Black as Coal (Scenario)
Details
Pages: 5
Author(s): John Coleman
Artist(s): Not credited, two of the pictures are signed "E'87"
Setting: 1920s
Appears in: Breakout!, Issue 27.
Campaign: N/A
Summary
The workers at the Devils Lake Coal mine have disappeared. Their employer hires the Investigators to find out just what happened.
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Synopsis
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A group of (now deceased) cultists have summoned a terrible creature, the Venraij, it is this which has taken over the mine so that it may gestate into a more powerful form. The Investigators must act quickly to discover the beings weakness and exploit it.
References
Player Handouts: Editorials from "Logger News" for November 16, 1924 & March 2, 1884
Locations: Devils Lake, Gillard Estate, Hitchcock Mining Company Devils Lake Mine.
Creatures: Wolves, Zombies, Venraij
Tomes and Artifacts: N/A
Campaigns / Scenarios: N/A
Comments
The scenario was first run at Cauldracon I as a tournament event.
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