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    Has anyone played The Haunted as either Kepper or player?

    in Call of Cthulhu

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    Hi guys. @Ejlertson, do you have a specific question? 

    The basic premise is that the children of the family that was last living in Corbitt"s house were sent away to live with family in Baltimore. Unbeknownst to everyone, one of the two kids is infected with an element of Corbitt"s dark soul. The kid becomes possessed by that element, and bad things happen in Baltimore. That's the gist of "Of Wrath and Blood."

    I renamed the scenario in order to not have it confused with the original adventure. I was never happy with my previous title, but I couldn't think of a better one back then. 

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    Of Wrath and Blood

    in Call of Cthulhu

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    Wow! That's a very cool alternative ending. I can see how your narrative could be broken down into playable scenes for the player's investigators should La Croix not be defeated in the ghoul den. 

    I've always loved The Haunting, and Of Wrath and Blood was my homage to to it to carry your initial Call of Cthulhu investigators into a larger campaign world. Indeed, what would happen with further confrontations with the Chapel of Contemplation? 

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    Coming in Q1 2020: Gateways to Terror for Call of Cthulhu

    in Call of Cthulhu

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    On 1/6/2020 at 12:58 AM, ColoradoCthulhu said:

    I bought the three one-shot scenario PDF supplement, "Gateways to Terror," and noticed a misspelling in the "What's in the Cellar?" synopsis on the back cover:

    "Did a respected businessman really commit the bloody murder of his beloved wife in the cellar of the family's ancestral holiday cabin? While the body has never been found, it seems like the criminal has been caught. Is a terrible injustice abut to be served? Just what happened in that cellar?"

    The spell-checker did not catch "abut," which should be "about." I wasn't sure where to post this suggestion for Chaosium, so I posted it here. Let's hope this minor typo gets fixed before the print edition is finalized (spelling and grammar errors seem to be an ongoing issue with 7th edition material). The typo is also in the product listing found on Chaosium's website.

    https://www.chaosium.com/gateways-to-terror-pdf/

    If I find any other errors while reading Gateways to Terror, I will post them here.

    <facepalmed>

    Deep water dive -- WWII era diving suits

    in Call of Cthulhu

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    Is anyone aware of an existing CoC adventure or supplement that details skills the equipment, skills, or anything with deep water diving. I'm thinking about Navy divers in those old diving suits with the cool helmets. I'm looking at the Diver occupation in the Investigator Handbook, and the info there is really thin. I'm looking for something that really talks about the occupation, the hazards, the procedures, equipment that was used... that kind of thing. Is anyone aware if something like that already exists in a published CoC book? 

     

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    Scenario Finished "The Haunting"

    in Call of Cthulhu

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    11 hours ago, ColoradoCthulhu said:

    I tried to view a full preview of the scenario document on DriveThruRPG but I received an error message. Is the scenario intended to be played immediately after finishing The Haunting or can it be played some time afterwards?

    The time can be flexible. It focuses on the twin children that were sent to Baltimore to escape the terrors of the Corbitt house. 

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    "The Shadow Over Providence" - a new scenario to celebrate NecronomiCon 2019

    in Call of Cthulhu

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    On 8/27/2019 at 9:01 AM, klecser said:

    Thanks Mike. I agree with you. What I'm trying to gauge is how successful someone might be in running it as a one-shot. I'm curious as to what advice I could get from Keepers who have successfully run it that way. I could have been more explicit in my post asking for that.

    Hey klecser, 

    Having just returned from NecronomiCon Providence, where I ran this exact adventure three times successfully within the four hour time slot, I have some advice on how to run this as a one-shot. Please note, I wrote this adventure with the intent that the first half of the adventure is a slow and careful collection of clues, which then leads to a second half of (hopefully) breakneck terror as you race to defeat the monster. 

    SPOILER -- SPOILER -- SPOILER 

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    Okay, here are the changes I made to run Shadow Over Providence as a one-shot within a four hour time slot. 

    1. Remove Most of the NPCs -- The adventure was written with the assumption that the investigators will interact with NPCs as they are drawn into the mystery. That entire premise will eat up most of your time, if you keep it in the adventure. So, I got rid of most of the NPCs. I still have the criminals trying to steal the Ibnhotep Canopic Jar, but instead of it being knocked over and broken by Celia Shepherd when the lights were out during the robbery, I just had Dr. Bronson accidentally knock it over. The net effect is the same without involving the other NPCs. 

    2. Flash Photography During the Robbery -- Be sure to have the unnamed reporter from The Providence Journal take a flash picture just as the resurrected Ibnhotep is draining the life-sustaining fluids from Dr. Bronson's body. Everybody still in the ballroom may possibly witness this sanity blasting event, (to include the criminals). The reporter's camera becomes potential evidence that the cops will seize. 

    3. Add One New NPC -- Without the other NPCs to help draw the investigators into the mystery, there is a good chance that the players may feel directionless, and not recognize a path into the mystery. So, to fix that I added in rookie police officer, Officer O'Malley. After the attempted robbery, and Dr. Bronson's death, I have all of the criminals escape due to their fear from seeing Dr. Bronson's death. Inspector Drummond is obviously frustrated with the absolute chaos of the situation. So, in each game I had Drummond turn over control of the police action at the hotel to the closest uniformed officer, which happens to be the rookie, O'Malley. Once Drummond leaves for the morgue, (of which, to date, none of my players have ever wanted to follow Drummond to the morgue), the investigators will now see how confused and scared O'Malley is with so much authority. Any investigator that offers to help O'Malley is greeted with open arms, (and in all of my games, the players immediately swooped in to save O'Malley). It is through O'Malley's request for help that the investigators can either develop the film in the reporter's camera, or go check out Dr. Bronson's hotel room. 

    4. Non-Spell Monster Attacks -- The monsters do not always need to use the Shrivelling spell. Sometimes, they can just slap or conduct some other non-spell attack. Then, once the investigator has had a chance to either "fly or fight," and they choose "fight," then I felt comfortable in unleashing the spell. And in most cases, the proto-shoggoth wins that duel. 

    5. The Final Confrontation is Mobile -- Remember that there is not iron-clad set location for the final confrontation with Ibnhotep, the shoggoth lord. In my play tests, he was hiding at the top of the elevator shaft, so most of the final confrontations occurred in the grand ballroom. But, during most of the Necronomicon games, the final confrontation was in the industrial basement of the hotel. The key is, wherever the investigators 'think' Ibnhotep is hiding, they are correct. 

    I hope you find this information helpful, and I hope both you and your players have a great time playing Shadow Over Providence. 

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