This week’s guest is Brad Kerr, writer, editor, game designer and co-host of the podcast Between Two Cairns. We talk about his work with Necrotic Gnome (Old-School Essentials Starter Set & Old-School Essentials Demonic Grimoire, Carcass Crawler), The Dream Shrine, Hideous Daylight, Temple of 1000 Swords, Sun Bathers (Old School Essentials - Adventure Anthologies Vol. 1).

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MD 408 - Terra Cotta Dream Thieves w/ Brad Kerr

The Terra Cotta Dream Thieves (TCDT) are a rock band of fired-clay monsters who rampage through a town, grabbing people and dragging them across a PPP, painting with their blood and gore.

The PPP (Psychedelic Projection Pillow): This magic item is a pillow made of rock, yet it’s incredibly comfortable to sleep on. A process of smashing a humanoid body against this rock is called ‘Blood-Painting,’ as gory sacrifices are necessary as material spell components. If one is blood-painted and dies, their ghost is locked into the PPP. Smashing a PPP returns the stolen dreams to their owner, and releases the ghosts trapped within.

Uses of the PPP are as follows:

1. Dream Projection: all of the stolen dreams and ghosts’ memories merge together in a psychedelic mélange of images and color. A target hit directly with a dream projection must save or become hypnotized.
2. Ghost Glean: When you sleep on a PPP, you commune with the ghosts trapped within and may attempt to glean information that they knew in life.

Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson

Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Brad Kerr

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