Mortal Coils

Mortal Coils is a scenario supplement for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu horror roleplaying game. Written by an ensemble of games designers and featuring artwork from Toren Atkinson, Heather Hudson, and Dennis Detwiller, it was published by third-party content provider Pagan Publishing in 1998; the book has also been translated into Spanish ^[1].

Overview[]

“	DREAD BARGAINS … a murdered professor at Miskatonic University … … a pair of brothers lost in the Louisiana bayou … … a man gone mad in a Kentucky mining town … … a bizarre photograph from rural Mexico … … a strange kidnapping in California … … a missing Hollywood starlet … … a lost city in the Andes … … and a stolen child … …these are the ties that bind, the connections from life to life, the terrible compacts between the sane and the mad-these are the mortal coils that entwine humanity and the Cthulhu Mythos in a web of terror. MORTAL COILS is a new anthology of eight Call of Cthulhu scenarios from Pagan Publishing, Inside is a diverse group of noisome terrors ranging from surreal horror to violent action.	„
	~ Back cover text

Contents[]

"Vigilante Justice", written by John Crowe, III and illustrated by Toren Atkinson
"A Murder of Crows", written by John H. Crowe, III and illustrated by Heather Hudson
"Nightcap", written by Jeff Moeller and illustrated by Dennis Detwiller
"God of the Mountain", written by Michael Cisco and illustrated by Toren Atkinson
"Common Courtesy", written by Jeff Moeller and illustrated by Heather Hudson
"We Have Met the Enemy", written by Rebecca Strong and illustrated by Dennis Detwiller
"Dream Factor", written by John Tynes and illustrated by Dennis Detwiller
"Mysteria Mateus Oblitae" written and illustrated by Dennis Detwiller
Appendix: Player Aids
Calendars, 1900-1930

Design Team ^[2][]

Written by: Michael Cisco, John Crowe, Dennis Detwiller, Jeff Moeller, Rebecca Strong, and John Scott Tynes
Artwork by: Toren Atkinson, Dennis Detwiller, and Heather Hudson
Production staff: Brian Appleton, Dennis Detwiller, Bob Kruger, and John Scott Tynes

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ Mortal Coils at RPGGeek
↑ Mortal Coils: Full Credits at RPGGeek

[Geek-1] Mortal Coils at RPGGeek

[2] Mortal Coils: Full Credits at RPGGeek

[1]

[2]