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Guide to Creating 1890s Investigators, Fold-Out
Map of Central London, Railway Map,
Three lndepenldent Adventures
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A gentle breeze wafts across Platform Five of Twyford
Station. You wait for the ten o'clock train for Henley-onThames, for soon the Henley Royal Regatta begins. Attending the regatta is in high fashion, and patronized by
royalty. Not only tremendously entertaining, the regatta
is an important meeting-place of contacts, both business and casual.
The train arrives bearing a single first-class car, as
usual for runs during the regatta. Everyone flles aboard,
taking their seats, and the journey begins. Clacking
rails pass below. A tunnel approaches, quiet darkness
falls, and two men die.
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"Straight lines and right angles are simply straight lines
and right angles the world
over, but the delicate and particular curves of a town slowly
reared on a certain spot have
a priceless wealth of suggestion pertaining to place and
people; a suggestion which
makes every narrow, devious
hillside lane, rich with its
mellow limning of antique,
characteristick doorways and
windows and chimneys and
gables, a veritable gateway of
memory and mystery ....
London! Majestick, ineflable,
and immemorial!'
Dark Designs contains three adventures for the Cull of Cthulhu roleplaying
game. All are set in southern England, and involve occult practises in the
1890s. Two of the adventures can be linked to form a mini-campaign, the
third is suitable for new investigators and beginning players. Background information about the 1890s, including a character-generation synopsis and investigator sheet, is included in this book. Enterprising keepers might refer
to Chaosium's Cthulhu B y Gaslight supplement, containing extensive information about this period. You do not need Cthulhu By Gaslight to fully enjoy Dark Designs.
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Call of Cthulhu is a roleplaying game based on the
works of H.P. Lovecraft, in which ordinary people are
confronted by the demonic beings and forces of the
Cthulhu Mythos. Players portray investigators of
things unknown and unspeakable, decent men and
women of the 1920s who unexpectedly learn dreadful
secrets. Dark Designs provides a glimpse of Mythos
activities in thP 4490s.
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Occult Terrors in 1890sEngland
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David Hallett
Kevin W. JacMin
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interior drawings EARL GEIER
maps and plans CAROL TRIPLET-SMITH
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GENERAL CONTENTS
Introduction, L.N. lsinwyll
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Eyes For The Blind, by David Hallett, with L.N. lsinwyll
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Southern England and Wales, Carol Triplett-Smith
Menace From Sumatra, by Kevin W. Jacklin, with L.N. Isinwyll
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Lord of the Dance, by David Hallett
1890s Investigators, L.N. lsinwyll
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Handouts
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inside back cover
Central London Map
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DARK DESIGNS is published by Chaosium Inc.
DARK DESIGNS is copyright 01991 by Chaosium Inc.; all rights reserved.
CALL OF CTHULHUBis the registeredtrademark of Chaosium Inc.
Similarities between characters in DARK DESIGNS and persons living or dead are strictly coincidental.
HP. Lovecraft‘s works are copyright 0 1963, 1964, 1965 by August Derleth and are quoted for purposes of illustration.
All material concerning Shudde-M’ell and the Cthonians, and all other inventions of Brian Lumley as portrayed in his
books, specifically The Burrowers Beneath, are used with his kind permission.
London transport and street maps are excerpted from Karl Baedeker’s London and Its Environs, Leipsic and London,
1898.
The.cover pajnting is by Lee Gibbons, copyright 01991 Lee Gibbons; all rights reserved. Mr. Gibbons’ work depicts a
portion of a Tindalos.
Mr. David Hallett thanks playtesters Steve Bottom, Simon Burnett, Mike Carter, Simon Harrison, Shelagh Lewins, Mark
Tolley, and IanTolley. For assistance and advice, he thanks Kendrick Zetie, MarkTollqr, and Francis Tiffany.
Interior illustrations are copyright 01991 by Earl Geier; all rights reserved.
Maps are copyright 01991 by Carol Triplett-Smith; all rights resewed.
Martha J. McNulty depicted HP. Lovecraft.
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Printed in the United States of America.
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UlKDOFTHE
DANCE
Background
The Windebanks (illus.)
The Blue Fungus
The Blue Stones
Windebank‘s Death (illus.)
Insp. Jones (illus.)
Player Handout #1
Const. Walker (illus.)
East lndies Steamship Co.
Thug (illus.)
Dr. Spencer (illus.)
The Police Mortuary
London Carriage Co.
Cready Jarvis (illus.)
Rotbridge & Son.
Norris’s Family Hotel
Jenny Brown (illus.)
Player Handout #2
Dr. Granger
Dr. Granger (illus.)
Watching Dr. Granger
Player Handout #3
14 Brigge Street
Another Interlude
Thing From Beyond (illus.)
Norris’s Hotel Robbery
Player Handout #4
Library Research
A Sudden Disappearance
Player Handout #5
A Local Survey
Susan Windebank
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Player Handout #1
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Agnes Cardew (illus.)
