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The Wayward Son
By It (Lauri is possible Maijala/doc_cthulhu)
to investigate the grounds around the
manor and to find traces of several different winds of
The magic Wayward where Son the Black discusses Dog about has been. combining The place the also
three carries one-sheets the smell adventures of ozone and into brimstone, a bigger campaign. which is
It actually is in no the way most a complete likely clue campaign toward and establishing still requires what
some is going work on. from the GM. However, it will set the
framework for you as the GM to create your own
complete While the campaign. characters are trying to uncover the secret of
the haunting, the Black Dog will try to terrorize their
The host purpose by scratching of publishing on the the main one-sheets door or howling as separate under
adventures, his windows. is to give GMs more options as to how and
when to use them. There are no strict “rails” by which
the scenarios should be run. Each GM most likely has
a different view of how to make the adventures suit
his/her gaming group best.
Themes
The main themes for Wayward Son are folklore,
the supernatural and daemons of chaos. It offers the
characters a glimpse of chaos without the standard fare
of cultists, skaven, beastmen and mutations. But only
if GM wishes so.
The Daemons of Chaos
These one-sheets all include a daemonic being that
taunts
This and
and
quite
terrifies
possibly
the characters
the inquiries
and who
of the
must
characters
be
themselves
confronted.
finally
They
break
differ
down
from bloodletters
their patron.
and
He relents
plaguebearers
and tells them
in
that
that
he
they
suspects
are not
that
specified
the dog
in
has
any
come
way.
More
for his
importantly,
soul.
combat and utter destruction is not
their goal.
The patron explains that, ten years ago, he performed
GMs
a ritual
should
in a
describe
remote crossroads
these entities
to gain
as strange
something
and
he
disturbing
desired. He
and
will
not
also
be concerned
explain that
with
he
aligning
is a devout
them
person
to
and
a particular
that he was
chaos
misguided
god. In fact
to believe
misleading
the ritual
players
to be of
about
old faith.
the identity
Now he
of
knows
the daemons
better...
could lead to
interesting situations.
Act 3: The Thing on the Doorstep
The folklore of the Empire is filled with these kinds of
daemons, When the spirits characters and demigods. realize that Finding their patron information has struck
about some their kind identity of a deal and that how has to now defeat ended them or can if they are
come in complete from musty puzzlement old tomes as or to what from is the going characters on, the
themselves. Black Dog If makes a player an appearance. thinks of a way to fight the
daemons that could cause memorable encounters,
GMs are encouraged to use these as a part of the
common getting around folklore. without being noticed. However, it
feeds from the fear of its subjects and is drawn to the
Fighting patron by the Against mystical the bargain Chaos they made. It will track
All him of down these until daemons either are their much patron more is powerful no more than or the
regular Black greenskins Dog itself is or vanquished. beastmen. They have different
ways to alter reality to their liking and to cause harm
to The those Black who Dog oppose is a them. daemon on a mission and will not
consider any living beings to be of any importance
unless provoked. It has a cunning and malevolent
intelligence but it still is only a tool for some other,
darker force.
Defeating the Black Dog should require some
knowledge about its folklore and most likely a better
plan than simply attacking it.
Possible Complications
If the party is well established and has gone through
some adventuring already, the Black Dog could be
tailored to create a bigger challenge. Maybe it comes
with a pack of hounds or it is more daemonic than it
would appear at first sight.
Alternative Uses
Ideally
There
the
is no
party
actual
can
need
not directly
for the Black
fight against
Dog to
them
be a dog.
in
traditional
The being
sense,
that the
but
patron
have to
struck
get more
a deal
creative.
with, can take
any shape that fits your fancy, be it a devil or a crime
For
lord.
instance: trapping the daemon in a protective
circle they have learned to draw from an old library,
contests of wills with holy symbols, using various
methods of folklore like pure iron, salt, running water
or daemonsbane.
For those who like to keep things simpler the daemons
could be treated as traditional adversaries (Blood
hound from ToA p. 57 for Black Dog for example). Or
maybe the party could track down Hengstfohlen, the
gun that kills, to vanquish their foes.
As an ethereal creature, the Black Dog has no trouble
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