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Thank You very much for playing and such thorough feedback!

Great atmosphere, great game!

Download: https://adeptus7.itch.io/lovecraftian-inspirations-from-real-life-and-beliefs

Video fragment examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIWrJ-j-QjQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHnrYCqlv9k

You can use it for absolutely free, in any way you want - as a part of your games, story, whatever. And You don’t have to reward or mention me in any way, although it would be nice if You rate this book (if You are registered, rate button is in the up right corner).

This brochure contains inspiration drawn from the beliefs of peoples who actually inhabit the Earth now or in the past, or from facts taken straight from history or science. Each case includes the suggestion, how given beliefs or facts can be interpreted in the spirit of cosmic horror, emphasizing their appropriate elements or bending them slightly. Sometimes, the descriptions are quite brief - a detailed discussion of each topic would take a lot of space and time. These are rather teasers intended to show why a specific thing may be interesting for fans of eldritch vibes and possibly encourage them to take a closer look at the topic.

The article is intended primarily for Game Masters who play games in systems inspired by Lovecraft’s works, such as Call of Cthulhu, Trail of Cthulhu or Delta Green. However, I hope that other fans of cosmic horror will also find something for themselves here. The facts presented here may also be interesting for people who are not familiar with the work of The Loner of Providence, but some of the references may be unclear to them.

GREEK MYTHOLOGY

Typhon – a classic but forgotten abomination

Zeus – embodied energy

In his house underground, dead Hades waits in sleep

Apollo – beautiful, deadly light

Hermes is the gate, Hermes is the key

Erysichton – slayer of living trees, eater of self

NORDIC MYTHOLOGY

A jotun is not the same as a giant, but it can be made into an abomination

Odyn = Nodens, Loki = Nyarlathotep

Or is Odin an abomination?

Einherjers and Odin the human

POLISH FOLKLORE, LEGENDS AND CULTURE

Jan Twardowski – the first man on the Moon

Silent night, starry night

Church in Trzęsacz – Deep ones do not leave their own, even after death

Crazy sci-fi movie banned by the goverment

WESTERN EUROPEAN FOLKLORE

The Monstrous German Pied Piper

Ys – Deep Ones princess vs clan of eldritch saints

Jentilak and a Christmas cutthroat

Dragons come in every shape and size

TRUE (OK, SLIGHTLY FAR-FETCHED) HISTORY

Invasion of the Sea Peoples

Greater Germanic Antarctica

The emperor out of the time

The Indus civilization

Order of the Nine Angles – sometimes reality is just as bad and mad as a horror

Tafurs – crusaders who practiced different type of communion

Roman dodecahedra – an ancient enigma

TRUE (SERIOUSLY) SCIENCE

Mad mathematicians

Humans like ants, ants like zombies

Halny and other foehn winds - the whisper of the wind brings madness

There is more to dimensions than dimensional shamblers

ABRAHAMIC BELIEFS

Covenant with God and Melchizedek

Succubi/incubi, aliens and a sorcerer-pope

Double faith

Stone from the sky, genies and angels

How to make Goetia demons more eldritch?

Yes, thanks for noticing! (I mean, graphics, story and all texts, mechanics are done by pathetic meatbag me)

Cute and cool!

Great prototype, I am looking forward to the full release!

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Nope, true magician doesn’t reveal his secrets :)

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Cool demo, I am looking forward to a full release!

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Great vibes, keep up the good work!

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Pretty cool Alpha, keep up good work!

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“time would of been better spent jumping off a nearby bridge than playing that tripe” Well, your choice!

“Also the creator has some retarded opinions and won’t shut up about them” Let me guess, You are from Facebook and You dislike that I ma not a commie? :)

Yes! :)

Cool concept!

Hi, sorry, I just noticed Your comment. What do You mean by “softlocked”? Were there no decision to chose? Or did You chose decision, but it lead to the empty screen?

Very cool game… I hate flies, so it was cathartic :)

Thank You very much for playing and feedback!

Thanks You very much!

Aż 7 osób tworzyło tę grę? Cóż, im więcej, tym weselej :)

Fun and educational!

And I value free speech, so I am not deleting this comment :) Thank You for trying to play and sharing Your feedback.

Very cool game! I like it!

Very cool demo, I am looking forward to the full release.

It is actually pretty cool :)

Very interesting game, I like it.

Thanks, I will tel him :)

I am the guy who disliked a “nazi” punching game, because I dislike how people like its author consider anyone who is not far-far-left a “nazi”. But You are probably thinking about me. Feel free to give me one star :)

Great game, I like!