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Chaosium Digest Volume 1, Number 1
Date: Sunday, January 31 1993
Number: 1 of 2

Contents:

More Feast Events   (Eric Rowe)  PENDRAGON
Two New Round Table Knights  (Shannon Appel)  PENDRAGON
A Chaosium Catalog   (Shannon Appel)  MISC

Editor's Note:

For this first two digests, I've pulled a handful of articles from a
Stormbringer list that I tried to get running a bit over a year ago.
The list unfortunately went belly up, but some of the articles are
still of interest.  Also, I've included a few things I wrote up as
well as the first two articles I received from subscribers.  Thanks
much to John Davis and Eric Rowe.

Shannon

====================

From: Eric Rowe <rowe@soda.berkeley.edu>
Subject: More Feast Events
System: Pendragon

Here's more fun things that can happen at a feast.

[this can be used as an alternative to the table on page 114 of
 Knights Adventurous -sda]

1: Someone chokes on a bone. First aid to save. Fumble leads to death.
   Failure means person took 1d6 damage.

2: Messenger arrives with important announcement.  Good scenario
   lead-in.

3: A player notices another knight abusing a serving maid verbally.
   Did she deserve it? Or is he just an uncouth fellow. Just/Arbitrary.

4: One of the entertainers makes a serious blunder. Do the players
   insult him? Or do they applaud as if it had not occurred?
   Merciful/Cruel

5: The feast goes on late into the night. Do you stay or insult the
   host by leaving?  Energetic/Lazy

6: Someone challenges a player to a game between courses. His skill is
   3d6.  He wagers 10d on the outcome.

7: A player gets a terrible case of gas.  Does he leave and offend the
   host?  Or does he stay and offend his neighbors? Courtesy or
   Modest/Proud

8: A rumor is going around besmirching the reputation of a lady.
   Intrigue to find the source. Do the players know the lady? Is the
   rumor true? Does her honor need defending?

9: An attempt at assassination by a servant. Awareness. Who is the
   target?  Who is behind the attempt? Why?

10: An event of religous significance. Perhaps a vision or the
    appearance of a stranger. Religion. Is a quest called for?

eric

====================

From: Shannon Appel <appel@erzo.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Two New Round Table Knights
System: Pendragon

Following are two former player characters from an old Pendragon
campaign that I ran last year.  They were both rather interesting
fellows who became Knights of the Round Table very shortly after it
was founded.  They might make interesting NPCs for other people's
Pendragon campaigns.

AMLYN TRIADADD, KNIGHT OF THE ROUND TABLE, "THE NEKKID KNIGHT" [517]

Name: Amlyn Triadadd  Siz: 15   Damage: 5d6
Homeland: Huntington  Dex: 13   Healing Rate: 3
Culture: Cymric/Christian Str: 18   Movement Rate: 3
Lord: Earl of Logres  Con: 15   Hit Points: 28
Glory: 7382   App: 12   Unconscious: 7

Shield: A gold cross upon a blue background.

PERSONALITY TRAITS   SKILLS          COMBAT SKILLS

Chaste 11     / Lustful 9  Awareness 10  Battle 6
Energetic 13  / Lazy 7   Boating 2  Horsemanship 15
Forgiving 16  / Vengeful 4  Chirurgery 1  Sword 17
Generous 12   / Selfish 8  Compose 3  Lance 15
Honest 9      / Deceitful 11  Courtesy 9  Dagger 4
Just 12       / Arbitrary 8  Dancing 2  Spear 5
Merciful 9    / Cruel 11  Faerie Lore 3
Modest 9      / Proud 11  First Aid 10  HORSES 
Pious 11      / Wordly 9  Flirting 5
Prudent 9     / Reckless 11  Folk Lore 2  Charger
Temperate 10  / Indulgent 10  Gaming 9  6d6 Damage
Trusting 12   / Suspicious 8  Hawking 3
Valorous 17   / Cowardly 3  Heraldry 2
     Hunting 6
Directed: Suspicious Saxons +2  Intrigue 7
     Orate 3
PASSIONS    Play Harp 18
Amor (Guenever) 12   Read Latin 3
Hate (Saxons) 7    Recognize 5
Honor 10    Religion 6
Hospitality 10    Singing 3
Love (family) 11   Stewardship 2
Loyalty (Earl Robert) 18  Swimming 3
Loyalty (Friends) 10   Tourney 1
Loyalty (King Arthur) 7

