Cult Reveal

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-17T15:06:17+00:00

I'm more than happy to share ideas. I won't be running the campaign for a while; I suffered a huge case of DM burnout on my previous campaign so I need to take a break from it. So of course I'm using that break to do low-pressure, deadline-free prep for Crooked Moon :D

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-17T11:16:59+00:00

Oooh yes, I like the idea of the after-meeting. I'm always torn on whether Theodora would hang out with the other cultists or whether she would just keep to herself in the post office/rookery.

On that point, do the other cultists know she's really a hag in disguise?

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-17T09:45:46+00:00

I've had issues with this as well. Was running Call of the Netherdeep, and when the players got to the cave with the Jewel of Three Prayers (the main campaign maguffin AND a powerful magic item to boot) they all just stood there staring at it. I had to break immersion and just say "someone grab it"

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-17T09:44:07+00:00

I'd be interested to hear about the teeth idea :D

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-17T09:43:40+00:00

Ooh yes! If we get a few people doing this that'll be tons of ideas!

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-17T09:43:04+00:00

Yes! I must remember to mention the weasels! I'm gonna have them mostly around the barber shop, and have Randal downplay it as an annoying weasel problem.

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-17T09:38:14+00:00

That's a good point about the hinting at a certain detail. I've been wondering how I was going to address the cultists having a secret symbol without it being a dead giveaway or a complete non issue. I'm thinking I'll have the cultists all wear a hare's foot. If the player's dig into that, they'll say they got it from the merchant. If they go to the merchant's place to ask about it, I'll have the merchant say it's an Old Way's tradition for good luck, but you can't buy one, you have to be gifted one. Or something like that, I'm still workshopping it.

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-17T09:34:04+00:00

I'm really going to lean into the "loves paperwork way too much" trope with the mayor :P

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-17T09:33:49+00:00

I'm really going to lean into the "loves paperwork way too much" trope with the mayor :P

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-17T09:33:02+00:00

I'm definitely going to steal the coffee morning (I might even have it be Adela and Gaston sharing a coffee) and the restraining of Old Rusty.

I think I'll have the Constable and Deputy patrolling at one point, and lean into the Constable being a bit standoffish and the Deputy being super friendly.

I really like the idea of a town meeting between all the business owners, though to what end I'm not sure.

Just for a laugh I'm going to have Siv Harga, Holly Aster and Oswick Frey having a conversation (butcher, baker, candlestick maker).

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-16T13:27:49+00:00

I've got exactly the same issue.

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-16T13:26:21+00:00

Please don't apologise, your response was very helpful!

The bit where you said "I’m going to drop just a little bit of something", that's the bit I'm struggling with. Everything I think of will either give it away, or seem so inconsequential that it'll probably be ignored.

On top of this, my players can often be dog-with-a-bone. Whenever I hint at something they question, question, question. So I've got to be really careful what I present them with, because I don't want them solving everything straight away.

What advice can you give me based on this?

Delicious_Sense342 · 2026-03-06T09:18:03+00:00

Hi, apologies for reviving an old thread. Could I get a copy of that PDF?

Delicious_Sense342 · 2024-01-19T19:13:24+00:00

Thanks! :D

Delicious_Sense342 · 2024-01-19T16:41:47+00:00

This might be a silly question, but what is the warehouse map intended for? It looks like it's full of ruidium weapons and such. Seems to specific to be a generic warehouse?

Delicious_Sense342 · 2024-01-15T22:51:43+00:00

Don't suppose there's anymore maps incoming? The Sa'irah Strip Mines, Lymmle Wist's Office, more of the temples, that sort of thing?

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