OPERATION FERALIMINAL RESONANCE

The Old Buck Lives Again

HANDLER’S BRIEFING 3

INVESTIGATOR INTRODUCTION 4

THE HOTEL NORTHAMPTON 6

DEPTHS 9
Minerva LaBrie, pain in the ass 10

THE METACOMET-MONADNOCK TRAIL 12

PEARL-LISLE WHITE DENTISTRY 14

QUESTIONABLE ASSETS 14
Surgical Imprecision 17
Stanley Saltworth 18

PREDATORS AMONG US 19
Anne Gare, jealous ghost 19
Jebediah Blackstye, Jr., the Old Buck’s toadie 20
Abrecan Geist, treacherous warlock 20
Ginny Willaby, kindly old cannibal 20
Father Shineface, voice of the coven 21
Benjamin Stockton, the Old Buck 22

THE WITCHING HOUR 23

The Resurrection 24

CONCLUSION 25
The Mystery Continues 25
Deal with the Devil 25
Light It All on Fire 25

APPENDIX I: RADIO RESONANCE 26

MALLORY HAS BEEN RECALIBRATED 26
FUN FACTS ABOUT ASPHYXIATION 26
YOU’RE A SINNER, AND THAT’S OKAY 27
HOLES 27
THE OLD BUCK HAS ALL THE FUN 27

APPENDIX II: PLAYER AIDS 28

HANDOUT 1 28
HANDOUT 2 29
HANDOUT 3 30
HANDOUT 4 31
HANDOUT 5 32
HANDOUT 6 33
HANDLER’S BRIEFING
Last year, a young woman came to Northampton, Massachusetts, to research her family history. Janet Pound is
descended from Benjamin Stockton, “the Old Buck,” a twisted spawn of Shub-Niggurath. At one time he was the
most feared of Pioneer Valley’s witches and warlocks. The living and unliving members of Stockton’s coven intend
to resurrect him in Janet's body on All Hallows’ Eve; and when he returns, his inhuman power will drive the good
folks of Pioneer Valley mad. They will give up their humanity and live like beasts, killing and screaming with
unhinged ecstasy. The way for the Great Old Ones will be made more ready than ever before.

But first, the people of Pioneer Valley must be “persuaded” to give up their humanity -- or at least be pushed to the
very edges of reason. Stockton and most of his followers were killed or routed in a bloody riot in 1734, and they
don’t want history to repeat itself. Using the advanced resources of the modern age, they speak through
electronics rather than vibrating lodestone, mirrored surfaces, or lazy croaks from an unseen toad. Passing
themselves off as a pirate radio station, they urge their listeners to act upon their darkest impulses. Unfortunately
for them, this part of the plan has worked too well and too quickly due to the unpredictable nature of the radio
station’s “operator.” The FCC sent Agent Clemson Mallory to shut the broadcast down, and when Mallory got too
close to the truth, the coven was forced to directly intervene and shut him up. Being resourceful beings, they have
put Mallory to use as yet another contributor to their grand schemes.
INVESTIGATOR INTRODUCTION
Investigators are contacted via their typical channels, indicating that they are again needed by The Program. (If this
is a kick-off scenario, having the players determine their own contact methods/level of tradecraft is an excellent
way to begin to develop their characters). Instructions to arrange last-minute flights to Boston are provided. The
details of taking leave or explaining their sudden departure to friends and family is left up to individual Agents. No
timeframe is given by Delta Green. Only a mandate to meet after the final red eye flights at Terminal C’s Legal Sea
Foods for a briefing.

Operation FERALIMINAL RESONANCE begins on October 29 in Terminal C of Logan International Airport, the
saddest place to spend a Friday night in the city of Boston. The Agents’ Case Officer, Agent SNEDEGAR, waves them
over to a table at Legal Sea Foods where they have a chance to catch their breath and make smalltalk. This is a good
moment to settle in and have the Agents set the stage for their relationships or address past issues with one
another, as appropriate. This should all be done lightly, however; they are there on business, after all. Eventually
there's a commotion at the bar as the last weary traveler finally blacks out and apparently soils his shabby brown
suit. While the staff are busy getting rid of him, SNEDEGAR takes this opportunity to deliver the briefing:

● Two months ago, the FCC assigned Agent Clemson Mallory to locate WXXT, a pirate radio station
transmitting from somewhere near Northampton, Massachusetts, and the subject of dozens of
complaints. The case had stalled at one point, but Mallory was allegedly chasing a new lead when he
stopped answering calls from work. The FCC has requested law enforcement's help in finding him.
● Most complaints were lodged by another station licensed for WXXTs frequency: 1490 AM (WINQ in
Brattleboro, Vermont, 36 miles away from Northampton). However, The Program is more interested in the
complaints lodged with the FCC by individual listeners: that WXXT turned all the food in one’s house black
and rotten; that it caused another's teeth to fall out; that a third had to shoot their dog when it became
uncontrollably violent, etc. One man filed a complaint earlier this week that says the radio host has been
speaking to him directly, and that's why he’s been terminated as a school bus driver for Northampton
Elementary. He had allegedly been asking children on his route for their baby teeth, giving them dollar bills
and storing the tiny things in a jar under his bus driver’s seat.
● Every complaint was filed in the last year, but the strange ones appear to be increasing in frequency.
● The Massachusetts State Police are leading the search for Mallory, and have assigned two detectives (Lts.
Murphy and Prestridge) to the case. If one of the Agents is with federal law enforcement, they’ve officially
been assigned to advise MSP. Otherwise the remaining Agents and Friendlies are given fake MSP IDs and
told to move fast: it won’t be long before someone realizes the officers “assigned” to this case are
supposed to be drawing pensions:
○ Lt. Mendoza
○ Lt. Sackdaw
○ Lt. Palm
○ Lt. Trowbridge
○ Lt. Harkness
● Top priority is locating WXXTs transmitter and shutting it down. Although the Agents may want to track
down Mallory’s last whereabouts in order to inform the resolution of this primary task, and word on
Mallory would be good for the official investigation, SNEDEGAR doesn’t expect the Agents to necessarily
pin down his location or ultimate fate.
● What the FCC knows of Mallory’s time spent over the two-week investigation period:
○ He began the Initial compilation of complaints and confirmation of their veracity. This centered
the investigation around Northampton.
 ○ Mallory then performed grid tracking and amperage pull investigations with National Grid and
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to attempt to explain the broad area of transmission -- no
results.
○ The FCC then arranged for Mallory to stay at the Hotel Northampton to attempt LOB (line of
bearing) work in the field to locate the broadcast point.
○ For several days, Mallory reported on an intricate set of “ghosted” transmission sources causing a
delay in true source discovery.
○ Mallory most recently indicated in his reporting that he had a new lead which required looking
into property records and interviewing a local librarian about regional history.
○ Mallory stopped checking in and has been unreachable for five days. The FCC contacted local law
enforcement yesterday.

