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nless &e could )ind something to hel us get o)) the island a stand o) trees o r erhas some )lotsam that &ashed on the shore &e &ere doomed to remain there )or the rest o) our days. And so &e set out to eFlore the island keeing close to the beach and each other because the s&irling mist and ash &ere eFceedingly thick thicker e"en than the !antucket )ogs + had kno&n as a boy and &e did not &ant to lose sight o) each other. 5e searched )or many hours only to )ind the beach scoured clean as i) by the &hite hands o) the tremendous statue that stood sentinel on the end o) the island. 9arch 14. + a&oke to %irk eters shaking me and ointing to )igures &hich &ere aroaching the island in distressingly )amiliar canoes black shaes easily seen through the eddying &hiteness. Alarmed &e hid oursel"es among the knee3high &hite lants. Although they sEuashed ooDily under us &e aid them no mind as &e eered across the beach at the canoes o) the sa"ages as they aroached the island. here &ere siF canoes &hich had neither the enormous length nor breadth that the &e had seen dislayed in the canoes used by the other salalians. hese &ere erhas t&enty )eet in length and contained only three )igures t&o o) &hom addled and one &ho stood at the bo&. he creatures standing in the boats seemed to be some sort o) chantey3man or &itch docto r as a nearly continual &ailing ululation came )rom these )igures "ery di))erent )rom the short harsh tones that &e had heard on the island o) salal but unctuated &ith the )amiliar ekeli3li. And each time one o) the &itch3 doctors uttered that dread hrase all the sa"ages in the canoes &ould gi"e a shudder almost all at once. hey &ere ob"iously terri)ied o) the island and its great eFanse o) &hiteness= ossibly this island &as the source o) the suerstitious )ear itsel). eters and + had &atched the canoes aroach )or some time &hen one o) them turned and &e sa& that in the bottom there &as a bound human )orm. + ointed this out to eters &ho Euickly began looking at the rest o) the boats to see i) there &ere any other risoners. By the time the sa"ages had landed &e &ere certain that there &ere cati"es in each o) the canoes. As they &ere dragging canoes out o) the &ater onto the &hite beach eters and + & ere shocked to see that the risoners &ere &hite33uroeans such as &e had not seen since our o&n cre& had been killed. +t &as a sight to almost make one & ee33to ha"e )riends and comatriots so close and yet catured by the )oul sa"ages. 5e immediately determined to rescue them but immediately uon our resolution the sa"ages each icked u a lance or a club )rom their canoes and &e Euailed being unarmed oursel"es. eters and + discreetly resol"ed to remain hidden a)ter that )or only &hen the )ilthy creatures had he)ted their &eaons did they reach into the canoe and bring out the uroeans. hey had been trussed u like deer33bound hand and )oot to a ole and carried through the deliEuescent undergro&th. +t &as almost too much to bear and + heard eters s&ear under his breath that &e &ould reco"er the cati"es come brimstone and darkness. here &as a light in his eyes that + had not seen be)ore and + recoiled slightly as + sa& it. + thought that there erhas &as a glint o) madness in his gaDe and + &as a)raid. As oosed to their usual noisy aroach the salalians &ere absolutely silent as they aced across the island. 5e )ollo&ed thank)ul that the sliery ooDing lants did not betray us &ith noise as a &holesome )orest &ould ha"e done but rather &e sEuashed Euietly on a course arallel to that o) the salalians the sound o) our assage comletely masked by the roar o) the cataract. A)ter some length the rocession came to a halt at a stone edi)ice. +t &as ob"ious that the salalians had not built th is monument as they li"ed in rude huts and this &as a structure comosed o) blocks o) unmortised stone. 5hate"er shae it once had &as no& obscured by great dri)ts o) the &hite ash and the assage o) countless years erhas thousands. 5hat + could see o) the sur)ace &as &orn smooth resumably )rom the unending erosion o) the &ind. he salalians marched directly through a tall arch&ay &hich &ould easily admit a team o) horses and disaeared )rom "ie& )ollo&ing a ath &orn into the "ery stones that made u the )loor o) the edi)ice. eters and + &aited )or a time unsure as to our neFt action. +) &e )ollo&ed too closely &e &ould undoubtedly be massacred by armed &arriors. But &e simly could not stand by &hile the e"il creatures sacri)iced )ello& humans to some obscene god. 5e &ere creeing closer to the oen arch&ay &hen &e suddenly heard a great shriek o) ekeli3li reeated a doDen times echoing )rom &hat must ha"e been a substantial distance inside the edi)ice. 5e heard the sound o) running )eet raidly aroaching and had ?ust enough time to hide in the sickly lants be)ore the salalians came thundering back through the arch&ay at a dead run. ) the cati"es there &as no
sign but the &arriors ob"iously more used to running than the &itch doctors led a mad stamede o) black shaes out o) the arch&ay running blindly )or their canoes. eters and + lay dumb)ounded and then stood u. Q%id you count themKR He asked. Q!oR + relied. Qhirteen came outR he said matter3o)3)actly. He grinned in a grotesEue )ashion. here &ere only t&o o) the sa"ages le)t in the structure and eters &as anFious to )ind them. He rubbed his coarse hands together in anticiation and receded me through the tall arch&ay. + had the )eeling that he had in mind re"enge )or the souls o) the ,ane 8uy's cre& &ho had been killed in that terrible ambush. As &e entered + noted that desite the rough &eathered look o) the eFterior o) the building the interior &as smooth as though it had been care)ully olished. he blocks o) stone that comrised the structure )it so eFactly that + &as not e"en able to insert a )ingernail bet&een them. + thought o) stories o) the great monuments o) antiEuity and a )eeling o) ancientness settled like dust uon us. here &as a &orn area in the )loor33resumably )rom the )eet o) the salalians )or &e had seen no other e"idence o) animal or human on the isle. he structure sloed do&n&ard at a )air angle not Euite enough to set us tumbling but enough o)) le"el to be noticeable. %o&n &e &ent into &hat aeared to be a hall&ay. >n)ortunately the light that issued )rom the arch&ay did no t enetrate )ar into the structure and neither eters nor + had any means to make a light let alone any sort o) combustible material &ith &hich to sustain it. 5e roceeded )or&ard &ith caution allo&ing our eyes to use e"en the tiny amounts o) light a"ailable to us. 5e &ere soon belo& sea3le"el )or the air &as as dam as could be imagined. he &alls s&eated in such a )ashion that + thought o) ,onah in the belly o) the &hale so great &as the &etness o) the air. As the light gre& dimmer and dimmer &e &ere )orced to na"igate by the touch o) the smooth slimy &alls )or &e still heard nothing )rom the cati"e arty ahead o) us only the ongoing thunder o) the cataract some&here beyond the &alls o) the lace. hen suddenly there &as a mad shrieking as o) a grou o) men in mortal danger. he "olume &as eFcruciating and yet on to o ) it there &as a hideous screeching that seared the eardrums like nothing + had e"er encountered be)ore. %irk eters &as suddenly no longer at my side but &hether he had run ahead or )led behind + could not tell. + mo"ed determinedly to&ards the terrible cacohony but + tried and )ell sra&ling in the thick darkness belo& the earth. Chater PP++7 5hen + regained my senses the terrible shrieks had Euieted and a thick glutinous red light had srung u )rom the tunnel ahead o) me and + &as able to see. eters &as crouching at a corner o) the tunnel eering do&n into the unnatural red light. At this time + noticed the noise o) acti"ity the sudden bustle o) a dockyard &hen men load crates onto a shi= the scrae and thud o) cargo being loaded. >nder co"er o) these sounds + cret u to eters &ho &as ratly &atching the acti"ity beyond the corner. + &as about ask him &hat &as going on &hen only brie)ly looking back he claed his hand o"er my mouth. he noises Euickly subsided and the rush o) &ater )alling into the chasm o"er&helmed e"erything else. As the commotion decreased in "olume so too did the light and &e &ere soon en"eloed in darkness again. Q5e ha"e to get themR eters said in a lo& terrible "oice that made my skin cra&l. He turned and &ent a little &ay do&n the corridor to&ards something + could not see. He blundered in the darkness and + heard him cursing and the sounds o) ob?ects being mo"ed. + could see nothing until there )lared a ale sickly green light. eters &as standing on a block o) stone holding the strangest3looking lantern + had e"er seen. here &as no metal on it simly an eight inch tall glass entagon &hich narro&ed to a oint at the bottom and &as caed by a )lat stone &hich &as toed in turn by a stone ring that eters held. +nside the glass &as a roiling liEuid that seemed to be in some &ay boiling and it &as this that g a"e out the "ery strange illumination. + looked a&ay )rom the Eueer thing grate)ul enough )or the light but thoroughly re"olted at its source. Although the tunnel continued it &as "ery di))erent. his seemed some sort o) &har) &ithout &ater and certainly it &as one o) the strangest laces + had e"er yet been in.
