This
is the third scenario from the sixth edition of Chaosium’s “Call of Cthulhu”
roleplaying game. It’s a relatively straightforward narrative – strange things
are reported in the press from a remote area in Vermont and a trail of evidence
leads right to the heart of the matter, via an alcoholic backwoodsman in the
thrall of Mythos entities. In terms of handouts, everything is fairly upfront –
a bunch of newspaper articles forms the background of the mystery and then it
all boils down to talking to the locals. There is a pretty stiff fight at the
end against the invaders of Strafton Mountain, which could lead to some party
fatalities if not approached with forethought.
The
bulk of the evidence can be found in the pages of the “Brattleboro Tattler”:
(This
is based on an actual image of the ‘Tattler from July 1911 – I’ve obscured
the date somewhat so that you can fit it in better with your own campaign
timeframe.)
The
only other piece of physical evidence which the scenario calls for is a piece
of crumpled paper with a name written on it in pencil. This may or may not be
discovered in a wastepaper basket in the missing journalist’s home.
And
that’s it! From here on it’s all over bar the shouting!
(All
information presented here is copyright Chaosium Inc., taken from CALL OF
CTHULHU 6th Edition, 2004.)
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