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Core Book for Keepers Vol. 2
By Adam Gauntlett, Brian Sammons, Greg Hendriksen, William Dietze,
Charles Zaglanis, Gordon Olmstead-Dean, and friends.
New to Call of Cthulhu? A battle-scarred veteran of many campaigns?
Here are essential background articles useful to most keepers.
- "The History Behind Prohibition" - A lengthy article bringing
anti-alcohol advocates, law enforcement, gangsters, rum-runners, and
consumers into focus. Lots of good stories.
- "The Keeper's Master List of Call of Cthulhu Scenarios" - Lists
are alphabetical by the following topics: scenario era; creature / maniacs
/ great old ones; legendary heroes and villains; cults / sects / secret
societies; Mythos tomes; fictitious locations; and Mythos books from publishers
other than Chaosium.
- "Iron: a Survey of Civilian Small Arms Used in the 1890's, 1920's,
and the Present". Practicalities of firearms; common malfunctions; new
skills Handloading and Gunsmithing. Firearms considered are likely to be
encountered or thought specially useful by investigators. Insightful discussions
of nine specific rifles, five shotguns, ten handguns, a sniper rifle, and
the Thompson submachine gun. Hot load damage values for most weapons, along
with comparative ratings for noise, maintenance, powder, reloading per
round, more, plus standard stats.
- "Medical Examiner's Report" discusses the unusual corpse recovered
by the Essex County Sheriff's Department, as does "Dr. Lippincot's Diary"
from another point of view. Also a short article on deep one / human reproduction.
- Brian Sammon's "Mythos Collector" submits write-ups for the Book
of Iod, Chronike von Nath, Confessions of the Mad Monk Clinthanus, Letters
of Nestar, The Nyhargo Codex, Soul of Chaos, Testament of Carnamago, The
Tunneler Below, Visions From Yaddith, Von denen Verdammten, as well as
for more than a dozen new spells.
And More: - "Mythos ex Machina" gathers about forty examples of
alien technology from Cthulhu supplements. Gordon Olmstead-Dean outlines
the odd connections between H. P. Lovecraft and the Satanists HPL never
knew, in "LaVey, Satanism, and the Big Squid". Indexed.
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