Here eters indicated that &e &ere to ush it o)) the small dro into the tunnel. + asked him &hy &e had taken so much time to unbury the thing i) &e &ere simly going to break. 5ith this etersJ )ace became dark &ith rage and he snarled at me not unlike a dog &hich has become hydrohobic. He e"en &ent so )ar as to threaten me &ith the sike on the metal ole he &as carrying. hen gathering his &its he told me to go collect as many o) the sEuishy &hite lants as + could. 8lad to be a&ay )rom his dire comany + comlied. As + &as returning to the tunnel belo& + heard a great hammering sound. Alarmed + roceeded more slo&ly until + came uon eters beating the )loor &ith one o) the metal oles. 5hile the )loor sho&ed considerable damage )rom the abuse the ole did not seem to ha"e su))ered in the slightest. 5hen he caught sight o) me he shook the ole at me saying that it &as )it )or use. Qn &hatKR + asked him. QhemIR he screamed ointing do&n the tunnel and roceeded to ha"e a )it o) "iolent aroFysms raging around the little room and screaming strange things to himsel). + dared not disturb him lest his anger turn )ully on me. + did see that eters had managed someho& to lace the lat)orm into the tunnel &ithout breaking it. + could not see ho& he had done it but that &as none o) my concern. + deosited my slimy armload o) nati"e "egetation onto the stone lat)orm and eters and + climbed on board. 5e each brought three o) the odd lams in case the )uel )or the one ro"iding the current illumination should )ail. eters also brought se"eral more o) the metal rods aarently to use against the kidnaers. nce our &eight &as uon the lat)orm it mo"ed out into the tunnel &ithout any guidance or aarent means o) motion. $et mo"e &e did and at increasingly disturbing "elocity. he seed o) our transort soon ceased to increase but there &as already a substantial &ind rushing to&ards us by this time. Although + could not tell )or sure + &ould say that &e &ere mo"ing )aster than any shi + had e"er kno&n. resently + noticed that there &ere disks occasionally set into the &alls ?ust abo"e the slit along &hich &e &ere tra"eling. &ing to the raidity o) our motion + &as unable to determine &hat they &ere. 5e tra"eled through the tunnel )or hours neither one o) us saying anything to the other &ith only the &ind rushing by our transort )or comany. At no other time did + come so close to sheer and utter hoelessness as + did in those )irst hours descending in that horrible endless tunnel. he &alls &ere monotonous and the green light made me )eel ill. 5e care)ully rationed our "inegary lea"es so eating &as in)reEuent. And so &e had nothing but each o ther to destroy the monotony o) the stygian &ay and yet + &as a)raid to say anything to eters. He seemed "ery a))ected by the e"ents re"ious to our attaining transort. 5hat &as going through his mind + could in no &ay guess but he &as )ull o) e"il looks and "iolent temer so + returned to my tedious obser"ation o) the &alls. he tunnel &as he&n out o) the li"ing rock that connected the island to the sea )loor. hat it had been made by the reugnant salalians &as imossible since there &ere no seams in the rock and the &alls and )loor aeared "ery smooth. Although there &ere no clues to the making o) the tunnel there &ere occasional ?ogs and li)ts along the &ay. 5hile the ma?ority o) the ride &as as smooth as oil on &ater sometimes there &ould be a little s&ay or a rise that &ould make the ra)t shudder a little and lose some o) its "elocity only to resume it some seconds later. ) other li)e there &as no sign. + ne"er sa& anything o) the red light + had seen earlier only the setic green o) our o&n light. 5hoe"er had taken a&ay the risoners had comletely "anished )rom our sight. But eters &as determined to catch them= to a much greater eFtent than + &as. +n time &e disco"ered that &e could temorarily increase or decrease the seed o) our con"eyance by the location &here &e sat. +) &e both remained closer to the rear o) the o"al then &e &ould slo& do&n by erhas a third o) our seed. +) &e both stood at the )ront then our seed &ould increase. But the eFtra seed )rightened e"en eters so a)ter our initial eFeriment one o) us remained in the )ront and the other in the back. +ndeed + &as comletely in the dark as to the action that made our lat)orm mo"e so raidly33it &as eters &ho had kno&n ho& to engage &hate"er mechanism roelled us. 5hate"er mo"ed the lat)orm it reEuired no e))ort on our art and the &alls rushed by too )ast )or eFamination. Blackness surrounded us cut only by the &an sectral light o) our lam. eters sEuatted a dark and )rightening shae at the other end o) the lat)orm. 5eariness o"ercame me and + lay do&n head illo&ed by the slick "egetation that ser"ed as our )eeble store o) )ood. (ulled by the monotonous rush o) the & ind + &as soon o"ercome by slee. + a&oke to er)ect and utter darkness. + could hear nothing but the constant &ind and a)ter a anicked minute eters' slo& labored breathing. He &as not dead then. + )elt around the lat)orm hoing to be able to re3ignite our odd light source )or although the light &as nauseous it &as better than the crushing darkness that currently surrounded us. By )eel alone + &as able to make my &ay to the )ore o) the lat)orm and )ound the ole uon &hich the lam hung. + )elt my &ay u the oily ole care)ul not to encounter the shar edge o) the sike and onto the rough sur)ace o) the lam. +mmediately there &as a shar tearing sensation along my hand and the lam srang to li)e in an instant. + had not be)ore been able to obser"e the action o) the lam but no& + had a articularly horrible oortunity. A )aint glo& began in the deths o) the glass radiating )rom a small lumy )orm at the to o) the glass container. A)ter a second it raidly gre& both in siDe and luminosity. ery Euickly the mass had eFanded enough to ress )irmly against the sides o) the lam roiling as + had seen it earlier. + looked at my hand eFecting the alm to be bloody but there &as no mark uon it at all. +t &as an unleasant )eeling and + hoed that + &ould )ore"er a)ter be sared reeating the eFerience. ur rogress continued unabated the &alls rushing ast us at great "elocity.
5ords cannot describe the tedium o) the ?ourney33to be con)ined to a sace no more than t&enty3)i"e sEuare )eet alone sa"e an insensate comanion rushing through the darkness to&ards some unkno&n goal. + sent as much time as ossible sleeing and remain unsure ho& long the terrible ?ourney lasted33three days at the least. At last there came a slo&ing o) our strange method o) transortation along &ith a distinct cooling o) the air. All through the tunnel the air had been &arm and humid but no& it turned chill and &ater ran o)) the &alls in streams ooling into ice3scummed uddles on the )loor. his &as esecially &orrisome as eters and + had no clothing against the cold and no means o) rocuring any. 5e turned a corner the )irst in the &hole hellish ?ourney and came to another o) the eculiar &har"es. But it &as ob"ious that our odd method o) con"eyance &as not going to sto although it had slo&ed considerably. he lat)orm &as at the height o) our ra)t so it &as a natural thing to simly ste o)) uon &hich the stone o"al uon &hich &e had been riding stoed. 5e &ere in a maDe o) tunnels that led in se"eral directions and )rom one there &as the )aintest glimmerings o) clean &holesome light. %esairing )rom our inability to )ind any signs o) assage on the cold stone )loor &e ?umed in alarm at a loud con)used chattering that came do&n )rom the lit corridor. > this barely3lit ca"ern something &as mo"ing33a shi)ting )laing sound echoed around us accomanied by strange sEua&king and hooting noises. eters took his oily rod in one hand and the ale green3glo&ing lantern in another. + took another bar and )ollo&ed closely behind him. here &ere a number o) &hite enguins33larger than any bird + had e"er seen be)ore33milling about the mouth o) the ca"ern.
