Dr Mobius

Page 477 - CANNING STOCK ROUTE

"Using dubious methods in employing the knowledge of local Aboriginial Australians, Canning located a series waterholes, and between 1908 and 1910 converted these into wells (each identified by a number)."

Missing the preposition "of", as in "Canning located a series of waterholes"

Page 462 - The State Library

"At Shakespeare Place."

Also technically, its address is on Macquarie Street, although Shakespeare Place is nearby.

Page 462 - The Australia Museum

"At College and Williams Streets."

Technically, it's William Street, no "s".

Page 456 - CULT IN RESIDENCE: CULT OF THE SAND BAT

Last sentence on the page: "In addition, four Cultist Squads are provided for encounters within the City the Great of the Race."

This should probably be replaced with "City of the Great Race".

33 minutes ago, trystero said:

I've found a few sources online claiming that this is the abbreviation for Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, but that's bunk; the proper abbreviation for that honour would be KBE.

So I'm guessing that it's a garbled mix of KCB (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, as you've noted) and GCB (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath). I agree that removing the "G" is the easiest fix.

Agreed. I kept getting references for KBE as well, but that didn't seem right. The only reason I didn't suggest the GCB was because not only was it missing the K, but the G and C were transposed. Oddly enough, I did get a couple order-appearing Google hits for K.C.G.B. with no definition so it made me wonder if it's a defunct order. I even looked for Q.C.G.B. in case it had been updated for Queen instead of King. I'm pretty sure it's not referring to the Kennel Club of Great Britain though.

Page 431 - The Great Temple Map

Locations 4 (Bone Pile) and 5 (Sacrificial Pits) are reversed on the map.

Page 413 - DRAMATIS PERSONAE

"Colonel Henry Endicott, 62, KCGB, DSO, etc."

Try as I might, I am unable to determine which order or decoration the post-nominal letters of KCGB refers to. The closest I could find was Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).

Page 411 - Caption for the shop map

"Opposite: Taan Kauer's Shop map".

Again, Taan Kaur's name is misspelled.

Page 405 - Meeting Neville Jermyn

Second paragraph: "If the investigators mention the Black Pharaoh, Neville says that of course he must have come from there."

Fifth paragraph: "Names like the Bloody Tongue, the Black Pharaoh, or M’Weru mean nothing to Jermyn."

So, has Jermyn heard of the Black Pharaoh or not?

Page 398 - Graphic of the train attack

"Taan Kauer attacks the investigators with summoned fire vampires"

Taan Kaur's name has been misspelled.

Page 394 - Ahja Singh

"Roleplaying hooks: if approached by amiable-looking investigators, Ahja attempts to sell to his wares to them."

Extra "to" should be removed.

Page 391 - Johnstone Kenyatta, 32

"Born 1891, Johnstone is a Kikuyu. Later known as Jomo Kenyatta, he was an important figure in the East African Association, and later the Kikuyu Central Association, campaigning for African nationalism. He would later lead Kenya to independence and become its first president."

A real historical figure, Kenyatta's actual birth date is unknown.  One biographer, Jules Archer, suggested that his year of birth was likely 1890,although a fuller analysis performed by Jeremy Murray-Brown concluded that he was likely born circa 1897 or 1898. Given that the campaign is run in 1925, his age would be closer to 27 - 28 if Murray-Brown's date is used. He would be 35 if using Archer's date. Not that it particularly matters, but if the provided 1891 date is used, he would be 34, and not the given 32.  I just find it cool that real historical people are included. :)

Page 348 - The Horrors Below

References for the first link: The Plantation and The Cult’s Rituals, pages 358 and 344 respectively. These page references are reversed.

Page 344 - A DANGEROUS MAN

The picture of Omar al-Shakti on this page looks nothing like the picture provided in the NPC Portraits file. The image on page 344 would seem to be the most correct version given his description. The one in the NPC Portraits file looks more like Janwillem Van Heuvelen.

Page 652 - The Adornments of Nitocris

Crown of Nitocris: The page reference given is 256, but it is in fact 356.

Page 331 - Caption for the graphic

The caption, "Neris pays a visit to Van Heulen", misspells Van Heuvelen's name.

Page 329 - The Black Rites

The second paragraph references the tome, Black Rites of Luveh-Keraphf, as being in Appendix D: Tomes, when they are in fact in Appendix C: Tomes.

On 7/1/2018 at 3:12 PM, Vasileios said:

On the NPC Portraits file. Page 6,  bottom right portrait of Dr. Mordecai Lemming is out of alignment with the rest. 

 

Also, not an error, but could we get a portrait of Roger Carlyle as well in there? Love handing my players these as they piece the clues, for note taking, and would love to have one of him

This reminds me, Dr. Emile Vabreaux is shown in the NPC file twice.  If someone deserves to be in the file twice then Nitocris should be with her alter ego of Sharifa Rawash. I second a picture of Roger Carlyle.

Also, I love the group portrait of the Carlyle Expedition on page 11, however a number of them look nothing like their profile pictures in the NPC file, most notably Dr. Robert Huston and Sir Aubrey Penhew. I don't know if that can be corrected at this point or not.

Page 297 - PICKING UP THE TRAIL

"However, by far the best single reason for the investigators to go to Cairo is the letter from Warren Besart to Roger Carlyle, which Jackson Elias somehow obtained and which the investigators may have found on Elias’ corpse in his grim New York hotel room (Carlyle Papers America #11)."

This is actually Carlyle Papers America #1.

Page 270 - Misr House Map

"Second Floor Floor" - Remove redundant "Floor".

Also, the hidden part of the basement is clearly shown on the player's handout of the map.

18 hours ago, soltakss said:

Normans often built a motte and bailey castle early on and them built a keep afterwards, so it is quite possible the same happened here.

I had wondered if that might've been the intent, but wasn't sure. Thanks!

Page 237 - Further Research on the Vanes, History, and Folklore

"Plum Castle is mentioned in the Domesday Book. One of England’s Norman fortresses, the keep was originally built by Henry II in 1175, and later rebuilt and remodeled in 1587. The castle  is one of 20 built around the area at various times between the 11th and 17th centuries."

However, the survey of England for the Domesday Book was conducted in 1085-1086, by order of William the Conqueror. A castle built four kings later should not be included.

Page 236 - TRACKING THE BEAST

"To the southwest, Plum Castle sits upon a hill overlooking the village."

Plum Castle is drawn on the map as almost due north of the village.

Page 227 - SIDETRACK SCENARIO: THE DERBYSHIRE HORROR

"Can the investigators solve the case or do they run from the terrors of the night" would appear to be missing a question mark at the end.

Page 219 - Shipley's House

Again, the player handout for the house layout clearly shows the secret room in the basement.