The Supernatural

The Orgathu

The Orgathu is a creature of malice and evil.
It is summoned by fools to do their evil works on this plane of existance. Murder is the Orgathu's art, and it does it very well.

However, most of those who seek to use this vile creature as a weapon never fully understands that the Orgathu likes what it does, and once its here... it wants to stay. Forever.

Artist Frank Chavez illustrated the Orgathu and had written the details stated above to describe it on his deviant art page.

I liked the look and idea so much that with Frank's blessing, The Orgathu became my first supernatural creature created exclusively for the House of BTS!

Note: PDF pdated on 7/6/2021

The Hollow Light

The Hollow Light is an incorporeal, opportunistic energy leecher that devours I.S.P., P.P.E. and “Life Force” (Hit Points).

Submitted by Anthony Uyl and illustrated by James Carl McKnight, who I think did an excellent job in depicting the horrific and spectral look of this entity.

The Ghoulkin

The staff has just notified the Host that in-human, dangerous looking beings have been lurking in the woods that surrounds the House of BTS.
This probably explains why all my landscapers and gardeners (along with all their tools) keep going missing...

The Ghoulkin are savage, tribal-like, inhuman beings that live in the forests, mountainous regions and other isolated places of the modern world. They all share a taste for human flesh, a general fear of technology, and a talent for stealing “food” and supplies from small towns and communities while evading local law enforcement and various hunting parties.

Written by Anthony Uyl & illustrated by Brandon C. Clark, both of which delivered some of their best work in the House of BTS yet!

The Shadow Hunter

The Shadow Hunter is an intelligent and cunning supernatural psychic predator and lesser demon that feeds on our deepest, darkest fears, forcing their victims to experience their fears like vivid hallucinations.

The aftermath of experiencing these visions runs the risk of suffering a variety of mental anguishes, and temporary, or even permanent insanity!

These mysterious beings are also part of a potentially larger invasion force, and could be used as part of a “Shadow Men” or “Men in Black” urban myth adventure!

Another House of BTS exclusive smartly written by Anthony Uyl and illustrated by Brandon C. Clark, who's fantastic art really brings out a level of emotional depth not seen a lot in BTS style visuals.

The Dune Cat

The Dune Cat is a desert dwelling supernatural feline creature that's fiercely territorial, attacking intruder with a pack mentality and group tactics. By day it resembles a panther, but night its much more terrifying, and dangerous, to behold! Its also intelligent, evolving over the ages and refining its way of life to be a better survivor. They've even created their own language!

Written with fiendish glee by Anthony Uyl and illustration by James Carl McKnight, who's use of color, like the contrast of the black Dune Cat and the fire against the silver moon landscape impressed me.

I hope to see lots more from both Anthony and James in the future!

Der Seelensammler

Der Seelensammler is another House of BTS exclusive, who was brought to life with the help of a few team players.
One of them is Frank Chavez, who gave permission to use his illustration, “The Harvester of Souls”, which inspired the Host to create and write it.
The other is BTS fanatic and brother-from-another-other “Hendrik”, who helped with the German translations as well as offering sage like advice and ideas to help flesh it out.

Der Seelensammler is a bogeyman of German folklore that goes back as far as recorded history. Children were often warned to never be out in the woods after dark, or Der Seelensammler will find them and ‘steal their breath away’. Strangely, no one outside of Germany & students of German folklore had ever heard of the Seelensammler before World War II.

Echid-Urkt-Kha

This monstrosity came from asking artist Mike Dubisch to let me use his art in the House. Well, not only did he give me permission to use it, he sold me the original illustration for little more than the shipping cost! He's a great guy, and I'm just as proud to display his work as I am to call him a friend. Thanks Mike!
A thank you shout also goes out to Lord Z, who's always good about editing my scribes and offering his insights.

The Echid-Urkt-Kha is my first attempt at creating a Greater Demon that possesses a variety of talents, like psychic abilities, magic knowledge, inflicting mind attacks, and creating mummies from cadavers and zombie slaves of the living!

The Daemon Mobilis

This street demon was inspired by my newest House Guest and artist Freddy Lopez.