5hate"er &e &ere tracking it had not been this &ay. he sno& &as dee and )resh &hite as an un&ritten age a&aiting the )irst de)acing scratch o) a en. narling in anger eters stalked back into the darkness o) the ca"ern and &e again leat onto our ra)t o) stone &hich then continued do&n the assage. But our time in the darkness &as to be much less. A)ter no more than three or )our hours our ride ended and &e dri)ted into another o) those dry &har)s. his time ho&e"er there &as only one tunnel and it lead directly to the sur)ace. As harro&ing as the sight at the re"ious tunnel had been o ur "ie& )rom this one &as e"en more terrible. !o more than a mile a&ay through blasts o) sno& and &ind yet clearly "isible &as the image o) a titan to&er33a lair o) giants dragons or some other )abulous and abhorrent creatures )or it &as )ar too great to ha"e been erected by mere human hands. +t soared abo"e us hidden behind a s&irling )reeDing "eil o) ice and sno& taller than any medie"al to&er or citadel. And then &e sa& the blue light &hich ho"ered about its ca like aint lmo's )ire about a mast and + kne& + kne& to my soul that this &as nothing else but a rimordial lighthouse33+ can think o) no other thing it might ha"e been )or all that its light &as seen more easily )rom the corner o) the eye than by direct sight. +t &as a male"olent illumination that brooded )oully uon the to o) that colossal to&er and the sight o) it + shall ne"er be able to erase )rom my mind= grand as a )leet uon the ocean terrible as lightning on the sea. here clung to this unholy edi)ice a horrid sense o) monstrousness as i) this &ere not something nati"e to this earth but an enormous blashemical to&er o) Babel erected to mock 8od and all o) His good &orks. + tried to run but + could not33+ &as cati"ated in"oluntarily )ascinated by that elder to&er o) eons long ast33as i) it &ere calling to me urging me to come to&ards it. + stood )roDen )reeDing= &hen eters nudged me and + &as able to look a&ay )rom that titan horror. + immediately had the urge to run but success)ully )ought it do&n. o anic and run in this &ilderness o) sno& &as to die. 9y only hoe that &e could get a&ay )rom this a&)ul lace o) elder madness &as crushed by etersJ eFcited ointing to a trail on the ground. Although it &as not )resh33e"en no& there &as a light )all o) sno& and ice33it &as de)inite e"idence o) recent assage. >tterly crushed not e"en daring to belie"e &e should come through the "enture ali"e + )ollo& ed as eters ursued the trail o) the cati"es directly to&ards the antedilu"ian ruin. Chater PP+++7 you miserable &retchIR And &ith that he hauled me bodily out o) the sno& and shook me as i) + &ere nothing but a child. his had the e))ect o) bringing me back to my senses and sending the blood )eebly back to my limbs. + gathered mysel)33 more a)raid o) eters than + &as o) the sire o) death33and trudged on. oon &e &ere &alking at the )oot o) the dread)ul haros itsel). 5hat &e had not noticed until no& &as that there &as a ram dug into the sno& that led directly to the steaming mouth o) the to&er. + &ould sooner ha"e &alked into a lionJs mouth but it &as clear that &e could not sur"i"e much longer in the )reeDing &eather. 5e stumbled do&n the ram hal) blind &holly insensate until my )oot struck something in the trail and + again )ell headlong. eters aimed a )ierce kick at me then suddenly stoed his )ace contorting &ith rage and terror. + )ollo&ed his gaDe and sa& that + had tried on a human body. 5hoe"er he had been he &as unrecogniDable no&= his head had been smashed by a o&er)ul blo& and his blood had )roDen into a slick o) red ice in &hich trailed his long blonde hair. Although the sight &as ghastly it &as in some horrible manner com)orting )or &e at least kne& the mysterious cators and their risoners had come this &ay e"en i) not all o) the cati"es remained ali"e.nly a )e& yards )rom the iti)ul remains the trail entered the base o) the aalling to&er.
abo"e the olished sur)ace o) the )loor. aking this to be a sign o) our Euarry eters brandished his metal ole and declared that it &as time to ursue. And + )ollo&ed. oon &e )ound oursel"es in an o"al chamber &ith but one eFit= a coruscated ram &orn smooth in the middle that ascended into darkness. 5ith little other choice &e )ollo&ed the strange cur"ing ram. Fcet )or our light the darkness &as total and there &as nothing on the monotonous gray &alls to tell us ho& long &as ascended or ho& )ar &e &alked. ur rogress &as only marked by the increase in temerature and soon &e &ere ersiring in out makeshi)t enguin clothing. 5e dared not remo"e them )or )ear &e might ha"e to make a hasty retreat into the )reeDing &hite outside. A)ter a long monotonous climb our narro& corridor &as )inally interruted by a side3assage. >nable to ascertain &hether the cati"es had been brought )urther u the corridor or dragged into the room &e entered the chamber. +t &as large )righteningly so a)ter the time &e had sent in the cramed ascending ram. he green light o) our lams &ere unable to illuminate the entirety o) the room but it &as not the sole source o) illumination. nable to resist &e aroached and as &e did the leasant heat o) the rest o) the to&er became almost unbearable hot as i) the heat &elled u like &ater )rom the sha)t. eering care)ully o"er the edge )or there &as no balustrade or other de"ice to rescue us )rom clumsiness &e sa& that a ram made endless re"olutions belo& us terminating in an in)ernal red glo& that must ha"e been a mile or more belo& us. his &as the "ery core o) the Hell3to&er itsel). Belo& &as a red glo& like a smithJs )orge and the &a"es o) heat radiated )rom it e"en at this tremendous distance abo"e. huddering &e dre& back )rom the edge. A brie) search o) the room re"ealed that &e could )ind no traces o) our comanions. 5e searched the )loor but the comleF and disturbing attern uon it couled &ith the radiant heat o) the lace ket us )rom disco"ering any more o) the ice3melt &hich had hereto)ore re"ealed their rogress. But reason re"ailed be)ore desair set in )or there &ere siF eFits )rom this chamber.
Euickly as &e could in reasonable silence then &e stole back to the lintel o) the arch&ay &here &e &atched the descending ram &ay )or the intruder. he Eueer shu))ling sound gre& greater in "olume and the thick red light that + remembered )rom the tunnel abrutly )looded the room. +n this light &e beheld descending )rom the to o) the cur"ing ram a hing. here are many things that 9an does not yet kno& about the arth and this &as one o) the most horrible. nderscoring this &as a curious unner"ing churning sound as i) the un)ortunate man &ere imrisoned in mud or Euicksand. he hing merely stood by imassi"e as the rocky &alls &hile the cries continued. hen it suddenly lurched a little and &a"ed se"eral o) its limbs in a grotesEue )ashion and in a loud iing made an imitation o) the salaliansJ ekeli3liI his it reeated se"eral times and then stoed &ithout &arning. his strange deed done the hing began to make its &ay back to&ards our hiding3lace. +mmediately eters and + scrambled do&n the ram and dashed back to the midnight3black room raying that the hing had not seen us. ursued only by the manJs )ading terrible screams the hing &alked &ith a slo& casualness bearing its red lantern and shambled to the ram rearing to ascend. +t &as then that eters shi)ting his sEuat ) rame steed on something &hich ga"e &ay &ith a d ull sna. +nstantly the hing Euite its ascent and stood aarently listening. +n a "ery human &ay it cocked itJs detestable star)ish head erhas &aiting )or a reetition o) the sound. But &e held our breaths not daring to mo"e or make a sound as the echoes o) the dying manJs torment resounding throughout the stone to&er. Aarently satis)ied the creature continued its ascent and soon both it and the ligh t it carried &ere lost )ar u the siral. 5ith that comleted eters immediately retrie"ed our green3burning lam )rom &here it had been hidden and he)ted the metal ole he had carried all the &ay )rom the salaliansJ lace o) sacri)ice. + brandished my crystal shard reared to )ight to the death i) necessary. o )ull o) reckless courage &e returned to the altar. !o sooner had + srinted across the )loor and come to the side o) the cati"es then + &as struck immobile. !early out o) my mind &ith terror lest the cursed hing should return and treat me as it had our other comatriot + attemted to command my limbs to action but to no a"ail. + &as utterly )roDen in lace unable to e"en mo"e so much as my eyes. here &as a &eird radiance around certain o) the car"ings on the stone and it seemed that it &as these symbols that had clamed onto my brain immobiliDing me.
Again it &as %irk eters &ho sa"ed me. !oting my sudden and idiotic stillness he utiliDed his metal ole to knock me sra&ling &ith a o&er)ul blo& to my back. As soon as + )ell + &as again able to mo"e. 8uessing that this &as some )oul action o) the unholy altar uon &hich the cati"es &ere laced eters and + care)ully remo"ed the three &hite men )rom their imrisonment on the stone block. As soon as they &ere clear o) the stone they began to thrash and struggle. 5e Euieted them Euickly eFlained that &e had the means to escae and using the shar edge o) the ro"idential rod cut them )ree. 5ithin a )e& minutes our &ork &as done and &e )i"e retreated )rom that terrible room. 5e le)t the salalians to their gods. utside &e ?ogged &ith maddening slo&ness do&n the siraling ram. ur ne& comrades had been bound )or more nearly a &eek and the blood &as ain)ully slo& returning to their limbs. But ne"er did anyone slacken the ace once &e had attained a lo ing run )or &e intended to do so all the &ay to the tunnel lea"ing this accursed lighthouse )ar behind us. eters led his short stature and inhuman durability standing him &ell e"en against the horrors and ri"ations &e had recently eFerienced. But as &e )led into the room &ith the &ell &e sa& a creature ascending )rom the "ery deths o) the to&erI As one &e all let out a desairing cry o) horro r and broke into a dead run heading )or the arch&ay eters &as indicating & ith &ild )lailing o) his limbs. But the hing had other lans as )or all its clumsy ambulation it as horrendously s&i)t &hen aroused. 5e ran as )ast as &e could do&n the siraling ram to&ards the )reeDing outdoors but &e &ere tired and hungry= an altogether iti)ul lot. he hing steadily gained uon us issuing an odd almost musical iing that did nothing but increase our terror. 5e &ere hoeless no& kno&ing that )i"e o) us &eakened as &e &ere had no hoe o) o"ero&ering e"en one such creature.
horribly in that a&)ul city had been named ,ohanneson but they could not bear to talk o) him )or long. hey &et )or their comrades and eters and + ga"e them such scras o) com)ort as &e could. Hours and days assed and )or a time there &as nothing but the roar o) the &ind in our ears and the "ast miles )alling behind us. +t had been a long time )ar beyond any counting &hen redenburgh sa& a mo"ement ?ust beyond our range o) light. eters touched another lam and the nauseous light brightened.