SNEDEGAR will ask the Agents if they need clarification on any of the provided directives. When they’re out of
questions, the Case Officer gives them keys to a rental car (2018 GMC Yukon Denali - Black). He also provides them
with two phone numbers -- letting the Agents know he can be reached on one if the other has been disconnected.

Northampton is a two hour drive west of Boston.

THE HOTEL NORTHAMPTON
If the Agents inquire, housekeeping says they haven't touched Mallory’s room, but the place is spotless (there is a
Do Not Disturb hanger on his door knob). The bed is made, and Mallory's handwritten notes are in a tidy stack on a
desk. There is a laptop charger here as well, but no sign of the computer. In the closet is a black suit, black shoes,
and a set of RDF equipment that can locate active radio transmitters. An Agent with SIGINT 20% knows how to use
this equipment to potentially find a source signal on WXXTs frequency. This requires driving around town and using
Mallory’s equipment to get “lines of bearing” (LOBs) in order to have a chance of pinning down the source. The
same Agent needs to be on their SIGINT game (-40% due to the interference of ghost signals) to discover that the
signal is coming from Pearl-Lisle Whites Dentistry; otherwise there are multiple signals on this frequency all over
town with no continuous sources. For the same expert, this is not easily explained.

Mallory’s notes include a thick stack of shorthand transcripts of WXXT broadcasts over the course of several weeks.
Any Agent with a Bureaucracy 50% or Accounting 30% should be able to make some sense of Mallory’s shorthand.
A quick scan reveals that “Zeke,” the host, often partakes in hour-long ramblings about his haunted and frequently
horrific childhood. Mallory takes great care to underline the most disturbing parts, as well as highlighting any
recurring names. And for a studious Agent, there are many:

● Janet Pound
● Anne Gare
● Benjamin Stockton
● Abrecan Geist
● Jebediah Blackstye
● Virginia Willaby
● Father Shineface

None of these names have any apparent meaning or notation other than their highlighted emphasis and the fact
that they seem to be “characters” in Zeke’s frequent narratives.

Example Transcript Page (See HANDOUT 1 for shorthand version)

-Cont’d-
I couldn’t have been more than eight, maybe nine or so. Poppa didn’t take note of our birth days and rarely
was without the bottle, so I don’t think I could reckon my real age but it’s close enough. He was still a god-fearing
man, though, and wouldn’t have taken kindly to it all, sober or not.
Abrecan Geist looked our age but we knew he was older. He talked like he come out of the antebellum.
Showed the kids all sorts of secret places: best rocks for nightcrawlers, how to catch a fat toad to put a scare into the
school mistress, and what kind of moon to watch for if you went cursing or some such fool witching. Abrecan had a bit
of a reputation I suppose. Kids said he could turn into a rat with little hands, a face, and speak to the Devil in the
cleared grove once a month to send a babe to its grave and claim its soul.
Well, not sure how I ended up with him and Ginny Willaby, but I was in the dry beds behind the crushed
stone quarry and I saw them huddled over something. I thought Please God don’t let it be another! Please God no!
I wanted to walk away, just forget it, but I couldn’t. I knew I’d have to look again. And hell, if I hadn’t been
right – something sick, tiny and mewling just stretched out with its insides pinned the ground with rusty nails.
Quavering, like, with blue rheumy eyes I ain’t forgetting until my true grave.
 Abrecan turned and smiled, put his hand on my shoulder and pulled me even closer. He must’ve seen I was
shaking and said, “Zeke, it’s part of the whole deal. This is what God made here on this Earth, and it ain’t right not to
gaze upon His works and wonder.”
And Jesus help me, that clicked, something clicked. He was right, and I watched God’s creation right there
until the sun went down below the horizon but covered my ears to the crunching, slopping sounds coming from Ginny
as she kept chewing, chewing, and scooping up the gristled bits most to her liking.

Other anecdotes involving multiple childhood sexual encounters with an older woman, various tales of
self-abasement only partially due to living in abject poverty, additional animal mutilation, and a fascination with
fire and ash -- it all paints a long, depressing narrative of human awfulness (0/1 SAN from Helplessness).

In addition, a successful HUMINT roll or LAW 40% reveals that Mallory was going far above and beyond to create
these meticulous transcripts. Coupled with his emphasis on recurring names and the specific gruesome and
dreadful anecdotes, this appears to be a truly bizarre work. PSYCHOTHERAPY 50% or a successful roll reveals that
Mallory’s attention to detail in this context is mildly manic at best, but obsessive-compulsive neurosis is much more
likely. His fixation on these character names is readily apparent to such an expert Agent.

