A Campaign Across Asia For The World’s Best Horror Game!
A mysterious telegram plunges the investigators into an epic journey of intrigue and horror.
What's Inside
The Children of Fear is an epic, multi-part campaign for Call of Cthulhu. The scenarios within explore myths and legends of Central Asia and Northern India.
Chaosium Unveiled: Inside The Children of Fear
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A Modular Campaign
This player-led campaign allows the investigators to determine the journey they take. In addition, the plot is designed to be flexible, allowing for different scales or types of Cthulhu Mythos involvement—all the way from the Outer Gods themselves down to a more low-key, occult-focused series of adventures. Guidance is provided for the Keeper to tailor the exact nature of the threat to best suit their group’s tastes.
Explore Asia Through The Cthulhu Mythos
The Children of Fear covers in detail the sights, encounters, and dangers found in Peking, Sian, the Taklamakan, Peshawar, and Kham. Investigators will travel from China, through Northern India, and on to Tibet. With detailed appendices covering travel, non-player characters, spells, a reference bibliography, and more, the book gives you everything you need to authentically create a unique experience at your gaming table.
Maps, Handouts, and Characters
A wealth of player hand-outs and maps enhance both the player experience and immersion. The Children of Fear includes six pre-generated characters so players can jump right into the action. A host of non-player characters, all with their own agendas, accompany new Cthulhu Mythos monsters for use in any Call of Cthulhu scenario.
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Pulp Cthulhu Compatible
For a different experience, this product contains guidance on how to enjoy it with Pulp Cthulhu.
Downloads for this Product
- Publisher:
- Chaosium
- Ruleset:
- 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu
- Year Released:
- 2020
- Format:
- Full Color PDF
- Page Count:
- 416
- ISBN:
- 978-1-56882-387-4
- Author(s):
- Lynne Hardy
- Cover Artist:
- Caleb Cleveland
- Interior Artists:
- Kristina Carroll, Caleb Cleveland, Mariusz Gandzel, Doruk Golcu, Katy Grierson, Sija Hong, Victor Leza, Pat Loboyko, Magda Mieszczak, Mali Ware
- Cartography and Handouts:
- Vandel J. Arden, Matt Ryan, Olivier Sanfilippo
- Layout:
- Nicholas Nacario
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China, India, & Tibet - The Silk Road
I've run this twice (once as a play test). Not your standard CoC campaign, so I'd run this for your more jaded CoC players for a change of pace. The things encountered are more local mythology based vs Cthulhu based. Everything is well researched and can be used as a source book for the region.
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Pulp Adventure across Central Asia
I've been running this for a group of new CoC players, and we are having a blast. The campaign is ideally suited to a non-Mythos Pulp sensibility, although you could certainly amp up the non-Euclidean tentacled elements and crush weedier investigators - the book presents options for all styles of play. It wears its research lightly and delightfully, the player handouts are neatly done (clear, legible and evocative), and you will have a whale of time unveiling ancient Buddhist mysteries as your investigators traverse the Silk Road, North-West Frontier and Roof of the World to prevent the end of the world as we know it.
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