A man, dressed in blue collar working clothes, walks slowly in the twilight – after a long day’s toil, through the semi constructed skeleton of a steel framed building. This site is large and slated to be a hub of technological advancement when completed. All this washes over him as he trudges wearily through numerous puddles from the recent rain, thinking only of taking the load off his feat and removing his boots in front of a modest fire. If he were not so weary, he may have noticed the strange skittering sounds coming from his left, amongst crates and stacks of building materials, ready to be used by tomorrow’s shift.

He wipes his calloused hands against his stained dark blue overalls, then turning his collar up against the misty rain, he makes towards the river end of the site, completely missing the slim shadowy figure lurking there.

Too late, he realises he’s not alone, as the chittering sound raises to a crescendo, almost deafening him, while a shadowy arm slices through the twilight and the innocent man’s body. Were anyone else there to witness the incident, they would have heard the gurgling, guttural cries of the man, echoing into the night until there was eventually silence, broken only by the rain, pooling in puddles.

The Brood is the first in a series of assignments for a new circle (Assignment 1 in the Etherium Arc).

The module is available on Drivethru RPG (pay what you want) here:

https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/472063/The-Brood-Candela-Obscura

We're sorry we can't bring you the latest instalment of the Blackthorne Bridge Club: Dummy Hand - our recording equipment was playing up and when we cut the first episode, it sounded terrible and difficult to hear - so we won't be posting that scenario up here :(

We will however provide the link to the scenario if you wish to run it yourself - enjoy!

We will be back with our last in this series soon.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XmqzlmkIlHHPZ2sG5YW_u08oMt1LRbnP/view?usp=share_link

Join us for the final episode in this scenario. We open with the investigators considering an invitation from a mysterious person to meet them on the football field at 9pm that night.

As with the other episodes in this scenario - we acknowledge Win Janssen's jazz music (available via Audio.com) as the fantastic background music.

Also - as with all our scenarios - the module is available here - via a link to Google Docs:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13gcfRASWAzqPUtn0P-UPaNMDFVMXPZdr/view?usp=share_link

Enjoy!

We pick up our story with Detective Paul Lancel investigating the university grounds at night!

Our 4 investigators help the police chief by taking an out-of-town assignment that seems to have parallels to their previous experience. Can they solve the mystery before things escalate?

First episode of 3 - more coming next week.

Our 4 intrepid investigators bring the strange events at the asylum and museum to a close and face a terrible moral dilemma. Enjoy.

As always, this is the last episode in the chapter and we provide the scenario for those interested to review / run it themselves. See the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/122KLpfHCdVAOCl_eYjID2Fpl6uhm75W_/view?usp=share_link

Our investigators start once again at the museum with the discovery of another theft. They discover a strange grandfather clock at the asylum and learn of the death of Dr Knight's wife 7 years ago. We close out with Aunt Jess investigating a bad smell coming from the morgue ...

Our 4 investigators are drawn into another mystery by the new NYPD station chief. Will their experiences of the last year help or hinder them? Will further mysteries of the universe be exposed?

Enjoy.