The Reanimator conversionOne of my projects is to write the famous H.P. Lovecraft's tale The Reanimator into a Masque of the Red Death adventure. I have plenty of the adventure structure and scenes ready, but I would like some outside criticism and help in finishing the job. The original plot from the novel has been reduced into a smaller time scale and slightly altered also. Names mimic the original names in the story. There are some newspaper articles that I may not quite yet post here since I have to check some copyright / fair use issues, but I look forward to posting them soon.

I also hope you understand my format of the adventure.

The Plague Demon scrapbookLocations, people Herman Weston, the Reanimator Allen Whiteapple, Hermans assistant UCL University College Medical School, Gower street. Dr. Alan Hasley, (Dean of UCL, Christ Church receiving tomb) Chapham Farmhouse, Ashbury Ethan Hoss, worker, died by drowning. Body from Cross Church Cemetery. Tower Hamlets Cemetery (London NE) Gas, Light & Coke Company (London NE) Kid OBrien, Irish boxer Buck Robinson, negro boxer Robert Leavitt of St. Louis, tradesman, on his way from Royal Naval School Royal Naval School (New Cross, London SE) East London Waterworks Company (Defiled pumping station)

News articles1. Chapham Farmhouse burned down. Ethan Hosss grave disturbed.2. Typhoid spreading in London.3. The number of typhoid stricken grows, doctors pressed into civic duty.4. Alan Hasley the Hero. ELWC claim Leyton Marshes (has pumps in Finsbury (N River Waterworks))5. Typhoid abates.6. Dr. Hasley dies.7. Receiving tomb watchman brutally murdered8. The Plague Demon9. The Plague Demon escapes

Witness interviews1. William Stern, fire fighter, Chapham farmhouse2. Dianne Arlington, proprietor of Petticoat Lane Hostel, Weston assault3. Richard Burnham, UCL janitor, unauthorized use of the incinerator4. Vernon Hardman, GLC Company foreman, Buck Robinson disappearance5. Andreas Capernecci, near GLC Company, missing child

6. Allen Whiteapple, confession?7. Various, Plague Demon8. UCL staff9. Westons journal10. Asylum gatekeepers testimony

Police reports1. Det. Robert Dawson, Chapham, arson2. Det. Thomas McMillan, Weston assault3. Sgt. Masterson, Plague Demon4. Sgt. Masterson, Plague Demon capture5. Const. Harper, 6 shots at GLC Company

Miscellaneous cluesBodies have been brought to UCL from Middlesex Hospital with documents bearing forged signature of the Dean.All experiment subjects were un-embalmed.

Plot draft

(Here, bold parts represent scenes that interact with the party. Normal text represents events "behind the curtains")1. Weston experiments with animals only2. Weston requests and is denied for human corpses3. Chapham Farmhouse base established4. 2 failed experiments at Chapham5. 1st successful experiment at Chapham6. Chapham burns down. (News article 1)7. Weston & Whiteapple graduate. Gas, Light & Coke Company base established.8. Typhoid breakout. (News articles 2 & 3) Note: During the typhoid break-out, the characters could volunteer for public service or to investigate the cause.9. Failed experiment at UCL. Hasley praised. (News article 4)10. Typhoid abates. (News article 5)11. Hasley dies and is reanimated by Weston at Petticoat Lane Hostel. (News article 6)12. The policeman cometh. (News article 7 + 8)13. The Plague Daemon captured, locked up Sleeping Water Sanitarium.14. Investigations A + Chapham (Witness report 2, Police report 2 & 1)15. Successful experiment at GLC Company base.16. Six gunshots at GLC Company.17. Weston & Whiteapple relocate to New Cross, London SE.18. Investigations B. (Witness Reports 3 & 4 & 5, Police report 6)19. Weston captures salesman, kills and reanimates him. Whiteapple leaves Weston.20. Weston enlists to Royal Naval School. Whiteapple is captured (Witness interview 9)21. Successful experiment at RNS, lab destroyed by explosion. Navy reports Weston

dead.22. The Plague Daemon escapes (News article 9)23. The second hunt24.

