The Rats in the (Medieval) Halls

We’re thrilled to announce the PDF release of our second Medieval scenario for Cthulhu Eternal, “The Priory”. Written by Chad Bowser this thoroughly-researched historical horror is set in England just after the Norman Conquest (or more precisely during the period of civil war now known as The Anarchy, when a crisis of royal succession in 1135 set Norman England ablaze with chaos and strife).

Nightgenga! Rats! Scuccas! and a whole priory filled with monks of dire reputation. What’s not to love?

Chad’s name should be well known to lovers of historical Lovecraftian RPGs. With Andi Newton he created the Cthulhu Invictus (Classical Rome) setting for Call of Cthulhu & he was the driving force in rebooting Chaosium’s “Cthulhu Dark Ages”, relocating its default setting to feudal England.

If you’ve ever wondered what Chaosium’s Dark Ages line COULD have looked like (if they had decided to supported it), this adventure gives you a unique glimpse … we are hoping to be able to convince Chad to write more adventures for this interesting Medieval setting.

The titular Priory featured in this adventure has a very special place in the HPL canon. Located near the Welsh border, the Exham Priory of 1137 is home to a peculiar order of monks. Some 800 years later, an American industrialist inherits the place … and so begins “The Rats in the Walls”.

The PDF is available right now on DriveThruRPG.

BTW, while this scenario is currently only available in PDF, we do have short-term plans to create a print version. We’re thinking of combining it with our previous Medieval scenario (The Lord of Nombrecht) to make a bumper 100-page flip-book of Medieval Mayhem across England and the Holy Roman Empire. Fun for everyone …