kuo-toa

Kuo-Toa - The Deep Ones Rise

Disturb your friends with grotesque, abomination worshipping fishy folk.

Kuo-Toa seem like just another throw-away low-level mook at first glance. But with a little attention paid to their strengths, they can become a powerhouse of creepy, unsettling, off-putting, and downright nasty gameplay. Bring their god-conjuring freakiness in full force to your party.

in Kinship Camp, we start by looking at where these nasty fish folk come from, and how their cosmic horror roots can inform how to get the most out of them in your games. Then we get into some cultural details that help flesh them out a bit and discuss ways to have all of their strange behavior make sense within the fiction while keeping their essence of unhinged creatures from the deep.

Then we head to Grandma B's Schoolhouse, where we take inspiration from the real world horrors of the deep to make Kua Toa even more terrifying and disturbing. From shark senses to frog babies to barracuda defenses, we layer a lotta weird in there. Be warned, it gets a little gross, but, y'know, in a fun kinda way!

As always, huge thanks to the support of our patrons for making this episode a reality.

Time Warp, Nico Y., Zach G., No Ma'am, Michelle T., Hentenius, Alan E., Matthew T., Felix R., Chris F., The Senate, Lucas D., Lyla G., The GM Tim, Nevermour, Thomas W., Tyler G., Ty N., Heavyarms, Erik R, Aldrost, Leprecan, and Will H-P.