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Alone Against

EWENDIG

Solitaire Adventure in Canada's Wilds

H.P. LovecrQ[t

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Introduction

Alone Againsl The Wendigo is a Coli ofClhulhll adventure

designed to be played by a single person. In it , you the

player assume the identity of L.C. Nadelmann, Ph.D .. an

anthropologist tenured at Miskatonic V" who goes to sur·

vey an unknown region in Canada's Northwest Territory .

As Or. Nadeimann, you have the help of Charlie Fox-

tail, a local Indian guide, and of Bernard , Sylvia, and

Norman, your best graduate students from Miskatonic U.

Fittingly for devotees of HP. Lovecraft. the adven-

tures along the North Hanninah 3re guaranteed to be hi-

zaare,dangerou5,and mind~attering. Your victory, should

you survive, is determined by the number of Hanninah

Mythos points which you can accumulate and return with

to civilization.

Should your fITsl Nadelmann succumb, then you may

begin play again. There are many different outcomes, and

many different adventures. Each time you begin anew,

you may re-aUocate Dr . Nadelmann's skill points. Your

knowledge of the hazards ahead therefore improves, of

course, but mere knowledge and skills are sometimes little

help against the forces of darkness. You'll need courage,

100, to go alone againsl the wendigo.

Two modified investigator sheets, with mark-offs for

Hanninah Mythos points, fold out from this book, as does

the page display for the player companions. If you are

lilceJy to send out waves of Nadelmanns. then photocopy

the original investigator sheets to keep your work surface

fresh (and the relative success of the Nadelmanns visible

for comparison).

A skills worksheet appears near this paragraph. Some

Calf of Cthulhu skills are unused in this adventure. Of the

390 points which you may allol, at least 40 points must

go to Anthropology . The rest can be distributed as you

wish among the skills in the workspace, except that you

may take no initial Cthulhu Mythos . The skills listed are

lhe only ones useful in this adventure. No skill points may

be saved for later allocation -

all must be spent now.

SKILLS WORKSPACE

Sa"

~rcetlriltls

Ch_

Allotrttd

Skill

Fin.! Skill "

•

AnthrOPOlogv

00%

•

Boatin!iJ 0

'0%

"'" •

Climb

Clhulhu Mylho$

00.

•

Debele

'0%

•

32%

Oodgo

•

FirS! Aid

30%

•

00%

GeolOVV

•

Hide

'0%

•

Linen

25"

'0' •

Make MapS

•

PiCk Pockel

05%

00. •

Plvchoanalysis

0.. •

PIVchology

HOW TO PLAY

Dr . Nadelmann

As you desire, Dr. Nadelmann either may be male (Law.

renee Christian) or female (Laura Christine). The charac-

teristics vary slightly between the sexes.

Regardless of sex,you are the youngest PhD. to be ten -

ured at Miskatonic University, in Arkham , Massachusetts .

You are :I rising SUr in the new field of cultural anthropo-

logy , and even your EUropean counterparts are impressed

by your cascade of learned articles. Your classes are always

full, your students idolize you. your field trips are always

successful, and your theories are exciting. Previous expedi·

tions have been just sensational enough to draw the favor·

able attention ot.the pre~ to the university in general, and

to the department of anthropology in particular. Large

private endowments for your specialty are rumored in

preparation . Your department head and collegiate admin-

istrators often invite you to dinner.

Decide whether you are male or female . Your personal

characteristics are given on the co rrect investigator sheet.

•

Souk

10%

•

Swim

25%

•

Track

'0%

•

Woodcraft 0

'0%

WIIaponJ 00

•

HUnlin!iJ Rille

'0'

25' •

Fighling Knife

•

Club

25.

