Upon returning to Tibet the keeper should feel free to use or discard any of the following suggestions for additional encounters. The dif- ficulty should be adjusted by how challenging the players found the scenario up to this point. • Have their path blocked by a number of
armed bandits who demand that they turn over any treasure that they are carrying. • The investigators encounter a cable bridge
that requires somebody to pull them across. It may be difficult for them to find whoever is responsible for its maintenance and, when they do, the Tibetan locals demand a toll. Depending on the size of the party, the pro- cess of crossing could take a few hours to an entire day. Bear in mind that this will divide the party into the group that has crossed, the group that is waiting to cross and the individual who is in transit. This would be a good time for the Emerald Monks to attack. • Mendicant monk pilgrims on their way to
Lhasa stop the group to offer them bless- ings and prophecies. The monks will expect some form of payment for their service in either the form of food or an invitation to share a camp for the night. During the night one or more of the monks may attempt to steal from the investigators. This latter ac- tion will be by stealth and not by violence.
• A storm blows in and it appears that a vital mountain pass ahead of the group may be blocked if the group does not leave behind non-essential goods and press on as quick- ly as they can. This may leave them short on either food or shelter for the remainder of their journey, or they can settle in to the one spot and wait out the bad weather for 1D4+3 days.
• The group begins to pass by a wall of mani stones and may notice that painted on some of them are horrible Tibetan demon faces. The stones themselves are remarkable and valuable looking pieces of ancient artwork. Some of the investigators may wish to take these as artifacts. If these stones are exam- ined closely, each one has miniscule Tibet- an text carved around the image. A success- ful Tibetan language roll reveals that the stones are intended to bind demons to this spot effectively turning it into Genius Loci. By removing the stone the demon will fol- low the person who is in possession of the stone. The demon will cause all manner of mischief for the unfortunate who took the stone, perhaps causing a streak of bad luck or worse. The level of malevolence is left to the keeper to decide and will only stop if the stone is returned or somehow destroyed by a suitable ritual and sacrifice. Such events could lead to another adventure if the keep- er wishes to introduce this element into their game.
Gug, Unclean Giant
STR 240 CON 150 SIZ 285 INT 65 POW 60 DEX 55 Build +6 Move 10 HP 43
Damage Bonus: +6D6
Attacks: 1 (bite, claw or stomp)
Fighting 60% (30/12), damage 1D6 + 6D6 Dodge 27% (13/5)
Dreaming of the River of Night - Secrets of Tibet
Spells: None
Sanity Loss: 0/1D8 Sanity points to see a gug. Sample Emerald Monks
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 STR 65 50 50 40 55 CON 40 50 45 65 70 SIZ 75 70 65 75 65 INT 90 60 65 60 45 POW 60 45 70 65 60 DEX 50 80 60 75 80 APP 75 85 80 60 65 EDU 60 70 55 65 70 SAN 0 0 0 0 0 HP 12 12 11 14 14 Build DB 1 +1D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Attacks: 1 Brawl 60% (30/12), damage 1D3 + db or by weapon (large knife, club, or sword)
Dodge 40% (20/8)
Spells: Keeper’s choice, with each monk know-
ing 1D4 defensive and offensive spells.
The Emerald Monks are mainly based in north- ern Burma and northwestern Laos, but travel throughout Asia to further their cult goals.
Aftermath
Killing or avoiding the gug +1D8 Sanity. Each Emerald Monk killed +1D3 Sanity.
Returning home to the Waking World +1D4 Sanity.
Introduction
This scenario is set in a small village and mon- astery in the vicinity of a mi-go mining out- post. The villagers have all been experimented on by the mi-go to serve as an early warning and monitoring system.
A recent earthquake has damaged some of the equipment at the outpost and the mi-go are not yet aware of that fact. The transmitter that sends messages to the villagers is stuck on a command, which relays as detain and/ or kill any trespassers.
Some travelers heading through the area have disappeared and the investigators have been asked to investigate by the relative of a miss- ing merchant. This scenario will work best if most of the investigators are Tibetans, how- ever a small group of non-Tibetans, or trav- elers from China would be suitable if accom- panied by a few Tibetan NPC’s.
The goal of the investigators should be to journey to the village, find out what is wrong, talk to the Lama at the monastery and then travel up the mountain to the mi-go complex, and shut down the machinery.
Keeper Information
The initial appearance of the village will be one of a perfectly functioning, small Tibetan com- munity. There is a small monastery on a hilltop nearby that had become aware there was some- thing wrong in the village, and has sent out messengers that all seem to have disappeared. Lately they have sent out a few of the remaining
monks in the daytime to spy on the village, who have returned stating that many of the missing monks are in the village.
The village sits astride a small trail that leads up to a seldom used mountain pass, beyond which is an uninhabited wilderness area. There is a small mi-go outpost up there that has automated mining equipment and the occa- sional visiting mi-go work party. The mi-go had grown wary of the villagers spotting them flying at night and so took steps recently to overcome the villagers with gas and operate on their brains to make them automatons.
There are approximately one hundred villag- ers whose numbers now include approximate- ly twelve monks, who have been intercepted by the mi-go, operated on and released. With the changes made to their bodies, the villag- ers no longer have to sleep or eat.
Everybody in the village is very calm; they do not get excited, angry or sad. When interacting with visitors they will be pleasant, telling them there is no place for them to stay, and politely refusing to sell any of their goods.
The nearby monastery only has the remain- ing head Lama and three elderly monks. They have been spending the last few weeks bar- ricading the monastery, and at sunset, they hide in a secret room near the library. It is only a matter of time before the mi-go either force their way in at night, or command the villagers to drag the remaining monks from the building. The monks are calmly prepared to face death, if they must, and their great- est concern is to prevent the villagers from