Saturday, March 12, 2016

The Black Book

SPOILERS BELOW - SPOILERS BELOW 

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  I chanced to recall the inclusion of this book in the background of the (now presumably defeated) sorcerer, Charles Aaron Drood and thought I ought to go a ways beyond what was included in the Call of Cthulhu game materials.  I have been going through the horror stories of Robert Howard, whence the book originates, and was looking for pictures and other peoples ideas on the web... When I found this trove of material ready to be used. 
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Wewelsberg Castle - fictively important in the background of the author of "The Black Book" - Actually used in the real world as a sort of metaphysical heart of Himmler's SS.
  I usually don't bother to cite the sources I have plundered for game material... But I was very inspired by the quantity and quality of material relating to "The Black Book" (Von Unausspreclichen Kulten OR Of Unspeakable Cults)which was researched and invented (with a seamless combination of the two) by the creator of this site: http://www.rehtwogunraconteur.com/
  I am an an occasional visitor to the site, which is all about Robert Howard, but had somehow missed the six part series on Jon Junzt and Von Unausspreclichen Kulten.

Naturally, I'll be reinterpreting things to suit my campaign...
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  1. SilbermanMarch 13, 2016 at 8:29 AM

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  2. SilbermanMarch 13, 2016 at 8:31 AM

    Well that should keep me busy until Tuesday! Here's the link to the first part of the Black Book series:

    Von Junzt and the Black Book

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  3. SilbermanMarch 13, 2016 at 8:37 AM

    And please, can we have a reminder of where The Black Book, or references to it, turned up during the Drood investigation? Is there a copy of the 1845 London translation among the materials retrieved from Drood's inner sanctum within Red Rock Hill?

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