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layers &ouldn't be susicious i) you had another character ready )or your cultist. + )igure that you already ha"e ideas on ho& to do this &ithout my hel. =; te hree7 -andom 9onkey&renching 3 o no& you h a"e your in"estigators susecting "ery little and your cultist is a )riend o) theirs. +t's time )or things to start going &rong )or your in"estigators. (ook o"er the lot o) your story )or oints &here things could go &rong.
%P d6 A d6 %> d6N to reresent their heightened intelligence and their ability to use Higher tech to alter humanity All combat skills N1*. +ncluding hand held &eaons and martial arts. Hide is naturally 0 due to their ability to cloud minds. he dominants e"ol"ed in the 1*0s ) rom a hand)ul o) ) emales. he )emales gro& Euickly able to reroduce by age 10312. Ad"enture seed -ecently a series o) men and &omen ha"e been disco"ered along the high&ay dead. he cause o) their deaths is unkno&n till genetic tests are made to determine identity. +t is disco"ered that these eole ha"e genetic anomalies. hough they can be identi)ied as eole missing )rom "arious communities &ho until their disaearance &ere simly normal eole. hey disaeared doing normal things. hoing going on ser"ices calls icking u children )rom school etc. he only similarity bet&een is se"ere cerebral hemorrhaging and the )emale's uterus aear de)ormed. he situation. he dominants are eFerimenting trying alter baseline humans to become like themsel"es. o )ar the retro"iruses ha"e only caused the abo"e changes but they are the right track. resently there are using semi3 trailer rigs as mobile labs kidna ing random adults to eFeriment. here are se"eral mobile labs mo"ing throughout !orth America : there is e"idence that any attemt to oen u commerce &ithin !orth America and ossibly other !ations is a loy )or the %ominants to mo"e more )reely;. he labs are o)ten hidden in the trailers behind )alse &alls so there actually materials being shied. Ho to $urie in a %oecraft $tory + &rote this a &hile back and &hile + originally had (o"ecra)t's original 20's3era )iction in mind a good many o) these suggestions might ro"e o) bene)it to %8 agents today... !ote7 these are tis )or sur"i"al should one )ind onesel) in a iece o) (o"ecra)tian )iction. Attemts to aly them to a CoC game camaign should be undertaken only &ith eFtreme caution. 17 +) you )ind yoursel) in a osition to acEuire your ancestral estate :castle manor house etc.; Tdon'tT. secially i) it's built on a cli)) or o"erlooking a bog. ,ust trust that your ancestors mo"ed a&ay )rom there )or a TreasonT and steer clear o) the lace yoursel). %on't e"en go there on holid ay. 27 !e"er read TanythingT &hose author &as reuted to be mad. 7 +) &hile dreaming you )ind your dream3sel) going do&n a long )light o) stes to&ard a gate Tturn aroundT. T8o back u.T ettle )or a nice &et dream )eaturing a suermodel o) your choice instead. 47 T%on't drink the &aterT. '!u)) said. *7 Any electronic eEuiment you may bring along )or the urose o) arti)icially enhancing your sensiti"ity to unkno&n henomena or )or recording such henomena &ill only increase the likelihood o) you going insane andor getting eaten. ,ust stick &ith a )lashlight :i) you really TmustT be able to see &here you're going= e"en that is o)ten ill3ad"ised; and a really good air o) running shoes. 67 Buy a gun but use it TonlyT in the )ollo&ing situations7 i) somebody you kno& comes to you claiming to ha"e been disossessed o) hisher body &hich is then subseEuently inhabited by an alien intelligence Tshoot that ersonT. $ou're doing himher a )a"or. (ike&ise i) you e"er susect that your o&n mind has been has been dislaced by another ?ust go ahead and shoot yoursel). A"oid the stress and aggra"ation. /7 +n all other situations Tlea"e the gun at home.T $ou'll only dro it in your mad )light to sa)ety any&ay. 7 A"oid )og mist shado&s darkness and anything or any lace that smells bad. A"oid rime"al )orests ca"es cemeteries charnel houses abandoned buildings and the sea. 7 Break o)) )riendshis &ith anybody &ho tends to caitaliDe the )ollo&ing &ords in their &riting7 GldG GlderG GAncientG GChaosG G"ilG G%&ellerG G(urkerG Gand GHorrorG esecially i) any o) these &ords are used in combination &ith one another or &ith the &ord G8od:s;G. 107 Break o)) )riendshis &ith artists. secially &eird ones. he same goes )or college ro)essors. hese eole Euite simly kno& too much )or their o&n good. r yours. 117 !e"er tra"el to the )ollo&ing destinations articularly )or eFloratory uroses7 rural ngland= rural !e& ngland= any to&n or city in America that can ?ustly be described as Gcenturies oldG= +ndia= A)rica= Australia= Asia= Antarctica= or any lace abo"e or belo& the ocean's sur)ace that might e"er ha"e been art o) the lost continent o) (emuria. +) you li"e in any o) these laces Tmo"e a&ay immediatelyT. 127 %on't kee a diary ?ournal or tra"elogue. he only eole &ho &rite do&n things that haen to them are the eole to &hom bad things haen. 17 +) a stone arti)ac t e"er comes into your ossession that is clearly ar ti)icial in shae and ?ust as clearly not the &ork o) human beings Tget rid o) itT. And the boF it came in ?ust to be on the sa)e side. hen go and &ash your hands.
&ndiana ones tr 16 %eF 20 +nt 1 Con 1 A 1* o& 1 iD 16 an du 20 +dea7 0 (uck7 0 @no&7 100 9agic oints 1 H it oints 1/ anity oints /* %amage Bonus N1d4 5eaons7 Head Butt *0 damage 1d4N1d4= @ick *0 d amage 1d6N1d4= se 0 9ech. -eair 40 . H"y. 9achinery 0 ratory *0 (a& 40 (inguistic 0 (isten 4* ccultism 2* ersuade 60 harmacy 2* hotograhy 2* sychology *0 neak *0 ot Hidden 0 &im 6* hro& 6* racking *0 Loology 2*. he strong oint o) +ndiana ,ones is his ability to eFit unharmed )rom the most harm)ul situations. He is not ne"ertheless a suerman7 i) he can con)ront and conEuer his numerous ad"ersaries it is thanks to his luck more than hysical )orce. !e"ertheless his hysical Eualities are not negligible. +ndy is a comlete athlete as sho&n in his scores )or +L and -. But it is his C! that has to retain our attention... hanks to it +ndy has o)ten escaed ) rom the cla&s o) the death7 contrarily to an ordinary layer character +ndy does not recuerate a hit oint er day but rather one e"ery hour o) rest &hich means that in 24 hours he can reco"er )rom his in?uries and resume his ad"entures. 9ore +ndy does not collase be)ore his hit o ints to 0 or belo&. "en in this case +ndiana ,ones is not dead but resting in a dee coma. He recuerates 1 Gnegati"eG hit oint e"ery hours e"en i) it is to 310. Famle7 +ndiana ,ones is machine3gunned in his aartment. He is le)t )or dead at 3/ hit oints. +ndy heals and 24 hours later he has the )orce to cra&l to the telehone to call a hysician. But in order )or this resurrection to be ossible it is necessary that circumstances be right7 i) +ndy is ab andoned in this state at the !orth ole or in the ahara at noon he &ill remain death. imilarly i) he is ul"eriDed by a bomb or crushed by a trailer you can consider him dead i) his hit oints becomes negati"e. he %P o) +ndiana ,ones also is eFcetional gi"ing him 60 in %%8. +t allo&s it to a"oid arms such that ?a"elins arro&s and e"en bullets )rom a guns :at 320;. n the other hand do not )orget that +ndy is an academic :the doctor ,ones; &hat eFlains his scores in +! and %>. +ndy also ossesses a remarkable caacity )or adatation. He can reach a score o) u to 2* in a skill that he did not re"iously kno&n ro"ided that he ossesses some other skill that is "aguely related ro"ided he makes a roll in that other skill. Famle7
