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1636-Sample.Pdf Sample file second edition Six Classic Explorations of the Unknown, the Deserted, and the Insane By Michael DeWolfe Wesley Martin Mark Morrison Keith Herber Fred Behrendt Penny Love Liam Routt cover painting Lee Gibbons interior illustrations David Lee Ingersoll, Janet Aulisio, Sam Inabinet editorial and additional material David Conyers, William Dunn, Keith Herber, Charlie Krank maps, plans, and scans David Conyers, Carol Triplett-Smith, Lydia Ortiz, our friends at Pegasus Spiele additional editorial Matt Helm, Lynn Willis, Anne Ω. Merritt layout Charlie Krank SampleChaosium is Charlie Krank, Lynn Willis, Dustin Wright, & Fergie file Mansions of Madness is published by Chaosium Inc. Mansions of Madness is copyright as a whole ©1990, 2007 by Chaosium Inc.; all rights reserved. Authors and artists otherwise retain copyright for their respective contributions. Call of Cthulhu® is the registered trademark of Chaosium Inc. Similarities between characters in Mansions of Madness and persons living or dead are strictly coincidental. H. P.Lovecraft’s works are copyright ©1963, 1964, 1965 by August Derleth and may be quoted for purposes of illustration. Any material concerning Shudde-M’ell and the Cthonians, and all other inventions of Brian Lumley as portrayed in his books, specifically The Burrowers Beneath, are used with his kind permission. Cover painting copyright ©1990, 2007 Lee Gibbons. The eighteen illustrations for “Damned Old House” are copyright ©2007 by David Lee Ingersoll. David Conyers contributed the house plan and sketch map of New England, copyright ©2007. The reproduction of material from within this book for the purposes of personal or corporate profit, by photographic, electronic, or other methods of retrieval, is prohibited. Address questions and comments concerning this book to Chaosium Inc. 22568 Mission Boulevard #423 Hayward CA 94541-5116 Chaosium publication 23110. Published in May 2007. ISBN 156882-211-1 SamplePrinted in Canada.file H. P.Lovecraft 1890-1937 2 MANSIONS OF MADNESS Contents Mr. Corbitt . 5 Mansion of Madness . 90 by Michael DeWolfe by Fred Behrendt The Plantation . 18 The Old Damned House . 116 by Wesley Martin by Penny Love and Liam Routt The Crack’ d and Crook’ d Manse . 54 Player Handouts . 148 by Mark Morrison The Sanatorium . 72 by Keith Herber Man-Bagari . 13-16 Rev. Isaac Hilson . 20, 30-31 Part V: The Night of Yig . 44 plan of basement . 14 illus Rev. Hilson . 30 The Last Ambush . .44 Expanded Table Conclusion . 16 box Hilson’s Healing Ability . 30 The Rites of Yig . .44-46 illus Man-Bagari . 17 Country Store . 30 Lair of the Serpent Queen . .46 Another Attack . 31 Hall of the Serpent Queen . .47 of Contents THE PLANTATION . 18-51 box Land, People S. Carolina . 32 Dealing with the Queen . .47-48 Keeper’s Information . 18 Yig Appears . .48 MISTER CORBITT . 5-17 Scenario’s Five Parts . 18-19 Part IV: The Plantation . 32-44 The Dream . .48-49 Player and Keeper Information . 5-6 map of South Carolina . 19 Caleb Gist . 32-33, 40-41 Yog-Sothoth Connection . 6-8 illus The Hall of the Queen . .49 The 10 Non-player Characters 19-21 illus Galeb Gist . 33 text Corbitt Papers #1 . 7 map The Plantation . 33 Scenario Statistics . .50-51 About Mr. Corbitt . 5-8 Part I: Strangers Meet . 21-26 Aunt Bess the Housekeeper . 33 Snakes: Appendices . .52-53 illus Bernard Corbitt . 8 Little Joe, NPC . 19, 22, 23, 43 Elly, Priestess of Yig . 33, 41 THE CRACK’D text Corbitt Papers #2 . 8 illus Little Joe . 22 illus Elly the Maid . 34 AND CROOK’D MANSE . .54-71 Ralph Tomaszewski . 8-9 Albert Gist, NPC . 19, 22, 24-26,43 Old Ben the Butler . 33, 35 Keeper and Player Information . .54-55 text Corbitt Papers #3 . 9 illus Albert Gist . 22 box Elly’s Love Philter . 35 The Cornwaite Expedition . .55-56 illus R. Tomaszewski . 9 box Yig . 23 Plantation Tour or Exploration? . 35 Cornewaite’s Doom . .56-57 Garbage Hunt, Confrontation, Attack on the Gist House . 23-24 The House . 35-38 box The Manse Papers #1 . .56 Trip . 9-10 Rafe Bodeen . 20, 23-24 plan Upstairs . 36 box The Manse Papers #2 . .57 Corbitt’s House . 