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| − | + | {{spoiler|Unbeknownst to the Investigators Darke was a cultist who was killed while attempting to free a shoggoth imprisoned beneath a set of standing stones near the village of Bayou Perdu. The locals know of this and perform an annual ritual to keep the thing bound. However before he was killed Darke contacted other cultists who will arrive in the village at the same time as the Investigators. They must correctly work out who the real foe is to prevent the shoggoth from being freed.}} | |
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===References=== | ===References=== | ||
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'''Locations:''' [[Bayou Perdu]] | '''Locations:''' [[Bayou Perdu]] | ||
| − | '''Creatures:''' [[Cultists]], [[Hunting Horror]], [[Shoggoth]] | + | '''Creatures:''' [[Human Cultist|Cultists]], [[Hunting Horror]], [[Shoggoth]] |
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| + | '''Tomes and Artifacts:''' [[Pnakotic Manuscripts]], [[True Magick]]. | ||
===Comments=== | ===Comments=== | ||
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===Keeper Comments=== | ===Keeper Comments=== | ||
| + | * There are no maps or handouts supplied with the scenario so Keepers should make their own. | ||
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| + | * The murder victim is described as an authority on folk superstitions and a noted occultist associated with Marshall University in Indiana, Keepers should consider creating papers or books written by him for use in their campaign, this might give the players a stronger reason to follow up his death, particularly if they have proved useful in a past scenario. | ||
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Comments to Keepers about this scenario; | Comments to Keepers about this scenario; | ||
Possibly how to run it successfully. | Possibly how to run it successfully. | ||
Keep general DISCUSSION on the talk page. | Keep general DISCUSSION on the talk page. | ||
| − | [[Category:CoC:Scenarios]] | + | [[Category:CoC:Scenarios|Bayou Ritual]] |
| − | [[Category:CoC:1920s scenarios]] | + | [[Category:CoC:1920s scenarios|Bayou Ritual]] |
| − | [[Category:CoC:Suspicious death scenarios]] | + | [[Category:CoC:Suspicious death scenarios|Bayou Ritual]] |
| − | [[Category:CoC:Scenarios set in Louisiana]] | + | [[Category:CoC:Scenarios set in Louisiana|Bayou Ritual]] |
| − | [[Category:CoC:Cultist scenarios]] | + | [[Category:CoC:The Pnakotic Manuscripts scenarios]] |
| − | [[Category:CoC:Hunting Horror scenarios]] | + | [[Category:CoC:True Magick scenarios]] |
| − | [[Category:CoC:Shoggoth scenarios]] | + | [[Category:CoC:Cultist scenarios|Bayou Ritual]] |
| + | [[Category:CoC:Hunting Horror scenarios|Bayou Ritual]] | ||
| + | [[Category:CoC:Shoggoth scenarios|Bayou Ritual]] | ||
| + | [[Category:CoC:Dormant evil scenarios|Bayou Ritual]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:05, 26 April 2018
Details
Pages: 3
Author(s): James L. Cambias
Artist(s): N/A
Setting: 1920s
Appears in: Challenge Magazine, #48
Summary
A prominent folklorist & occultist named Elwyn Darke was murdered while investigating standing stones in Louisiana, can the investigators find out why.
Links
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- [Link 2]
Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only
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Synopsis
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Unbeknownst to the Investigators Darke was a cultist who was killed while attempting to free a shoggoth imprisoned beneath a set of standing stones near the village of Bayou Perdu. The locals know of this and perform an annual ritual to keep the thing bound. However before he was killed Darke contacted other cultists who will arrive in the village at the same time as the Investigators. They must correctly work out who the real foe is to prevent the shoggoth from being freed.
References
Player Handouts: N/A
Locations: Bayou Perdu
Creatures: Cultists, Hunting Horror, Shoggoth
Tomes and Artifacts: Pnakotic Manuscripts, True Magick.
Comments
List dedication, trivia, images, anything else of note.
Keeper Comments
- There are no maps or handouts supplied with the scenario so Keepers should make their own.
- The murder victim is described as an authority on folk superstitions and a noted occultist associated with Marshall University in Indiana, Keepers should consider creating papers or books written by him for use in their campaign, this might give the players a stronger reason to follow up his death, particularly if they have proved useful in a past scenario.
Comments to Keepers about this scenario; Possibly how to run it successfully. Keep general DISCUSSION on the talk page.