intruders died in the shootout. A back3u audio tae o) the autosy &as reco"ered by Agent obias )rom Hardiman's home. he t&o dead men &ere autosied by a %elta 8reen G)riendlyG team o) doctors )rom >A9-++% under eFtreme biohaDard conditions. A li"ing &orm &as reco"ered )rom each corse. he &orms' hosts &ere not identi)ied. Both &ere &hite males aarently no older than thirty years o) age. heir bodies &ere co"ered &ith delicate and comlicated tattoos ritual scars and body iercing. hey also sho&ed signs o) eFtremely oor dental care and malnutrition. A)ter a detailed dissection o) one &orm and the introduction o) the other into a bo"ine host the %elta 8reen agents learned se"eral details o) the &orm's biology. he &orms are symbionts that li"e inside their host's digesti"e track. hey consume huge amounts o) nutrients reEuiring the host has to gorge himsel) to kee )rom dying o) malnutrition. he &orm's resence is also eFcruciatingly ain)ul. he hosts must be ket saturated &ith o&er)ul ain killers or they send their days lying on the )loor &rithing and screaming in agony. But the &orms do ro"ide a bene)it to the ho st. he &orms' eFcreted &aste roducts act as an anagathic agent. hat is it comletely halts the host's aging rocess on a cellular le"el. hanks to the &orms in)esting their bodies the hosts are immune )rom the e))ects o) old age although they could certainly die )rom hysical trauma disease or star"ation. 5hile the %elta 8reen eam &as attemting to ascertain the identities o) the t&o hosts Asst. 9.. Hardiman reaeared. he called the eattle .%. )rom a ay3hone at a rest sto south o) the lymic !ational (-A and the %+A's A-8A rograms but the rimary targets &ere in communist controlled countries. +n oeration >99- B-L in 9ay 14* %elta 8reen teams enetrated o"iet occuied !aDi 8ermany to retrie"e or destroy @arotechia )iles and ersonnel. %uring the oeration %elta 8reen &as oosed by mersh. he name is an abbre"iation o) smert' shiionam meaning Gdeath to sies.G mersh &as ersonally organiDed and named by ,ose) talin in 141. +nitially it oerated as art o) the !arodny @omisariat nutrennikh %el Geole's Commissariat )or +nternal A))airsG or !@% one o) the "arious incarnations o) o"iet state security. Ho&e"er )rom 14 to 146 it oerated indeendently o) the !@% ans&ering directly to talin. mersh &as charged &ith tracking do& n traitors and deserters behind the )ront lines shooting retreating soldiers and arresting so"iets &ho escaed )rom 8erman cati"ity. mersh suer"ised a net&ork o) in)ormers &ithin the -ed Army !a"y and Air
behind 8erman lines. mersh also )ollo&ed the ad"ancing -ed Army into 8ermany to seek out and detain !aDi scientists and o))icials. %uring >99- B-L %elta 8reen's encounter &ith mersh resulted in casualties on both sides. mersh &as dedicated to reco"ering @arotechia )iles and ersonnel as &ell. +t is kno&n that mersh reco"ered at least one @arotechia researcher %r. r&in eis one o) the to men in the @arotechia's G-esuscitated CasualtiesG ro?ect. here &ere ho&e"er se"eral @arotechia members )ound dead and research ) acilities burned to the ground rior to %elta 8reen or mersh making contact &ith them. At the time those incidents seemed a bit to systematic and deliberate to attribute to random destruction )ollo&ing the o"iet occuation. he @arotechia could not ha"e been liEuidating its ersonnel and resources as it &as undertaking Aktion 8otterdamerung. he assessment o) the %elta 8reen agents in the )ield at the time &as that there &as another agency besides %elta 8reen or mersh oerating in the o "iet Lone &ith articular orders to kill all @arotechia members and destroy all records o) their research. he identity o) this agency &as ne"er disco"ered although there &ere se"eral theories ad"anced that it might ha"e been some rouge element o) the -ed Army erhas &ith connections to 9arshal o) the o"iet >nion 8eorgi Lhuko". ))icially disbanded on 9arch 16 146 mersh continued to oerate uno))icially as talin's ersonal murder sEuad and erhas much more until the o"iet dictator's death in 9arch *th 1*. %uring eration +C 9- $-A!> a %elta 8reen eam enetrated iberia during a )our month oeration aimed at the destruction o) o"iet Gli)e eFtensionG eFeriments designed to inde)initely reser"e the li)e o) ,ose) talin. he laboratory &as located in !o"osibirsk and &as headed by the a)orementioned %r. r&in eis and guarded by agents o) the o))icially disbanded mersh. +C 9- $-A!> in"ol"ed the insertion o) a 10 man team siF trained agents and )our Aleut +ndian guides on the arctic coast o) iberia by submarine a trek o"erland to !o"osibirsk and an eFt raction by G&hate"er means a"ailable.G Although considered a suicide mission one o) the siF %elta 8reen agents sur"i"ed and &as able to cross the )roDen Bering ea and make contact &ith a >A< early &arning station near !ome Alaska. he agent &as > Army Colonel 9ichael @era"uori a naturaliDed ra"lenie GChie) +ntelligence %irectorate o) the 8eneral ta))G or 8-> the o"iet's military intelligence agency. A)ter a &eek o) brutal interrogations the team &as ineFlicably smuggled into !o"osibirsk in a -ed Army suly con"oy gi"en -ed Army identi)ication tra"el asses to ladi"ostok and released &ith all their eEuiment. +t &as later determined that one o) the team > Army Cata in eter Hodge had broken under tor ture and re"ealed the team's mission. +t &as only then that the in terrogations stoed and the team &as released. ince that time there has been much seculation that a secial branch inside the o"iet 8-> has eFisted since the econd 5orld 5ar &ith goals similar to or comatible &ith %elta 8reen's. -umors ha"e occasionally sur)aced about a 8-> ecial %eartment & hich allegedly oerated outside the sight o) the o"iet Central committee and e"en the @8B. !o eFact duties &ere e"er attributed to 8-> %3 and its eFistence has not been con)irmed. Any %elta 8reen agents &ith access to -ussian and )ormer ast Bloc intelligence sources or &ho may ha"e encountered any e"idence o) suggesting the re"ious or current eFistence o) o"iet intelligence agencies in"ol"ed &ith aranormal henomena are directed to contact Agent GAdam.G &nestigators as /ome Authors + came across an interesting roblem the other day &ith my in"estigators. ne is sitting in the hosital &ith nothing to do so he told me he &as going to start &riting do&n all he kne& about the Cthulhu 9ythos to make a tome to ass on to other )ello& in"estigators. + thought this o"er and came u &ith a )e& ideas7 :1; Cthulhu 9ythos 3 here should be some sort o) limitation on the amount o) Cthulhu 9ythos skill one can ut into a tome they are &riting. + chose %> )or the maF amount o) Cthulhu 9ythos one can ut in. o &rite the book and imart the kno&ledge + had the in"estigator roll a success)ul Cthulhu 9ythos. :2; ther kills 3 + n the S@eeer's ComendiumS more than ?ust 9ythos and sells are in books. +) you read a book you could get a skill check )or some skills like ccult or Astronomy. + allo&ed the in"estigator these too i) he made a success)ul skill roll )or the skills he &anted to imart into the book. :; A! 3 anity loss is an imo rtant art o) e"ery mythos tome. he best idea + had )or this &as comaring the total amount o) 9ythos skill in a book to the rulebook's section on mythos tomes. +) + could match u a book &i th the same amount o) mythos skill gained + used that amount o) A! loss. :4; ells 3 Another imortant art o) a mythos tome is its sells. + simly allo&ed the in"estigator to ut any sells he kne& in the tome. :*; Amount o) time to &rite3 9ythos tomes are o)ten Euite long. + suggest that )or e"ery N2 Cthulhu 9ythos kill or ell in the book it takes 1d6 months to &rite.
