The Forgotten Rites of the Moldering Dead

 

The Forgotten Rites of the Moldering Dead

 

Donn Stroud invited me to contribute to a sourcebook of tables for generating undead monsters for DCC, The Forgotten Rites of the Moldering Dead. The end result is something quite similar to Stroud's Lesser Key to the Celestial Legion. But where Lesser Key focused on angels and celestials, Forgotten Rites is about all types of corporeal undead, and all sorts of graverobbing adventures.

I wrote some of the entries about undead animals and some of the longer adventure seeds. I also contributed to some of the tables for creating a unique encounter with a specific undead monster and for finding treasures by digging up graves. Donn did the lion's share of the work on this project, writing at least half the book himself, as well coordinating the involvement of all the other contributors.

If you've been wanting something similar to the Libris Mortis for DCC, you will probably be pleased by Donn's book. It's not really meant to be used "straight through" - it's more like a reference you could consult if you know you want to use this undead or that undead, but you want to do something to make the encounter a bit different than standard.