Collections of Madness

Of Sorrow and Clay.P1 by Graeme Patrick; GM Thomas Intro : Poor Fork, Appalachia, March 1925. Prohibition era. Family is everything in the Appalachian Mountains. When everyone else turns their backs, they will be there, waiting. They may not like you. They may even hate you. But there is a loyalty to blood that runs deep in those black soiled hollers. All are members of the Taft Family (2 x Miners, Student Nurse, Bartender, Moonshiner), coming together to find out what happened to your father, who has gone missing. Blain Taft, miner 38yo [Robert/Rocinante]: Lives in Lynch . Spent his life picking up and looking after his father. Loyal to a fault, won’t hear a bad word about the old man, despite him being a bum. Eugene Nairn, miner 40yo [Mikc]: Foreman at the Baxter mines, deciding where each man works as he holds their safety in his hands. Miners call him a company hatchet man: feared, sometimes respected. Pistol Taft, moonshiner...

“There’s a Monster at the End of this Scenario” , By Nathan Decker Intro : The players are members of an aspiring group of investigators who call themselves “ S ociety i N vestigating O ccult & O dd P aranormal S ituations ( SNOOPS )”. They (4 so far) receive an urgent request from a rather unique professor at Miskatonic University . Edgar Hamilton  [Leslie]: 5’7” Dilettante. Dark, curly hair. Invites others to a bar. Scott Howard  [Julian]: 5’5” Student. Buzz cut brown hair from a rural background. In college on a scholarship. Hanging out, discussion tomorrow’s sailboat race with Teddy. Teddy Harris  [Bill]: 5’6” English Student. Cropped reddish hair, casual clothing, sweater vest but disheveled and glasses. Looks disorganized, clumsy. “The” Jack Stone  [Ray]: 5’9” Student. Wiry, fast, quick feet and hands. Wears slacks and univesity sweatshirt. Greased, jet black hair longer than others. Playing...

Setting : Kilmahog (a hamlet situated half a mile to the west of Callander), Scotland June 1927. Callander is a small town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Leny, located in the historic county of Perthshire.   Local Folklore : In Mr Rogers’ (1853) fine historical tour of the region, he notes:  Samson Stone  Kelpies  The Red Well The nearby Samson Stone “on the summit of one of the eminences of Bochastle,” a couple of miles west of Callander. Legend has it, the Samson Stone was traditionally thrown here by one of the Fingalian giants in ancient times.  It was originally located upon  Ben Ledi , nearly 3 miles northwest, and was one of several stones being thrown in a competition to see who was the strongest of the giants — and Samson was the name of the one who threw this huge rock. The superstition of water be it lakes, rivers, falls (such as Bracklinn Falls near Callander), the sea as the...