Mallory also indicated a sidebar note for the name Anne Gare, this time not in shorthand, but underlined several
times -- “drowned, 1734.”

It’s not difficult to pull up the name with some quick internet sleuthing. With the context of local geography and
the Mallory-scribbled timeframe (INT 12+), it appears that Anne Gare’s story is a slightly notorious one for
Northampton. The search-indexed site legendsofamerica.com has a short write-up alongside dozens of other
Massachusetts victims of the Witch Trials and Hysteria. Labeled by her “righteous” neighbors as a dabbler in the
forbidden, as well as a coven member of “daemonic consorts,” she was cruelly drowned. Her home and belongings
were also burnt to the foundation to “removeth the foul hearth of evil intent, and all its heaven-damn'd
manuscripts.” Little is known of her life, except that she was a recluse who owned a vast library lost to the flames
(see HANDOUT 2).

There is a Massachusetts historical register for the “Anne Gare House,” located in Northampton (address provided).
There are very few details on it, and it is only mentioned as a single line on historicnorthampton.org.

It will take History 40% to find any other background on Anne Gare. This could include working with the
Massachusetts Historical Society, combing the Massachusetts Archives Digital Repository, Massachusetts
Genealogy Records, or broader research through the National Archives. The state does not have tax records before
1768. Alternatively, there is a copy of the mentioned tome, Of Evil Sorceries Done in New England (English, c. 1750)
at the Boston Public Library. It is only available in the restricted stacks, forcing an Agent to keelhaul it back to
Boston for in-person review. It is feasible that they could rely on a researcher to locate important details for them
using their credentials or relevant professional capacity, but the reliability of this approach is left up to the Handler.

Of Evil Sorceries Done in New England, c. 1750

Unknown Author(s)
In English. Study time: days. Occult +1%. Unnatural +2%. SAN loss 1D4.
Description: A crumbling set of folios that painstakingly and hauntingly account for the activities of alleged witches,
warlocks, and sorcerers in the New England colonies through the mid-1700s. The details are staggering if not banal,
sometimes listing seemingly mundane everyday activities of named “witches” alongside more macabre and
gruesome ritual descriptions. The Northampton coven is detailed here, led by “The Old Buck” Benjamin Stockton,
Virginia Willaby, and Abrecan Geist. Anne Gare is mentioned as a member as well, overseeing the “journals of the
wisest ones.” Their activities vary, and even infant sacrifice is off-handedly accounted for in the bizarre ledger.
Overall one gets the idea that they were all very concerned with living long enough “to seeth the next setteth of
stars in the sky.”

Details potentially uncovered through research. Dispensation is left up to the Handler based on player approach:
● There was a coven of “sorcerers” operating in Northampton in the early 1700s, led by “the Old Buck,”
Benjamin Stockton.
● All coven members were routed and killed by mobs in the 1730s.
● Benjamin Stockton, Abrecan Geist, Jebediah Blackstye, and Anne Gare are but some counted among their
number.
● The coven was preoccupied with outliving their mortal forms.
● To this end, they were rumored to partake in rituals to The Devil involving the most blasphemous of acts,
including infanticide and cannibalism.
● Anne Gare oversaw the coven’s “grimoires” and other materials, which were all destroyed in a fire.
● Anne Gare’s home was located in downtown historical Northampton. Several shops have since resided
upon the site, and currently a bookstore called “Depths” operates at the approximate location.
● It is registered as a Massachusetts historical site as the “Anne Gare House,” though none of the original
structure remains. The plaque at the site itself is conspicuously absent of any details but the name of the
register.

Finally, the hotel room phone has a new message. Apparently, Mallory wanted to ask Janet Pound a few things
about local history. Janet called back to ask if they could walk while they talk -- she’s currently taking some time off
from her job at the Northampton Public Library, but feels she could probably go into the area’s history more deeply
than the assistant librarian as Janet is currently researching local genealogy. She proposes they meet at the
entrance to the Metacomet-Monadnock hiking trail in Holyoke, and asks to be called back.
DEPTHS
Books and shadows fill up every inch of Depths, its dusty shelves drooping with the weight. The store deals in New
Age manifestos, quasi-mystical self-help books, and vintage horror and fantasy novels. It's tempting to write it all
off as schlock. But in the back, hidden behind one of the shelves, is a padlocked door (Search 30% or a successful
roll -- and an Agent must be specifically looking for something out of the ordinary). This door can be easily picked
(Craft: Locksmith 25%), and it opens onto a stone slab stairwell that descends into a damp basement. The stench of
must and ancient rot permeates the air, though no source can be identified. There is also no source of light.
Unbeknownst to all but the most prepared of Agents, this is the untouched basement that once belonged to Anne
Gare before her home was put to the torch.

This is obviously not a safe place to store books, yet three of the walls are covered in them. An armchair and side
table in the middle of the room afford a comfortable space to read, though the persistent drip of water somewhere
out of sight eventually provides an overwhelming distraction. The books here will wholly disappoint: they are
damp, moldy, and unreadable -- damaged beyond repair. Some have clusters of blue, plate-like fungus growing
from their bindings and pages. Only one very conspicuous volume remains legible.

