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Title: Dark and gritty adventure
Post by: Xelian on <11-01-18/1057:17>
My players want to try something more mystical and magical for our next adventure and I have been wondering about advice what books I should look at. Or if there is some premade adventure I can use/modify.  I want something with a more medieval touch to it. Cults, sacrifices things like that. Currently the group is based in Seattle. There are so many books I don't know where to even start reading. Forbidden Arcana maybe?
Title: Re: Dark and gritty adventure
Post by: Michael Chandra on <11-01-18/1426:03>
Any official adventure involving Dr. Auslander is always a creepy magical thing. The end result will always be a massive fight at the end.
Title: Re: Dark and gritty adventure
Post by: Stainless Steel Devil Rat on <11-01-18/1427:50>
Any official adventure involving Dr. Auslander is always a creepy magical thing. The end result will always be a massive fight at the end.

Seconded.  Humanitarian Aid followed by Romero and Juliet would be a great set of linked adventures.
Title: Re: Dark and gritty adventure
Post by: Michael Chandra on <11-01-18/1435:01>
Do note that R&J nerfed him Edge-wise, which is the same nerf one should apply in HA.
Title: Re: Dark and gritty adventure
Post by: PingGuy on <11-01-18/1445:39>
Is this the kind of thing that Dark Terrors would be useful for?
Title: Re: Dark and gritty adventure
Post by: adzling on <11-01-18/1525:41>
I'd suggest looking at the 4e campaign Ghost Cartels.

It has all of what you're asking for but will require a little work to update to 5e.

I ran my table through a modified version of that campaign that has now seque'd into a srun conversion of the classic CoC campaign, Masks of Nyarlathothep.

Pictures or it didn't happen:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u9cj4e8zhooicbi/masks_campaign.jpg?dl=0
Title: Re: Dark and gritty adventure
Post by: Beta on <11-01-18/1550:23>
Any official adventure involving Dr. Auslander is always a creepy magical thing. The end result will always be a massive fight at the end.

Seconded.  Humanitarian Aid followed by Romero and Juliet would be a great set of linked adventures.

He then shows up in Chicago (I think it was mission 6-06, but it kind of builds over the course of a number of the missions that season), and then there was a stand-alone prime-runner mission "A Holy Piece of Wetwork" where you take the battle to him.
Title: Re: Dark and gritty adventure
Post by: cantrip on <01-25-19/2252:05>
If you can get a hold of a copy of Universal Brotherhood from 1st edition, you can get some good flavor of a magical nature.
Title: Re: Dark and gritty adventure
Post by: cantrip on <01-25-19/2253:28>
Or Bottled Demon - this one would be easier to translate to current story lines.  :)
Title: Re: Dark and gritty adventure
Post by: Reaver on <02-15-19/0503:45>
I found the few plot threads that involved Darke to be particularly gritty...
But they are spread all through out 2e and 3e and thus I don't have a complete reference for you. 
Title: Re: Dark and gritty adventure
Post by: kainite311 on <02-21-19/1630:01>
Holy Piece of Wetwork - Prime Runner adventure. Takes place on a metaplane against Auslander (its the finale to Auslander)
Lethal Forces - Basically introducing some horrors I believe
The Denver storm front series (Part 3 particularly - Serrated Edge)

If you want 'mystical' then maybe look at Harlequin's Back from 2nd or 3rd edition for a multiple metaplanes ride of weirdness
Title: Re: Dark and gritty adventure
Post by: Dangermaus on <04-05-19/2048:10>

I ran my table through a modified version of that campaign that has now seque'd into a srun conversion of the classic CoC campaign, Masks of Nyarlathothep.


I'd sure love to have a write up of that conversion... my players maybe not so much!!