Miskatonic Monday #93: Deliver us from Evil!

Deliver us from evil! – it's Miskatonic Monday. Check out these new Call of Cthulhu community content releases in the Miskatonic Repository.

Deliver Us From Evil
Keeper Doc, Alex Guillotte ($5.95, 62 page PDF)

September 1972, Washington State. A group of old friends reunite for a weekend canoeing trip in the Olympic National Forest. Their whitewater journey down the The Lost River in the shadow of Mt. Mystery unearths terrible subterranean secrets hidden within themselves and the primeval wilderness.

1970s scenario set on the Olympic Peninsula,  inspired by Laird Barron's short story Mysterium Tremendum, the 1970 novel Deliverance by James Dickey, and the 1972 film adaptation of the same name. This deadly, high-stakes adventure can serve as a one-shot, horrific campaign climax, or an introductory recollection that leads to a wide campaign set in the Pacific Northwest. 

Northanger Abbey and the Necronomicon
John Almack ($2.95, 23 page PDF)

When Catherine Morland's older brother, James, gets engaged to Isabella Thorpe, her own prospective suitor's father agrees to host a party at his family estate. But none of the guests know General Tilney's true motive or what secrets lay hidden in Northanger Abbey. Regency romance meets Lovecraftian horror in this parody mashup of Jane Austen's classic novel.

A Regency Cthulhu scenario inspired by Jane Austen.

In Dark and Lonely Waters
Kev Walsh ($6.95, 69 page PDF)

Fear is seeping, from every alleyway and every avenue. England. 1986.

Explores class struggle, poverty, and social division during a turbulent time in England’s history. 

The Chiaroscuro Descent
A. Keith Applegarth ($3.99, 96 page PDF)

Step into the eerie and enigmatic town of Arkham Pines, where shadows hold secrets and darkness conceals ancient mysteries. The nvestigators are drawn into a chilling tale of occult rituals, forbidden knowledge, and shadowy beings that defy comprehension. The once-brilliant Professor Evelyn Wright has succumbed to madness, her research into the eldritch forces that lurk in the shadows taking a sinister turn. Now, it’s up to you and your fellow investigators to unravel the mystery, confront the darkness, and save her from the abyss.

Al-Azif Unearthed: Fragments
John Crowdis ($11.95, 100 page PDF)

The sequel to the best-selling Al-Azif Unearthed: The Unraveling.

Fall 1925. It has been several weeks since the upper floors of a downtown Boston hotel collapsed, leaving many dead and injured and survivors telling wild tales. Reports say that a fuel oil explosion caused the collapse and hallucinations, but Fire Marshal Julian Freeland isn’t so sure. Seeking to interview survivors, Freeland hopes that they might be able to help him shed more light on what happened. Whether the investigators are new or veterans of the first scenario, they begin to realize the horror at the Ackerley House Hotel may have just been the beginning. Following leads across Eastern Massachusetts, can they find a way to avert disaster?

Wicker Hollow
Matthew Hepler (Pay What You Want, 39 page PDF)

Suspension builds as college students hike their way into being victims in an ancient Gallic sacrifice.

The Island
David Khoo ($7.00, 48 page PDF)

A group of archaeologists discover documents in the Biblioteca Nacional in Lisbon while researching South-East Asian history. It speaks of an expedition undertaken by a Portuguese adventurer shortly after the conquest of Malacca and speaks of a lost city filled with fabulous riches and treasure. However, the expedition and explorer mysteriously goes missing and the only survivor is an insane priest clutching a goblet made of pure gold.

Professors Penhale-Clarke and Pereira organise an expedition to explore and perhaps make the archaeological discovery of the century, larger even than Macchu Picchu or Angkor Wat and inscribe their names into history. However, at the same time, an entity begins to awaken....

The Game is Rigged
Ryan Graham Theobalds ($5.99, 28 page PDF)

The year is 2010 and the team of investigators are sent to an oil rig located in the Gulf of Mexico to investigate a safety issue on the rig.

But things are more complicated than first thought. Faced with corporate greed and concerns for safety, the investigators must decide the best cause of action and discover what other forces are at work, could the mystery of the ocean hold more secrets.

Flash Cthulhu - Alone on Obon
Michael Reid ($0.99, 6 page PDF)

Avoiding their rough family homes, a group of troubled teens dare each other to spend an Obon holiday night in a small abandoned cemetery.

Ultra-short scenario set on the edge of suburbia in post bubble-era Japan.

Flash Cthulhu - The Fruit from the Dust
Michael Reid ($0.99, 6 page PDF)

Beaver, Oklahoma Panhandle, Sunday, April 14th, 1936 – In the middle of the Oklahoma Panhandle, despite this being right in the centre of the Dust Bowl, the Gray family’s cherry orchard is vibrant and financially successful, and employs many people that would otherwise be dust and depression refugees. The farm appeared in local news and drew the attention of the federal government, who now send an investigative team to see if they can find anything that could revitalise agriculture and fight the Dust Bowl.

