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Title  Invasive Procedures
Author  Gareth Hanrahan
Book Type  Adventure
Rank: [ 60 / 5958 ]
Genre  Horror / Cthulhu
Setting  Generic
Place: hospitals

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Game Summary

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The kids all say Our Lady’s Hospital is haunted. You can see why, when you look at it, that big gloomy pile of staring windows and rusting beds. They should have torn the place down years ago, instead of letting it linger on like this. I’d hate to be a patient there. They send you there to die.

You are a patient in an old, rambling hospital. Part of it is shut down, part of it lies in decay. The equipment is out of date, the staff are unmotivated and the whole place reeks of disinfectant, death and seventy years of despair. The hospital has ghosts and spirits walking the halls but they are the least of your worries. You should be afraid of what comes out at night. You should be afraid of what makes the ghosts flee.

Dr Drake, the resident surgeon is a genius and like all genuises, he has his secrets, his obsessions and his madness. One such obsession has taken root in the hospital. You can’t stop it, all you can do is try to get out alive.

Invasive Procedures is the new Fear Itself adventure from Gareth Hanrahan, author of Arkham Detective Tales, three Skulduggery settings and the forthcoming Brief Cases: Three Adventures for Mutant City Blues.

Invasive Procedures includes an extract from The Book of Unremitting Horror.

Invasive Procedures now includes conversion information so you can run this adventure with the Trail of Cthulhu system.

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Notes on Editions
There are 2 editions of Invasive Procedures. Click on an individual title, below, for more information on that edition.

Game Editions

# Title System Publisher Released Stock Status
1 Invasive Procedures PDFGUMSHOE 1Pelgrane Press 2011 09D ---
2 Invasive ProceduresGUMSHOE 1Pelgrane Press 2012 09 ---

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5 + 5kafka. This scenario is a dual scenario that may referenced in either Fear Itself or Trail of Cthulhu. The adventure is very tight, streamlined and very conducive to the horror setting of Fear Itself. The setting is that of decaying County Hospital with all the usual horror clichés which masquerades the true horror leaking in from The Beyond. The players play patients recovering from surgery at the said facility. Action is balanced with investigation with the emphasis upon the latter, as per the purpose of Gumshoe. Clues are nicely spread out in a sandbox fashion for the players to discover the true horror. Ample red herrings have been created to lead the characters from not discovering the mystery too early. Nevertheless, as with the problem with all sandbox play, it does require a Keeper/GM to remain vigilant and have the players keep their eye on the prize of solving the mystery, as opposed to merely escaping the horror. Gareth has written a fantastic scenario filled with anxiety and genuine horror. Jérôme keeps up the excellent work referenced in earlier Pelgrane products and delivers the chills and thrills in a visual feast for the eyes.

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