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Monday, 21 July 2025

Miskatonic Monday #361: HUM

Much like the Jonstown Compendium for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha and The Companions of Arthur for material set in Greg Stafford’s masterpiece of Arthurian legend and romance, Pendragon, the Miskatonic Repository for Call of Cthulhu, Seventh Edition is a curated platform for user-made content. It is thus, “...a new way for creators to publish and distribute their own original Call of Cthulhu content including scenarios, settings, spells and more…” To support the endeavours of their creators, Chaosium has provided templates and art packs, both free to use, so that the resulting releases can look and feel as professional as possible. To support the efforts of these contributors, Miskatonic Monday is an occasional series of reviews which will in turn examine an item drawn from the depths of the Miskatonic Repository.

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Name: HUM
Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Sean Liddle

Setting: World War II Plymouth
Product: Outline
What You Get: Six page, 173.34 KB Full Colour PDF

Elevator Pitch: Three Go Mad in Devon
Plot Hook: What is the source of the constant HUM in the forest?
Plot Support: Staging advice
Production Values: Plain

Pros
# Pleasing sense of a rural idyll
# Detailed outline
# Potential for child-like curiosity and terror
# Potential for sequels
# Misophonia
# Entomophobia
# Hylophobia

Cons
# No pre-generated Investigators
# Outline rather than scenario

Conclusion
# Engaging low key scenario with intriguing sense of an idyll spoiled
# Detailed outline still leaves the Keeper with work to do

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