Call of Cthulhu: The Saturnine Chalice #4
Welcome to Mystery Quest! A roleplaying podcast where we play a variety of one-shot roleplaying games with a rolling cast of special guests. Today, our team of investigators attend a bizarre dinner party.
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"The identical characters are having conversations with eachother." Oh my god, they're in an Elder Scrolls game.
@nothanks9503
5 ай бұрын
Elden ring?
@doleph1
5 ай бұрын
@@nothanks9503 More like Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim.
@drakynlp1022
5 ай бұрын
Saw a Lester Goodman the other day, a business associate of August. Horrible creatures.
"You hear screaming from downstairs" ~"Well that's pretty normal in this house" 😆
@adakeren2641
5 ай бұрын
Yup you can tell when a group of investigators is getting experienced when they stop caring about the screams
@Geothesponge111
5 ай бұрын
Interrupting the GM describing the horrifying screams to be like "Right, but about this book..." is what Call of Cthulu is all about.
That intro really makes me want a World War 1 themed Call of Cthulhu one shot
@swearimnotarobot3746
5 ай бұрын
World war 1? But there was only ever one world war…
@conninator2000
5 ай бұрын
Ah yes the great war. No way there could ever be any other after the atrocities there. That would just be silly@swearimnotarobot3746
@TwilightLink293
5 ай бұрын
@@swearimnotarobot3746 What exactly are the criteria of a world war? Is it multiple nations and their populations fighting in different theatres (different continents)? It's mostly a matter of a war's geographical reach. However, if you conceptualise geographical reach as a dependant of technology you can make a plausible case that the Seven Years War (1756 - 1763) was a/the first world war in history.
@peturrosberg6101
5 ай бұрын
Honestly the World Wars both make for a great backdrop for Call of Cthulhu adventures.
@_scott_chegg
5 ай бұрын
Please
I love how Ravs and Harry go beyond the required rolls and just do voluntary sanity checks as they are spooked themselves. Stellar roleplaying.
I love Barry being so visibly uneasy the whole time, such a great crew and a cool scenario
As he has lost a 1/5th of his sanity he becomes very fixated on rocks.
@andrewrobinson4019
5 ай бұрын
And a Legend begins
@AberrantChibi
5 ай бұрын
Just suddenly develops an entirely new persona, forgetting all the events that transpired before, but also gains a new grip of sanity as a trade-off.
@samtrue3
5 ай бұрын
@AberrantChibi he just leaves behind his life of crime as that is what lead him there However he can never escape Is he the professor of rocks grizwald? Or is he on a mystery quest
@cyriell
5 ай бұрын
And he enjoys rock shaped buns
@swearimnotarobot3746
5 ай бұрын
Omg. This is a prequel. He will become professor Griswald!!!!
The sound effects are really effective in making the horror land. The description of the multiple Lesters at the dinner table spooked me!
You sit on a couch with two snoring dogs on the floor. Suddenly the clock strikes 7 times (here in Sweden). Quickly you grab your phone and open KZread and see that a new episode is available. Will you postpone or are you gonna watch...a new Mystery Quest!
@etherdeef4303
5 ай бұрын
I thought the punchline was, the dogs get up and go to the kitchen, expecting you to feed them
As someone who has only ever played D&D, I love the variety of different systems you play on this channel!
@QaRajhCreations
5 ай бұрын
A very simple summarization of CoC versus DnD/Pathfinder, is that Call of Cthulhu is more of a roleplaying system with encounters, whereto much of DnD and Pathfinder is encounters with roleplaying. You can have encounters in Call of Cthulhu, but the system lends itself better towards roleplay and investigation.
Tom, this is your best CoC by far - amazingly spooky atmosphere and top tier DMing - keep up the good work :-)
I can’t stress enough how much I need more episodes of this show
27:11 Ravs is the best houseguest, thanking the host for a lovely dinner before leaving
This particular one is soooo good. Tom is really good at suspense building.
Now I'm just imagining the 'Hi Lester! It's me! Lester!' in the whole sort of santa thing from TTT. Helps me to cope with the spookums.
I love Mrs Miggins' book titles
I'm getting major cluedo film vibes with the way they're running from room to room in this mansion 😂
I wonder if them saving the butler from falling down from the ladder at the very start might have delayed them finding out that the people in the house are not what they seem
0:25 Tom's glances and smiles during the intro makes me think that someone walked into the studio and got confused, or someone behind the camera was cracking up
I started to realize the more watch this call of Cthulhu campaign why it’s scary. It’s the fact that everything is wrong and messed up in some way but everyone around you acts like there’s nothing wrong. Making you feel insane.
