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DEADWAVE
A Call of Cthulhu Tale of Revenge Most Foul
BY MARK MORRISON
chaosium digest classics
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CLEAR CREDIT
This scenario was written by Mark Morrison and first published in the
Chaosium Digest Volume 9 Number 4 (December 1994)
Editorial and PDF layout design for this version was by
Dean Engelhardt (deancsadelaideeduau)
Proofreading and Copy Editing Andy Miller
The Zombie photograph which makes up the bottom third of the front cover was taken by ldquosookierdquo (user 416style on flickrcom) and
released under a Creative Commons License (with attribution) The snarling zombie on the inner title page is based on an image by
GORKALKM shared under a Creative Commons License (with attribution) The two zombie dog photos come from public online sources
(one is by laskawolf on DeviantArt released under Creative Commons License the other is from a classified advertisement on hooblycom
neither depict animals which have been injured or harmed for-real) The broken window photograph is by Tomas Castelazo shared under
a Creative Commons License The image of the devilish winged figure looming above a town is a sketch by AlwaysDisconcerted (alwaysdis-
concerteddeviantartcom) inspired by a classic image from FW Murnaursquos 1926 silent movie Faust The tattooed zombie in the ldquoZombie
Statisticsrdquo box is a photograph of Rick the Zombie Boy from wtfhubcom shared under the Free Art License
Remaining images are sourced either from clipart collections or sources for which copyright has expired
This PDF edition was published in February 2012 on the Cthulhu Reborn blog (cthulhurebornwordpresscom)It is a copyrighted work but is released for free distribution under a Creative Commons License
Authorrsquos NoteSome things get born no matter how much you try to stop them
Herersquos the proof Deadwave the scenario that no-one wanted I wrote this in a frenzy somewhere
in the 1990s My inspiration was what if your worst enemy the one you killed came back from
the dead He would have no grand plan no network of cultists no ingenious design all he would want is to cut you up Slowly
With that vindictive goal in mind it pretty much wrote itself the bus full of zombies came along
for the ride I playtested it with my regular players dismaying them no end that Baron Hauptman
was back and that was nearly the end of its wild ride the finest Call of Cthulhu editors of our
generation declined to use it
Looking back now I can see why therersquos no mystery here no investigation no cleverness just
raw spite and miscellaneous body parts However it did get published on Shannon Appelcinersquos
legendary Chaosium Digest a fine mailing list entirely dedicated to the discussion and love of
Chaosiumrsquos games and worlds
Itrsquos from that usenet obscurity that Dean has unearthed it Hersquos picked off the worms and given
it a makeover that would do any funeral director proud with the brilliant idea of duplicating the
handouts across all three major time periods for Call of Cthulhu Irsquom humbled that he has gone to
such an effort to reanimate this old thing and hope that yoursquoll enjoy running it
Your players though will probably hate my guts
Mark Morrison
February 2012
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Hatred and Revenge
Tese are universal and timeless themes Tey motivatemany of the most familiar tales both from fiction andfrom history D EADWAVE is a Call of Cthulhu scenariofuelled by hatred and revenge writ large by theforces of the Mythos It explores an unsettling notion
what happens when the cold and impersonal forces ofLovecraftrsquos universe decide to rise from their detachedslumber to take a personal interest in an Investigator who has thwarted them one too many times
Because tales of revenge are inherently personal andinherently relate back to events that happened in thepast this scenario differs in format to most publishedadventures Rather than providing a rigid set of pre-determined places characters and events around which
the plot is staged this scenario expects certain keyelements to be provided by the Keeper based on whathas come before Te adventure is written in a generic way that provides a detailed sequence of (horrific)events into which these Keeper-supplied charactersand situations are incorporated You can think of it asa kind of ldquoScenario emplaterdquo from which a highly-customised crusade of vengeance against your playersrsquocharacters can be easily produced
SCENARIO CONSIDERATIONS
Tis scenario is not set in an unknown ldquoMansion ofMadnessrdquo but in an investigatorrsquos own home Teevents outlined below are revenge enacted on one ofthe player characters Te horror comes to the victimrsquosdoorstep and encompasses their friends and familySlow breakdown and madness are the inevitable result
Use this scenario simultaneously with another if you
can let this one be a sleeper something nasty for themto come home to at night
Tis scenario targets one player character as the victim most of the writing centers around thisinvestigator (hereafter referred to capitalised toavoid confusion) Te scenario is however designedfor group play It is unlikely that the Investigator willget through without some stalwart friends
KEEPERrsquoS INTRODUCTION
Somebody is back from the grave Somebody bad
Somebody the Investigator killed with good reason
Somebody who should have stayed dead Somebody who didnrsquot Somebody who wants to get even
Somebody bad For the purposes of this scenario
this adversary is called ldquoTe Fiendrdquo ndash the Keeper will
decide on his or her identity
THE BACK STORY
Nyarlathotep the Messenger of the Outer Gods has
doubtlessly suffered many indignities at the hands ofthe Investigator ime and again plans for the worldrsquos
destruction are foiled (eg F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH and
M ASKS OF N YARLATHOTEP ) or favourite servants are
killed (eg Hesper Payne from Season of the Witch in
REVENGE A TIMELESS EVIL
The events which make up DEADWAVE are as time-
less as the basic motivation for revenge The Inves-
tigatorrsquos foe strikes at him or her through family
through a loyal pet and through a former fellow
investigator All of these modes of attack and their
specific circumstances work equally well in any ofthe gamersquos settings Specifically you can run DEAD-
WAVE just as easily in the 1920s ldquoClassic Erardquo the
1890s ldquoGaslight Erardquo or the modern day It would
work just as well in the Delta Green universe
The scenario makes use of a pair of newspaper arti-
cles as early clues To make it easy to run the adven-
ture in any of the settings mentioned above three
different sets of handouts are provided at the back
each with a ldquolook-and-feelrdquo appropriate to one of the
settings (1920s 1890s modern)
When reading the scenario events Keepers should
take note of elements which need slightly modified
description to make them period-specific For exam-
ple the motorised bus stolen in a 1920s or modern-
day version of the adventure would translate to a
horse-drawn omnibus pilfered from the streets of
1890s London Zombies work just as well in all set-
tings (as a recent franchise of Jane Austen mash-up
novels have proven)
Because of its assumption of newspaper clues and
other basic technology adapting the scenario to set-
tings such as Cthulhu Invictus or Cthulhu Dark Ages
would require more wholesale changes
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HP LOVECRAFT rsquo S DREAMLANDS ) Tis revenge is asmuch Nyarlathoteprsquos as it is the Fiendrsquos
One dark and moonless night the great beastNyarlathotep lands by the lonely grave of the Fiend Itscoops the lifeless corpse out of the earth and gashes openthe corpsersquos throat with one long nail Into the wound itpours a quantity of its own black blood Te corpse stirs
A bargain is struck Te black God has given theFiend life only if it will destroy the Investigator TeFiend ignited with the bitterness of memory agreesNyarlathotep enfolds it and launches into the ethergreat dark wings beating First they call at the graveof one of the Investigatorrsquos deceased former cohorts(aka ldquothe Ex-Investigatorrdquo) to retrieve the body forfuture amusements Nyarlathotep then flies to thehome town of the Investigator and sets the Fiend and
corpse down errible laughter rolls against the starsas the black shape wings away
Te Fiend exists for this task alone It has the patienceof the dead It would be easy just to lie in ambushcatch its quarry and eat it alive too easy It wants amore total victory a complete levelling of mind andspirit No deed is too foul in accomplishing this end
It is diabolically clever Every action is carefullythought through and judged against the possibility ofdiscovery Te slow dead mind turns it all over andconcocts the most appalling and cunning plans
PEOPLE AND PLACES
Before you run this scenario you must identify anumber of key characters Tese have been given labelsonly so that you can tailor them to suit the person youare going to harass You must build these elements
into your campaign first No use telling the playerthat his or her investigator has a pet on the very dayit disappears introduce it a few games earlier let theInvestigator adopt it and have it follow the characteraround Similarly let the Investigator hear of a relativersquossickness and quiet death a few weeks beforehand sothat it hits harder when the body is dug up and stolen
Here are the things to settle on before you can begin
The Investigator
Tis is obviously the first thing for you to decide who He or she should be a character who has been inplay for a while at least half-a-dozen scenarios andpreferably a full campaign Itrsquos totally unsuitable for
a starting character Here are three different methodsfor making your choice
e the one who has done the most damage to theMythos He or she would be the logical choice fora vendetta
e the one with the most Sanity Points A pragmatic
decision by you the keeper as lesser people mightcrack too early
e the player in your roleplaying group who is themost quiet Tis brings them to the fore and givesthem a good go for once amidst the rowdier andmore outgoing players
The Fiend
Tis is the villain of the piece the one plottingrevenge Choose someone who the Investigatorcame up against in a previous scenario It should besomebody who caused the Investigator much painand grief whilst alive somebody they remember withrevulsion and loathing It can be a major league evil(like Baron Hauptmann from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH )or a minor league psycho (like Jerry from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo from HP LOVECRAFT rsquo S DREAMLANDS )Here are some criteria
e its body must not have been totally destroyed(blasted to smithereens melted by acid crumbledto dust etc) It must be someone who it is possibleto dig up and reanimate
e the Investigator yoursquove chosen to hound musthave been instrumental in the fiendrsquos death
e the fiend must have been familiar with technologyin life For example our Fiend steals and drives a
bus (or horse-drawn omnibus if itrsquos the 1890s) aninsane Bedouin could not do that
The House
Tink about the Investigatorrsquos home Is it anapartment A house Single story Does it have acellar An attic A back door Have a map readyDepending on the era and type of house maybesomething from Chaosiumrsquos Tis Old Haunted House
pair of Monographs might suffice Perhaps it hasalready been a feature of your campaign Get theplayerrsquos thoughts on it but only when you need toany player knows to get suspicious when the Keeperstarts asking odd questions
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Te general assumption in the scenario is that theInvestigator has a house in the suburbs If they livein an apartment or upstairs above a pizza parlour or whatever yoursquoll probably have to modify some eventsNeighbours also figure in the scenario you might liketo draw up a little street map and identify the peoplethat live in each house Tis gives the player a senseof place and community and shocks him or her more
when death kicks open all the doors in their street
If the Investigator lives out of town on a large estateor in the old Van Laaden place or wherever you mayneed to change events further still
The Pet
Te Investigatorrsquos pet if they donrsquot have one introduceone A dog is best a cat is a good second after that you can do a budgie or a hamster or something if
you must but it just wouldnrsquot work too well Fish areright out How about letting them adopt a monkeyin some Egyptian scenario Whatever you use makesure they have time to get fond of it
The Dead Relative
Tis should be someone recently dead (althoughnot necessarily) It can be an old person say agrandmother or an uncle or a young person say a
nephew or a cousin Decide how they die work it intothe campaign and have the Investigator attend theirfuneral Teir death should be sad but apparentlynatural A Sanity roll would still be appropriate fornormal everyday grief costing 1 point if failed
The Ex-Investigator
Tis is someone dead someone who fought alongside
the Investigator and died a horrible death at the hands
of the Mythos If you havenrsquot got someone from the
campaign you can use deploy one of those famous
lsquodead friendsrsquo that many scenarios start up with (eg
Jackson Elias from M ASKS OF N YARLATHOTEP ) As per
the Fiend they must have been buried with body intact
PLAYERrsquoS INTRODUCTION
Tere is no player introduction Tere is no warning
When the Fiend is ready it comes for them
THREE STEP PROGRAM
Te Fiendrsquos crusade of revenge against the Investigator will be broken into three loose phases preparation
subtle affliction and the Deadwave ndash a none-too-subtleall-out assault Te tempo and severity of the Fiendrsquos
actions will increase throughout these phases
Te events that make up these three phases are described
briefly below Details of specific encounters are provided
in sections following this one
Phase One Laying Pipe
Before going on the offensive against the Investigator
the Fiend will spend some weeks silently preparing
During this time it will be trying to stay below the radar
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However several of the Fiendrsquos actions will attractsome notice from city authorities Tanks to that twoodd newspaper articles appear in the local daily duringthis phase On the surface they appear unrelated buteach is bizarre enough to warrant some attention
It is entirely possible that the investigators willmistakenly draw connections between these clues
and whatever other Mythos terror they are currentlypursuing Do not discourage this Any digging intothe circumstances described in the articles will failto connect them with their ongoing investigationequally it will fail to unearth anything about theFiend Later these events acquire more meaning
Events in Phase One
When What
One Tursday Night Dogs Begin to Howl
A Saturday Morning Te First Newspaper Article
A week and a half later Te Second Newspaper Article
Phase Two Strange Things Happen
Once the Fiend has decided the time is right to beginits crusade of revenge it begins with some subtle actsof fiendishness but quickly ramps these up to becomemore shocking and disgusting None of them involve
direct intervention by the Fiend rather they rely onmanipulating previously benign and harmless elementsfrom the Investigatorrsquos own life Coincident with thesedisturbing personal attacks are a series of bad dreams which seem maddeningly related
Events in Phase Two
Tese begin about a week after the second newspaperarticle and can follow whatever tempo the Keeper wishes
a Te Investigatorrsquos Pet Vanishesb Strange Coincidences around the Investigatorrsquos house
c Te First Bad Dream + Teft of the Dead Relative
d Te Second Bad Dream + Te Pet Comes back (Zombified)
e More Disturbing ldquoAnonymous Atrocitiesrdquo around the house
f Te Tird Bad Dream + Te Ex-Investigator Arrives (Zombified)
Phase Three The Deadwave
Eventually the Fiend will decide itrsquos time to stoptoying with the Investigator via subtle means Tatrsquos when it decides to unleash its secret weapon ndash thearmy of zombies it has been brewing in secret ndash on theInvestigator in his or her home Tis is the Deadwave
Assuming anyone survives this frontal assault clues will point to the abattoir being used by the Fiend asa lair Tis sets the scene for a final confrontation andhopefully a final resolution to the Fiendrsquos crusade
Further Ideas
Tis scenario is yours to shape and mould By now yoursquove
got the idea by plotting the past home and family ofthe Investigator you open up a lot of vulnerable spots You can use more as needs be Perhaps some of theirliving relatives might be kidnapped and killed or theirfriends lovers workmates etc Te Fiend has no scruplesor mercy when it comes to getting revenge
Te reanimated non-player characters in the scenariohave a particular balance and order of appearance you may wish though to add more Te Fiend could
be intact with its henchmen from life now all deadand twice as unpleasant more of the Investigatorrsquosrelatives could come back from the grave includingthe ones he or she never liked in life and if the keeperreally wants to go berserk bring on every person theInvestigator has ever killed all eager for revenge
LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS
Body of girl missing
Man sought by police
Police are seeking Mr Clem Baker a local mortician
Baker (pictured below) was last seen at the funeral
parlour of which he is a partner Baker amp Ratchett
on Thursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associate Stephen
Ratchett that he would be staying behind to prepare
the body of a local girl for burial on Friday Mr
Ratchett reports that working late was by no means
an unusual practice and had been done by both
men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived at work at eight
am on Friday morning he noted that the lights
were still on in the building The company hearse
was missing and the body of the girl was no longer
on the premises Investigations have ascertained that
Baker did not return to his lodgings on Thursday
night A number of tools and chemicals are also
missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released toprevent further distress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
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Bakerrsquos Lodgings theyrsquoll need to break in or obtainpolice permission to inspect it (see above) Itrsquos a bachelorapartment By the looks of it Baker hadnrsquot packed to leave
Te Dead Girl it is hard to learn who she was Te police must be sincerely convinced (specialPersuade) of the investigatorsrsquo good intentions
before releasing the name Failing that they couldtry to trick one of the officers (Fast alk with anIN x5 roll from the cop) She was Dianne Castilleof a middle class suburb She was sixteen at the timeof her death she broke her neck when she dived inat the shallow end of a swimming pool She hadred hair and was about five foot six Her parents areshocked senseless at the bodyrsquos theft
A Witness in the day following the article a cab driver
contacts the police to say that he saw the hearse headingsouth away from the funeral parlour He maintainsthere were three people in the front seat It is one ofmany reported sightings and associated crank calls andthe police do not pay especial attention to it
Tatrsquos as far as the case goes Tere are furthernewspaper reports but no fresh information
The Second Article Bus Lost
About a week and a half later a second disappearance isreported in the newspaper under the headline ldquoB983157983155 L983151983155983156rdquo
Give the players Handout 2 from the sheet of handoutsrelevant to the era the text of this article appears nearby
What really happened the Fiend has been busyIt has acquired some real estate a disused abattoir A workshop for fresh walking dead has been setup Several vehicles are on site including the hearse
and a (stolen) delivery van (horse-drawn cart in the
PHASE ONE EVENTS
The Dogs Begin to Howl
One Tursday night all the neighbourhood dogs are setoff First one dog then another then a chorus howlingand growling If the Investigator has a dog it too raises
its muzzle and wails and then fur stiff and bristling hidesunder the table Outside owners curse and swear at thebeasts After about fifteen minutes they all quiet down
Te dogs are upset by the visitation of Nyarlathotep who appears in town briefly to drop the Fiend
The First Newspaper Article
Undertaker Disappears
An article appears in the local paper on Saturday
morning under the headline ldquoL983151983139983137983148 U983150983140983141983154983156983137983147983141983154D983145983155983137983152983152983141983137983154983155rdquo See the handout page relevant to theera in which the game is set (1890s 1920s or Modern)and give the players Handout 1 Te text of this articleis repeated nearby
What really happened the Fiend hit town andrealized that the first thing it was going to need wasa mortician It was in need of embalming It foundBaker and made him do the job It then revived the
girl as a drone zombie By this stage Baker had losthis mind and did what he was told in a kind of stupor Te three drove away in the hearse
Curious investigators might look into the matterHere are further sources of information noted briefly
Te Funeral Parlour theyrsquoll need the consent of thePolice to get in (Debate or Law) A special Spot Hid-den notes in the preparation room an unused 45
calibre shell rolled under a cabinet
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1890s) Te Fiend also saw a need for a bus (or aGaslight-era horse-drawn omnibus) and hijackedthis one at gunpoint Marsh the driver was forcedto drive the bus to the Fiendrsquos hideout where ithas been hidden in a shed Marsh was killed andsubsequently brought back to life
Again the investigators might follow this up Tey learn
Te Bus is just your standard bus
Te Route is just your standard suburban route Itrsquos afairly quiet area South of the central business district
Te Driver William Marsh was about as reliable asthe next man He wasnrsquot a workaholic but he did his job His wife has no idea where he is and is a littlecynical about it - she thinks hersquos just cleared off If theinvestigators ask the Marshrsquos neighbours they learnthat the two fought like cat and dog
Te Last Passenger the police can point them to thisperson (Persuade or similar to get the name and addressor Law to get a copy of his statement) He is RudolphZymenski a factory worker He was coming home onthe bus after doing a late shift He got off at his stopas usual Te passenger waiting outside was dressed indark clothing and wore a hat Zymenski said that hehad a bad smell about him If they interview Zymenskia Psychology roll detects that he is uncomfortable abouttalking about the man If asked why he answers that hedoesnrsquot know he just felt uneasy In truth once he wasout of the bus he ran all the way home
Like the undertaker affair nothing else comes tolight in the bus case
PHASE TWO EVENTS
STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
About a week later the Fiend is ready Bad things start
Use the order given below Some events may need to bereshuffled or modified in response to the investigatorsrsquoactions You need not use every one some yousimply may not be able to implement others wonrsquotbe appropriate Tink of them as examples to conduct your own campaign of terror Add to them
Te major thing to remember is that althoughthe Fiend is cunning it is not invisible Once theInvestigator gets vigilant they might stake out theirown house Give credit where credit is due it may bethe only way theyrsquoll catch their tormentor
Here are some simple precautions the Fiend generally takes
e Disguise It occasionally dresses up as apostman a pregnant woman a repairman etc(o be precise it gets the undertaker to dressit) So it may be around when they are lookingfor it but in an unexpected form
e Distraction When the investigators are getting wise to it it arranges bluffs For example if theFiend wants to do something in their front yardit creates a ruckus in the back yard to draw themaway even if itrsquos only pitching a rock over the roofIf it wants them away from the back of the houseit might get one of its dead to make a phonecall (or send a telegram) to draw them into thehallway (Of course the dead have nothing to sayso any phone conversation isnrsquot a long one)
BUS LOST
Driver and vehicle reported missing
Police were notified late last night of the apparent disap-
pearance of a town bus Neither bus nor driver returned
to the depot on the conclusion of the nightrsquos service
The bus was license number B-039 and was on route19 The driver is Mr William Marsh Marsh was last
seen setting down a passenger and collecting one
at ten minutes to eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long
Road since then there has been no sighting
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the
bus to contact them immediately Door-to-door
enquiries along Long Road and the surrounding
district are presently being undertaken
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e Parking a street or two away It wonrsquot just lob upto the front door generally it parks the vehicleand sneaks around Sometimes it prefers to makea bold entrance (see below)
e Means of escape It likes to keep a rescue vehiclehandy or something that will create a distraction
while it gets away
Tis scenario is a mystery that your players aim tosolve so play fair but play mean
FIENDISHNESS
Space these as you see fit Te first ones should be acouple of days apart each then the pace picks up
THE INVESTIGATORrsquoS PET VANISHES
Teir Pet vanishes quietly No sign of a struggle oranything like that It wants to be let out one night anddoesnrsquot come home again
If they think to ask their neighbours no-one sawanything although at the third house they makeenquiries at someone recalls hearing a heavy car (orhansom cab if it rsquos the 1890s) in the street that night
COINCIDENTAL CRUELTIES
Te Fiend starts popping by in the night or while theInvestigator is out and doing little odd jobs At firstthese seem just bad luck Some examples
e Teir rubbish bin is overturned presumably bya dog they think Teir rubbish is strewn acrossthe street If they think to rack a successful rolldiscovers boot prints around the bin not paw prints
e Snails eat all the mail in the letter box A NaturalHistory roll indicates that perhaps the letter boxis a bit too dry for comfortable snail habitation
e Pickets from their fence go missing as if someone was taking them for firewood
e (for 1920s and modern settings) Teir newspaperstops being delivered Te newsagent maintains theyhad word that the Investigator wanted the paper
cancelled It must have been a mix-up they apologize
e (for 1890s or 1920s settings) Teir daily deliveryof ice ceases inexplicably under the samecircumstances as described above
e A van (or horse-drawn cart) pulls up and twomen get out and deliver an incredibly ugly andheavy piece of furniture Tey ask the Investigatorto sign for it Tey refuse to manhandle it backinto the van (cart) even if it is a mistake this is thecorrect address the item is paid for and itrsquos theirlunch break Te item has no actual significancebut unless the Investigator can convince the men
to take it away (Fast alk or a bribe) it remainson their porch making getting in and out of thefront door inconvenient
BAD DREAMS
Te Investigator suffers three bad dreams each of which herald some new horror when they wake Tese are legitimate dreams so the Investigator has
no control over them Te keeper may employ changeof perspective inability to act and inexorable motionall of the things which make real nightmares soclaustrophobic and disturbing
THE FIRST BAD DREAM
One night they dream the following Tey are beingchased Tey canrsquot see what is chasing them butthey know it is just behind them Tey can hear its
shambling pursuit It seems close enough to breatheon them but they can hear no breathing Teyare running along corridors down stairs throughdarkened rooms Finally in a room with a windowthey feel they have lost their pursuer Ten there isa great shattering of glass and an arm through the window and a voice hissing ldquoIrsquom backrdquo
A Present
and they toss in their bed head fouled with sleepsheets roiled with sweat ime for a Sanity roll costing01 Teir throat is dry their limbs are trembling Atime to remember the empty space on their bed wheretheir Pet should be sleeping
INSANITIES
Appropriate insanities arising from the course of
this scenario include fear of death fear of being
buried alive the conclusion that everyone else in
the world is dead and good old catatonia (some-
times itrsquos easier just to shut down)
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Te Investigator sure could use a glass of water Asthey move around the house they see that the breakingglass of their dream was reality A front window hasbeen smashed inward Tere is an object lying on thefloor Another Sanity roll for the blending of dreamand reality losing 01 again
Tere is a sudden pounding on the front door It is a
neighbour he heard the breaking glass is everything okay
When they get to inspect the object it is somemanner of artefact thematically linked with theFiend in life Tat is to say if the Fiend is Lang Fu(from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) it could be a Chinesepuzzle box if the Fiend is Jerry (from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo) it could be a heavy ankh if the Fiend isBaron Hauptmann (from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) itcould be an odd pair of binoculars If the Investigatordoes not make the connection let it be an enigma Teyrsquoll discover the truth soon enough
Te object was thrown from a moving vehicle Againif they ask around on a Luck roll they find a neighbour who saw it briefly Tey had the impression it was along black automobilecarriage (the hearse in fact)
THE DEAD RELATIVE IS STOLEN
Te next morning a ringing telephone wakes them
It is the police Te grave of their Dead Relative isunearthed and is now vacant Could they come down tothe station to help with enquiries A Sanity roll shouldbe made as they put the phone down costing 11D3
Te facts of the theft are simple Someone broke into thecemetery overnight and excavated the grave Te coffinhas been broken open the body is gone Te police canrsquotdo much Tey are obliged to tell the Investigator aboutthe theft and ask if they have any ideas Tey express
their shock and outrage and promise to work on the caseday and night Nothing further comes of it
An Oratory or Law roll can get the police to confessthat this is the latest of a series of exhumations Teyhave lost a half-dozen bodies in the last fortnight from various places Tey are keeping details of the cases outof the newspapers for fear of widespread panic
If the Investigator presses the point they can learn who these missing people were (Persuade) All hadbeen dead less than a month See nearby box
Te grave-robbing continues and a few days later thepolice are forced to reveal the situation Citizen watchesare posted in the cemeteries in town Tefts are thenreported in outlying districts No-one is seen or caught
THE SECOND BAD DREAM
Tat night the Investigator dreams he or she is
walking in a graveyard Mist swirls around everythingSoftly someone can be heard calling their name TeInvestigator follows the sound and arrives at the grave-side of the Dead Relative Arms burst out of the earthand pull the dreamer down
Change of perspective Te Investigator is now in thecoffin buried Te dreamer can smell his or her own rotand putrefaction Ten there is a bump on the coffinlid and another a shovel digging down striking thetop of the box A rasping voice from above ldquoYou canrsquot
hide in thererdquo Te shovel hitting the lid Bump Bump
The Pet Comes Back
Bump Bump Te Investigator wakes up Roll Sanityfor the dream losing 01 Te bumping sound that wakes the dreamer is real It comes from the front doorIf the Investigator peeks out to see whorsquos there initiallyhe or she sees nobody not at head height anyway it istheir Pet returned bumping at the door wanting in
If the Investigator opens the door the animal walksin It is home safe and sound Te Investigatorrsquos joysoon sours as it becomes plain that the animal is not well It moves stiffly It collides with the furniture It istotally silent It smells awful
How does the Investigator first find that their Pet isactually dead Tere are many clues It has no interestin food or water the flies hover around it and yet theanimal makes no attempt to brush them off a Listenroll detects that it does not breathe a Spot Hidden
notices that it has no pulse When the truth comes Sanity loss is 1D31D8 Whatever violent emotional response is wrought fromthe Investigator the Pet has no reaction whatsoeverbut stands dumbly and looks on
Missing Bodies
Joe Plimsoll 42 mechanic cause of deathskull fracture from rolling truckcarriage
Edna Delaware 34 nurse cause of deathfell down flight of stairs
Randy Thompson 24 student cause of
death football injury
Klaus Tod 31 labourer cause of deathfalling masonry
Bess Kellerman 43 stenographer cause ofdeath struck by automobilehansom cab
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When the Investigator recovers from the shock he orshe must decide what do about it Te faithful owner canleave it be but the animal takes to following him or heraround everywhere smelling worse and worse Each dayit is around costs an automatic 1 point of Sanity Or theInvestigator can kill it which takes a couple of blows Te animal just stands there and takes it Tis is just asupsetting and costs an automatic 1D4 points of Sanity
Te distraught owner will then probably bury it When he or she picks the body up a Spot Hiddennotices a scattering of red dust in the animalrsquos mattedfur (this is from the abattoir yard) A Geology rollnotes that this red dust is common around the South-Eastern fringe of town mostly industrial suburbs Itblows across many of the yards and back lots there
If the Investigator heads off on a random search for dustyred yards the magnitude of the task is overwhelmingHe or she has only a 5 chance per day of stumblingacross the right place by this method but the keeper
should drag out the exploration of a few innocuoussites first (graveyards rubbish tips quarries)
ANONYMOUS ATROCITIES
Te small inconveniences become twisted andinexplicable and it is clear that they are not ill luck orcoincidence Some examples
e wo bottles of milk are left on the step as usualExcept instead of two white bottles therersquos one
white and one red One pint of milk one pint offresh human blood (Sanity loss 01D3)
e A letter is delivered Te envelope contains a smallclump of human hair An Idea roll indicates that
the colour is the same as that of the Dead RelativeCaught along the gum sealing the flap are a fewgrains of red dust (see above) (Sanity loss 01D2)
e Overnight the front yard is filled with frogsand toads Some are mildly poisonous All aredisgusting (Sanity loss 01)
e A neighbour cheerfully delivers a small packagelsquomistakenlyrsquo delivered to them (the addressee has written the name of the Investigator but put downthe wrong street number) Te package contains abundle of old rusty spent bullets A note is affixedlsquoH983137983158983141 983144983141983149 B983137983139983147rsquo (Tese are bullets which theInvestigator or their friend shot at the Fiend which it has gouged out of its flesh Only use thisif they gunned down the Fiend back when it wasalive) (Sanity no loss unless theyrsquove guessed the
Fiendrsquos identity in which case 01)
e Washing left on the line is crawling with flies If theinsects are all brushed away traces of excrement arefound smeared on the material (Sanity loss 01)
IF THE INVESTIGATOR LEAVES HOME
It would be a wise move around now for the Investigatorto leave An unknown villain is in pursuit mdash why stay
around and be easy prey
Abandoning onersquos home though is a drastic moveand signals both victory to their unknown persecutorand the end of their former life Moving out coststhe Investigator 1 point of Sanity
Where does the Investigator relocate A hotel Afriendrsquos house (putting that friend at risk too) Teback seat of their carcarriage Another town
If he or she leaves totally the scenario is for nowover But the patient dead Fiend tracks its prey downeventually You will need to extend and modify thescenario but somewhere a bus-full of dead peopleroll through the night on the Investigatorrsquos trail
If he or she stays in town the Fiend will try to find its hatedenemy You must judge how long this will take judged onthe ingenuity of the Investigatorrsquos smoke screen
As soon as it becomes apparent that its prey has leftthe Fiend places an ad in the Personal Notices
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] Please come home I know wecan work it out Tings will only get worse if you stayaway much worse Believe me Much worse Pleasecome home [Fiendrsquos first initial]rdquo
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
S983157983138983157983154983138983137983150 H983151983157983155983141 reads one headline the next morn-ing C983137983150983150983145983138983137983148 H983151983157983155983141 O983142 H983141983148983148 screams another
Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
S983156983154983141983141983156983155 the less they have to say about it
Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
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Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
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increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
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NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
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To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
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victims Kurzelrsquos
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A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
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duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
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resse that lot number ZP1K7G
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or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
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Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
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Girl MissingPAGE 2
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DEADWAVE
A Call of Cthulhu Tale of Revenge Most Foul
BY MARK MORRISON
chaosium digest classics
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CLEAR CREDIT
This scenario was written by Mark Morrison and first published in the
Chaosium Digest Volume 9 Number 4 (December 1994)
Editorial and PDF layout design for this version was by
Dean Engelhardt (deancsadelaideeduau)
Proofreading and Copy Editing Andy Miller
The Zombie photograph which makes up the bottom third of the front cover was taken by ldquosookierdquo (user 416style on flickrcom) and
released under a Creative Commons License (with attribution) The snarling zombie on the inner title page is based on an image by
GORKALKM shared under a Creative Commons License (with attribution) The two zombie dog photos come from public online sources
(one is by laskawolf on DeviantArt released under Creative Commons License the other is from a classified advertisement on hooblycom
neither depict animals which have been injured or harmed for-real) The broken window photograph is by Tomas Castelazo shared under
a Creative Commons License The image of the devilish winged figure looming above a town is a sketch by AlwaysDisconcerted (alwaysdis-
concerteddeviantartcom) inspired by a classic image from FW Murnaursquos 1926 silent movie Faust The tattooed zombie in the ldquoZombie
Statisticsrdquo box is a photograph of Rick the Zombie Boy from wtfhubcom shared under the Free Art License
Remaining images are sourced either from clipart collections or sources for which copyright has expired
This PDF edition was published in February 2012 on the Cthulhu Reborn blog (cthulhurebornwordpresscom)It is a copyrighted work but is released for free distribution under a Creative Commons License
Authorrsquos NoteSome things get born no matter how much you try to stop them
Herersquos the proof Deadwave the scenario that no-one wanted I wrote this in a frenzy somewhere
in the 1990s My inspiration was what if your worst enemy the one you killed came back from
the dead He would have no grand plan no network of cultists no ingenious design all he would want is to cut you up Slowly
With that vindictive goal in mind it pretty much wrote itself the bus full of zombies came along
for the ride I playtested it with my regular players dismaying them no end that Baron Hauptman
was back and that was nearly the end of its wild ride the finest Call of Cthulhu editors of our
generation declined to use it
Looking back now I can see why therersquos no mystery here no investigation no cleverness just
raw spite and miscellaneous body parts However it did get published on Shannon Appelcinersquos
legendary Chaosium Digest a fine mailing list entirely dedicated to the discussion and love of
Chaosiumrsquos games and worlds
Itrsquos from that usenet obscurity that Dean has unearthed it Hersquos picked off the worms and given
it a makeover that would do any funeral director proud with the brilliant idea of duplicating the
handouts across all three major time periods for Call of Cthulhu Irsquom humbled that he has gone to
such an effort to reanimate this old thing and hope that yoursquoll enjoy running it
Your players though will probably hate my guts
Mark Morrison
February 2012
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Hatred and Revenge
Tese are universal and timeless themes Tey motivatemany of the most familiar tales both from fiction andfrom history D EADWAVE is a Call of Cthulhu scenariofuelled by hatred and revenge writ large by theforces of the Mythos It explores an unsettling notion
what happens when the cold and impersonal forces ofLovecraftrsquos universe decide to rise from their detachedslumber to take a personal interest in an Investigator who has thwarted them one too many times
Because tales of revenge are inherently personal andinherently relate back to events that happened in thepast this scenario differs in format to most publishedadventures Rather than providing a rigid set of pre-determined places characters and events around which