•

20%

Hatenel

•

50%

Pundl

•

HlNld BUll

'0%

•

25%

Grapple

25. •

Kick

390 10lal

o non .rule$book ,kin,

BOATING: charactars u. Boetill9lor rafls. eenQfl. rO~t$. and

IITI8I1 motorboetl - not for ..iling craft. If a ctaft il eontrolllKl by

more than one per$On. ala'arge c:enoe might be. each character in

the boat must receive a lutee"ful Boating roll during a crilis. In

thil .dventure, all of your party travels in one cr.ft.

WOODCAAFT: • skill unique to this .dventure. It represents the

ability to travel In hNvy forests without becoming 10lil, 10 make

fires, Ind to find food, Wlter ,and shelter .

•• weapons do dlmege II given in Cell of erhu/hu. A rifle mev be

used II a dub, at thl chlrlcter', Club ,kill percentage. A real club

een be carried by any character who does not have a rifle. The

dub must be dropped If the character figh" with eny other weap-

on . An unarmed ch.rlleter In any round of combat may snatch up

I piece 01 wood 8$ a clUb 11 he receives a lucceuful Luck roU .

As Nadelmann , you may always attempt First Aid on

yourse lf. Player companions may use First Aid only if

they are not themselves in need of it. If a character at-

tempts First Aid and fails, another character may attempt

to help the same injured party .

Player companions may help Dr . Nadelmann in melee

combat. Allot hits on your side as evenly as possible,

though Dr . Nadelmann (stalwart to the end) may elect to

take more. If possible, a player com panion's hit points

must not be reduced to fewer than two . If such a redu c-

tion becomes necessary , and if the paragraph does not give

the option of a player-companion's death , he is assumed

to have fainted at the level of two hit points and survives

if Nadelmann survives the fight.

Player Companions

In many paragraphs of this adventure, one or more com·

panions accompany Dr. Nadelmann, as follows:

Bernard Epstein (New York City), grad student

Norman Falkner (Afkham), grad student

Sylvia Davison (Boston), grad student

Charlie Foxtail (Ft. McDonald), Indian guide

Preparing For Play

Prior to starting play, you may want to refresh yourself

with certain sections of the second edition rules for Call

ofCrhulhu.

Simple Percentile Rolls ,p. 14

Resistance Table Rolls, p. 14

Taking Damage , p. 16

Shock,p.16

Drowning, p. 16

Combat Skills , p. 17

Fighting, p. 17

The Impal~, p. 17

Using Melee Weapons, pp. 17·19

Firearms, pp. 19 -20

Using SAN , p. 26

Shock and Temporary Loss, pp. 26-27

Indefinite Insanity , p. 28

The Value of Insanity , p. 28

Defeating Monsters, pp. 28·30

Stati.tic

"mont

Sylvl.

ChITIN

SS%

00%

00_

"'0

40%

SO%

00%

"'%

70%

'0%

OS_

00%

OS.

8S%

SO.

"'.

NOITTI.n

STA

CON

51Z

'NT

POW

OEX

SAN

Hit Poinll

Luck Aoll

70%

7S~

, ..

Anthropology

40%

'S%

30~

40%

BoIItlng

30%

Cthulhu Mythos

000

00%

OO~

4S%

Climb

600

SOO

26%

00d00

'4%

FIrs! Aid

300

3..

3S%

...

Healing Time

Certain paragraphs represent significant amounts of passed

time - time in which characters can heal. At such points ,

the entry number is followed by a prefacing sentence

"Healing Time: add 1 hit pOint each to yourself and to any

companions if you need healing." When you reach such an

entry. each living character whose hit point total is less

than individual maximum has I hit point added to his

curren t total before the other action of that entry occurs.

G&ology

200

, ..

'S%

4S0

40%

Hide

3S%

300

SO%

Listen

3S%

Make Maps

'0_

'00

Pick Pocket

OS%

0 ..

00_

Plychoanalysil

000

00%

, ..

Plychology

OS%

05%

'S'

30%

SO%

40%

SoNk

Swim

40%

3S%

40'

TllIck

'00

'0%

, ..