@spongmongler6760
5 ай бұрын
welcome to society
@kgapaneseschoolgirlb
5 ай бұрын
Welcome to Lovecraft
I wonder if Tom rushed part of the story because the gang was getting distracted upstairs and ignoring the screams, seems odd that the family was suddenly very proactive and self aware of their problem and the need to solve it. Maybe they were taking too long or its part of the story. EDIT: Hindsight is very funny at how wrong I was.
The really insidious thing about this channel is that you always go back and watch the previous episode before watching the new one, it’s a recursive loop by Jove!
"At this point, that is very normal in this house". Its a mood.
I knew it ! The stake was important ! As a GM, I was like mmmh they really don't know what to do... Veronica's revelation was needed for our poor investigators to survive. ^^ Bravo for Lydia with the French sentence just to ask for a Martini !
Driving home last night through the dark woods of south georgia usa listening to these episodes. When Rosa started saying “we’re trapped” I legit got goose bumps. Just found the show a few days ago. Great!
24:00 I was almost hoping for "You know that lamps...produce light". Or something equally obvious. 37:20 I love this exchange.
I'm playing some Rogue trader rn, and I must say, Owlcat has done a good job with it. I think ben would love it. *This is a completely unrelated comment, for the Angorythm*
@Duskifer
5 ай бұрын
An unfortunate amount of bugs take away a little bit of my enthusiasm. Otherwise, exactly what I was hoping for.
Ah yes, my favorite german book: “The Book Abramalin”
Mystery Quest has swiftly become my absolute favourite channel on KZread, thank you so much everyone involved in producing these beautiful campaigns
loving the series, can't wait for the finale where we figure out what is really going on, but also don't want it to end!
i liked this video and told my mum about it.. she had no idea wtf i was on about lmao
Ohhh a 5 episode adventure? Looking forward to the next episode. Thankfully I still have the Mystery Quest VOD to watch!
Oh my lord I hope everyone survives. I would certainly hope to hear a couple more “oh Maggie” in my life’s
It's the most wonderful time of the week!
I'm lagging behind on these uploads, but thanks so much for the amazing content! Loving being creeped out with Call of Cthulu.
I like how this campaign's deviated from a trip to advertise Barry's character's novel to then become a bizarre cross of Genesis' "Home By the Sea" and the restaurant scene from Being John Malkovich. Tom's DMing and the guests getting into their characters are great
So what was in the note at 45:20 ... Amazing attention redirection from Tom, top tier DMing when that turns out to be the secret the guys need to unwravel this.
@GenuflectOrDie
5 ай бұрын
Yes, they immediately got distracted and are now blindly following the unreliable npcs. I don't think this will end well.
@bdana7848
5 ай бұрын
Did he actually hand them the handout? If not they're kinda being railroaded to the bad ending. That said, I've seen this scenario run a few times and I've never seen the investigators get the "good" ending.
Top tier GMing, players and editing. The atmosphere is perfect. Y'all friggin nailed it.
Saturnine Chalice is one of my favourite scenarios, it's always great to watch groups go through it.
Tom is so good at describing all the supernatural stuff, with the way he paces it out and everything
The dinner table scene was absolutely terrifying!! The ‘cheers’ moment was so vivid and visceral that it’s replaying over and over in my head like a movie scene.
what a spooky episode! i only found the podcast last week, imo this is the best RPG content out there right now!!!
Loving this campaign, very spooky
The characters getting more and more unhinged is both funny and terrifying.
Absolutely love this series. Please do more horror ones - this one has been genuinely creepy to listen to
Spoilers I can’t believe Lydia literally guessed the twist and they’ll still almost certainly get the bad ending
@bdana7848
5 ай бұрын
Spoiler Reply: I know right? I was so shocked when she just called it and they're still doomed.
@kgapaneseschoolgirlb
5 ай бұрын
At what part did she say it?
@bdana7848
5 ай бұрын
@@kgapaneseschoolgirlb 48:10
@kgapaneseschoolgirlb
5 ай бұрын
@@bdana7848 Oh shit I had my suspicions. Good guess. If only they read the note instead of going on another side quest lol
@bdana7848
5 ай бұрын
@kgapaneseschoolgirlb Tom sorta blatantly distracted them from Veronica's diary which has the real info in it.
Very on brand for Ravs to be running around doing standing wipes with a squiffy stomach.
Tom's excitement in the intro was palpable, a fine addition to the collection
I was really looking forward to the Lesters, they're just great
What an excellent series. This is what I’ve been waiting for for so long
Im still hoping that one day these guy will go back and make the same production levels as the early yogsquests had. It was so random that the first one was DnD. I did not know it was DnD until i started playing it xD.
