Ghosts and Pancakes

[id: a digital drawing of Lucy Carlyle and ghost of the skull from Lockwood and Co books. Lucy sits on a couch and knits, her head is tilted and she looks concentrated. on the couch there's folded laundry with a present sitting on top of it, and next to Lucy there's a silver-glass jar, a Santa's hat on top of it. from the jar come swirls of ectoplasm that take shape of skull's human appearance, he leans on the back of the couch and points at what Lucy’s making. text next to him reads, “I've seen things in graves with better knitwear.”/end id]

All right Lockwood & Co folks, let's go apeshit.

I wish there was a tabletop Lockwood and Co roleplay, but none exists. So I have to create it (at least give a try).

-> Is there anybody interested ?

I would love to master a campaign in the Lockwood universe but for that, I need a guidebook. No fans has done it yet and I was wondering if I could find people to help me write it. It is quite a challenge, because it needs : characters sheets, ghost bestiary, lore, a few plots, etc.

There'll be at least a english version and a french version because I'm french B)

It'll be a fan project, no money invested, the guidebook PDF will be free for everyone.

I've met Johnathan and Gina Stroud this sunday and they're fine with the project! 💀 They want to read it when it'll be finalised 😱

We still need help to write and improve:

The player guidebook (universe presentation, character creation, rules...)

The game master book (plots, secrets, hidden lore...)

The Fittes Manual that every agent receives when graduating ;)

In this game, you'll be able to play as a team of Psychical investigation agency. You may have Touch, Hearing or Eyesight; be more of a rapier expert or a bookworm. You'll go investigate in various creepy places and maybe discover something bigger as you progress.

ANNOUNCEMENT!! I now have Lockwood and Co digital download coloring pages in my Etsy shop! Get them individually or in a bundle ⚔️

The originals were drawn with ballpoint pen and Sharpie 🖊️

[id from alt text: digital drawing of TV series' version of Portland Row, 35 from a low angle looking up. it is nighttime, sky is heavy with clouds. on the right side there's a row of residential buildings down Portland Row, number 35 is closest to the viewer. the center piece of picture is a ghost-lamp on the side of pavement. it casts a bright-green neon light on the street and houses. there are three silhouettes downt the street resembling main characters of Lockwood and Co./end id]

Sight is associated with with people who look after others, who are always at the look out for danger, the ones who constantly see death and are tied to it no matter what (kipps (with talent and then with goggles), lockwood, skull (in life))

Listening is the warning sign, the haunting before haunting ever began, it gets into one's head and makes you trapped in there with voices of times long passed (lucy, kat)

Touch, in the world where one touch kills, is the most high risk, a conscious decision to put yourself into one's shoes and feel what they felt, ache with empathy all alone in a world of constant pain (lucy)

[id: a pencil drawing of an opening scene to Lockwood and Co: The Screaming Staircase. Lockwood, turned away from the viewer, and Lucy, facing him, stand at the steps of a house and look out into a front yard. the sun is setting./end id]

Part I. The Ghost