File:Mysteries of Tibet.jpg

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Mysteries of Tibet

2008-03-10T22:41:27Z

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Undying Leaders

2007-10-05T18:15:06Z

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==Details==
[[Image:CHA0343a.jpg|thumb|''CHA0343a.jpg'']]

'''Product Code:''' CHA0342

'''Publishing Year:''' 2007

'''Pages:''' 80

'''Cover Price:''' $15.00

'''Author(s):''' [[Jason Williams]]

'''Artist(s):''' [[Jason Williams (maps)]]

'''Setting(s):''' [[1920s]]

'''Format:''' [[CoC:MULA Monographs|MULA Monograph]]

==Contents==

'''Scenarios:''' [[Suffer Not a Wizard to Live]], [[The Undying Leaders of Tibet]], [[Head for the Hills]]

'''Articles:''' [[Wizards as depicted in the works of H.P. Lovecraft]]

==Front Cover Text==
Undying Leaders.
 
WIZARDS & THEIR ILK, DRAWN FROM THE WORKS OF LOVECRAFT
 

==Comments / Trivia==
Credits for research materials:

Tibet village diagram is based on Pannangriang located at:
29'50'04.59 degrees N 91'05'23.41 E in Tibet 13 miles north of Lhasa

Name of the Tibet village Drakkum La is based on the name Latokka (Drakkar) from a Google Earth Community label at:
30'10'16.77 degrees N 90'37'32.64 E in Tibet

Family names in Vermont is (for the most part) from the 1850 Census for Grand Isle county.

New Heaven is a completely fictional village and is a pastiche of early 19th century communities involved in the lumber trade complete with seasonal workers.

Name Meanings

Lu Pan Tian
 Lu = Country
 Pan = Water that has rinsed the rice? (surname at one point of a noble family)
 Tian = Man of the field
 
 Wu Nu Hong
 Wu =Men of Brotherly Love
 Nu = To Praise
 Hong = Gods of Water

 Lobsang Norbu
 Lobsang = Disciple
 Norbu = Precious jewel or wealth

 Jamyang Dolma
 Jamyang = Gentle voice
 Dolma = One who liberates others from suffering

 Wongchuu
 Wongchuu = Power holder

 Pasang Nuru
 Pasang = Beauty
 Nuru = Jewel
 
Useful web sites
 
 The Tibet & Himalayan Digital Library - http://www.thdl.org/
 The Sherpa Friendship Association - http://www2.lucidcafe.com/Sherpa1/sfa/sFA_home.htm
 The Old City of Lhasa - The 76 Houses http://www.asianart.com/lhasa_restoration/76houses/index.html
 Diamond Way Buddhism - http://www.diamondway-buddhism.org/default.asp?col=01&t=dharmanames.htm
 Economic History Services web site - http://eh.net/ (exchange rate information)
 http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/list.htm (ship information)
 Modern History Sourcebook - Asia since 1900 - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook52.html
 Historic Asylums of America - http://www.rootsweb.com/~asylums/
 Tibet Weather - http://www.chinahighlights.com/tibet/weather.htm
 Suez Canal Transit - http://www.lethsuez.com/tg_history.htm
 New England Antiquities Research Association - http://www.neara.org/
 
 Sky Burial details came from the following sources:
 http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/1999/7/14_1.html
 http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/TibPages/tib-burial.html
 http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~pamlogan/skybury.htm
 http://www.lonelyplanet.com/theme/fatal_attractions/fatal_sky.htm
 
 Information about the Tibet surveyer Nain Singh was from Current Science Volume 77 Number 5 Sept. 1999
 http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/
 
 In the 3rd scenario the Hampton Court Hotel was an actual hotel chain from the 1926 ALA Green Book right down to its phone number on the Noyes business card. The building is still there and is known as the Brookline Properties. Four story brick building with crenelations on the edge of the roof.
 http://www.rent.com/rentals/massachusetts/boston-and-vicinity/brookline/466218/

 Commentary about the hotel and operation thereof especially how to fast talk a maid is based on my past experience working for a small regional chain in Atlantic Canada (Keddy's Motor Inns Ltd.) from 1982 to 1997.
 
 Books I was reading while I was writing this material:
 Joseph Campbell - Masks of God IV Creative Mythology
 Carl Sagan - The Demon-Haunted World
 Richard Kieckhefer - Magic in the Middle Ages
 H.P. Lovecraft - Various
 Ruth D. Whitehouse - The Facts on File Dictionary of Archaeology
 David Ditchburn & Angus Mackay - Atlas of Medieval Europe
 Paul Theroux - The Great Railway Bazaar
 Samuel Adams Drake - Historic Mansions & Highways Around Boston
 P.F. Collier & Sons 1921 New World Atlas
 
 The following Chaosium/Armitage House publications:
 The Yellow Sign and Other Stories
 The Antarkos Cycle
 Nameless Cults
 The Book of Eibon
 Delta Green - the Rules of Engagement
 The Book of Dyzan
 Tatters of the King - NOTE: I skimmed the book and noted some similarities to the route that I had plotted for the investigators to return the statuette in the second scenario in my submission. I had this information in my manuscript before having laid eyes on Tatters of the King (which I purchased at the recommendation from an email sent to me by Lynn Willis). My decision of which hotel to use in London and the route to India was based on my research using available travel guide information from that period. As soon as I noted the similarities I put Tatters of the King away and have not looked at it since. (I'm still not sure if that was the correct thing to do from a writing standpoint).

