With Malice Aforethought - Revision history

Ywhateley: Page created.

2022-06-26T07:13:57Z

Page created.

Ywhateley: Page created.

2022-06-26T07:03:53Z

Page created.

Ywhateley: /* References */

2022-06-26T04:20:44Z

‎References

Ywhateley: /* References */

2022-06-26T04:18:01Z

‎References

Ywhateley: Formatting.

2022-06-25T22:37:41Z

Formatting.

Ywhateley: Formatting.

2022-06-25T22:37:06Z

Formatting.

Ywhateley: /* Comments */

2022-06-25T22:35:24Z

‎Comments

Ywhateley: Page created.

2022-06-25T22:34:14Z

Page created.

Ywhateley: Categorization.

2022-06-25T22:18:50Z

Categorization.

Ywhateley: Page created.

2022-06-25T22:05:42Z

Page created.

New page

===References===
'''Pages:''' 37

'''Author(s):''' [[Andrew Leman]] and [[Jamie Anderson]]

'''Artist(s):''' [[John t. Snyder]] (illustrations), [[Tom Kalichack]] (maps)

'''Setting:''' [[Dreamlands]], [[Arkham]] [[Lovecraft Country]],

'''Appears in:''' [[Adventures in Arkham Country]]

==Summary==
The investigators, asked to solve mystery of a death at [[Arkham Sanitarium]], become embroiled in a mass murder investigation, unaware that someone at the institution, drawn to the sanitarium seeking great power and the help of the mental patients, is not who he seems, while creatures from the [[Dreamlands]] watch from the shadows. A scenario in three parts.

==Links==


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


===Synopsis===
{{spoiler|
A sorcerer from the Dreamlands from the booming port city of [[Dylath-Leen]], devoted to the Great Old Ones seeking from them gifts and forbidden knowledge in exchange for his devotion and his sacrifices, finds his ambition frustrated at home, and travels by magical means to the waking world to open for his lords a gate for the Great Old Ones to conquer the waking world in exchange for power in the Dreamlands. Drawn to Arkham, Massachusetts and attracted by a mysterious but unmistakable source of power, he has located a group of human beings whom he can persuade to unwittingly participate in his gate-opening ritual: Mental patients, and using a powerful amulet, he put on the disguise of a staff psychiatrist at Arkham Sanitarium.
}}

===References===
'''Player Handouts:''' maps of [[Arkham]] and [[Arkham Sanitarium]], Newspaper Headlines/Articles,

'''Locations:''' [[Dreamlands]], [[Dylath-Leen]], [[Arkham]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Lovecraft Country]], [[Arkham Sanitarium]], [[Salem]]

'''Creatures:''' [[Human Cultists|Mental Patients]], [[Witch]], "[[Zombie|Dutch]]", Arkham Police, "[[Frenzy]]", [[The Man in Black]], [[Ghost]]ly warrior

'''Tomes and Artifacts:''' tome ''[[Daemonigraphia]]'', tome ''[[Synarchobiblaron]]'', new spells "[[Unmask Daemon]]" and "[[Circle of Nausea]]" and "[[Banishment of Yde' Etad]]", "[[Mind Dance Ritual]]" for restoring sanity, [[Misquat]] [[Misquat Figurine|Figurines]], [[Bors' Amulet]]

===Comments===
Three parts focusing on the Sanitarium murders ("The Crime"), a trial ("The Trial"), and a final confrontation with the villain ("The Sentence"). The centerpiece of this scenario is a detailed murder trial, with rules provided in the scenario for simulating the trial in detail from arrest, to arraignment and indictment, to hiring an attorney, to presenting evidence and testimony, to deliberation, judgment, and beyond. This trial subsystem could be reused for any other BRP gaming situation where a trial is conducted.

===Keeper Comments===
Comments to Keepers about this scenario;
Possibly how to run it successfully.
Keep general DISCUSSION on the talk page.

