.
Today's highlights include:
1. Potions and buffs, which are ways to reset and/or replace game state by consuming other resources, sometimes repeatedly. The #EvilIslands and #NWN suffer significantly from this issue. The primary reason I stopped participating in otherwise amazing story-focused modern #NWN community #EFU is this mechanic. Also having a life and a job. But mostly potions and buffs.
2. Dramatic progression, where end-game characters have quantifiably greater capabilities than early game ones. Scaling up both enemies and characters creates artificial barriers for creative gameplay. I appreciate #JaggedAlliance's progression, which features only a 15% difference in crucial stats between the end-game and the first day of your first mission.
Unfortunately, both issues have deeply infiltrated #TTRPG game design, including the most popular TTRPG, which shall remain unnamed.
Another abstract game design mistake is forcing players to make decisions without clearly explaining the rules.
This problem worsens in games with dramatic progression. Players must create "a build" to avoid irrelevance due to dramatic progression, relying on vague descriptions of decision outcomes. #Fallout suffers immensely from this issue.
This problem can also apply to narrative games. The reason I didn't enjoy #BrokenSword as much as anticipated and am close to dropping #BeneathTheSteelSky is that these games' premises break during play.
Broken Sword starts as noir detective with bombs, evolving into a wishy-washy modern fantasy with spells and rituals. "Steel Sky" starts as dystopian drama but devolves into cringe comedy. Sherlock Holmes games feature mysticism, and don't get me started on the TTRPG offenders: the likes of #DeltaGreen and other #Cthulhu-adjacent games. Imagine having omnipotent entities as villains, while mortals are trying to solve crimes... Spoiler: the killer is a Cthulhu.
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BUON NATALE, A TE E PROGENIE OSCURA!
#natale #lovecraft #Cthulhu #YogSothoth #BuonNatale2022 #BuonNatale
