“The chamber lay empty, bathed in the cold, pulsing glow of the myriad jewels.”

A video Tour of the Robert E. Howard Home, new on YouTube in mid December 2020.

“The chamber lay empty, bathed in the cold, pulsing glow of the myriad jewels.”

Modiphius expands Fallout with Into the Wasteland

Modiphius has announced a new expansion for their skirmish game Fallout: Wasteland Warfare. The new addition to the game is designed for solo/co-op players who want to become Wasteland Wanderers and explore the deadly terrain. James Sheahan (designer of Fallout: Wasteland Warfare and the Fallout: Wasteland Warfare RPG expansion) says; This experience is quite different…

Modiphius expands Fallout with Into the Wasteland

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THE FORGOTTEN IDOL OF BAALZEBUL

AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, THEY STILL SEEK TO STEAL THOSE EYES…

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THE TEMPLE OF THE IDOL

The Temple of the Idol is place of worship of several Lizardfolk who serve the fallen Archon known as Baalzabul. Thieves have sought the Temple simply due to the rumors of intense treasure thought to he houses within its stone walls. However, it is often religious men (monks, paladins, knights, and clerics) that seek to find the Temple in order to destroy the Evil that lies within. Known for their ruthlessness, the Lizardfolk kidnap travelers to sacrifice to their vile god.

The Idol itself is an immense statue rises nearly 50 feet from a marble altar. Carved from some unknown reddish rock, the statue depicts the arch-devil Baalzebul himself. The statue features two immense red gems for eyes, a flaming bowl held in two immense clawed hands, and a mouth widened in a rictus that promises pain and suffering to all who gaze on the fearful visage of the arch-fiend.

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE … WITH THE SOUNDS OF MURDER

EARLY SUPERSTITIONS

A GREAT many pioneers believed in “visions, dreams and queer feelings” and to these beliefs were added certain signs. These traditions they brought with them into the wilderness of Brady Township.

The early settler did not worry about the fertility of the soil. The soil had the humus of centuries, in addition to the potash produced by the burning of the timber, and the fertility from the stumps left standing in the cleared land, but the signs for planting were a worry.

There were two signs, the “up-going” and the “down going.” If the crop to be planted were to root deep, it must be planted in the “down going” sign, so that the roots would penetrate the soil. If the crop were one that required the opposite, then it should be planted in the “up going” sign.

Marriages were always consummated in the increase of the moon. The moon largely controlled the signs of planting as well. If the new moon stood on its end, the weather would be wet; if the new moon lay on its back it would be dry; and if the new moon appeared far in the west or to the northwest, it would be cold.

One man stated that if there were three signs in the Fish, followed by three in the Waterman and three in the Crab, if the wind then blew from the south, it would rain. Others believed that if the wind was from the south on the first day of September there would be a mild open winter.

A wide belief in witch-craft existed. The community had a “hex doctor.” The hex doctor was a man about five feet five inches tall, probably weighing a hundred and fifty pounds, and past middle life. He wore his shirt open to the waist, exhibiting a breast covered with a heavy growth of hair. When called upon, he exorcised the evil spirits, and prepared an amulet, which was tied in a little bag worn over the heart. Curiosity led some one to examine one of these amulets one day, and found a grasshopper and a couple of peculiarly shaped stones in the bag.

Of course there were witches. There would have been no use for a hex doctor unless where were witches.

ALBERT EINESTEIN