The prize here is Benjamin Stockton’s rather unharmed copy of the Dialogos Goetia, lying open on the damp floor
as if someone had suddenly dropped it and left. Agents who speak Latin can read the original text, which describes
a ritual to accrue great wealth by marrying a demon and then consummating that marriage. Stockton wrote
extensively (in English) in the margins: he derided much of the text as falsehood, but he also claimed to be the child
of such an unholy union. At the end of the book he drew a family tree that, impossibly, extends past his death into
the modern day: his only living descendant is named Janet Pound (0/1 SAN Unnatural). The book also details the
plans of the coven: how Abrecan Geist would stick slivers of lodestone in the gums of drugged townsfolk, and
Stockton would “speak through’est that metal from anywhere in the Valley.” The coven apparently predicted their
violent fates, however, and had many plans to return centuries later “to seeth the next setteth of stars in the sky.”
For this future resurrection, Stockton wrote of a sacrifice needed in the place of his buried remains to be killed
during the full moon of an All Hallows’ Eve night.

Attempting to remove the copy from the basement will anger Anne Gare.

The Dialogos Goetia (Stockton Copy)

In Latin. Study time: hours. Occult +2%. SAN loss 1.
Description: The Latin Translation of a Ukrainian Clergyman’s journal from the 1590s, chronicling the knowledge he
gained from a “spirit of the earth”. The original spoke of the great wealth the Priest gained, at the cost of
“unspeakable copulations” with a being he neglected to describe in anything but the most oblique terms.
Unfortunately for anyone hoping to follow in his footsteps, every known version of the text is a fake: all genuine
rituals and knowledge have been replaced with harmless occult rituals derivative of western hermetic practices.
Rituals: NONE. The original text describes the process by which the reader can establish contact with an entity
from a dimension somewhere above our own. On a successful ritual activation, the being offers a straight trade:
material wealth (trivial to assemble by adding particles to stray hydrogen atoms) of the speaker’s choosing (though
the being has difficulty with specific requests) in exchange for human genetic material. If a bargain is struck, the
entity extends into our dimension to collect its dues in a rite as horrific (1D6/1D12 SAN from Unnatural) as it is
addictive.
Minerva LaBrie, pain in the ass
Minerva is the only employee on this shift, and she spends more time mocking customers’ tastes than actually
selling them books. Born Rachel Cotter in nearby Holyoke, her background is otherwise unexceptional. She never
graduated high school. No criminal record. She has bounced from job-to-job into her early twenties, and her
current gig at this small, dusty bookstore has been her longest tenure in gainful employment.

Truthfully, Rachel nearly drowned when she was ten years old during the seasonal flooding of the Connecticut
River. Her parents considered it a miracle when emergency workers found her crumpled form on a high bank as the
storms tapered off: drenched, pneumonic, but otherwise alive. However, what Rachel saw during that near death
experience forever changed her. She vaguely remembers asking for something -- and being answered. Now, years
later, her existence can best be described as one of complete enthrallment to the thing that used to be Anne Gare.
Her sanity has continued to crumble under this outside influence over the years, and she has developed severe
antisocial personality disorder. She carries a deep disdain for all persons (Anne’s channeled disdain), and this
currently manifests as acerbic and insulting comments to those she encounters. Her mental state will continue to
degrade until she either withdraws from society altogether or violently lashes out at those she sees as repulsively
inferior.

She serves Anne Gare semi-consciously, attending to the bookstore and ensuring the overly-curious do not discover
the hidden basement, which she only visits herself infrequently as if bidden by some outside force. She does not
recall these episodes clearly. She knows she belongs in the bookstore, but also hates most everything about her
responsibilities.

Sometimes, Abrecan Geist and Virginia Willaby will enter the store, nodding to Minerva as they pass to enter the
basement. Minerva registers these visits as “normal” but does not retain much else about them. “Yeah, the dentist
and his assistant go back there sometimes. It’s okay with the owners. No, I don’t know why, and I don’t really care.”

If directly asked about the locked room, she’ll snidely tell people that nothing there is for sale, and that the room is
just storage for the owners.

If the Agents attempt to contact the owners, they will find that information regarding the property is severely
lacking. County tax records simply do not exist for the property. With a successful Bureaucracy roll, a persistent
Agent can determine that the site was declared an historical site in 1983. The sponsoring commissioner is listed as
Dr. Goldmast Pearl-Lisle.

The following could occur anywhere as the Handler deems appropriate. Substitute Minerva for a hotel clerk, a gas
station attendant, or any other appropriate scene as required to keep the investigation on-track.

When the Agents enter the store, Minerva is playing with the dial on a vintage-looking radio behind the clerk’s
counter. She barely acknowledges their entrance; only a dull, atonal chime registers their ingress. She’s trying to
tune into something, but there’s only static. If asked, she’ll mention “wanting to hear another of Zeke’s rants. It was
crystal clear this morning on her drive in, and it sounded like he was going to be getting up to something good.”

The Agents may be very curious about Minerva’s opinions on WXXTs programming, especially after reviewing
Mallory’s transcripts. Depending on their approach, a CHA roll may be necessary. Persuade may also be
appropriate.
“You from around here? You ever heard of Father Shineface? Weird cat from like the ‘20s and ‘30s who was a kinda
radio evangelist in Pioneer Valley. Maybe the first. Supposedly went crazy one day on-air and the station
spontaneously lit up, killing everyone inside. People said it was God’s vengeance ‘cause the Father was blaspheming
Him on the broadcast. Zeke’s playing a character based on ‘em; it’s kinda trippy but I can’t stop listening to hear
what he says next.”

When the Agents are about to leave the store, the signal finally comes back. Zeke is currently interviewing one of
the Agent’s Bonds who is calling in (1/1D4 SAN from Helplessness for the Agent, 0/1 SAN from Helplessness for
any others who are told of this).

Zeke: (drolly) “...but I can’t imagine that was the first time!”

Bond: “No, no, I suppose not! But it sure felt like it!”

