Ghost Writer (Scenario) - Revision history

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	===Synopsis===		===Synopsis===
	{{spoiler\|Michael E. Trout, editor of Stupefying Stories magazine died in a fire at his home, shortly after contributors Celia Abbot, Richard Black & Dale Guthurste all died in various accidents. The owner of Stupefying Stories asks the Investigators to get to the bottom of the string of deaths. The investigators soon discover that the three dead authors were making use of the services of a ghost writer, Arkham residence P. H. Valecroft to improve their stories. Visiting Valecroft, the Investigators learn that the material he was working into the dead authors stories (And the stories of other authors as well.) originated in his dreams. While talking with Valecroft, cultists attack and attempt to kill him. Fighting off the attackers, will allow the Investigators to find the real culprit, a Miskatonic University Professor turned cultist who is trying to bring into the world the Mythos deity he found in Egypt and whose dreams have been tapped by Valecroft.}}		{{spoiler\|Michael E. Trout, editor of Stupefying Stories magazine died in a fire at his home, shortly after contributors Celia Abbot, Richard Black & Dale Guthurste all died in various accidents. The owner of Stupefying Stories asks the Investigators to get to the bottom of the string of deaths. The investigators soon discover that the three dead authors were making use of the services of a ghost writer, Arkham residence P. H. Valecroft to improve their stories. Visiting Valecroft, the Investigators learn that the material he was working into the dead authors stories (And the stories of other authors as well.) originated in his dreams. While talking with Valecroft, cultists attack and attempt to kill him. Fighting off the attackers, will allow the Investigators to find the real culprit, a Miskatonic University Professor turned cultist who is trying to bring into the world the Mythos deity he found in Egypt and whose dreams have been unknowingly tapped by Valecroft.}}

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	===Comments===		===Comments===

	* The ghostwriter and his three named clients are parodies of, [[H. P. Lovecraft]], [[Zelia Bishop]], [[Robert Bloch]] and [[August Derleth]]		* The ghostwriter and his three named clients are parodies of [[H. P. Lovecraft]], [[Zelia Bishop]], [[Robert Bloch]] and [[August Derleth]]

	===Keeper Comments===		===Keeper Comments===

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	'''Locations:''' [[Boston]], [[Arkham]], Valecroft house (Arkham), Sandison house (Arkham)		'''Locations:''' [[Boston]], [[Arkham]], Valecroft house (Arkham), Sandison house (Arkham)

	'''Creatures:''' [[Dimensional shambler]], [[Fire ~~vampire~~]], Khoorgolan		'''Creatures:''' [[Dimensional shambler]], [[Fire Vampire]], Khoorgolan

	'''Tomes and Artifacts:''' [[G'harne Fragments]]		'''Tomes and Artifacts:''' [[G'harne Fragments]]

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	===Comments===		===Comments===

	* The ghostwriter and his three named clients are parodies of, [[H. P. Lovecraft]], [Zelia Bishop]], [[Robert Bloch]] and [[August Derleth]]		* The ghostwriter and his three named clients are parodies of, [[H. P. Lovecraft]], [[Zelia Bishop]], [[Robert Bloch]] and [[August Derleth]]

	===Keeper Comments===		===Keeper Comments===

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	===Comments===		===Comments===
	~~List dedication~~, ~~trivia~~, ~~images~~, ~~anything else of note.~~
			* The ghostwriter and his three named clients are parodies of, [[H. P. Lovecraft]], [Zelia Bishop]], [[Robert Bloch]] and [[August Derleth]]

	===Keeper Comments===		===Keeper Comments===

Graham: /* Synopsis */

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	===Synopsis===		===Synopsis===
	~~Describe~~ the ~~adventure~~ in ~~detail; no bias allowed~~.		{{spoiler\|Michael E. Trout, editor of Stupefying Stories magazine died in a fire at his home, shortly after contributors Celia Abbot, Richard Black & Dale Guthurste all died in various accidents. The owner of Stupefying Stories asks the Investigators to get to the bottom of the string of deaths. The investigators soon discover that the three dead authors were making use of the services of a ghost writer, Arkham residence P. H. Valecroft to improve their stories. Visiting Valecroft, the Investigators learn that the material he was working into the dead authors stories (And the stories of other authors as well.) originated in his dreams. While talking with Valecroft, cultists attack and attempt to kill him. Fighting off the attackers, will allow the Investigators to find the real culprit, a Miskatonic University Professor turned cultist who is trying to bring into the world the Mythos deity he found in Egypt and whose dreams have been tapped by Valecroft.}}

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	'''Player Handouts:''' N/A		'''Player Handouts:''' N/A

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	'''Setting:''' [[1920s]]		'''Setting:''' [[1920s]]

	'''Appears in:''' [[Challenge Magazine]], #58.		'''Appears in:''' [[Challenge, Issue 58\|Challenge Magazine, #58]].


	==Summary==		==Summary==

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	[[Category:CoC:Scenarios]]		[[Category:CoC:Scenarios]]
			[[Category:CoC:Suspicious death scenarios]]
	[[Category:CoC:1920s scenarios]]		[[Category:CoC:1920s scenarios]]
	[[Category:CoC:Scenarios set in Boston]]		[[Category:CoC:Scenarios set in Boston]]

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	'''Locations:''' [[Boston]], [[Arkham]], Valecroft house (Arkham), Sandison house (Arkham)		'''Locations:''' [[Boston]], [[Arkham]], Valecroft house (Arkham), Sandison house (Arkham)

	'''Creatures:''' [[Dimensional shambler]], [[Fire vampire]]		'''Creatures:''' [[Dimensional shambler]], [[Fire vampire]], Khoorgolan

	'''Tomes and Artifacts:''' ~~TBA~~		'''Tomes and Artifacts:''' [[G'harne Fragments]]

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	[[Category:CoC:Summoning scenarios]]		[[Category:CoC:Summoning scenarios]]
	[[Category:CoC:Cultist scenarios]]		[[Category:CoC:Cultist scenarios]]
			[[Category:CoC:Dimensional Shambler scenarios]]
			[[Category:CoC:Fire Vampire scenarios]]
	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__

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	'''Player Handouts:''' N/A		'''Player Handouts:''' N/A

	'''Locations:''' ~~TBA~~		'''Locations:''' [[Boston]], [[Arkham]], Valecroft house (Arkham), Sandison house (Arkham)

	'''Creatures:''' ~~TBA~~		'''Creatures:''' [[Dimensional shambler]], [[Fire vampire]]

	'''Tomes and Artifacts:''' TBA		'''Tomes and Artifacts:''' TBA