Announcing Encounter Dice: Mythos

I’m pleased to announce that in addition to the nascent ranges 2014 will also be a year of eldritch horror. Building on the success of the Encounter Dice Kickstarter I am going to release a small range of Encounter Dice inspired by the mythos works of H.P. Lovecraft. Initially focusing on three sets of six dice which will assist GMs in coming up with concepts that can be used in their campaigns. These are:

• The Cult set allows you to roll up the core info for a cult quickly. Includes dice to define the deity worshiped, the enforcers of the cult, ritual weapons and minor artifact used, the hidden sanctuary and the cults base
• The Ritual set gives you the key concepts for an encounter that the players either happen upon or perhaps have to stop. Includes dice to define the location and time of the ritual, the sacrifice and major artifact used within the ritual and finally the cultists and horrific beasts that are present
• Investigators and NPCs set can be uses to quickly roll up character concepts for both player and non-player characters. Includes dice to help define the race and social position of the characters together with where they are from/encounters and what their motivations are. Of course you can also define the weaponry available to them in their fight.

The artist, Melanie Tranchemontagne, has already done an amazing job on converting the brief into stunning pieces of art as can be seen below. These are WIP images from each of the dice in the Cult set.

Images representing Cthulhu, a sea port, a library, a kris, a small tablet and a serial killer

Using these six images I can quickly come up with the following: A cult that worships Cthulhu has been established in a port town by wealthy explorer where they meet in his library. Their ritual weapon, which most of the cult carries, is a kris all of which are sanctified with the small tablet the founder recovered from Indonesia. Recently the cult has become more active mostly by sending out trained killers to remove any opposition to their goals.

This project is not connected with any extant games set in HPL’s mythos and so can be used with any of them. It will be funded via a crowdfunding campaign launching in early 2014. There are a lot of irons in the fire for this project including hand crafted leather dice cups, pendants and artefacts that can be used in game and a frankly stunning collector’s edition tome. All crafted for the project by Styrka Silver.

See you next year!
Darren Barber