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Lovecraft Handbook (Patreon)

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2017-01-01 06:30:13
Edited:
2026-08-23 20:36:29
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... we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age. 

- HP L. 

Question your own sanity with the Lovecraft Handbook, an essential for DMs and players of campaigns which feature aberrations, the Far Realm, and creeping eldritch madness. This book is one of the longest we've ever written, and is packed full of new content: archetypes, backgrounds, a d100 table of trinkets, cursed magic items, variant rules, spells, alien monsters, and artifacts. Even the Necronomicon! 

Changelog: 

1/4/17: Lashing Tendrils: Casting time is 1 action, Higher Levels begins at 2nd

2/25/17: Some casting time typos fixed

11/4/18: Flawed Reconstruction: Reworked

11/12/18: Page formatting fixed

Comments

Dathan

If this is the post for this month, when will the Gunslinger be released?

Aimee Kabell

This is excellent timing. I'm about to start a campaign that can use a lot of this stuff. When/Where can I find the pdf for this beauty? (I didn't see one attached.)

Weiss Cream

Doesn't appear to be an attachment.

Mage Hand Press

I'm so sorry! The attachment failed to load th first time through -- should be fixed now

Mage Hand Press

I'm going to try to get it out a little later this month (or just move straight for a public release.) I'm a bit of a perfectionist with our base classes, and this one needed a little more time in the oven, so to speak.

Zhern

I've only done a quick skim of the new Handbook, but from what I see I really like it! This will add some great flavor to games that are rife with cosmic horror. I can easily see some of the archetypes and backgrounds being excellent for PC and NPC alike. Thank you!

Hydrall

I'm surprised you didn't have the bardic college be a reference to The Music of Erich Zann - driving back monsters and horrors from our world, banishing and warding and such. I like what I've looked through, though!

Spinel the Fox (edited)

Comment edits

2026-09-29 03:00 So, I have a question for the Barbarian Path. Blasphemous Fury states that if the feature reduces you to 0 Hit Points, you fall unconscious when the rage ends, regardless of temporary hit points. If the character were to regain hit points that puts them above 0, do they still fall unconscious when the rage ends?
2017-01-01 22:59

Mage Hand Press

Blasphemous Fury: By RAW, you still fall unconscious in that situation, though since you do not have 0 HP, there's nothing really keeping you unconscious. (In this situation, it's a very funny scenario where you just pass out for a second.) I'll fix the copy-pasta errors in the Pseudoelementals right away. Let me know if you see anything else awry!

Mage Hand Press

It is absolutely a reference to the Music of Erich Zann! I've messed with the narrative here a little bit (no longer repelling elder things with music, as it was in the HP L. story), but I kept the core horrific elements of that story intact here. I believe the name of this subclass on the blog is even 'Fiddler of the Mad God,' and the features reference stringed instruments -- Zann was very much in mind.

Mage Hand Press

You're welcome, Patrick! This was absolutely a labor of love on my part. I think it's one of the best books we've ever written.

JaQKnife

Since I'm on mobile, I'll just add another comment: Xenophage's Devour Reality: Change annihilates to annihilate Change word to worn That's all I can see right now, though I'll keep an eye open!

Crimen89

Hey just want some clarification on some of the abilities of the Tsochar. What happens when a players Con score hits 0, do they die?

Mage Hand Press

I'm AFB at the moment, but if I recall correctly, yes, it is instant death

Neyd Harlequin

Lashing Tendrils has a casting time of "instantaneous". Is that intentional? From what the spell actually does I gather it is meant to be "1 action". Also the same spell has a "at higher levels" wording that suggest it being a 2nd level spell by default, but it is listed as being 1st level.

Mage Hand Press

Typos all around -- good catch! The spell was originally higher damage and 2nd level, which is why the Higher Levels text was weird.

Kaleton

Where does it state the rarity of the rune tablets? I've checked the description page where it details what they do, but I can't find the rarity to let me assign the DCs.

Mage Hand Press

Each rune tablet can be each rarity (the possible rarities are shown just under the name.) When you find a rune tablet, it has a particular rarity, determined by the DM, which also sets its save DC.

Kaleton

Ah, okay. Thanks!