the plot is staged this scenario expects certain keyelements to be provided by the Keeper based on whathas come before Te adventure is written in a generic way that provides a detailed sequence of (horrific)events into which these Keeper-supplied charactersand situations are incorporated You can think of it asa kind of ldquoScenario emplaterdquo from which a highly-customised crusade of vengeance against your playersrsquocharacters can be easily produced
SCENARIO CONSIDERATIONS
Tis scenario is not set in an unknown ldquoMansion ofMadnessrdquo but in an investigatorrsquos own home Teevents outlined below are revenge enacted on one ofthe player characters Te horror comes to the victimrsquosdoorstep and encompasses their friends and familySlow breakdown and madness are the inevitable result
Use this scenario simultaneously with another if you
can let this one be a sleeper something nasty for themto come home to at night
Tis scenario targets one player character as the victim most of the writing centers around thisinvestigator (hereafter referred to capitalised toavoid confusion) Te scenario is however designedfor group play It is unlikely that the Investigator willget through without some stalwart friends
KEEPERrsquoS INTRODUCTION
Somebody is back from the grave Somebody bad
Somebody the Investigator killed with good reason
Somebody who should have stayed dead Somebody who didnrsquot Somebody who wants to get even
Somebody bad For the purposes of this scenario
this adversary is called ldquoTe Fiendrdquo ndash the Keeper will
decide on his or her identity
THE BACK STORY
Nyarlathotep the Messenger of the Outer Gods has
doubtlessly suffered many indignities at the hands ofthe Investigator ime and again plans for the worldrsquos
destruction are foiled (eg F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH and
M ASKS OF N YARLATHOTEP ) or favourite servants are
killed (eg Hesper Payne from Season of the Witch in
REVENGE A TIMELESS EVIL
The events which make up DEADWAVE are as time-
less as the basic motivation for revenge The Inves-
tigatorrsquos foe strikes at him or her through family
through a loyal pet and through a former fellow
investigator All of these modes of attack and their
specific circumstances work equally well in any ofthe gamersquos settings Specifically you can run DEAD-
WAVE just as easily in the 1920s ldquoClassic Erardquo the
1890s ldquoGaslight Erardquo or the modern day It would
work just as well in the Delta Green universe
The scenario makes use of a pair of newspaper arti-
cles as early clues To make it easy to run the adven-
ture in any of the settings mentioned above three
different sets of handouts are provided at the back
each with a ldquolook-and-feelrdquo appropriate to one of the
settings (1920s 1890s modern)
When reading the scenario events Keepers should
take note of elements which need slightly modified
description to make them period-specific For exam-
ple the motorised bus stolen in a 1920s or modern-
day version of the adventure would translate to a
horse-drawn omnibus pilfered from the streets of
1890s London Zombies work just as well in all set-
tings (as a recent franchise of Jane Austen mash-up
novels have proven)
Because of its assumption of newspaper clues and
other basic technology adapting the scenario to set-
tings such as Cthulhu Invictus or Cthulhu Dark Ages
would require more wholesale changes
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HP LOVECRAFT rsquo S DREAMLANDS ) Tis revenge is asmuch Nyarlathoteprsquos as it is the Fiendrsquos
One dark and moonless night the great beastNyarlathotep lands by the lonely grave of the Fiend Itscoops the lifeless corpse out of the earth and gashes openthe corpsersquos throat with one long nail Into the wound itpours a quantity of its own black blood Te corpse stirs
A bargain is struck Te black God has given theFiend life only if it will destroy the Investigator TeFiend ignited with the bitterness of memory agreesNyarlathotep enfolds it and launches into the ethergreat dark wings beating First they call at the graveof one of the Investigatorrsquos deceased former cohorts(aka ldquothe Ex-Investigatorrdquo) to retrieve the body forfuture amusements Nyarlathotep then flies to thehome town of the Investigator and sets the Fiend and
corpse down errible laughter rolls against the starsas the black shape wings away
Te Fiend exists for this task alone It has the patienceof the dead It would be easy just to lie in ambushcatch its quarry and eat it alive too easy It wants amore total victory a complete levelling of mind andspirit No deed is too foul in accomplishing this end
It is diabolically clever Every action is carefullythought through and judged against the possibility ofdiscovery Te slow dead mind turns it all over andconcocts the most appalling and cunning plans
PEOPLE AND PLACES
Before you run this scenario you must identify anumber of key characters Tese have been given labelsonly so that you can tailor them to suit the person youare going to harass You must build these elements
into your campaign first No use telling the playerthat his or her investigator has a pet on the very dayit disappears introduce it a few games earlier let theInvestigator adopt it and have it follow the characteraround Similarly let the Investigator hear of a relativersquossickness and quiet death a few weeks beforehand sothat it hits harder when the body is dug up and stolen
Here are the things to settle on before you can begin
The Investigator
Tis is obviously the first thing for you to decide who He or she should be a character who has been inplay for a while at least half-a-dozen scenarios andpreferably a full campaign Itrsquos totally unsuitable for
a starting character Here are three different methodsfor making your choice
e the one who has done the most damage to theMythos He or she would be the logical choice fora vendetta
e the one with the most Sanity Points A pragmatic
decision by you the keeper as lesser people mightcrack too early
e the player in your roleplaying group who is themost quiet Tis brings them to the fore and givesthem a good go for once amidst the rowdier andmore outgoing players
The Fiend
Tis is the villain of the piece the one plottingrevenge Choose someone who the Investigatorcame up against in a previous scenario It should besomebody who caused the Investigator much painand grief whilst alive somebody they remember withrevulsion and loathing It can be a major league evil(like Baron Hauptmann from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH )or a minor league psycho (like Jerry from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo from HP LOVECRAFT rsquo S DREAMLANDS )Here are some criteria
e its body must not have been totally destroyed(blasted to smithereens melted by acid crumbledto dust etc) It must be someone who it is possibleto dig up and reanimate
e the Investigator yoursquove chosen to hound musthave been instrumental in the fiendrsquos death
e the fiend must have been familiar with technologyin life For example our Fiend steals and drives a
bus (or horse-drawn omnibus if itrsquos the 1890s) aninsane Bedouin could not do that
The House
Tink about the Investigatorrsquos home Is it anapartment A house Single story Does it have acellar An attic A back door Have a map readyDepending on the era and type of house maybesomething from Chaosiumrsquos Tis Old Haunted House
pair of Monographs might suffice Perhaps it hasalready been a feature of your campaign Get theplayerrsquos thoughts on it but only when you need toany player knows to get suspicious when the Keeperstarts asking odd questions
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Te general assumption in the scenario is that theInvestigator has a house in the suburbs If they livein an apartment or upstairs above a pizza parlour or whatever yoursquoll probably have to modify some eventsNeighbours also figure in the scenario you might liketo draw up a little street map and identify the peoplethat live in each house Tis gives the player a senseof place and community and shocks him or her more
when death kicks open all the doors in their street
If the Investigator lives out of town on a large estateor in the old Van Laaden place or wherever you mayneed to change events further still
The Pet
Te Investigatorrsquos pet if they donrsquot have one introduceone A dog is best a cat is a good second after that you can do a budgie or a hamster or something if
you must but it just wouldnrsquot work too well Fish areright out How about letting them adopt a monkeyin some Egyptian scenario Whatever you use makesure they have time to get fond of it
The Dead Relative
Tis should be someone recently dead (althoughnot necessarily) It can be an old person say agrandmother or an uncle or a young person say a
nephew or a cousin Decide how they die work it intothe campaign and have the Investigator attend theirfuneral Teir death should be sad but apparentlynatural A Sanity roll would still be appropriate fornormal everyday grief costing 1 point if failed
The Ex-Investigator
Tis is someone dead someone who fought alongside
the Investigator and died a horrible death at the hands
of the Mythos If you havenrsquot got someone from the
campaign you can use deploy one of those famous
lsquodead friendsrsquo that many scenarios start up with (eg
Jackson Elias from M ASKS OF N YARLATHOTEP ) As per
the Fiend they must have been buried with body intact
PLAYERrsquoS INTRODUCTION
Tere is no player introduction Tere is no warning
When the Fiend is ready it comes for them
THREE STEP PROGRAM
Te Fiendrsquos crusade of revenge against the Investigator will be broken into three loose phases preparation
subtle affliction and the Deadwave ndash a none-too-subtleall-out assault Te tempo and severity of the Fiendrsquos
actions will increase throughout these phases
Te events that make up these three phases are described
briefly below Details of specific encounters are provided
in sections following this one
Phase One Laying Pipe
Before going on the offensive against the Investigator
the Fiend will spend some weeks silently preparing
During this time it will be trying to stay below the radar
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However several of the Fiendrsquos actions will attractsome notice from city authorities Tanks to that twoodd newspaper articles appear in the local daily duringthis phase On the surface they appear unrelated buteach is bizarre enough to warrant some attention
It is entirely possible that the investigators willmistakenly draw connections between these clues
and whatever other Mythos terror they are currentlypursuing Do not discourage this Any digging intothe circumstances described in the articles will failto connect them with their ongoing investigationequally it will fail to unearth anything about theFiend Later these events acquire more meaning
Events in Phase One
When What
One Tursday Night Dogs Begin to Howl
A Saturday Morning Te First Newspaper Article
A week and a half later Te Second Newspaper Article
Phase Two Strange Things Happen
Once the Fiend has decided the time is right to beginits crusade of revenge it begins with some subtle actsof fiendishness but quickly ramps these up to becomemore shocking and disgusting None of them involve
direct intervention by the Fiend rather they rely onmanipulating previously benign and harmless elementsfrom the Investigatorrsquos own life Coincident with thesedisturbing personal attacks are a series of bad dreams which seem maddeningly related
Events in Phase Two
Tese begin about a week after the second newspaperarticle and can follow whatever tempo the Keeper wishes
a Te Investigatorrsquos Pet Vanishesb Strange Coincidences around the Investigatorrsquos house
c Te First Bad Dream + Teft of the Dead Relative
d Te Second Bad Dream + Te Pet Comes back (Zombified)
e More Disturbing ldquoAnonymous Atrocitiesrdquo around the house
f Te Tird Bad Dream + Te Ex-Investigator Arrives (Zombified)
Phase Three The Deadwave
Eventually the Fiend will decide itrsquos time to stoptoying with the Investigator via subtle means Tatrsquos when it decides to unleash its secret weapon ndash thearmy of zombies it has been brewing in secret ndash on theInvestigator in his or her home Tis is the Deadwave
Assuming anyone survives this frontal assault clues will point to the abattoir being used by the Fiend asa lair Tis sets the scene for a final confrontation andhopefully a final resolution to the Fiendrsquos crusade
Further Ideas
Tis scenario is yours to shape and mould By now yoursquove
got the idea by plotting the past home and family ofthe Investigator you open up a lot of vulnerable spots You can use more as needs be Perhaps some of theirliving relatives might be kidnapped and killed or theirfriends lovers workmates etc Te Fiend has no scruplesor mercy when it comes to getting revenge
Te reanimated non-player characters in the scenariohave a particular balance and order of appearance you may wish though to add more Te Fiend could
be intact with its henchmen from life now all deadand twice as unpleasant more of the Investigatorrsquosrelatives could come back from the grave includingthe ones he or she never liked in life and if the keeperreally wants to go berserk bring on every person theInvestigator has ever killed all eager for revenge
LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS
Body of girl missing
Man sought by police
Police are seeking Mr Clem Baker a local mortician
Baker (pictured below) was last seen at the funeral
parlour of which he is a partner Baker amp Ratchett
on Thursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associate Stephen
Ratchett that he would be staying behind to prepare
the body of a local girl for burial on Friday Mr
Ratchett reports that working late was by no means
an unusual practice and had been done by both
men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived at work at eight
am on Friday morning he noted that the lights
were still on in the building The company hearse
was missing and the body of the girl was no longer
on the premises Investigations have ascertained that
Baker did not return to his lodgings on Thursday
night A number of tools and chemicals are also
missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released toprevent further distress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
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Bakerrsquos Lodgings theyrsquoll need to break in or obtainpolice permission to inspect it (see above) Itrsquos a bachelorapartment By the looks of it Baker hadnrsquot packed to leave
Te Dead Girl it is hard to learn who she was Te police must be sincerely convinced (specialPersuade) of the investigatorsrsquo good intentions
before releasing the name Failing that they couldtry to trick one of the officers (Fast alk with anIN x5 roll from the cop) She was Dianne Castilleof a middle class suburb She was sixteen at the timeof her death she broke her neck when she dived inat the shallow end of a swimming pool She hadred hair and was about five foot six Her parents areshocked senseless at the bodyrsquos theft
A Witness in the day following the article a cab driver
contacts the police to say that he saw the hearse headingsouth away from the funeral parlour He maintainsthere were three people in the front seat It is one ofmany reported sightings and associated crank calls andthe police do not pay especial attention to it
Tatrsquos as far as the case goes Tere are furthernewspaper reports but no fresh information
The Second Article Bus Lost
About a week and a half later a second disappearance isreported in the newspaper under the headline ldquoB983157983155 L983151983155983156rdquo
Give the players Handout 2 from the sheet of handoutsrelevant to the era the text of this article appears nearby
What really happened the Fiend has been busyIt has acquired some real estate a disused abattoir A workshop for fresh walking dead has been setup Several vehicles are on site including the hearse
and a (stolen) delivery van (horse-drawn cart in the
PHASE ONE EVENTS
The Dogs Begin to Howl
One Tursday night all the neighbourhood dogs are setoff First one dog then another then a chorus howlingand growling If the Investigator has a dog it too raises
its muzzle and wails and then fur stiff and bristling hidesunder the table Outside owners curse and swear at thebeasts After about fifteen minutes they all quiet down
Te dogs are upset by the visitation of Nyarlathotep who appears in town briefly to drop the Fiend
The First Newspaper Article
Undertaker Disappears
An article appears in the local paper on Saturday
morning under the headline ldquoL983151983139983137983148 U983150983140983141983154983156983137983147983141983154D983145983155983137983152983152983141983137983154983155rdquo See the handout page relevant to theera in which the game is set (1890s 1920s or Modern)and give the players Handout 1 Te text of this articleis repeated nearby
What really happened the Fiend hit town andrealized that the first thing it was going to need wasa mortician It was in need of embalming It foundBaker and made him do the job It then revived the
girl as a drone zombie By this stage Baker had losthis mind and did what he was told in a kind of stupor Te three drove away in the hearse
Curious investigators might look into the matterHere are further sources of information noted briefly
Te Funeral Parlour theyrsquoll need the consent of thePolice to get in (Debate or Law) A special Spot Hid-den notes in the preparation room an unused 45
calibre shell rolled under a cabinet
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1890s) Te Fiend also saw a need for a bus (or aGaslight-era horse-drawn omnibus) and hijackedthis one at gunpoint Marsh the driver was forcedto drive the bus to the Fiendrsquos hideout where ithas been hidden in a shed Marsh was killed andsubsequently brought back to life
Again the investigators might follow this up Tey learn
Te Bus is just your standard bus
Te Route is just your standard suburban route Itrsquos afairly quiet area South of the central business district
Te Driver William Marsh was about as reliable asthe next man He wasnrsquot a workaholic but he did his job His wife has no idea where he is and is a littlecynical about it - she thinks hersquos just cleared off If theinvestigators ask the Marshrsquos neighbours they learnthat the two fought like cat and dog
Te Last Passenger the police can point them to thisperson (Persuade or similar to get the name and addressor Law to get a copy of his statement) He is RudolphZymenski a factory worker He was coming home onthe bus after doing a late shift He got off at his stopas usual Te passenger waiting outside was dressed indark clothing and wore a hat Zymenski said that hehad a bad smell about him If they interview Zymenskia Psychology roll detects that he is uncomfortable abouttalking about the man If asked why he answers that hedoesnrsquot know he just felt uneasy In truth once he wasout of the bus he ran all the way home
Like the undertaker affair nothing else comes tolight in the bus case
PHASE TWO EVENTS
STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
About a week later the Fiend is ready Bad things start
Use the order given below Some events may need to bereshuffled or modified in response to the investigatorsrsquoactions You need not use every one some yousimply may not be able to implement others wonrsquotbe appropriate Tink of them as examples to conduct your own campaign of terror Add to them
Te major thing to remember is that althoughthe Fiend is cunning it is not invisible Once theInvestigator gets vigilant they might stake out theirown house Give credit where credit is due it may bethe only way theyrsquoll catch their tormentor
Here are some simple precautions the Fiend generally takes
e Disguise It occasionally dresses up as apostman a pregnant woman a repairman etc(o be precise it gets the undertaker to dressit) So it may be around when they are lookingfor it but in an unexpected form
e Distraction When the investigators are getting wise to it it arranges bluffs For example if theFiend wants to do something in their front yardit creates a ruckus in the back yard to draw themaway even if itrsquos only pitching a rock over the roofIf it wants them away from the back of the houseit might get one of its dead to make a phonecall (or send a telegram) to draw them into thehallway (Of course the dead have nothing to sayso any phone conversation isnrsquot a long one)
BUS LOST
Driver and vehicle reported missing
Police were notified late last night of the apparent disap-
pearance of a town bus Neither bus nor driver returned
to the depot on the conclusion of the nightrsquos service
The bus was license number B-039 and was on route19 The driver is Mr William Marsh Marsh was last
seen setting down a passenger and collecting one
at ten minutes to eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long
Road since then there has been no sighting
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the
bus to contact them immediately Door-to-door
enquiries along Long Road and the surrounding
district are presently being undertaken
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e Parking a street or two away It wonrsquot just lob upto the front door generally it parks the vehicleand sneaks around Sometimes it prefers to makea bold entrance (see below)
e Means of escape It likes to keep a rescue vehiclehandy or something that will create a distraction
while it gets away
Tis scenario is a mystery that your players aim tosolve so play fair but play mean
FIENDISHNESS
Space these as you see fit Te first ones should be acouple of days apart each then the pace picks up
THE INVESTIGATORrsquoS PET VANISHES
Teir Pet vanishes quietly No sign of a struggle oranything like that It wants to be let out one night anddoesnrsquot come home again
If they think to ask their neighbours no-one sawanything although at the third house they makeenquiries at someone recalls hearing a heavy car (orhansom cab if it rsquos the 1890s) in the street that night
COINCIDENTAL CRUELTIES
Te Fiend starts popping by in the night or while theInvestigator is out and doing little odd jobs At firstthese seem just bad luck Some examples
e Teir rubbish bin is overturned presumably bya dog they think Teir rubbish is strewn acrossthe street If they think to rack a successful rolldiscovers boot prints around the bin not paw prints
e Snails eat all the mail in the letter box A NaturalHistory roll indicates that perhaps the letter boxis a bit too dry for comfortable snail habitation
e Pickets from their fence go missing as if someone was taking them for firewood
e (for 1920s and modern settings) Teir newspaperstops being delivered Te newsagent maintains theyhad word that the Investigator wanted the paper
cancelled It must have been a mix-up they apologize
e (for 1890s or 1920s settings) Teir daily deliveryof ice ceases inexplicably under the samecircumstances as described above
e A van (or horse-drawn cart) pulls up and twomen get out and deliver an incredibly ugly andheavy piece of furniture Tey ask the Investigatorto sign for it Tey refuse to manhandle it backinto the van (cart) even if it is a mistake this is thecorrect address the item is paid for and itrsquos theirlunch break Te item has no actual significancebut unless the Investigator can convince the men
to take it away (Fast alk or a bribe) it remainson their porch making getting in and out of thefront door inconvenient
BAD DREAMS
Te Investigator suffers three bad dreams each of which herald some new horror when they wake Tese are legitimate dreams so the Investigator has
no control over them Te keeper may employ changeof perspective inability to act and inexorable motionall of the things which make real nightmares soclaustrophobic and disturbing
THE FIRST BAD DREAM
One night they dream the following Tey are beingchased Tey canrsquot see what is chasing them butthey know it is just behind them Tey can hear its
shambling pursuit It seems close enough to breatheon them but they can hear no breathing Teyare running along corridors down stairs throughdarkened rooms Finally in a room with a windowthey feel they have lost their pursuer Ten there isa great shattering of glass and an arm through the window and a voice hissing ldquoIrsquom backrdquo
A Present
and they toss in their bed head fouled with sleepsheets roiled with sweat ime for a Sanity roll costing01 Teir throat is dry their limbs are trembling Atime to remember the empty space on their bed wheretheir Pet should be sleeping
INSANITIES
Appropriate insanities arising from the course of
this scenario include fear of death fear of being
buried alive the conclusion that everyone else in
the world is dead and good old catatonia (some-
times itrsquos easier just to shut down)
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Te Investigator sure could use a glass of water Asthey move around the house they see that the breakingglass of their dream was reality A front window hasbeen smashed inward Tere is an object lying on thefloor Another Sanity roll for the blending of dreamand reality losing 01 again
Tere is a sudden pounding on the front door It is a
neighbour he heard the breaking glass is everything okay
When they get to inspect the object it is somemanner of artefact thematically linked with theFiend in life Tat is to say if the Fiend is Lang Fu(from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) it could be a Chinesepuzzle box if the Fiend is Jerry (from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo) it could be a heavy ankh if the Fiend isBaron Hauptmann (from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) itcould be an odd pair of binoculars If the Investigatordoes not make the connection let it be an enigma Teyrsquoll discover the truth soon enough
Te object was thrown from a moving vehicle Againif they ask around on a Luck roll they find a neighbour who saw it briefly Tey had the impression it was along black automobilecarriage (the hearse in fact)
THE DEAD RELATIVE IS STOLEN
Te next morning a ringing telephone wakes them
It is the police Te grave of their Dead Relative isunearthed and is now vacant Could they come down tothe station to help with enquiries A Sanity roll shouldbe made as they put the phone down costing 11D3
Te facts of the theft are simple Someone broke into thecemetery overnight and excavated the grave Te coffinhas been broken open the body is gone Te police canrsquotdo much Tey are obliged to tell the Investigator aboutthe theft and ask if they have any ideas Tey express
their shock and outrage and promise to work on the caseday and night Nothing further comes of it
An Oratory or Law roll can get the police to confessthat this is the latest of a series of exhumations Teyhave lost a half-dozen bodies in the last fortnight from various places Tey are keeping details of the cases outof the newspapers for fear of widespread panic
If the Investigator presses the point they can learn who these missing people were (Persuade) All hadbeen dead less than a month See nearby box
Te grave-robbing continues and a few days later thepolice are forced to reveal the situation Citizen watchesare posted in the cemeteries in town Tefts are thenreported in outlying districts No-one is seen or caught
THE SECOND BAD DREAM
Tat night the Investigator dreams he or she is
walking in a graveyard Mist swirls around everythingSoftly someone can be heard calling their name TeInvestigator follows the sound and arrives at the grave-side of the Dead Relative Arms burst out of the earthand pull the dreamer down
Change of perspective Te Investigator is now in thecoffin buried Te dreamer can smell his or her own rotand putrefaction Ten there is a bump on the coffinlid and another a shovel digging down striking thetop of the box A rasping voice from above ldquoYou canrsquot
hide in thererdquo Te shovel hitting the lid Bump Bump
The Pet Comes Back
Bump Bump Te Investigator wakes up Roll Sanityfor the dream losing 01 Te bumping sound that wakes the dreamer is real It comes from the front doorIf the Investigator peeks out to see whorsquos there initiallyhe or she sees nobody not at head height anyway it istheir Pet returned bumping at the door wanting in
If the Investigator opens the door the animal walksin It is home safe and sound Te Investigatorrsquos joysoon sours as it becomes plain that the animal is not well It moves stiffly It collides with the furniture It istotally silent It smells awful
How does the Investigator first find that their Pet isactually dead Tere are many clues It has no interestin food or water the flies hover around it and yet theanimal makes no attempt to brush them off a Listenroll detects that it does not breathe a Spot Hidden
notices that it has no pulse When the truth comes Sanity loss is 1D31D8 Whatever violent emotional response is wrought fromthe Investigator the Pet has no reaction whatsoeverbut stands dumbly and looks on
Missing Bodies
Joe Plimsoll 42 mechanic cause of deathskull fracture from rolling truckcarriage
Edna Delaware 34 nurse cause of deathfell down flight of stairs
Randy Thompson 24 student cause of
death football injury
Klaus Tod 31 labourer cause of deathfalling masonry
Bess Kellerman 43 stenographer cause ofdeath struck by automobilehansom cab
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When the Investigator recovers from the shock he orshe must decide what do about it Te faithful owner canleave it be but the animal takes to following him or heraround everywhere smelling worse and worse Each dayit is around costs an automatic 1 point of Sanity Or theInvestigator can kill it which takes a couple of blows Te animal just stands there and takes it Tis is just asupsetting and costs an automatic 1D4 points of Sanity
Te distraught owner will then probably bury it When he or she picks the body up a Spot Hiddennotices a scattering of red dust in the animalrsquos mattedfur (this is from the abattoir yard) A Geology rollnotes that this red dust is common around the South-Eastern fringe of town mostly industrial suburbs Itblows across many of the yards and back lots there
If the Investigator heads off on a random search for dustyred yards the magnitude of the task is overwhelmingHe or she has only a 5 chance per day of stumblingacross the right place by this method but the keeper
should drag out the exploration of a few innocuoussites first (graveyards rubbish tips quarries)
ANONYMOUS ATROCITIES
Te small inconveniences become twisted andinexplicable and it is clear that they are not ill luck orcoincidence Some examples
e wo bottles of milk are left on the step as usualExcept instead of two white bottles therersquos one
white and one red One pint of milk one pint offresh human blood (Sanity loss 01D3)
e A letter is delivered Te envelope contains a smallclump of human hair An Idea roll indicates that
the colour is the same as that of the Dead RelativeCaught along the gum sealing the flap are a fewgrains of red dust (see above) (Sanity loss 01D2)
e Overnight the front yard is filled with frogsand toads Some are mildly poisonous All aredisgusting (Sanity loss 01)
e A neighbour cheerfully delivers a small packagelsquomistakenlyrsquo delivered to them (the addressee has written the name of the Investigator but put downthe wrong street number) Te package contains abundle of old rusty spent bullets A note is affixedlsquoH983137983158983141 983144983141983149 B983137983139983147rsquo (Tese are bullets which theInvestigator or their friend shot at the Fiend which it has gouged out of its flesh Only use thisif they gunned down the Fiend back when it wasalive) (Sanity no loss unless theyrsquove guessed the
Fiendrsquos identity in which case 01)
e Washing left on the line is crawling with flies If theinsects are all brushed away traces of excrement arefound smeared on the material (Sanity loss 01)
IF THE INVESTIGATOR LEAVES HOME
It would be a wise move around now for the Investigatorto leave An unknown villain is in pursuit mdash why stay
around and be easy prey
Abandoning onersquos home though is a drastic moveand signals both victory to their unknown persecutorand the end of their former life Moving out coststhe Investigator 1 point of Sanity
Where does the Investigator relocate A hotel Afriendrsquos house (putting that friend at risk too) Teback seat of their carcarriage Another town
If he or she leaves totally the scenario is for nowover But the patient dead Fiend tracks its prey downeventually You will need to extend and modify thescenario but somewhere a bus-full of dead peopleroll through the night on the Investigatorrsquos trail
If he or she stays in town the Fiend will try to find its hatedenemy You must judge how long this will take judged onthe ingenuity of the Investigatorrsquos smoke screen
As soon as it becomes apparent that its prey has leftthe Fiend places an ad in the Personal Notices
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] Please come home I know wecan work it out Tings will only get worse if you stayaway much worse Believe me Much worse Pleasecome home [Fiendrsquos first initial]rdquo
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
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Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
S983156983154983141983141983156983155 the less they have to say about it
Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
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In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
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d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
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A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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CLEAR CREDIT
This scenario was written by Mark Morrison and first published in the
Chaosium Digest Volume 9 Number 4 (December 1994)
Editorial and PDF layout design for this version was by
Dean Engelhardt (deancsadelaideeduau)
Proofreading and Copy Editing Andy Miller
The Zombie photograph which makes up the bottom third of the front cover was taken by ldquosookierdquo (user 416style on flickrcom) and
released under a Creative Commons License (with attribution) The snarling zombie on the inner title page is based on an image by
GORKALKM shared under a Creative Commons License (with attribution) The two zombie dog photos come from public online sources
(one is by laskawolf on DeviantArt released under Creative Commons License the other is from a classified advertisement on hooblycom
neither depict animals which have been injured or harmed for-real) The broken window photograph is by Tomas Castelazo shared under
a Creative Commons License The image of the devilish winged figure looming above a town is a sketch by AlwaysDisconcerted (alwaysdis-
concerteddeviantartcom) inspired by a classic image from FW Murnaursquos 1926 silent movie Faust The tattooed zombie in the ldquoZombie
Statisticsrdquo box is a photograph of Rick the Zombie Boy from wtfhubcom shared under the Free Art License
Remaining images are sourced either from clipart collections or sources for which copyright has expired
This PDF edition was published in February 2012 on the Cthulhu Reborn blog (cthulhurebornwordpresscom)It is a copyrighted work but is released for free distribution under a Creative Commons License
Authorrsquos NoteSome things get born no matter how much you try to stop them
Herersquos the proof Deadwave the scenario that no-one wanted I wrote this in a frenzy somewhere
in the 1990s My inspiration was what if your worst enemy the one you killed came back from
the dead He would have no grand plan no network of cultists no ingenious design all he would want is to cut you up Slowly
With that vindictive goal in mind it pretty much wrote itself the bus full of zombies came along
for the ride I playtested it with my regular players dismaying them no end that Baron Hauptman
was back and that was nearly the end of its wild ride the finest Call of Cthulhu editors of our
generation declined to use it
Looking back now I can see why therersquos no mystery here no investigation no cleverness just
raw spite and miscellaneous body parts However it did get published on Shannon Appelcinersquos
legendary Chaosium Digest a fine mailing list entirely dedicated to the discussion and love of
Chaosiumrsquos games and worlds
Itrsquos from that usenet obscurity that Dean has unearthed it Hersquos picked off the worms and given
it a makeover that would do any funeral director proud with the brilliant idea of duplicating the
handouts across all three major time periods for Call of Cthulhu Irsquom humbled that he has gone to
such an effort to reanimate this old thing and hope that yoursquoll enjoy running it
Your players though will probably hate my guts
Mark Morrison
February 2012
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Hatred and Revenge
Tese are universal and timeless themes Tey motivatemany of the most familiar tales both from fiction andfrom history D EADWAVE is a Call of Cthulhu scenariofuelled by hatred and revenge writ large by theforces of the Mythos It explores an unsettling notion
what happens when the cold and impersonal forces ofLovecraftrsquos universe decide to rise from their detachedslumber to take a personal interest in an Investigator who has thwarted them one too many times
Because tales of revenge are inherently personal andinherently relate back to events that happened in thepast this scenario differs in format to most publishedadventures Rather than providing a rigid set of pre-determined places characters and events around which
the plot is staged this scenario expects certain keyelements to be provided by the Keeper based on whathas come before Te adventure is written in a generic way that provides a detailed sequence of (horrific)events into which these Keeper-supplied charactersand situations are incorporated You can think of it asa kind of ldquoScenario emplaterdquo from which a highly-customised crusade of vengeance against your playersrsquocharacters can be easily produced
SCENARIO CONSIDERATIONS
Tis scenario is not set in an unknown ldquoMansion ofMadnessrdquo but in an investigatorrsquos own home Teevents outlined below are revenge enacted on one ofthe player characters Te horror comes to the victimrsquosdoorstep and encompasses their friends and familySlow breakdown and madness are the inevitable result
Use this scenario simultaneously with another if you
can let this one be a sleeper something nasty for themto come home to at night
Tis scenario targets one player character as the victim most of the writing centers around thisinvestigator (hereafter referred to capitalised toavoid confusion) Te scenario is however designedfor group play It is unlikely that the Investigator willget through without some stalwart friends
KEEPERrsquoS INTRODUCTION
Somebody is back from the grave Somebody bad
Somebody the Investigator killed with good reason
Somebody who should have stayed dead Somebody who didnrsquot Somebody who wants to get even
Somebody bad For the purposes of this scenario
this adversary is called ldquoTe Fiendrdquo ndash the Keeper will
decide on his or her identity
THE BACK STORY
Nyarlathotep the Messenger of the Outer Gods has
doubtlessly suffered many indignities at the hands ofthe Investigator ime and again plans for the worldrsquos
destruction are foiled (eg F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH and
M ASKS OF N YARLATHOTEP ) or favourite servants are
killed (eg Hesper Payne from Season of the Witch in
REVENGE A TIMELESS EVIL
The events which make up DEADWAVE are as time-
less as the basic motivation for revenge The Inves-
tigatorrsquos foe strikes at him or her through family
through a loyal pet and through a former fellow
investigator All of these modes of attack and their
specific circumstances work equally well in any ofthe gamersquos settings Specifically you can run DEAD-
WAVE just as easily in the 1920s ldquoClassic Erardquo the
1890s ldquoGaslight Erardquo or the modern day It would
work just as well in the Delta Green universe
The scenario makes use of a pair of newspaper arti-
cles as early clues To make it easy to run the adven-
ture in any of the settings mentioned above three
different sets of handouts are provided at the back
each with a ldquolook-and-feelrdquo appropriate to one of the
settings (1920s 1890s modern)
When reading the scenario events Keepers should
take note of elements which need slightly modified
description to make them period-specific For exam-
ple the motorised bus stolen in a 1920s or modern-
day version of the adventure would translate to a
horse-drawn omnibus pilfered from the streets of
1890s London Zombies work just as well in all set-
tings (as a recent franchise of Jane Austen mash-up
novels have proven)
Because of its assumption of newspaper clues and
other basic technology adapting the scenario to set-
tings such as Cthulhu Invictus or Cthulhu Dark Ages
would require more wholesale changes
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HP LOVECRAFT rsquo S DREAMLANDS ) Tis revenge is asmuch Nyarlathoteprsquos as it is the Fiendrsquos
One dark and moonless night the great beastNyarlathotep lands by the lonely grave of the Fiend Itscoops the lifeless corpse out of the earth and gashes openthe corpsersquos throat with one long nail Into the wound itpours a quantity of its own black blood Te corpse stirs
A bargain is struck Te black God has given theFiend life only if it will destroy the Investigator TeFiend ignited with the bitterness of memory agreesNyarlathotep enfolds it and launches into the ethergreat dark wings beating First they call at the graveof one of the Investigatorrsquos deceased former cohorts(aka ldquothe Ex-Investigatorrdquo) to retrieve the body forfuture amusements Nyarlathotep then flies to thehome town of the Investigator and sets the Fiend and
corpse down errible laughter rolls against the starsas the black shape wings away
Te Fiend exists for this task alone It has the patienceof the dead It would be easy just to lie in ambushcatch its quarry and eat it alive too easy It wants amore total victory a complete levelling of mind andspirit No deed is too foul in accomplishing this end
It is diabolically clever Every action is carefullythought through and judged against the possibility ofdiscovery Te slow dead mind turns it all over andconcocts the most appalling and cunning plans
PEOPLE AND PLACES
Before you run this scenario you must identify anumber of key characters Tese have been given labelsonly so that you can tailor them to suit the person youare going to harass You must build these elements