Zeke: “Well, God-willing, we can put that subject to rest!” (chuckling)

Bond: (laughs)

Zeke: “Now, <name of bond>, how would you characterize your relationship with Jesus? Don’t be shy now,
just the whole of Pioneer Valley listening in!”

Bond: “Um, well, I’ve thought about it a lot, of course, and I know there’s something there, but…”

Zeke: “Now that’s God, and He’s certainly there. We’re talking Jesus, <name of bond>.”

Bond: “Well, yes. Yes, I’d say I have a relationship. I may have strayed recently...but I know in my heart…”

Zeke: (patronizing, calm, growing into angry fervor) “<name of bond>, we all stray every now and then.
Jesus usually forgives us. He loves us -- almost all of the time. And when he doesn’t, that’s when we fill
ourselves with the righteous might we are born with and we work to set. things. right. Thank you for
calling in, <name of bond>. Now, let’s hear a little ditty from the Carter Family.” <old country music plays>

Researching “Father Shineface'' is not difficult. A History roll, or appropriate roll to delegate this task to another
researcher, will yield several newspaper clippings detailing the fires of St. Isaac Jogues Church and the WDDI
Broadcast Station (HANDOUT 3 & HANDOUT 4). There is also an op-ed that attempts a short retrospective on the
controversial life of Father Ezekiel Shannon, hinting that the flames following him through his life may require
deeper investigation (HANDOUT 5). These are available digitally with some sleuthing, or more easily on microfiche
at the Northampton Public Library for a +20% bonus to the roll.
THE METACOMET-MONADNOCK TRAIL
If the Agents follow-up with Janet Pound -- an apparent local history buff with whom Mallory was in contact -- she
will decisively hold to meeting them in the open air in nearby Holyoke. Convincing her otherwise via the phone will
go nowhere. She’s hell-bent on making every moment in her new Northampton-area home count, and she’s not
wasting her time talking to federal Agents, MSP detectives, or other strangers unless she’s under arrest. If someone
wants to ask her about local history and her genealogical connections to Pioneer Valley, they’ll have to come meet
her on her own terms. HUMINT at a -20% detriment may reveal that her reasoning doesn’t seem to be rational
even to herself -- her voice betrays the merest hint of uncertainty as she holds to this immovable position.

The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail follows the Metacomet Ridge all the way into New Hampshire. It’s a bright day
and pleasantly cool out as Fall has fully arrived. Despite any perceived firmness in previous phone conversations,
Janet is happy to talk as they walk, leading them down the gentler trails. She will speak to the Agents about her
reasons for returning to Pioneer Valley, and will hint at the “pull” she has always felt to reconnect to her roots.

Janet moved to Northampton from New Jersey a year ago to learn more about her ancestors and “walk the same
roads as they.” (Agents with 13+ INT remember from their briefing that WXXT first started broadcasting a year ago.)
Janet’s family lived in the area during the colonial period, but they moved away in 1735 after one of them,
Benjamin Stockton, was killed by an angry mob for some sort of superstitious nonsense. Asked to expound upon
this, she will mention that her mother told her that settlers in the area thought he was cavorting with the Devil and
practicing sorcery. He and others were rounded up and cruelly executed. She doesn’t know all the details, but her
grandfather once said of Stockton that he was given the most brutal treatment of the group -- his body was stacked
with rocks, one at a time, until he was slowly crushed underneath the weight.

Astute Agents may notice that Janet’s vernacular is odd. Art (American Literature) 20%, History 50%, or a
successful Anthropology roll reveals that her dialect and pronunciation is reminiscent of early-era American
Appalachia. Stockton’s influence, after a year of resonance exposure, has grown to its near-apex with the additional
help of recent dental work. Only the most well-trained Agents will notice this shift grows stronger as they approach
Stockton’s resting place (for instance, a practicing clinical Psychotherapist or Linguistics expert).

● Janet will tell the Agents that she has been using the last year to comb through county records; municipal
newspapers held at the many libraries across the state; and even working with locals residing in elder care
homes to find clues. She hasn’t uncovered much except that pieces from Stockton's personal library
apparently ended up in a Northampton bookstore called “Depths,” but no one will sell her any. They won't
even let her look at them, and she’s incredibly frustrated! The store has apparently been registered as a
historical site, and she’s recently reached out to the historical commission. In fact, she has gotten some
promising indicators from one of the commissioners to help her make direct overtures to the owners of
the building (the commissioner is Dr. Goldmast Pearl-Lisle).

● She’s found few references to Stockton whilst reading through Jonathan Edwards’ available
correspondence. Stockton and his “coven” were explicitly denounced by Edwards -- only mere weeks
before a mob took their lives. If asked, Janet will remind Agents that Edwards was an incredibly influential
American revivalist preacher who railed that the “lesser races” were children of the devil and that “higher
races” could lead the lessers as archdemons and warlocks.

● She knows some of the names of Stockton’s murdered “coven:” Anne Gare, Abrecan Geist, and Jebediah
Blackstye. Agents who have reviewed the WXXT transcripts will easily note the connection.
Janet walks so fast it’s hard for the Agents to keep up with her. She may mention that she went to the dentist
recently, and she thinks he relieved some pain she wasn't even conscious of. She has much more energy now and
feels stronger than ever before, like she's positively vibrating. Did she mention that the commission chair who is
helping her out with her research is also a local dentist?

Agents are welcome to do with this information what they will.

The Station
Eventually the ruins of WDDI can be seen through the trees a short way off the trail. As Janet leads the Agents
down a path toward it, she will mention that the dilapidated and destroyed structure is one of those “exploration
zones”' and lots of people seem attracted to it. She herself found it on www.atlasobscura.com. Last time she was
out here, another explorer told her that the place burned down sometime in the ‘30s. If Janet is asked for more
detail, she may mention that the explorer was badly burnt himself. His face was heavily scarred, and he spoke with
a gravelly drawl (Father Shineface appeared to her here to “get a better look;” a feat he will likely never perform for
the Agents).

