Aeons before man arose from the primordial mire, ancient creatures descended from the stars or stepped through dimensional passages to inhabit the Earth. Whilst many of these Old Ones have since passed into inactivity, the secrets they carried with them have been shared with man and now terrible cults haunt the fringes of modern society. These ancient terrors thus still menace mankind and, if the prophecies are to be believed, the Old Ones shall return to reign again over the Earth!

Eldritch Tales: Lovecraftian White Box Role-Playing in an OSR rule set with its roots in the Original version of the world's favorite RPG, but instead of exploring musty dungeons, characters in Eldritch Tales investigate Mythos horrors in the 1920s! The setting and background are based on the cosmic horror tales of Howard Phillips Lovecraft and other members of his writing circle.

Within the pages of Eldritch Tales you will find four character classes representing many classic pulp archetypes, occupations, rules for insanity, spells, monsters, esoteric tomes, artifacts, a starting scenario, and setting material, as well as advice on using Eldritch Tales with other White Box games.

PRODUCT DETAILS

• 224 pages (including cover, etc.);

• PDF (high resolution and low resolution versions);

• PDF has a bookmarked Table of Contents, as well as linked terms throughout;

• Includes two fillable-PDF character sheets;

• Compatible with Swords & Wizardry White Box and other OSR games;

• Eldritch Tales offers a Compatibility License to third-party publishers interested in creating material to support the game (available here)!

CONTENTS

• Introduction

• Chapter 1: Basics

• Chapter 2: Character Creation

• Chapter 3: Contacts

• Chapter 4: Equipment

• Chapter 5: Skills

• Chapter 6: Occupations

• Chapter 7: Playing the Game

• Chapter 8: Running the Game

• Chapter 9: Magic

• Chapter 10: Adversaries, Beasts, and Monsters

• Chapter 11: Eldritch Artifacts

• Chapter 12: Mythos Secrets

• Chapter 13: The Tupilak: An Eldritch Tales Scenario

• Appendix I: Eras of Mythos Earth

• Appendix II: Inspirational Material

• Open Game License

CREATIVE TEAM

Writing: Joseph Salvador

Cover Art: Eric Lofgren

Interior Art: Kurt Komoda, Del Teigeler, Joseph Salvador

Editing: Tim Snider

Layout: Thomas Novosel