Oh man that hammer gag is great 😂

The adventure does have another escape option, there is a yellow rowboat at the South pier.

Good review! I own Call of Cthulhu but have never run it. This will help if I do. Good advice on hooks and endings. I love your delivery BTW. Charisma +4. :)

Love these vids.

I recently ran this with some friends of mine and I had a lot of fun with it! It was my first experience with CoC, and it really made me want to try more. The session ran much longer than anticipated at around 5 hours as well, but it didn’t really feel like 5 hours and I was engaged the entire time. Hoping to have the opportunity to try some of the classic modules like The Haunting or Edge of Darkness. :)

@1ShotJC

8 ай бұрын

While I think the Haunting is a little overrated, Edge of Darkness is a wonderful starter adventure!

@zarathustraowens771

2 ай бұрын

The haunting is UNDER RATED because it has so many leads you can do with it. Don't forget...pastor Michael Thomas escaped from prison...what happened to him?

Thanks! great review and tips!

I might have a crack at running this as my first Call of Cthulhu adventure.

@1ShotJC

11 ай бұрын

Then my job is done - have fun eating all those investigators with those deep one babies!

I found this module on Roll20 and want to run it as my first game as a keeper and I have three groups of DnD players I GM for wanting to try Call of Cthulhu. I always like seeing people’s thoughts on modules from KZread and liked the little suggestions you gave to tweets and changes for the module! 😊

I ran the first evening of this 2 Weeks ago and i started even before the beginning. My players started on the ship, cause they were all new ones, and learned how to act with each other and the crew, free roam for a while and even see a little concert on boad, heard that there might be something wrong do to whispers between the crew and the captain and eventually had to make their way off the boat when it crashed. Not to mention the fire on board due to the engine failure and not enough lifeboats. Pretty intense first evening for a CoC but they loved it! Lets see how they like the second evening and the scenario with a whole different tone to it. Also gets rid of the main problems with Lightless beacon in my opinion: why they dont just go onto land (cause their lifeboat crashes) and what happens with the crew (cause they play what happens with them). Mine nearly fought with them over the last boat^^ It also gets rid of the main issue i have with the scenario: the lack of social interaction.

@1ShotJC

10 ай бұрын

Love that you expanded the prologue here. I also think that the NPCs on the boat are rife with opportunities for roleplaying. Like if some sailor is a total jerk to them with the lifeboats, he can show up later on the island and act as a foil when the deep ones show up.

@danielfalke6907

10 ай бұрын

@@1ShotJC exactly :) we had a really funny and intense flirting scene with the musician on board and one of my players, who plays a music critic,fell for her... im thinking about washing her ashore and further add an emotional dilemma for him :) also adds a lot more depth why they have to find out what happened on the island cause of their trauma. Im really curious how they handle the deep ones^^

What the adventure doesn't explain is WHY are they transporting gold...the answer is simple: by 1926 Prescott bush (thats right, George bushes father...in fact, George was born quite near the fictional location of this adventure), but, in reality, Prescott was buying gold and transporting it to the nazi party at this exact time period. This is the basis of my campaign. (World war cthulhu and achtung cthulhu both have adventures that relate the nazis to the mythos). Hitler gained power at 2 time periods (1921 and 1926)...the first was sudden "influence" (relation: the haunting scenarios...pastor Michael thomas...one of his cultists is a local politician...obviously knew hitler). The 2nd influence was GOLD, which built the first post war steel plant in Germany (gold from Prescott and the deep ones of this adventure.). Don't forget that Prescott was in "skull and bones"...a branch of the same german society (thule society) that hitler was part of. Same occult group? Gold? Coincidence? NO WAY. Welcome to cthulhu.

@1ShotJC

2 ай бұрын

I love all these connections you bring up - definitely seeds for a whole campaign here.

@CloseingStraw97

26 күн бұрын

Not to mentiom Prescott also help funded the almost successful "Buisness Plot" where they were funding and arming a knowm facist organizarion called "American Legion". Like I am not saying this as a "Oh they thought different then I am so they're facist." No I mean once in an interview the then leader "Alvin Owsley" once was asked "Would you take over government?" and he said "Exactly that."

I think that I'm going to run this in Vaesen, with a few tweaks of course. :) I might make it part of the Silver of the Sea adventure.

@1ShotJC

8 ай бұрын

Yeah this one would make a great interlude in that adventure - you could probably even tie the deep ones into the mermaid somehow

@kurtoogle4576

8 ай бұрын

Yeah. We have a merfolk half-breed in that story already. I was thinking that he might be the most human of the bunch, with the usual form being deep spawn. @@1ShotJC

Nice review!