Flash Cthulhu: Sell Yourself
NYC, July, 2008
The Great Recession is in full swing and jobs and homes are slipping through swaths of the nation’s fingers. The investigators – or in this case, interviewees – are desperate for work. Luckily, they ran across recruitment ads for positions at Surya & Tara Associates. They now converge on the company’s offices for a group interview.
Written by Michael Reid, author of the Gold best-selling Branches of Bone – A Cthulhu Dark Ages Viking Age Scenario, the Electrum best-selling A Chill in Abashiri – A 1920s Taisho-Era Japan Scenario, and the Silver best-selling supplement Memorable Major Wounds – Critical Tables and Expanded Injuries for Call of Cthulhu.
Sell Yourself is a ultra-short scenario with a near complete focus on competitive dialogue.
Sell Yourself includes:
- 4 pages of scenario text, 2 pages of player handouts, and 2 pages of pregenerated investigators on custom halfpage sheets.
- Timeline to help Keeper’s fit the scenario into a one hour session.
- Customization suggestions for using pre-existing investigators, different eras, pulp, extending the session, or follow up adventures.
- Printer-friendly-ish version.
- Four pregenerated investigators
Flash Cthulhu scenarios are meant to run in a single, hour-long session, and are kept simple and to the point, generally in a single location. While many details are left vague for the Keeper to fill in if desired, the text is written to be usable as-is without extra preparation.
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