Plot details

12. The policeman comethEvents Detective David ONeill pays a visit to the heroes. He asks for help in solving grotesque murders that seem to have a beastly nature. Party investigates victims houses. Party visits the local morgue.Objectives Learn that the victims have been eaten. Learn that some victims were already dead when eaten. Learn the locations of the murders.Reports The Morning Post (News article 6) Daily Telegraph Extra (News article 8)

13. The Hunt for the Plague DemonEvents Party forms a plan to kill or capture the Plague Demon. The beginningo Howling, screams, gunshots, victimso Telephone net tightens The Chaseo PD spotted in a houseo PD escapes from the partyo Fast chase along the streets and rooftopso PD demonstrates great fortitude and resilience The Captureo PD is ambushed or corneredo PD attacks the partyo PD is incapacitated and imprisoned The Plague Demon is transported into Sleeping Water Sanitarium The Plague Demon is examinedObjectives Work with the players to form a solid, cunning plan Give a good, fast chase emphasizing brutality and agility Give a challenging fight, emphasize horror Toy with the idea of all plague victims rising from graves

14. Investigations AEvents

Party investigates the Christ Church receiving tomb. Party investigates the Petticoat Lane Hostel. Party investigates the Chapham FarmhouseObjectives Party finds Hasleys receiving tomb empty. Party learns the surprising identity of the Plague Demon. Party learns the names of Herman Weston and Allan Whiteapple. Party should not suspect them as culprits, but as victims. Party learns of lab equipment in Westons room. Party learns their use as research for typhoid cure. Party finds numerous animal corpses buried in the yard of Chapham Party finds 2 human corpses buried in the secret basement of Chapham Party learns the proximity of Cross Church CemeteryReports The Morning Post (News article 7) Witness report 2 (Hostel proprietor)o Weston & Whiteapple came around 2am with a 3rd man in between themo Claimed they had dined and wined rather wello Awoke around 4.30am to fighting noises and roarso Weston & Whiteapple were found assaulted and taken to hospital by carriage Police report 2 (Weston assault)o Victims had received harsh violence and cutso Room window and partly the frames had shatteredo Room contained laboratory equipment, research for typhoid cureo 3rd mans identity is unknown Police report 1 (arson, Chapham)o Two men, not living in the area, were sometimes seen near the farmhouseo Tracks & footprints indicating recent use or visitationso No reason for a fire to start on its own

16. Investigation B (Six gunshots at Gas, Light and Coke Company)Events ONeill and the heroes are tasked to investigate another alarming death of a child at GLC Company Party finds the monster Robinson and the remains of an eaten child Party interviews the Italians (Andreas Capernecci) Party interviews GLC workers and foremen Party investigates the physicians residence Likely: Party will investigate nearby woods Likely: Weston and Whiteapple become Wanted Party interviews UCL staffObjectives Party learns that Weston and Whiteapple are GLC doctors Party learns that they have disappeared Party learns of an illegal boxing fight and that Robinson was handed to the doctors.

Party finds 4 human corpses from the residence basement Party finds lab equipment similar to those in Petticoat Lane Hostel, registered to UCL Likely: Party finds an empty, shallow grave Party learns of Westons goals and his requests for corpses at UCLReports Police report 5 (duty constable at GLC, James Harper)o Malformed human found shot (6 shot wounds) at the doorstep of the company physicianso The creature had been eating a human child (unchewed hand protruding from its mouth)o The physicians, Dr. Weston and Dr. Whiteapple were absento 1 factory worker, Buck Robinson, failed to turn up for worko A shallow, unearthed grave found in the nearby woodso One child missing, childs mother dead from heart attack Witness interview 5 (Andreas Capernecci)o His son, Maximillian Capernecci (5yo), left home in the morning, failed to turn upfor dinnero Had run away beforeo His wife, Rosa went hysteric and died of a heart attacko Weston, who was fetched to save Rosa, failed to do so.o Andreas tried to kill Weston but was held by his friends Witness interview 4 (GLC foreman)o Rumours of a Boxing match and one deatho Buck Robinson failed to turn up for worko Kid OBrien has many bruises Witness interview 3 (UCL janitor)o During the typhoid epidemic, there was an unauthorized use of the faculty incinerator Witness interview 8 (UCL staff)o Weston has absurd ideas on the nature of death and the possibility of overcoming it artificiallyo Weston used an immense number of laboratory animals for testing his theories. All failures.o Weston was denied of human test subjects and of further animals as well (May 1890)o Weston was accompanied by Whiteapple, who seemed to approve his ludicrous theorieso Both graduated this spring and moved from the faculty

20. Whiteapple s captureEvents Party interviews Allan Whiteapple Party reads Herman Westons journal