THE LOST SERPENT KING & THE BROKEN FOREST OF YNN

Re: Ynn, Magic Girl, Henry Justice Ford Monster Manual- I keep going back to a campaign where there is the Forest of Ynn, A lost Serpent King, and the PCs are all half-siblings.

Each PC will only have one parent in common. So player 1 is the child of the Serpent King and the Human Queen. But player 2 will share either one of the parents in common, but have another different one: if human then a monster/animal/mythic creature; if monster, then a human parent.

The non-human half will give the player a non-numerical ability. Then they set off on a hexcrawl across Ynn in search of the Serpent King and the reason for Ynn's malfunction. Try to attempt to use all the monsters from the JFMM ("jay-fam"?) and give it a very fairy tale feel of the Bros. Grimm variety.

Maybe some of the antagonists should be basilisks or behirs who were lizards grown monstrous from wearing the Serpent King's shed skin like a false crown.

Very relevant to this effort: https://blog.thesconesalone.com/2019/03/the-gardens-of-ynn-referee-control.html

INSPIRED BY MOTHERSHIP, HERE IS A CHARACTER SHEET ORGANIZED TO GET PLAYERS UP AND RUNNING QUICK

Character sheet here, formatted with the new character generation rules found in LotFP's Eldritch Cock.

ISN’T RELIGIOUS FERVOR INSANITY ANYWAY?

http://cavegirlgames.blogspot.com/2019/01/hazards-of-metacognition.html?m=1

Cavegirl always coming with the great nonstandard mechanics. These are for insanity in her psychedelic dream game but I feel like could also be good mechanics for clerics.

Earning XP by drastically different methods could represent just how different the player views the world.

CAREERS IN YOON-SUIN

Thought this was a great post from Yak-Man Cometh as a way to replace Lamentation skills with careers the PCs might have had before they became adventures in Yoon-Suin:

Alchemist
Animal Handler
Arcanist
Assassin
Burglar
Engineer
Hunter
Medic
Merchant
Polyglot
Scholar
Sherpa

Use the same method of putting points toward each career and rolling a d6 to see if the character passes a check. I do like that because they are not specific skills, a player will have to think about how it could apply to a given situation. However, it is a little wonky to understand how a past career is advanced when the character has just been adventuring (thinking specifically of the specialist).

But in staying true to Yoon-Suin, I feel like some of these would be restricted due to social standing. Specialists can pick from any class, Magic-Users from "High" and Dwarves always have engineer. Maybe group as follows (roll 1d6 at character creation):

1-3 Poor
Animal Handler
Burglar
Hunter
Sherpa
4-5 Merchant
Merchant
Polyglot
Assassin
Medic
6 High
Scholar
Alchemist
Engineer
Arcanist

CREATING CONTROL PANELS

Great post and fantastic template for creating your own control panels- or a single landscape sheet spread of information to be used at the table.

https://blog.thesconesalone.com/2019/01/referee-control-panels-for-red-pleasant.html

CARCOSA ALTERNATIVE CHARACTER CREATION

Nice post from Throne of Salt that I think could also be used to generate characters for Carcosa.

I really like the CONCEPT table where once per session, a player can either add 1d6 points to a roll or re-roll a skill check provided they are acting according to their character concept.

This sounds like a nice house rule to mix with 5e's backgrounds, ideals, bonds, and flaws in some manner.

Concept	Aspect
1) Adventurer	Go out there and find some excitement.
2) Creator	Working, building, making.
3) Mentor	Teacher and keeper of knowledge.
4) Martyr	Self-sacrifice for others' sake.
5) Ruler	Control and command
6) Seeker	Looking for answers.
7) Healer	Fights against the world's decay.
8) Traditionalist	Upholds the old ways.
9) Mediator	The point between two parties.
10) Hermit	Isolation, solitude, wisdom.
11) Heretic	Upends faith, casts doubt.
12) Conqueror	Glorious victory at all costs.
13) Abomination	Something's broken inside.
14) Destroyer	Let nothing remain standing.
15) Chosen	Hailed as the doer of a great task.
16) Defiler	Blame and undermine all others.
17) Protector	Protect and preserve what is precious.
18) Visionary	Big-picture ideas of a better tomorrow.
19) Zealot	Of absolute faith and conviction.
20) Disciple	Follower of teachers old and new.
21) Righteous	Unshakable confidence in their path.
22) Traveler	The open road still softly calls.

MIRROR MONSTERS FOR MY YOON-SUIN CAMPAIGN

These are three creations for a cult that was allowed to run loose in my Yoon-Suin campaign.

THE GUEST
A giant hydrocephalic hedgehog with a locket head and hands for feet.
HD 12 HP 70 AC 16  ATK Two enormous reflections of the heads in the room extend out 10' to bite for d20 dmg
SPECIAL:

• Immune to fear, poison, flame
• Magical immunity 50%
• The creature floats 3 feet off the ground
• Can curse one word and any character or player uttering it takes d8 dmg to their character
• All within 20' must save or fall in LOVE with their reflections. Clerics/paladins may autosave or give 2+ to everyone else's save

MIRROR MEN
Headless cultist of THE GUEST who carries its egg in the form of a choker with a locket face. 
HD 3 HP 10 AC 13 ATK 1d6 with a short sword or large dagger
SPECIAL

• Will attack with the inverse of any previous attack on it (reflection) but only if the attacker shows their true face
• Unconcious, disabled, or incapacitated victims will be fitted with a locket choker. Any reference to it will always be answered with a sentence ending in "...my mother gave it to me."
• Can cast reversed spells

MIRROR HOUNDS
Stalking mirror-headed collectors of those who are trapped by the beautifying and perfection it offers.
HD 4 HP 17 AC 16 DMG 1d6 tail as whip
SPECIAL

• A large mirror makes up their face. Anyone within 15' feet are charmed by the reflection which shows a perfect version of their lives. The person will attempt to crawl into the mirror face and be imprisoned.