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[[File:Elder_Sign.jpg]] =Scenario Overview= A group of individuals get drawn in to weird events happening in seaside New England in the 1920s. =Helpful Resources= *[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/fish-story.849758/ In Character Thread] *[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/fish-story.849623/ Out of Character Thread] *[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/semi-open-recruitment-1920s-call-of-cthulhu-6th-ed.849560/ Recruitment Thread] =Mechanical Game Information= {| class="wikitable" ! Player ! Investigator ! HP ! Sanity ! Magic Points ! Insanities ! Notes |- |[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?members/brahnamin.70442/ brahnamin] |[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Fish_Story:_Liam William "Liam" Johnson] |8 |77 |18 | | |- |[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?members/dannyk.1750/ DannyK] |[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Fish_Story:_Wink_Winkworth Archibald "Wink" Winkworth] | 12 | 60 | 12 | | |- |[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?members/roger.26034/ Roger] |[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Gertrude_Bradley Gertrude Bradley] |14 |41/45 |9 | | |- |[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?members/pstjmack.173546/ pstjmack] |[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Fish_Story:_John_Perry John Perry] |10 |38 |10 | | |- |[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?members/regular-guy.168375/ Regular Guy] |[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Fish_Story:_Vernon_Weatherby Vernon Weatherby] |10/14 |60/59 |12 | | |- |[https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?members/runemagus.69228/ RuneMagus] |[https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/James_Scott James Scott] | | | | | |- |} =Important Places= [[File:1920s_MA_Road_Map.jpg|320px]] '''Please note''': While we're using real place names, the game takes place in an ahistorical past. Any resemblance is coincidental and/or for convenience. ==Nantucket== [[File:Nantucket_Map.jpg|320px]] [[File:Upper_Main_Street_Nantucket.jpg|320px]] *''Population'' = ~3,000 *''Primary businesses'': Tourism, fishing * An [https://nha.org/whats-on/exhibitions/exhibitions-archive/the-nantucket-art-colony-1920-1945/ Art Colony] started up in the 1920s. * Someone drew a rendering of the local [https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/23971/ Ye Olde Curiosity Shop] which is convenient. * Check out this sweet [https://www.knowol.com/information/massachusetts/travel-poster-nantucket-mass/' Travel Poster]. * Someone took some [https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/3784/maurice-w-boyer-photog/aerial-views-of-nantucket-mass/?soldItem=true Aeriel Photographs]. * Everyone is dancing [https://youtu.be/FQ7SNTSq-9o the Charleston]. ===After Oar=== [[File:After_Arms.jpg]] *Technically now just a boarding house, thanks to Prohibition, it's still the best place on the island to get a pint. ==Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard== [[File:Martha's_Vineyard.jpg]] [[File:Oak_Bluffs_Map.jpg|320px]] *''Population'' = ~1,000 *''Primary businesses'': Tourism, fishing *Also known as "Cottage City" for its famous "gingerbread cottage" style houses *[http://ww.cottagecityoysters.com/images/cottagecity.jpg Large map of Cottage City, 1887] =Important People= *Sig Torvald, Nantucketer ne'er-do-well fisherman -- he bumped into Queer Island, lost SAN, and is now catatonic. =Investigative Leads= ==Timeline== *22nd, Morning: Sig finds the cat-headed staff. *22nd, Evening: Sig sells the cat-headed staff to Mr. L'Armon in Oak Bluffs. *23rd, Morning: Mr. L'Armon and Pastor Silent meet in Oak Bluffs. The object given from the former to the latter is presumably the staff. *23rd, Later: Pastor Silent's church burns and he reportedly dies there. *23rd-24th: Sig on a bender in Boston and then Nantucket. *25th: Investigation begins. Investigators first trip to island. Sig murdered at New Hospital in Oak Bluffs. *26th: Today ==People Potentially Involved== *Sig Torvald (deceased; local ne'er do well fisherman who found the staff) *'''Mr. L'Armon''' (purchased the staff from Sig in Oak Bluffs; later gave it to Pastor Silent) *'''Pastor John Silent''' (deceased; pastor of small, odd church in Oak Bluffs; took staff from Mr. L'Armon) *'''Doctor Vickers''' (Sig's doctor at the New Hospital; saw something) Those in bold have not been investigated. ==Important Objects== *'''Cat-headed staff''' (found by Sig near the Island) *'''Strange rock''' (same) *'''Strange kelp''' (same) *Burned-out church (Oak Bluffs) *'''Holy Way Hymnal''' (Gertie) Those in bold have not been investigated.
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