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* If Keepers do not want to make use of the RMS Mauritania for the setting online deckplans of other ocean liners exist. One has been linked to this article. | * If Keepers do not want to make use of the RMS Mauritania for the setting online deckplans of other ocean liners exist. One has been linked to this article. | ||
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Revision as of 08:25, 3 May 2019
Details
Pages: M1-M8 (Scenario was published as a tear out supplement intended to be kept in the box with the rules.)
Author(s): Richard Launius
Artist(s): Richard Launius
Setting: 1920s
Appears in: Different Worlds, Issue 47.
Campaign: N/A
Summary
While on a relaxing sea voyage, the Investigators notice something odd about one of the passengers.
Links
Link to outside reviews or helpful pages.
- Registrar of Ships Owned by United States Shipping Board, August 1, 1920 - Illustrated deckplans from the early 20s.
Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only
Players should not read any further.
Synopsis
Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
The passenger is undergoing a transformation similar to that undergone by Deep One Hybrids, but the end result will be the birth of a new Great Old One, to stand alongside Father Dagon and Mother Hydra.
References
Player Handouts: N/A
Locations: RMS Mauritania, Strange Island.
Creatures: Cultist, Deep Ones, Dagon
Tomes and Artifacts: R'Lyeh Text, Strange Stones
Campaigns / Scenarios: N/A
Comments
Keeper Comments
- If Keepers do not want to make use of the RMS Mauritania for the setting online deckplans of other ocean liners exist. One has been linked to this article.
Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)
This adventure is mostly based on Lovecraft's Dagon, which is a good source of descriptive passages for this adventure.
Experienced players might suspect Dr. Roselli too early in the scenario, so Keepers should prepare for this. Perhaps he manages to throw the stones through his cabin porthole before dying? Similarly, what happens if Mary Tilton is killed on board ship by the players. Perhaps her transformation happens once she hits 0HP?
