THE NECROPOLIS | A Beginner Friendly One Shot for Call of Cthulhu!

THE NECROPOLIS | A Beginner Friendly One Shot for Call of Cthulhu!

Call of Cthulhu on Foundry VTT, Discord

Price per player-session

You will be charged when a session starts

$25.00

Information

  • Duration: 3 to 4 hours

  • Number of players: 2 to 6 players

  • Experience required: Beginner

Price per player-session

$25.00

About the adventure

November 26th, 1924. You and your team have been working tirelessly with shovel, spade, and trowel in the Egyptian Valley of Kings. The sun beats down as you carefully unveil the façade of an ancient structure cut deep into the cliff face, buried by the sands of several millennia. At your command, the labourers heave at the crudely assembled pulley system and hoist the hefty slab blocking the tomb's entrance out of the way. A darkened hallway leading into the tomb is all that stands between you and the fame, fortune and discovery of a lifetime... The Necropolis is a short introductory scenario for Call of Cthulhu.

1 year on StartPlaying

1 game hosted

Highly rated for: Teacher, Storytelling, Knows the Rules

Additional Details

How to prepare

You'll need a discord account, a microphone, and a reliable internet connection. No previous experience of Call of Cthulhu is necessary, I'm happy to explain things as we go along, though you may like to download and read the Quickstart rules, which are available as a free download from Chaosium here: https://www.chaosium.com/cthulhu-quickstart We'll be using Foundry Virtual Tabletop for dice rolls, character sheets and handouts. Don't worry if you've never used Foundry before, I'll talk you through it as we go along. I would recommend using either Chrome or Firefox as your browser for Foundry, as they seem to be the most stable.

What I provide

• Official Call of Cthulhu rules and resources • A private Discord server for game chat and notes • A reliable Foundry VTT server with content hosted on AWS

Content warnings

    (none)

Safety tools used

  • Breaks

  • X, N, and O Cards

How will character creation work

This scenario comes with a cast of four pre-generated characters to choose from, specially tailored to fit the story. Each character has an interesting background story, along with suggested traits and roleplaying hooks. There are an Archaeologist, a Professor of Languages, a Dilettante and an Ex-Soldier.

Players can expect

  • Combat/Tactics: Medium

  • Roleplay: Medium

  • Puzzles: Medium

  • Experience Level: Beginner

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