The End of Paradise - Revision history

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	* It might be possible for investigators to "win" this scenario with no combat; combat with most of the "monsters" in the scenario can be avoided through investigation and social skills.		* It might be possible for investigators to "win" this scenario with no combat; combat with most of the "monsters" in the scenario can be avoided through investigation and social skills.
	* If the investigators play their cards right, they can beat the scenario with no combat and no evidence that anything was accomplished besides seeing some strange things. Keepers may want to add some stronger hint that stopping the cultists prevented a disaster. (Perhaps if the fire at the theater is prevented, a mysterious fire breaks out instead in the nursing home room where the cultist minion was kept, resulting in the cultist's death, and some strong hint that the repercussions of a failed summoning attempt resulted in danger for Richard Jacobs as well.)		* If the investigators play their cards right, they can beat the scenario with no combat and no evidence that anything was accomplished besides seeing some strange things. Keepers may want to add some stronger hint that stopping the cultists prevented a disaster. (Perhaps if the fire at the theater is prevented, a mysterious fire breaks out instead in the nursing home room where the cultist minion was kept, resulting in the cultist's death, and some strong hint that the repercussions of a failed summoning attempt resulted in danger for Richard Jacobs as well.)
	* The scenario's authors include what they call "whammies", little sequences representing disturbing visions and other strange events that don't have a direct role in the plot and could as easily be figments of the investigators' imaginations as they could represent the results of hauntings or psychic abilities, but do suggest something weird and wrong is going on, which is a nice way to emulate the style of horror films like ''The Legend of Hell House (1973)'', ''The Shining (1980)'' or ''Poltergeist (1982)''; these "whammies" are a nice innovation that can be used in BRP scenarios as well.		* The scenario's authors include what they call "[[whammies]]", little sequences representing disturbing visions and other strange events that don't have a direct role in the plot and could as easily be figments of the investigators' imaginations as they could represent the results of hauntings or psychic abilities, but do suggest something weird and wrong is going on, which is a nice way to emulate the style of horror films like ''The Legend of Hell House (1973)'', ''The Shining (1980)'' or ''Poltergeist (1982)''; these "whammies" are a nice innovation that can be used in BRP scenarios as well.

	Sequel Plot Hooks: The last section of the scenario includes a paragraph suggesting hooks for sequel adventures.		Sequel Plot Hooks: The last section of the scenario includes a paragraph suggesting hooks for sequel adventures.

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	===Synopsis===		===Synopsis===
	{{spoiler\|		{{spoiler\|
	Workers renovating the Paradise Theater have been seeing and hearing strange things and experiencing mysterious accidents. As the investigators dig into the theater's history and explore the building, they have supernatural experiences of their own, while uncovering long-buried secrets and conspiracies, leading up to a catastrophe planned to occur on the theater's opening night resulting in the theater's patrons being sacrificed to the "Sound and Light", also known as the "All-in-One", "The Key and the Gate", and "The Sky-Door": an avatar of [[Yog-Sothoth]].		Workers renovating the Paradise Theater have been seeing and hearing strange things and experiencing mysterious accidents. As the investigators dig into the theater's history and explore the building, they have supernatural experiences of their own, while uncovering long-buried secrets and conspiracies, leading up to a catastrophe planned to occur on the theater's opening night resulting in the theater's patrons being sacrificed to the "Sound and Light", also known as the "All-in-One", "The Key and the Gate", and "The Sky-Door": an avatar of Yog-Sothoth.
	}}		}}

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	===References===		===References===
	~~{{spoiler\|~~
	'''Player Handouts:'''		'''Player Handouts:'''
	* Paradise Theater Map		* Paradise Theater Map
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	'''Campaigns / Scenarios:''' (none)		'''Campaigns / Scenarios:''' (none)
	}}

	===Comments===		===Comments===
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	Keep general DISCUSSION on the talk page.		Keep general DISCUSSION on the talk page.

	~~{{spoiler\|~~
	Setting: a "modern" setting (2002) in Lovecraft Country is suggested, but little prevents this scenario from being relocated virtually anywhere; it's probably easiest and most logical to set the scenario at some point from the 1970s to the present (after television changed the role of movie theaters in America), but with minor adjustments and a new backstory the scenario could probably be used at any time from the 1920s to the present day.		Setting: a "modern" setting (2002) in Lovecraft Country is suggested, but little prevents this scenario from being relocated virtually anywhere; it's probably easiest and most logical to set the scenario at some point from the 1970s to the present (after television changed the role of movie theaters in America), but with minor adjustments and a new backstory the scenario could probably be used at any time from the 1920s to the present day.

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	Sequel Plot Hooks: The last section of the scenario includes a paragraph suggesting hooks for sequel adventures.		Sequel Plot Hooks: The last section of the scenario includes a paragraph suggesting hooks for sequel adventures.
	}}

	===Conversion Notes===		===Conversion Notes===

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	===Synopsis===		===Synopsis===
			{{spoiler\|
	Workers renovating the Paradise Theater have been seeing and hearing strange things and experiencing mysterious accidents. As the investigators dig into the theater's history and explore the building, they have supernatural experiences of their own, while uncovering long-buried secrets and conspiracies, leading up to a catastrophe planned to occur on the theater's opening night resulting in the theater's patrons being sacrificed to the "Sound and Light", also known as the "All-in-One", "The Key and the Gate", and "The Sky-Door": an avatar of [[Yog-Sothoth]].		Workers renovating the Paradise Theater have been seeing and hearing strange things and experiencing mysterious accidents. As the investigators dig into the theater's history and explore the building, they have supernatural experiences of their own, while uncovering long-buried secrets and conspiracies, leading up to a catastrophe planned to occur on the theater's opening night resulting in the theater's patrons being sacrificed to the "Sound and Light", also known as the "All-in-One", "The Key and the Gate", and "The Sky-Door": an avatar of [[Yog-Sothoth]].
			}}

	===References===		===References===
			{{spoiler\|
	'''Player Handouts:'''		'''Player Handouts:'''
	* Paradise Theater Map		* Paradise Theater Map
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	'''Campaigns / Scenarios:''' (none)		'''Campaigns / Scenarios:''' (none)
			}}

	===Comments===		===Comments===
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	Keep general DISCUSSION on the talk page.		Keep general DISCUSSION on the talk page.

