{"id":2881,"date":"2016-12-14T07:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theredactedfiles.com\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2016-12-12T11:33:52","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T19:33:52","slug":"trfs-twelve-days-of-christmas-day-1-cthulhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theredactedfiles.com\/?p=2881","title":{"rendered":"TRF\u2019s Twelve Days of Christmas: Day 1, Cthulhu"},"content":{"rendered":"
On the First\u00a0Day of Christmas
\nMy GM gave to me,<\/h5>\n
Dread Cthulhu dreaming ‘neath the sea.<\/h5>\n

\"Cthulhu<\/a><\/p>\n

As the holidays\u00a0approach, we wanted to continue a TRF\u00a0tradition we began last year, spending the 12 Days of Christmas celebrating things we love in RPGs. This year our carols focus on our favorite monsters, creatures, and adversaries to bring into our games. Next year, I’ll finally figure out how to make the whole song about dice.<\/p>\n

So many of the games we love to play are based on Cthulhu Mythos, so I’m not sure how much of an introduction he really needs. We started out the show trying to cram him and the mythos into everything we did, now we’re giving him a little more room to breathe. Cthulhu has been through many iterations as he has come more into public awareness, from Kawaii Cthulhu to Political Cthulhu, but hopefully we’ll never be foolish enough to stop fearing him. If we do, I’ll be sure to run a game that culminates in the party seeing him, in all his indescribable \u00a0glory and watch as their sanity finally slips away.<\/p>\n

TRF\u2019s Twelve\u00a0Days of Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the First\u00a0Day of Christmas My GM gave to me, Dread Cthulhu dreaming ‘neath the sea. As the holidays\u00a0approach, we wanted to continue a TRF\u00a0tradition we began last year, spending the 12 Days of Christmas celebrating things we love in RPGs. This year our carols focus on our favorite monsters, creatures, and adversaries to bring… Continue Reading TRF\u2019s Twelve Days of Christmas: Day 1, Cthulhu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41],"tags":[123,15,14],"class_list":["post-2881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-posts","tag-12-days-of-christmas","tag-aser","tag-megan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5r9Oo-Kt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1968,"url":"https:\/\/www.theredactedfiles.com\/?p=1968","url_meta":{"origin":2881,"position":0},"title":"TRF’s Twelve Days of Christmas: Day 12, Call of Cthulhu","author":"Aser Tolentino","date":"December 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"On the Twelfth\u00a0Day of Christmas My GM gave to me, Twelve Cthulhu's calling, Eleven Strange cyphers, Ten Sandpoints pillaged, Nine scary monsters, Eight prior worlds, Seven heroes\u00a0slashing, Six\u00a0Fiascos foiled, Five TPKS! 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