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==Details==
 
==Details==
[[File:Les Mystères de Lyon cover.jpg|right|350px|''Front cover'']]
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[[File:Les 5 Supplices Booklet 1.jpg|right|thumb|''Front cover'']]
  
'''Translated Title:''' The lost writings of Simon de Phares
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'''Translated Title:''' The Chinese auction
  
'''Pages:''' 9
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'''Pages:''' 2
  
'''Author:''' [[Thomas Berthier]]
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'''Author:''' [[Samuel Tarapacki]]
  
 
'''Artist:''' Vintage photographs
 
'''Artist:''' Vintage photographs
  
'''Editor(s):''' [[Christian Grussi]]
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'''Editor(s):''' [[Christophe Ployon]], [[Isabelle Donné]]
  
'''Setting:''' [[1930s]], [[Lyon]], [[France]]
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'''Setting:''' [[1930s]], [[Paris]], [[France]]
  
'''Appears in:''' ''[[Les mystères de Lyon]]''
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'''Appears in:''' ''[[Les 5 supplices]]'', Livret 1
  
'''Campaign:''' ''[[Noces lyonnaises]]''
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'''Campaign:''' ''[[Les 5 supplices (campaign)|Les 5 supplices]]''
  
 
==Summary==
 
==Summary==
The investigators must find out why a respected historian has suddenly disappeared when, only days before, he had promised to reveal what he had discovered in the lost sections of l'''[[Elucidaire]]'', a fifteenth-century work by astrologer Simon de Phares. Their inquiries lead them to a respected member of Lyonnais high society, who urges them to find the lost writings before cultists can use their dark knowledge to harm his family.
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In Paris, an investigator acquires a bronze artifact from a Chinese antiques dealer for a friend living abroad. But once they leave the establishment, they are accosted by men who steal the antique.
 
 
==Links==
 
Link to outside reviews or helpful pages.
 
<!--* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZYAlTPP_hE Review/Tips by Seth Skorkowsky on YouTube]
 
* Pookie at Reviews from R'lyeh, ([http://rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2014/10/by-evenings-dead-light.html link]) - "...Although not quite suitable for an inexperienced Keeper, Dead Light is more than suitable for new players, whilst experienced players will enjoy an evening’s play up against something other than a traditional threat, whether drawn from traditional horror or that of the Cthulhu Mythos. Containing (almost) everything necessary to play an evening of survival horror tinged with Cosmic Horror, Dead Light: Surviving One Night Outside Of Arkham is a solid scenario and the best title released by Chaosium in years...."-->
 
  
 
==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only==
 
==Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only==
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===Synopsis===
 
===Synopsis===
{{spoiler|The investigators are invitees or assistants to historian André Morin at a conference where he will announce what he has discovered regarding once-lost writings of the fifteenth-century astrologer Simon de Phares. However, Morin instead announces that the lost writings never existed, after which he disappears. Urged to look into the disappearance by Morin's assistant, the investigators find that he gained access to the writings from a wealthy Lyonnais named Jean Cabrillon. Cabrillon notes that the texts are now missing, leading him to worry that they may fall into the hands of cultists bent on using the forbidden knowledge within against his family. Researching occult Lyon leads the investigators to two suspect groups, the Ophites and the Mopses.}}
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At an auction for Far Eastern antiquities held in a Paris shop, the investigator is tasked by a friend to acquire a Chinese bronze tripod. The investigator soon ends up in a bidding war for the item with Louis Lonsdale and an Englishman named William Wilburn. Upon winning the auction, Wilburn offers the investigator double the final price, but the investigator must come to Wilburn's office. Once outside, however, the character is attacked by two brutes working for Wilburn, who steal the artifact.  
 
 
 
    
 
    
===References===
 
'''Player Handouts:'''
 
* Invitation to André Morin's conference
 
* l'''Elucidaire'': Extract from prologue
 
* Extract from André Morin's journal
 
* Newspaper article: "L'enfant prodige" [Child Prodigy]
 
* ''Chercons l'Hérétique!'' [Let's find the heretic!]: Extract on cults of Lyon
 
 
 
'''Locations:'''
 
'''Locations:'''
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*[[Paris]], [[France]]
* Service Station
 
* Greenapple Acre Cottage-->
 
  
 
'''Creatures:'''
 
'''Creatures:'''
  
 
'''Tomes and Artifacts:'''
 
'''Tomes and Artifacts:'''
* l'''[[Elucidaire]]'' (first section)
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*Chinese bronze tripod
* André Morin's journal
 
* ''[[Chercons l'Hérétique!]]''[Let's find the heretic!]
 
 
 
  
'''Campaigns / Scenarios:''' ''[[Noces lyonnaises]]''
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'''Campaigns / Scenarios:''' ''[[Les 5 supplices (campaign)|Les 5 supplices]]''
  
 
===Comments===
 
===Comments===
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{{Spoiler|
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The scenario is intended as to introduce a single investigator to the campaign ''Les 5 supplices''. Designed to only take an hour to complete, the scenario introduces William Willburn, a British agent of the Chinese wizard Sayk Fong Lee. Later in the campaign, the investigators learn that Lee needs the tripod because it has fat in it from a monster that is able to animate shadows. The scenario may also introduce Georges Guédon, a French authority who also figures in the longer campaign.}}
 
   
 
   
 
===Keeper Comments===
 
===Keeper Comments===
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[[Category:CoC:City scenarios]]
 
[[Category:CoC:City scenarios]]
 
[[Category:CoC:Combat-free scenarios]]
 
[[Category:CoC:Combat-free scenarios]]
[[Category:CoC:Guest scenarios]]
 
[[Category:CoC:Missing person scenarios]]
 
 
[[Category:CoC:One-session scenarios]]
 
[[Category:CoC:One-session scenarios]]
[[Category:CoC:Party, gathering and celebration scenarios]]
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[[Category:CoC:Scenarios set in Paris]]
[[Category:CoC:Scenarios set in Lyon]]
 
 
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Revision as of 03:19, 2 November 2019

Details

Front cover

Translated Title: The Chinese auction

Pages: 2

Author: Samuel Tarapacki

Artist: Vintage photographs

Editor(s): Christophe Ployon, Isabelle Donné

Setting: 1930s, Paris, France

Appears in: Les 5 supplices, Livret 1

Campaign: Les 5 supplices

Summary

In Paris, an investigator acquires a bronze artifact from a Chinese antiques dealer for a friend living abroad. But once they leave the establishment, they are accosted by men who steal the antique.

Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only

Players should not read any further.

Synopsis

At an auction for Far Eastern antiquities held in a Paris shop, the investigator is tasked by a friend to acquire a Chinese bronze tripod. The investigator soon ends up in a bidding war for the item with Louis Lonsdale and an Englishman named William Wilburn. Upon winning the auction, Wilburn offers the investigator double the final price, but the investigator must come to Wilburn's office. Once outside, however, the character is attacked by two brutes working for Wilburn, who steal the artifact.

Locations:

Creatures:

Tomes and Artifacts:

  • Chinese bronze tripod

Campaigns / Scenarios: Les 5 supplices

Comments

 Spoiler Section (Highlight to Read)

The scenario is intended as to introduce a single investigator to the campaign Les 5 supplices. Designed to only take an hour to complete, the scenario introduces William Willburn, a British agent of the Chinese wizard Sayk Fong Lee. Later in the campaign, the investigators learn that Lee needs the tripod because it has fat in it from a monster that is able to animate shadows. The scenario may also introduce Georges Guédon, a French authority who also figures in the longer campaign.


Keeper Comments