into your campaign first No use telling the playerthat his or her investigator has a pet on the very dayit disappears introduce it a few games earlier let theInvestigator adopt it and have it follow the characteraround Similarly let the Investigator hear of a relativersquossickness and quiet death a few weeks beforehand sothat it hits harder when the body is dug up and stolen
Here are the things to settle on before you can begin
The Investigator
Tis is obviously the first thing for you to decide who He or she should be a character who has been inplay for a while at least half-a-dozen scenarios andpreferably a full campaign Itrsquos totally unsuitable for
a starting character Here are three different methodsfor making your choice
e the one who has done the most damage to theMythos He or she would be the logical choice fora vendetta
e the one with the most Sanity Points A pragmatic
decision by you the keeper as lesser people mightcrack too early
e the player in your roleplaying group who is themost quiet Tis brings them to the fore and givesthem a good go for once amidst the rowdier andmore outgoing players
The Fiend
Tis is the villain of the piece the one plottingrevenge Choose someone who the Investigatorcame up against in a previous scenario It should besomebody who caused the Investigator much painand grief whilst alive somebody they remember withrevulsion and loathing It can be a major league evil(like Baron Hauptmann from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH )or a minor league psycho (like Jerry from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo from HP LOVECRAFT rsquo S DREAMLANDS )Here are some criteria
e its body must not have been totally destroyed(blasted to smithereens melted by acid crumbledto dust etc) It must be someone who it is possibleto dig up and reanimate
e the Investigator yoursquove chosen to hound musthave been instrumental in the fiendrsquos death
e the fiend must have been familiar with technologyin life For example our Fiend steals and drives a
bus (or horse-drawn omnibus if itrsquos the 1890s) aninsane Bedouin could not do that
The House
Tink about the Investigatorrsquos home Is it anapartment A house Single story Does it have acellar An attic A back door Have a map readyDepending on the era and type of house maybesomething from Chaosiumrsquos Tis Old Haunted House
pair of Monographs might suffice Perhaps it hasalready been a feature of your campaign Get theplayerrsquos thoughts on it but only when you need toany player knows to get suspicious when the Keeperstarts asking odd questions
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Te general assumption in the scenario is that theInvestigator has a house in the suburbs If they livein an apartment or upstairs above a pizza parlour or whatever yoursquoll probably have to modify some eventsNeighbours also figure in the scenario you might liketo draw up a little street map and identify the peoplethat live in each house Tis gives the player a senseof place and community and shocks him or her more
when death kicks open all the doors in their street
If the Investigator lives out of town on a large estateor in the old Van Laaden place or wherever you mayneed to change events further still
The Pet
Te Investigatorrsquos pet if they donrsquot have one introduceone A dog is best a cat is a good second after that you can do a budgie or a hamster or something if
you must but it just wouldnrsquot work too well Fish areright out How about letting them adopt a monkeyin some Egyptian scenario Whatever you use makesure they have time to get fond of it
The Dead Relative
Tis should be someone recently dead (althoughnot necessarily) It can be an old person say agrandmother or an uncle or a young person say a
nephew or a cousin Decide how they die work it intothe campaign and have the Investigator attend theirfuneral Teir death should be sad but apparentlynatural A Sanity roll would still be appropriate fornormal everyday grief costing 1 point if failed
The Ex-Investigator
Tis is someone dead someone who fought alongside
the Investigator and died a horrible death at the hands
of the Mythos If you havenrsquot got someone from the
campaign you can use deploy one of those famous
lsquodead friendsrsquo that many scenarios start up with (eg
Jackson Elias from M ASKS OF N YARLATHOTEP ) As per
the Fiend they must have been buried with body intact
PLAYERrsquoS INTRODUCTION
Tere is no player introduction Tere is no warning
When the Fiend is ready it comes for them
THREE STEP PROGRAM
Te Fiendrsquos crusade of revenge against the Investigator will be broken into three loose phases preparation
subtle affliction and the Deadwave ndash a none-too-subtleall-out assault Te tempo and severity of the Fiendrsquos
actions will increase throughout these phases
Te events that make up these three phases are described
briefly below Details of specific encounters are provided
in sections following this one
Phase One Laying Pipe
Before going on the offensive against the Investigator
the Fiend will spend some weeks silently preparing
During this time it will be trying to stay below the radar
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However several of the Fiendrsquos actions will attractsome notice from city authorities Tanks to that twoodd newspaper articles appear in the local daily duringthis phase On the surface they appear unrelated buteach is bizarre enough to warrant some attention
It is entirely possible that the investigators willmistakenly draw connections between these clues
and whatever other Mythos terror they are currentlypursuing Do not discourage this Any digging intothe circumstances described in the articles will failto connect them with their ongoing investigationequally it will fail to unearth anything about theFiend Later these events acquire more meaning
Events in Phase One
When What
One Tursday Night Dogs Begin to Howl
A Saturday Morning Te First Newspaper Article
A week and a half later Te Second Newspaper Article
Phase Two Strange Things Happen
Once the Fiend has decided the time is right to beginits crusade of revenge it begins with some subtle actsof fiendishness but quickly ramps these up to becomemore shocking and disgusting None of them involve
direct intervention by the Fiend rather they rely onmanipulating previously benign and harmless elementsfrom the Investigatorrsquos own life Coincident with thesedisturbing personal attacks are a series of bad dreams which seem maddeningly related
Events in Phase Two
Tese begin about a week after the second newspaperarticle and can follow whatever tempo the Keeper wishes
a Te Investigatorrsquos Pet Vanishesb Strange Coincidences around the Investigatorrsquos house
c Te First Bad Dream + Teft of the Dead Relative
d Te Second Bad Dream + Te Pet Comes back (Zombified)
e More Disturbing ldquoAnonymous Atrocitiesrdquo around the house
f Te Tird Bad Dream + Te Ex-Investigator Arrives (Zombified)
Phase Three The Deadwave
Eventually the Fiend will decide itrsquos time to stoptoying with the Investigator via subtle means Tatrsquos when it decides to unleash its secret weapon ndash thearmy of zombies it has been brewing in secret ndash on theInvestigator in his or her home Tis is the Deadwave
Assuming anyone survives this frontal assault clues will point to the abattoir being used by the Fiend asa lair Tis sets the scene for a final confrontation andhopefully a final resolution to the Fiendrsquos crusade
Further Ideas
Tis scenario is yours to shape and mould By now yoursquove
got the idea by plotting the past home and family ofthe Investigator you open up a lot of vulnerable spots You can use more as needs be Perhaps some of theirliving relatives might be kidnapped and killed or theirfriends lovers workmates etc Te Fiend has no scruplesor mercy when it comes to getting revenge
Te reanimated non-player characters in the scenariohave a particular balance and order of appearance you may wish though to add more Te Fiend could
be intact with its henchmen from life now all deadand twice as unpleasant more of the Investigatorrsquosrelatives could come back from the grave includingthe ones he or she never liked in life and if the keeperreally wants to go berserk bring on every person theInvestigator has ever killed all eager for revenge
LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS
Body of girl missing
Man sought by police
Police are seeking Mr Clem Baker a local mortician
Baker (pictured below) was last seen at the funeral
parlour of which he is a partner Baker amp Ratchett
on Thursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associate Stephen
Ratchett that he would be staying behind to prepare
the body of a local girl for burial on Friday Mr
Ratchett reports that working late was by no means
an unusual practice and had been done by both
men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived at work at eight
am on Friday morning he noted that the lights
were still on in the building The company hearse
was missing and the body of the girl was no longer
on the premises Investigations have ascertained that
Baker did not return to his lodgings on Thursday
night A number of tools and chemicals are also
missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released toprevent further distress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
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Bakerrsquos Lodgings theyrsquoll need to break in or obtainpolice permission to inspect it (see above) Itrsquos a bachelorapartment By the looks of it Baker hadnrsquot packed to leave
Te Dead Girl it is hard to learn who she was Te police must be sincerely convinced (specialPersuade) of the investigatorsrsquo good intentions
before releasing the name Failing that they couldtry to trick one of the officers (Fast alk with anIN x5 roll from the cop) She was Dianne Castilleof a middle class suburb She was sixteen at the timeof her death she broke her neck when she dived inat the shallow end of a swimming pool She hadred hair and was about five foot six Her parents areshocked senseless at the bodyrsquos theft
A Witness in the day following the article a cab driver
contacts the police to say that he saw the hearse headingsouth away from the funeral parlour He maintainsthere were three people in the front seat It is one ofmany reported sightings and associated crank calls andthe police do not pay especial attention to it
Tatrsquos as far as the case goes Tere are furthernewspaper reports but no fresh information
The Second Article Bus Lost
About a week and a half later a second disappearance isreported in the newspaper under the headline ldquoB983157983155 L983151983155983156rdquo
Give the players Handout 2 from the sheet of handoutsrelevant to the era the text of this article appears nearby
What really happened the Fiend has been busyIt has acquired some real estate a disused abattoir A workshop for fresh walking dead has been setup Several vehicles are on site including the hearse
and a (stolen) delivery van (horse-drawn cart in the
PHASE ONE EVENTS
The Dogs Begin to Howl
One Tursday night all the neighbourhood dogs are setoff First one dog then another then a chorus howlingand growling If the Investigator has a dog it too raises
its muzzle and wails and then fur stiff and bristling hidesunder the table Outside owners curse and swear at thebeasts After about fifteen minutes they all quiet down
Te dogs are upset by the visitation of Nyarlathotep who appears in town briefly to drop the Fiend
The First Newspaper Article
Undertaker Disappears
An article appears in the local paper on Saturday
morning under the headline ldquoL983151983139983137983148 U983150983140983141983154983156983137983147983141983154D983145983155983137983152983152983141983137983154983155rdquo See the handout page relevant to theera in which the game is set (1890s 1920s or Modern)and give the players Handout 1 Te text of this articleis repeated nearby
What really happened the Fiend hit town andrealized that the first thing it was going to need wasa mortician It was in need of embalming It foundBaker and made him do the job It then revived the
girl as a drone zombie By this stage Baker had losthis mind and did what he was told in a kind of stupor Te three drove away in the hearse
Curious investigators might look into the matterHere are further sources of information noted briefly
Te Funeral Parlour theyrsquoll need the consent of thePolice to get in (Debate or Law) A special Spot Hid-den notes in the preparation room an unused 45
calibre shell rolled under a cabinet
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1890s) Te Fiend also saw a need for a bus (or aGaslight-era horse-drawn omnibus) and hijackedthis one at gunpoint Marsh the driver was forcedto drive the bus to the Fiendrsquos hideout where ithas been hidden in a shed Marsh was killed andsubsequently brought back to life
Again the investigators might follow this up Tey learn
Te Bus is just your standard bus
Te Route is just your standard suburban route Itrsquos afairly quiet area South of the central business district
Te Driver William Marsh was about as reliable asthe next man He wasnrsquot a workaholic but he did his job His wife has no idea where he is and is a littlecynical about it - she thinks hersquos just cleared off If theinvestigators ask the Marshrsquos neighbours they learnthat the two fought like cat and dog
Te Last Passenger the police can point them to thisperson (Persuade or similar to get the name and addressor Law to get a copy of his statement) He is RudolphZymenski a factory worker He was coming home onthe bus after doing a late shift He got off at his stopas usual Te passenger waiting outside was dressed indark clothing and wore a hat Zymenski said that hehad a bad smell about him If they interview Zymenskia Psychology roll detects that he is uncomfortable abouttalking about the man If asked why he answers that hedoesnrsquot know he just felt uneasy In truth once he wasout of the bus he ran all the way home
Like the undertaker affair nothing else comes tolight in the bus case
PHASE TWO EVENTS
STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
About a week later the Fiend is ready Bad things start
Use the order given below Some events may need to bereshuffled or modified in response to the investigatorsrsquoactions You need not use every one some yousimply may not be able to implement others wonrsquotbe appropriate Tink of them as examples to conduct your own campaign of terror Add to them
Te major thing to remember is that althoughthe Fiend is cunning it is not invisible Once theInvestigator gets vigilant they might stake out theirown house Give credit where credit is due it may bethe only way theyrsquoll catch their tormentor
Here are some simple precautions the Fiend generally takes
e Disguise It occasionally dresses up as apostman a pregnant woman a repairman etc(o be precise it gets the undertaker to dressit) So it may be around when they are lookingfor it but in an unexpected form
e Distraction When the investigators are getting wise to it it arranges bluffs For example if theFiend wants to do something in their front yardit creates a ruckus in the back yard to draw themaway even if itrsquos only pitching a rock over the roofIf it wants them away from the back of the houseit might get one of its dead to make a phonecall (or send a telegram) to draw them into thehallway (Of course the dead have nothing to sayso any phone conversation isnrsquot a long one)
BUS LOST
Driver and vehicle reported missing
Police were notified late last night of the apparent disap-
pearance of a town bus Neither bus nor driver returned
to the depot on the conclusion of the nightrsquos service
The bus was license number B-039 and was on route19 The driver is Mr William Marsh Marsh was last
seen setting down a passenger and collecting one
at ten minutes to eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long
Road since then there has been no sighting
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the
bus to contact them immediately Door-to-door
enquiries along Long Road and the surrounding
district are presently being undertaken
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e Parking a street or two away It wonrsquot just lob upto the front door generally it parks the vehicleand sneaks around Sometimes it prefers to makea bold entrance (see below)
e Means of escape It likes to keep a rescue vehiclehandy or something that will create a distraction
while it gets away
Tis scenario is a mystery that your players aim tosolve so play fair but play mean
FIENDISHNESS
Space these as you see fit Te first ones should be acouple of days apart each then the pace picks up
THE INVESTIGATORrsquoS PET VANISHES
Teir Pet vanishes quietly No sign of a struggle oranything like that It wants to be let out one night anddoesnrsquot come home again
If they think to ask their neighbours no-one sawanything although at the third house they makeenquiries at someone recalls hearing a heavy car (orhansom cab if it rsquos the 1890s) in the street that night
COINCIDENTAL CRUELTIES
Te Fiend starts popping by in the night or while theInvestigator is out and doing little odd jobs At firstthese seem just bad luck Some examples
e Teir rubbish bin is overturned presumably bya dog they think Teir rubbish is strewn acrossthe street If they think to rack a successful rolldiscovers boot prints around the bin not paw prints
e Snails eat all the mail in the letter box A NaturalHistory roll indicates that perhaps the letter boxis a bit too dry for comfortable snail habitation
e Pickets from their fence go missing as if someone was taking them for firewood
e (for 1920s and modern settings) Teir newspaperstops being delivered Te newsagent maintains theyhad word that the Investigator wanted the paper
cancelled It must have been a mix-up they apologize
e (for 1890s or 1920s settings) Teir daily deliveryof ice ceases inexplicably under the samecircumstances as described above
e A van (or horse-drawn cart) pulls up and twomen get out and deliver an incredibly ugly andheavy piece of furniture Tey ask the Investigatorto sign for it Tey refuse to manhandle it backinto the van (cart) even if it is a mistake this is thecorrect address the item is paid for and itrsquos theirlunch break Te item has no actual significancebut unless the Investigator can convince the men
to take it away (Fast alk or a bribe) it remainson their porch making getting in and out of thefront door inconvenient
BAD DREAMS
Te Investigator suffers three bad dreams each of which herald some new horror when they wake Tese are legitimate dreams so the Investigator has
no control over them Te keeper may employ changeof perspective inability to act and inexorable motionall of the things which make real nightmares soclaustrophobic and disturbing
THE FIRST BAD DREAM
One night they dream the following Tey are beingchased Tey canrsquot see what is chasing them butthey know it is just behind them Tey can hear its
shambling pursuit It seems close enough to breatheon them but they can hear no breathing Teyare running along corridors down stairs throughdarkened rooms Finally in a room with a windowthey feel they have lost their pursuer Ten there isa great shattering of glass and an arm through the window and a voice hissing ldquoIrsquom backrdquo
A Present
and they toss in their bed head fouled with sleepsheets roiled with sweat ime for a Sanity roll costing01 Teir throat is dry their limbs are trembling Atime to remember the empty space on their bed wheretheir Pet should be sleeping
INSANITIES
Appropriate insanities arising from the course of
this scenario include fear of death fear of being
buried alive the conclusion that everyone else in
the world is dead and good old catatonia (some-
times itrsquos easier just to shut down)
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Te Investigator sure could use a glass of water Asthey move around the house they see that the breakingglass of their dream was reality A front window hasbeen smashed inward Tere is an object lying on thefloor Another Sanity roll for the blending of dreamand reality losing 01 again
Tere is a sudden pounding on the front door It is a
neighbour he heard the breaking glass is everything okay
When they get to inspect the object it is somemanner of artefact thematically linked with theFiend in life Tat is to say if the Fiend is Lang Fu(from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) it could be a Chinesepuzzle box if the Fiend is Jerry (from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo) it could be a heavy ankh if the Fiend isBaron Hauptmann (from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) itcould be an odd pair of binoculars If the Investigatordoes not make the connection let it be an enigma Teyrsquoll discover the truth soon enough
Te object was thrown from a moving vehicle Againif they ask around on a Luck roll they find a neighbour who saw it briefly Tey had the impression it was along black automobilecarriage (the hearse in fact)
THE DEAD RELATIVE IS STOLEN
Te next morning a ringing telephone wakes them
It is the police Te grave of their Dead Relative isunearthed and is now vacant Could they come down tothe station to help with enquiries A Sanity roll shouldbe made as they put the phone down costing 11D3
Te facts of the theft are simple Someone broke into thecemetery overnight and excavated the grave Te coffinhas been broken open the body is gone Te police canrsquotdo much Tey are obliged to tell the Investigator aboutthe theft and ask if they have any ideas Tey express
their shock and outrage and promise to work on the caseday and night Nothing further comes of it
An Oratory or Law roll can get the police to confessthat this is the latest of a series of exhumations Teyhave lost a half-dozen bodies in the last fortnight from various places Tey are keeping details of the cases outof the newspapers for fear of widespread panic
If the Investigator presses the point they can learn who these missing people were (Persuade) All hadbeen dead less than a month See nearby box
Te grave-robbing continues and a few days later thepolice are forced to reveal the situation Citizen watchesare posted in the cemeteries in town Tefts are thenreported in outlying districts No-one is seen or caught
THE SECOND BAD DREAM
Tat night the Investigator dreams he or she is
walking in a graveyard Mist swirls around everythingSoftly someone can be heard calling their name TeInvestigator follows the sound and arrives at the grave-side of the Dead Relative Arms burst out of the earthand pull the dreamer down
Change of perspective Te Investigator is now in thecoffin buried Te dreamer can smell his or her own rotand putrefaction Ten there is a bump on the coffinlid and another a shovel digging down striking thetop of the box A rasping voice from above ldquoYou canrsquot
hide in thererdquo Te shovel hitting the lid Bump Bump
The Pet Comes Back
Bump Bump Te Investigator wakes up Roll Sanityfor the dream losing 01 Te bumping sound that wakes the dreamer is real It comes from the front doorIf the Investigator peeks out to see whorsquos there initiallyhe or she sees nobody not at head height anyway it istheir Pet returned bumping at the door wanting in
If the Investigator opens the door the animal walksin It is home safe and sound Te Investigatorrsquos joysoon sours as it becomes plain that the animal is not well It moves stiffly It collides with the furniture It istotally silent It smells awful
How does the Investigator first find that their Pet isactually dead Tere are many clues It has no interestin food or water the flies hover around it and yet theanimal makes no attempt to brush them off a Listenroll detects that it does not breathe a Spot Hidden
notices that it has no pulse When the truth comes Sanity loss is 1D31D8 Whatever violent emotional response is wrought fromthe Investigator the Pet has no reaction whatsoeverbut stands dumbly and looks on
Missing Bodies
Joe Plimsoll 42 mechanic cause of deathskull fracture from rolling truckcarriage
Edna Delaware 34 nurse cause of deathfell down flight of stairs
Randy Thompson 24 student cause of
death football injury
Klaus Tod 31 labourer cause of deathfalling masonry
Bess Kellerman 43 stenographer cause ofdeath struck by automobilehansom cab
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When the Investigator recovers from the shock he orshe must decide what do about it Te faithful owner canleave it be but the animal takes to following him or heraround everywhere smelling worse and worse Each dayit is around costs an automatic 1 point of Sanity Or theInvestigator can kill it which takes a couple of blows Te animal just stands there and takes it Tis is just asupsetting and costs an automatic 1D4 points of Sanity
Te distraught owner will then probably bury it When he or she picks the body up a Spot Hiddennotices a scattering of red dust in the animalrsquos mattedfur (this is from the abattoir yard) A Geology rollnotes that this red dust is common around the South-Eastern fringe of town mostly industrial suburbs Itblows across many of the yards and back lots there
If the Investigator heads off on a random search for dustyred yards the magnitude of the task is overwhelmingHe or she has only a 5 chance per day of stumblingacross the right place by this method but the keeper
should drag out the exploration of a few innocuoussites first (graveyards rubbish tips quarries)
ANONYMOUS ATROCITIES
Te small inconveniences become twisted andinexplicable and it is clear that they are not ill luck orcoincidence Some examples
e wo bottles of milk are left on the step as usualExcept instead of two white bottles therersquos one
white and one red One pint of milk one pint offresh human blood (Sanity loss 01D3)
e A letter is delivered Te envelope contains a smallclump of human hair An Idea roll indicates that
the colour is the same as that of the Dead RelativeCaught along the gum sealing the flap are a fewgrains of red dust (see above) (Sanity loss 01D2)
e Overnight the front yard is filled with frogsand toads Some are mildly poisonous All aredisgusting (Sanity loss 01)
e A neighbour cheerfully delivers a small packagelsquomistakenlyrsquo delivered to them (the addressee has written the name of the Investigator but put downthe wrong street number) Te package contains abundle of old rusty spent bullets A note is affixedlsquoH983137983158983141 983144983141983149 B983137983139983147rsquo (Tese are bullets which theInvestigator or their friend shot at the Fiend which it has gouged out of its flesh Only use thisif they gunned down the Fiend back when it wasalive) (Sanity no loss unless theyrsquove guessed the
Fiendrsquos identity in which case 01)
e Washing left on the line is crawling with flies If theinsects are all brushed away traces of excrement arefound smeared on the material (Sanity loss 01)
IF THE INVESTIGATOR LEAVES HOME
It would be a wise move around now for the Investigatorto leave An unknown villain is in pursuit mdash why stay
around and be easy prey
Abandoning onersquos home though is a drastic moveand signals both victory to their unknown persecutorand the end of their former life Moving out coststhe Investigator 1 point of Sanity
Where does the Investigator relocate A hotel Afriendrsquos house (putting that friend at risk too) Teback seat of their carcarriage Another town
If he or she leaves totally the scenario is for nowover But the patient dead Fiend tracks its prey downeventually You will need to extend and modify thescenario but somewhere a bus-full of dead peopleroll through the night on the Investigatorrsquos trail
If he or she stays in town the Fiend will try to find its hatedenemy You must judge how long this will take judged onthe ingenuity of the Investigatorrsquos smoke screen
As soon as it becomes apparent that its prey has leftthe Fiend places an ad in the Personal Notices
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] Please come home I know wecan work it out Tings will only get worse if you stayaway much worse Believe me Much worse Pleasecome home [Fiendrsquos first initial]rdquo
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
S983157983138983157983154983138983137983150 H983151983157983155983141 reads one headline the next morn-ing C983137983150983150983145983138983137983148 H983151983157983155983141 O983142 H983141983148983148 screams another
Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
S983156983154983141983141983156983155 the less they have to say about it
Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
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n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
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reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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Hatred and Revenge
Tese are universal and timeless themes Tey motivatemany of the most familiar tales both from fiction andfrom history D EADWAVE is a Call of Cthulhu scenariofuelled by hatred and revenge writ large by theforces of the Mythos It explores an unsettling notion
what happens when the cold and impersonal forces ofLovecraftrsquos universe decide to rise from their detachedslumber to take a personal interest in an Investigator who has thwarted them one too many times
Because tales of revenge are inherently personal andinherently relate back to events that happened in thepast this scenario differs in format to most publishedadventures Rather than providing a rigid set of pre-determined places characters and events around which
the plot is staged this scenario expects certain keyelements to be provided by the Keeper based on whathas come before Te adventure is written in a generic way that provides a detailed sequence of (horrific)events into which these Keeper-supplied charactersand situations are incorporated You can think of it asa kind of ldquoScenario emplaterdquo from which a highly-customised crusade of vengeance against your playersrsquocharacters can be easily produced
SCENARIO CONSIDERATIONS
Tis scenario is not set in an unknown ldquoMansion ofMadnessrdquo but in an investigatorrsquos own home Teevents outlined below are revenge enacted on one ofthe player characters Te horror comes to the victimrsquosdoorstep and encompasses their friends and familySlow breakdown and madness are the inevitable result
Use this scenario simultaneously with another if you
can let this one be a sleeper something nasty for themto come home to at night
Tis scenario targets one player character as the victim most of the writing centers around thisinvestigator (hereafter referred to capitalised toavoid confusion) Te scenario is however designedfor group play It is unlikely that the Investigator willget through without some stalwart friends
KEEPERrsquoS INTRODUCTION
Somebody is back from the grave Somebody bad
Somebody the Investigator killed with good reason
Somebody who should have stayed dead Somebody who didnrsquot Somebody who wants to get even
Somebody bad For the purposes of this scenario
this adversary is called ldquoTe Fiendrdquo ndash the Keeper will
decide on his or her identity
THE BACK STORY
Nyarlathotep the Messenger of the Outer Gods has
doubtlessly suffered many indignities at the hands ofthe Investigator ime and again plans for the worldrsquos
destruction are foiled (eg F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH and
M ASKS OF N YARLATHOTEP ) or favourite servants are
killed (eg Hesper Payne from Season of the Witch in
REVENGE A TIMELESS EVIL
The events which make up DEADWAVE are as time-
less as the basic motivation for revenge The Inves-
tigatorrsquos foe strikes at him or her through family
through a loyal pet and through a former fellow
investigator All of these modes of attack and their
specific circumstances work equally well in any ofthe gamersquos settings Specifically you can run DEAD-
WAVE just as easily in the 1920s ldquoClassic Erardquo the
1890s ldquoGaslight Erardquo or the modern day It would
work just as well in the Delta Green universe
The scenario makes use of a pair of newspaper arti-
cles as early clues To make it easy to run the adven-
ture in any of the settings mentioned above three
different sets of handouts are provided at the back
each with a ldquolook-and-feelrdquo appropriate to one of the
settings (1920s 1890s modern)
When reading the scenario events Keepers should
take note of elements which need slightly modified
description to make them period-specific For exam-
ple the motorised bus stolen in a 1920s or modern-
day version of the adventure would translate to a
horse-drawn omnibus pilfered from the streets of
1890s London Zombies work just as well in all set-
tings (as a recent franchise of Jane Austen mash-up
novels have proven)
Because of its assumption of newspaper clues and
other basic technology adapting the scenario to set-
tings such as Cthulhu Invictus or Cthulhu Dark Ages
would require more wholesale changes
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HP LOVECRAFT rsquo S DREAMLANDS ) Tis revenge is asmuch Nyarlathoteprsquos as it is the Fiendrsquos
One dark and moonless night the great beastNyarlathotep lands by the lonely grave of the Fiend Itscoops the lifeless corpse out of the earth and gashes openthe corpsersquos throat with one long nail Into the wound itpours a quantity of its own black blood Te corpse stirs
A bargain is struck Te black God has given theFiend life only if it will destroy the Investigator TeFiend ignited with the bitterness of memory agreesNyarlathotep enfolds it and launches into the ethergreat dark wings beating First they call at the graveof one of the Investigatorrsquos deceased former cohorts(aka ldquothe Ex-Investigatorrdquo) to retrieve the body forfuture amusements Nyarlathotep then flies to thehome town of the Investigator and sets the Fiend and
corpse down errible laughter rolls against the starsas the black shape wings away
Te Fiend exists for this task alone It has the patienceof the dead It would be easy just to lie in ambushcatch its quarry and eat it alive too easy It wants amore total victory a complete levelling of mind andspirit No deed is too foul in accomplishing this end
It is diabolically clever Every action is carefullythought through and judged against the possibility ofdiscovery Te slow dead mind turns it all over andconcocts the most appalling and cunning plans
PEOPLE AND PLACES
Before you run this scenario you must identify anumber of key characters Tese have been given labelsonly so that you can tailor them to suit the person youare going to harass You must build these elements
into your campaign first No use telling the playerthat his or her investigator has a pet on the very dayit disappears introduce it a few games earlier let theInvestigator adopt it and have it follow the characteraround Similarly let the Investigator hear of a relativersquossickness and quiet death a few weeks beforehand sothat it hits harder when the body is dug up and stolen
Here are the things to settle on before you can begin
The Investigator
Tis is obviously the first thing for you to decide who He or she should be a character who has been inplay for a while at least half-a-dozen scenarios andpreferably a full campaign Itrsquos totally unsuitable for
a starting character Here are three different methodsfor making your choice
e the one who has done the most damage to theMythos He or she would be the logical choice fora vendetta
e the one with the most Sanity Points A pragmatic
decision by you the keeper as lesser people mightcrack too early
e the player in your roleplaying group who is themost quiet Tis brings them to the fore and givesthem a good go for once amidst the rowdier andmore outgoing players
The Fiend
Tis is the villain of the piece the one plottingrevenge Choose someone who the Investigatorcame up against in a previous scenario It should besomebody who caused the Investigator much painand grief whilst alive somebody they remember withrevulsion and loathing It can be a major league evil(like Baron Hauptmann from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH )or a minor league psycho (like Jerry from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo from HP LOVECRAFT rsquo S DREAMLANDS )Here are some criteria
e its body must not have been totally destroyed(blasted to smithereens melted by acid crumbledto dust etc) It must be someone who it is possibleto dig up and reanimate
e the Investigator yoursquove chosen to hound musthave been instrumental in the fiendrsquos death
e the fiend must have been familiar with technologyin life For example our Fiend steals and drives a
bus (or horse-drawn omnibus if itrsquos the 1890s) aninsane Bedouin could not do that
The House
Tink about the Investigatorrsquos home Is it anapartment A house Single story Does it have acellar An attic A back door Have a map readyDepending on the era and type of house maybesomething from Chaosiumrsquos Tis Old Haunted House
pair of Monographs might suffice Perhaps it hasalready been a feature of your campaign Get theplayerrsquos thoughts on it but only when you need toany player knows to get suspicious when the Keeperstarts asking odd questions
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Te general assumption in the scenario is that theInvestigator has a house in the suburbs If they livein an apartment or upstairs above a pizza parlour or whatever yoursquoll probably have to modify some eventsNeighbours also figure in the scenario you might liketo draw up a little street map and identify the peoplethat live in each house Tis gives the player a senseof place and community and shocks him or her more
when death kicks open all the doors in their street
If the Investigator lives out of town on a large estateor in the old Van Laaden place or wherever you mayneed to change events further still
The Pet
Te Investigatorrsquos pet if they donrsquot have one introduceone A dog is best a cat is a good second after that you can do a budgie or a hamster or something if
you must but it just wouldnrsquot work too well Fish areright out How about letting them adopt a monkeyin some Egyptian scenario Whatever you use makesure they have time to get fond of it
The Dead Relative
Tis should be someone recently dead (althoughnot necessarily) It can be an old person say agrandmother or an uncle or a young person say a
nephew or a cousin Decide how they die work it intothe campaign and have the Investigator attend theirfuneral Teir death should be sad but apparentlynatural A Sanity roll would still be appropriate fornormal everyday grief costing 1 point if failed
The Ex-Investigator
Tis is someone dead someone who fought alongside
the Investigator and died a horrible death at the hands
of the Mythos If you havenrsquot got someone from the
campaign you can use deploy one of those famous
lsquodead friendsrsquo that many scenarios start up with (eg
Jackson Elias from M ASKS OF N YARLATHOTEP ) As per
the Fiend they must have been buried with body intact
PLAYERrsquoS INTRODUCTION
Tere is no player introduction Tere is no warning
When the Fiend is ready it comes for them
THREE STEP PROGRAM
Te Fiendrsquos crusade of revenge against the Investigator will be broken into three loose phases preparation
subtle affliction and the Deadwave ndash a none-too-subtleall-out assault Te tempo and severity of the Fiendrsquos
actions will increase throughout these phases
Te events that make up these three phases are described
briefly below Details of specific encounters are provided
in sections following this one
Phase One Laying Pipe
Before going on the offensive against the Investigator
the Fiend will spend some weeks silently preparing
During this time it will be trying to stay below the radar
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However several of the Fiendrsquos actions will attractsome notice from city authorities Tanks to that twoodd newspaper articles appear in the local daily duringthis phase On the surface they appear unrelated buteach is bizarre enough to warrant some attention
It is entirely possible that the investigators willmistakenly draw connections between these clues
and whatever other Mythos terror they are currentlypursuing Do not discourage this Any digging intothe circumstances described in the articles will failto connect them with their ongoing investigationequally it will fail to unearth anything about theFiend Later these events acquire more meaning
Events in Phase One
When What
One Tursday Night Dogs Begin to Howl
A Saturday Morning Te First Newspaper Article
A week and a half later Te Second Newspaper Article
Phase Two Strange Things Happen
Once the Fiend has decided the time is right to beginits crusade of revenge it begins with some subtle actsof fiendishness but quickly ramps these up to becomemore shocking and disgusting None of them involve
direct intervention by the Fiend rather they rely onmanipulating previously benign and harmless elementsfrom the Investigatorrsquos own life Coincident with thesedisturbing personal attacks are a series of bad dreams which seem maddeningly related
Events in Phase Two
Tese begin about a week after the second newspaperarticle and can follow whatever tempo the Keeper wishes
a Te Investigatorrsquos Pet Vanishesb Strange Coincidences around the Investigatorrsquos house
c Te First Bad Dream + Teft of the Dead Relative
d Te Second Bad Dream + Te Pet Comes back (Zombified)
e More Disturbing ldquoAnonymous Atrocitiesrdquo around the house
f Te Tird Bad Dream + Te Ex-Investigator Arrives (Zombified)
Phase Three The Deadwave
Eventually the Fiend will decide itrsquos time to stoptoying with the Investigator via subtle means Tatrsquos when it decides to unleash its secret weapon ndash thearmy of zombies it has been brewing in secret ndash on theInvestigator in his or her home Tis is the Deadwave
Assuming anyone survives this frontal assault clues will point to the abattoir being used by the Fiend asa lair Tis sets the scene for a final confrontation andhopefully a final resolution to the Fiendrsquos crusade
Further Ideas
Tis scenario is yours to shape and mould By now yoursquove
got the idea by plotting the past home and family ofthe Investigator you open up a lot of vulnerable spots You can use more as needs be Perhaps some of theirliving relatives might be kidnapped and killed or theirfriends lovers workmates etc Te Fiend has no scruplesor mercy when it comes to getting revenge
Te reanimated non-player characters in the scenariohave a particular balance and order of appearance you may wish though to add more Te Fiend could
be intact with its henchmen from life now all deadand twice as unpleasant more of the Investigatorrsquosrelatives could come back from the grave includingthe ones he or she never liked in life and if the keeperreally wants to go berserk bring on every person theInvestigator has ever killed all eager for revenge
LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS
Body of girl missing
Man sought by police
Police are seeking Mr Clem Baker a local mortician
