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Pages: 33

Author: Chris Spivey

Artists: Philip Pierre, Nino Malong, Alex Mayo

Editor(s): Rachel Wolfe, Jill Spivey, Jeffrey Eaton, Jennifer Harlett

Setting: Harlem, New York, March 1921

Appears in: Harlem Unbound

Summary

Against a backdrop of racial tension and gang warfare, the investigators must stop a rash of ritualistic murders tied to an ancient evil.

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Synopsis

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TBD.

References

Player Handouts:

• Introductions (letter)
• Police Corruption (newspaper article)
• Harlem Slayings (newspaper article)
• Kidnapping and Clues Mystify Flatfoots (newspaper article)
• Reale Match Book
• Flyer for Albert Einstein Speech (one-page flyer)
• Mobsters Die in Flames (newspaper article)
• True Magick (book)

Locations:

• Chabad Synagogue
• Club Deluxe
• College of the City of New York
• Harlem Hospital
• Hawthorne Rowhouse
• Hotel Reale
• Mongoose Construction Company
• Mount Morris Park
• New York Amsterdam News
• Tanner Warehouse

Creatures:

• Golem
• Zarr
• Zarr Art Deco robots

Spells:

• Call for Spirit of the Air (Summon/Bind Star Vampire)
• Call Forth the One (Summon/Bind Servitor of the Outer Gods)
• Call Forth the Winged One (Summon/Bind Byakhee)
• Create Golem
• Speak with the Dark One (Contact Deity/Nyogtha)

Tomes and Artifacts:

• True Magick

Organizations

• Knights of Ouroboros

Comments

The author's note suggests that "Harlem (K)nights" is intended to be an introduction to Harlem as a setting. The scenario sends investigators to various Harlem neighborhoods, giving the Keeper the opportunity to highlight how they are different from one another.

Keeper Comments

The scenario is a sandbox designed to accommodate different types of investigators and offer several trails of clues. Several scenario starts accommodate Harlem locals, out-of-towners called in to look into Scott "Flip" Wilmore's disappearance, New York Jews tasked with investigating the disappearance of a synagogue regular by Rabbi Silverstein, independent journalists or detectives, or military veterans called in by retired Harlem Hellfigter Samuel Wright. Likewise, the trails of clues include looking into a stolen truck, a truckload of missing dirt, gang attacks, and a visit to Harlem by Albert Einstein. This open-mindedness gives investigators a great deal of freedom, but it also potentially makes the scenario complicated for Keepers to run.