Game System
This character statistic determines combat order. Take the initiative and answer quickly!
What is dexterity?
A humble pair of these sporting goods gifted by a generous stranger led one man, ultimately, to an early grave.
What are boxing gloves?
The name of this tome bore a double meaning, alluding to its cryptic function in Anderson's storefront.
What is The Key of Solomon?
This portly fellow seems to have had a change of heart towards you, after his twin brother was killed in his place.
Who is Phillip Watercress?
For allegedly killing a white inmate in this infamous Ossining, NY prison, Abraham Borden is being sent home for imminent execution.
What is Sing Sing Correctional Facility?
This is the value of an investigator's skill one must roll (or spend luck) under to achieve an extreme success.
What is one fifth?
This character was the first to have an encounter with the mythos, being joined to our party from the bindings of a sanitorium.
Who is Lephname?
Sealed into a crate and promised something beyond eternal life, this investigator was lucky to be rescued by his friends after a difficult morning on the toilet.
Who is Alphonse Avery?
A retired investigator just revealed that his surrogate grandchild, Monica Bordeaux, is actually the granddaughter of this old friend-of-a-friend, killed in New Orleans nearly 50 years ago.
Who is Marion Allen?
This murky little nightclub on Bourbon St. found itself host to both a murder and a surprise reunion in the span of a week.
What is The Cove?
These are the only two skills on your character sheet which cannot be improved by a successful check.
What are Credit Rating (CR) and Cthulhu Mythos?
The beloved Country Crusader called this small Massachusetts farm town his home, venturing away for the first time to seek help finding his mother.
What is Ross's Corners?
Ouch, that's gonna leave a mark! This character seemingly walked off what should've been several mortal injuries, including the shards of an arrow shaft still lodged in their shoulder.
Who is Sherwood Anderson?
This pair of wealthy socialites was found mingling in front of a fireplace in the strangely lavish upper room of a dockside warehouse, backs turned to a banded pile of $10,000.
Who are Martha Marsh and Jean Lafitte?
This was the collection of material found blocking an eastward passage in the halls of New Orleans' damp and dark sewer system, paired with echoes of distant Creole whispers.
What is mud and straw?
These two stats are used to determine your investigator's Damage Bonus (DB).
What are STR and SIZ?
This book, plucked from the exquisite Merriweather family library, has seemly begun to corrupt the dreams of one investigator in particular.
What is The King in Yellow?
This kind of prosthetic led to a lost park ranger being only half-petrified and kept clinging to the edge of life. What kind of life is that!
What is a glass eye?
This soon-to-be-widow asked you not to call her by a common nickname, since it painted her in unfortunate coincidence akin to another famous axe-wielder.
Who is Elizabeth "Lizzy" Borden?
A large polished brass one of these sat in the center of a buried rotunda, among a ballet of corpses.
What is a telescope?
These are the three options available to respond to an incoming attack.
What are dodge, fight back, and maneuver?
This northern Canadian territory held the childhood home for two men in our story, both an active park ranger and an actively dead husband.
What is Nunavut?
A party searching for this lost expedition sent academic invitations to each of our investigators in turn, only to be delayed in favor of attending to Branco family matters.
What is The Franklin Expedition?
This character had an unopened envelope, sealed with a familiar arcane sigil, briefly visible on their desk before showing our investigators a hospital floor plan.
Who is Casamiro "Cassy" Branco?
Arcane motifs of this national origin were scattered among the ornamental decorations of the hall leading to the St. Valentine's long-term care ward.
What is Egyptian?