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Asa member of the Armitage Inquiry Team (AIT) it is up to you to uncover the truth about these mysterious papers and the horrific fate that they portend.  \nThe campaign will be based almost entirely on The Armitage Files by Robin Laws that was published by Pelgrane Press. I will likely grab ideas from other Call Of Cthulhu (CoC) and Trial Of Cthulhu (ToC) RPG products but this will be the primary source. Please do NOT buy a copy of the product as it will surely spoil your enjoyment of the campaign.  \nTrail Of Cthulhu (ToC) will be the rule system that will be used to run the campaign. I recommend picking up a copy of the Trail Of Cthulhu Players Guide if you want to read more about the system. Character creation guidelines will be provided later in this document.  \nThe name of the campaign will be Trail Of Cthulhu: The Armitage Files. It will be abbreviated TAF.  \n1.1 Data Handling  \nFor the most part we will use our regular sources to manage this campaign.  \n Campaign Files And Session Reports – My blog, Kingbeast’s Lair, will be used to control all of the electronic content. This includes all of the campaign material in downloadable electronic format (PDF) . Session logs will be done as blog posts. A new category will be created for the campaign.  \n Player Handouts – The player handouts for The Armitage Files are copyrighted but I want to make them available for the players. Thus I will be emailing these out to the players. If you have access to a color printer please print out a set and bring them to the session. I do not have access to a color printer.  \n Session Logistics – We will use our Checkered Demon Yahoo Group to handle all of the session logistics. I will strive to keep the Yahoo Group Calendar updated so refer to that if you forgot when we will be playing next.  \n1.2 Campaign Flow And Lethality  \nTAF will be comprised of a set of episodic missions that each add some level of clarity to a longer campaign story arc. I would estimate that that there are roughly 10 to 15 sessions of material.  \nAs Ken Hite alludes to above Cthulhu based RPG are by their very nature dangerous. I would be surprised if there is not at least one PC killed or driven horribly insane. In fact you should embrace these results when playing Cthulhu based RPGs.  \n1.3 Trail Of Cthulhu Purist Rules  \nThe campaign will be using the ToC Purist rules. At this time there are no rule changes planned.  \n2 Campaign Background  \n2.1 The Armitage Inquiry Campaign Frame  \nThe Armitage Inquiry campaign frame as defined in the ToC rulebook will be utilized. Here is some explanatory text from the section.  \nThe Armitage Inquiry  \n“My good fortune in securing the backing of Miskatonic University was great …We were not too specific with the public about our objects, since the whole matter would have lent itself unpleasantly to sensational and jocose treatment by the cheaper newspapers.”  \n—The Shadow Out of Time  \nEnough professors at Miskatonic University have stumbled onto the Mythos in the last several years to create a critical mass of dangerous knowledge. Under the direction of Dr Henry Armitage, they have decided to do something about it. 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