Night $talker Chris Carter creator o) he P3 1* @!57 /* +%A7 /0 (>C@7 0 anity oints7 / 9agic oints7 14 Hit oints7 1* kills7 Accounting 1* Anthroology 20 Archeology 10 Art History 24 Astronomy 1* Bargain / Climb 60 Conceal 1 Credit 1* Cthulhu 9ythos / %odge * %ri"e Auto / se (isten 4 ccult 4* (anguage :nglish 4 olish 4/; ersuade 2 hotograhy sychology 4 sychoanalysis 61 -ide 22 neak /2 ot Hidden 0 &im *0 hro& 40 rack 22 5riting * ony incenDo ditor 5orld 5ar ++ eteran O 1/ +%A /0 (>C@ /0 @!5 * anity oints 4 9agic oints 10 Hit oints 1* kills7 Accounting 2* Anthroology 20 Archeology 10 Art History 46 Astronomy 10 Bargain / Climb 1 Conceal Credit 4* Cthulhu 9ythos 1 %odge 1/ %ri"e Auto /* se 0 (isten / ccult 1* (anguage :nglish 4 +talian 22; ersuade /4 hotograhy 4 sychology *0 sychoanalysis /1 -ide 11 neak ot Hidden &im * hro& 20 rack 4 5riting 0 dit ing %rums Coo k 6 heir -elationshi Another disagreement another scream )est another day at the o ))ice &ith incenDo and @olchack. incenDo is slightly older than @olchack but certainly o ) the same generation. @olchack &ent to @orea ony &as in 55++. +) it &erenJt )or @olchack incenDo robably could be a success)ul editor at a large aer making a lot more money. Ho&e"er @olchack has managed to take his editor right do&n &ith him &hen it hit the )an. +n the sho& the t&o end u at +nternational !e&s er"ice :+!; in Ch icago. !either accet the ?ob lightly and gi"e their best to the lace. hatJs usually &here the trouble begins. @olchack tyically is )ollo&ing his hunch and taking an occult or
not sto @olchack )rom obtaining a dri"ing license in any other state or getting a assort and lea"ing the country. "en the olice ackno&ledged the )rame ?ob. +n the sho& ony incenDo &as almost ne"er )ilmed outside the o))ice. He may be coming in o r ?ust lea"ing but rarely is he &here thereJs any action. @olchack &as al&ays &here the action &ent d o&n. (a&s such as obstruction o) ?ustice or tresassing on ri"ate roerty breaking and entering and stealing e"idence is ne"er a consideration )or @arl &hen heJs hot on the trail. He is o)ten caught by o lice in eculiar situations and incenDo bails him out time and time again. ony is at his best a) ter olice return the @olchack to him. incenDo is resect)ul o) la& en)orcement and &ill ne"er side against them ublicly. ri"ately he some&hat admires @olchakJs )ortitude )or obtaining )acts. @olchack &as ne"er a kno& it all. He o )ten sought out the ser"ices o) eFerts such as scientists olice mediums >< eFerts ro)essors and in one case a taFidermist. +n se"eral eisodes these eFerts heled @olchack on the case. A cle"er @eeer may &ant to introduce @olchack as an !C in this )ashion. Al&ays remember @arl @olchack &ants the storyUthe truthU?ust as much as
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)ears. As + )lied the s&itch + had a )e& tortured moments o) cursed light be)ore the bulb ga"e outX and in those moments + sa& hell. Bodies se"en or eight &ere lying in a circle on the )loo r. !o )lesh remained on them but blood &as e"ery&here. +t coated the )loor and &alls and ceilingX the light )rom the bulb &as crimson )rom the sanguineous sray. + mysel) &as co"ered artially in blood )rom my groing )or a light. !o& + understood ho& ,ing (ao aearedX but &ondered all the more at his miraculous sur"i"al. ach body &as stried o) )lesh ale &hite bone comletely )ree o) the scarlet sray. ach body ?oined to the neFt holding hands as i) in some heathen ritual o) sulication. Here and there iled as i) in a butcherJs &indo& &ere the missing organs o) the skeletal re"elers. ach organ &as iled in order hearts &ith hearts and lungs &ith lungs and so on. +n those )e& seconds o) illumination my mind counted each ile in turn. +n some corner o) my mind + had the imression that each organ like the bones in the circle &as de"oid o) blood. hey seemed too ale e"en in the harsh red light o) the bulbX too & ithered to ha"e been once in a human bo dy. Could it be as i) all "ital )luid &as )lushed out o) their bodiesK !o skin or muscle remained either but my o&n glimse &as )ar too brie) to rule out larger iles )urther )rom the unholy center. ,ust then as i) in a re"ersal o) His holy roclamation there &as no light as the bulb eFloded )rom the heated blood on its sur)ace. his )inal shock &as too much )or me and + )led into the night. 9ont?oy assisted in my disosal o) this unholy blight. + & ished each erson in the &arehouse 8odseed and lit the blaDe. +t &as not di))icult to direct the )ire brigade to concentrate on the dock )illed &ith )uel and ignore the burning &arehouse till all the bodies &ere consumed. !o& only ash remains and may god ha"e mercy on our souls i) &e do not heed this as a &arning. + do not kno& &hat art ,ing (ao layed in tonightJs e"ents. + do not think anyone could ha"e done this single handedlyX or i) anyone human is e"en caable o) doing &hat + &itnessed. 5e must &atch him closely ho&e"er. "en i) he &as an innocent &itness to these roceedings surely he could not ha"e escaed unchanged by the carnage + &itnessed. 8entlemen these letters should be destroyed a)ter you )inish themX + only kne& that i) + did nothing no tale &ould e"er be told o) these a&)ul e"ents because the light o) day &ould re"ent me )rom seaking o) them )urther. $ours ruly homas e"eren $urial /i)s +n a game like Call o) Cthulhu &here the a"erage li)esan o) a layer character is less than that o) a may)ly ointers a needed to stay on to o) things. Ha"e you ?ust inherited a mansion &hose re"ious o& ner &ent mad died horribly or simly "anishedK !e"er e"er slee in the master bedroom eFlore the unmaed ca"erns beneath the cellar and ne"er try to )ind the source o) that insane iing3sound going on at night. +n )act ne"er e"er "isit the mansion in Euestion. Conduct in"estigations &hile the sun is still abo"e the horiDon. he common idea that night is the roer time )or sneaking around and committing BO is e"en deadlier than he housand3ni"ersity ro) essors. hey are the li"ing embodiment o) trouble. +n )act &atch out )or eole &hose ?ob is to read books seci)ically old books or tomes as they like to call them. hey al&ays &ant hel a)ter ha"ing summoned he Horr ible Horror &ith a hady -eutation. Heling them &ill get you dead r ight Euick or at the "ery least insane. urreal haenings or outer3dimensional summoning may be commonlace in their li"es= better not make it commonlace in your li)e. !e"er date &omen &ho re)er to themsel"es as cat3ersons. Cuddly or not= the Cats )rom aturn be damnedI !e"er go abroad. +) you )or any reason ha"e to go abroad it better not be as a cre&member on an eFedition. gyt and Antarctica kills o)) more in"estigators each year than cancer does. Al&ays bring eFlosi"es. !ot ansy eFlosi"es like grenades instead br ing bundles o) !. 8oing to your cousins &eddingK 8reatI ,ust remember to ack the !. ! is good )or some many things like blo&ing u blashemous temles or horrible ro to3masses. nkno&n Horror Fisting in
A"oid anything that can be associated &ith the & ords ancient elder )orgotten etc. + cannot emhasiDe this enough. Contracting bola is )ar more en?oyable than being torn to ieces o"er the course o) se"en years by the Ancient 8uardian39onstrosity. 9ake a distinction bet&een 8ood lime and "il lime. 8ood lime does not really do anything eFcet maybe make you disgusted. "il lime on the other hand tends to eat you dissol"e you eFand like there is no tomorro& et cetera. A sure)ire &ay o) d istinguishing bet&een 8ood lime and "il lime is this7 5hen you see a ool o) slime )or the )irst time ask yoursel) these Euestions. But be)ore roceeding take heed= 8ood or "il no slime at all is better. 1. %oes it shi"er mo"e about or sho& any other sign o) ha"ing means o) roducing kinetic energy by itsel)K !oK hen it is robably sa)e to assume that you are dealing &ith 8ood lime. 2. %oes it ha"e countless mouths and bulging eyesK !oK 8ood lime. . %o es it talkK !oK 8ood lime. 4. %o you )eel threatened in any &ay by this slimeK !oK 8ood lime. *. oke the slime &ith a ointy stick. %oes it reactK !oK 8ood lime. 6. Ha"e any o) your ets disaeared latelyK !oK +) yes can you see the bones o) your ets inside the slimeK $esK "il lime. /. %id the slime come )rom outer saceK !oK 8ood lime. 5hen dealing &ith beings o) incomrehensible o &er tread lightly. +) you suddenly decomose burst into )lames eFlode or su))er other&ise along similar lines you kno& you ha"e done something &rong. n the other hand i) you deal &ith beings o) incomrehensible o&er you are a right git and deser"e nothing less. teer &ell clear o) uter 8ods lder 8ods ld nes and their ilk. +) your @eeer asks you to rint out a coule o) ne& character sheets be)ore the session begins you kno& trouble and death are a)oot. uggest that you lay %ungeons O %ragons instead= a game &here being resurrected doesnJt automatically turn you into he rue a&n o) "il. ) course )ollo&ing these ointers alone is not really enough to kee your in"estigator ali"e. Common sense along &ith a big dose o) sel)3reser"ation is also needed but o)ten sorely lacking &hen it comes to in"estigators in a game o) Call o) Cthulhu. 8ood luck and remember7 e"en ho& dreary it may sound sending your last years in a retirement home is )ar better than sending your last years in a mental asylum eating bugs. ome Euick rules o) sur"i"al )or the %elta 8reen erati"e7 Al&ays carry one more magaDine than you eFect to use. he abandoned mine ne"er is. ainstakingly sealed re) rigerators in the 8reen BoF are robably ainstakingly sealed )or a uro se. +) in doubt emty the magaDine. !e"er let your less3than3sane colleague carry the eFlosi"es. An autosy3room is not a Gsa)e laceG. Any dark strangers o))ering you gi)ts and )a"ors should be a"oided like the lague. 