The Jagged Gut Slicer Gin House & The Future of Agog City

Located in "The Rough Side" neighborhood of Adomaz, The Jagged Gut Slicer is a low-class gin house frequented by cheap thugs, mercenaries, bravos and the like. The low-ceiling common room is dimly illuminated by garish purple and green indirect lighting, concealing the signs of intoxicant abuse on the sullen, emaciated, nude dancing slaves that cheap entertainment in curtained, stained alcoves. The clientele and staff will mock non-fighter patrons, but will respect any fighting-men or equivalent who seem capable. The Jagged Gut Slicer only serves gin, usually a vile concoction with a metallic aftertaste but high quality stock is provided to respected customers. The staff will direct those seeking stronger fare to the Den of Utmost Repose in the alley behind the premises.

Vexid, a personable and garrulous Zermish Man sellsword currently in the employ of the Baron of Adomaz as a bodyguard for the noble houses' children, frequents the Jagged Gut Slicer when he is on leave. Vexid enjoys discussing rumors with soldiers and adventurers, as well as providing unsolicited, well-meaning advice.

The owner of The Jagged Gut Slicer is Zho-Mug the Face-Eater, a retired champion pit fighter famous for holding his opponents in a bear hug and than eating his foe's face. Zho-Mug is a tall, muscular, leathery Gresh Man in late middle age who dresses in a shiny black synthsilk half-cape and shiny black plasteel plate armor. He wears bright red Woman's' Paint smeared about his lips and his teeth have been filed to points. Despite his appearance, Zho-Mug acts in a jovial, good-natured fashion, but will progressively become more incoherent, inappropriate and somewhat creepy as conversation progresses, possibly a consequence of year of both intoxicants abuse and the use of physique-enhancing chemicals and hormones.

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Also, courtesy of an investigative report by Geordie Racer, Agog City...OF THE FUTURE!

The Petitheon (...and disease!)

Despite the hetrodox nature of Algol Man religion, the legends of and the worship of both the Lords of Light (primarily among civilized peoples) and The Lords of Change (generally venerated by raiders, outcasts, criminals, the insane, sorcerers and so forth) are widespread across the majority of the inhabited regions of Algol.

Details may differs, but the Hierarchs of Metazon maintain Idiot Oracles Facilities in both the western and the eastern hemispheres of the Planet. The major domo of a concubine may carry a tiny image of Eishar for good luck while their equivalent on the opposite side of the globe would likely do the same. Children all over Algol are told stories about Iashar to keep them from wandering off into the wilderness.

But some gods are not widely worshiped; are not widely known. Categorized as "The Petitheon" by sages are the localized and obscure deities: the god of a mountain, a pit, a grove. The spirit-patron of a tribe of nomads. The god-tyrant of a remote settlement. Among the members of The Petitheon are:

- The Lake Guardian of Sangkallah in the southern Jungles of Venom

- The God of The Endless Tower in the Klesh Highlands

- The Oracle Idol of The Plain of Burning Stones

- The Inscrutable Steel Thorn that inhabits the Cyclopean Necropolis in the Western Badlands

- The Scarlet Lady of The Iridium Plateau

- The Father God of The Flying City

- The Sea Goddess worshiped by the stunted aborigines of The Sour Coast of The Southern Gash

- The Inexorable Overmaster of the Steel Legions of The Glass Deathlands

- The Prime Council of The Collectivist Horde


Also A Disease courtesy of Bite The Bulette.

Index of Freely Available Planet Algol Campaign Resources

A (somewhat) Master Index of Resources and Relevant Topics, both "Official" and "Unofficial," compiled and organized for usage in your own campaigns.....Game On!

Design Goals, Multiple Interpretations & "Appendix N"

Player Resources

Suggested Campaign Houserules
Weapon Ability Score Requirements
"Unofficial" Character Sheets
Character Survival Guide

The Planet, it's satellites and suns
Planets and like bodies of Algol's solar system

Races of Algol Men
200 Algol Man Names
Technological Levels of Algol Men
Social Structure of Algol Men
Language - Algol Common
Some conventional military forces and technologies

The Lords of Light
The Major Lords of Light - Eishar, Eitor, Kyoth and Mordak
Tothet
Vaikhal
The Lords of Change
Gyugoolagutha the Slime Goddess
Iashar
Zaixul
Zamazthu and Ziomar the Twin Sisters of Burning Blood
The Secret God of Atheists

The Ancients, Earth Men and the Elder Races
The Elder Races
Civilizations of the Ancients - The Flesh-Weavers, The Lords of the Crystal Spires & The Necroveults
Civilizations of the Ancients - The Militarists & The Sky-Kinds
Earth Man Origin Table I
Earth Man Origin Table II

Map of the Iridium Plateau Region
Geographic features
Settlements, strongholds and ruins
Adomaz
Jakay
The Tenement Canyon of Agog City