The building’s interior is coated in graffiti and disgusting refuse. Beer cans, rotted cloth, paper and plastic bags
knotted and moldy -- it’s disgusting. If the Agents are looking, WXXTs signal isn’t coming from here, but it’s close.
Mallory’s RDF equipment says they’re nearly right on top of the transmitter. Where could it be hidden?

The Clearing
Janet eventually leads them to a clearing behind the burned out and rotted structure. An ancient stone chimney
juts from the middle of it, with a few stones stacked nearby which seem like more recent additions. She doesn't
know why she's drawn there, but she mentions that the place has a certain beauty. When she's feeling low, this
empty shell makes her feel determined, powerful. It’s like a guardian angel is there, reminding her she doesn't have
to be alone…

The Agents don't feel the same way: the clearing is a place of dread and shattered, garbage-strewn dreams. To an
Agent with POW 16+, it feels like the lair of a predator. HUMINT or Pharmacy 35% notes that Janet’s behavior
indicates someone who seems intermittently confused or in a semi-dazed state reminiscent of narcotic use as she
waxes on about the clearing. It is a stark change in behavior from the energetic and bubbly person who was
moments ago bouncing along the trails.

Janet will exclaim that she is ready to return, and the hike back is uneventful. She says goodbye to the Agents and
wishes them luck in their investigations.
PEARL-LISLE WHITE DENTISTRY
Unless the Agents approach the clearing deep in the woods, successful use of Mallory’s RDF equipment will show
that WXXTs signal is coming from a two-story house in town that’s been converted into a dentist's office. The office
belongs to Dr. Goldmast Pearl-Lisle, though signage on the front of the building is lacking. Using generations of
physical exchange, Abrecan Geist has remained a Northampton resident for hundreds of years and now resides
within Pearl-Lisle’s guise. Magazines are stacked ponderously on every surface of the waiting room, and when the
Agents step up to the front desk, Ginny flashes them a smile as dazzling as any celebrity's.

Dr. Pearl-Lisle can tell the Agents that Janet Pound came in for a routine checkup at the start of the month. He
found four teeth so badly rotted away that he had to immediately replace them. In fact, he’s willing to show them
her file which says the same thing. Agents with a medical background or Law 40% know the dentist has just
committed a felony by violating Pound’s rights to medical privacy under HIPAA. Agents with more ethical flexibility
might ask for or search other patients’ records: the dentist has performed the exact same procedure, removal and
replacement of four teeth, on every patient for the last year, no matter what the appointment was originally for.

Clemson Mallory, missing FCC Agent

The Agent with the highest Alertness hears a powered drill on the second floor. While not necessarily an
out-of-place sound in a dentist’s office, Agents may wonder why they have seen no other dental technicians or
evidence of patients during their visit. If the receptionist or Dr. Pearl-Lisle are asked about this, they will have
overly-complicated explanations (“Oh, we are getting some electrical work done and we told him not to do that
during patient hours and we’re so sorry it disturbed you, hahaha, will there be anything else?”).

Dr. Pearl-Lisle and the receptionist will do everything they can to keep the Agents from investigating the second
story while they are present. Killing and eating them is on the menu; after all, they only need to keep up their
charade for another day or so. Geist may want to capture one or two of them and perform tooth replacement
surgery. Agents may want to return to investigate at night. There is a 50% chance that Ginny will be there, keeping
an eye on Mallory.

QUESTIONABLE ASSETS

Geist’s Bargain
Abrecan Geist is less invested in the resurrection of his former master -- he saved himself, after all, while a violent
mob destroyed Stockton. In fact, he watched and did nothing. Geist has no preconceptions about what might
happen when Stockton is raised and decides to bear a grudge. A powerful being in his own right, Geist, however,
never came close to what Stockton commanded.

The reason so many All Hallows’ Eves have passed since Stockton’s demise is mostly due to Geist’s direction, or
more accurately: disruption. However, things have reached a tipping point and he fears the rest of the coven will
react rather negatively if he continues to delay. The appearance of Blackstye has been harbinger enough to tell
Geist he can do no more to postpone the inevitable. Geist has reason to believe he may already be on thin ice with
Ginny, who has attached herself to his hip. He recognizes a spy when he sees one -- and the Handler would do well
when presenting Geist to remember that he is very old, very experienced, and above all a very shrewd survivor.
Geist will do anything to remain the body-hopping creature that he has been for hundreds of years. If he sees a way
out of risking his neck when Stockton again bursts forth onto the mortal plane, he may just take it. He is not above
making a deal with the Agents if the opportunity presents itself or he feels backed into a corner. Depending on the
Agents’ approach, he may actually broach the subject himself.

A “deal” like this would need some sort of guaranteed immunity, traded for perhaps a promise to serve Delta Green
as an occult “expert” in the future. He would be willing to describe exactly what the coven has been up to, what its
end goals are, and the ticking clock associated with Stockton’s reappearance in the world. He will let the Agents
know he is certain that without some very exacting work, the resurrection will most definitely occur. At this point,
even one coven member could conduct the rituals, and he fears that more Blackstyes will appear even if the entire
coven is neutralized before November 1.

Shutting down the transmitter will severely weaken Stockton. If properly bartered with and assured of his safety,
Geist will gift the Agents with a bluish-silver powder kept in a small antique silver make-up box. (See The Powder of
Ibn-Ghazi in Delta Green: Handler’s Guide).

