The Keeper's Companion

by Willis, Lynn

• ISBN13: 9781568821863
• ISBN10: 1568821867
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Chaosium

Summary

New to Call of Cthulhu? A battle-scarred veteran of many campaigns? Here are essential background articles useful to most keepers. "The History Behind Prohibition" ¿ A lengthy article bringing anti-alcohol advocates, law enforcement, gangsters, rum-runners, and consumers into focus. Lots of good stories. "The Keeper's Master List of Call of Cthulhu Scenarios" ¿ Lists are alphabetical by the following topics: scenario era; creature / maniacs / great old ones; legendary heroes and villains; cults / sects / secret societies; Mythos tomes; fictitious locations; and Mythos books from publishers other than Chaosium. "Iron: a Survey of Civilian Small Arms Used in the 1890's, 1920's, and the Present". Practicalities of firearms; common malfunctions; new skills Handloading and Gunsmithing. Firearms considered are likely to be encountered or thought specially useful by investigators. Insightful discussions of nine specific rifles, five shotguns, ten handguns, a sniper rifle, and the Thompson submachine gun. Hot load damage values for most weapons, along with comparative ratings for noise, maintenance, powder, reloading per round, more, plus standard stats.

Table of Contents

Prohibition	9	(1)
The History behind Prohibition	9	(2)
The Anti-Saloon League	9	(1)
Wayne Wheeler	10	(1)
The Repercussions of the Volstead Act	11	(1)
A Dangerous Indulgence	11	(5)
Speakeasy Busts---The Police	12	(1)
Criminals	13	(1)
Concessions	13	(1)
The Booze	14	(1)
The Wages of Sin: Poisoning	14	(2)
Where Did It Come From?	16	(2)
Ardent Spirits	16	(1)
Home Brew and Manufacture	17	(1)
Manufactured Alcohol	17	(1)
Cutting Plants	18	(1)
Transportation	18	(4)
One if by Land: Bootleggers	19	(1)
Two if by Sea: Rumrunners	20	(1)
William ``Bill'' McCoy	21	(1)
The End of the Independents	22	(1)
Distribution	22	(8)
Gertrude ``Cleopatra'' Lythgoe	23	(2)
George Remus	25	(1)
Clip Joints	26	(1)
The Clubs	26	(1)
Glitter Palaces	27	(2)
Mary ``Texas'' Guinan	29	(1)
The Party's Over	30	(1)
Flapperese	30	(2)
Selected Terms and Phrases	30	(2)
Life in the Syndicates	32	(9)
Doing Business	34	(2)
The Liquor Wars	36	(2)
The Bootlegger's Lifestyle	38	(1)
The Thompson Submachine Gun	38	(1)
Frankie Yale	39	(1)
The End of an Era of Crime	40	(1)
William ``Wild Bill'' Lovett	40	(1)
The Local Law	41	(3)
I Fought the Law---The Law Won	42	(1)
The Graft	43	(1)
The End Result	43	(1)
The Prohibition Bureau	44	(5)
Organization of the Bureau	44	(2)
Hatchets and Notebooks	46	(1)
Izzy Einstein, Moe Smith	47	(1)
Elliot Ness	48	(1)
The Coast Guard	49	(3)
Dispatches from the War Zone	50	(1)
Life on a Six-Bitter	51	(1)
The End is Nigh: Repeal	52	(2)
LaVey, Satanism, and the Big Squid	54	(5)
Setians and Satanists	54	(3)
Cthulhu Worship	57	(2)
The Keeper's List of Lists	59	(36)
Era	60	(1)
The Opposition (Creatures, Maniacs, and Great Old Ones)	61	(21)
Legendary Heroes and Villains	82	(1)
Cults, Sects, and Secret Societies	83	(3)
Mythos Tomes	86	(6)
Fictitious Locations	92	(1)
Non-Chaosium Bibliography	93	(2)
Iron	95	(29)
Weapons Discussed	95	(1)
Realities and Practicalities	96	(6)
Deadly Force and the Law	96	(1)
Nasty, Brutish, and Short	96	(1)
What Did You Say?	96	(1)
Praise Cthulhu, and Pass the Ammunition	97	(1)
Maintenance	98	(1)
That's Heavy!	98	(1)
Where'd That Bullet Go?	98	(1)
Windage and Elevation	99	(1)
Buckshot or Birdshot	99	(1)
Safety First!	99	(1)
Malfunctions	99	(2)
Two New Skills	101	(1)
A Note on Powders	102	(1)
Rifles	102	(9)
Shotguns	111	(3)
Handguns	114	(7)
Unusual Weapons	121	(2)
Sources and Further Reading	123	(1)
The Mythos Collector	124	(12)
Book of Iod	124	(1)
Chronike von Nath	125	(1)
Confessions of the Mad Monk Clithanus	125	(1)
Letters of Nestar	126	(1)
The Nyhargo Codex	127	(1)
Soul of Chaos	127	(1)
Testament of Carnamagos	128	(1)
The Tunneler Below	129	(1)
Visions from Yaddith	129	(1)
Von denen Verdammten	130	(1)
New Spells	130	(2)
New Creatures	132	(4)
Mythos ex Machina	136	(12)
Deep Ones	136	(2)
Elder Things	138	(1)
Great Race	138	(1)
Humans	138	(5)
Hyperborean Humans	143	(1)
Mi-go	143	(1)
Serpent People	144	(1)
Shaggai, Insects from	145	(1)
Yith, Great Race of	145	(3)
Deep One Diary	148	(13)
Deep One Reproduction	161	(3)
Frogtalk: Modelling the Biology of the Innsmouth Taint	161	(1)
Frogtalk Commentary	162	(2)
Index	164