Baker (pictured below) was last seen at the funeral
parlour of which he is a partner Baker amp Ratchett
on Thursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associate Stephen
Ratchett that he would be staying behind to prepare
the body of a local girl for burial on Friday Mr
Ratchett reports that working late was by no means
an unusual practice and had been done by both
men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived at work at eight
am on Friday morning he noted that the lights
were still on in the building The company hearse
was missing and the body of the girl was no longer
on the premises Investigations have ascertained that
Baker did not return to his lodgings on Thursday
night A number of tools and chemicals are also
missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released toprevent further distress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
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Bakerrsquos Lodgings theyrsquoll need to break in or obtainpolice permission to inspect it (see above) Itrsquos a bachelorapartment By the looks of it Baker hadnrsquot packed to leave
Te Dead Girl it is hard to learn who she was Te police must be sincerely convinced (specialPersuade) of the investigatorsrsquo good intentions
before releasing the name Failing that they couldtry to trick one of the officers (Fast alk with anIN x5 roll from the cop) She was Dianne Castilleof a middle class suburb She was sixteen at the timeof her death she broke her neck when she dived inat the shallow end of a swimming pool She hadred hair and was about five foot six Her parents areshocked senseless at the bodyrsquos theft
A Witness in the day following the article a cab driver
contacts the police to say that he saw the hearse headingsouth away from the funeral parlour He maintainsthere were three people in the front seat It is one ofmany reported sightings and associated crank calls andthe police do not pay especial attention to it
Tatrsquos as far as the case goes Tere are furthernewspaper reports but no fresh information
The Second Article Bus Lost
About a week and a half later a second disappearance isreported in the newspaper under the headline ldquoB983157983155 L983151983155983156rdquo
Give the players Handout 2 from the sheet of handoutsrelevant to the era the text of this article appears nearby
What really happened the Fiend has been busyIt has acquired some real estate a disused abattoir A workshop for fresh walking dead has been setup Several vehicles are on site including the hearse
and a (stolen) delivery van (horse-drawn cart in the
PHASE ONE EVENTS
The Dogs Begin to Howl
One Tursday night all the neighbourhood dogs are setoff First one dog then another then a chorus howlingand growling If the Investigator has a dog it too raises
its muzzle and wails and then fur stiff and bristling hidesunder the table Outside owners curse and swear at thebeasts After about fifteen minutes they all quiet down
Te dogs are upset by the visitation of Nyarlathotep who appears in town briefly to drop the Fiend
The First Newspaper Article
Undertaker Disappears
An article appears in the local paper on Saturday
morning under the headline ldquoL983151983139983137983148 U983150983140983141983154983156983137983147983141983154D983145983155983137983152983152983141983137983154983155rdquo See the handout page relevant to theera in which the game is set (1890s 1920s or Modern)and give the players Handout 1 Te text of this articleis repeated nearby
What really happened the Fiend hit town andrealized that the first thing it was going to need wasa mortician It was in need of embalming It foundBaker and made him do the job It then revived the
girl as a drone zombie By this stage Baker had losthis mind and did what he was told in a kind of stupor Te three drove away in the hearse
Curious investigators might look into the matterHere are further sources of information noted briefly
Te Funeral Parlour theyrsquoll need the consent of thePolice to get in (Debate or Law) A special Spot Hid-den notes in the preparation room an unused 45
calibre shell rolled under a cabinet
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1890s) Te Fiend also saw a need for a bus (or aGaslight-era horse-drawn omnibus) and hijackedthis one at gunpoint Marsh the driver was forcedto drive the bus to the Fiendrsquos hideout where ithas been hidden in a shed Marsh was killed andsubsequently brought back to life
Again the investigators might follow this up Tey learn
Te Bus is just your standard bus
Te Route is just your standard suburban route Itrsquos afairly quiet area South of the central business district
Te Driver William Marsh was about as reliable asthe next man He wasnrsquot a workaholic but he did his job His wife has no idea where he is and is a littlecynical about it - she thinks hersquos just cleared off If theinvestigators ask the Marshrsquos neighbours they learnthat the two fought like cat and dog
Te Last Passenger the police can point them to thisperson (Persuade or similar to get the name and addressor Law to get a copy of his statement) He is RudolphZymenski a factory worker He was coming home onthe bus after doing a late shift He got off at his stopas usual Te passenger waiting outside was dressed indark clothing and wore a hat Zymenski said that hehad a bad smell about him If they interview Zymenskia Psychology roll detects that he is uncomfortable abouttalking about the man If asked why he answers that hedoesnrsquot know he just felt uneasy In truth once he wasout of the bus he ran all the way home
Like the undertaker affair nothing else comes tolight in the bus case
PHASE TWO EVENTS
STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
About a week later the Fiend is ready Bad things start
Use the order given below Some events may need to bereshuffled or modified in response to the investigatorsrsquoactions You need not use every one some yousimply may not be able to implement others wonrsquotbe appropriate Tink of them as examples to conduct your own campaign of terror Add to them
Te major thing to remember is that althoughthe Fiend is cunning it is not invisible Once theInvestigator gets vigilant they might stake out theirown house Give credit where credit is due it may bethe only way theyrsquoll catch their tormentor
Here are some simple precautions the Fiend generally takes
e Disguise It occasionally dresses up as apostman a pregnant woman a repairman etc(o be precise it gets the undertaker to dressit) So it may be around when they are lookingfor it but in an unexpected form
e Distraction When the investigators are getting wise to it it arranges bluffs For example if theFiend wants to do something in their front yardit creates a ruckus in the back yard to draw themaway even if itrsquos only pitching a rock over the roofIf it wants them away from the back of the houseit might get one of its dead to make a phonecall (or send a telegram) to draw them into thehallway (Of course the dead have nothing to sayso any phone conversation isnrsquot a long one)
BUS LOST
Driver and vehicle reported missing
Police were notified late last night of the apparent disap-
pearance of a town bus Neither bus nor driver returned
to the depot on the conclusion of the nightrsquos service
The bus was license number B-039 and was on route19 The driver is Mr William Marsh Marsh was last
seen setting down a passenger and collecting one
at ten minutes to eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long
Road since then there has been no sighting
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the
bus to contact them immediately Door-to-door
enquiries along Long Road and the surrounding
district are presently being undertaken
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e Parking a street or two away It wonrsquot just lob upto the front door generally it parks the vehicleand sneaks around Sometimes it prefers to makea bold entrance (see below)
e Means of escape It likes to keep a rescue vehiclehandy or something that will create a distraction
while it gets away
Tis scenario is a mystery that your players aim tosolve so play fair but play mean
FIENDISHNESS
Space these as you see fit Te first ones should be acouple of days apart each then the pace picks up
THE INVESTIGATORrsquoS PET VANISHES
Teir Pet vanishes quietly No sign of a struggle oranything like that It wants to be let out one night anddoesnrsquot come home again
If they think to ask their neighbours no-one sawanything although at the third house they makeenquiries at someone recalls hearing a heavy car (orhansom cab if it rsquos the 1890s) in the street that night
COINCIDENTAL CRUELTIES
Te Fiend starts popping by in the night or while theInvestigator is out and doing little odd jobs At firstthese seem just bad luck Some examples
e Teir rubbish bin is overturned presumably bya dog they think Teir rubbish is strewn acrossthe street If they think to rack a successful rolldiscovers boot prints around the bin not paw prints
e Snails eat all the mail in the letter box A NaturalHistory roll indicates that perhaps the letter boxis a bit too dry for comfortable snail habitation
e Pickets from their fence go missing as if someone was taking them for firewood
e (for 1920s and modern settings) Teir newspaperstops being delivered Te newsagent maintains theyhad word that the Investigator wanted the paper
cancelled It must have been a mix-up they apologize
e (for 1890s or 1920s settings) Teir daily deliveryof ice ceases inexplicably under the samecircumstances as described above
e A van (or horse-drawn cart) pulls up and twomen get out and deliver an incredibly ugly andheavy piece of furniture Tey ask the Investigatorto sign for it Tey refuse to manhandle it backinto the van (cart) even if it is a mistake this is thecorrect address the item is paid for and itrsquos theirlunch break Te item has no actual significancebut unless the Investigator can convince the men
to take it away (Fast alk or a bribe) it remainson their porch making getting in and out of thefront door inconvenient
BAD DREAMS
Te Investigator suffers three bad dreams each of which herald some new horror when they wake Tese are legitimate dreams so the Investigator has
no control over them Te keeper may employ changeof perspective inability to act and inexorable motionall of the things which make real nightmares soclaustrophobic and disturbing
THE FIRST BAD DREAM
One night they dream the following Tey are beingchased Tey canrsquot see what is chasing them butthey know it is just behind them Tey can hear its
shambling pursuit It seems close enough to breatheon them but they can hear no breathing Teyare running along corridors down stairs throughdarkened rooms Finally in a room with a windowthey feel they have lost their pursuer Ten there isa great shattering of glass and an arm through the window and a voice hissing ldquoIrsquom backrdquo
A Present
and they toss in their bed head fouled with sleepsheets roiled with sweat ime for a Sanity roll costing01 Teir throat is dry their limbs are trembling Atime to remember the empty space on their bed wheretheir Pet should be sleeping
INSANITIES
Appropriate insanities arising from the course of
this scenario include fear of death fear of being
buried alive the conclusion that everyone else in
the world is dead and good old catatonia (some-
times itrsquos easier just to shut down)
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Te Investigator sure could use a glass of water Asthey move around the house they see that the breakingglass of their dream was reality A front window hasbeen smashed inward Tere is an object lying on thefloor Another Sanity roll for the blending of dreamand reality losing 01 again
Tere is a sudden pounding on the front door It is a
neighbour he heard the breaking glass is everything okay
When they get to inspect the object it is somemanner of artefact thematically linked with theFiend in life Tat is to say if the Fiend is Lang Fu(from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) it could be a Chinesepuzzle box if the Fiend is Jerry (from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo) it could be a heavy ankh if the Fiend isBaron Hauptmann (from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) itcould be an odd pair of binoculars If the Investigatordoes not make the connection let it be an enigma Teyrsquoll discover the truth soon enough
Te object was thrown from a moving vehicle Againif they ask around on a Luck roll they find a neighbour who saw it briefly Tey had the impression it was along black automobilecarriage (the hearse in fact)
THE DEAD RELATIVE IS STOLEN
Te next morning a ringing telephone wakes them
It is the police Te grave of their Dead Relative isunearthed and is now vacant Could they come down tothe station to help with enquiries A Sanity roll shouldbe made as they put the phone down costing 11D3
Te facts of the theft are simple Someone broke into thecemetery overnight and excavated the grave Te coffinhas been broken open the body is gone Te police canrsquotdo much Tey are obliged to tell the Investigator aboutthe theft and ask if they have any ideas Tey express
their shock and outrage and promise to work on the caseday and night Nothing further comes of it
An Oratory or Law roll can get the police to confessthat this is the latest of a series of exhumations Teyhave lost a half-dozen bodies in the last fortnight from various places Tey are keeping details of the cases outof the newspapers for fear of widespread panic
If the Investigator presses the point they can learn who these missing people were (Persuade) All hadbeen dead less than a month See nearby box
Te grave-robbing continues and a few days later thepolice are forced to reveal the situation Citizen watchesare posted in the cemeteries in town Tefts are thenreported in outlying districts No-one is seen or caught
THE SECOND BAD DREAM
Tat night the Investigator dreams he or she is
walking in a graveyard Mist swirls around everythingSoftly someone can be heard calling their name TeInvestigator follows the sound and arrives at the grave-side of the Dead Relative Arms burst out of the earthand pull the dreamer down
Change of perspective Te Investigator is now in thecoffin buried Te dreamer can smell his or her own rotand putrefaction Ten there is a bump on the coffinlid and another a shovel digging down striking thetop of the box A rasping voice from above ldquoYou canrsquot
hide in thererdquo Te shovel hitting the lid Bump Bump
The Pet Comes Back
Bump Bump Te Investigator wakes up Roll Sanityfor the dream losing 01 Te bumping sound that wakes the dreamer is real It comes from the front doorIf the Investigator peeks out to see whorsquos there initiallyhe or she sees nobody not at head height anyway it istheir Pet returned bumping at the door wanting in
If the Investigator opens the door the animal walksin It is home safe and sound Te Investigatorrsquos joysoon sours as it becomes plain that the animal is not well It moves stiffly It collides with the furniture It istotally silent It smells awful
How does the Investigator first find that their Pet isactually dead Tere are many clues It has no interestin food or water the flies hover around it and yet theanimal makes no attempt to brush them off a Listenroll detects that it does not breathe a Spot Hidden
notices that it has no pulse When the truth comes Sanity loss is 1D31D8 Whatever violent emotional response is wrought fromthe Investigator the Pet has no reaction whatsoeverbut stands dumbly and looks on
Missing Bodies
Joe Plimsoll 42 mechanic cause of deathskull fracture from rolling truckcarriage
Edna Delaware 34 nurse cause of deathfell down flight of stairs
Randy Thompson 24 student cause of
death football injury
Klaus Tod 31 labourer cause of deathfalling masonry
Bess Kellerman 43 stenographer cause ofdeath struck by automobilehansom cab
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When the Investigator recovers from the shock he orshe must decide what do about it Te faithful owner canleave it be but the animal takes to following him or heraround everywhere smelling worse and worse Each dayit is around costs an automatic 1 point of Sanity Or theInvestigator can kill it which takes a couple of blows Te animal just stands there and takes it Tis is just asupsetting and costs an automatic 1D4 points of Sanity
Te distraught owner will then probably bury it When he or she picks the body up a Spot Hiddennotices a scattering of red dust in the animalrsquos mattedfur (this is from the abattoir yard) A Geology rollnotes that this red dust is common around the South-Eastern fringe of town mostly industrial suburbs Itblows across many of the yards and back lots there
If the Investigator heads off on a random search for dustyred yards the magnitude of the task is overwhelmingHe or she has only a 5 chance per day of stumblingacross the right place by this method but the keeper
should drag out the exploration of a few innocuoussites first (graveyards rubbish tips quarries)
ANONYMOUS ATROCITIES
Te small inconveniences become twisted andinexplicable and it is clear that they are not ill luck orcoincidence Some examples
e wo bottles of milk are left on the step as usualExcept instead of two white bottles therersquos one
white and one red One pint of milk one pint offresh human blood (Sanity loss 01D3)
e A letter is delivered Te envelope contains a smallclump of human hair An Idea roll indicates that
the colour is the same as that of the Dead RelativeCaught along the gum sealing the flap are a fewgrains of red dust (see above) (Sanity loss 01D2)
e Overnight the front yard is filled with frogsand toads Some are mildly poisonous All aredisgusting (Sanity loss 01)
e A neighbour cheerfully delivers a small packagelsquomistakenlyrsquo delivered to them (the addressee has written the name of the Investigator but put downthe wrong street number) Te package contains abundle of old rusty spent bullets A note is affixedlsquoH983137983158983141 983144983141983149 B983137983139983147rsquo (Tese are bullets which theInvestigator or their friend shot at the Fiend which it has gouged out of its flesh Only use thisif they gunned down the Fiend back when it wasalive) (Sanity no loss unless theyrsquove guessed the
Fiendrsquos identity in which case 01)
e Washing left on the line is crawling with flies If theinsects are all brushed away traces of excrement arefound smeared on the material (Sanity loss 01)
IF THE INVESTIGATOR LEAVES HOME
It would be a wise move around now for the Investigatorto leave An unknown villain is in pursuit mdash why stay
around and be easy prey
Abandoning onersquos home though is a drastic moveand signals both victory to their unknown persecutorand the end of their former life Moving out coststhe Investigator 1 point of Sanity
Where does the Investigator relocate A hotel Afriendrsquos house (putting that friend at risk too) Teback seat of their carcarriage Another town
If he or she leaves totally the scenario is for nowover But the patient dead Fiend tracks its prey downeventually You will need to extend and modify thescenario but somewhere a bus-full of dead peopleroll through the night on the Investigatorrsquos trail
If he or she stays in town the Fiend will try to find its hatedenemy You must judge how long this will take judged onthe ingenuity of the Investigatorrsquos smoke screen
As soon as it becomes apparent that its prey has leftthe Fiend places an ad in the Personal Notices
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] Please come home I know wecan work it out Tings will only get worse if you stayaway much worse Believe me Much worse Pleasecome home [Fiendrsquos first initial]rdquo
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
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Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
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Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
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Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
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increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
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To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
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that took place
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e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
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LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
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gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
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reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
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HP LOVECRAFT rsquo S DREAMLANDS ) Tis revenge is asmuch Nyarlathoteprsquos as it is the Fiendrsquos
One dark and moonless night the great beastNyarlathotep lands by the lonely grave of the Fiend Itscoops the lifeless corpse out of the earth and gashes openthe corpsersquos throat with one long nail Into the wound itpours a quantity of its own black blood Te corpse stirs
A bargain is struck Te black God has given theFiend life only if it will destroy the Investigator TeFiend ignited with the bitterness of memory agreesNyarlathotep enfolds it and launches into the ethergreat dark wings beating First they call at the graveof one of the Investigatorrsquos deceased former cohorts(aka ldquothe Ex-Investigatorrdquo) to retrieve the body forfuture amusements Nyarlathotep then flies to thehome town of the Investigator and sets the Fiend and
corpse down errible laughter rolls against the starsas the black shape wings away
Te Fiend exists for this task alone It has the patienceof the dead It would be easy just to lie in ambushcatch its quarry and eat it alive too easy It wants amore total victory a complete levelling of mind andspirit No deed is too foul in accomplishing this end
It is diabolically clever Every action is carefullythought through and judged against the possibility ofdiscovery Te slow dead mind turns it all over andconcocts the most appalling and cunning plans
PEOPLE AND PLACES
Before you run this scenario you must identify anumber of key characters Tese have been given labelsonly so that you can tailor them to suit the person youare going to harass You must build these elements
into your campaign first No use telling the playerthat his or her investigator has a pet on the very dayit disappears introduce it a few games earlier let theInvestigator adopt it and have it follow the characteraround Similarly let the Investigator hear of a relativersquossickness and quiet death a few weeks beforehand sothat it hits harder when the body is dug up and stolen
Here are the things to settle on before you can begin
The Investigator
Tis is obviously the first thing for you to decide who He or she should be a character who has been inplay for a while at least half-a-dozen scenarios andpreferably a full campaign Itrsquos totally unsuitable for
a starting character Here are three different methodsfor making your choice
e the one who has done the most damage to theMythos He or she would be the logical choice fora vendetta
e the one with the most Sanity Points A pragmatic
decision by you the keeper as lesser people mightcrack too early
e the player in your roleplaying group who is themost quiet Tis brings them to the fore and givesthem a good go for once amidst the rowdier andmore outgoing players
The Fiend
Tis is the villain of the piece the one plottingrevenge Choose someone who the Investigatorcame up against in a previous scenario It should besomebody who caused the Investigator much painand grief whilst alive somebody they remember withrevulsion and loathing It can be a major league evil(like Baron Hauptmann from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH )or a minor league psycho (like Jerry from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo from HP LOVECRAFT rsquo S DREAMLANDS )Here are some criteria
e its body must not have been totally destroyed(blasted to smithereens melted by acid crumbledto dust etc) It must be someone who it is possibleto dig up and reanimate
e the Investigator yoursquove chosen to hound musthave been instrumental in the fiendrsquos death
e the fiend must have been familiar with technologyin life For example our Fiend steals and drives a
bus (or horse-drawn omnibus if itrsquos the 1890s) aninsane Bedouin could not do that
The House
Tink about the Investigatorrsquos home Is it anapartment A house Single story Does it have acellar An attic A back door Have a map readyDepending on the era and type of house maybesomething from Chaosiumrsquos Tis Old Haunted House
pair of Monographs might suffice Perhaps it hasalready been a feature of your campaign Get theplayerrsquos thoughts on it but only when you need toany player knows to get suspicious when the Keeperstarts asking odd questions
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Te general assumption in the scenario is that theInvestigator has a house in the suburbs If they livein an apartment or upstairs above a pizza parlour or whatever yoursquoll probably have to modify some eventsNeighbours also figure in the scenario you might liketo draw up a little street map and identify the peoplethat live in each house Tis gives the player a senseof place and community and shocks him or her more
when death kicks open all the doors in their street
If the Investigator lives out of town on a large estateor in the old Van Laaden place or wherever you mayneed to change events further still
The Pet
Te Investigatorrsquos pet if they donrsquot have one introduceone A dog is best a cat is a good second after that you can do a budgie or a hamster or something if
you must but it just wouldnrsquot work too well Fish areright out How about letting them adopt a monkeyin some Egyptian scenario Whatever you use makesure they have time to get fond of it
The Dead Relative
Tis should be someone recently dead (althoughnot necessarily) It can be an old person say agrandmother or an uncle or a young person say a
nephew or a cousin Decide how they die work it intothe campaign and have the Investigator attend theirfuneral Teir death should be sad but apparentlynatural A Sanity roll would still be appropriate fornormal everyday grief costing 1 point if failed
The Ex-Investigator
Tis is someone dead someone who fought alongside
the Investigator and died a horrible death at the hands
of the Mythos If you havenrsquot got someone from the
campaign you can use deploy one of those famous
lsquodead friendsrsquo that many scenarios start up with (eg
Jackson Elias from M ASKS OF N YARLATHOTEP ) As per
the Fiend they must have been buried with body intact
PLAYERrsquoS INTRODUCTION
Tere is no player introduction Tere is no warning
When the Fiend is ready it comes for them
THREE STEP PROGRAM
Te Fiendrsquos crusade of revenge against the Investigator will be broken into three loose phases preparation
subtle affliction and the Deadwave ndash a none-too-subtleall-out assault Te tempo and severity of the Fiendrsquos
actions will increase throughout these phases
Te events that make up these three phases are described
briefly below Details of specific encounters are provided
in sections following this one
Phase One Laying Pipe
Before going on the offensive against the Investigator
the Fiend will spend some weeks silently preparing
During this time it will be trying to stay below the radar
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However several of the Fiendrsquos actions will attractsome notice from city authorities Tanks to that twoodd newspaper articles appear in the local daily duringthis phase On the surface they appear unrelated buteach is bizarre enough to warrant some attention
It is entirely possible that the investigators willmistakenly draw connections between these clues
and whatever other Mythos terror they are currentlypursuing Do not discourage this Any digging intothe circumstances described in the articles will failto connect them with their ongoing investigationequally it will fail to unearth anything about theFiend Later these events acquire more meaning
Events in Phase One
When What
One Tursday Night Dogs Begin to Howl
A Saturday Morning Te First Newspaper Article
A week and a half later Te Second Newspaper Article
Phase Two Strange Things Happen
Once the Fiend has decided the time is right to beginits crusade of revenge it begins with some subtle actsof fiendishness but quickly ramps these up to becomemore shocking and disgusting None of them involve
direct intervention by the Fiend rather they rely onmanipulating previously benign and harmless elementsfrom the Investigatorrsquos own life Coincident with thesedisturbing personal attacks are a series of bad dreams which seem maddeningly related
Events in Phase Two
Tese begin about a week after the second newspaperarticle and can follow whatever tempo the Keeper wishes
a Te Investigatorrsquos Pet Vanishesb Strange Coincidences around the Investigatorrsquos house
c Te First Bad Dream + Teft of the Dead Relative
d Te Second Bad Dream + Te Pet Comes back (Zombified)
e More Disturbing ldquoAnonymous Atrocitiesrdquo around the house
f Te Tird Bad Dream + Te Ex-Investigator Arrives (Zombified)
Phase Three The Deadwave
Eventually the Fiend will decide itrsquos time to stoptoying with the Investigator via subtle means Tatrsquos when it decides to unleash its secret weapon ndash thearmy of zombies it has been brewing in secret ndash on theInvestigator in his or her home Tis is the Deadwave
Assuming anyone survives this frontal assault clues will point to the abattoir being used by the Fiend asa lair Tis sets the scene for a final confrontation andhopefully a final resolution to the Fiendrsquos crusade
Further Ideas
Tis scenario is yours to shape and mould By now yoursquove
got the idea by plotting the past home and family ofthe Investigator you open up a lot of vulnerable spots You can use more as needs be Perhaps some of theirliving relatives might be kidnapped and killed or theirfriends lovers workmates etc Te Fiend has no scruplesor mercy when it comes to getting revenge
Te reanimated non-player characters in the scenariohave a particular balance and order of appearance you may wish though to add more Te Fiend could
be intact with its henchmen from life now all deadand twice as unpleasant more of the Investigatorrsquosrelatives could come back from the grave includingthe ones he or she never liked in life and if the keeperreally wants to go berserk bring on every person theInvestigator has ever killed all eager for revenge
LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS
Body of girl missing
Man sought by police
Police are seeking Mr Clem Baker a local mortician
Baker (pictured below) was last seen at the funeral
parlour of which he is a partner Baker amp Ratchett
on Thursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associate Stephen
Ratchett that he would be staying behind to prepare
the body of a local girl for burial on Friday Mr
Ratchett reports that working late was by no means
an unusual practice and had been done by both
men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived at work at eight
am on Friday morning he noted that the lights
were still on in the building The company hearse
was missing and the body of the girl was no longer
on the premises Investigations have ascertained that
Baker did not return to his lodgings on Thursday
night A number of tools and chemicals are also
missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released toprevent further distress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
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Bakerrsquos Lodgings theyrsquoll need to break in or obtainpolice permission to inspect it (see above) Itrsquos a bachelorapartment By the looks of it Baker hadnrsquot packed to leave
Te Dead Girl it is hard to learn who she was Te police must be sincerely convinced (specialPersuade) of the investigatorsrsquo good intentions
before releasing the name Failing that they couldtry to trick one of the officers (Fast alk with anIN x5 roll from the cop) She was Dianne Castilleof a middle class suburb She was sixteen at the timeof her death she broke her neck when she dived inat the shallow end of a swimming pool She hadred hair and was about five foot six Her parents areshocked senseless at the bodyrsquos theft
A Witness in the day following the article a cab driver
contacts the police to say that he saw the hearse headingsouth away from the funeral parlour He maintainsthere were three people in the front seat It is one ofmany reported sightings and associated crank calls andthe police do not pay especial attention to it
Tatrsquos as far as the case goes Tere are furthernewspaper reports but no fresh information
The Second Article Bus Lost
About a week and a half later a second disappearance isreported in the newspaper under the headline ldquoB983157983155 L983151983155983156rdquo
Give the players Handout 2 from the sheet of handoutsrelevant to the era the text of this article appears nearby
What really happened the Fiend has been busyIt has acquired some real estate a disused abattoir A workshop for fresh walking dead has been setup Several vehicles are on site including the hearse
and a (stolen) delivery van (horse-drawn cart in the
PHASE ONE EVENTS
The Dogs Begin to Howl
One Tursday night all the neighbourhood dogs are setoff First one dog then another then a chorus howlingand growling If the Investigator has a dog it too raises
its muzzle and wails and then fur stiff and bristling hidesunder the table Outside owners curse and swear at thebeasts After about fifteen minutes they all quiet down
Te dogs are upset by the visitation of Nyarlathotep who appears in town briefly to drop the Fiend
The First Newspaper Article
Undertaker Disappears
An article appears in the local paper on Saturday
morning under the headline ldquoL983151983139983137983148 U983150983140983141983154983156983137983147983141983154D983145983155983137983152983152983141983137983154983155rdquo See the handout page relevant to theera in which the game is set (1890s 1920s or Modern)and give the players Handout 1 Te text of this articleis repeated nearby
What really happened the Fiend hit town andrealized that the first thing it was going to need wasa mortician It was in need of embalming It foundBaker and made him do the job It then revived the
girl as a drone zombie By this stage Baker had losthis mind and did what he was told in a kind of stupor Te three drove away in the hearse
Curious investigators might look into the matterHere are further sources of information noted briefly
Te Funeral Parlour theyrsquoll need the consent of thePolice to get in (Debate or Law) A special Spot Hid-den notes in the preparation room an unused 45
calibre shell rolled under a cabinet
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1890s) Te Fiend also saw a need for a bus (or aGaslight-era horse-drawn omnibus) and hijackedthis one at gunpoint Marsh the driver was forcedto drive the bus to the Fiendrsquos hideout where ithas been hidden in a shed Marsh was killed andsubsequently brought back to life
Again the investigators might follow this up Tey learn
Te Bus is just your standard bus
Te Route is just your standard suburban route Itrsquos afairly quiet area South of the central business district
Te Driver William Marsh was about as reliable asthe next man He wasnrsquot a workaholic but he did his job His wife has no idea where he is and is a littlecynical about it - she thinks hersquos just cleared off If theinvestigators ask the Marshrsquos neighbours they learnthat the two fought like cat and dog
Te Last Passenger the police can point them to thisperson (Persuade or similar to get the name and addressor Law to get a copy of his statement) He is RudolphZymenski a factory worker He was coming home onthe bus after doing a late shift He got off at his stopas usual Te passenger waiting outside was dressed indark clothing and wore a hat Zymenski said that hehad a bad smell about him If they interview Zymenskia Psychology roll detects that he is uncomfortable abouttalking about the man If asked why he answers that hedoesnrsquot know he just felt uneasy In truth once he wasout of the bus he ran all the way home
Like the undertaker affair nothing else comes tolight in the bus case
PHASE TWO EVENTS
STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
About a week later the Fiend is ready Bad things start
Use the order given below Some events may need to bereshuffled or modified in response to the investigatorsrsquoactions You need not use every one some yousimply may not be able to implement others wonrsquotbe appropriate Tink of them as examples to conduct your own campaign of terror Add to them
Te major thing to remember is that althoughthe Fiend is cunning it is not invisible Once theInvestigator gets vigilant they might stake out theirown house Give credit where credit is due it may bethe only way theyrsquoll catch their tormentor
Here are some simple precautions the Fiend generally takes
e Disguise It occasionally dresses up as apostman a pregnant woman a repairman etc(o be precise it gets the undertaker to dressit) So it may be around when they are lookingfor it but in an unexpected form
e Distraction When the investigators are getting wise to it it arranges bluffs For example if theFiend wants to do something in their front yardit creates a ruckus in the back yard to draw themaway even if itrsquos only pitching a rock over the roofIf it wants them away from the back of the houseit might get one of its dead to make a phonecall (or send a telegram) to draw them into thehallway (Of course the dead have nothing to sayso any phone conversation isnrsquot a long one)
BUS LOST
Driver and vehicle reported missing
Police were notified late last night of the apparent disap-
pearance of a town bus Neither bus nor driver returned
to the depot on the conclusion of the nightrsquos service
The bus was license number B-039 and was on route19 The driver is Mr William Marsh Marsh was last
seen setting down a passenger and collecting one
at ten minutes to eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long
Road since then there has been no sighting
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the
bus to contact them immediately Door-to-door
enquiries along Long Road and the surrounding
district are presently being undertaken
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e Parking a street or two away It wonrsquot just lob upto the front door generally it parks the vehicleand sneaks around Sometimes it prefers to makea bold entrance (see below)
e Means of escape It likes to keep a rescue vehiclehandy or something that will create a distraction
while it gets away
Tis scenario is a mystery that your players aim tosolve so play fair but play mean
FIENDISHNESS
Space these as you see fit Te first ones should be acouple of days apart each then the pace picks up
THE INVESTIGATORrsquoS PET VANISHES
Teir Pet vanishes quietly No sign of a struggle oranything like that It wants to be let out one night anddoesnrsquot come home again
If they think to ask their neighbours no-one sawanything although at the third house they makeenquiries at someone recalls hearing a heavy car (orhansom cab if it rsquos the 1890s) in the street that night
COINCIDENTAL CRUELTIES
Te Fiend starts popping by in the night or while theInvestigator is out and doing little odd jobs At firstthese seem just bad luck Some examples
e Teir rubbish bin is overturned presumably bya dog they think Teir rubbish is strewn acrossthe street If they think to rack a successful rolldiscovers boot prints around the bin not paw prints
e Snails eat all the mail in the letter box A NaturalHistory roll indicates that perhaps the letter boxis a bit too dry for comfortable snail habitation
e Pickets from their fence go missing as if someone was taking them for firewood
e (for 1920s and modern settings) Teir newspaperstops being delivered Te newsagent maintains theyhad word that the Investigator wanted the paper
cancelled It must have been a mix-up they apologize
e (for 1890s or 1920s settings) Teir daily deliveryof ice ceases inexplicably under the samecircumstances as described above
e A van (or horse-drawn cart) pulls up and twomen get out and deliver an incredibly ugly andheavy piece of furniture Tey ask the Investigatorto sign for it Tey refuse to manhandle it backinto the van (cart) even if it is a mistake this is thecorrect address the item is paid for and itrsquos theirlunch break Te item has no actual significancebut unless the Investigator can convince the men
to take it away (Fast alk or a bribe) it remainson their porch making getting in and out of thefront door inconvenient
BAD DREAMS
Te Investigator suffers three bad dreams each of which herald some new horror when they wake Tese are legitimate dreams so the Investigator has
no control over them Te keeper may employ changeof perspective inability to act and inexorable motionall of the things which make real nightmares soclaustrophobic and disturbing
THE FIRST BAD DREAM
One night they dream the following Tey are beingchased Tey canrsquot see what is chasing them butthey know it is just behind them Tey can hear its
shambling pursuit It seems close enough to breatheon them but they can hear no breathing Teyare running along corridors down stairs throughdarkened rooms Finally in a room with a windowthey feel they have lost their pursuer Ten there isa great shattering of glass and an arm through the window and a voice hissing ldquoIrsquom backrdquo
A Present
and they toss in their bed head fouled with sleepsheets roiled with sweat ime for a Sanity roll costing01 Teir throat is dry their limbs are trembling Atime to remember the empty space on their bed wheretheir Pet should be sleeping
INSANITIES
Appropriate insanities arising from the course of
this scenario include fear of death fear of being
buried alive the conclusion that everyone else in
the world is dead and good old catatonia (some-
times itrsquos easier just to shut down)
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Te Investigator sure could use a glass of water Asthey move around the house they see that the breakingglass of their dream was reality A front window hasbeen smashed inward Tere is an object lying on thefloor Another Sanity roll for the blending of dreamand reality losing 01 again
Tere is a sudden pounding on the front door It is a
neighbour he heard the breaking glass is everything okay
