Call of Cthulhu - Pulp Cthulhu - A Cold Fire Within.pdf

(25271 KB) Pobierz
®
P
ULP
C
THULHU
™
CHRISTOPHER SMITH ADAIR
P
ULP
C
THULHU
CHRISTOPHER SMITH ADAIR
CREDITS
Christopher Smith Adair
Author
Proofreading
Keith Mageau
Editing and Development
Lynne Hardy and Mike Mason
Lynne Hardy and Mike Mason
Mariusz Gandzel
Kristina Carroll, Emanuele Desiati, Andrey Fetisov,
Doruk Golcu, Victor Leza, and Pat Loboyko
Nicholas Nacario
Layout
Art Direction
Cover Art
Call of Cthulhu Line Editor
Mike Mason
Interior Art
Cartography
Matt Ryan
Thanks to Paul Fricker who assisted with the Saturn chase
sequence. Our thanks also goes to the play testers who helped
develop the campaign: Arianne Adair, Erik Brandvig, Brandon
Drake Forcier-Reed, Rose Forcier-Reed, Kenneth Macseain,
Mark R Loveland II, Patrick Loveland, Maxwell Mahaffa, Jay
Mueller, Ben Plont, and David Ruiz.
Special Thanks
This supplement is best used with the
Call of Cthulhu
roleplaying game (7th edition) and
Pulp Cthulhu.
A Cold Fire Within
is © Chaosium Inc. 2019. All rights reserved.
Tsathoggua is © The Estate of Clark Ashton Smith 2019. Used with permission.
C
all of
C
thulhu
and
the
C
haosium dragon
are registered trademarks of Chaosium Inc. All rights reserved.
P
ulP
C
thulhu
is a trademark of Chaosium Inc. All rights reserved.
This is a work of fiction.
A Cold Fire Within
includes descriptions of real places, real events, and real people. These may not
be presented accurately and with conformity to the real-world nature of these places, people, and events, and are reinterpreted
through the lens of the Cthulhu Mythos and the Call of Cthulhu game in general. No offense to anyone living or dead, or to
the inhabitants of any of these places is intended. Material is fictionalized and used here as the basis for tales inspired by the
imagination of H. P. Lovecraft and other writers of weird horror fiction.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying,
recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of Chaosium, except in the case of
brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission
requests, write to Chaosium, addressed “Attention: Permissions Coordinator,” at licensing@chaosium.com or at:
Chaosium Inc.
3450 Wooddale Court
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Find more Chaosium products at www.chaosium.com
CHA23162-H
978-1-56882-419-2
PRINTED IN CHINA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5
Timeline of Events
The Heroes
Psychic Villains (and Possibly Heroes)
The Open Mind Group
Authoritarianism’s Ascent
7
8
10
11
13
CHAPTER 1: PAST LIVES,
FUTURE DEATHS ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 17
Dramatis Personae
Involving the Heroes
Start: Melody Enters
Following Brendan Sterling’s Trail
Argus’ Home and Office
The Other Missing Victims
Checking in with Melody
Conclusion
Characters and Monsters
17
18
18
20
25
32
33
35
35
The City of V’Thruu
Finding Yian-Ho
The Fallen Temple
The Tribal Lands
The Dripping Forest
Sea of Still Waters
Temple Across the Sea
Gru-lug
Zyth-eb
Conclusion
Characters and Monsters
80
84
84
85
87
89
89
90
91
92
92
CHAPTER 5:
BLACK SUN RISING ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 99
The City Between the Poles
Dramatis Personae
Arriving in the Forbidden City
The Ritual Site
Conclusion
Characters and Monsters
99
99
102
103
107
108
CHAPTER 2:
WANDERING MINDS ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 39
Dramatis Personae
Saugerties
Where Next?
Woodstock
Ghosts of the Slater Institute
The Absent Director
Conclusion
Non-Player Characters
39
43
45
45
50
52
53
54
CHAPTER 6: TIME RESCUE ½ 111
Dream Lomar
113
The Spaces Between
115
While Olathoë Burns 118
The Tower and its Prisoners
121
Farewell to Doomed Lomar
122
Conclusion 124
Characters and Monsters 125
CHAPTER 3: INTO THE
WILDS, INTO THE DEPTHS ½ 57
Dramatis Personae
The Catskill Mountains
Groth’s Village
The Cave
Conclusion
Characters and Monsters
57
58
61
63
64
65
APPENDIX A:
COLLECTED HANDOUTS ½ 137
APPENDIX B:
TOMES AND SPELLS ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 159
APPENDIX C: NEW SKILLS ½ 162
APPENDIX D: K’N-YANIAN
EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES
½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 164
APPENDIX E: PRE-
GENERATED HEROES ½ ½ ½ ½ 167
INDEX ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 173
CHAPTER 4:
LOST WORLD IN BLUE ½ ½ ½ ½ 67
Dramatis Personae
Northeastern K’n-yan
R’ga-lil’s Plantation
The Road to the Temple of Nug and Yeb
67
72
76
79
4

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika:

Zgłoś jeśli naruszono regulamin