Saturday, August 18, 2018

40 masks for secret cults




Recently in my campaign the players encountered a secret underground cult (as usual).
The gimmick is that all cultists wear different masks, so I came up with a bunch of them:


1
Animal
2
Demon
3
Theatrical
4
Carnival
1
rat in a hat
horned god
young lover
gold frame
2
sinister cat
beak of horrors
rich old geezer
blue velvet
3
smiling pig
red with fangs
hag
frills and glitter
4
gnarling dog
three-eyed
comic relief
butterfly wings
5
raven with huge beak
iron teeth
single tear under left eye
comes with
a veil
6
bat with bloody snout
completely flat; no face; red
cheated & angry
Cyrano de Bergerac
7
fish with feathers
mouth behind bars, Dr. Lecter
cuckolded husband
mirror surface reflects others
8
owl with bleeding eyes
blue with vertical mouth
distorted by pain
seductive silver eyelashes
9
wounded wolf
orange scales
happy face
crimson tears
10
deer, antlers sawn off
three tortured faces
ignorance is bliss
classic Venetian

Most masks are relatively simple, but expressive, hand-made by cult members. The masks don’t have big protruding parts, because they are meant to be worn while moving around in confined places (tunnels and dungeons), or while cavorting naked in the forest.

Animal masks are more or less identifiable natural animals.

Demon masks are nightmarish visions of carved wood and papier-mâché.

Theatrical masks are meant to represent a single emotion or a well-known character type from popular plays.

Carnival masks are halfmasks, covering the area of the eyes and nose. They were obtained in the city.




1 comment:

  1. Inspiring! Thank you for getting the mind and dice rolling with these!

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