Dateline Lovecraft EXTRA!: Smoke Green (Un-Statted)
"Everyone loves Arkham's new brand of green-smoking cigarettes. Some even claim they bring good luck to all who smoke them. But is there something more hideous lurking behind the emerald wisps of Reinhart smoke?"
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EXTRA! "Smoke Green" is a short investigative scenario of Cthulhu Mythos horror¸ set entirely in H.P. Lovecraft's fictional town of Arkham. It is not a self-contained scenario¸ but rather an add-on to the newspaper-based resource¸ Dateline: Lovecraft¸ Issue #1. To make full use of this PDF you will need to own a copy of that product.
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When millionaire industrialist Reinhart Laine picked Arkham to be the site of his grand new Tobacco Rolling Factory¸ few could have predicted the rapid good fortune that his new "Reinhart Cigarettes" would achieve. In a short time¸ not only were many Arkhamites smoking the new brand of cigarettes - distinguished by their unique green-tinged smoke - but so too were many people in Boston¸ and cities further afield. The green-smoking cigarettes soon came to be associated with good luck¸ whether as a result of successful advertising or through anecdotal tales of lucky events befalling Reinhart smokers. The new factory¸ too¸ has attracted a great deal of attention¸ drawing visits from influential industrial moguls and politicians alike.
But all is not well at Reinhart Tobacco. When company president Reinhart Laine is found dead in his luxury high-rise office¸ the Investigators are charged with discreetly looking into the matter. Who could have wanted the wealthy tycoon dead? Were his political affiliations in the bitter race for Arkham's next Mayor somehow a factor in his death? Or is the closely held "secret recipe" for Reinhart Cigarettes' distinctive green-smoking tobacco something that a rival company might be willing to kill to find out? Diving into this smoke-filled mystery might just leave the Investigators with questions about who really wields power in the sinuous town of Arkham … and what lengths others would go to to get it.
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Dateline Lovecraft EXTRA!s are small supplemental PDFs which provide resources to help Game Moderators use the Dateline: Lovecraft period newspaper product as a centerpiece to their roleplaying games of investigative horror. Each includes a selection of game-related elements which can either be used collectively as a scenario relating to the core newspaper prop¸ or can be used in isolation to provide pieces that enhance a scenario of your own invention.
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To make best use of this material¸ you will need to own a copy of the Dateline: Lovecraft¸ Issue #1 product¸ also published by Cthulhu Reborn. All profits from the sale of Dateline: Lovecraft are reinvested to fund the writing¸ illustration¸ editing¸ and layout of further free supplements like this PDF.