[[Category:CoC:Scenarios]]
__NOTOC__

@@ Line 47: / Line 47: @@
 The Dreamlands are referenced as a number of times in behind-the-scenes material for the Keeper, but not much of the scenario actually involves the Dreamlands or its creatures (beyond a reference to Ghouls, a couple of Dreamlands "Daemons" (the "Frenzy" and "The Man in Black"), and the witch antagonist.
@@ Line 57: / Line 59: @@
 [[Category:CoC:Asylum scenarios]]
 [[Category:CoC:1920s scenarios]]
 __NOTOC__

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 '''Artist(s):''' [[John t. Snyder]] (illustrations), [[Tom Kalichack]] (maps)
-'''Setting:''' [[Salem]], [[Arkham]] [[Lovecraft Country]]
+'''Setting:''' [[Salem]], [[Arkham]] [[Lovecraft Country]] [[1920s]]
 '''Appears in:''' [[Adventures in Arkham Country]]
@@ Line 43: / Line 43: @@
 The centerpiece of this scenario is a detailed murder trial, with rules provided in the scenario for simulating the trial in detail from arrest, to arraignment and indictment, to hiring an attorney, to presenting evidence and testimony, to deliberation, judgment, and beyond.  This trial subsystem could be reused for any other BRP gaming situation where a trial is conducted.
 The Dreamlands are referenced as a number of times in behind-the-scenes material for the Keeper, but not much of the scenario actually involves the Dreamlands or its creatures (beyond a reference to Ghouls, a couple of Dreamlands "Daemons" (the "Frenzy" and "The Man in Black"), and the witch antagonist.
@@ Line 54: / Line 56: @@
 [[Category:CoC:Witch scenarios]]
 [[Category:CoC:Asylum scenarios]]
 __NOTOC__

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:18, 25 June 2022
Line 48:		Line 48:

	[[Category:CoC:Scenarios]]		[[Category:CoC:Scenarios]]
		+	[[Category:CoC:Scenarios featuring the Dreamlands]]
		+	[[Category:CoC:Scenarios set in Arkham]]
		+	[[Category:CoC:Scenarios set in Salem]]
		+	[[Category:CoC:Lovecraft Country]]
		+	[[Category:CoC:Witch scenarios]]
		+	[[Category:CoC:Asylum scenarios]]
	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__

@@ Line 37: / Line 37: @@
 '''Creatures:''' [[Human Cultists|Mental Patients]], [[Witch]], "[[Zombie|Dutch]]", Arkham Police, "[[Frenzy]]", [[The Man in Black]], [[Ghost]]ly warrior
-'''Tomes and Artifacts:''' tome ''[[Daemonigraphia]]'', tome ''[[Synarchobiblaron]]'', new spells "[[Unmask Daemon]]" and "[[Circle of Nausea]]" and "[[Banishment of Yde' Etad]]", "[[Mind Dance Ritual]]" for restoring sanity, [[Misquat]] [[Misquat Figurine|Figurines]], [[Bors' Amulet]]
+'''Tomes and Artifacts:''' tome ''[[Daemonigraphia]]'', tome ''[[Synarchobiblaron]]'', new spells "[[Unmask Daemon]]" and "[[Circle of Nausea]]" and "[[Banishment of Yde' Etad]]" (the latter for expelling a visitor from the Dreamlands from waking reality), "[[Mind Dance Ritual]]" for restoring sanity, [[Misquat]] [[Misquat Figurine|Figurines]] warding against the Great Old Ones, [[Bors' Amulet]] for masking and controlling Daemons
 ===Keeper Comments===

@@ Line 31: / Line 31: @@
 ===References===
-'''Player Handouts:''' maps of [[Arkham]] and [[Arkham Sanitarium]], Newspaper Headlines/Articles,
+'''Player Handouts:''' maps of [[Arkham]] and [[Massachussetts]], and of [[Arkham Sanitarium]], along with Newspaper Headlines/Articles, and excepts from the tomes listed below.
 '''Locations:''' [[Dreamlands]], [[Dylath-Leen]], [[Arkham]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Lovecraft Country]], [[Arkham Sanitarium]], [[Salem]]

@@ Line 39: / Line 39: @@
 '''Tomes and Artifacts:''' tome ''[[Daemonigraphia]]'', tome ''[[Synarchobiblaron]]'', new spells "[[Unmask Daemon]]" and "[[Circle of Nausea]]" and "[[Banishment of Yde' Etad]]", "[[Mind Dance Ritual]]" for restoring sanity, [[Misquat]] [[Misquat Figurine|Figurines]], [[Bors' Amulet]]
-===Comments===
+==Comments==
 A sort of mini-campaign in three parts focusing on the Sanitarium murders ("The Crime"), a trial ("The Trial"), and a final confrontation with the villain ("The Sentence").
@@ Line 46: / Line 47: @@
 The Dreamlands are referenced as a number of times in behind-the-scenes material for the Keeper, but not much of the scenario actually involves the Dreamlands or its creatures (beyond a reference to Ghouls, a couple of Dreamlands "Daemons" (the "Frenzy" and "The Man in Black"), and the witch antagonist.
 [[Category:CoC:Scenarios]]