EQUIPMENT

Reinforced Norman Chain + Helm (12 pts)
Sword

BACKGROUND & PERSONALITY

Amlyn first gained a name for himself when he defended a crone against
a knight she had once ensorcelled.  He stood bravely against that
knight, despite the fact that he had no sword and no armor.  Since
then, he has often taken to removing his armor when the most serious
battles are upon him.  Men who recognise Amlyn quake in their boots
when they see him taking off his armor, for they know that death or
mortal wound are likely soon to follow.  Arthur was impressed by
Amlyn's reckless bravery, and it was for that that he made him a
knight of the round table.

MICHRULAN, CHIVALROUS KNIGHT OF THE ROUND TABLE [517]

Name: Michrulan   Siz: 15   Damage: 5d6
Homeland: Lindsey  Dex: 8   Healing Rate: 3
Culture: Cymric/Christian Str: 13   Movement Rate: 2
Lord: Earl of Logres  Con: 16   Hit Points: 31
Glory: 5371   App: 14   Unconscious: 8

Distinctive Featuers: Prematurely Gray Beard, Thin

Shield: A red backed shield with Chevronels covering the lowering two
thirds.  The first and third of these bands are silver.  Two silver
stars lie to the top right and top left of the Chevronels.  In the
middle bottom of the shield, below the Chevronels, is a flower, gold
and silver in color.

PERSONALITY TRAITS   SKILLS          COMBAT SKILLS

Chaste 12     / Lustful 8  Awareness 10  Battle 5
Energetic 15  / Lazy 5   Chirurgery 1  Horsemanship 12
Forgiving 10  / Vengeful 10  Courtesy 4  Sword 15
Generous 12   / Selfish 8  Dancing 2  Lance 15
Honest 10     / Deceitful 10  Faerie Lore 1  Dagger 4
Just 11       / Arbitrary 9  First Aid 10  Spear 5
Merciful 14   / Cruel 6   Flirting 4
Modest 13     / Proud 7   Folk Lore 2  HORSES
Pious 11      / Worldly 9  Gaming 3
Prudent 11    / Reckless 9  Hawking 3  "Bleucephus"
Temperate 10  / Indulgent 10  Heraldry 1  Charger
Trusting 12   / Suspicious 8  Hunting 5  6d6 Damage
Valorous 16   / Cowardly 4  Intrigue 7
   ** CHIVALRY BONUS **   Orate 3   "Bleucephus"
     Play Harp 3  Charger
PASSIONS    Read Latin 5  6d6 Damage
     Recognize 5
Amor (Adwin)  14  Religion 3  Rouncy
Honor   15  Romance 1  4d6 Damage
Hospitality  15  Singing 2
Love (Family)   6  Stewardship 2  Charger
Loyalty (Earl Robert) 18  Swimming 2  6d6 Damage
Loyalty (Horse)  16  Tourney 5
Loyalty (King Arthur) 18

EQUIPMENT

Reinforced Norman Chainmail and Helm (12 points)
Dragon Scale Shield (7 points)
Sword, Dagger, 2 Spears
Fertility Amulet (+1 to Pregnancy Table)

BACKGROUND AND PERSONALITY

Michrulan is a valorous knight who was knighted the same year that
Arthur was first made King.  In his first days as a knight, he served
Arthur loyally, fighting in many of Arthur's early battles.  From the
start, Michrulan was known by all for his two great passions, his
loyalty to his horse, Bleucephus, and his amor for the Cymric farming
girl, Adwin.  Guenevere was impressed by Michrulan's great love for
the girl Adwin, despite her low status, and it was for this reason
that she convinced Arthur to appoint him to the Round Table.

====================

From: Shannon Appel <appel@erzo.berkeley.edu>
Subject: A Chaosium Catalog
System: Misc

Here's a list that I've constructed of most of the products that
Chaosium has put out over the years.  There are a few gaps, so I'm
clearly missing a few things from this list, but it's moderately
complete.

