Shadows of Yog-Sothoth: Devil's Canyon

Details

Pages: 7

Author(s): John Carnahan

Artist(s):

Setting: 1920s

Appears in: Shadows of Yog-Sothoth, Cthulhu Classics

Campaign: Shadows of Yog-Sothoth

Summary

A Hollywood film producer invites the investigators to California. He asks them to visit Devil's Canyon, the location of his abandoned epic "The Prince of Babylon".

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Synopsis

Devil's Canyon contains invisible monsters called spectral hunters. These can be made visible using special lenses.

The spectral hunters guard a native village near the movie set. The Arc of Vlactos is buried in a fire pit.

References

Player Handouts:

Locations: Devil's Canyon, California

Creatures:

Tomes and Artifacts: The Golden Bough, Arc of Vlactos

Campaigns / Scenarios: Shadows of Yog-Sothoth

Keeper Comments

Like The Coven of Cannich, there is a very contrived plot hook to get the investigators from Scotland to California. It's not obvious from the players' point of view why they should travel to the other side of the world. Unlike the Keeper, they have no idea that a powerful magic item is buried under a movie set.