When they get to inspect the object it is somemanner of artefact thematically linked with theFiend in life Tat is to say if the Fiend is Lang Fu(from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) it could be a Chinesepuzzle box if the Fiend is Jerry (from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo) it could be a heavy ankh if the Fiend isBaron Hauptmann (from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) itcould be an odd pair of binoculars If the Investigatordoes not make the connection let it be an enigma Teyrsquoll discover the truth soon enough
Te object was thrown from a moving vehicle Againif they ask around on a Luck roll they find a neighbour who saw it briefly Tey had the impression it was along black automobilecarriage (the hearse in fact)
THE DEAD RELATIVE IS STOLEN
Te next morning a ringing telephone wakes them
It is the police Te grave of their Dead Relative isunearthed and is now vacant Could they come down tothe station to help with enquiries A Sanity roll shouldbe made as they put the phone down costing 11D3
Te facts of the theft are simple Someone broke into thecemetery overnight and excavated the grave Te coffinhas been broken open the body is gone Te police canrsquotdo much Tey are obliged to tell the Investigator aboutthe theft and ask if they have any ideas Tey express
their shock and outrage and promise to work on the caseday and night Nothing further comes of it
An Oratory or Law roll can get the police to confessthat this is the latest of a series of exhumations Teyhave lost a half-dozen bodies in the last fortnight from various places Tey are keeping details of the cases outof the newspapers for fear of widespread panic
If the Investigator presses the point they can learn who these missing people were (Persuade) All hadbeen dead less than a month See nearby box
Te grave-robbing continues and a few days later thepolice are forced to reveal the situation Citizen watchesare posted in the cemeteries in town Tefts are thenreported in outlying districts No-one is seen or caught
THE SECOND BAD DREAM
Tat night the Investigator dreams he or she is
walking in a graveyard Mist swirls around everythingSoftly someone can be heard calling their name TeInvestigator follows the sound and arrives at the grave-side of the Dead Relative Arms burst out of the earthand pull the dreamer down
Change of perspective Te Investigator is now in thecoffin buried Te dreamer can smell his or her own rotand putrefaction Ten there is a bump on the coffinlid and another a shovel digging down striking thetop of the box A rasping voice from above ldquoYou canrsquot
hide in thererdquo Te shovel hitting the lid Bump Bump
The Pet Comes Back
Bump Bump Te Investigator wakes up Roll Sanityfor the dream losing 01 Te bumping sound that wakes the dreamer is real It comes from the front doorIf the Investigator peeks out to see whorsquos there initiallyhe or she sees nobody not at head height anyway it istheir Pet returned bumping at the door wanting in
If the Investigator opens the door the animal walksin It is home safe and sound Te Investigatorrsquos joysoon sours as it becomes plain that the animal is not well It moves stiffly It collides with the furniture It istotally silent It smells awful
How does the Investigator first find that their Pet isactually dead Tere are many clues It has no interestin food or water the flies hover around it and yet theanimal makes no attempt to brush them off a Listenroll detects that it does not breathe a Spot Hidden
notices that it has no pulse When the truth comes Sanity loss is 1D31D8 Whatever violent emotional response is wrought fromthe Investigator the Pet has no reaction whatsoeverbut stands dumbly and looks on
Missing Bodies
Joe Plimsoll 42 mechanic cause of deathskull fracture from rolling truckcarriage
Edna Delaware 34 nurse cause of deathfell down flight of stairs
Randy Thompson 24 student cause of
death football injury
Klaus Tod 31 labourer cause of deathfalling masonry
Bess Kellerman 43 stenographer cause ofdeath struck by automobilehansom cab
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When the Investigator recovers from the shock he orshe must decide what do about it Te faithful owner canleave it be but the animal takes to following him or heraround everywhere smelling worse and worse Each dayit is around costs an automatic 1 point of Sanity Or theInvestigator can kill it which takes a couple of blows Te animal just stands there and takes it Tis is just asupsetting and costs an automatic 1D4 points of Sanity
Te distraught owner will then probably bury it When he or she picks the body up a Spot Hiddennotices a scattering of red dust in the animalrsquos mattedfur (this is from the abattoir yard) A Geology rollnotes that this red dust is common around the South-Eastern fringe of town mostly industrial suburbs Itblows across many of the yards and back lots there
If the Investigator heads off on a random search for dustyred yards the magnitude of the task is overwhelmingHe or she has only a 5 chance per day of stumblingacross the right place by this method but the keeper
should drag out the exploration of a few innocuoussites first (graveyards rubbish tips quarries)
ANONYMOUS ATROCITIES
Te small inconveniences become twisted andinexplicable and it is clear that they are not ill luck orcoincidence Some examples
e wo bottles of milk are left on the step as usualExcept instead of two white bottles therersquos one
white and one red One pint of milk one pint offresh human blood (Sanity loss 01D3)
e A letter is delivered Te envelope contains a smallclump of human hair An Idea roll indicates that
the colour is the same as that of the Dead RelativeCaught along the gum sealing the flap are a fewgrains of red dust (see above) (Sanity loss 01D2)
e Overnight the front yard is filled with frogsand toads Some are mildly poisonous All aredisgusting (Sanity loss 01)
e A neighbour cheerfully delivers a small packagelsquomistakenlyrsquo delivered to them (the addressee has written the name of the Investigator but put downthe wrong street number) Te package contains abundle of old rusty spent bullets A note is affixedlsquoH983137983158983141 983144983141983149 B983137983139983147rsquo (Tese are bullets which theInvestigator or their friend shot at the Fiend which it has gouged out of its flesh Only use thisif they gunned down the Fiend back when it wasalive) (Sanity no loss unless theyrsquove guessed the
Fiendrsquos identity in which case 01)
e Washing left on the line is crawling with flies If theinsects are all brushed away traces of excrement arefound smeared on the material (Sanity loss 01)
IF THE INVESTIGATOR LEAVES HOME
It would be a wise move around now for the Investigatorto leave An unknown villain is in pursuit mdash why stay
around and be easy prey
Abandoning onersquos home though is a drastic moveand signals both victory to their unknown persecutorand the end of their former life Moving out coststhe Investigator 1 point of Sanity
Where does the Investigator relocate A hotel Afriendrsquos house (putting that friend at risk too) Teback seat of their carcarriage Another town
If he or she leaves totally the scenario is for nowover But the patient dead Fiend tracks its prey downeventually You will need to extend and modify thescenario but somewhere a bus-full of dead peopleroll through the night on the Investigatorrsquos trail
If he or she stays in town the Fiend will try to find its hatedenemy You must judge how long this will take judged onthe ingenuity of the Investigatorrsquos smoke screen
As soon as it becomes apparent that its prey has leftthe Fiend places an ad in the Personal Notices
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] Please come home I know wecan work it out Tings will only get worse if you stayaway much worse Believe me Much worse Pleasecome home [Fiendrsquos first initial]rdquo
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
S983157983138983157983154983138983137983150 H983151983157983155983141 reads one headline the next morn-ing C983137983150983150983145983138983137983148 H983151983157983155983141 O983142 H983141983148983148 screams another
Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
S983156983154983141983141983156983155 the less they have to say about it
Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
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Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
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NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
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n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
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victims Kurzelrsquos
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involvement and
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him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
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boxesit withchers is
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Trypticase containing Cronobacter
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LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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Te general assumption in the scenario is that theInvestigator has a house in the suburbs If they livein an apartment or upstairs above a pizza parlour or whatever yoursquoll probably have to modify some eventsNeighbours also figure in the scenario you might liketo draw up a little street map and identify the peoplethat live in each house Tis gives the player a senseof place and community and shocks him or her more
when death kicks open all the doors in their street
If the Investigator lives out of town on a large estateor in the old Van Laaden place or wherever you mayneed to change events further still
The Pet
Te Investigatorrsquos pet if they donrsquot have one introduceone A dog is best a cat is a good second after that you can do a budgie or a hamster or something if
you must but it just wouldnrsquot work too well Fish areright out How about letting them adopt a monkeyin some Egyptian scenario Whatever you use makesure they have time to get fond of it
The Dead Relative
Tis should be someone recently dead (althoughnot necessarily) It can be an old person say agrandmother or an uncle or a young person say a
nephew or a cousin Decide how they die work it intothe campaign and have the Investigator attend theirfuneral Teir death should be sad but apparentlynatural A Sanity roll would still be appropriate fornormal everyday grief costing 1 point if failed
The Ex-Investigator
Tis is someone dead someone who fought alongside
the Investigator and died a horrible death at the hands
of the Mythos If you havenrsquot got someone from the
campaign you can use deploy one of those famous
lsquodead friendsrsquo that many scenarios start up with (eg
Jackson Elias from M ASKS OF N YARLATHOTEP ) As per
the Fiend they must have been buried with body intact
PLAYERrsquoS INTRODUCTION
Tere is no player introduction Tere is no warning
When the Fiend is ready it comes for them
THREE STEP PROGRAM
Te Fiendrsquos crusade of revenge against the Investigator will be broken into three loose phases preparation
subtle affliction and the Deadwave ndash a none-too-subtleall-out assault Te tempo and severity of the Fiendrsquos
actions will increase throughout these phases
Te events that make up these three phases are described
briefly below Details of specific encounters are provided
in sections following this one
Phase One Laying Pipe
Before going on the offensive against the Investigator
the Fiend will spend some weeks silently preparing
During this time it will be trying to stay below the radar
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However several of the Fiendrsquos actions will attractsome notice from city authorities Tanks to that twoodd newspaper articles appear in the local daily duringthis phase On the surface they appear unrelated buteach is bizarre enough to warrant some attention
It is entirely possible that the investigators willmistakenly draw connections between these clues
and whatever other Mythos terror they are currentlypursuing Do not discourage this Any digging intothe circumstances described in the articles will failto connect them with their ongoing investigationequally it will fail to unearth anything about theFiend Later these events acquire more meaning
Events in Phase One
When What
One Tursday Night Dogs Begin to Howl
A Saturday Morning Te First Newspaper Article
A week and a half later Te Second Newspaper Article
Phase Two Strange Things Happen
Once the Fiend has decided the time is right to beginits crusade of revenge it begins with some subtle actsof fiendishness but quickly ramps these up to becomemore shocking and disgusting None of them involve
direct intervention by the Fiend rather they rely onmanipulating previously benign and harmless elementsfrom the Investigatorrsquos own life Coincident with thesedisturbing personal attacks are a series of bad dreams which seem maddeningly related
Events in Phase Two
Tese begin about a week after the second newspaperarticle and can follow whatever tempo the Keeper wishes
a Te Investigatorrsquos Pet Vanishesb Strange Coincidences around the Investigatorrsquos house
c Te First Bad Dream + Teft of the Dead Relative
d Te Second Bad Dream + Te Pet Comes back (Zombified)
e More Disturbing ldquoAnonymous Atrocitiesrdquo around the house
f Te Tird Bad Dream + Te Ex-Investigator Arrives (Zombified)
Phase Three The Deadwave
Eventually the Fiend will decide itrsquos time to stoptoying with the Investigator via subtle means Tatrsquos when it decides to unleash its secret weapon ndash thearmy of zombies it has been brewing in secret ndash on theInvestigator in his or her home Tis is the Deadwave
Assuming anyone survives this frontal assault clues will point to the abattoir being used by the Fiend asa lair Tis sets the scene for a final confrontation andhopefully a final resolution to the Fiendrsquos crusade
Further Ideas
Tis scenario is yours to shape and mould By now yoursquove
got the idea by plotting the past home and family ofthe Investigator you open up a lot of vulnerable spots You can use more as needs be Perhaps some of theirliving relatives might be kidnapped and killed or theirfriends lovers workmates etc Te Fiend has no scruplesor mercy when it comes to getting revenge
Te reanimated non-player characters in the scenariohave a particular balance and order of appearance you may wish though to add more Te Fiend could
be intact with its henchmen from life now all deadand twice as unpleasant more of the Investigatorrsquosrelatives could come back from the grave includingthe ones he or she never liked in life and if the keeperreally wants to go berserk bring on every person theInvestigator has ever killed all eager for revenge
LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS
Body of girl missing
Man sought by police
Police are seeking Mr Clem Baker a local mortician
Baker (pictured below) was last seen at the funeral
parlour of which he is a partner Baker amp Ratchett
on Thursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associate Stephen
Ratchett that he would be staying behind to prepare
the body of a local girl for burial on Friday Mr
Ratchett reports that working late was by no means
an unusual practice and had been done by both
men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived at work at eight
am on Friday morning he noted that the lights
were still on in the building The company hearse
was missing and the body of the girl was no longer
on the premises Investigations have ascertained that
Baker did not return to his lodgings on Thursday
night A number of tools and chemicals are also
missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released toprevent further distress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
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Bakerrsquos Lodgings theyrsquoll need to break in or obtainpolice permission to inspect it (see above) Itrsquos a bachelorapartment By the looks of it Baker hadnrsquot packed to leave
Te Dead Girl it is hard to learn who she was Te police must be sincerely convinced (specialPersuade) of the investigatorsrsquo good intentions
before releasing the name Failing that they couldtry to trick one of the officers (Fast alk with anIN x5 roll from the cop) She was Dianne Castilleof a middle class suburb She was sixteen at the timeof her death she broke her neck when she dived inat the shallow end of a swimming pool She hadred hair and was about five foot six Her parents areshocked senseless at the bodyrsquos theft
A Witness in the day following the article a cab driver
contacts the police to say that he saw the hearse headingsouth away from the funeral parlour He maintainsthere were three people in the front seat It is one ofmany reported sightings and associated crank calls andthe police do not pay especial attention to it
Tatrsquos as far as the case goes Tere are furthernewspaper reports but no fresh information
The Second Article Bus Lost
About a week and a half later a second disappearance isreported in the newspaper under the headline ldquoB983157983155 L983151983155983156rdquo
Give the players Handout 2 from the sheet of handoutsrelevant to the era the text of this article appears nearby
What really happened the Fiend has been busyIt has acquired some real estate a disused abattoir A workshop for fresh walking dead has been setup Several vehicles are on site including the hearse
and a (stolen) delivery van (horse-drawn cart in the
PHASE ONE EVENTS
The Dogs Begin to Howl
One Tursday night all the neighbourhood dogs are setoff First one dog then another then a chorus howlingand growling If the Investigator has a dog it too raises
its muzzle and wails and then fur stiff and bristling hidesunder the table Outside owners curse and swear at thebeasts After about fifteen minutes they all quiet down
Te dogs are upset by the visitation of Nyarlathotep who appears in town briefly to drop the Fiend
The First Newspaper Article
Undertaker Disappears
An article appears in the local paper on Saturday
morning under the headline ldquoL983151983139983137983148 U983150983140983141983154983156983137983147983141983154D983145983155983137983152983152983141983137983154983155rdquo See the handout page relevant to theera in which the game is set (1890s 1920s or Modern)and give the players Handout 1 Te text of this articleis repeated nearby
What really happened the Fiend hit town andrealized that the first thing it was going to need wasa mortician It was in need of embalming It foundBaker and made him do the job It then revived the
girl as a drone zombie By this stage Baker had losthis mind and did what he was told in a kind of stupor Te three drove away in the hearse
Curious investigators might look into the matterHere are further sources of information noted briefly
Te Funeral Parlour theyrsquoll need the consent of thePolice to get in (Debate or Law) A special Spot Hid-den notes in the preparation room an unused 45
calibre shell rolled under a cabinet
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1890s) Te Fiend also saw a need for a bus (or aGaslight-era horse-drawn omnibus) and hijackedthis one at gunpoint Marsh the driver was forcedto drive the bus to the Fiendrsquos hideout where ithas been hidden in a shed Marsh was killed andsubsequently brought back to life
Again the investigators might follow this up Tey learn
Te Bus is just your standard bus
Te Route is just your standard suburban route Itrsquos afairly quiet area South of the central business district
Te Driver William Marsh was about as reliable asthe next man He wasnrsquot a workaholic but he did his job His wife has no idea where he is and is a littlecynical about it - she thinks hersquos just cleared off If theinvestigators ask the Marshrsquos neighbours they learnthat the two fought like cat and dog
Te Last Passenger the police can point them to thisperson (Persuade or similar to get the name and addressor Law to get a copy of his statement) He is RudolphZymenski a factory worker He was coming home onthe bus after doing a late shift He got off at his stopas usual Te passenger waiting outside was dressed indark clothing and wore a hat Zymenski said that hehad a bad smell about him If they interview Zymenskia Psychology roll detects that he is uncomfortable abouttalking about the man If asked why he answers that hedoesnrsquot know he just felt uneasy In truth once he wasout of the bus he ran all the way home
Like the undertaker affair nothing else comes tolight in the bus case
PHASE TWO EVENTS
STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
About a week later the Fiend is ready Bad things start
Use the order given below Some events may need to bereshuffled or modified in response to the investigatorsrsquoactions You need not use every one some yousimply may not be able to implement others wonrsquotbe appropriate Tink of them as examples to conduct your own campaign of terror Add to them
Te major thing to remember is that althoughthe Fiend is cunning it is not invisible Once theInvestigator gets vigilant they might stake out theirown house Give credit where credit is due it may bethe only way theyrsquoll catch their tormentor
Here are some simple precautions the Fiend generally takes
e Disguise It occasionally dresses up as apostman a pregnant woman a repairman etc(o be precise it gets the undertaker to dressit) So it may be around when they are lookingfor it but in an unexpected form
e Distraction When the investigators are getting wise to it it arranges bluffs For example if theFiend wants to do something in their front yardit creates a ruckus in the back yard to draw themaway even if itrsquos only pitching a rock over the roofIf it wants them away from the back of the houseit might get one of its dead to make a phonecall (or send a telegram) to draw them into thehallway (Of course the dead have nothing to sayso any phone conversation isnrsquot a long one)
BUS LOST
Driver and vehicle reported missing
Police were notified late last night of the apparent disap-
pearance of a town bus Neither bus nor driver returned
to the depot on the conclusion of the nightrsquos service
The bus was license number B-039 and was on route19 The driver is Mr William Marsh Marsh was last
seen setting down a passenger and collecting one
at ten minutes to eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long
Road since then there has been no sighting
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the
bus to contact them immediately Door-to-door
enquiries along Long Road and the surrounding
district are presently being undertaken
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e Parking a street or two away It wonrsquot just lob upto the front door generally it parks the vehicleand sneaks around Sometimes it prefers to makea bold entrance (see below)
e Means of escape It likes to keep a rescue vehiclehandy or something that will create a distraction
while it gets away
Tis scenario is a mystery that your players aim tosolve so play fair but play mean
FIENDISHNESS
Space these as you see fit Te first ones should be acouple of days apart each then the pace picks up
THE INVESTIGATORrsquoS PET VANISHES
Teir Pet vanishes quietly No sign of a struggle oranything like that It wants to be let out one night anddoesnrsquot come home again
If they think to ask their neighbours no-one sawanything although at the third house they makeenquiries at someone recalls hearing a heavy car (orhansom cab if it rsquos the 1890s) in the street that night
COINCIDENTAL CRUELTIES
Te Fiend starts popping by in the night or while theInvestigator is out and doing little odd jobs At firstthese seem just bad luck Some examples
e Teir rubbish bin is overturned presumably bya dog they think Teir rubbish is strewn acrossthe street If they think to rack a successful rolldiscovers boot prints around the bin not paw prints
e Snails eat all the mail in the letter box A NaturalHistory roll indicates that perhaps the letter boxis a bit too dry for comfortable snail habitation
e Pickets from their fence go missing as if someone was taking them for firewood
e (for 1920s and modern settings) Teir newspaperstops being delivered Te newsagent maintains theyhad word that the Investigator wanted the paper
cancelled It must have been a mix-up they apologize
e (for 1890s or 1920s settings) Teir daily deliveryof ice ceases inexplicably under the samecircumstances as described above
e A van (or horse-drawn cart) pulls up and twomen get out and deliver an incredibly ugly andheavy piece of furniture Tey ask the Investigatorto sign for it Tey refuse to manhandle it backinto the van (cart) even if it is a mistake this is thecorrect address the item is paid for and itrsquos theirlunch break Te item has no actual significancebut unless the Investigator can convince the men
to take it away (Fast alk or a bribe) it remainson their porch making getting in and out of thefront door inconvenient
BAD DREAMS
Te Investigator suffers three bad dreams each of which herald some new horror when they wake Tese are legitimate dreams so the Investigator has
no control over them Te keeper may employ changeof perspective inability to act and inexorable motionall of the things which make real nightmares soclaustrophobic and disturbing
THE FIRST BAD DREAM
One night they dream the following Tey are beingchased Tey canrsquot see what is chasing them butthey know it is just behind them Tey can hear its
shambling pursuit It seems close enough to breatheon them but they can hear no breathing Teyare running along corridors down stairs throughdarkened rooms Finally in a room with a windowthey feel they have lost their pursuer Ten there isa great shattering of glass and an arm through the window and a voice hissing ldquoIrsquom backrdquo
A Present
and they toss in their bed head fouled with sleepsheets roiled with sweat ime for a Sanity roll costing01 Teir throat is dry their limbs are trembling Atime to remember the empty space on their bed wheretheir Pet should be sleeping
INSANITIES
Appropriate insanities arising from the course of
this scenario include fear of death fear of being
buried alive the conclusion that everyone else in
the world is dead and good old catatonia (some-
times itrsquos easier just to shut down)
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Te Investigator sure could use a glass of water Asthey move around the house they see that the breakingglass of their dream was reality A front window hasbeen smashed inward Tere is an object lying on thefloor Another Sanity roll for the blending of dreamand reality losing 01 again
Tere is a sudden pounding on the front door It is a
neighbour he heard the breaking glass is everything okay
When they get to inspect the object it is somemanner of artefact thematically linked with theFiend in life Tat is to say if the Fiend is Lang Fu(from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) it could be a Chinesepuzzle box if the Fiend is Jerry (from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo) it could be a heavy ankh if the Fiend isBaron Hauptmann (from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) itcould be an odd pair of binoculars If the Investigatordoes not make the connection let it be an enigma Teyrsquoll discover the truth soon enough
Te object was thrown from a moving vehicle Againif they ask around on a Luck roll they find a neighbour who saw it briefly Tey had the impression it was along black automobilecarriage (the hearse in fact)
THE DEAD RELATIVE IS STOLEN
Te next morning a ringing telephone wakes them
It is the police Te grave of their Dead Relative isunearthed and is now vacant Could they come down tothe station to help with enquiries A Sanity roll shouldbe made as they put the phone down costing 11D3
Te facts of the theft are simple Someone broke into thecemetery overnight and excavated the grave Te coffinhas been broken open the body is gone Te police canrsquotdo much Tey are obliged to tell the Investigator aboutthe theft and ask if they have any ideas Tey express
their shock and outrage and promise to work on the caseday and night Nothing further comes of it
An Oratory or Law roll can get the police to confessthat this is the latest of a series of exhumations Teyhave lost a half-dozen bodies in the last fortnight from various places Tey are keeping details of the cases outof the newspapers for fear of widespread panic
If the Investigator presses the point they can learn who these missing people were (Persuade) All hadbeen dead less than a month See nearby box
Te grave-robbing continues and a few days later thepolice are forced to reveal the situation Citizen watchesare posted in the cemeteries in town Tefts are thenreported in outlying districts No-one is seen or caught
THE SECOND BAD DREAM
Tat night the Investigator dreams he or she is
walking in a graveyard Mist swirls around everythingSoftly someone can be heard calling their name TeInvestigator follows the sound and arrives at the grave-side of the Dead Relative Arms burst out of the earthand pull the dreamer down
Change of perspective Te Investigator is now in thecoffin buried Te dreamer can smell his or her own rotand putrefaction Ten there is a bump on the coffinlid and another a shovel digging down striking thetop of the box A rasping voice from above ldquoYou canrsquot
hide in thererdquo Te shovel hitting the lid Bump Bump
The Pet Comes Back
Bump Bump Te Investigator wakes up Roll Sanityfor the dream losing 01 Te bumping sound that wakes the dreamer is real It comes from the front doorIf the Investigator peeks out to see whorsquos there initiallyhe or she sees nobody not at head height anyway it istheir Pet returned bumping at the door wanting in
If the Investigator opens the door the animal walksin It is home safe and sound Te Investigatorrsquos joysoon sours as it becomes plain that the animal is not well It moves stiffly It collides with the furniture It istotally silent It smells awful
How does the Investigator first find that their Pet isactually dead Tere are many clues It has no interestin food or water the flies hover around it and yet theanimal makes no attempt to brush them off a Listenroll detects that it does not breathe a Spot Hidden
notices that it has no pulse When the truth comes Sanity loss is 1D31D8 Whatever violent emotional response is wrought fromthe Investigator the Pet has no reaction whatsoeverbut stands dumbly and looks on
Missing Bodies
Joe Plimsoll 42 mechanic cause of deathskull fracture from rolling truckcarriage
Edna Delaware 34 nurse cause of deathfell down flight of stairs
Randy Thompson 24 student cause of
death football injury
Klaus Tod 31 labourer cause of deathfalling masonry
Bess Kellerman 43 stenographer cause ofdeath struck by automobilehansom cab
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When the Investigator recovers from the shock he orshe must decide what do about it Te faithful owner canleave it be but the animal takes to following him or heraround everywhere smelling worse and worse Each dayit is around costs an automatic 1 point of Sanity Or theInvestigator can kill it which takes a couple of blows Te animal just stands there and takes it Tis is just asupsetting and costs an automatic 1D4 points of Sanity
Te distraught owner will then probably bury it When he or she picks the body up a Spot Hiddennotices a scattering of red dust in the animalrsquos mattedfur (this is from the abattoir yard) A Geology rollnotes that this red dust is common around the South-Eastern fringe of town mostly industrial suburbs Itblows across many of the yards and back lots there
If the Investigator heads off on a random search for dustyred yards the magnitude of the task is overwhelmingHe or she has only a 5 chance per day of stumblingacross the right place by this method but the keeper
should drag out the exploration of a few innocuoussites first (graveyards rubbish tips quarries)
ANONYMOUS ATROCITIES
Te small inconveniences become twisted andinexplicable and it is clear that they are not ill luck orcoincidence Some examples
e wo bottles of milk are left on the step as usualExcept instead of two white bottles therersquos one
white and one red One pint of milk one pint offresh human blood (Sanity loss 01D3)
e A letter is delivered Te envelope contains a smallclump of human hair An Idea roll indicates that
the colour is the same as that of the Dead RelativeCaught along the gum sealing the flap are a fewgrains of red dust (see above) (Sanity loss 01D2)
e Overnight the front yard is filled with frogsand toads Some are mildly poisonous All aredisgusting (Sanity loss 01)
e A neighbour cheerfully delivers a small packagelsquomistakenlyrsquo delivered to them (the addressee has written the name of the Investigator but put downthe wrong street number) Te package contains abundle of old rusty spent bullets A note is affixedlsquoH983137983158983141 983144983141983149 B983137983139983147rsquo (Tese are bullets which theInvestigator or their friend shot at the Fiend which it has gouged out of its flesh Only use thisif they gunned down the Fiend back when it wasalive) (Sanity no loss unless theyrsquove guessed the
Fiendrsquos identity in which case 01)
e Washing left on the line is crawling with flies If theinsects are all brushed away traces of excrement arefound smeared on the material (Sanity loss 01)
IF THE INVESTIGATOR LEAVES HOME
It would be a wise move around now for the Investigatorto leave An unknown villain is in pursuit mdash why stay
around and be easy prey
Abandoning onersquos home though is a drastic moveand signals both victory to their unknown persecutorand the end of their former life Moving out coststhe Investigator 1 point of Sanity
Where does the Investigator relocate A hotel Afriendrsquos house (putting that friend at risk too) Teback seat of their carcarriage Another town
If he or she leaves totally the scenario is for nowover But the patient dead Fiend tracks its prey downeventually You will need to extend and modify thescenario but somewhere a bus-full of dead peopleroll through the night on the Investigatorrsquos trail
If he or she stays in town the Fiend will try to find its hatedenemy You must judge how long this will take judged onthe ingenuity of the Investigatorrsquos smoke screen
As soon as it becomes apparent that its prey has leftthe Fiend places an ad in the Personal Notices
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] Please come home I know wecan work it out Tings will only get worse if you stayaway much worse Believe me Much worse Pleasecome home [Fiendrsquos first initial]rdquo
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
S983157983138983157983154983138983137983150 H983151983157983155983141 reads one headline the next morn-ing C983137983150983150983145983138983137983148 H983151983157983155983141 O983142 H983141983148983148 screams another
Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
S983156983154983141983141983156983155 the less they have to say about it
Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
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NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
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n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
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him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
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LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
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Girl MissingPAGE 2
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However several of the Fiendrsquos actions will attractsome notice from city authorities Tanks to that twoodd newspaper articles appear in the local daily duringthis phase On the surface they appear unrelated buteach is bizarre enough to warrant some attention
It is entirely possible that the investigators willmistakenly draw connections between these clues
and whatever other Mythos terror they are currentlypursuing Do not discourage this Any digging intothe circumstances described in the articles will failto connect them with their ongoing investigationequally it will fail to unearth anything about theFiend Later these events acquire more meaning
Events in Phase One
When What
One Tursday Night Dogs Begin to Howl
A Saturday Morning Te First Newspaper Article
A week and a half later Te Second Newspaper Article
Phase Two Strange Things Happen
Once the Fiend has decided the time is right to beginits crusade of revenge it begins with some subtle actsof fiendishness but quickly ramps these up to becomemore shocking and disgusting None of them involve
direct intervention by the Fiend rather they rely onmanipulating previously benign and harmless elementsfrom the Investigatorrsquos own life Coincident with thesedisturbing personal attacks are a series of bad dreams which seem maddeningly related
Events in Phase Two
Tese begin about a week after the second newspaperarticle and can follow whatever tempo the Keeper wishes
a Te Investigatorrsquos Pet Vanishesb Strange Coincidences around the Investigatorrsquos house
c Te First Bad Dream + Teft of the Dead Relative
d Te Second Bad Dream + Te Pet Comes back (Zombified)
e More Disturbing ldquoAnonymous Atrocitiesrdquo around the house
f Te Tird Bad Dream + Te Ex-Investigator Arrives (Zombified)
Phase Three The Deadwave
Eventually the Fiend will decide itrsquos time to stoptoying with the Investigator via subtle means Tatrsquos when it decides to unleash its secret weapon ndash thearmy of zombies it has been brewing in secret ndash on theInvestigator in his or her home Tis is the Deadwave
Assuming anyone survives this frontal assault clues will point to the abattoir being used by the Fiend asa lair Tis sets the scene for a final confrontation andhopefully a final resolution to the Fiendrsquos crusade
Further Ideas
Tis scenario is yours to shape and mould By now yoursquove
got the idea by plotting the past home and family ofthe Investigator you open up a lot of vulnerable spots You can use more as needs be Perhaps some of theirliving relatives might be kidnapped and killed or theirfriends lovers workmates etc Te Fiend has no scruplesor mercy when it comes to getting revenge
Te reanimated non-player characters in the scenariohave a particular balance and order of appearance you may wish though to add more Te Fiend could
be intact with its henchmen from life now all deadand twice as unpleasant more of the Investigatorrsquosrelatives could come back from the grave includingthe ones he or she never liked in life and if the keeperreally wants to go berserk bring on every person theInvestigator has ever killed all eager for revenge
LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS
Body of girl missing
Man sought by police
Police are seeking Mr Clem Baker a local mortician
Baker (pictured below) was last seen at the funeral
parlour of which he is a partner Baker amp Ratchett
on Thursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associate Stephen
Ratchett that he would be staying behind to prepare
the body of a local girl for burial on Friday Mr
Ratchett reports that working late was by no means
an unusual practice and had been done by both
men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived at work at eight
am on Friday morning he noted that the lights
were still on in the building The company hearse
was missing and the body of the girl was no longer
on the premises Investigations have ascertained that
Baker did not return to his lodgings on Thursday
night A number of tools and chemicals are also
missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released toprevent further distress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
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Bakerrsquos Lodgings theyrsquoll need to break in or obtainpolice permission to inspect it (see above) Itrsquos a bachelorapartment By the looks of it Baker hadnrsquot packed to leave
Te Dead Girl it is hard to learn who she was Te police must be sincerely convinced (specialPersuade) of the investigatorsrsquo good intentions
before releasing the name Failing that they couldtry to trick one of the officers (Fast alk with anIN x5 roll from the cop) She was Dianne Castilleof a middle class suburb She was sixteen at the timeof her death she broke her neck when she dived inat the shallow end of a swimming pool She hadred hair and was about five foot six Her parents areshocked senseless at the bodyrsquos theft
A Witness in the day following the article a cab driver
contacts the police to say that he saw the hearse headingsouth away from the funeral parlour He maintainsthere were three people in the front seat It is one ofmany reported sightings and associated crank calls andthe police do not pay especial attention to it
Tatrsquos as far as the case goes Tere are furthernewspaper reports but no fresh information
The Second Article Bus Lost
About a week and a half later a second disappearance isreported in the newspaper under the headline ldquoB983157983155 L983151983155983156rdquo
Give the players Handout 2 from the sheet of handoutsrelevant to the era the text of this article appears nearby
What really happened the Fiend has been busyIt has acquired some real estate a disused abattoir A workshop for fresh walking dead has been setup Several vehicles are on site including the hearse
and a (stolen) delivery van (horse-drawn cart in the
PHASE ONE EVENTS
The Dogs Begin to Howl
One Tursday night all the neighbourhood dogs are setoff First one dog then another then a chorus howlingand growling If the Investigator has a dog it too raises
its muzzle and wails and then fur stiff and bristling hidesunder the table Outside owners curse and swear at thebeasts After about fifteen minutes they all quiet down
Te dogs are upset by the visitation of Nyarlathotep who appears in town briefly to drop the Fiend
The First Newspaper Article
Undertaker Disappears
An article appears in the local paper on Saturday
morning under the headline ldquoL983151983139983137983148 U983150983140983141983154983156983137983147983141983154D983145983155983137983152983152983141983137983154983155rdquo See the handout page relevant to theera in which the game is set (1890s 1920s or Modern)and give the players Handout 1 Te text of this articleis repeated nearby
What really happened the Fiend hit town andrealized that the first thing it was going to need wasa mortician It was in need of embalming It foundBaker and made him do the job It then revived the
girl as a drone zombie By this stage Baker had losthis mind and did what he was told in a kind of stupor Te three drove away in the hearse
Curious investigators might look into the matterHere are further sources of information noted briefly
Te Funeral Parlour theyrsquoll need the consent of thePolice to get in (Debate or Law) A special Spot Hid-den notes in the preparation room an unused 45