Item #  System Description

1001     BG White Bear & Red Moon
1001-X      BG Dragon Pass
1002     BG Nomad Gods
1003     BG Elric First Edition
????     MIN White Wolf
1003-X  BG Elric : Battle at the End of Time
1004     BG Troy
1005  BG Lords of the Middle Sea
1006  BG King Arthur's Knights
1007     BG Stomp!
1008     BG Reich
1009     BG Raiders and Traders
1010     BG Panzer Pranks
1050-X     BG Arkham Horror
2001     GEN All the World's Monsters Volume I
2002     GEN All the World's Monsters Volume II
2003     GEN All the World's Monsters Volume III
2004     GEN Authentic Thautamurgy
2005     GEN Basic Role-Playing
2006-X      STB Stormbringer First Edition
2007-X  TW Thieves' World
2008-X     GEN Worlds of Wonder
2009-X      COC Call of Cthulhu First Edition
2009-DX     COC Call of Cthulhu Designer's Edition
2010     COC Shadows of Yog-Sothoth
2011-X  SW Superworld
2012     COC The Asylum
2013     GEN Cities
2014     GEN Carse
2015     TW Thieves' World Companion
2016     GEN Tulan of the Isles
2101-X  STB Stormbringer Second Edition
2102  STB Stormbringer Companion
2103  STB Demon Magic
2104  STB Stealer of Souls
2105  STB Black Sword
2106-X  HWK Hawkmoon
2107  HWK The Shattered Isle
2108  STB White Wolf
2109-H  STB Stormbringer Third Edition
2110     STB Stormbringer Fourth Edition
2111  STB Rogue Mistress
2112  STB Sorcerers of Pan Tang
2113     STB Perils of the Young Kingdom
2114  STB Sea Kings of the Purple Towns
2301-X  COC Call of Cthulhu Box Third Edition
2302     COC Shadows of Yog Sothoth
2303     COC The Asylum
2304     COC Cthulhu Companion
2305     COC The Fungi from Yuggoth
2306     COC Curse of the Chthonians
2307-X     COC Masks of Nyarlathotep
2308     COC Trail of Tsathogghua
2309     COC Keeper's Screen
2310     COC Fragments of Fear
2311     COC Alone Against the Wendigo
2312     COC Alone Against the Dark
2313     COC Terror from the Stars
2314-X     COC Cthulhu by Gaslight
2315-X     COC H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands
2316-X  COC The Spawn of Azathoth
2317-H  COC Call of Cthulhu Book Third Edition
2318     COC Statue of the Sorcerer/Vanishing Conjurer [GW]
2319     COC Terror Australis
2320     COC Green and Pleasant Land [GW]
2321     COC The Great Old Ones
2322     COC Cthulhu Now!
2323     COC Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters
2324     COC Call of Cthulhu Fourth Edition
2325     COC Arkham Unveiled
2326     COC At Your Door
2327     COC Mansions of Madness
2328     COC Fatal Experiments
2329     COC Blood Brothers
2330     COC Return to Dunwich
2331     COC Horror on the Orient Express
2332     COC Dark Designs
2333     COC Kingsport
2334     COC Tales of the Miskatonic Valley
2335     COC Fearful Passages
2336     COC Call of Cthulhu Fifth Edition
2337     COC The Stars are Right
2338     COC Escape from Innsmouth
2339     COC The Thing at the Threshold
2340     COC Blood Brothers II
2342     COC Adventures in Arkham Country
2401-X  SPR Superworld
2402     SPR Bad Medicine for Dr. Drugs
2403     SPR Trouble for HAVOC
2404     SPR Superworld Companion
2501-X  RNG Ringworld
2502  RNG Ringworld Companion
2601-X  EQ Elfquest First Edition
2602  EQ Elfquest Companion
2603  EQ The Sea Elves
2604     EQ Elf War
2605     EQ Elfquest Second Edition
2701-X  PEN King Arthur Pendragon First Edition
2701-X     PEN King Arthur Pendragon Second Edition
2702  PEN The Pendragon Campaign
2703  PEN The Noble's Book
2704  PEN The King Arthur Companion
2705  PEN The Grey Knight
2706  PEN Tournament of Dreams
2707  PEN Knights Adventurous
2708  PEN The Boy King
2709  PEN King Arthur Pendragon Third Edition
2710  PEN Savage Mountains
2711  PEN Blood & Lust
2712  PEN Perilous Forest
2714  PEN The Spectre King
2801  PRV Prince Valiant
2900     ELR Elric!
2901     ELR Melnibone
3001     MIN Perilous Encounters
----     MIN Dragon Pass Conventions for Perilous Encounters
3002     MIN Engage and Destroy
3003     MIN Vive L'Empereur
3302     COC H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands Book
3303     COC Cthulhu by Gaslight Book
3304     COC Masks of Nyarlathotep Book
3305     COC The Cthulhu Casebook
   [reprints 2303 & 2306]
3306     COC Curse of Cthulhu
   [reprints 2305]
3307     COC Cthulhu Now
3308     COC H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands
4001-H     RQ Runequest Book Second Edition
4001-X     RQ Runequest Box Second Edition
4001  RQ Runequest Book Second Edition
4002     RQ Balastor's Barracks    (SP1)
4003     RQ Apple Lane    (SP2)
4004     RQ Trolls and Trollkin    (SP3)
4005     RQ Scorpionmen and Broos    (SP4)
4006     RQ Militia and Merceneries   (SP5)
4007  RQ Snake-Pipe Hollow   (SP6)
4008  RQ Cults of Prax    (SP7)
4009  RQ Foes
4010     RQ Gateway Bestiary
4011     RQ Plunder
4012     RQ Rune Masters
4013     RQ Griffin Mountain
4014     RQ Cults of Terror
4015-X  RQ Borderlands
4016-X     RQ Trollpak
4017  RQ Soloquest
4018-X  RQ Questworld
4019     RQ Scorpion Hall
4020  RQ Snow King's Bride
4021-X     RQ Pavis
4022-X     RQ Big Rubble
4023     RQ Runequest Companion
4500  RQ King of Sartar
5001-H     PEN King Arthur Companion
5002     GEN Adventurer's Handbook
5101     COC Miskatonic U. Graduate Kit
5102     COC Investigator's Kit
5105     COC Guide to Cthulhu Monsters
5107     COC Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands
5108     COC 1920s Keeper's Kit
5109     COC Cthulhu Campaign Kit
5110     COC Fifth Edition Keeper's Kit
9302     COC M.U. T-Shirt
9303     COC Investigator Mug Set
9304     COC M.U. Mug
9305     COC Great Old Ones Poster
9306     COC Masks of Nyarlathotep Poster
9307     COC Mansions of Madness Poster
9308     COC Arkham Unveiled Poster
9309     COC Cthulhu Classics Poster