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Dr. Symes (illus.)
Miss Amis in hospital (illus.) 73
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London
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Previous Locations
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The Police Station
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Sgt. Wibbern (illus.)
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Miss Amis’ Flat
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Capt. Puzey (illus.)
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The Wall Safe
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Canlis Galleries
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Beausoirs-Price (illus.)
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The Rooms of the Artist
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Mrs. Barton (illus.)
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Willie Barton (illus.)
Sebastian Fewkes (illus.) 77
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Meeting David Smythe
Smythe at the Dorianean
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(illus.)
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Getting to the Chamber
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1 Tiber Street
Through The Underground 79
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The Ancient Chamber
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Limbo Gate
Luthwaite’s Wax Museum 80
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Waxwork Museums
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T. Luthwaite (illus.)
Luthwaite’s Museum (plan]1 82
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Luthwaite’s Library
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Player Handout #2
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Player Handout #3
Player Handout #4 (not
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Player Handout #5
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The Bed Chamber
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The Mirror
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The Cellar
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Miss Amis Revives
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Through The Gate
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An Ancient Place
Carn Gluze & em. (map) 86
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The Dark Old House
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Scenario Events
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The Dulcarnon
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H. Cartwright (illus.)
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The Blind Man (illus.)
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Inspecting The Bodies
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Murder on the Train (illus.) 11
Player Handout #1
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About The Special Knives 12
The Police, & Thereafter 12
Inspector Longtree (illus.) 12
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Activities of the Cabal
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Playing the Blind Men
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Henley-on-Thames
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Player Handout #2
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Oldacre’s House (plan)
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Upper Hart St. (illus.)
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Oldacre’s House
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The Carlwright Home
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Mrs. Paterson (illus.)
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Within The Mansion
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Player Handout #3
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Player Handout #4
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Robin Hood’s Bower
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Dr. John Dee
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Player Handout #5
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David Smythe (illus.)
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Pradesh Danh (illus.)
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Vavit Danh (illus.)
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Quoit, a new weapon
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Player Handout #6
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Player Handout #7
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The Seven Stars
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Samuel Berry (illus.)
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Harry Trimble
Rowse’s Funeral Parlour 23
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Rowse’s (plan)
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A. Hengst, Books
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A. Hengst (plan)
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Smythe’s Citadel
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The Black Lion
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About Mr. Graystone
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M.M. Graystone (illus.)
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Jeremy Hawser (illus.)
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The Cellars (plan)
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Ramekin Perkins (illus.)
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The Green Man (illus.)
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Plant Effigies in Britain
Player Handout #8
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Southern England map (foldout)
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The Famous Fandambulum34
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Silbury Hill & c. (map)
Bert the Whiter (illus.)
Java Coffee Co.
Java Coffee Co. (plan)
Lower Floor
The Cell Ward
The Dissection Theater
The Rat-Room
A Diversion (illus.)
The Front Third
AThird Interlude
Statistics
A Thing From Beyond
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EYES FOR THE
BLIND
Caldemono Strazi (illus.) 35
Gorgo the Bodyguard (illus.) 35
Caravan of N. Ferencz
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Dr. Serge Verdain
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Attacking The Fair
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Nystor Ferencz (illus.)
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Gypsies and the Fair
Slang and Romany Words 38
Night of the Solstice
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Two Entities
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The Mother-Wife (illus.)
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Rewards And Penalties
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Bibliography
Statistics
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Vanish
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Warding
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Candle Communications 44
ImpeccableThrow
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Enter Zombie
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Raise Dulcamon
Iron Knife (illus.)
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Metropolitan London (map) 47
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East End (illus.)
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London Scenario Locations
(map)
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Introduction
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Dimensional Shambler (illus)87
St. Just
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Const. Arnett (illus.)
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The PolseazeTwins
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John P. (illus.)
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Concerted Action
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Player Handout #6
Player Handout #7
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Tollesbury
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Polseaze House aflame. 91
Tollesbury Area (map)
92
Big News inTollesbury
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Dreams Of TheTemple
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The City Rises
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The Sunken City
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TheTemple
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Sunken City risen (illus.) 95
A Second Mirror
96
Fewkes’ Information
96
The Horn Dance
97
Thaxted
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The Ceremony
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The Head (illus.)
97
The Thaxted Ancients
(illus.)
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Selbury Manor
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The Wooden Head
100
The Powers of the Lure 101
Final Crisis
101
The Ceremony
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Carn Gluze (plan)
102
The Burden (illus.)
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The Child Born
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Interruptions
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The Child (illus.)
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Rewards & Penalties
Statistics
107
Vanish
107
Warding
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Candle Communication 107
Bibliography
109
1890s
Investigators
Attacks and Weapons
(table)
1 10
112
Perforated Section Begins
New 1890s Investigator
Sheet
113
Repeat of New Player
Material
115-119
Handouts
121-128
Central London map
inside back cover