10-17 illus Rafe Bodeen . 38 plan Ground Floor . 36 illus Arthur Cornwaite . .57 Greenhouse . 10 plan of Albert Gist’s house . 24 Findley Gist’s Books . 36 The Town of Gamwell . .57-60 Orange Vine . 10 box Obeah & Dambala . 25 box The Gist Library . 37 The Boarding House . .57 Dimensional Being . 10 box Gist Family Fortunes . 26 The Sharecroppers’ Hamlet . 38 Dodge Brothers Office . .58 The Purple Flower . 11 Part II: The Journey South . 27-28 illus Big Rafe Bodeen . 38 illus Walter Dodge . .58 illus Corbitt’s House . 11 Taking the Train, a New Attack . 27 The Swamp . 38 The Gamwell Gazette . .58-59 Vegetable Garden . 11 The Altar to Yig . 38 box Manse Papers #3 . .59 Scampering Woman-Thing 11-12 Part III: South Carolina . 28-32 The Lair of the Serpent Man . 39-40 illus Stan Artemis . .58 map Corbitt’s Property . 12 Charleston . 28 The Serpent Man’s Actions . 42-43 Gamwell Graveyard . .59 The Ground Floor . 12 text Plantation Papers #1 . 28 box Denizens of the Swamp . 39 illus Sheriff Whitford . .59 The Second Floor . 12 text Plantation Papers #2 . 28 illus The Obeah Man . 39 Sheriff’s Office . .59 SampleWalterboro . 29 file The Basement . 13 illus The Swamp . 40-41 Town Hall . .59 laboratory . 13 illus Elihu Winsworthy . 29 The Charmed Alligator . 40 Town Library . .59-60 creature’s room . 13 Sheriff Virgil Trucks . 20, 29 Albert Gist’s Actions . 43 illus S. Arwell Librarian . .60 plans of the House . 13 illus Sheriff Trucks . 29 Little Joe’s Actions . 43-44 The Fitzgerald Estate . .60-61 text Corbitt Papers #4 . 14-15 box Low Country Weather . 29 box The Serpent People . 43 Neighbors . .60 CONTENTS 3 The Ornamental Garden . 60 The Grounds . 83-84 illus Andrew Keetling . 108 Isabeau . 130 The Sinister Shed . 60-61 box The Castro Manuscript . 83 illus Thing Hanging in Void . 109 Twins’ Sitting Room . 130 Outside the House . 61 plan Sanitorium Grounds . 84 Meeting the Thing . 108-110 Ellery’s Room . 130 Inside the Fitzgerald Manse . 61-69 box Sanitorium Papers #9 . 84 The Fate of the Dark Stone . 110 Parlor . 130 Things That Go Crack . 61 The Rest of the Island . 84-86 Crater Child information . 110 Lucy’s Room . 130 Things That Go Bump . 61 illus Charles Johnson . 85 The Assumption of Night . Attic Floor . 130-131 House Calls . 61-62 plan North Island . 85 Part Three: Museum . 130 The Thing That Goes Creak . 62 Student’s Camp . 84-85 Tracking Down Crater . 111-114 Wilfred’s Room . 130 Habits, Behavior . 62 The Shipwreck . 85 Crater’s Mansion . 111 Caleb’s Room . 131 Evidence, Observation . 62 Sacrifical Rock . 85 First Floor . 111-113 Collection Room . 131 illus The Creature . 63 Johnson’s Hideout . 85 plan Crater’s Mansion . 112 Attic . 131 box The Manse Papers #4 . 66 The Lighthouse . 85 Second Floor . 113 Store Room . 131 illus The Creature 2 . 67 A Likely Chain of Events . 86-87 The Attic . 113-114 Basement Floor . 131-132 Tactics for the Keeper . 64 illus Monster Emerging . 86 Conclusion . 114 Games Room . 131 The House . 64-70 Destroying the Monster . 87-88 Statistics . 114-115 Gillaume’s Room . 131 plan Downstairs . 65 Contacting Princess Annephis . 88 The Kitchen and Pantry . 131 box Blessing of Bast . 88 THE OLD DAMNED HOUSE Downstairs Room Notes . 64-66 The Cellars . 132 Statistics . 89 Form for the scenario . 116 plan Upstairs . 65 box Old Damned Upstairs Room Notes . 66 MANSION OF MADNESS Section One: THE PAST . 117-137 House Papers #2 . 133 plan Attic . 68 Keeper Information . 90-92 Wilfred and the Curse . 117 box Old Damned The Pearls . 117 Attic Room Notes . 68 box The Dark Stone . 91 House Papers #3 . 132 The Accursed Cat Burglar . 117- plan Cellars . 69 box The Stone’s Powers . 91 Grounds . 132 Cellars Room Notes . 68 box Dark Stone’s Spells . 91 Section Two: THE FUTURE . 118- Garden . 132 A Climax to the Scenario . 69 Player Information . 92 The Case . 118 Beach . 132 Statistics and notes The Villains . 91-92 box Timeline & Discuss 118-119 Mystic, Connecticut . 133 for the Creature . 70-71 Josephine Garsetti . 91-92 The House . 119-120 Mystic Church and Cemetery . 133 THE SANATORIUM Zeke “the geek” Crater . ..
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