20_

Woodcraft

8S%

'00

'0%

Swimming and Drowning

Often a set number of successful Swim rolls are ne cessary

for a character to rea ch wety. If a Swim roU is failed ,

start CON roUs in a descending series (CON x 10 , CON x

9, CON x 8, etc.). Once a CON roll is failed , immediately

take drowning damage that round and each round there·

after until the character reaches safety or drowns.

Once drowning damage starU, no further CON rolls are

made, but con tinue the Swim rolls. When drowning dam-

age exceeds hit points, the character dies.

, ..

70_

Hunting Aifle

,S.

SOO

30_

(206+3 damage)

Fi;hting Knlfl

30_

3S%

8..

1104+21

Club 11 DB)

25%

SO%

")%

7S%

30%

SO%

Hatchat 1106+1)

20%

Punch 11 03)

SS%

60%

SO%

,S%

He&d Butt (104)

'0%

'0'

KIck (106)

30_

,S'

Unless otherwise stated and only if the companion is pre-

sent and not asleep, you may substitute a player compan-

ion's skill for a particular roll required of Dr . Nadelmann.

For ~xample, if the group is walking along, and a [jsten

skill roll is called for, that skill roll may be attempted by

Nadelmann, or by anyone of Nadelmann's companions

(player's choic~). The roll can be attempted only once,

not once per character.

Physical Shock

If Dr. Nadelmann suffers from shock due to injury (p. 16,

Call of Cthullru second edition), she is assumed to have

fainted and to be left alone for dead, unless otherwise

stated. When this happens , go to entry 191 .

SAN. And , unlike any other skill, Hanninah Mythos may

exceed 100 -

Menwl Shock

Mental mock is also known as temporary insanity (p. 26,

Qzli 0/ Cfhllihu second edition). If this occurs, you are

assumed 10 have run orr in a mindless frenzy , and then to

have fallen down exhausted.

When Mental Shock (temporary insanity) slrikes, go to

entry 39. Mental shock can pay unexpected dividends, for

the victim can gain irrational insight into the

Cthulhu Mythos. For the first onset of mch shock, add

5 percentiles to your Cthulhu Mythos skill, and 10 points

to your Hanninah Mythos skill total. For each subsequent

onset, add I percentile to Cthulhu Mythos, and two per-

centiles to Hanninah Mythos.

there is no necessary upper limit to Hanni -

nah Mythos.

You want to return to civilization bearing as much

infonnation as possible to the incredulous world . If any·

thing happens to damage your credibility (criminal acts,

insanity , academic incompetence), your liM total will be

reduced.

Wh ile you are in Ft . McDonald or other civilized

points, your liM total does not increase as you go from

entry to ent ry, but it will if you return to the perils of the

North Hanninah.

Should you die, your total accumulated HM is divided

by 5 (round fractions up to the nearest percentile). The

remainder represents the possibility that a future investi-

gator finds your journal and uses it effectively.

Indefinite Inunity

At all COSIS try to avoid Ind efinite In sanity. It is unlikely

Dr . Nade lmann ca n go mad in the wilderness and still sur·

vive to receive the necessary professional help . If this dis·

aster occurs , always go to entry ....364.

lEVELS OF VICTORY

HMstTHEEND

30 or less liM

31·60 HM

61·90 HM

91· 120 HM

121+ HM

Meaning

failure

limited success

modest success

substantial success

stunning success

Permanent Inunity

It is all too possible for Dr . Nadelmann's SAN to drop to

zero. If it does. being mad and lost in the Big Woods

promises only death or worse. This supercedes lndeflllite

Insanity . When Pemlanent Insanity strikes, go to 550.

Optionallnve,tigator,

If you prefer, you can use an investigator of your own

rather than Dr. Nadelmann, keeping a HM running tally

on sc ral ch paper. nus adventure can be a true test of his

or her mellie, and any investigator daring the hazards

should be allowed to reap any benefits of the experience.