Classic-style, 1930s investigation packed into an ultra-short scenario.

Flash Cthulhu - The Deeper Arts
Michael Reid ($0.99, 6 page PDF)

With ‘69’s Woodstock two years past, and LBJ out and Tricky Dick in, there’s a sense the dreaded establishment and its silent majority seems to be winning out over counter-culture. But Meredith Dunkle’s Fellowship of the Deeper Arts is making waves with its surreal, transgressive, and genre-bending and medium-crossing creations, and many are hopeful a second wave of counter-culture is building up. Artists across the country, are eager to get involved, and now Dunkle is holding a New Years Eve party at her penthouse in San Francisco.

Ultra-short scenario focusing on social interaction and perception-shaping artwork. And drugs. Lots of drugs.

Flash Cthulhu - Waves to Vistas Unknown
Michael Reid ($0.99, 6 page PDF)

Kwadacha Wilderness Provincial Park, British Columbia, September, 2024. A group of estranged old friends have a reunion hike up to a glacier park, hoping to rekindle their strained relationships.

Ultra-short scenario set in the remote wilderness of the Rocky Mountains.

Missing in the Rocky Mountains
Derek Zimmer ($4.99, 54 page PDF)

June 1926, Rocky Mountain National Park – A group of hikers has gone missing in the Park. Despite the best efforts of the National Park Service (NPS) and the Estes Park Sheriff's Department, they remain missing days later. With the search at a standstill, the investigators are assembled to assist the operation. During the scenario, the investigators will discover something about the hikers' disappearance doesn't quite add up.

The Impossible Chamber
Kevin Kreiner ($8.95, 60 page PDF)

Campaign sourcebook for Regency Cthulhu. Details for how to play as agents of a secret society battling the Mythos from the age of the French Revolution to the age of Andrew Jackson's America. It includes the history and organization of the Chamber and its allies and enemies.Includes introductory scenario, "Catch Me Who Can" that takes Chamber agents from the halls of London society to the tawdriest slums in pursuit of a mystery.

Echoes of the Primordial War
Quico Vicens-Picatto ($3.00, 15 page PDF)

Embark on an unparalleled adventure with the Marauder23-Z and its intrepid crew as
they venture into a hidden battlefield, cloaked in the shadows of interstellar history. This
is your chance to discover ancient secrets, face formidable monsters and seize
unimaginable riches.

We All Go Mi Go
Dennis Stevens ($4.99, 19 page PDF)

The alien Mi-Go have haunted rural Vermont for eons. Legends of the fabulous Fungi from Yuggoth are whispered in the darkness. But now a Harvard University student, scion of a wealthy family, has disappeared while researching local folklore. A powerful and wealthy family wants answers. The modern labor union movement has also come to town, and workers are agitating for a union. However, the local mill owner has allies much more dangerous than scab labor....

1920s adventure set in rural Vermont.

Mount Katahdin's Shadow
Christopher Capone ($7.95, 69 page PDF)

It’s late September, 1988. After nearly five months of backpacking, you and your thru hiker friends finally set off on that last isolated stretch of the Appalachian Trail - Maine’s 100 Mile Wilderness. As you near the end, approaching the shadow of Mount Katahdin, among the spruce, pine, & vibrant autumn maples, you discover horror and terror.

The Missing Fossil
Ashiki ($0.99, 24 page PDF)

This scenario takes place in Uvs Nuur in the Mongolian People’s Republic,1925. The investigators conduct a series of excavations as the members of an academic expedition team led by the paleontologist Ilsley of the Arkham Museum of Natural History. 

Originally published in Japanese.

Crack'd And Crook'd Manse Extra Handouts
Kasper Leoo WR (Free, 5 page PDF)

Simple handouts that add to the handouts from the Call of Cthulhu scenario Crack'd and Crook'd manse, published by Chaosium in Mansions of Madness Vol 1: Behind Closed Doors. These handouts are ment to be te stained and cut to look good, you could use them for online pdf's but then you might have to add some effects or something to make them look older. 

The Demon of the Deep Leads
David Waldron ($2.99, 33 page PDF)

Amidst the lawlessness and turmoil of the Eureka Rebellion, a young First Nations woman of the Jardwadjali people searches desperately for her missing brother. As bushrangers stalk the innocent and rebels prepare for a bloody clash under the Southern Cross, something far more terrifying stirs in the depths below—an ancient creature with an insatiable hunger for human flesh.

A detailed adventure set against the historic backdrop of the Goldfields of Colonial Australia by the author of the ENNIE winning titles William Bailey's Haunted Mansion and The Last Dance of Lola Montez.

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