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The initial proposal for the research which would come to challenge the Ashcroft Foundation's dominance in the treatment of psychological disorders was penned by Chrysalis Corporation's Director himself. Humanity had become disturbingly adept at combating madness, the very playground of the Old Ones, and could not be allowed to gain full dominion over this potent force. Besides, insanity was proving to be a growth industry with limitless potential and there were shareholders to keep happy.

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For those obsessed with fornication, the Strange Aeon is a good time to be alive. Sex clubs, swinger's parties, and the loosest morality laws in human memory all create an atmosphere where casual sex and indulgence in just about any fetish or fantasy barely causes one to bat an eyelash. For the wealthy and powerful, it's even better. While a century ago a businessman might have to fly halfway around the world to force himself on a twelve year-old boy, today he can just go down to his local Dionysus Club on his lunch hour – provided, of course, that he’s a member in good standing, having violated his own morals and set himself and the world around him down the road to decay and depravity.

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While a century ago a businessman might have to fly halfway around the world to force himself on a twelve year-old boy,

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After being placed within about ten inches of the genitals, this pus-yellow organism, a little smaller than the human kidney, attaches to the host via dozens of small suckers along the underside of its segmented body. Once attached, it begins secreting a hormone into the blood stream that ampli-fies pleasurable sensations to astronomical levels. The process is completely painless, although it's unlikely the host would notice even if it wasn't. The experience is so overwhelming, so all-encompassing, that every other experience pales in comparison.

Being a parasite, the leech only produces this enzyme in order to feed on its host. Once the host reaches orgasm, the leech has compromised the biomystical energy of the host body to the point where it can drain the host's Orgone. Unless the host is a sorcerer or para-psychic (something the Death Shadows are careful to avoid), the only sensation felt is one of contented exhaustion. No permanent damage is done, the host walks away with a healthy glow, and the organism crawls off with a full belly.

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One such victim was a prominent politician in the New Earth Government Senate, known for his strong moral stance and focus on family values. To the surprise and revulsion of his colleagues, he introduced legislation to drop the age of consent to pre-pubescent levels, setting off a firestorm of criticism against him and his political party. Weeks later, he was implicated in a child prostitution ring, resigning from the Senate in disgrace and further lowering the average citizen's opinion of their government.

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The secret to breeding and tending the erogenous enhancement leeches is a closely guarded secret within the Death Shadows cult, known to very few.

Kurieg posted:

The issue is that the database that was used for Archives died about a week ago. So even if you had bought it you can't see the old thread since it was Archived before it could be Goldmined.

Ancient Enemies posted:

This is Ancient Enemies, the core resource book for the Shadow War. In these pages, you will find a detailed exploration of the Eldritch Society, that mysterious secret society that fights against the threats that threaten to destroy the New Earth Government from within. You'll also discover a wealth of information about Tagers, including new Character options and types. Find out what it's really like to join in symbiosis with something from beyond time and space. Go even further to indulge your symbiont and metamorphose, becoming a brand new kind of monster.

Then you'll have a chance to go behind the scenes and discover the forbidden world of the Children of Chaos and the Chrysalis Corporation. Learn how they work and go in-depth about their horrible shapeshifting minions, the Dhohanoids. If you'd like to play on the wrong side of the fence, you'll have the chance to explore Chrysalis Corporation characters more personally, even to the point of taking on Dhohanoids as Characters.

Welcome to Ancient Enemies. The Shadow War beckons...

Ancient Enemies posted:

Chapter One: Welcome is what you are reading right now. It's meant to help ease you into the vision for this setting expansion
and give you a reference for what this book contains.

Chapter Two: Scions of the Forgotten provides an in-depth look at the mysterious Eldritch Society. It contains all aspects of the organization, including how Tagers come to be, what it is like being a Tager, how the Society functions, and where regular people fit in.

Chapter Three: Eldritch Acolytes provides a variety of new character options for Eldritch Society characters, including new Qualities and new professions. It also includes new rules for customizing Tager manifestations, as well as the rules for metamorphosis.

Chapter Four: Minions of an Endless Chaos details the Chrysalis Corporation, as well as other aspects of the greater Children of Chaos. It explores how the cult works, what it is like to be a Dhohanoid, and the threat the cult is to the world.

Chapter Five: Children of the Chrysalis introduces new rules for designing and playing Chrysalis Corporation Characters, including new Dhohanoids, rules for Dhohanoid Characters, new magic and technology, and full guidelines for Storyguides.

Chapter Six: Appendices includes the index.

Ancient Enemies posted:

If You Downloaded This Book
So if you're one of the people who has downloaded this book illegally off the internet, let's talk. We want to stay in business. We don't get to stay in business if you don't buy our products but you use them anyway. In more personal terms, if you like CthulhuTech, please go out and buy the books, because if you don't we go out of business or we kill the line because sales suck and boom – no more CthulhuTech. You lose, we lose, everybody loses. Everybody loves something for nothing, but this sort of thing comes with a price whether it's money or not.

Ancient Enemies posted:

A Note About Metaplot
Some people love it, some people hate it. Regardless, there is a overarching plot that is a part of CthulhuTech. That doesn't mean you have to use it.

There are parts of this book that will refer to events in 2086, which are detailed in the Damnation View. If you are a fan of the metaplot, then all is well. If you're not or you don't want to use the particular material to which this book refers, then ignore it. Just layer the information here onto the baseline game from the Core Book and you are good to go. There's not so much that you won't be able to easily strip it out.

As always, you bought the book. It's your game. Play it however you'd like.

Ettin posted:

People keep asking me about my previous posts, but the original thread fell into the archives before it got goldmined, so a lot of them can't be read right now. I was thinking of just copying and dumping all my posts into a single CthulhuTech thread for the ages, but there are problems with that, so I'm not sure. Who's got ideas?

Ettin posted:

Also: People posting spoilers has been a thing since like my first post, but if you know what that last post is talking about please don't post it, even in spoiler tags. I'm planning a thing.

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Mr. Maltose posted:

"Hey dudes, let's not talk about the bits the book hasn't covered yet."

And somehow people can't even do that, Jesus.

Evil Mastermind posted:

I actually hate the whole industry and hobby and everyone in it.

Darren MacLennan posted:

Yeah, I gotta agree: conspiring to physically assault him is a goddamn terrible idea, and kind of lovely to boot.

Robindaybird posted:

We should leave our trashing of people purely in the verbal realm.

Mors Rattus posted:

Yeah, it really shouldn't need to be said but harassment is not cool. Don't encourage harassment! Don't do that! Why would you even think that's okay?