“Cast it out, no more than a pinch, in the ruins of the old WDDI station. It’s a bit off the
Metacomet-Monadnock trail near Holyoke. It will take some trial and error, but you should see something
-- something you can dismantle. Your good work there should halt that annoying Shannon babble from
going out to all the… individuals whom I’ve performed a particular delicate surgery on.”

If the Agents follow these instructions, casting the powder in the appropriate locale will eventually lead to the
revelation of an antique broadcast panel, half-buried among rotten wood. The equipment’s lines waver in the air
unnaturally as if a camera were adjusting its lens in and out of focus (SAN 1/1D4 Unnatural). Its ethereal dials pulse
with the voice of Father Ezekiel; its needles spiking wildly. It’s clearly impossibly active. Revealed in this way, the
device can be crushed or otherwise damaged, silencing Father Shineface forever.

Geist will unfortunately indicate that Blackstye will still find an unwilling sacrifice for the ritual on November 1, but
this will severely weaken Stockton. He then promises to remove Blackstye if the Agents can dispatch Ginny and
Stockton, once he “arrives.”

If the Agents agree, their work in the clearing may be that much easier. Betraying Geist during a tense firefight in
the clearing is not unexpected by the old wizard. To that end, he asks each Agent for a bit of collateral -- a clump of
hair, vials of saliva or blood, or perhaps some fresh nail clippings. He assures them that if they go back on their
word, a “deadman’s switch” will make them wish they hadn’t.

Ginny’s Gamble
The creature that used to be Virginia Willaby has much clearer motivations -- she wishes to become consort to a
powerful, immortal being such as Stockton. The memories she has read tell her that if she is able to supplicate
herself at the feet of Shub-Niggurath’s spawn, her future will be one of powerful evolution and unparalleled
pleasures. This thought has kept her from digging up Stockton’s remains herself and devouring what’s left.

She plans to use her knowledge of Geist’s betrayal of Stockton to offer him up to the Old Buck in order to ingratiate
herself. To that end, she barely lets the old wizard out of her sight.
If Ginny suspects that the Agents and Geist are colluding, she will begin hunting them. She will do her best to get an
Agent alone in order to kill and devour their memories in order to determine what they are up to. She may even
take on their likeness and work carefully as a part of the remainder of the investigation, deciding that these
interlopers would be wonderful gifts to her future consort.

Ginny is very dangerous, in that she sees the Agents as nothing more than short-lived chattel. At least Geist
considers them potential tools to be used.

Stairs to the second story lead to a padlocked room (this is the same type of padlock potentially spotted at Depths).
Inside is a makeshift workshop where Clemson Mallory is hard-at-work. The resonant expression of Anne Gare
attacked him when he tried to steal Stockton's copy of the Dialogos Goetia in perhaps his last moment of free will.
Knowing that the place was a sacred one to the beings he had begun to research, and haunted by the words and
indirect clues of Father Shineface’s broadcasts, he went there to attempt to subvert what he thought could be the
ancient source of his agony. However, Anne Gare put a stop to his temporary mutiny and when Mallory finally
awoke, he was trapped at the dentistry with his will broken.

The last few days have been an additional hell on Mallory’s already-shot psyche. Spending so much time listening in
rapt attention to WXXTs broadcasts, his grasp on reality has been truly shifted with the additional assistance of four
newly-replaced teeth. He works diligently now, murmuring to himself snippets from the WXXT transcripts that
seem the most horrific, sometimes repeatedly. His skin is pallid and sickly, his eyes wild. His hair is unkempt, and he
has the stench of one who has not bathed or changed clothes in many days. There is a latrine pail in the corner of
the small workshop; several piles of junk food wrappers and half-drunk bottled water; and dozens of specialized
drills and other more consumer-grade soldering and electrical equipment piled haphazardly on every flat surface
including the floor. His cheeks are still slightly swollen from the extraction and implantation procedure five days
ago.

At first he will not respond to any rescue attempt, instead wrapped up in his meticulous tasks. Only repeated,
lengthy banging or violent intrusion will snap him out of his industrious reverie. He will be terse and
short-tempered, ignoring the obvious state of his imprisonment and acting like he is “exactly where he needs to
be.”

Anyone with Craft (Microelectronics) 20% can see that Mallory is carefully modifying false teeth with radio
transmitters, receivers, and speakers. These teeth are sophisticated signal boosters and stabilizers for the true
source of WXXT, somewhere in the nearby Holyoke-adjacent forest. SIGINT 20% reveals that this type of equipment
(taking into account its level of miniaturization) is typically beyond that of ordinary consumer-grade technology, but
such components can sometimes be obtained on self-proclaimed “spy gear sites” for those who know exactly what
parts to buy.