The Daemon Mobilis is a kind of spirit or entity that possesses vehicles as its method of luring and feeding on the life energy of its victims. It prefers (perhaps even requires) that the vehicle’s body style be fully enclosed to trap and contain its victims while it feeds.

I stumbled upon Freddy's illustration on an artist group on Facebook and was instantly smitten with it. So, with Freddy's permission I'm proud to announce that the Daemon Mobilis is now available for guests looking to go joyriding during their stay at the House!

The Candle Specter

I lay sprawled in the alleyway, sunk in a drunken stupor, barely conscious, when I became aware of a figure slowly moving, almost gliding towards me. The figure moved closer, ever closer, and then bent down to place a candle it had been cradling in its hands, at my feet. The very appearance and demeanor of the figure filled me with horror, even as it began to move away from me, and I staggered upward determined, at the very least, to sweep away the cursed candle at my feet. But my hands, so bent on the destruction of the candle, suddenly were powerless, and fell to my side. And now the candle gutters fitfully at my feet, and I await the return of the specter, and the fate it intends for me ...

The Candle Specter is a new and chilling collaboration between the Host and artist extraordinaire Kent Burles, who has graciously given the Candle Specter permission to be an exclusive haunter of the House of BTS.

The Wood Ghost

To me it looked like a poorly carved, rather ridiculous attempt to manufacture a “scary”. Many of the other wood sculptures the natives had shown me were masterpieces of design and craft, but this was lacking in finish, artless in execution, and laughable in its realization. Were they having me on? Were they laughing at the foolish outsider, and his foolish concerns?

But they saw the skepticism in my eyes and swore it was real, swore that the spirit of a living man had been embedded in the trunk of a growing tree. I didn't bother to ask why this had happened. I didn't want to encourage them, and I turned away from it, working as hard as I could to maintain my dignity and my superiority.

But I had looked into the dead eyes of the thing, and I did not doubt, and only fear moved within me ...

Based on an illustration by Kent Burles, the Wood Ghost is a tool and prop for GM's to make use of as they see fit.

The Stikini

Its eyes were dead, glowing and recessed; two pure white orbs set in big, black voids. It had what looked like tattered feathers sparsely scattered all over. At the ends of each spindly arm, there was a collection of very long fingers, tipped with sharp claws. Its legs resembled extremely thin human legs, but they were jointed more like an animal's legs. Not reversed like a bird's legs, but more like a dog, with long talon-like claws at the ends of each toe. And its torso, where its stomach should have been, was a concave chasm of black, flanked on either side by a pronounced rib cage below taut, gray skin.

Flying in from Stinky Bucket Studios, the Stikini has arrived and taken up residence in the House!

Based on a short story by James Calkins and illustrated by Craig Hewitt, she's here to capture your heart... and eat it!

Click here for her short story, then click here for her description and stats.

Lurker

I turned the corner of a wall that led to an archway, and there it was. It stood motionless, staring down at me with a wide, unsettling grin, its left hand placed upon the archway, like I’d interrupted it in the middle of finding its footing and was using the arch for support. Its robes swayed with a strange motion of its own as if caught in a breeze. I was standing several feet away from it at most and my raincoat and hair was motionless; there was no breeze.

Kent Burles seems to be on a personal mission of finding new ways to creep me out while intriguing me at the same time. Well, he's done it again with the Lurker!

The Lurker is a new addition to the Lazlo Society files, which is still a work in progress as little is known about them. This means the PC's will need to investigate, discover and research on the fly while dealing with this strange supernatural being.

The Shrull

The Shrull shrieked! Its twisted body writhed in pain, but it was not physical pain that caused its shrieks, but rather the memory of what it had once been, and the fear of what was to come. And it knew that no matter how much its body was warped and wrenched away from humanity that it would always maintain a memory cogent enough to sustain eternal torture. For memory is the greatest torture of all.

Illustrated and inspired by Kent Burles, the Shrull is a confusing and contradicting supernatural creature and predator. While most may see it as nothing more than a monster, others see it as a cautionary tale when it comes to making Pacts with an Alien Intelligence.