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Six harrowing encounters with the Cthulhu Mythos

by Michael Szymanski & Scott Aniolowski

editing. layout and design by Tim Bush

cover painting and interior illustrations by Rodell D. Sanford Jr.

copy reading by Scott Aniolowski. Tim Bush. and Mike Szymanski

special thanks to Rob Watkins for his helpful suggestions and assistance behind the scenes

TRIAD ENTERTAINMENTS

1990

LURKING FEARS is published by TRIAD ENTERTAINMENTS.

CALL OF CTHULHU ® is the registered trademark of Chaosium. Inc.

Similarities between characters in LURKING FEARS and any persons living or dead are

strictly coincidental.

rights reserved.

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TRIAD

ENTERT AINMENTS.

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LOCKPORT. N.Y. 14095. U.S.A.

Published in January. 1990

Printed in the United States of America

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Rise of the Sleeper ............................................................................. 1

byScoll03yidAni%wski

Caller in the Desert .......................................................................... 29

byMicn3c/Szym3nski

The Sundial of Amen-Tet............................................................... 37

byScoll03yidAni%wski

Sorrow's Glen................................................................................... 57

byMicn3c/Szym3nski

The Icosahedron - A History......................................................... 76

The Starshrine .................................................................................. 78

byMicn3C/Szym3nski

The Devourer ................................................................................. 104

byMicn3c/Szym3Dski

Handout Section............................................................................. 122

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Fear lurks in the dark corners of the world, where those who are ignorant of the

dangers which threaten our earth seldom tread , and where those who are aware

of those dangers pray they never have to tread.

Between these covers are a number of fears which lay lurking for your party of

stolid Investigators, from the humid morass of the Florida Everglades to the

blistering desert of Egypt.

Many of the creatures and deities featured here have rarely, if ever appeared in

a scenario package, thus enhancing the chilling atmosphere of the dread

Unknown which is unique to the Call of Cthulhu system.

Where deemed appropriate, descriptive paragraphs have been included to aid

the Keeper in describing various locations, and to assist in creating the eerie

mood of a Lovecraftian tale. We hope you will find them useful as well as

entertaining.

Caller in the Desert, Sorrow's Glen, and The Starshrine are all interconnected to

some degree, and should be run in that order, but they need not be run

consecutively. The other scenarios in this booklet could be run to provide

breathing space between the chapters of thiS epic adventure.

RISE

OF THE SLEEPER

By Scott David Aniolowski

In which an unexpectedinheritance leads to a I7Ightmare ofundeath in the FlorIda Everglades.

Rosenwald will go on to explain that he has overseen the

estate of the Investigator's cousin. Brandon Young. since

the time of his death. three years past. Brandon. last of the

Young family line. decided that he would pass on his

earthly wealth to a distant cousin. whom he knew to be

living. at the time. "somewhere in New England."

INTRODUCTION

The date is October J. 192_ . The autumn sun has long

since set as one of your number prepares for a relaxing

evening wdh a good book - or perhaps even a favorite

radio drama - when a knock at the front door announces

an unexpected visitor.

KEEPER: Refresh the Investigator's memory by telling

him that he vaguely recalls Brandon from the days of his

youth. but otherwise he knows nothing about him.

KEEPER: Select the player who will receive this visitor.

and read the following paragraph to him.

Upon answering the persistent summons, you find

yourself facing an elderly gentleman nattily attired in grey

sud and black fedora. This solemn, sIlver-haired personage

introduces himself as Ezekiel Rosenwald. and states in a

qUIte business-like manner thaI he is looking for (give the

Investigator's full. proper name).

Rosenwald in fact knows very little about the property in

Florida. and has never actually seen it. He does know that

it consists of a large house with several acres of land in a

tiny settlement called New Dunwich. which rests several

miles

from

Florida's

west coast. in

the heart

the

Everglades.

Should the Investigator deny being the person in question

but inquires as to the stranger's business with said person.

he will be handed a business card which reads as follows:

The lawyer can provide an accurate - if crude - map to

guide the Investigator to the town. and the only other

thing he knows about the property is that Brandon Young

inherited it in 1908. but did not lay claim to it until

approximately three years ago; he died three weeks after

moving into the house.

EZEKIEL ROSENWALD

With that. Rosenwald will present the legal

documentation for the Investigator to sign. upon which he

will wish the Investigator good fortune and take his leave.

The Investigator is now the proud owner of an estate in

Florida.

Attorney at Law

363 Trinity Circle

Boston. Mass.

Keeper's Note: Should the Investigator prove reluctant

about going to Florida. the Keeper should attempt to

convince him. through Rosenwald or another .NPC, that

even if he does not intend to live on the property or does

not want it. he should at least go down to examine the

estate to determine a fair sale price.

When the Investigator has read the card. Mr. Rosenwald

will ask that the object of his search be notified of this

visit. and will request that a meeting be set up "with all

possible urgency". With that. Rosenwald will turn and

walk off into the cool fall night. returning the next day and

every day thereafter until he meets with the person he

seeks.

As a further inducement. the Investigator may uncover in

the papers left by Rosenwald hints of a family fortune

hidden away somewhere in Harlow House. It may be

difficult inducing the Investigators to venture to New

Dunwich. but that is where the dark fun will begin!

If the Investigator identifies himself to Rosenwald. the

lawyer will ask to come in. stating that he has urgent

business to discuss with him.

KEEPER'S INFORMATION

Once inside. Rosenwald will explain that he has been

searching for the Investigator for the past three years. ever

since the Investigator inheirited a parcel of property in

Florida.

The house which the Investigator has just inherited was

built in 1830 by Septimus and Hepzibah Harlow . The

Harlows. along with a dozen other families from Dunwich.

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