calibre shell rolled under a cabinet
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1890s) Te Fiend also saw a need for a bus (or aGaslight-era horse-drawn omnibus) and hijackedthis one at gunpoint Marsh the driver was forcedto drive the bus to the Fiendrsquos hideout where ithas been hidden in a shed Marsh was killed andsubsequently brought back to life
Again the investigators might follow this up Tey learn
Te Bus is just your standard bus
Te Route is just your standard suburban route Itrsquos afairly quiet area South of the central business district
Te Driver William Marsh was about as reliable asthe next man He wasnrsquot a workaholic but he did his job His wife has no idea where he is and is a littlecynical about it - she thinks hersquos just cleared off If theinvestigators ask the Marshrsquos neighbours they learnthat the two fought like cat and dog
Te Last Passenger the police can point them to thisperson (Persuade or similar to get the name and addressor Law to get a copy of his statement) He is RudolphZymenski a factory worker He was coming home onthe bus after doing a late shift He got off at his stopas usual Te passenger waiting outside was dressed indark clothing and wore a hat Zymenski said that hehad a bad smell about him If they interview Zymenskia Psychology roll detects that he is uncomfortable abouttalking about the man If asked why he answers that hedoesnrsquot know he just felt uneasy In truth once he wasout of the bus he ran all the way home
Like the undertaker affair nothing else comes tolight in the bus case
PHASE TWO EVENTS
STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
About a week later the Fiend is ready Bad things start
Use the order given below Some events may need to bereshuffled or modified in response to the investigatorsrsquoactions You need not use every one some yousimply may not be able to implement others wonrsquotbe appropriate Tink of them as examples to conduct your own campaign of terror Add to them
Te major thing to remember is that althoughthe Fiend is cunning it is not invisible Once theInvestigator gets vigilant they might stake out theirown house Give credit where credit is due it may bethe only way theyrsquoll catch their tormentor
Here are some simple precautions the Fiend generally takes
e Disguise It occasionally dresses up as apostman a pregnant woman a repairman etc(o be precise it gets the undertaker to dressit) So it may be around when they are lookingfor it but in an unexpected form
e Distraction When the investigators are getting wise to it it arranges bluffs For example if theFiend wants to do something in their front yardit creates a ruckus in the back yard to draw themaway even if itrsquos only pitching a rock over the roofIf it wants them away from the back of the houseit might get one of its dead to make a phonecall (or send a telegram) to draw them into thehallway (Of course the dead have nothing to sayso any phone conversation isnrsquot a long one)
BUS LOST
Driver and vehicle reported missing
Police were notified late last night of the apparent disap-
pearance of a town bus Neither bus nor driver returned
to the depot on the conclusion of the nightrsquos service
The bus was license number B-039 and was on route19 The driver is Mr William Marsh Marsh was last
seen setting down a passenger and collecting one
at ten minutes to eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long
Road since then there has been no sighting
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the
bus to contact them immediately Door-to-door
enquiries along Long Road and the surrounding
district are presently being undertaken
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e Parking a street or two away It wonrsquot just lob upto the front door generally it parks the vehicleand sneaks around Sometimes it prefers to makea bold entrance (see below)
e Means of escape It likes to keep a rescue vehiclehandy or something that will create a distraction
while it gets away
Tis scenario is a mystery that your players aim tosolve so play fair but play mean
FIENDISHNESS
Space these as you see fit Te first ones should be acouple of days apart each then the pace picks up
THE INVESTIGATORrsquoS PET VANISHES
Teir Pet vanishes quietly No sign of a struggle oranything like that It wants to be let out one night anddoesnrsquot come home again
If they think to ask their neighbours no-one sawanything although at the third house they makeenquiries at someone recalls hearing a heavy car (orhansom cab if it rsquos the 1890s) in the street that night
COINCIDENTAL CRUELTIES
Te Fiend starts popping by in the night or while theInvestigator is out and doing little odd jobs At firstthese seem just bad luck Some examples
e Teir rubbish bin is overturned presumably bya dog they think Teir rubbish is strewn acrossthe street If they think to rack a successful rolldiscovers boot prints around the bin not paw prints
e Snails eat all the mail in the letter box A NaturalHistory roll indicates that perhaps the letter boxis a bit too dry for comfortable snail habitation
e Pickets from their fence go missing as if someone was taking them for firewood
e (for 1920s and modern settings) Teir newspaperstops being delivered Te newsagent maintains theyhad word that the Investigator wanted the paper
cancelled It must have been a mix-up they apologize
e (for 1890s or 1920s settings) Teir daily deliveryof ice ceases inexplicably under the samecircumstances as described above
e A van (or horse-drawn cart) pulls up and twomen get out and deliver an incredibly ugly andheavy piece of furniture Tey ask the Investigatorto sign for it Tey refuse to manhandle it backinto the van (cart) even if it is a mistake this is thecorrect address the item is paid for and itrsquos theirlunch break Te item has no actual significancebut unless the Investigator can convince the men
to take it away (Fast alk or a bribe) it remainson their porch making getting in and out of thefront door inconvenient
BAD DREAMS
Te Investigator suffers three bad dreams each of which herald some new horror when they wake Tese are legitimate dreams so the Investigator has
no control over them Te keeper may employ changeof perspective inability to act and inexorable motionall of the things which make real nightmares soclaustrophobic and disturbing
THE FIRST BAD DREAM
One night they dream the following Tey are beingchased Tey canrsquot see what is chasing them butthey know it is just behind them Tey can hear its
shambling pursuit It seems close enough to breatheon them but they can hear no breathing Teyare running along corridors down stairs throughdarkened rooms Finally in a room with a windowthey feel they have lost their pursuer Ten there isa great shattering of glass and an arm through the window and a voice hissing ldquoIrsquom backrdquo
A Present
and they toss in their bed head fouled with sleepsheets roiled with sweat ime for a Sanity roll costing01 Teir throat is dry their limbs are trembling Atime to remember the empty space on their bed wheretheir Pet should be sleeping
INSANITIES
Appropriate insanities arising from the course of
this scenario include fear of death fear of being
buried alive the conclusion that everyone else in
the world is dead and good old catatonia (some-
times itrsquos easier just to shut down)
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Te Investigator sure could use a glass of water Asthey move around the house they see that the breakingglass of their dream was reality A front window hasbeen smashed inward Tere is an object lying on thefloor Another Sanity roll for the blending of dreamand reality losing 01 again
Tere is a sudden pounding on the front door It is a
neighbour he heard the breaking glass is everything okay
When they get to inspect the object it is somemanner of artefact thematically linked with theFiend in life Tat is to say if the Fiend is Lang Fu(from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) it could be a Chinesepuzzle box if the Fiend is Jerry (from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo) it could be a heavy ankh if the Fiend isBaron Hauptmann (from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) itcould be an odd pair of binoculars If the Investigatordoes not make the connection let it be an enigma Teyrsquoll discover the truth soon enough
Te object was thrown from a moving vehicle Againif they ask around on a Luck roll they find a neighbour who saw it briefly Tey had the impression it was along black automobilecarriage (the hearse in fact)
THE DEAD RELATIVE IS STOLEN
Te next morning a ringing telephone wakes them
It is the police Te grave of their Dead Relative isunearthed and is now vacant Could they come down tothe station to help with enquiries A Sanity roll shouldbe made as they put the phone down costing 11D3
Te facts of the theft are simple Someone broke into thecemetery overnight and excavated the grave Te coffinhas been broken open the body is gone Te police canrsquotdo much Tey are obliged to tell the Investigator aboutthe theft and ask if they have any ideas Tey express
their shock and outrage and promise to work on the caseday and night Nothing further comes of it
An Oratory or Law roll can get the police to confessthat this is the latest of a series of exhumations Teyhave lost a half-dozen bodies in the last fortnight from various places Tey are keeping details of the cases outof the newspapers for fear of widespread panic
If the Investigator presses the point they can learn who these missing people were (Persuade) All hadbeen dead less than a month See nearby box
Te grave-robbing continues and a few days later thepolice are forced to reveal the situation Citizen watchesare posted in the cemeteries in town Tefts are thenreported in outlying districts No-one is seen or caught
THE SECOND BAD DREAM
Tat night the Investigator dreams he or she is
walking in a graveyard Mist swirls around everythingSoftly someone can be heard calling their name TeInvestigator follows the sound and arrives at the grave-side of the Dead Relative Arms burst out of the earthand pull the dreamer down
Change of perspective Te Investigator is now in thecoffin buried Te dreamer can smell his or her own rotand putrefaction Ten there is a bump on the coffinlid and another a shovel digging down striking thetop of the box A rasping voice from above ldquoYou canrsquot
hide in thererdquo Te shovel hitting the lid Bump Bump
The Pet Comes Back
Bump Bump Te Investigator wakes up Roll Sanityfor the dream losing 01 Te bumping sound that wakes the dreamer is real It comes from the front doorIf the Investigator peeks out to see whorsquos there initiallyhe or she sees nobody not at head height anyway it istheir Pet returned bumping at the door wanting in
If the Investigator opens the door the animal walksin It is home safe and sound Te Investigatorrsquos joysoon sours as it becomes plain that the animal is not well It moves stiffly It collides with the furniture It istotally silent It smells awful
How does the Investigator first find that their Pet isactually dead Tere are many clues It has no interestin food or water the flies hover around it and yet theanimal makes no attempt to brush them off a Listenroll detects that it does not breathe a Spot Hidden
notices that it has no pulse When the truth comes Sanity loss is 1D31D8 Whatever violent emotional response is wrought fromthe Investigator the Pet has no reaction whatsoeverbut stands dumbly and looks on
Missing Bodies
Joe Plimsoll 42 mechanic cause of deathskull fracture from rolling truckcarriage
Edna Delaware 34 nurse cause of deathfell down flight of stairs
Randy Thompson 24 student cause of
death football injury
Klaus Tod 31 labourer cause of deathfalling masonry
Bess Kellerman 43 stenographer cause ofdeath struck by automobilehansom cab
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When the Investigator recovers from the shock he orshe must decide what do about it Te faithful owner canleave it be but the animal takes to following him or heraround everywhere smelling worse and worse Each dayit is around costs an automatic 1 point of Sanity Or theInvestigator can kill it which takes a couple of blows Te animal just stands there and takes it Tis is just asupsetting and costs an automatic 1D4 points of Sanity
Te distraught owner will then probably bury it When he or she picks the body up a Spot Hiddennotices a scattering of red dust in the animalrsquos mattedfur (this is from the abattoir yard) A Geology rollnotes that this red dust is common around the South-Eastern fringe of town mostly industrial suburbs Itblows across many of the yards and back lots there
If the Investigator heads off on a random search for dustyred yards the magnitude of the task is overwhelmingHe or she has only a 5 chance per day of stumblingacross the right place by this method but the keeper
should drag out the exploration of a few innocuoussites first (graveyards rubbish tips quarries)
ANONYMOUS ATROCITIES
Te small inconveniences become twisted andinexplicable and it is clear that they are not ill luck orcoincidence Some examples
e wo bottles of milk are left on the step as usualExcept instead of two white bottles therersquos one
white and one red One pint of milk one pint offresh human blood (Sanity loss 01D3)
e A letter is delivered Te envelope contains a smallclump of human hair An Idea roll indicates that
the colour is the same as that of the Dead RelativeCaught along the gum sealing the flap are a fewgrains of red dust (see above) (Sanity loss 01D2)
e Overnight the front yard is filled with frogsand toads Some are mildly poisonous All aredisgusting (Sanity loss 01)
e A neighbour cheerfully delivers a small packagelsquomistakenlyrsquo delivered to them (the addressee has written the name of the Investigator but put downthe wrong street number) Te package contains abundle of old rusty spent bullets A note is affixedlsquoH983137983158983141 983144983141983149 B983137983139983147rsquo (Tese are bullets which theInvestigator or their friend shot at the Fiend which it has gouged out of its flesh Only use thisif they gunned down the Fiend back when it wasalive) (Sanity no loss unless theyrsquove guessed the
Fiendrsquos identity in which case 01)
e Washing left on the line is crawling with flies If theinsects are all brushed away traces of excrement arefound smeared on the material (Sanity loss 01)
IF THE INVESTIGATOR LEAVES HOME
It would be a wise move around now for the Investigatorto leave An unknown villain is in pursuit mdash why stay
around and be easy prey
Abandoning onersquos home though is a drastic moveand signals both victory to their unknown persecutorand the end of their former life Moving out coststhe Investigator 1 point of Sanity
Where does the Investigator relocate A hotel Afriendrsquos house (putting that friend at risk too) Teback seat of their carcarriage Another town
If he or she leaves totally the scenario is for nowover But the patient dead Fiend tracks its prey downeventually You will need to extend and modify thescenario but somewhere a bus-full of dead peopleroll through the night on the Investigatorrsquos trail
If he or she stays in town the Fiend will try to find its hatedenemy You must judge how long this will take judged onthe ingenuity of the Investigatorrsquos smoke screen
As soon as it becomes apparent that its prey has leftthe Fiend places an ad in the Personal Notices
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] Please come home I know wecan work it out Tings will only get worse if you stayaway much worse Believe me Much worse Pleasecome home [Fiendrsquos first initial]rdquo
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
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Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
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Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
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NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
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To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
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judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
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LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
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Bakerrsquos Lodgings theyrsquoll need to break in or obtainpolice permission to inspect it (see above) Itrsquos a bachelorapartment By the looks of it Baker hadnrsquot packed to leave
Te Dead Girl it is hard to learn who she was Te police must be sincerely convinced (specialPersuade) of the investigatorsrsquo good intentions
before releasing the name Failing that they couldtry to trick one of the officers (Fast alk with anIN x5 roll from the cop) She was Dianne Castilleof a middle class suburb She was sixteen at the timeof her death she broke her neck when she dived inat the shallow end of a swimming pool She hadred hair and was about five foot six Her parents areshocked senseless at the bodyrsquos theft
A Witness in the day following the article a cab driver
contacts the police to say that he saw the hearse headingsouth away from the funeral parlour He maintainsthere were three people in the front seat It is one ofmany reported sightings and associated crank calls andthe police do not pay especial attention to it
Tatrsquos as far as the case goes Tere are furthernewspaper reports but no fresh information
The Second Article Bus Lost
About a week and a half later a second disappearance isreported in the newspaper under the headline ldquoB983157983155 L983151983155983156rdquo
Give the players Handout 2 from the sheet of handoutsrelevant to the era the text of this article appears nearby
What really happened the Fiend has been busyIt has acquired some real estate a disused abattoir A workshop for fresh walking dead has been setup Several vehicles are on site including the hearse
and a (stolen) delivery van (horse-drawn cart in the
PHASE ONE EVENTS
The Dogs Begin to Howl
One Tursday night all the neighbourhood dogs are setoff First one dog then another then a chorus howlingand growling If the Investigator has a dog it too raises
its muzzle and wails and then fur stiff and bristling hidesunder the table Outside owners curse and swear at thebeasts After about fifteen minutes they all quiet down
Te dogs are upset by the visitation of Nyarlathotep who appears in town briefly to drop the Fiend
The First Newspaper Article
Undertaker Disappears
An article appears in the local paper on Saturday
morning under the headline ldquoL983151983139983137983148 U983150983140983141983154983156983137983147983141983154D983145983155983137983152983152983141983137983154983155rdquo See the handout page relevant to theera in which the game is set (1890s 1920s or Modern)and give the players Handout 1 Te text of this articleis repeated nearby
What really happened the Fiend hit town andrealized that the first thing it was going to need wasa mortician It was in need of embalming It foundBaker and made him do the job It then revived the
girl as a drone zombie By this stage Baker had losthis mind and did what he was told in a kind of stupor Te three drove away in the hearse
Curious investigators might look into the matterHere are further sources of information noted briefly
Te Funeral Parlour theyrsquoll need the consent of thePolice to get in (Debate or Law) A special Spot Hid-den notes in the preparation room an unused 45
calibre shell rolled under a cabinet
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1890s) Te Fiend also saw a need for a bus (or aGaslight-era horse-drawn omnibus) and hijackedthis one at gunpoint Marsh the driver was forcedto drive the bus to the Fiendrsquos hideout where ithas been hidden in a shed Marsh was killed andsubsequently brought back to life
Again the investigators might follow this up Tey learn
Te Bus is just your standard bus
Te Route is just your standard suburban route Itrsquos afairly quiet area South of the central business district
Te Driver William Marsh was about as reliable asthe next man He wasnrsquot a workaholic but he did his job His wife has no idea where he is and is a littlecynical about it - she thinks hersquos just cleared off If theinvestigators ask the Marshrsquos neighbours they learnthat the two fought like cat and dog
Te Last Passenger the police can point them to thisperson (Persuade or similar to get the name and addressor Law to get a copy of his statement) He is RudolphZymenski a factory worker He was coming home onthe bus after doing a late shift He got off at his stopas usual Te passenger waiting outside was dressed indark clothing and wore a hat Zymenski said that hehad a bad smell about him If they interview Zymenskia Psychology roll detects that he is uncomfortable abouttalking about the man If asked why he answers that hedoesnrsquot know he just felt uneasy In truth once he wasout of the bus he ran all the way home
Like the undertaker affair nothing else comes tolight in the bus case
PHASE TWO EVENTS
STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
About a week later the Fiend is ready Bad things start
Use the order given below Some events may need to bereshuffled or modified in response to the investigatorsrsquoactions You need not use every one some yousimply may not be able to implement others wonrsquotbe appropriate Tink of them as examples to conduct your own campaign of terror Add to them
Te major thing to remember is that althoughthe Fiend is cunning it is not invisible Once theInvestigator gets vigilant they might stake out theirown house Give credit where credit is due it may bethe only way theyrsquoll catch their tormentor
Here are some simple precautions the Fiend generally takes
e Disguise It occasionally dresses up as apostman a pregnant woman a repairman etc(o be precise it gets the undertaker to dressit) So it may be around when they are lookingfor it but in an unexpected form
e Distraction When the investigators are getting wise to it it arranges bluffs For example if theFiend wants to do something in their front yardit creates a ruckus in the back yard to draw themaway even if itrsquos only pitching a rock over the roofIf it wants them away from the back of the houseit might get one of its dead to make a phonecall (or send a telegram) to draw them into thehallway (Of course the dead have nothing to sayso any phone conversation isnrsquot a long one)
BUS LOST
Driver and vehicle reported missing
Police were notified late last night of the apparent disap-
pearance of a town bus Neither bus nor driver returned
to the depot on the conclusion of the nightrsquos service
The bus was license number B-039 and was on route19 The driver is Mr William Marsh Marsh was last
seen setting down a passenger and collecting one
at ten minutes to eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long
Road since then there has been no sighting
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the
bus to contact them immediately Door-to-door
enquiries along Long Road and the surrounding
district are presently being undertaken
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e Parking a street or two away It wonrsquot just lob upto the front door generally it parks the vehicleand sneaks around Sometimes it prefers to makea bold entrance (see below)
e Means of escape It likes to keep a rescue vehiclehandy or something that will create a distraction
while it gets away
Tis scenario is a mystery that your players aim tosolve so play fair but play mean
FIENDISHNESS
Space these as you see fit Te first ones should be acouple of days apart each then the pace picks up
THE INVESTIGATORrsquoS PET VANISHES
Teir Pet vanishes quietly No sign of a struggle oranything like that It wants to be let out one night anddoesnrsquot come home again
If they think to ask their neighbours no-one sawanything although at the third house they makeenquiries at someone recalls hearing a heavy car (orhansom cab if it rsquos the 1890s) in the street that night
COINCIDENTAL CRUELTIES
Te Fiend starts popping by in the night or while theInvestigator is out and doing little odd jobs At firstthese seem just bad luck Some examples
e Teir rubbish bin is overturned presumably bya dog they think Teir rubbish is strewn acrossthe street If they think to rack a successful rolldiscovers boot prints around the bin not paw prints
e Snails eat all the mail in the letter box A NaturalHistory roll indicates that perhaps the letter boxis a bit too dry for comfortable snail habitation
e Pickets from their fence go missing as if someone was taking them for firewood
e (for 1920s and modern settings) Teir newspaperstops being delivered Te newsagent maintains theyhad word that the Investigator wanted the paper
cancelled It must have been a mix-up they apologize
e (for 1890s or 1920s settings) Teir daily deliveryof ice ceases inexplicably under the samecircumstances as described above
e A van (or horse-drawn cart) pulls up and twomen get out and deliver an incredibly ugly andheavy piece of furniture Tey ask the Investigatorto sign for it Tey refuse to manhandle it backinto the van (cart) even if it is a mistake this is thecorrect address the item is paid for and itrsquos theirlunch break Te item has no actual significancebut unless the Investigator can convince the men
to take it away (Fast alk or a bribe) it remainson their porch making getting in and out of thefront door inconvenient
BAD DREAMS
Te Investigator suffers three bad dreams each of which herald some new horror when they wake Tese are legitimate dreams so the Investigator has
no control over them Te keeper may employ changeof perspective inability to act and inexorable motionall of the things which make real nightmares soclaustrophobic and disturbing
THE FIRST BAD DREAM
One night they dream the following Tey are beingchased Tey canrsquot see what is chasing them butthey know it is just behind them Tey can hear its
shambling pursuit It seems close enough to breatheon them but they can hear no breathing Teyare running along corridors down stairs throughdarkened rooms Finally in a room with a windowthey feel they have lost their pursuer Ten there isa great shattering of glass and an arm through the window and a voice hissing ldquoIrsquom backrdquo
A Present
and they toss in their bed head fouled with sleepsheets roiled with sweat ime for a Sanity roll costing01 Teir throat is dry their limbs are trembling Atime to remember the empty space on their bed wheretheir Pet should be sleeping
INSANITIES
Appropriate insanities arising from the course of
this scenario include fear of death fear of being
buried alive the conclusion that everyone else in
the world is dead and good old catatonia (some-
times itrsquos easier just to shut down)
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Te Investigator sure could use a glass of water Asthey move around the house they see that the breakingglass of their dream was reality A front window hasbeen smashed inward Tere is an object lying on thefloor Another Sanity roll for the blending of dreamand reality losing 01 again
Tere is a sudden pounding on the front door It is a
neighbour he heard the breaking glass is everything okay
When they get to inspect the object it is somemanner of artefact thematically linked with theFiend in life Tat is to say if the Fiend is Lang Fu(from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) it could be a Chinesepuzzle box if the Fiend is Jerry (from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo) it could be a heavy ankh if the Fiend isBaron Hauptmann (from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) itcould be an odd pair of binoculars If the Investigatordoes not make the connection let it be an enigma Teyrsquoll discover the truth soon enough
Te object was thrown from a moving vehicle Againif they ask around on a Luck roll they find a neighbour who saw it briefly Tey had the impression it was along black automobilecarriage (the hearse in fact)
THE DEAD RELATIVE IS STOLEN
Te next morning a ringing telephone wakes them
It is the police Te grave of their Dead Relative isunearthed and is now vacant Could they come down tothe station to help with enquiries A Sanity roll shouldbe made as they put the phone down costing 11D3
Te facts of the theft are simple Someone broke into thecemetery overnight and excavated the grave Te coffinhas been broken open the body is gone Te police canrsquotdo much Tey are obliged to tell the Investigator aboutthe theft and ask if they have any ideas Tey express
their shock and outrage and promise to work on the caseday and night Nothing further comes of it
An Oratory or Law roll can get the police to confessthat this is the latest of a series of exhumations Teyhave lost a half-dozen bodies in the last fortnight from various places Tey are keeping details of the cases outof the newspapers for fear of widespread panic
If the Investigator presses the point they can learn who these missing people were (Persuade) All hadbeen dead less than a month See nearby box
Te grave-robbing continues and a few days later thepolice are forced to reveal the situation Citizen watchesare posted in the cemeteries in town Tefts are thenreported in outlying districts No-one is seen or caught
THE SECOND BAD DREAM
Tat night the Investigator dreams he or she is
walking in a graveyard Mist swirls around everythingSoftly someone can be heard calling their name TeInvestigator follows the sound and arrives at the grave-side of the Dead Relative Arms burst out of the earthand pull the dreamer down
Change of perspective Te Investigator is now in thecoffin buried Te dreamer can smell his or her own rotand putrefaction Ten there is a bump on the coffinlid and another a shovel digging down striking thetop of the box A rasping voice from above ldquoYou canrsquot
hide in thererdquo Te shovel hitting the lid Bump Bump
The Pet Comes Back
Bump Bump Te Investigator wakes up Roll Sanityfor the dream losing 01 Te bumping sound that wakes the dreamer is real It comes from the front doorIf the Investigator peeks out to see whorsquos there initiallyhe or she sees nobody not at head height anyway it istheir Pet returned bumping at the door wanting in
If the Investigator opens the door the animal walksin It is home safe and sound Te Investigatorrsquos joysoon sours as it becomes plain that the animal is not well It moves stiffly It collides with the furniture It istotally silent It smells awful
How does the Investigator first find that their Pet isactually dead Tere are many clues It has no interestin food or water the flies hover around it and yet theanimal makes no attempt to brush them off a Listenroll detects that it does not breathe a Spot Hidden
notices that it has no pulse When the truth comes Sanity loss is 1D31D8 Whatever violent emotional response is wrought fromthe Investigator the Pet has no reaction whatsoeverbut stands dumbly and looks on
Missing Bodies
Joe Plimsoll 42 mechanic cause of deathskull fracture from rolling truckcarriage
Edna Delaware 34 nurse cause of deathfell down flight of stairs
Randy Thompson 24 student cause of
death football injury
Klaus Tod 31 labourer cause of deathfalling masonry
Bess Kellerman 43 stenographer cause ofdeath struck by automobilehansom cab
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When the Investigator recovers from the shock he orshe must decide what do about it Te faithful owner canleave it be but the animal takes to following him or heraround everywhere smelling worse and worse Each dayit is around costs an automatic 1 point of Sanity Or theInvestigator can kill it which takes a couple of blows Te animal just stands there and takes it Tis is just asupsetting and costs an automatic 1D4 points of Sanity
Te distraught owner will then probably bury it When he or she picks the body up a Spot Hiddennotices a scattering of red dust in the animalrsquos mattedfur (this is from the abattoir yard) A Geology rollnotes that this red dust is common around the South-Eastern fringe of town mostly industrial suburbs Itblows across many of the yards and back lots there
If the Investigator heads off on a random search for dustyred yards the magnitude of the task is overwhelmingHe or she has only a 5 chance per day of stumblingacross the right place by this method but the keeper
should drag out the exploration of a few innocuoussites first (graveyards rubbish tips quarries)
ANONYMOUS ATROCITIES
Te small inconveniences become twisted andinexplicable and it is clear that they are not ill luck orcoincidence Some examples
e wo bottles of milk are left on the step as usualExcept instead of two white bottles therersquos one
white and one red One pint of milk one pint offresh human blood (Sanity loss 01D3)
e A letter is delivered Te envelope contains a smallclump of human hair An Idea roll indicates that
the colour is the same as that of the Dead RelativeCaught along the gum sealing the flap are a fewgrains of red dust (see above) (Sanity loss 01D2)
e Overnight the front yard is filled with frogsand toads Some are mildly poisonous All aredisgusting (Sanity loss 01)
e A neighbour cheerfully delivers a small packagelsquomistakenlyrsquo delivered to them (the addressee has written the name of the Investigator but put downthe wrong street number) Te package contains abundle of old rusty spent bullets A note is affixedlsquoH983137983158983141 983144983141983149 B983137983139983147rsquo (Tese are bullets which theInvestigator or their friend shot at the Fiend which it has gouged out of its flesh Only use thisif they gunned down the Fiend back when it wasalive) (Sanity no loss unless theyrsquove guessed the
Fiendrsquos identity in which case 01)
e Washing left on the line is crawling with flies If theinsects are all brushed away traces of excrement arefound smeared on the material (Sanity loss 01)
IF THE INVESTIGATOR LEAVES HOME
It would be a wise move around now for the Investigatorto leave An unknown villain is in pursuit mdash why stay
around and be easy prey
Abandoning onersquos home though is a drastic moveand signals both victory to their unknown persecutorand the end of their former life Moving out coststhe Investigator 1 point of Sanity
Where does the Investigator relocate A hotel Afriendrsquos house (putting that friend at risk too) Teback seat of their carcarriage Another town
If he or she leaves totally the scenario is for nowover But the patient dead Fiend tracks its prey downeventually You will need to extend and modify thescenario but somewhere a bus-full of dead peopleroll through the night on the Investigatorrsquos trail
If he or she stays in town the Fiend will try to find its hatedenemy You must judge how long this will take judged onthe ingenuity of the Investigatorrsquos smoke screen
As soon as it becomes apparent that its prey has leftthe Fiend places an ad in the Personal Notices
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] Please come home I know wecan work it out Tings will only get worse if you stayaway much worse Believe me Much worse Pleasecome home [Fiendrsquos first initial]rdquo
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
S983157983138983157983154983138983137983150 H983151983157983155983141 reads one headline the next morn-ing C983137983150983150983145983138983137983148 H983151983157983155983141 O983142 H983141983148983148 screams another
Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
S983156983154983141983141983156983155 the less they have to say about it
Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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A LSO F ROM
Visit cthulhurebornwordpresscom for downloads pics and other goodness
Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
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n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
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our product used
by the chi ld s
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and packaged and
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reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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1890s) Te Fiend also saw a need for a bus (or aGaslight-era horse-drawn omnibus) and hijackedthis one at gunpoint Marsh the driver was forcedto drive the bus to the Fiendrsquos hideout where ithas been hidden in a shed Marsh was killed andsubsequently brought back to life
Again the investigators might follow this up Tey learn
Te Bus is just your standard bus
Te Route is just your standard suburban route Itrsquos afairly quiet area South of the central business district
Te Driver William Marsh was about as reliable asthe next man He wasnrsquot a workaholic but he did his job His wife has no idea where he is and is a littlecynical about it - she thinks hersquos just cleared off If theinvestigators ask the Marshrsquos neighbours they learnthat the two fought like cat and dog
Te Last Passenger the police can point them to thisperson (Persuade or similar to get the name and addressor Law to get a copy of his statement) He is RudolphZymenski a factory worker He was coming home onthe bus after doing a late shift He got off at his stopas usual Te passenger waiting outside was dressed indark clothing and wore a hat Zymenski said that hehad a bad smell about him If they interview Zymenskia Psychology roll detects that he is uncomfortable abouttalking about the man If asked why he answers that hedoesnrsquot know he just felt uneasy In truth once he wasout of the bus he ran all the way home
Like the undertaker affair nothing else comes tolight in the bus case
PHASE TWO EVENTS
STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
About a week later the Fiend is ready Bad things start
Use the order given below Some events may need to bereshuffled or modified in response to the investigatorsrsquoactions You need not use every one some yousimply may not be able to implement others wonrsquotbe appropriate Tink of them as examples to conduct your own campaign of terror Add to them
Te major thing to remember is that althoughthe Fiend is cunning it is not invisible Once theInvestigator gets vigilant they might stake out theirown house Give credit where credit is due it may bethe only way theyrsquoll catch their tormentor
Here are some simple precautions the Fiend generally takes
e Disguise It occasionally dresses up as apostman a pregnant woman a repairman etc(o be precise it gets the undertaker to dressit) So it may be around when they are lookingfor it but in an unexpected form
e Distraction When the investigators are getting wise to it it arranges bluffs For example if theFiend wants to do something in their front yardit creates a ruckus in the back yard to draw themaway even if itrsquos only pitching a rock over the roofIf it wants them away from the back of the houseit might get one of its dead to make a phonecall (or send a telegram) to draw them into thehallway (Of course the dead have nothing to sayso any phone conversation isnrsquot a long one)
BUS LOST
Driver and vehicle reported missing
Police were notified late last night of the apparent disap-
pearance of a town bus Neither bus nor driver returned
to the depot on the conclusion of the nightrsquos service
The bus was license number B-039 and was on route19 The driver is Mr William Marsh Marsh was last
seen setting down a passenger and collecting one
at ten minutes to eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long
Road since then there has been no sighting
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the
bus to contact them immediately Door-to-door
enquiries along Long Road and the surrounding
district are presently being undertaken
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e Parking a street or two away It wonrsquot just lob upto the front door generally it parks the vehicleand sneaks around Sometimes it prefers to makea bold entrance (see below)
e Means of escape It likes to keep a rescue vehiclehandy or something that will create a distraction
while it gets away
Tis scenario is a mystery that your players aim tosolve so play fair but play mean
FIENDISHNESS
Space these as you see fit Te first ones should be acouple of days apart each then the pace picks up
THE INVESTIGATORrsquoS PET VANISHES
Teir Pet vanishes quietly No sign of a struggle oranything like that It wants to be let out one night anddoesnrsquot come home again
If they think to ask their neighbours no-one sawanything although at the third house they makeenquiries at someone recalls hearing a heavy car (orhansom cab if it rsquos the 1890s) in the street that night
COINCIDENTAL CRUELTIES
Te Fiend starts popping by in the night or while theInvestigator is out and doing little odd jobs At firstthese seem just bad luck Some examples
e Teir rubbish bin is overturned presumably bya dog they think Teir rubbish is strewn acrossthe street If they think to rack a successful rolldiscovers boot prints around the bin not paw prints
e Snails eat all the mail in the letter box A NaturalHistory roll indicates that perhaps the letter boxis a bit too dry for comfortable snail habitation
e Pickets from their fence go missing as if someone was taking them for firewood
e (for 1920s and modern settings) Teir newspaperstops being delivered Te newsagent maintains theyhad word that the Investigator wanted the paper
cancelled It must have been a mix-up they apologize
e (for 1890s or 1920s settings) Teir daily deliveryof ice ceases inexplicably under the samecircumstances as described above
e A van (or horse-drawn cart) pulls up and twomen get out and deliver an incredibly ugly andheavy piece of furniture Tey ask the Investigatorto sign for it Tey refuse to manhandle it backinto the van (cart) even if it is a mistake this is thecorrect address the item is paid for and itrsquos theirlunch break Te item has no actual significancebut unless the Investigator can convince the men
to take it away (Fast alk or a bribe) it remainson their porch making getting in and out of thefront door inconvenient
BAD DREAMS
Te Investigator suffers three bad dreams each of which herald some new horror when they wake Tese are legitimate dreams so the Investigator has
no control over them Te keeper may employ changeof perspective inability to act and inexorable motionall of the things which make real nightmares soclaustrophobic and disturbing
THE FIRST BAD DREAM
One night they dream the following Tey are beingchased Tey canrsquot see what is chasing them butthey know it is just behind them Tey can hear its
shambling pursuit It seems close enough to breatheon them but they can hear no breathing Teyare running along corridors down stairs throughdarkened rooms Finally in a room with a windowthey feel they have lost their pursuer Ten there isa great shattering of glass and an arm through the window and a voice hissing ldquoIrsquom backrdquo