			{{spoiler\|
	Setting: a "modern" setting (2002) in Lovecraft Country is suggested, but little prevents this scenario from being relocated virtually anywhere; it's probably easiest and most logical to set the scenario at some point from the 1970s to the present (after television changed the role of movie theaters in America), but with minor adjustments and a new backstory the scenario could probably be used at any time from the 1920s to the present day.		Setting: a "modern" setting (2002) in Lovecraft Country is suggested, but little prevents this scenario from being relocated virtually anywhere; it's probably easiest and most logical to set the scenario at some point from the 1970s to the present (after television changed the role of movie theaters in America), but with minor adjustments and a new backstory the scenario could probably be used at any time from the 1920s to the present day.

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	Sequel Plot Hooks: The last section of the scenario includes a paragraph suggesting hooks for sequel adventures.		Sequel Plot Hooks: The last section of the scenario includes a paragraph suggesting hooks for sequel adventures.
			}}

	===Conversion Notes===		===Conversion Notes===

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	==Details==		==Details==
			[[File:D20COC.png\|200px\|thumb\|right\|Call of Cthulhu (D20)]]

	'''Pages:''' 12		'''Pages:''' 12

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	===Conversion Notes===		===Conversion Notes===
	To Do: notes for converting research rolls, monster/npc stats, and ~~book~~ stats from D20 to BRP.		To Do: notes for converting research rolls, monster/npc stats, and tome stats from D20 to BRP.

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	===References===		===References===
	'''Player Handouts:''' ~~(reproduced in Handouts Appendice)~~		'''Player Handouts:'''
	* Paradise Theater Map		* Paradise Theater Map
	* Paradise Theater GM Map (for keeper use)		* Paradise Theater GM Map (for keeper use)

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	'''Tomes and Artifacts:'''		'''Tomes and Artifacts:'''
	* [[The Book of Sound and Light]]		* ''[[The Book of Sound and Light]]''
	* Strange film from basement		* Strange film from basement (not presented as a Tome, but it's still pretty weird)

	'''Organizations:'''		'''Organizations:'''

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	Special Notes:		Special Notes:
	* The D20 Call of Cthulhu team provides as part of their scenario format a formal selection of possible "hooks" to the scenario, depending on the style of horror game being run, ranging from traditional Lovecraft-style tales, to ''X-Files'' or Delta Green style conspiracy stories, to pulp style adventure.		* "This adventure has been designed for a group of 1st-level investigators. It takes place in the modern day, in an older neighborhood within an unnamed city or town."
			* The D20 Call of Cthulhu team provides as part of their scenario format a formal selection of possible "hooks" to the scenario, depending on the style of horror game being run, ranging from traditional Lovecraft-style tales, to ''X-Files'' or Delta Green style conspiracy stories, to pulp style adventure.
	* It might be possible for investigators to "win" this scenario with no combat; combat with most of the "monsters" in the scenario can be avoided through investigation and social skills.		* It might be possible for investigators to "win" this scenario with no combat; combat with most of the "monsters" in the scenario can be avoided through investigation and social skills.
	* If the investigators play their cards right, they can beat the scenario with no combat and no evidence that anything was accomplished besides seeing some strange things. Keepers may want to add some stronger hint that stopping the cultists prevented a disaster. (Perhaps if the fire at the theater is prevented, a mysterious fire breaks out instead in the nursing home room where the cultist minion was kept, resulting in the cultist's death, and some strong hint that the repercussions of a failed summoning attempt resulted in danger for Richard Jacobs as well.)		* If the investigators play their cards right, they can beat the scenario with no combat and no evidence that anything was accomplished besides seeing some strange things. Keepers may want to add some stronger hint that stopping the cultists prevented a disaster. (Perhaps if the fire at the theater is prevented, a mysterious fire breaks out instead in the nursing home room where the cultist minion was kept, resulting in the cultist's death, and some strong hint that the repercussions of a failed summoning attempt resulted in danger for Richard Jacobs as well.)

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	{{DEFAULTSORT:End_of_Paradise,_The}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:End_of_Paradise,_The}}
	[[Category:CoC:Scenarios]]		[[Category:CoC:Scenarios]]
	~~http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/~~Category:CoC:Cultist_scenarios]]		[[Category:CoC:Cultist_scenarios]]
	~~http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/~~Category:CoC:Scenarios_referencing_Yog-Sothoth]]		[[Category:CoC:Scenarios_referencing_Yog-Sothoth]]
	~~http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/~~Category:CoC:Modern_scenarios]]		[[Category:CoC:Modern_scenarios]]
	~~http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/~~Category:CoC:Theatrical_scenarios]]		[[Category:CoC:Theatrical_scenarios]]
	~~http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/~~Category:CoC:Summoning_scenarios]]		[[Category:CoC:Summoning_scenarios]]
	~~http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/~~Category:CoC:Malign_influence_scenarios]]		[[Category:CoC:Malign_influence_scenarios]]
	~~http://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/~~Category:CoC:Theater_scenarios]]		[[Category:CoC:Theater_scenarios]]
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