Classes & Races
Cactoid
Lilim
Mind Wizard
Mutant
Sage

Referee Resources

Aritfacts, Items & Relics (yeesh...)
Energy Weapons and Firearms vs. Armor
Magic and Technological Items
Artifact Swords
Blue Radiance of Erysh
Ceramic Knife
Flexfield Generator Belt
George's Lucky Green Twenty-Sider
Irrationalist Frequencies
Neural Disruptor
Phasic Weapons
Psychotic Shards of the Crystal Ship
Radiation Crystal
Scroll of Summoning Aspect of Kurt Russel
Sky Vessels - Ornithopters, Sky Chariots, Skyships and Contragravity Barges
Some conventional military technologies
The Stellar Luminous Tablet
The Tales of Leiku the Scoundrel
The Three Loathsome Tomes of Kral-Ugott
Viridian Fungus of Yoth
Random Foodstuffs
Random Substance Properties
Scavenged Tech

Monsters
Sentient Races of Planet Algol
Apeman
Cactogre
Cactoid
Flaming Telepath
Maggot People
Mulg
Nguamodon
Ornith
Pack Scarab
Robot Monsters from Fomalhaut
Serpent Leopard
Slaad
Stegozon
Synthezon
Vampires
War Chimps
Wasteland Mutant

Encounter & Random Tables
Bornite Mountains, Forbidden Mist Valley and Glow Stain
Lands of Purple Grass
Food Poisoning
Urban Action Mayhem Chase Tables

NPCs
Bandits, Cultists, Raiders, Savages and Zealots
Example NPCs - Prung Vorka, Kathudi, Hazarash, Yurud and Drekken
Adzhir of Adomaz
Dilvashti the Carrion Sculptor
The Loresmiths of Kharhem
The Transmaniacon
Vincent Blackshadow, Magefinder
NPC Generation
NPC Traits
100 Random NPC Encounters
20 Random Earth Men Encounters
100 Adventure Plots

Locations
Map of the Iridium Plateau Region
Geographic features
Settlements, strongholds and ruins
Individual Hexes of the Iridium Plateau Region
Adomaz
The Android Vaults
The Black Ziggurat
The Blacket Tesserziggurat
Jakay
The Silver Hawk
The Tenement Canyon of Agog City
The Tower of the Changer
The Regions Surrounding the Iridium Plateau
The Demon Wastes I
The Demon Wastes II
The Verdant Lands of Skla
The Western Badlands
Hexcrawling
The Sandbox as Megadungeon

The Blackest Tesserzigguract

"The Blackest Tesserzigguract, also known as the Fuligin Hyper-Ziggurat, a four-dimensional structure consisting of eight hyperspace cells connected to eight black ziggurats located across several worlds, planes and dimensions such as Algol, Contra Algol, Yezmyr, The Land of Two Rivers, Glorantha, Konduum, and others."

Recently the good friend of Planet Algol, Geordie Racer, posted about the adventures of his players in his own Planet Algol campaign in The Black Ziggurat. (I, II & III). Two fine gentlemen of our "OSR community", Chgowiz and Yesmar, expressed dismay as they already had plans involving their own "Black Ziggurats," and stated that they were going to change the names of their respective Black Ziggurats.

Now it's none of my business to tell others what to do BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF THERE WERE MULTIPLE BLACK ZIGGURATS! It would be like Moorcock's Tanelorn but an OSR meta-dungeon instead! Especially if there were gates linking the multiple Black Ziggurats!

Now I should point out that it is hardly surprising that there are multiple Black Ziggurats, heck in my Iridium Plateau sandbox there is "The Ziggurat of the Maggot Queen" which is black. Black is a pretty common sword & sorcery prefix and ziggurats are an even more sword & sorcery version of the pyramid, so "Black Ziggurat" is an obvious archetype of the primal sword & sorcery unconcious.

So Chgowiz, Yesmar, and anyone else out there. Make your dang Black Ziggurat and call it THE Black Ziggurat. We're all friends here guys, we can handle multiple Black Ziggurats, I want there to be a cornucopia of Black Ziggurats out there in RPG land!

Bite the Bulette Planet Algol Campaign "None More Black"

Read it Here.

It sounds like the British Planet Algol campaign is headed well down the road to ENCOUNTER CRITICAL gonzo awesomeness! I'm beginning to think that "Sean Wills" is actually Robert Anton Wilson...

I'm eagerly awaiting what occurs at THE BLACK ZIGGURAT!

Planet Algol Britain - High Times at the Prickly Pair

Cactoid mammaries, insect caravans, seaweed suppositories and exploding bolas. More inspired lunacy from the Bite The Bulette Crew on their mapcap rampage through Algol...
High Times at the Prickly Pair
The Island of the Technomongers? I can't wait to read more...

Another Update From That Other, British, Planet Algol Campaign...

Toe-Heed Joins the Party

Shoggoths...

Hawkwind Related Third-Party Planet Algol Madness

[Spoilers-My Players Keep Out!]Sean Wills of Bite the Bulette continues his Awesomeness...

All I have to say is Wow! and that I am glad that someone beat me to the punch in detailing a means of getting to Athanor from Algol. And it's powered by Hawkwind!