      AVALON HILL SUPPLEMENTS

849  BG Dragon Pass
850  BG Elric
857  RQ Deluxe Runequest
8571  RQ Players Box
85711  RQ Gloranthan Bestiary
85712  RQ Apple Lane
85713  RQ Snake Pipe Hollow
85714     RQ Runequest Cities
85715  RQ Into the Troll Realms
85716     RQ The Haunted Ruins
8571701     RQ Daughters of Darkness
8573  RQ Monster Colliseum  [1]
8574  RQ Human Adventurer Sheets  [2]
8575  RQ Non Human Adventurer Sheets [3]
8576  RQ Vikings    [4]
8577  RQ Gods of Glorantha  [5]
8578  RQ Griffin Island   [6]
8579     RQ Standard Runequest
8584  RQ Land of Ninja   [7]
8585  RQ Glorantha   [8]
8586  RQ Troll Pak   [9]
8587  RQ Troll Gods   [10]
8588  RQ Elder Secrets   [11]
8589     RQ Eldarad the Lost City
8590  RQ Sun County
8591  RQ River of Cradles

   FASA SUPPLEMENTS

T1     TW Traitor
T2     TW Spirit Stones
T3     TW Dark Assassin 

              GRENADIER SUPPLEMENTS

701     COC The Secret of Monhegan Island

        JUDGE'S GUILD SUPPLEMENTS

107  RQ Broken Tree Inn
116     RQ Hellpits of Nightfang
170     RQ RuneQuest Judges' Shield
220     RQ Legendary Duck Tower
310     RQ City of Lei Tabor
380     RQ Duck Pond

   TOME SUPPLEMENTS

T-1     COC The Arkham Evil
T-2     COC Death in Dunwich
T-3     COC Pursuit to Kadath
T-4     COC Whispers from the Abyss
T-5     COC "Glosel Est Authentique!"

     WEST END GAMES

30020     GHB Ghostbusters (designed by Chaosium)

====================

The Chaosium Digest is a Discussion Forum for Chaosium Games which do
not have another specific area for discussion.  To submit an article,
mail to: appel@erzo.berkeley.edu