Roleplaying games from historical research
There’s an impish faerie that is only seen in Mythic Europe during the twelve days of Christmas, the kallikantzaros, which has never been used in any of the supplements. As the Yule is approaching, I’d like to bring them out, but give them a fresh coat of paint by combining them with “The Goblins Who…
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Apologies: I hadn’t noticed this transcript wasn’t live. The episode says its the final Morrison folktale from the Isle of Man, but it isn’t. After recording them I swapped the order to put the Christmas traditions into December. “The City Under The Sea” is a folk tale from a later time, where a person is…
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This week we quote hard: welcome to the medieval equivalent of H H Holmes’s hotel. Thanks again to Ed Humpel and Librivox. The door opened after a while and mine host appeared. “It is late,” he said. Rodriguez smiled acquiescently and mine host withdrew, and presently leaving Morano whom his master’s voice had waked, to…
Read MoreI’ve added statistics to the episode transcript discussing these creatures, but here they are, for easy access. The Siren of the Pier Faerie Might: 15 Characteristics:(human form) Int +1, Per +1, Pre +0, Com +1, Str 0*, Sta 0* , Dex 0*, Qik 0*.*These scores are provided by the host body. Size: 0* (*as host) Virtues and…
Read MoreThe Outlandish Knight, the Final Victim and the Mercenary Parrot were described in episode 205. The Outlandish Knight The Outlandish Knight is simpler version of the Glanconer (Realms of Power : Faerie p 74-75). He doesn’t kill by draining life energy along an arcane connection: he just whisks girls away to murder them in a…
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This week one of our Isle of Man episodes: the Buggane of the broken church of St Trinian’s. The recording used came from the book by Sophia Morrison and was released into the public domain through LibriVox by Kurt from Tucson. A long time ago there came some monks to the broad, rough meadow, which…
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A pair of monsters from some comedic poems.
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A few further notes from Kunz’s Curious Lore of Precious Stones. Diamond The virtues ascribed to this stone are almost all directly traceable either to its unconquerable hardness or to its transparency and purity. It was therefore thought to bring victory to the wearer, by endowing him with superior strength, fortitude, and courage. Marbodus tells us…
Read MoreA simple transcript, with little decoration, for last month. Last month was a tricky one, where I filled up 5 months worth of episodes. This stopped me making elaborate transcripts or statistics. I’ll be catching this up soon.
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This week: when noblemen ruin perfectly good vis sources for no reason. The recording used in this episode was released into the public domain through LibriVox. Thanks again to all the LibriVoxians! Once upon a time a knight was riding in the country beyond Gloucester and came to a forest abounding and boars stags and…
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Games From Folktales 