Some readers had great props suggestions for a D&D game. I got an e-mail from Erica and she introduced me to Propping up the Mythos - a guide to making horrifying objects from the stories of H. P. Lovecraft. This website provides insanely descriptive step-by-step directions for creating undescribable props you can use in your Dungeons & Dragons game.
Here are a few examples of what Propping up the Mythos has to offer:
Have fun with your propped up game!
6 Comments
2:45 am on September 16th, 2007
I am sooo making a book for my next game. Now if only I could stop working and having a social life…
10:40 am on September 16th, 2007
This is deliciously creepy! I’m not artistically inclined enough to pull these props off. But these images are great visual props by themselves.
Great find Yax!
1:21 pm on September 16th, 2007
I guess even if you’re never gonna make these props you could use the pics on the site. Better than nothing.
2:22 pm on September 16th, 2007
Which Lovecraft book would you suggest? I’ve never read a single one!
3:23 am on September 17th, 2007
Lovecraft wrote mostly short stories, and they are all very good. If you like Poe, you will probably like him, and if not, it’s still cool to see all of the stuff he’s inspired (most aberrations in Dnd are very Lovecraftian.) His most popular stories tend to be the ones in the Cthulhu Mythos. Check out your library or bookstore, they usually have three or four collections of his stuff.
I have little to no artistic talent, and I made a great book for my campaign. What I do for pictures is print out one I like, then shade the back with pencil. Place the pencil side against your final page, then trace the outlines and shading with a ballpoint pen, which will transfer the pencil lines to the page. Once you go over it with a sharpie (watch out, they bleed through!) or a calligraphy marker, it has a great woodprint sort of look to it.
4:53 am on September 17th, 2007
Pure Props gold Freyja! Thanks for sharing!