A Present
and they toss in their bed head fouled with sleepsheets roiled with sweat ime for a Sanity roll costing01 Teir throat is dry their limbs are trembling Atime to remember the empty space on their bed wheretheir Pet should be sleeping
INSANITIES
Appropriate insanities arising from the course of
this scenario include fear of death fear of being
buried alive the conclusion that everyone else in
the world is dead and good old catatonia (some-
times itrsquos easier just to shut down)
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Te Investigator sure could use a glass of water Asthey move around the house they see that the breakingglass of their dream was reality A front window hasbeen smashed inward Tere is an object lying on thefloor Another Sanity roll for the blending of dreamand reality losing 01 again
Tere is a sudden pounding on the front door It is a
neighbour he heard the breaking glass is everything okay
When they get to inspect the object it is somemanner of artefact thematically linked with theFiend in life Tat is to say if the Fiend is Lang Fu(from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) it could be a Chinesepuzzle box if the Fiend is Jerry (from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo) it could be a heavy ankh if the Fiend isBaron Hauptmann (from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) itcould be an odd pair of binoculars If the Investigatordoes not make the connection let it be an enigma Teyrsquoll discover the truth soon enough
Te object was thrown from a moving vehicle Againif they ask around on a Luck roll they find a neighbour who saw it briefly Tey had the impression it was along black automobilecarriage (the hearse in fact)
THE DEAD RELATIVE IS STOLEN
Te next morning a ringing telephone wakes them
It is the police Te grave of their Dead Relative isunearthed and is now vacant Could they come down tothe station to help with enquiries A Sanity roll shouldbe made as they put the phone down costing 11D3
Te facts of the theft are simple Someone broke into thecemetery overnight and excavated the grave Te coffinhas been broken open the body is gone Te police canrsquotdo much Tey are obliged to tell the Investigator aboutthe theft and ask if they have any ideas Tey express
their shock and outrage and promise to work on the caseday and night Nothing further comes of it
An Oratory or Law roll can get the police to confessthat this is the latest of a series of exhumations Teyhave lost a half-dozen bodies in the last fortnight from various places Tey are keeping details of the cases outof the newspapers for fear of widespread panic
If the Investigator presses the point they can learn who these missing people were (Persuade) All hadbeen dead less than a month See nearby box
Te grave-robbing continues and a few days later thepolice are forced to reveal the situation Citizen watchesare posted in the cemeteries in town Tefts are thenreported in outlying districts No-one is seen or caught
THE SECOND BAD DREAM
Tat night the Investigator dreams he or she is
walking in a graveyard Mist swirls around everythingSoftly someone can be heard calling their name TeInvestigator follows the sound and arrives at the grave-side of the Dead Relative Arms burst out of the earthand pull the dreamer down
Change of perspective Te Investigator is now in thecoffin buried Te dreamer can smell his or her own rotand putrefaction Ten there is a bump on the coffinlid and another a shovel digging down striking thetop of the box A rasping voice from above ldquoYou canrsquot
hide in thererdquo Te shovel hitting the lid Bump Bump
The Pet Comes Back
Bump Bump Te Investigator wakes up Roll Sanityfor the dream losing 01 Te bumping sound that wakes the dreamer is real It comes from the front doorIf the Investigator peeks out to see whorsquos there initiallyhe or she sees nobody not at head height anyway it istheir Pet returned bumping at the door wanting in
If the Investigator opens the door the animal walksin It is home safe and sound Te Investigatorrsquos joysoon sours as it becomes plain that the animal is not well It moves stiffly It collides with the furniture It istotally silent It smells awful
How does the Investigator first find that their Pet isactually dead Tere are many clues It has no interestin food or water the flies hover around it and yet theanimal makes no attempt to brush them off a Listenroll detects that it does not breathe a Spot Hidden
notices that it has no pulse When the truth comes Sanity loss is 1D31D8 Whatever violent emotional response is wrought fromthe Investigator the Pet has no reaction whatsoeverbut stands dumbly and looks on
Missing Bodies
Joe Plimsoll 42 mechanic cause of deathskull fracture from rolling truckcarriage
Edna Delaware 34 nurse cause of deathfell down flight of stairs
Randy Thompson 24 student cause of
death football injury
Klaus Tod 31 labourer cause of deathfalling masonry
Bess Kellerman 43 stenographer cause ofdeath struck by automobilehansom cab
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When the Investigator recovers from the shock he orshe must decide what do about it Te faithful owner canleave it be but the animal takes to following him or heraround everywhere smelling worse and worse Each dayit is around costs an automatic 1 point of Sanity Or theInvestigator can kill it which takes a couple of blows Te animal just stands there and takes it Tis is just asupsetting and costs an automatic 1D4 points of Sanity
Te distraught owner will then probably bury it When he or she picks the body up a Spot Hiddennotices a scattering of red dust in the animalrsquos mattedfur (this is from the abattoir yard) A Geology rollnotes that this red dust is common around the South-Eastern fringe of town mostly industrial suburbs Itblows across many of the yards and back lots there
If the Investigator heads off on a random search for dustyred yards the magnitude of the task is overwhelmingHe or she has only a 5 chance per day of stumblingacross the right place by this method but the keeper
should drag out the exploration of a few innocuoussites first (graveyards rubbish tips quarries)
ANONYMOUS ATROCITIES
Te small inconveniences become twisted andinexplicable and it is clear that they are not ill luck orcoincidence Some examples
e wo bottles of milk are left on the step as usualExcept instead of two white bottles therersquos one
white and one red One pint of milk one pint offresh human blood (Sanity loss 01D3)
e A letter is delivered Te envelope contains a smallclump of human hair An Idea roll indicates that
the colour is the same as that of the Dead RelativeCaught along the gum sealing the flap are a fewgrains of red dust (see above) (Sanity loss 01D2)
e Overnight the front yard is filled with frogsand toads Some are mildly poisonous All aredisgusting (Sanity loss 01)
e A neighbour cheerfully delivers a small packagelsquomistakenlyrsquo delivered to them (the addressee has written the name of the Investigator but put downthe wrong street number) Te package contains abundle of old rusty spent bullets A note is affixedlsquoH983137983158983141 983144983141983149 B983137983139983147rsquo (Tese are bullets which theInvestigator or their friend shot at the Fiend which it has gouged out of its flesh Only use thisif they gunned down the Fiend back when it wasalive) (Sanity no loss unless theyrsquove guessed the
Fiendrsquos identity in which case 01)
e Washing left on the line is crawling with flies If theinsects are all brushed away traces of excrement arefound smeared on the material (Sanity loss 01)
IF THE INVESTIGATOR LEAVES HOME
It would be a wise move around now for the Investigatorto leave An unknown villain is in pursuit mdash why stay
around and be easy prey
Abandoning onersquos home though is a drastic moveand signals both victory to their unknown persecutorand the end of their former life Moving out coststhe Investigator 1 point of Sanity
Where does the Investigator relocate A hotel Afriendrsquos house (putting that friend at risk too) Teback seat of their carcarriage Another town
If he or she leaves totally the scenario is for nowover But the patient dead Fiend tracks its prey downeventually You will need to extend and modify thescenario but somewhere a bus-full of dead peopleroll through the night on the Investigatorrsquos trail
If he or she stays in town the Fiend will try to find its hatedenemy You must judge how long this will take judged onthe ingenuity of the Investigatorrsquos smoke screen
As soon as it becomes apparent that its prey has leftthe Fiend places an ad in the Personal Notices
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] Please come home I know wecan work it out Tings will only get worse if you stayaway much worse Believe me Much worse Pleasecome home [Fiendrsquos first initial]rdquo
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
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Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
S983156983154983141983141983156983155 the less they have to say about it
Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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A LSO F ROM
Visit cthulhurebornwordpresscom for downloads pics and other goodness
Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
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d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
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A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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e Parking a street or two away It wonrsquot just lob upto the front door generally it parks the vehicleand sneaks around Sometimes it prefers to makea bold entrance (see below)
e Means of escape It likes to keep a rescue vehiclehandy or something that will create a distraction
while it gets away
Tis scenario is a mystery that your players aim tosolve so play fair but play mean
FIENDISHNESS
Space these as you see fit Te first ones should be acouple of days apart each then the pace picks up
THE INVESTIGATORrsquoS PET VANISHES
Teir Pet vanishes quietly No sign of a struggle oranything like that It wants to be let out one night anddoesnrsquot come home again
If they think to ask their neighbours no-one sawanything although at the third house they makeenquiries at someone recalls hearing a heavy car (orhansom cab if it rsquos the 1890s) in the street that night
COINCIDENTAL CRUELTIES
Te Fiend starts popping by in the night or while theInvestigator is out and doing little odd jobs At firstthese seem just bad luck Some examples
e Teir rubbish bin is overturned presumably bya dog they think Teir rubbish is strewn acrossthe street If they think to rack a successful rolldiscovers boot prints around the bin not paw prints
e Snails eat all the mail in the letter box A NaturalHistory roll indicates that perhaps the letter boxis a bit too dry for comfortable snail habitation
e Pickets from their fence go missing as if someone was taking them for firewood
e (for 1920s and modern settings) Teir newspaperstops being delivered Te newsagent maintains theyhad word that the Investigator wanted the paper
cancelled It must have been a mix-up they apologize
e (for 1890s or 1920s settings) Teir daily deliveryof ice ceases inexplicably under the samecircumstances as described above
e A van (or horse-drawn cart) pulls up and twomen get out and deliver an incredibly ugly andheavy piece of furniture Tey ask the Investigatorto sign for it Tey refuse to manhandle it backinto the van (cart) even if it is a mistake this is thecorrect address the item is paid for and itrsquos theirlunch break Te item has no actual significancebut unless the Investigator can convince the men
to take it away (Fast alk or a bribe) it remainson their porch making getting in and out of thefront door inconvenient
BAD DREAMS
Te Investigator suffers three bad dreams each of which herald some new horror when they wake Tese are legitimate dreams so the Investigator has
no control over them Te keeper may employ changeof perspective inability to act and inexorable motionall of the things which make real nightmares soclaustrophobic and disturbing
THE FIRST BAD DREAM
One night they dream the following Tey are beingchased Tey canrsquot see what is chasing them butthey know it is just behind them Tey can hear its
shambling pursuit It seems close enough to breatheon them but they can hear no breathing Teyare running along corridors down stairs throughdarkened rooms Finally in a room with a windowthey feel they have lost their pursuer Ten there isa great shattering of glass and an arm through the window and a voice hissing ldquoIrsquom backrdquo
A Present
and they toss in their bed head fouled with sleepsheets roiled with sweat ime for a Sanity roll costing01 Teir throat is dry their limbs are trembling Atime to remember the empty space on their bed wheretheir Pet should be sleeping
INSANITIES
Appropriate insanities arising from the course of
this scenario include fear of death fear of being
buried alive the conclusion that everyone else in
the world is dead and good old catatonia (some-
times itrsquos easier just to shut down)
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Te Investigator sure could use a glass of water Asthey move around the house they see that the breakingglass of their dream was reality A front window hasbeen smashed inward Tere is an object lying on thefloor Another Sanity roll for the blending of dreamand reality losing 01 again
Tere is a sudden pounding on the front door It is a
neighbour he heard the breaking glass is everything okay
When they get to inspect the object it is somemanner of artefact thematically linked with theFiend in life Tat is to say if the Fiend is Lang Fu(from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) it could be a Chinesepuzzle box if the Fiend is Jerry (from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo) it could be a heavy ankh if the Fiend isBaron Hauptmann (from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) itcould be an odd pair of binoculars If the Investigatordoes not make the connection let it be an enigma Teyrsquoll discover the truth soon enough
Te object was thrown from a moving vehicle Againif they ask around on a Luck roll they find a neighbour who saw it briefly Tey had the impression it was along black automobilecarriage (the hearse in fact)
THE DEAD RELATIVE IS STOLEN
Te next morning a ringing telephone wakes them
It is the police Te grave of their Dead Relative isunearthed and is now vacant Could they come down tothe station to help with enquiries A Sanity roll shouldbe made as they put the phone down costing 11D3
Te facts of the theft are simple Someone broke into thecemetery overnight and excavated the grave Te coffinhas been broken open the body is gone Te police canrsquotdo much Tey are obliged to tell the Investigator aboutthe theft and ask if they have any ideas Tey express
their shock and outrage and promise to work on the caseday and night Nothing further comes of it
An Oratory or Law roll can get the police to confessthat this is the latest of a series of exhumations Teyhave lost a half-dozen bodies in the last fortnight from various places Tey are keeping details of the cases outof the newspapers for fear of widespread panic
If the Investigator presses the point they can learn who these missing people were (Persuade) All hadbeen dead less than a month See nearby box
Te grave-robbing continues and a few days later thepolice are forced to reveal the situation Citizen watchesare posted in the cemeteries in town Tefts are thenreported in outlying districts No-one is seen or caught
THE SECOND BAD DREAM
Tat night the Investigator dreams he or she is
walking in a graveyard Mist swirls around everythingSoftly someone can be heard calling their name TeInvestigator follows the sound and arrives at the grave-side of the Dead Relative Arms burst out of the earthand pull the dreamer down
Change of perspective Te Investigator is now in thecoffin buried Te dreamer can smell his or her own rotand putrefaction Ten there is a bump on the coffinlid and another a shovel digging down striking thetop of the box A rasping voice from above ldquoYou canrsquot
hide in thererdquo Te shovel hitting the lid Bump Bump
The Pet Comes Back
Bump Bump Te Investigator wakes up Roll Sanityfor the dream losing 01 Te bumping sound that wakes the dreamer is real It comes from the front doorIf the Investigator peeks out to see whorsquos there initiallyhe or she sees nobody not at head height anyway it istheir Pet returned bumping at the door wanting in
If the Investigator opens the door the animal walksin It is home safe and sound Te Investigatorrsquos joysoon sours as it becomes plain that the animal is not well It moves stiffly It collides with the furniture It istotally silent It smells awful
How does the Investigator first find that their Pet isactually dead Tere are many clues It has no interestin food or water the flies hover around it and yet theanimal makes no attempt to brush them off a Listenroll detects that it does not breathe a Spot Hidden
notices that it has no pulse When the truth comes Sanity loss is 1D31D8 Whatever violent emotional response is wrought fromthe Investigator the Pet has no reaction whatsoeverbut stands dumbly and looks on
Missing Bodies
Joe Plimsoll 42 mechanic cause of deathskull fracture from rolling truckcarriage
Edna Delaware 34 nurse cause of deathfell down flight of stairs
Randy Thompson 24 student cause of
death football injury
Klaus Tod 31 labourer cause of deathfalling masonry
Bess Kellerman 43 stenographer cause ofdeath struck by automobilehansom cab
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When the Investigator recovers from the shock he orshe must decide what do about it Te faithful owner canleave it be but the animal takes to following him or heraround everywhere smelling worse and worse Each dayit is around costs an automatic 1 point of Sanity Or theInvestigator can kill it which takes a couple of blows Te animal just stands there and takes it Tis is just asupsetting and costs an automatic 1D4 points of Sanity
Te distraught owner will then probably bury it When he or she picks the body up a Spot Hiddennotices a scattering of red dust in the animalrsquos mattedfur (this is from the abattoir yard) A Geology rollnotes that this red dust is common around the South-Eastern fringe of town mostly industrial suburbs Itblows across many of the yards and back lots there
If the Investigator heads off on a random search for dustyred yards the magnitude of the task is overwhelmingHe or she has only a 5 chance per day of stumblingacross the right place by this method but the keeper
should drag out the exploration of a few innocuoussites first (graveyards rubbish tips quarries)
ANONYMOUS ATROCITIES
Te small inconveniences become twisted andinexplicable and it is clear that they are not ill luck orcoincidence Some examples
e wo bottles of milk are left on the step as usualExcept instead of two white bottles therersquos one
white and one red One pint of milk one pint offresh human blood (Sanity loss 01D3)
e A letter is delivered Te envelope contains a smallclump of human hair An Idea roll indicates that
the colour is the same as that of the Dead RelativeCaught along the gum sealing the flap are a fewgrains of red dust (see above) (Sanity loss 01D2)
e Overnight the front yard is filled with frogsand toads Some are mildly poisonous All aredisgusting (Sanity loss 01)
e A neighbour cheerfully delivers a small packagelsquomistakenlyrsquo delivered to them (the addressee has written the name of the Investigator but put downthe wrong street number) Te package contains abundle of old rusty spent bullets A note is affixedlsquoH983137983158983141 983144983141983149 B983137983139983147rsquo (Tese are bullets which theInvestigator or their friend shot at the Fiend which it has gouged out of its flesh Only use thisif they gunned down the Fiend back when it wasalive) (Sanity no loss unless theyrsquove guessed the
Fiendrsquos identity in which case 01)
e Washing left on the line is crawling with flies If theinsects are all brushed away traces of excrement arefound smeared on the material (Sanity loss 01)
IF THE INVESTIGATOR LEAVES HOME
It would be a wise move around now for the Investigatorto leave An unknown villain is in pursuit mdash why stay
around and be easy prey
Abandoning onersquos home though is a drastic moveand signals both victory to their unknown persecutorand the end of their former life Moving out coststhe Investigator 1 point of Sanity
Where does the Investigator relocate A hotel Afriendrsquos house (putting that friend at risk too) Teback seat of their carcarriage Another town
If he or she leaves totally the scenario is for nowover But the patient dead Fiend tracks its prey downeventually You will need to extend and modify thescenario but somewhere a bus-full of dead peopleroll through the night on the Investigatorrsquos trail
If he or she stays in town the Fiend will try to find its hatedenemy You must judge how long this will take judged onthe ingenuity of the Investigatorrsquos smoke screen
As soon as it becomes apparent that its prey has leftthe Fiend places an ad in the Personal Notices
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] Please come home I know wecan work it out Tings will only get worse if you stayaway much worse Believe me Much worse Pleasecome home [Fiendrsquos first initial]rdquo
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
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Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
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Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
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Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
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increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
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n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
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and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
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Trypticase containing Cronobacter
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Te Investigator sure could use a glass of water Asthey move around the house they see that the breakingglass of their dream was reality A front window hasbeen smashed inward Tere is an object lying on thefloor Another Sanity roll for the blending of dreamand reality losing 01 again
Tere is a sudden pounding on the front door It is a
neighbour he heard the breaking glass is everything okay
When they get to inspect the object it is somemanner of artefact thematically linked with theFiend in life Tat is to say if the Fiend is Lang Fu(from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) it could be a Chinesepuzzle box if the Fiend is Jerry (from ldquoPickmanrsquosStudentrdquo) it could be a heavy ankh if the Fiend isBaron Hauptmann (from F UNGI F ROM Y UGGOTH ) itcould be an odd pair of binoculars If the Investigatordoes not make the connection let it be an enigma Teyrsquoll discover the truth soon enough
Te object was thrown from a moving vehicle Againif they ask around on a Luck roll they find a neighbour who saw it briefly Tey had the impression it was along black automobilecarriage (the hearse in fact)
THE DEAD RELATIVE IS STOLEN
Te next morning a ringing telephone wakes them
It is the police Te grave of their Dead Relative isunearthed and is now vacant Could they come down tothe station to help with enquiries A Sanity roll shouldbe made as they put the phone down costing 11D3
Te facts of the theft are simple Someone broke into thecemetery overnight and excavated the grave Te coffinhas been broken open the body is gone Te police canrsquotdo much Tey are obliged to tell the Investigator aboutthe theft and ask if they have any ideas Tey express
their shock and outrage and promise to work on the caseday and night Nothing further comes of it
An Oratory or Law roll can get the police to confessthat this is the latest of a series of exhumations Teyhave lost a half-dozen bodies in the last fortnight from various places Tey are keeping details of the cases outof the newspapers for fear of widespread panic
If the Investigator presses the point they can learn who these missing people were (Persuade) All hadbeen dead less than a month See nearby box
Te grave-robbing continues and a few days later thepolice are forced to reveal the situation Citizen watchesare posted in the cemeteries in town Tefts are thenreported in outlying districts No-one is seen or caught
THE SECOND BAD DREAM
Tat night the Investigator dreams he or she is
walking in a graveyard Mist swirls around everythingSoftly someone can be heard calling their name TeInvestigator follows the sound and arrives at the grave-side of the Dead Relative Arms burst out of the earthand pull the dreamer down
Change of perspective Te Investigator is now in thecoffin buried Te dreamer can smell his or her own rotand putrefaction Ten there is a bump on the coffinlid and another a shovel digging down striking thetop of the box A rasping voice from above ldquoYou canrsquot
hide in thererdquo Te shovel hitting the lid Bump Bump
The Pet Comes Back
Bump Bump Te Investigator wakes up Roll Sanityfor the dream losing 01 Te bumping sound that wakes the dreamer is real It comes from the front doorIf the Investigator peeks out to see whorsquos there initiallyhe or she sees nobody not at head height anyway it istheir Pet returned bumping at the door wanting in
If the Investigator opens the door the animal walksin It is home safe and sound Te Investigatorrsquos joysoon sours as it becomes plain that the animal is not well It moves stiffly It collides with the furniture It istotally silent It smells awful
How does the Investigator first find that their Pet isactually dead Tere are many clues It has no interestin food or water the flies hover around it and yet theanimal makes no attempt to brush them off a Listenroll detects that it does not breathe a Spot Hidden
notices that it has no pulse When the truth comes Sanity loss is 1D31D8 Whatever violent emotional response is wrought fromthe Investigator the Pet has no reaction whatsoeverbut stands dumbly and looks on
Missing Bodies
Joe Plimsoll 42 mechanic cause of deathskull fracture from rolling truckcarriage
Edna Delaware 34 nurse cause of deathfell down flight of stairs
Randy Thompson 24 student cause of
death football injury
Klaus Tod 31 labourer cause of deathfalling masonry
Bess Kellerman 43 stenographer cause ofdeath struck by automobilehansom cab
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When the Investigator recovers from the shock he orshe must decide what do about it Te faithful owner canleave it be but the animal takes to following him or heraround everywhere smelling worse and worse Each dayit is around costs an automatic 1 point of Sanity Or theInvestigator can kill it which takes a couple of blows Te animal just stands there and takes it Tis is just asupsetting and costs an automatic 1D4 points of Sanity
Te distraught owner will then probably bury it When he or she picks the body up a Spot Hiddennotices a scattering of red dust in the animalrsquos mattedfur (this is from the abattoir yard) A Geology rollnotes that this red dust is common around the South-Eastern fringe of town mostly industrial suburbs Itblows across many of the yards and back lots there
If the Investigator heads off on a random search for dustyred yards the magnitude of the task is overwhelmingHe or she has only a 5 chance per day of stumblingacross the right place by this method but the keeper
should drag out the exploration of a few innocuoussites first (graveyards rubbish tips quarries)
ANONYMOUS ATROCITIES
Te small inconveniences become twisted andinexplicable and it is clear that they are not ill luck orcoincidence Some examples
e wo bottles of milk are left on the step as usualExcept instead of two white bottles therersquos one
white and one red One pint of milk one pint offresh human blood (Sanity loss 01D3)
e A letter is delivered Te envelope contains a smallclump of human hair An Idea roll indicates that
the colour is the same as that of the Dead RelativeCaught along the gum sealing the flap are a fewgrains of red dust (see above) (Sanity loss 01D2)
e Overnight the front yard is filled with frogsand toads Some are mildly poisonous All aredisgusting (Sanity loss 01)
e A neighbour cheerfully delivers a small packagelsquomistakenlyrsquo delivered to them (the addressee has written the name of the Investigator but put downthe wrong street number) Te package contains abundle of old rusty spent bullets A note is affixedlsquoH983137983158983141 983144983141983149 B983137983139983147rsquo (Tese are bullets which theInvestigator or their friend shot at the Fiend which it has gouged out of its flesh Only use thisif they gunned down the Fiend back when it wasalive) (Sanity no loss unless theyrsquove guessed the
Fiendrsquos identity in which case 01)
e Washing left on the line is crawling with flies If theinsects are all brushed away traces of excrement arefound smeared on the material (Sanity loss 01)
IF THE INVESTIGATOR LEAVES HOME
It would be a wise move around now for the Investigatorto leave An unknown villain is in pursuit mdash why stay
around and be easy prey
Abandoning onersquos home though is a drastic moveand signals both victory to their unknown persecutorand the end of their former life Moving out coststhe Investigator 1 point of Sanity
Where does the Investigator relocate A hotel Afriendrsquos house (putting that friend at risk too) Teback seat of their carcarriage Another town
If he or she leaves totally the scenario is for nowover But the patient dead Fiend tracks its prey downeventually You will need to extend and modify thescenario but somewhere a bus-full of dead peopleroll through the night on the Investigatorrsquos trail
If he or she stays in town the Fiend will try to find its hatedenemy You must judge how long this will take judged onthe ingenuity of the Investigatorrsquos smoke screen
As soon as it becomes apparent that its prey has leftthe Fiend places an ad in the Personal Notices
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] Please come home I know wecan work it out Tings will only get worse if you stayaway much worse Believe me Much worse Pleasecome home [Fiendrsquos first initial]rdquo
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
S983157983138983157983154983138983137983150 H983151983157983155983141 reads one headline the next morn-ing C983137983150983150983145983138983137983148 H983151983157983155983141 O983142 H983141983148983148 screams another
Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
S983156983154983141983141983156983155 the less they have to say about it
Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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A LSO F ROM
Visit cthulhurebornwordpresscom for downloads pics and other goodness
Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
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A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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When the Investigator recovers from the shock he orshe must decide what do about it Te faithful owner canleave it be but the animal takes to following him or heraround everywhere smelling worse and worse Each dayit is around costs an automatic 1 point of Sanity Or theInvestigator can kill it which takes a couple of blows Te animal just stands there and takes it Tis is just asupsetting and costs an automatic 1D4 points of Sanity
Te distraught owner will then probably bury it When he or she picks the body up a Spot Hiddennotices a scattering of red dust in the animalrsquos mattedfur (this is from the abattoir yard) A Geology rollnotes that this red dust is common around the South-Eastern fringe of town mostly industrial suburbs Itblows across many of the yards and back lots there
If the Investigator heads off on a random search for dustyred yards the magnitude of the task is overwhelmingHe or she has only a 5 chance per day of stumblingacross the right place by this method but the keeper
should drag out the exploration of a few innocuoussites first (graveyards rubbish tips quarries)
ANONYMOUS ATROCITIES
Te small inconveniences become twisted andinexplicable and it is clear that they are not ill luck orcoincidence Some examples
e wo bottles of milk are left on the step as usualExcept instead of two white bottles therersquos one
white and one red One pint of milk one pint offresh human blood (Sanity loss 01D3)
e A letter is delivered Te envelope contains a smallclump of human hair An Idea roll indicates that
the colour is the same as that of the Dead RelativeCaught along the gum sealing the flap are a fewgrains of red dust (see above) (Sanity loss 01D2)
e Overnight the front yard is filled with frogsand toads Some are mildly poisonous All aredisgusting (Sanity loss 01)
e A neighbour cheerfully delivers a small packagelsquomistakenlyrsquo delivered to them (the addressee has written the name of the Investigator but put downthe wrong street number) Te package contains abundle of old rusty spent bullets A note is affixedlsquoH983137983158983141 983144983141983149 B983137983139983147rsquo (Tese are bullets which theInvestigator or their friend shot at the Fiend which it has gouged out of its flesh Only use thisif they gunned down the Fiend back when it wasalive) (Sanity no loss unless theyrsquove guessed the
Fiendrsquos identity in which case 01)
e Washing left on the line is crawling with flies If theinsects are all brushed away traces of excrement arefound smeared on the material (Sanity loss 01)
IF THE INVESTIGATOR LEAVES HOME
It would be a wise move around now for the Investigatorto leave An unknown villain is in pursuit mdash why stay
around and be easy prey
Abandoning onersquos home though is a drastic moveand signals both victory to their unknown persecutorand the end of their former life Moving out coststhe Investigator 1 point of Sanity
Where does the Investigator relocate A hotel Afriendrsquos house (putting that friend at risk too) Teback seat of their carcarriage Another town
If he or she leaves totally the scenario is for nowover But the patient dead Fiend tracks its prey downeventually You will need to extend and modify thescenario but somewhere a bus-full of dead peopleroll through the night on the Investigatorrsquos trail
If he or she stays in town the Fiend will try to find its hatedenemy You must judge how long this will take judged onthe ingenuity of the Investigatorrsquos smoke screen
As soon as it becomes apparent that its prey has leftthe Fiend places an ad in the Personal Notices
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] Please come home I know wecan work it out Tings will only get worse if you stayaway much worse Believe me Much worse Pleasecome home [Fiendrsquos first initial]rdquo
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
S983157983138983157983154983138983137983150 H983151983157983155983141 reads one headline the next morn-ing C983137983150983150983145983138983137983148 H983151983157983155983141 O983142 H983141983148983148 screams another
Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
S983156983154983141983141983156983155 the less they have to say about it
Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
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n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
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rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
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reconfirmed from
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following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
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IF THE INVESTIGATOR STAYS AWAY
Te Fiend means it If the Investigator doesnrsquot return intwo days it breaks in It leaves one of its drone zombiesto stand guard in the shadows in the front yard Itthen goes around and quietly breaks in the back doorIt artfully arranges a large sack full of body parts in
varying states of decay all over the house as decorationsin the icebox in the umbrella stand in the bed in the wardrobes all over It then leaves via the back door afterunsnibbing the front door and leaving it ajar When thecoast is clear it calls away the drone zombie
Te Fiend then rings the police and reports a break-in Te police come around see the open door andstep in Discoveries are made G983154983145983155983148983161 D983145983155983139983151983158983141983154983161 I983150
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Sanity loss for opening up the morning paper andcopping this is 11D3
Te Investigatorrsquos face is everywhere Even if he or shereports to the police immediately to provide an exoneratingstory people in town always recognize the alleged slasher with a shudder Normal folk have as little to do with theInvestigator as possible Of course if he or she doesnrsquot immediately surrender to the authorities the allegationsare assumed by all to be true Life becomes impossible And the Fiend is still on the Investigatorrsquos trail
THE THIRD AND FINAL BAD DREAM
Te Investigator may well have given up sleeping atnight now if so he or she must roll CON x3 to avoidnodding off in the long watches of the night If thefiendrsquos victim manages to stay awake proceed to thesection below when the Ex-Investigator drops in
In the final dream the Investigator wanders in a dark
place Tere is a warm and fetid smell of blood and deathIn the darkness he or she can hear the ponderous shuffleof beasts and heavy things swinging slowly on chainsHe or she can hear the weighty meaty thunks of heavyobjects squarely striking unyielding flesh
Suddenly an overhead light swings across a nakedbulb dangling from a hanging wire (or a hanging oillamp if itrsquos the 1890s) Te Investigator is in a largeconcrete room Te floor is swept but bloodstainedDrifts of reddish dust congeal in the corners Teroof overhead is corrugated iron Tere seems to besomeone standing by a table off to the left-hand side
As the Investigator approaches a figure can be seen wearing a bloody apron holding a meat cleaver Te
light never swings high enough to show the face Onthe table lies the Dead Relative Te figure gestures toit rasping ldquoWhich portion would you likerdquo And it liftsthe chopper and swings it downwards
The Ex-Investigator Arrives
Tunk Te Investigator wakes Sanity loss for this
dream is 01D2 Tunk Te sound echoes again It is
someone knocking slowly and heavily on the back door
It is the Ex-Investigator who probably hasnrsquot aged well It is probably green and grey with parts of its dead
flesh hanging limply from its rotted torso It croaks the
Investigatorrsquos name ldquoLet me inrdquo Sanity loss is 11D6
or 1D31D8 for those who knew the person in life
Te Ex-Investigator was exhumed by the Fiend Te
corpse was retrieved from wherever it lay and with the
aid of Nyarlathotep brought to this town Te Fiendanimated it and kept it imprisoned at the abattoir
During the frenetic activity at the Fiendrsquos base leadingup to the coming attack (see below) it slipped away
and has shambled across town to warn the Investigator
Te Ex-Investigator is desperate to get inside and
pushes past if necessary Tree things drive it terror atthe fact that the Fiend is probably after it the urgency
to tell the Investigator of the imminent attack and
a mixture of self-pity and self-disgust at findingitself alive again Tese conflicting desires make its
speech garbled It also has the less-than-endearing
habit of clutching the Investigator with both handsand staring him or her in the face It is likely that the
Investigator finds this gesture abhorrent (Sanity roll
for 01) so the conversation probably unfolds as theEx-Investigator shambles after its former colleague
from room to room Reddish dust drifts from its soiled
clothing in small crimson puffs Smaller quantities ofsawdust trickle from cuffs and wounds
Some Zombies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
STR 21 11 16 18 21 18 15 16 18 24
CON 20 15 29 11 18 15 12 21 09 21
SIZ 10 14 16 15 09 13 11 17 09 15
DEX 03 05 04 06 08 07 06 07 05 04
Attk 15 25 20 30 40 35 30 35 25 20
Claw D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D4 D4 D6 D4 D6
Bite D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D2 D2 D3 D2 D3
HP 15 15 23 13 14 14 12 19 09 18
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
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Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
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Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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e ( N o w ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r
C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
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n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
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olence
olidays
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f their stores in the United States
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aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
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rmula is connected to the bacte-
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duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
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ianna Gee stated that the group
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resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
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by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
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reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
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J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
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THE FIEND
Dead Villain from a former scenario
STR original times1frac12
CON original times1frac12
SIZ originalINT original
POW 01
DEX original timesfrac12
APP original -12 -1each year dead
HP equal to (not the average of) new CON + orig SIZ
Being dead the Fiend has no spirit or soul It has no
magic points no POW and cannot cast any spells
The Fiend has double hit points by virtue of its sheer
hatred Even if reduced to 0 hit points it must be utterlyannihilated to stop it from continuing its attack
Armour 1 point of armour (for mummification) for
every year it has been dead
Weapons
Claws DEX times5 2D3 dagger
45 automatic DEX times5 1D10+2