Previ ously-held Cthulhu MYlhos points are not turned

into liM points; new Cthulhu Mythos gained during the

cour~ of the adventure does add liM points. When the

investigator leaves this adventure, he retains hi s Hanninah

Mythos , though outside this adventure its only real use is

to signal that your investigator has been alone against the

Wendigo. He ca n enter 10 percentiles of Woodcraft , and

relain that skill if later keepers allow.

If your in vestiga tor packs potent magic spell s, strive to

preserve Ihe sp irit of the ga lli e both in their castings and

in their effects.

THE OBJECT OF THE GAME

In Alone Against The Wendigo , you strive to gain as much

infonnation as possible about the secrets of the North

Hanninah . Two types of knowledge are possible - Cthul·

hu Mythos points and Hannlnah Mythos (HM) points.

For each entry which you leave with Nade lmann still

alive. mark down the number of Hanninah Mythos POUliS

indicated at the end of the entry - I HM , 3 HM , II HM .

etc. Entries which take place in the outer world , beyond

the North Hanninah , bestow no HM . Most entries grant

I HM . Some entries may grant both Cthulhu Mythos and

Hanninah Mythos points; do not co nfuse them . Remem-

be r 10 lower SAN when gaining Ct hulhu Mythos.

Unlike Ct hulhu Mythos know le dge, knowing the Han·

ninah My th os does not directly affeci any character's

Format

Simiitlr blockl tift! found to the outsidt ~

Etlch ~n"y b«n tI cons«Ufi~~ num~'. from I 10 654.

)fti1lint time' is tI/Wllyl nOIM til Ih~ front of Ihe UXI .

ofmolt entry pagel. Tht num~" show l:!I

which Nquenu ofone hundrM concfudu

Healing rune~ Idd I lut POl/lt each to

younetf Ind to any comparuon if you need /' Entry uxt mtly be

he.li", Your ~rty pKk5 Ind falls in ~hl/ld you. The

one or trIII"y

peaks of the Rim Mountains loom Ul the direction of

ptlrtZgrtlplll.

tI PIll~ /·99 is 0, 100-199 il I, 200-299 is 2,

rind so on.

your objecth~. You .dYllnce under the Sllril18 eyes of

frosl<ll"ied hoodoos , under Ihe lemples, bullreues, and

'Go to' tells th~ num~r 0/ Ih~ n~'" tntry to M.Yridr you

steeplel of the weathered pe.ks. The slrange m.IIjesty of

thell dtapes ploduc:es le~renlJ..1 awe in your companiOlUYshoUId p~ud. Som~IImts you rift! dueCfM. IOm~tim~s }-OU

If thelle .ncltnl mount'lIIlare I temple to forgolten gods.

may (hoo$(', sometimes)'Ou mUll rof! to IUcullfully u,.. tI

you can onty hope that they do nol Judge your Irespul IS

pa"icultlr !kill. tlnd somtlfmeJ }-OU mUll rolf for tI rondom

• bllsphemy.

r~lUlt. Prtadlll& tlnd followint dtZshts tllWtJYI identify

SUcceN In I USlen and 10 to -84-: fail andgo 10 - 85 -.

'Go fO' numMrs.

(ISS,I64.409.604)

IltM _____

ImmedlDtely rldd th~ strlted rlmount ofpoin/J to your totlll on

TrtlU numMrs hrdictltt the numbers ofen lrief

the fnl'elligator mut. A ft'''' ~ntritl lront no points. A few entries

from which you could hrl~'e r:omt! in order to

K'rlnt Cthufhu Mythos "oinll tiS M.-~II -

be II lre to rldd thtm on tht

leI 10 this ~ntry. Th~re mrly be one or mtl"y.

in~eltigrltor shut, tlnd 10 sub lrrlel ~qfjtll SAN polntl. Hrlnnintlh

To trrlCt tI roll/e. p~/leil out /rrlU nfjmb~" rlS you pltly.

Mythol poinlJ do nOI tlff~cl SllI/ily.

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