@swearimnotarobot3746
5 ай бұрын
I still remember Simon’s robot cleaner, and the amazing costume. I’d love to see it. But they might only do it on special adventures. Like the first one of the new years, or for jingle jam, halloween, etc.
Time for CoC! Thank you Tom for the CoC!
@swearimnotarobot3746
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for giving it to us, Tom. It always hits the spot.
Whoa! Yes! Having Tom GM a game would be horrifically incredible
This game has been so exciting so far!!! Can't believe we have to wait another week ;A;
Omg that cliff hanger
Just so much fun to watch
yesssssss! im running a Cthulu RP soon, i havent run a gamed in years but Mystery Quest is inspiring me
Ahhh this is so good! Already eagerly awaiting the next episode.
Love this series.
Loving this adventure so far, definitely the spookiest Call of Cthulhu game you guys have done. Hopefully the true protagonists Perry and Maggie make it out of this alive (sorry Ravs and Harry)
As a matter of fact Tom I have told my Mum, and I think her first summary was along the lines of "That is so good! They are such lovely people, what a lovely thing, I hope he can keep doing this, how do I support him?" I'm not kidding ❤
My favourite series so far. Love the spooky atmosphere.
Ah cannot wait for more of this! Quickly become my favourite channel
Creepy and unsettling in the best possible way. I’m hooked!
Fuck I love this channel so much, it's like hanging out with ppl you know
Mystery Quest! Highlight of the week always.
Omg this was so tense!! I loved it
This is truly horrifying. Getting completely immersed to the point where every small detail is incredibly unsettling. I love it! Keep it coming!
More Please! I love it!
Love the games so far.
About to run this scenario so hurry up with the next episode! Love the play through so far!
Lovely, it's time to go on another mystery quest.
This is a cracking story. been getting really into it.
I love the background sound effects, really enhances the game. Good work all!
I've watched so many gameplays of this scenario and everytime they have different outcomes, this one in particular is like a speedrun into the game ahaha always so chaotic! love it
You get up on stage, ready to sing your solo. Your family and 100s of others look up in anticipation. But you can feel it. Your third leg is stirring. It’s growing. Are you going to embarrass yourself in front of the entire audience… or are you on A MYSTERY QUEST.
@DeltaEntropy
5 ай бұрын
You’re stood atop the precipice, roaring waters rushing downward just beneath your feet. Your stomach gurgles and bends as the man pushes you forward towards the edge. You are sure that you’re not going to make it. Are you going to shit yourself on the water slide… or are you on a… mystery quest!
@lysetsfyrste
5 ай бұрын
I have actually begun using this as a motivational strategy whenever i do things im uncomfortable with
Really love mystery quest
Dam, I love these episodes!!
You are sitting on a toilet, watching a video on your phone. You already finished but the video is still going. Suddenly you feel a gust of warm air on your cheeks. You hear a chuckle. In horror you jump from your porcelain throne, dropping your phone. Inside of white frame you see a face of a fat guy looking up at you with brown stained smile. Who is this guy? Are you going to retrive your phone? Are you going to wipe... or are you on a Mystery Quest?
this has made me fall in love with ttg's
Such a good channel ❤
It’s so good!
soooo soooo goood! thank you all!!
Call of Cthullu: Bethesda edition The npcs are duplicating and we don't know why
"May mon dies??" Lol, Maimonides is "My-mon-i-deez" basically, that "i" being the i in "pit", if anyone was wondering. Cool guy! And fucking excellent episode as ever, this might be the best Mystery Quest yet. Definitely the fucking creepiest!
I'm not telling my mom to watch this. I however loved it. 10/10
Noooo! The episode is over again! That's the only bad part of these videos, when they're over. ;_;
Youre the absoloute best youtuber ever tom
i was so afraid this would be the last episode of this series, i need moooore
BAM!
The War of the Worlds intro was epic.
That opening makes me want them to play Candela Obscura
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE CALL OF CTHULU OVER AT GAMES NIGHT AND YOU GUYS WERE HERE ALL ALONG!?!?
Gah! Ends on a cliffhanger. Now I gotta wait a week -_-
AMAAAAAASZZZZING
Yeah! Keep the C of C coming!!!
AAAA Yes! Day just got better
Oh you tease tom. Such a cliff hanger
I'd go on one of your mystery quests any day Tomithy
Yesss Lester Goodman(s)!
The Martian tri pods I dont want to know where the third leg is.