5hen contemlating &ays to eFecute your mission 7 think G"erkillG. lee is only a bad substitute )or ca))eine. Al&ays sa"e the last bullet )or the moron &ho got you into this. +) that moron isn't you aim )or the legs. +) you're going to get eaten ali"e so is he. Any o))er to let you GFerience the ther %imensionsG should be tact)ully declined ... &ith a shotgun blast. +) you ha"e no social skills7 try Ghysical interrogationG. -eading books is )or the colleague you kee locked u in the nice room &ith so)t &alls. here is no such thing as Gtoo many gunsG. 8asoline. -e)ueling cars is only its secondary use. 5hen you enter a go"ernment )acility and the toilet3doors are marked7 G9enG G5omenG and GtherG you might &ant to reconsider your osition. ld !aDis ne"er die... eriod. 5ims )ondle guns. -eal 9en )ondle %oomsday3 de"ices. /actics and 5ea)on &deas As a "eteran 89 and layer )or Cthulhu games + can do t&o things )or eole &ho like CoC out there7 ro"ide ad"ice by recalling in terestinguse)ul arts o) games +'"e been in and d iscuss tactics +'d use in the )uture. his article is mainly intended as ad"ice to the layers. $ou'll )ind7 ad"ice )rom ast ad "entures= in"estigator tactics= and some ne& &eaons. %uring one o) my 89ing sessions &hile running the SHorror on the rient FressS boFed set my layers came uon an old man in a clock to&er. he book + &as &orking )rom said something like Gurely the arty &ill not use )orce on an old manG. But the eole &ho &rote the book hadn't counted on my layers. h no. hey attemted at )irst to knock out the old man &ith a hea"y club. 5hen that )ailed the body3builder o) the arty graled the old man &hile another member o) the arty slit his throat. A)ter killing him hal) o) the arty rolled the old man u in a caret and thre& him o)) a bridge. his did not surrise me much but + )elt that it might'"e surrised those &ho &rote the camaign. here are some lessons to be learned )rom this mostly )or layers. he largest is that i) you can get a&ay &ith something that's hel)ul do it. A secondary lesson is that layers o)ten times &ill test limits and i) you don't lay realistically your CoC camaign &ill tend to crumble Euickly. +) the 89 tells the layers that they cannot slit an old man's throat because it's G&rongG or something to that e))ect it'd be hard to rationaliDe an attack on any humanoid. Ho&e"er using the olice :conser"ati"ely; against the layers is an amle deterrent usually. o lay realistically as layer or 89. 5hile laying :in my )irst3e"er CoC game; in S9asks o) !yarlathoteS + had my character make a book to kee clues in as + had done in real li)e to kee track o) handouts. + had also done something "ery smart7 + mailed a coy :+ made by hand; o) the clue book to my neFt character a close relati"e. his sa"ed us a lot o) trouble in the e"ent o) myour deathcature. Al&ays slee in shi)ts. or 4 hour shi)ts usually &ork out to at least hal) the arty sleeingguarding at the same time. ry to get animals to hel stand guard and gi"e your character some &ay to eFlain not
)alling aslee. +) ossible use eole's )ears belie)s "alues )or your o&n good. rade cra )or use)ul ob?ects i) ossible and dress u like their "enge)ul gods etc. i) it'll hel use them. Be)ore "oluntarily encountering a creature )ind out anything you can about the creature. +n"estigate )olklore ast attacks old &i"es' tales arti)acts related to it etc. +) the creature comes out in the d ark only use light against it. +) it lea"es a trail o) slime behind that's eFtremely )lammable burn it. $ou get the idea. Cultists are so daDedly insane they & on't notice you i) you can manage to dressact like them. 9ake a character i) ossible &ho &orks &ith demolitions so you ha"e an eFcuse to o&n dynamite and lots o) it. 8i"e himher a good thro& )or tossing it too. At least /0. As seen in the Anarchist Cookbook b y 5illiam o&ell :the actual book; a shotgun shell can be modi)ied so that a &ooden do&el :rod; can be )ired )rom the shotgun. his makes )or use)ul &eaons creatable &ith a 9echanical -eair roll. ome good ideas are simle sharened do&elsears and a 9o loto"3 cocktail on a stick. his does not harm the shotgun and changes a &eaon that could )ormally use only buckshot or shells into a "ery "ersatile &eaon indeed. +) you ha"e a )irearm and it's ossible it's use)ul to ut a glass bottle o"er the noDDle be)ore )iring. his not only decreases the sound o) the shot some&hat but the glass shranel tends to do signi)icant damage any&here )rom 1d4 to 1d10 :89's decision;. >se blade3rings i) you decide to unch. hese are metal rings &orn on your )ingers &hich not only make your )ist hea"ier but also are sharened on the outer edge enabling cutting damage. Chemistry3inclined layers should be able : erhas &ith medicine; to make oisons making any &eaon dangerous. (arge3scale attacks &ork "ery &ell on large creatures. it3tras boulder3 attacks or sharened tree3trunks do eFcellent damage against large creatures. Besides steel3toed boots and sa3glo"es hand and ) eet attacks can be imro"ed by adding blades to their co"erings. Boot3kni"es :boots &ith blades attached to the )ront or side; are eFtremely use)ul and your 89 may e"en add N10 ercentiles to your climbing skill &hen using them on a )airly so)t sur)ace. :here are climbing de"ices that you attach to your )eet like this called Cramons.; 8lo"es &ith blades attached are hel)ul too and make accurate tools too. +) a )lammable liEuid can someho& be srayed out and later ignited it makes a great &eaon )or most camaigns. his &eaon ho&e"er deends on the skill and resources o) your arty. +) dynamite or some other eFlosi"e is )airly easy to acEuire it is generally a good idea to kee some on your erson as a last resort. A suicide bombing &orks &ell in Cthulhu esecially right a)ter you're s&allo&ed by something. /en Commandments of Cthulhu Hunting Cthulhu in"estigators ha"e an a"erage li)esan only hal) the natio nal a"erage. heir &orking careers are e"en shorter comared to laymen because many in"estigators don't begin eFloring the 9ythos until late in li)e. uch abbre"iated careers are the result o) sychological casualties and death by misad"enture. uch deaths are largely re"entable by )ollo&ing a )e& simle rules. 1. @ee +t ecret7 Ginions &ere di"ided as to noti)ying the 9assachusetts tate olice and the negati"e )inally &on.G 3H.. (o"ecra)t he %un&ich Horror. he most deadly threat osed by the Cthulhu 9ythos is kno&ledge o) i ts arcane science its creatures and locales. Al&ays remain closemouthed about your acti"ities. +t's o)ten better not to bother &ith a co"er story= ro)essional seekers3a)ter3truth make indi))erent liars. +n general authorities should not b e noti)ied o) a Cthu loid menace's resence unless catastrohe looms. olice )ederal agents or the !ational 8uard are unreared to deal &ith the reternatural and their articiation in a dangerous in"estigation is rarely hel)ul. ecreti"eness is not )or sel)ish uroses 3 it can sa"e li"es. he same alies to local hel &ho must o)ten be hired to comlete an i n"estigation. ) course secrecy can be carried too )ar 3 a man &ho lost a )amily member to a Cthulhu monster has earned the right to kno& the truth. Another reason )o r sealed lis is re"entati"e. 5idesread kno&ledge o) aranormal techniEues &ould change our &orld irre"ocably. A crackot &ith a grudge could &histle u ADathoth and & ie out a state. o obtain 8laaki's hideous re&ard o) near3immortality hundreds o) hoeless or terminally3 diseased )olk might )lock to ?oin his ser"ice. A misguided go"ernment agency might attemt to utiliDe 8hatanothoa as a military asset. 5orse scenarios are easy to imagine. ome scholars also belie"e that many authorities may be a&ns o) the )oul Cthuloid monsters such as the 9i38o etc. and are not trust&orthy. By con)ining kno&ledge o) arcane horrors a hand)ul o) dedicated scholars can &ork to a"oid the &orst horrors ad"ance the cause o) science and rotect not only humanity but also the dreams o) humanity. 2. tay ogether7 G"en though you're a "amire you're still my brother.G 3)rom he (ost Boys. his articular tidbit o) ad"ice is t&o3art7 )irst ne"er oerate alone i) you can ossibly a"oid it= second stick &ith your artners. 5hile many great 9ythos d isco"eries ha"e been made by intreid eFlorers &orking by themsel"es it eEually true that most o) these solitary scholars came to bad ends subseEuently. mulate their skill and their "alues not their solitude. eter %annseys the noted metahysician gi"es a cautionary account o) the arasychologist (. "edin &ho &ith se"eral aides ended his career &hile in"estigating cattle mutilations. Correctly susecting a nearby minesha)t "edin sent a hired hand into the sha)t &hile he and the others er)ormed a bo"ine autosy. 5hen the hired man did not return he sent t&o aides a)ter them. hey in turn "anished. "edin sent a doDen men into the sha)t in t&os and threes be)ore lunging in &ith the rest o) team ne"er to be seen again. ome years later %r. %annseys disco"ered that the minesha)t housed a rather nasty arasitic being. he sha)t originally held only a singly arasite &ho catured the hired hand and trans)ormed him into a being like itsel). 5hen "edin sent in his aides the arasites trans)ormed them as
