Miskatonic Monday #415: Fungal Bodies

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: Fungal Bodies

Publisher: Chaosium, Inc.
Author: Stuart McNair

Setting: Lancashire, United Kingdom, 1926

Product: Scenario
What You Get: Thirty-three-page, 72.05 MB Full Colour PDF
Elevator Pitch: “Ey up! It’s The X-Files!”

Plot Hook: Missing bomb ingredients lead to the discovery of a bigger threat in the Red Rose County

Plot Support: Staging advice, six pre-generated Investigators, seven NPCs, six handouts, two maps, and five Mythos monsters.

Production Values: Good

Pros

# Engagingly creepy, environmental horror scenario

# Great illustrations and handouts

# Easily adapted to take place after any conflict

# A fungus-based scenario that does not involve a Colour Out of Space

# Includes Trigger/Threshold mechanic for tracking NPC trust

# Will the Committee of Imperial Defence return in a sequel?

# Excellent art

# Mycophobia

# Sucker-phobia

# Mysophobia

Cons

# Floorplans would have been useful

Conclusion

# Chemical warfare and fungal fears up north!
# Trigger/Threshold mechanic is a good roleplaying tool