==Links==
Link to outside reviews
*[http://catalog.chaosium.com/product_info.php?products_id=1130] Product description in Chaosium catalog.
*[Link 2]

==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only==
'''Players should not read any further.'''


The first section of the monograph deals with wizards as depicted in the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
 
It speculates about how they would go about extending their lifespans and how they would likely operate.
 
Following is a list of section headers that appear in that section of the monograph.
 
-Spells that wizards would know
 
-Permanent insanities that would allow a wizard to still function
 
-Wizard survival in society
 
-Real world organizations that wizards can use as camouflage
 
-How a wizard begins their career
 
-Skills that wizards cultivate
 
-Locations of interest to wizards
 
-Servants of independent races
 
-How to work a connection to a mythos race into your campaign (and keep it believable)
 
-Grave robbers...wizards henchmen
 
-Followers of Cthulhu in China and Tibet
 
-Brothers of the Yellow Sign

[[Category:CoC:MULA Monographs]]
__NOTOC__

Undying Leaders

2007-10-05T18:12:28Z

Jasonw1239: /* Comments / Trivia */

==Details==
[[Image:CHA0343a.jpg|thumb|''CHA0343a.jpg'']]

'''Product Code:''' CHA0342

'''Publishing Year:''' 2007

'''Pages:''' 80

'''Cover Price:''' $15.00

'''Author(s):''' [[Jason Williams]]

'''Artist(s):''' [[Jason Williams (maps)]]

'''Setting(s):''' [[1920s]]

'''Format:''' [[CoC:MULA Monographs|MULA Monograph]]

==Contents==

'''Scenarios:''' [[Suffer Not a Wizard to Live]], [[The Undying Leaders of Tibet]], [[Head for the Hills]]

'''Articles:''' [[Wizards as depicted in the works of H.P. Lovecraft]]

==Front Cover Text==
Undying Leaders.
 
WIZARDS & THEIR ILK, DRAWN FROM THE WORKS OF LOVECRAFT
 

==Comments / Trivia==
Credits for research materials:

Tibet village diagram is based on Pannangriang located at:
29'50'04.59 degrees N 91'05'23.41 E in Tibet 13 miles north of Lhasa

Name of the Tibet village Drakkum La is based on the name Latokka (Drakkar) from a Google Earth Community label at:
30'10'16.77 degrees N 90'37'32.64 E in Tibet

Family names in Vermont is (for the most part) from the 1850 Census for Grand Isle county.

New Heaven is a completely fictional village and is a pastiche of early 19th century communities involved in the lumber trade complete with seasonal workers.

Name Meanings

Lu Pan Tian
 Lu = Country
 Pan = Water that has rinsed the rice? (surname at one point of a noble family)
 Tian = Man of the field
 
 Wu Nu Hong
 Wu =Men of Brotherly Love
 Nu = To Praise
 Hong = Gods of Water

 Lobsang Norbu
 Lobsang = Disciple
 Norbu = Precious jewel or wealth

 Jamyang Dolma
 Jamyang = Gentle voice
 Dolma = One who liberates others from suffering

 Wongchuu
 Wongchuu = Power holder

 Pasang Nuru
 Pasang = Beauty
 Nuru = Jewel
 
Useful web sites
 
 The Tibet & Himalayan Digital Library - http://www.thdl.org/
 The Sherpa Friendship Association - http://www2.lucidcafe.com/Sherpa1/sfa/sFA_home.htm
 The Old City of Lhasa - The 76 Houses http://www.asianart.com/lhasa_restoration/76houses/index.html
 Diamond Way Buddhism - http://www.diamondway-buddhism.org/default.asp?col=01&t=dharmanames.htm
 Economic History Services web site - http://eh.net/ (exchange rate information)
 http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/list.htm (ship information)
 Modern History Sourcebook - Asia since 1900 - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook52.html
 Historic Asylums of America - http://www.rootsweb.com/~asylums/
 Tibet Weather - http://www.chinahighlights.com/tibet/weather.htm
 Suez Canal Transit - http://www.lethsuez.com/tg_history.htm
 New England Antiquities Research Association - http://www.neara.org/
 
 Sky Burial details came from the following sources:
 http://www.tibet.ca/en/wtnarchive/1999/7/14_1.html
 http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/TibPages/tib-burial.html
 http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~pamlogan/skybury.htm
 http://www.lonelyplanet.com/theme/fatal_attractions/fatal_sky.htm
 
 Information about the Tibet surveyer Nain Singh was from Current Science Volume 77 Number 5 Sept. 1999
 http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/
 
 In the 3rd scenario the Hampton Court Hotel was an actual hotel chain from the 1926 ALA Green Book right down to its phone number on the Noyes business card. The building is still there and is known as the Brookline Properties. Four story brick building with crenelations on the edge of the roof.
 http://www.rent.com/rentals/massachusetts/boston-and-vicinity/brookline/466218/

 Commentary about the hotel and operation thereof especially how to fast talk a maid is based on my past experience working for a small regional chain in Atlantic Canada (Keddy's Motor Inns Ltd.) from 1982 to 1997.
 
