Alice in Terrorland by DM Hubbard is a role playing game supplement published by White Wolf through the Storytellers Vault Community Content Program for use with Changeling: the Lost.
The supplement is available as a six-page PDF for $0.99 from Storytellers Vault for $0.99 but was downloaded for free thanks to a special offer. One page is the front cover.
The opening paragraphs explain that poetry can evoke images in the imagination of the reader and, when conditions are right, can actually invoke those images and make them real. In this case, Lewis Carroll‘s nonsense poem, Jabberwocky, describes creatures that exist in the Hedge and some Changelings wonder if Carroll was a Changeling himself.
The supplement then goes on to describe two of the creatures from Jabberwocky though not, as might be expected, the titular Jabberwock itself. Each gives background, description, Storyteller hints and stats.
The first is the Jubjub Bird, roughly human-sized creatures of different appearances that all combine aspects of human and bird, a predator that uses cunning and riddles to draw potential prey in so that it can determine if they are safe enough to eat.
The second is the Bandersnatch, which steals the appearance and memories, on which it feeds, of those it preys on, though it doesn’t physically harm victims unless forced to do so. That doesn’t mean it’s safe, though; it’s only that the Bandersnatch doesn’t feed by eating people.
Alice in Terrorland in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is short enough that these are not needed. Navigation is fine. The text maintains a single column format and appeared to be free of errors. There are a couple of black and white illustrations, one for each creature. Presentation is fine.
This is basically a short bestiary supplement that describes two monsters (though it is curious why the eponymous Jabberwock isn’t one of them) that, given the weirdness of the Hedge, do fit in with it pretty well. Alice in Terrorland can be found by clicking here.
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