&ell. 5hen "edin )inally bra"ed the sha)t &ith his remaining in"estigators nearly t&enty arasites a&aited him. +) "edin had initially enetrated the ca"e in )orce he &ould ha"e easily o"ero&ered the arasite. By )rittering a&ay his strength he became an accomlice to a great tragedy in arasychological history. . Act in Haste -eent at (eisure7 Ghen &e'll turn it u hotter and burn the ashes.G 3)rom -eturn o) the (i"ing %ead. normous grie) stems )rom the crime o) acting be)ore thinking. +n one case a team disco"ered that an enormous clay laEue &as connected &ith a articularly obnoFious mani)estation o) !yarlathote. uddenly con)ronted by a hissing s&arm o) suernatural locusts they instincti"ely reacted by shattering the laEue. Alas the laEue actually contained the chant )or dismissing the a)orementioned mani)estation and shattering it eliminated all ho e. he entire team &as killed or hositaliDed and the mani)estation continues to this day. Anyone kno&ing a 12th %ynasty sell )or the dismissal o) the Bringer ) ests is in"ited to contact %r. -ategg co %eartment o) riental AntiEuities at 9iskatonic >ni"ersity. uch tales should gi"e ause. Be)ore doing something irre"ocable make sure you ha"e no other choice. 4. Al&ays Ha"e a lan7 G... (ancelot 8alahad and + lea out o) the rabbit ...G 3)rom 9onty ython and the Holy 8rail. "en a bad lan is better than no lan at all. 5hile a bad lan may get e"eryone killed or turned insane the lack o) a lan al&ays &ill. +n contrast Cthulhu monsters usually oerate &ith "ery clear goals. +n one sad case a grou o) scholars accidentally created a d imensional 8ate to a hideous alien reality. ne o) the scholars entered the 8ate &ithout any lan o) return. resumably he's there yet. His )riends &ish him luck and eriodically send sand&iches and beer through the 8ate hoing they reach him. omeho&. 5hen in"estigating a Cthuloid mani)estation e"ery member o) the team should ha"e a clear idea o) & hat &ill be eFected o) him during the in"estigation. +) ossible a backu lan should also be a"ailable. Ha"e an idea o) &hat to do i) the only members &ith guns disaear. +) one member o) the team is esecially imor tant to the success o) the in"estigation make sure he is sa)e at all times don't lea"e him alone in the cellar don't take a na &hile he reads some a&)ul book and don't let him eFeriment &ith strange talismans alone. *. cout +t ut7 G%oes this house ha"e a basementKG 3)rom -e3Animator. Be)ore risking an encounter make sure someone has scouted the area. his need not take the ) orm o) sending in commandoes= doing a bit o) research into local history can be Euite e))ecti"e. Care)ul sur"ey o) al l the e"idence is "ital. -emember7 kno&ledge is o&er. ne o) the surest &ays to be killed by monsters is to run into their lair & ith no in)ormation about ossible escaes numbers o) monsters and other such "ital in)ormation. 6. 8uns are a (ast -esort7 G5hat're &e suosed to use harsh languageKG 3)rom Aliens. A )irearm is a use)ul tool handy in o ening ?ammed locks an eFcellent &ay to signal a comrade or use)ul in attracting the attention o) local authorities. 5hen con)ronted &ith unruly locals nonchalant dislay o) a )irearm can o)ten e))ect Euick cooeration. A gun has a &ide assortment o) uses= no in"estigatory team should b e &ithout one. 9any in"estigators mistakenly assume that guns can de)end against reternatural entities. his is a serious error. ndiscilined use o) guns as &eaons leads to un)ortunate accidents an unscienti)ic regard )or " iolence as the ans&er to roblems and e"en to ossible ?ail terms. A gun should be the last resort o) the success)ul in"estigator. /. @no& $our nemy7 Q+ &ant to measure the bite marks. 9aybe & e can )ind out &hat &e're dealing &ith here.G 3)rom Creesho&. >se all )orms o) media as research tools. Books mo"ies the tele"ision ne&s can all gi"e clues and in)ormation abo ut the &eaknesses o&ers and &hereabouts o) the enemy. @no& the sign o) the "amire the &ere&ol) the dee one hybrid and others. But do not eFect that something &hich &orked on the late sho& &ill &ork against Cthuloid monsters. Al&ays kee an oen mind &ith regards to the mythos. . hings Are !ot Al&ays as hey eem7 G+ ne"er dr ink ... &ineIG 3)rom %racula. ome entities are not distinguishable as o&er)ul monsters or e"en as monsters at all. +s that three3)oot ta ll insectoid really an a"atar o) !yarlathoteK +s your neFt door neighbor &ho sends so much time in his s&imming ool actually a dee oneK 5hen dealing &ith the mythos assume that &hat you encounter is o&er)ul7 that's ?ust laying it sa)e and smart. @ee eyes and ears oen. -onno 9eeb relates a time &hen a )riend he thought dead came knocking at his door. ome o) his comanions &ere o"er?oyed at seeing the )riend again and in"ited him inside. 5hen he claimed that he &as thirsty ro)essor 9eeb resonded slyly GHo& about your )a"orite an ice3 cold glass o) turentineKG 5hen he resonded that turentine &ould be delicious the rest o) the grou ulled out guns and ble& him to ieces. he )luid )lo&ing )rom his "eins &as luckily )luorescent yello& not red. 9any monsters are eFert at )itting into human society. Be&are esecially the e))ect that 9ythos monsters can ha"e on their &eak3minded human ser"ants. Almost anyone could be a &orshier o) the 8reat ld nes. . !e"er 8i"e >7 Gometimes on the "ery brink o) certainty + )ailed= yet still + clung to the hoe &hich the neFt day or the neFt hour might realiDe.G 39ary helley
10. Be reared7 Q!ormal )olks they don't sit u bullets &hen you shoot 'emIG 3)rom !ear %ark. his goes much )urther than ?ust bringing along eFtra roe &hen selunking. Be)ore starting an eFedition do research on the sub?ect )ind out any legends about the area &hich may gi"e hel)ul clues= &ith access to ancient tomes o) magical sells a articular cantri may be use)ul on your in"estigation. 5hen ready to con)ront the beasty consider the hard&are needed. ake anything &hich sounds e"en remotely use)ul but does not burden or imede mo"ement. +n most cases assume that you can ne"er ha"e enough stu)). 5ho kno&s &hat might come in handy &hen )acing the 9ythosK am)ires amires in my Call o) Cthulhu &orld are based on the amire ribes )rom the mo"ies Blade and Blade ++. here is also a healthy do se o) the 5orld o) %arkness )rom 5hite 5ol) 8ame tudios. he "amire o&ers resented here are adoted )rom the amire7 he 9asEuerade :2nd dition; game. here is a relationshi bet&een the ribes and 9 Clans as )ollo&s7 %ragonetti :8io"anni;
conscious action. Any &ounded "amire &ill use blood consumed to heal be)ore using it to sustain their bodies. ome "amires eFhibit an inhuman resistance to damage. his is reresented by a natural armor rating. his rotects against all )orms o) hit oint damage including the damage tyes listed abo"e. A )e& tribes o) "amires are kno&n )or ha"ing great resistance to damage. All "amires gain one oint o) armor )or each century o) eFistence. ome "amires ha"e a gaDe attack &hich allo&s them to d ominate others. ery )e& tribes are able to de"elo this o&er. hose that can de"elo it usually l i"e closest &ith humans. A "amire matches 5 &ith their target on the resistance table. ! a success)ul roll the target can be o rdered to er)orm any action. +) ordered to do anything against their moral code the target makes a 5 roll "ersus a "ariable di))iculty to o"ercome the domination. he lo&er the 5 multilier the harder it is to break the d omination. All "amires are )aster than normal humans though some are a great deal )aster. he on ser tribe is notably the )astest "amires mo"ing roughly t&ice as )ast as an eEui"alent human. All "amires get )aster &ith age adding one to their 9o"e rating e"ery century. All "amires also gro& stronger &ith age both hysically and mystically. "ery century as a "amire adds one to trength and Constitution &hich can increase hit oints and damage bonuses. amires also gain one 5 e"ery century though this does not increase anity. ducation increases by one oint e"ery )i)ty years so elder "amires are usually "ery learned in &hate"er sub?ect catches their interest. Age does ha"e its disad"antages. "ery )i)ty years a "amireJs maFimum anity is reduced by one. (ong years ha"e a tendency to stri them o) their human sel"es. o calculate a "amireJs maFimum anity use the )ollo&ing )ormula7 3 Cthulhu 9ythos oints Z :Age *0;. +) a "amireJs maFimum anity reaches Dero they are considered totally cut o)) )rom their human sel"es. ndead. A) ter many loyal years o) ser"ice a )amiliar may be turned by his master. ther reasons that eole become )amiliars include money o&er or a masochistic desire to be )ed on by amires. Certain more o&er)ul )amiliars are kno&n as Cro&leys among the amire !ation. hey are ) amiliars &ho ha"e o&ers or kno&ledge :usually occult; &hich is articularly use)ul to their masters. he term Cro&ley is also in use by some younger "amires to denote humans they consider as )riends. his has led to some con)usion in the ranks o) amire huntersX &hich is greatly encouraged by the amire !ation. (a 9agra Z he Blood 8od7 (a 9agra is a god &orshied by "amires throughout the ages. He is said to ha"e created rebus the )irst "amire and rogenitor o) the race. (a 9agra &as b anished )rom the earth long ago by human hunters. He longs )or the day &hen he may return to rule once again. (a 9agra can only return as a co3inhabitant o) a "amireJs body. He must be summoned &ith a comleF ritual. At the end o) the ritual (a 9agra enters the summonerJs body. All his statistics are added to those o) the summoning amire directly including his increased regeneration. he "amireJs ersonality remains but his &ill is subsumed by (a 9agra. trength * +ntelligence 10 Constitution /0 o&er 6* iDe 0T %eFterity 24 9o"ement 20 Hit oints * %amage Bonus Nd6= 5eaons7 Bite :/* 1d6 N Blood %rain;= mash :60 *d6 N %amage Bonus;= Armor7