 Books I was reading while I was writing this material:
 Joseph Campbell - Masks of God IV Creative Mythology
 Carl Sagan - The Demon-Haunted World
 Richard Kieckhefer - Magic in the Middle Ages
 H.P. Lovecraft - Various
 Ruth D. Whitehouse - The Facts on File Dictionary of Archaeology
 David Ditchburn & Angus Mackay - Atlas of Medieval Europe
 Paul Theroux - The Great Railway Bazaar
 Samuel Adams Drake - Historic Mansions & Highways Around Boston
 P.F. Collier & Sons 1921 New World Atlas
 
 The following Chaosium/Armitage House publications:
 The Yellow Sign and Other Stories
 The Antarkos Cycle
 Nameless Cults
 The Book of Eibon
 Delta Green - the Rules of Engagement
 The Book of Dyzan - currently reading the stanzas
 Tatters of the King - NOTE: I skimmed the book and noted some similarities to the route that I had plotted for the investigators to return the statuette in the second scenario in my submission. I had this information in my manuscript before having laid eyes on Tatters of the King (which I purchased at the recommendation from an email sent to me by Lynn Willis). My decision of which hotel to use in London and the route to India was based on my research using available travel guide information from that period. As soon as I noted the similarities I put Tatters of the King away and have not looked at it since. (I'm still not sure if that was the correct thing to do from a writing standpoint).

==Links==
Link to outside reviews
*[http://catalog.chaosium.com/product_info.php?products_id=1130] Product description in Chaosium catalog.
*[Link 2]

==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only==
'''Players should not read any further.'''


The first section of the monograph deals with wizards as depicted in the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
 
It speculates about how they would go about extending their lifespans and how they would likely operate.
 
Following is a list of section headers that appear in that section of the monograph.
 
-Spells that wizards would know
 
-Permanent insanities that would allow a wizard to still function
 
-Wizard survival in society
 
-Real world organizations that wizards can use as camouflage
 
-How a wizard begins their career
 
-Skills that wizards cultivate
 
-Locations of interest to wizards
 
-Servants of independent races
 
-How to work a connection to a mythos race into your campaign (and keep it believable)
 
-Grave robbers...wizards henchmen
 
-Followers of Cthulhu in China and Tibet
 
-Brothers of the Yellow Sign

[[Category:CoC:MULA Monographs]]
__NOTOC__

[YSDC] Into The Deep:About

2007-09-12T21:53:12Z

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The ''CthulhuWiki'' is an open source site for information relating to 20th Century Horror and Weird Fiction writer [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and works inspired by his writing.

Undying Leaders

2007-09-11T18:26:09Z

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2007-09-11T15:57:34Z

Jasonw1239: /* Contents */

Undying Leaders

2007-09-11T15:55:56Z

Jasonw1239: /* Details */

Undying Leaders

2007-09-11T15:52:35Z

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==Details==
[[Image:name_of_uploaded_image.jpg|thumb|''Name of Page'']]
[[Image:name_of_additional_optional_image.jpg|thumb|''Name of Image'']]

'''Product Code:''' CHA0342

'''Publishing Year:''' 2007

'''Pages:''' 80

'''Cover Price:''' $15.00

'''Author(s):''' [[Jason Williams]]

'''Artist(s):''' [[Jason Williams (maps)]]

'''Setting(s):''' [[1920s]]

'''Format:''' [[CoC:MULA Monographs|MULA Monograph]]

==Contents==

'''Campaigns:''' [[Campaign 1]], [[Campaign 2]]

'''Scenarios:''' [[Scenario 1]], [[Scenario 2]]

'''Articles:''' [[Article 1]], [[Article 2]]

'''Additional:''' Introduction, Player Handouts

==Front Cover Text==
List all the text from the front cover.

==Comments / Trivia==
List dedication, color plates, rarity of the book, etc.

==Links==
Link to outside reviews
*[Link 1]
*[Link 2]

==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only==
'''Players should not read any further.'''


Comment here to Keepers about this book.
Comments on specific Scenarios and Campaigns
go on their respective pages.
Keep DISCUSSION on the talk page.

[[Category:CoC:MULA Monographs]]
__NOTOC__

File:CHA0343a.jpg

2007-09-11T15:48:50Z

Jasonw1239: Stock picture from Chaosium catalog, converted by myself to JPG format and resampled to a smaller size.

Stock picture from Chaosium catalog, converted by myself to JPG format and resampled to a smaller size.

File:CHA0343a.gif

2007-09-11T15:43:16Z

Jasonw1239: Preview image of Undying Leaders monograph from Chaosium's catalog.

Preview image of Undying Leaders monograph from Chaosium's catalog.