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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 . ..