Secrets (Call of Cthulhu)

Secrets is a modern-day scenario supplement for the Call of Cthulhu horror roleplaying game, published by Chaosium in 1997. Written by Brian M. Sammons, it features artwork by Paul Carrick and maps by Drashi Khendup. Lynn Willis and Shannon Appel were also involved in the book's production Secrets, p2 credits, Chaosium (1997).
==Overview==
The book contains four stand-alone scenarios designed to be plated over the course of a single session. All necessary handouts are included but, unusually, no pre-generated investigator characters.
==Contents==
*"Closed Casket": Robert Monroe-Tyler has just discovered that he is a ghoul, and fakes his own death to disappear and be with his people. When his casket is found to be filled with bricks, his distraught adoptive mother entreats the investigators to find out what became of him.
*"A Love in Need": the investigators stumble across a boarding house whose owners are killing their tenants in a ritual designed to save their disease-stricken son.
*"The Unsealed Room": when a bumbling occult investigator accidentally releases an imprisoned star vampire, its predations are mistaken by all involved for a vampire from folklore.
*"A Cult of One": when an ancient priest of Nyarlathotep has his organs implanted into unsuspecting donors to extend his life, the investigators must race to prevent the possessed victims from uniting and unleashing the evil magician's full power.
==Trivia==
*The credits page states that "Paul Carrick's cover illustration for Secrets depicts the idea of secrets, not a particular scenario incident or situation"; however, every scenario includes an instance of a painting depicting a woman suspended over a swamp, though these pieces bear no relation to the story at hand.
*"A Love in Need" features an elixir which allows those who imbibe it to travel through the interstellar void on the back of a Byakhee. Referred to as "space mead" in the story, it would appear to be based on the Golden Mead created by August Derleth for his Trail of Cthulhu series.
*In a comment posted on review aggregate site Goodreads, author Brian M. Sammons stated that Secrets was the "first thing I ever wrote (other than reviews and some columns) to be published" Secrets at Goodreads.
==Gallery==
Secrets (Call of Cthulhu) back.jpeg|Back cover
==References==
Category:Brian M. Sammons works
Category:Call of Cthulhu (real world)
Category:Chaosium
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
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Category:Roleplaying Games
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