The Provost’s Office: OOC Chat

When the Provost of Britain’s most prestigious college for boys is bequeathed a parcel of land in a rural backwater he’s never even heard of, the venerable old man calls upon a select number of friends to look into the matter.

Why was Dr. Preedy mentioned in the last will and testament of the Squire of Wergyn Hall? Where are the ruins of St. Wergyn’s church, of which he has become the unexpected custodian? What is the truth behind the strange tales and legends that haunt the benighted countryside?

Set in the 1900s, The Provost of Eton’s Inheritance leads the investigators from the rarefied air of the college cloisters to the wilds of the English Marches, in this 7th edition Call of Cthulhu adventure inspired by one of H.P. Lovecraft literary heroes: the master of the ghost story, M.R. James.

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Unless anyone has any further business at Eton, shall we take the train to Hereford? I’ll start a new thread soon.
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Yes, I'm ready to take the train.
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I’ll give you a couple more days (real time) to converse before the train arrives at Hereford.
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Greetings, all. ;) Some of you I already know, others I will soon enough. I appreciate your opening an additional slot for me, jp. Thanks.
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Glad to have you with us :)
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Stayed at the Green Dragon a couple of years ago with some friends. Receptionist told us about the upper floors being haunted. A scenario in there maybe?
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Don't go giving me ideas now... :D
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I think the Hereford Times might have done an article or two on it before now.

Wonder if anything interesting occurred when they were renovating the place recently?
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Unless anyone else wants to try the spot hidden roll or has any other plans, I'll move us on in the next day or two.
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Well this could be interesting. Please bear with me while I get to grips with the COC 7E chase rules :)
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What sort of scale is this map drawn in?
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Yes, good question.
Short answer, I don't know, but the building in the centre is a ruined church, if that helps.
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I really like the map. Very authentic - looks like the plans I used to see in old Herefordshire deeds back when I was registering land in my previous job.
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Thanks! In no way was it knocked up in a few minutes *cough*.
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I'll give you folks a couple of real-time days to mingle at the party and/or react to Grigori before I post again.
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Sorry for the delay guys; been distracted with job interviews and such. Will try to get something up tomorrow, or failing that, early next week.
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It's fine. My wife just got news that her father is ill and needs to fly out of the country asap. I'll be rather distracted until she's in the air and on her way.
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Sorry to hear that mate. I hope everything's ok!
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Update on me, wife is flying out today. I intend to post this evening once I'm back from the airport.
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No worries. I'll leave off updating until tomorrow (everyone can still post though if there's something they want to do).
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