dagger Once it hits it continues to throttle for 1D6 per round
Skills Cthulhu Mythos (as life + 25) Dead Sense 75
Mesmerize 90 Other Knowledge Skills (as life) Other
Physical Skills (as life timesfrac12)
Notes All weapons used against the Fiend do half-
damage except impaling weapons (including bullets)
which only ever do 1 point of damage
The Fiend prefers not to resort to hand-to-hand
combat but if absolutely everything else fails it springs
on the Investigator and chokes him or her to death
Sanity loss it costs 11D8 to view the Fiend If anyone
had seen it when it was alive cost is 1D41D8 The
designated Investigator loses 1D61D10
NEW SKILLS and ABILITIES
Dead Sense
This is the perception of the dead and includes Spot
Hidden and Listen It is the skill by which the undeadunerringly find their way in the dark and no human
can truly understand it Certainly the enticing aroma
of the fresh brains of the living is one of the prime ways
that zombies track their prey
Mesmerize
The dead exude a sickly fascination Successful use ofthis skill holds the victim at bay as per the Fast Talkskill for as long as the dead person takes no violent ofharmful action to them If the victim is aware of whatis happening or can see plainly that the user is in factdead they receive POW x5 chance to snap out of it
each round
The Blood of Nyarlathotep
This baleful black ichor flows sluggishly in the dried veins of the Fiend By opening the jugular of a corpseand dripping in a few drops the Fiend can cause thatbody to animate and has command over it Thesedrone zombies are mindless and can only be used toperform menial tasks (eg ldquolift thatrdquo ldquostand thererdquoldquoattackrdquo) Drone zombies have a craving for raw meathot blood fresh intestines and living brains
By pouring a larger amount of black blood in the
Fiend can bring that person wholly back from thedead again under the Fiendrsquos power These are fullmemory zombies The revived person can fight againstthe Fiendrsquos control but the effort wracks them withpain as the black blood turns to acid inside them Theytake 1D4 damage per round until either they do theFiendrsquos will or their body is destroyed However afterthree rounds of resistance they must roll CON x3 tobe able to go on withstanding the agony of the boilingblood If they fail they revert to the Fiendrsquos controltoo exhausted to try again for another 24 hours
The Fiend has the equivalent of its SIZ in pints ofblack blood inside it One pint animates up to 5 drone
zombies or 1 full memory zombie Keep track of the
amount of black blood it has used in this fashion It
must retain at least one pint to stay functional itself
Meet The Fiend
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
S983156983154983141983141983156983155 the less they have to say about it
Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
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n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
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f their stores in the United States
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a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
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duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
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by the chi ld s
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n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
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following this
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J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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Tis is the information it imparts Tis speech ishacked out in great gobs gasps of pain which spitparticles of grey matter out onto the floor
ldquo[Investigatorrsquos Name] - we always knew that it mightlead to death - but not beyond - I am awful - it ishim - he is back - he was dead too - no longer - he wants you - he wants you to break - then he will kill you - and worse - this night - he is coming for me - for you ndash they are all coming - here - he hides by day - notfar - in an ab - an ab - aba - ABABABAB-rdquo
Tis last is stuttered as it starts to heave to and fro Itsagony is obvious and intense Te Fiend has ordered theblack blood to quit the cadaver and it pitches aroundthe room smashing glass and gouging wallpaper andtoppling furniture Its scream gapes wider as its mouthrips and tears and in a torrent the blood sprays out
spewing the investigator with an acidic gout Lifelessagain the Ex-Investigator slumps to the floor Sanityroll for this end is 01D4
In the sudden silence a Listen roll detects the soundof a large vehicle idling out front (its horses clip-clopping impatiently if it rsquos a Gaslight game)
PHASE THREE EVENTS
DEADWAVE amp CONFRONTATION
Te Fiend decides it rsquos time for a direct approachzombie apocalypse
It has driven up to the house in the bus Te bus isfull of passengers and they all start to alight Teyrsquoreall dead Moaning and grunting they reel and staggeracross the neat suburban lawns like drunkards Mostflood towards the Investigatorrsquos house but a few lurchoff for other softer prey
Anyone stationed on guard while the Ex-Investigator was breaking down sees the bus pull up A SpotHidden realizes that itrsquos no ordinary bus and they canget off two roundsrsquo gunfire as the passengers file out
Tere are forty zombies Tey knock down fencestrample gardens batter down doors smash through windows rip and rend and tear their way in Tey donot stop until obliterated
Tese are the missing corpses plus extras not reported yet plus others who perhaps werenrsquot dead when they went missing Tey are mostly robust specimenschosen for build and strength Teir number includes(Spot Hidden) the bus driver William Marsh and the
missing dead girl Dianne Castille but not the DeadRelative or the undertaker Clem Baker
Te Investigator and friends can barricade themselvesin or they can flee out the back door and over the backfence Hunkering down probably gets them killed asby weight of numbers and sheer unstoppability thedead will get them Te zombies come faster than ittakes to reload Use the map yoursquove prepared of theInvestigatorrsquos house to show where they start gettingin Give them a couple of early chances to escape butif they stay put theyrsquore finished
If they flee immediately they can probably get awayeasily Te shrieks and screams are just starting up anddown the street as the zombies fan out and start to feast
Tere is no effective way to save everybody Tere aretoo many zombies Some citizens do their best todefend their families and their homes some manageto hide Most die Eventually the first emergency vehicle arrives Not trained or equipped to deal withthis they die as well But more and more police unitsare called in and after bitter and desperate fightingthey eventually exterminate the last of the monsters Te entire area is cordoned off Te official story ishooligan attack People try to forget what they seeMany survivors go mad or commit suicide not longafter After an initial reporting frenzy the more thepapers learn of the M983157983154983140983141983154983151983157983155 R983137983149983152983137983143983141 I983150 C983145983156983161
S983156983154983141983141983156983155 the less they have to say about it
Sanity loss for when the bus pulls up is 16 points(there are lots of them) Sanity loss for fighting themis 01 each combat round Sanity loss for fleeing is1D31D10 as the carnage starts behind them (alltheir fault after all) If they stayed to take a few shotsand called the police in other words if they did whatthey could Sanity loss is 01D6 instead
The Escape of the Fiend
Once everyone is off the bus the Fiend drives away Ifthe Investigators are quick they could pile into a car(or carriage) and give chase but itrsquos likely that theyrsquollhave to mow down some zombies to get out Te Fienddrives for half a mile to where the hearse is waiting Itgets in Te undertaker is waiting at the wheel Teydrive off Bus Number B-0309 is left for the Companyto reclaim Te upholstery is in need of work though
Te undertaker drives like a madman (which he is)and three Drive rolls are needed to stay on the tail Te hearse returns to the abattoir On a Luck roll fromthe Investigator a police car joins the chase
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
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Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
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A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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Looking into the yard the lot is very dusty - theprodigious red dust Tere is one large main cement-and-tin building with a few sagging annexes Tere are a few
outbuildings one large enough to take vehicles Emptypens stretch to the left and around behind the great shed
Getting through the fence is no great problem Telesser sheds contain nothing of interest though thelargest one holds the hearse and a delivery vancart Itis big enough to park a bus in
Entry into the Main Building
Tere are three points of entry into the main building
but two are blocked o the left enormous doubledoors give access from the cattle pens but these areseriously padlocked A back door looks good butheavy equipment has been piled up against it Tefront door is the way in It leads into the annex to theright of the building It is unlocked
The Office
Te front door opens into the office It is a crude and
dusty affair a sordid room of fading calendars andcrooked filing cabinets A large map of the city istacked up on the wall Someone has marked all thegraveyards with red crosses Coloured pins furtherdefine the ones that have been raided so far
TRACKING DOWN THE FIEND
Te Investigators should now be able to find the
Fiend Tey know that its lair is in the Southernsuburbs presumably on an industrial site and the
combination of the dream and the Ex-Investigatorrsquos
warning should suggest an abattoir All they have to
do is get out and go looking for it
Te search takes 1D4 hours Whether the
slaughterhouses are operating or not depends on
what time they undertake their search Finally they
find one which has C983151983150983140983141983149983150983141983140 slapped over the
business sign Another sign proclaims S983151983148983140 It is
apparently closed up and locked
Te Fiend is waiting for them of course It is confident
that the toll on their sanity has already been extreme
and feels the satisfaction of a job well done
As the car pulls up the Fiend kills the undertaker and
reanimates him so fast he doesnrsquot even know hersquos dead
The Abattoir Yard
A leaning wooden fence topped by a coiled wreathof old barbed wire surrounds the yard A wire gate ispadlocked although a racking roll notes recent use
T
e A b b a t o i
Rusted Farm
Machinery
amp Misc Junk
Garage
Locked Gate
to Public Road
Office
Slab
Emptyamp Broken Pens
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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A LSO F ROM
Visit cthulhurebornwordpresscom for downloads pics and other goodness
Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
A
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earli
It
Sou
lead
ldquoIt
all
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the
said
abo
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eve
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und
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e ( N o w ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r
C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
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A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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Suddenly lifeless the undertaker folds to the floorthe same black blood they saw come from the Ex-Investigator crawling slowly and easily away fromhim No Sanity roll for this one it has a macabregentleness to it Te voice continues on
ldquoIrsquom glad we meet again at last You killed me onceso I have killed you in turn We have killed eachother Te difference between us is that you are dead
in life and I am alive in death Come here Let us betogether for the very last timerdquo
By now they will have moved through the jungle of hooksand equipment and get their first close glimpse of it
Garbed in stiff and crusted black clothing theundertaker sits at the desk nonchalantly reading the
paper His eyes are shot through with red A Psychologyroll detects his absolute madness He inquires politelyas to their business Whatever it is he thinks they
should see the manager ldquoWalk this wayrdquo he invites andshuffles to the door that opens onto the main building
Blood courses slowly down his legs from inside histrousers pooling into his shoes and overflowingleaving red smears as he walks A Sanity roll for this
01D6 A Spot Hidden confirms that this man doesnot breathe he is dead A Psychology roll hints that hedoesnrsquot know it (another Sanity roll for 01D3)
Slaughterhouse
Te main shed is huge and badly lit Te Investigator
recognizes it from their dream although it is notexactly as they dreamt it It stinks abominably
(CON x3 to stifle a gag)
It may once have been organized but now itrsquos inchaos Te more they see of it the less they like itNothing moves in the jumble of meat and equipment
Here are some of the sights
Great winches for suspending the animals rusty
tools sledgehammers and axes a forest of meat-hooks overhead long lines of them dangling with the
occasional decayed human torso or miscellaneous bodypart swaying from it slop buckets with offcuts andentrails cutting tables smeared with congealed blood
and gristle clouds of black flies an open morticianrsquos bagfrom which stained and filthy instruments protrude
bottles and jars of embalming fluids some tipped overand running together bonesaws and sawed bones
Sanity roll for just being in here is 11D4
The Fiend Speaks
As the Investigators move around taking all this ina voice quietly addresses them from one dark corner
Tey can stealthily approach but the voice shows noconcern droning on It is a rasping whispered voicefamiliar to the Investigator from their dreams but also
familiar from somewhere else
ldquoWelcome to my house I have often visited yours as
you know Is it not more peaceful here A fit place forthe dead Tat reminds me Clem yoursquore done here
now Tanks for everythingrdquo
Zombie Statistics
Calculate each zombiersquos
statistics by their original
stats as follows
STR orig times1frac12
CON orig times1frac12
SIZ origINT none or origtimesfrac12
POW 01
DEX orig timesfrac12
APP orig -12 -1each year dead
HP average of new CON + orig SIZ
Drone zombies have no INT and do not speak
They growl sometimes
Full memory zombies have half of their original
INT They are capable of slow rasping speech Those with an original INT over 13 are aware that they are
back from the dead those with lower INT are not
aware but know that they feel ill tired and confused
Weapons
any tool DEX times5 + damage bonus
Claws DEX times5 1D4
Bite DEX times5 1D2 and hangs on
Notes Weapons do half damage impaling weapons
do 1 point only
Depicting the Walking Dead
Zombies are disgusting They ooze stagger lurch
grunt and drip Without mind or soul possessed
of demoniacal hunger and incredible strength only
by battering them to pieces can you prevent their
hideous assault There are plenty of zombie films
available on video for keeper inspiration
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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A LSO F ROM
Visit cthulhurebornwordpresscom for downloads pics and other goodness
Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
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per atsteryhave
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itudeslectedcirrusde byt twowere
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yearstions
thernrees
ere isouth- suchisible
ighter
from Drere atearthis due
ide nts in
nightibe as
Theds ofent 5s midalledn the
wasf theblica- it is
ppar- and
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LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
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C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
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A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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The Fiendrsquos Final Fate
The final fate of the unnaturally resurrected Fiend
depends entirely on how well the player characters
weather and overcome its crusade of revenge
If the Investigator goes permanently insane the Fiend
fades into the background It lurks in the shadows ofsociety and pops in at the asylum from time to time to
taunt the victim subject to Visiting Hours
If the investigator is killed a satisfied grin crosses the
Fiendrsquos face The grin cracks and its jaw drops off
Unable to curse ldquoYou tricked me Nyarlathoteprdquo be-
cause of the lack of a lower jaw it can do nothing
but gurgle in protest and outrage as the black blood
floods out of it and into the ether The Fiend collaps-
es lifeless once more as do all of its zombie cohorts
FACE TO FACE WITH THE FIEND
Te Fiend stands easy beside a slab on which lies
the Dead Relative It holds a 45 revolver (If the
investigators open up on it it fires back It is far more
bulletproof than they)
Tis is of course the full realization of who theirtormentor is not to mention its horrific appearance
the wasted body with old wounds still gaping
the leering dead expression of studied hatred and
poised madness ime for that Sanity roll costing
the victimized Investigator 1D61D10 Others lose
11D8 or 1D41D8 if they knew it in life
Te Fiend speaks to the corpse ldquoDonrsquot just lie there
[first name of Dead Relative] say hello to [first name
of Investigator]rdquo Te Dead Relative slowly sits upldquoHelllloooo dearrrrrdquo Tis costs others 01 (theyrsquove seen
many dead people by now and this one is in relatively
good shape) but the related Investigator loses 21D6
The Fiend Wins
If the Investigator looks unhinged during this whole
encounter either in despair or anger the Fiend feels it
has achieved victory It acts calmly
First it pulls a lever under the table Tis causes a
murderous flight of hooks suspended high above to fall
on the area around it in a twenty feet radius striking
each character for 2D6 damage Any character who
makes a Listen roll hears it coming and may attempt
a Dodge Te hooks also smash down on the Dead
Relative headless it falls back onto the slab Te
Fiend then shoots the Investigator in the leg to bring
him or her down It then turns its attention to the
others carefully shooting to kill
If brought down in the ensuing combat it is still
assured of victory ldquoAs I was then as I am now you are
deadrdquo it gurgles at the Investigator
If it wins the fight (and it may bullets donrsquot harm it
and its massive strength makes wrestling its gun away
unlikely) then when the others are all downed it goes to
each one delivering the coup de grace It then reanimates
them all one by one It walks away bloody procession in
tow chuckling ldquoSee you in hospitalrdquo It telephones for an
ambulance for the wounded Investigator on the way out
Sanity loss for the sole survivor is 1D61D20
The Fiend Loses
If the Investigator acts rationally and coolly through thisencounter the Fiend loses its composure ldquoBreak damn you break I have destroyed you donrsquot you seerdquo it ragesletting the gun fall springing at its nemesis ldquoD983151983150rsquo983156 Y983151983157S983141983141rdquo locking its hands around his or her throat ldquoSeeee whatttt dearrrrrdquo inquires the Dead Relative muzzily
Without the revolver having forgotten about thesuspended hook trap and not paying attention toanyone but its quarry the others should be able tofinish it off before it can throttle the Investigator Itslast words are incoherent blustering
THE END
Tis scenario has been a long and vicious attrition tohealth and sanity Stiff rewards are called for
Gauge player emotion If they look wasted drained and
despondent dejected in their victory and numbed bythe overall horror they gain 1D20 Sanity Points TeFiend has won However the Investigator should regaina minimum of 10 points from the roll for sheer survival
If the players look confident exuberant flush with victory and ready to strive onwards they gain 2D20Sanity Points Te Investigator should get back atleast 20 points
Notwithstanding that remember that their house has
been wrecked and the police may have them down assuspects in the suburb horror Moving on to a new towncould be part of the healing process Before they goreburying their Dead Relative or the Ex-Investigatorgains them an extra 1D4 Sanity Points per ceremony
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A LSO F ROM
Visit cthulhurebornwordpresscom for downloads pics and other goodness
Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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|mdash
BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
y
g Its
fromnightw of
per atsteryhave
s andnom-
ing indle of
s theating
itudeslectedcirrusde byt twowere
d intoEast
yearstions
thernrees
ere isouth- suchisible
ighter
from Drere atearthis due
ide nts in
nightibe as
Theds ofent 5s midalledn the
wasf theblica- it is
ppar- and
ilateddy tonsane
MayoprogrfacilitregioldquosadlremephaseCounapproto repst retcwill iillumi
Engi
Cynicthat tof prto plundisPeaboupcopromiserve
Ma
N
M
A foragainafterin coTaylobeenarraitold tdeathhisposseretur
LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
A
cov
earli
It
Sou
lead
ldquoIt
all
deci
the
said
abo
we
wall
cou
eve
the
Pa
nort
join
sco
und
wai
The
got
out
torn
D e a d w a v
e ( N o w ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r
C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
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A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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A LSO F ROM
Visit cthulhurebornwordpresscom for downloads pics and other goodness
Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
892019 Dead Wave
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
|| | |
|
|
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|mdash
|mdash
BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
y
g Its
fromnightw of
per atsteryhave
s andnom-
ing indle of
s theating
itudeslectedcirrusde byt twowere
d intoEast
yearstions
thernrees
ere isouth- suchisible
ighter
from Drere atearthis due
ide nts in
nightibe as
Theds ofent 5s midalledn the
wasf theblica- it is
ppar- and
ilateddy tonsane
MayoprogrfacilitregioldquosadlremephaseCounapproto repst retcwill iillumi
Engi
Cynicthat tof prto plundisPeaboupcopromiserve
Ma
N
M
A foragainafterin coTaylobeenarraitold tdeathhisposseretur
LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
892019 Dead Wave
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
A
cov
earli
It
Sou
lead
ldquoIt
all
deci
the
said
abo
we
wall
cou
eve
the
Pa
nort
join
sco
und
wai
The
got
out
torn
D e a d w a v
e ( N o w ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r
C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
892019 Dead Wave
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A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
892019 Dead Wave
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892019 Dead Wave
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A LSO F ROM
Visit cthulhurebornwordpresscom for downloads pics and other goodness
Porphyry F AsphodelPenelope L oversquo s
A cla ssic Quest through the land of Dreams written by one ofhe most passionate and accomplished writers of Call of Cthulhursquosarly years Penelope Love Dare to revisit the Enchanted Forest
nd the impenetrable city of Thran in a desperate journey toave the soul of an Arkham girl cursed to unending slumber
In some corners of Arkham mdash most notably the poorer areasaround Southside and French Hill mdash modern amenities likeelectric street lighting have long been promised With the Mayor
desperate for re-election that has changed but will the newlights on French Hill reveal things that are best left unseen
Designer Character Sheets for Call of Cthulhu Your players spend more time during play staring at their Character Sheets than anything else mdash even the Cheetos box So whynot give them something attractive and functional to look at Even better if you like involving gadgets computers and generaltechnology into your game why not give your players editable PDF versions of their character sheets
Cthulhu Reborn currently hosts four different custom-designed character sheets for Call of Cthulhu each designed for a differentera of play and decorated in a style evocative of that era whether it be the Art Nouveau of the 1890s the Art Deco of the 1920s theclassical Romanesque look particular to Cthulhu Invictus or the retro-futuristic look reminiscent of the 1950s ldquoAtomic Agerdquo
Gaslight 1920s Atomic Age MRP Cthulhu Invictus
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 212920
892019 Dead Wave
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2329
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
|| | |
|
|
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2429
|
892019 Dead Wave
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|mdash
|mdash
BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
y
g Its
fromnightw of
per atsteryhave
s andnom-
ing indle of
s theating
itudeslectedcirrusde byt twowere
d intoEast
yearstions
thernrees
ere isouth- suchisible
ighter
from Drere atearthis due
ide nts in
nightibe as
Theds ofent 5s midalledn the
wasf theblica- it is
ppar- and
ilateddy tonsane
MayoprogrfacilitregioldquosadlremephaseCounapproto repst retcwill iillumi
Engi
Cynicthat tof prto plundisPeaboupcopromiserve
Ma
N
M
A foragainafterin coTaylobeenarraitold tdeathhisposseretur
LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
892019 Dead Wave
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892019 Dead Wave
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
A
cov
earli
It
Sou
lead
ldquoIt
all
deci
the
said
abo
we
wall
cou
eve
the
Pa
nort
join
sco
und
wai
The
got
out
torn
D e a d w a v
e ( N o w ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r
C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2829
A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
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Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
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|mdash
|mdash
BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
y
g Its
fromnightw of
per atsteryhave
s andnom-
ing indle of
s theating
itudeslectedcirrusde byt twowere
d intoEast
yearstions
thernrees
ere isouth- suchisible
ighter
from Drere atearthis due
ide nts in
nightibe as
Theds ofent 5s midalledn the
wasf theblica- it is
ppar- and
ilateddy tonsane
MayoprogrfacilitregioldquosadlremephaseCounapproto repst retcwill iillumi
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Cynicthat tof prto plundisPeaboupcopromiserve
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N
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A foragainafterin coTaylobeenarraitold tdeathhisposseretur
LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
A
cov
earli
It
Sou
lead
ldquoIt
all
deci
the
said
abo
we
wall
cou
eve
the
Pa
nort
join
sco
und
wai
The
got
out
torn
D e a d w a v
e ( N o w ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r
C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
892019 Dead Wave
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A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
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DEADWAVE
Player Handouts
A
1890s Set
1920s Set
Modern Set
A
One of the unique features of DEADWAVE is that it can be equally-well run in either the default
ldquoclassic settingrdquo of Call of Cthulhu (1920s) the Cthulhu By Gaslight Setting (1890s England)
or a modern setting
Because the ldquolook-and-feelrdquo of handouts differs markedly between these different time-periods
DEADWAVE provides completely different handout sets for each of these three periods These are
located on the following pages For any given game you will only need one of them mdash simply locate
the handout page relevant to the time-period of your game and discard the other two pages
A
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2329
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
|| | |
|
|
892019 Dead Wave
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|
892019 Dead Wave
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|mdash
|mdash
BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
y
g Its
fromnightw of
per atsteryhave
s andnom-
ing indle of
s theating
itudeslectedcirrusde byt twowere
d intoEast
yearstions
thernrees
ere isouth- suchisible
ighter
from Drere atearthis due
ide nts in
nightibe as
Theds ofent 5s midalledn the
wasf theblica- it is
ppar- and
ilateddy tonsane
MayoprogrfacilitregioldquosadlremephaseCounapproto repst retcwill iillumi
Engi
Cynicthat tof prto plundisPeaboupcopromiserve
Ma
N
M
A foragainafterin coTaylobeenarraitold tdeathhisposseretur
LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
A
cov
earli
It
Sou
lead
ldquoIt
all
deci
the
said
abo
we
wall
cou
eve
the
Pa
nort
join
sco
und
wai
The
got
out
torn
D e a d w a v
e ( N o w ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r
C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2829
A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2929
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2329
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 1
Deadwave (Gaslight) Handout
Newspaper Clipping 2
|| | |
|
|
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2429
|
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2529
|mdash
|mdash
BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
y
g Its
fromnightw of
per atsteryhave
s andnom-
ing indle of
s theating
itudeslectedcirrusde byt twowere
d intoEast
yearstions
thernrees
ere isouth- suchisible
ighter
from Drere atearthis due
ide nts in
nightibe as
Theds ofent 5s midalledn the
wasf theblica- it is
ppar- and
ilateddy tonsane
MayoprogrfacilitregioldquosadlremephaseCounapproto repst retcwill iillumi
Engi
Cynicthat tof prto plundisPeaboupcopromiserve
Ma
N
M
A foragainafterin coTaylobeenarraitold tdeathhisposseretur
LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
892019 Dead Wave
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892019 Dead Wave
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
A
cov
earli
It
Sou
lead
ldquoIt
all
deci
the
said
abo
we
wall
cou
eve
the
Pa
nort
join
sco
und
wai
The
got
out
torn
D e a d w a v
e ( N o w ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r
C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2829
A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2929
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2429
|
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2529
|mdash
|mdash
BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
y
g Its
fromnightw of
per atsteryhave
s andnom-
ing indle of
s theating
itudeslectedcirrusde byt twowere
d intoEast
yearstions
thernrees
ere isouth- suchisible
ighter
from Drere atearthis due
ide nts in
nightibe as
Theds ofent 5s midalledn the
wasf theblica- it is
ppar- and
ilateddy tonsane
MayoprogrfacilitregioldquosadlremephaseCounapproto repst retcwill iillumi
Engi
Cynicthat tof prto plundisPeaboupcopromiserve
Ma
N
M
A foragainafterin coTaylobeenarraitold tdeathhisposseretur
LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2629
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2729
LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
A
cov
earli
It
Sou
lead
ldquoIt
all
deci
the
said
abo
we
wall
cou
eve
the
Pa
nort
join
sco
und
wai
The
got
out
torn
D e a d w a v
e ( N o w ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r
C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2829
A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2929
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2529
|mdash
|mdash
BUS LOSTmdash
Driver amp Vehicle
Reported Missing
Police were notified late last night of theapparent disappearance of a town busNeither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and wason route 19 The driver is Mr WilliamMarsh Marsh was last seen s etting down apassenger and collecting one at ten minutesto eleven pm at Stop 33 on Long Roadsince then there has been no sighting
The police u rge any citizen who may haveseen the bus to contact them immedi- ately Do or-to-door enquir ies along LongRoad and the surrounding district arepresently being undertaken
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
y
g Its
fromnightw of
per atsteryhave
s andnom-
ing indle of
s theating
itudeslectedcirrusde byt twowere
d intoEast
yearstions
thernrees
ere isouth- suchisible
ighter
from Drere atearthis due
ide nts in
nightibe as
Theds ofent 5s midalledn the
wasf theblica- it is
ppar- and
ilateddy tonsane
MayoprogrfacilitregioldquosadlremephaseCounapproto repst retcwill iillumi
Engi
Cynicthat tof prto plundisPeaboupcopromiserve
Ma
N
M
A foragainafterin coTaylobeenarraitold tdeathhisposseretur
LOCAL
UNDERTAKER
DISAPPEARSmdash
Body of Girl
Missing
mdash
Man Sought by PolicePolice are seeki ng Mr Clem Baker a localmortician Baker (pictured below) waslast seen at the funeral parlour of whichhe is a partner Baker amp Ratchett onThursday evening
At six pm Baker had told his associateStephen Ratchett that he would bestaying behind to prepare the body of alocal girl for bu rial on Friday Mr Ratch- ett reports that working late was by no
means an unusual practice and had beendone by both men many times in the past
However when Mr Ratchett arrived atwork at eight am on Friday morning henoted that the lights were still on in thebuilding The company hearse wasmissing and the body of the girl was nolonger on the premis es Investigations haveascertained t hat Baker did not return to hislodgings on Thursday night A number oftools and chemicals are also missing fromthe Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not
been re leased to prevent furtherdistress to her family
Police are asking for anyone who knowsthe whereabouts of Baker or who mayhave seen t he hearse to come forwards
Mr Baker local undertaker sought by pol ice | |mdash
D e a d w a v e ( 1 9 2 0 s ) H a n
d o u t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 1
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2629
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2729
LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
A
cov
earli
It
Sou
lead
ldquoIt
all
deci
the
said
abo
we
wall
cou
eve
the
Pa
nort
join
sco
und
wai
The
got
out
torn
D e a d w a v
e ( N o w ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r
C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2829
A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2929
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LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
A
cov
earli
It
Sou
lead
ldquoIt
all
deci
the
said
abo
we
wall
cou
eve
the
Pa
nort
join
sco
und
wai
The
got
out
torn
D e a d w a v
e ( N o w ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r
C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2829
A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2929
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2729
LOCAL UNDERTAKER DISAPPEARS Body of Girl is Missing
Police Search UnderwayBy Stacy Manfred Staff Reporter
Police are seeking Clem Baker a local funeral director
Baker (right) was last seen at the funeral parlour of which he is
a partner Baker amp Ratchett on Thursday evening
At 6 PM Baker had told his associate Stephen Ratchett
that he would be staying behind to prepare the body of a
local girl for burial on Friday Ratchett reports that work-
ing late was not an unusual practice and had been done by
both men many times in the past
However when Ratchett arrived at work at 8 AM on Friday he
noticed that the lights were still on in the building The company
hearse was missing and the body of the girl was nowhere to be
found on the premises Investigations have learned that Baker did
not return to his lodgings on Thursday night A number of tools and
chemicals are also missing from the Lake Drive funeral parlour
The name of the dead girl has not been released at the
familyrsquos request
Police are asking for anyone who knows the whereabouts of
Baker or who may have seen the hearse to come forwards
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN Clem Baker and the Lake Drive Funera l Parlor from which he is bel ieved to have dis appear ed
A
cov
earli
It
Sou
lead
ldquoIt
all
deci
the
said
abo
we
wall
cou
eve
the
Pa
nort
join
sco
und
wai
The
got
out
torn
D e a d w a v
e ( N o w ) H a n d o u t N e w s p a p e r
C l i p p i n g 1
ONE OF OUR BUSES IS MISSINGDriver amp Vehicle Vanish
Transit Authority BaffledBy Meredith Stapleton Crime Reporter
Police have been left scratching their heads after
the apparent disappearance of a town bus late lastnight Neither bus nor driver returned to the depot
on the conclusion of the nights service
The bus was license number B-039 and was
on route 19 The driver is Mr William Marsh
Marsh was last seen setting down a passenger and collect-
ing one at 1050 PM at Stop 33 on Long Road since then
there have been no sighting of the ill-fated vehicle
The police urge any citizen who may have seen the bus to
contact them immediately by calling the Crimestop hotline
Door-to-door enquiries along Long Road and the surround-
ing district are presently being undertaken
The study followed people from 1986 to 2008 and moni-tored changes in body mass index (BMI) - a weightheight
increase in weight (up to a three point increase in BMI) by
33 There was a 48 higher risk of large weight gains(more than a three point BMI increase)
A-16
NEXT STOP NOWHERESVILLE A town bus of the same variety as that whichdisappeared without a trace last night near Stop 33 on Long Road
GET INSTANT SPORT NEWS amp WEATHER ON OUR BRAND NEW APP mdash IPH
D e a d w a v e ( N o w ) H a n d o u
t N e w s p a p e r C l i p p i n g 2
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2829
A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2929
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2829
A-15TION mdash COLLECT ALL TWELVE TOKENS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $10000
n v ua s mur ere twe ve peop e n t e e a e area
To this day the crimes remain the worst serial killings in
Australian history and Kurzelrsquos film reflects a deeply unsettling
portrait of a group of almost universally reprehensible characters
Sixteen year-old Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway) lives with
his mother and two younger brothers in a deprived Adelaide
suburb Regularly subjected to abuse at the hands of a local child
molester their lives improve when their mother begins a
relationship with John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) an outspoken
bigot who believes that people should take the law in to their
own hands when it comes to dealing with sex offenders
Bunting appears to offer a solution to the familyrsquos problems
and Jamie is immediately drawn to his sense of conviction as he
goes about delivering his own form of tough justice Over time
however Jamie witnesses an even darker side to Buntingrsquos
twisted worldview and before long he is inescapably drawn into
a malicious world of bigotry self-righteousness and murder
From the outset Snowtown offers little in the way of a
reprieve from its bleak outlook The bloodletting is minimal
throughout and rightly Kurzel doesnrsquot seek to revel in violence
But the filmrsquos ominous tone and in particular the looming
threat of violence are unremitting building to a disturbing
climax that makes for extremely distressing viewing
Whilst performances are strong throughout ndash Henshall in
particular delivers one of the most chilling performances of the
The end result is
a film that landsitself in a moral
g r e y a r e a
comprised of
characters that
can only really be
d e f i n e d a s
perpetrators and
victims Kurzelrsquos
intention is to
depict the events
that took place
rather than offer
judgement but he
treads a danger-ous line between
e x p l a i n i n g
V l a s s a k i s rsquo
involvement and
to an extent
v i n d i c a t i n g
him for it
SUMMARY Australiarsquos worst serial killings realised on film
A perpetually ominous tone with prolonged scenes of torture
Thought provoking but leeringly nasty and deeply unsettling
This is one that will linger with you for days
3 Stars Paul Weedon (littlewhiteliescouk)
boxesit withchers is
ywhere
Independent Australian Film Snowtown causinga stir at Film Festivals and DVD Sites world-wide
Available now from Amazoncom ArthouseFlixcomdvdcouk and madmancomau
budget
olence
olidays
ghs
scom)
rt has removed an infant formula
f their stores in the United States
e aftermath of the death of a baby
cter sakazakii an infection which
a significant risk to babies born
aturely should they contract it A
so contracted the infection which
d in plants like rice and wheat
tempting to establish whether or
rmula is connected to the bacte-
es suffered from in the US state
t from Walmart says that the
duct Enfamil Newborn Formula
abundance of cautionrdquo Speak-
ianna Gee stated that the group
dolencesrdquo to the family of Avery
emoval from life support Gee
resse that lot number ZP1K7G
almart customers who may have
stores can return it for a full
nother brand of formulardquo
amil Newborn Formula has also
our product used
by the chi ld s
f a m i l y t e s t e d
n e g a t i v e f o rCronobacter when
it was produced
and packaged and
that has been
reconfirmed from
our batch records
following this
n e w s rdquo Me a d
J o h n s o n a r e
ldquohighly confident
in the safety and
q u a l i t y o f o u r
products mdash and the
rigorous testing we put them throughrdquo and is ldquoworking with thehealth authorities to support their efforts to identify the source
or cause of this infants infectionrdquo according to Perille The
US government has reportedly made no recall of the product
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has
referred the infant formula to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration for
examination and has advised parents that ldquopowdered infant
Trypticase containing Cronobacter
sakazakii bacteria (source CDCP)
LA AFTER BABY DEATH
Local Under-
taker Body of
Girl MissingPAGE 2
Four dead as
gunmen attack
ambulance PAGE 5
Study Fish
reducesAlzheimersdisease risk
PAGE 6
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2929
892019 Dead Wave
httpslidepdfcomreaderfulldead-wave 2929