♾️🏳️🌈 Tatters of the King 🎭
Call of Cthulhu | Campaign
About the adventure
“What I had thought morbid and shameful and ignominious is in reality awesome and mind-expanding and even glorious — my previous estimate being merely a phase of man’s eternal tendency to hate and fear and shrink from the utterly different.” — H.P. Lovecraft, THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS (1931) October 17, 1928. London. The capital of an empire that covers a quarter of the globe and contains a quarter of the human race. The population busies itself with its concerns of politics and government, finance and production, work and recreation. But how fragile things are. What ignorance there is. An amateur West London theater company, known only as ‘The Group,’ is offering a short run of performances on their newest production. CARCOSA, OR, THE QUEEN AND THE STRANGER, translated from the original French. Maybe you’re one for theater, maybe you aren’t — in any case, it’s an opportunity to take your mind off recent events. You’ve been summoned to determine whether an asylum patient who murdered his family is fit for reintegration into public life. Gory stuff. The play itself is… interesting. The actors are decent, but the subject matter baffling, with an ending no one can seem to parse. Not like they have the time — as soon as the curtains fall, a riot breaks out. Attendees foaming at the mouth for indiscernible reasons. The stars hold your answers. You’re drawn to them, aren’t you? Good. Let them guide you, but always remember who’s pulling the rope. 🎭 A three-part epic set in the English arts and theater scene! 🗺️ High-resolution art, battlemaps, tokens, and animations 🎭 Professional theatrical storytelling and comedic timing 🎶 Immersive audio, from orchestral overtures to pained screams 🖥️ All official game resources and technology to hear the stars ⚔️ Beginner-friendly while still engaging more experienced investigators 🏳️🌈 Inclusive environment for all identities, in and out of game 🛎️ Weekly office hours for questions, concerns, and casual banter Tatters of the King is a cosmic horror campaign fully converted to Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition. Players will take on the role of doctors, artists, and other professionals whose work leads them into conflict with an inhuman power, an entity whose proximity to earth tightens by the day. Inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft, can you feel it yet? It’s the lure of the stars.
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(57)
2 years on StartPlaying
484 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Inclusive, Teacher
Average response time: 2 hours
Response rate: 50%
Additional details
How to prepare
🎙️ Working microphone and optional camera 🎧 Comfortable headphones and a quiet workspace 🤖 Free Discord and StartPlaying accounts 🤟 Good attitude towards all players, including the Keeper ✅ No Call of Cthulhu, Foundry, or tabletop experience needed! 🔞 Must be 18 years or older to play — no exceptions!
What I provide
📓 A complete mystery converted to Call of Cthulhu 7e 📚 All official Call of Cthulhu rules and resources 🔊 Nitro-boosted community Discord server ⚙️ High-speed Foundry server powered by Molten 🗺️ High-quality art, maps, tokens, animations, and music 👩🏫 Weekly office hours and Discord support for questions 💖 A friendly, professional environment in and out of game
Gameplay details
The content warnings detailed here list items that are likely to appear in the game. This is not a complete list of sensitive content that might arise in-session. Part of our Session 0 will involve discussing players’ comfort levels with potentially triggering subjects, and the game can be altered to minimize or avoid certain elements. Players who join mid-campaign should discuss these topics with the GM during weekly office hours. Certain themes are so central to the text that to remove them from the game would be to fundamentally alter the campaign. By nature of the genre, all Call of Cthulhu games traffic in body horror and insanity, and character death in long campaigns is an expectation rather than a possibility. Hastur deals in dreams, and investigators will be targeted as they sleep. Some of Hastur's victims are driven to murder - others, suicide. As always, real-world religion such as Christianity and Satanism factor into mundane explanations for eldritch events. Tabletop role-playing games are meant to be an escape from the horrors of the real world. Above-table prejudices such as racism, misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia are unacceptable at my table and will lead to your immediate removal without refund, as well as a ban from all future tables hosted by this GM.
Content warnings
Safety tools used
• Breaks
• Debriefing
• Lines and Veils
• Luxton Technique Discussion
• Open Door
• Session 0
• X, N, and O Cards
How will character creation work
🤝 Collaborative character creation during Session 0 🧮 Divide 460 points across your eight characteristics 💼 Many occupations available to befit this scenario 🧠 Skill points determined by your occupation and intelligence 💞 Backstory questions tie your character to the story 🧱 Character advancement occurs between major plot beats 📇 Pre-generated investigators available upon request ✍️ Tweak character details within your first five sessions
Players can expect
Combat / Tactics
Low
Roleplay
High
Puzzles
Medium
Experience level
Open to all
Platforms used
• Discord
• Foundry VTT
$25.00
/ Session
Each player will be charged when a session starts.
Details
Weekly / Wednesday - 11:00 PM UTC
Apr 2 / Session 5
3-3.5 Hour duration
4 / 6 Seats filled
Schedule
Requirements
Experience required: Open to all
Age: 18+