LAWHAMMER SECRETS: A SECOND GROUP! (Patreon)

One of the plans I have for making this version of the Enemy Within a little different is running multiple groups at once. This is something I've done many times in the past for larger campaigns, and is something I think will work very well for this one. Indeed, the very first time I ran multiple groups in the same setting was for WFRP. It was a special convention campaign I ran back in the early 90s. Two parties of 10 delved into Castle Drachenfels for their own competing reasons. Eventually, they met. The results were horrific. And as the blood flowed, Drachenfels awakened…

So, alongside the streamed game, we will have a secret group going secret things in the background. This second group, which will play offline on irregular Sundays, will feature Chaos Cultists, and the consequences of their actions will directly impact the streamed game.

Today, we're creating the characters and choosing their Chaos Cult. 

I’m really rather stoked about this.

They'll be using the updated Character Generation rules I build for our streams. But that causes a slight issue as I’ve still barely begun the 100 Careers we’re using in our game – I've only finished 9 of those! So, halfway through character generation today, once Careers are chosen and we're happy with them, I'll disappear for half an hour to write the rules they need. A good time for a snack break. When I return, we'll polish everything off and have our second group good to go.

So, yes, that means I’ll also be adding full-blown Chaos Cultist Careers to our game that will be used by PCs. And, yes, that means I need full 1d1000 mutation tables, split by physical and mental, too. I’ve already started both.

Body (and mind) horror ahoy!

The cultists will all be Human, because that better matches the themes I'm seeking to pursue. If you want to keep up with them, the write-ups for their secret campaign will be presented in the All-Access Patreon level, far away from the prying eyes of the streaming group.

So, if you want updates on who our cultists are, what they are doing, the impact they’re having on the streamed game, and why I'm running the cultists the way I am (and whether they'll ever reach the main stream!), you can do so if you wish.

Now you know what I’m doing here, if you were doing this, how would you handle it?

Andy Law
14th August, 2022