Although he is not upset at the Agents for interrupting his work, he doesn’t seem to recognize the relevance of
their arrival. When questioned, he will confirm all of his previous investigations that the Agents already have been
given during their initial briefing. However, he will add his own experiences to the timeline:
● Mallory phone-interviewed several complainers to ascertain probable locations for the pirate station. As to
the nature of the complaints: “Didn’t think much of it, just weird. Pretty clear to me now that they were
just misinterpreting Father Shineface’s sermons. Figures. It takes a lot of work to dig deep, you know, and
you pay the price if you don’t.”
 ● Power grid investigation: “For the coverage of the transmission, the source has got to be pulling at least
750 Watts during broadcast hours. Couldn’t find anything, though, so I knew I’d have to hit the field.”
● “Ghost” transmissions: “Honestly, that was the weirdest bit. Traded in my AR8600 twice because it was
impossible for so many reflections or bouncebacks to have that much strength. Really confusing. Makes
sense now, I guess.” He will gesture to his work. “Except for where the power is coming from.”
● New Lead: “I couldn’t figure out the signal, so I did what federal Agents back in Prohibition days would do
-- drop in and listen for slip-ups that might give anything away. Spent who-knows-how-long writing it all
down, but at last I started piecing it together. Father Shineface would rant at all hours so I wasn’t getting
much sleep. But all the names he kept mentioning in his stories -- they were real people. At least, from
colonial times and others from the early 1900s. Easiest one to get information on was Anne Gare, who had
a house burned down for being a witch back in the day. I wasn’t sure what it all meant, but damned if I
was going to let the bastards behind WXXT go -- not after putting in so much effort -- so I thought I’d take
a look no matter how off-the-beaten-path. I think Father Shineface didn’t want me to; pretty sure, at least,
and at the time that meant it was a good idea. Anyway, there’s some new age bookstore on the site now,
but I went into the basement -- uh, creatively -- and found a book that seemed to go over everything that’s
happening in Northampton right now. You know, the ghost signals from the teeth” he will motion to his
workshop table “and how to bring back the Old Buck so he can live again. Everything makes sense. Back
then they didn’t have electronics of course, but they’d drill in folks mouths and shove pieces of flint or
something in the holes. Didn’t work too well and definitely caused rot and worse, but it got you tuned into
the coven’s frequency so you’d be on their level. Apparently they somehow knew the townsfolk would come
for them and they’d be lynched or burned or whatever, so the coven set up plans to come back in a later
age when the constellations were different or something. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking, buncha
witches and warlocks; I know how it sounds. Book said they were something else, I guess, but I didn’t
understand it. Expressions of the Source, or something. They supposedly gotta do all this where Stockton’s
bones are on Halloween night, isn’t that ridiculous? Anyway, I need to get back to work.”

Mallory himself has no idea how many people might be walking around with these replacement teeth (0/1D6 SAN
Helplessness), but he is happy to expound upon their usage, excited to share his work with someone outside of the
coven. He will often motion to an unlabeled set of patent diagrams on his workbench wall (HANDOUT 6). He will
also mention that the radio “told him” that Janet Pound, a local, was someone the host was “watchin’ real careful.”
That she was “gettin’ pretty close to finding her true family in Northampton.” Taking this tenuous lead, he also
decided to contact this local and question her, under the guise of needing a primer on regional history.

Surgical Imprecision

It is possible that one or more of the Agents will be on the receiving end of an unnecessary dental
procedure. If so, their memories will be foggy when it comes to Dr. Goldmast Pearl-Lisle and/or his
receptionist. They will need to succeed on a POW opposed roll (65%) any time Father Shineface sees fit to
influence their actions and stop them from interfering with the resurrection of the Old Buck. Even a
success means SAN 1/1D8 from Helplessness the first time they hear the Father’s voice in their head.
They may wish to immediately remove their modifications upon realizing this truth. Depending on
approach, more SAN may be at stake.
 Other Agents will undoubtedly have questions when one of their number shows up at their hotel with a
mouth packed full of gauze. As Dr. Pearl-Lisle is not doing this procedure in the typical two stages with a
healing period in between, they are incredibly swollen and drugged to the gills in order to fight off the
pain. Agents modified in this manner will also be very much opposed to examination and will insist the
procedure was “completely necessary, and the investigation can continue as normal.” They just admit that
they won’t be performing many interviews.

The new teeth can be easily removed in this state (with great pain unless dulled by additional anesthesia),
and an examiner will discover that the implants were drilled directly into the Agent’s jawbone. This is not
standard procedure and will probably result in many complications, perhaps even the loss of the lower
jaw. However, the implants’ removal will ensure the Agent does not continue to be subjected to direct
influence from Father Shineface and the coven.

The teeth are obviously laced with sophisticated electronics, as described.

Stanley Saltworth
Stanley Saltworth is the school bus driver from SNEDEGAR’S initial briefing. Father Shineface told him to collect
teeth from children on his route, but nothing forced him into it. Stanley has been terminated from his position after
one of the children mentioned to her parents that “the Tooth Fairy’s helper” was buying her teeth on the bus.
Lacking a specific charge for the situation, he has been released on bail for open and gross lewdness. A psychiatric
evaluation indicated that he wasn’t dangerous enough to be forcibly hospitalized. Public disgust, however, means
he is experiencing incredible social ostracization.

The overwhelming despondency Stanley feels, as well as his quasi-delusional and easily-controlled state, makes him
an excellent sacrifice for their All Hallow’s Eve ritual. Until then, he’ll cross paths with the Agents once or twice. He
refuses to take responsibility for what happened, insisting that “the radio told him to do it,” and he bursts into tears
at the slightest provocation. It does not take an expert to understand he is suffering, but Psychotherapy 50%
indicates that he is not expressing the typical symptoms even from mild schizophrenia, despite emotionally
clutching to his story of an unignorable radio-delivered mandate.

● At Depths, Stanley buys a copy of Jon Ronson's So You've Been Publicly Shamed. Minerva keeps it together
until he's about to leave, then yells “fucking creep!” just as he walks out the door.
● On the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail, Stanley is out trying to find peace in nature. He’s moving towards
Janet and the Agents, and she suddenly has to tie her shoe to avoid looking at him.
● At Pearl-Lisle Whites Dentistry, the Agents find Stanley tearfully hugging Dr. Pearl-Lisle and thanking him
for paying Stanley’s bail. The doctor is clearly put off by all the tears and snot.
PREDATORS AMONG US

Anne Gare, jealous ghost

As a child, Anne Gare's parents refused to touch her or each other; as an adult, she had no friends to distract her
from her books. She lived in a bookbinder’s basement, and when the old man died, he left her everything. The
workshop’s reputation fell when Anne discovered a fellow bibliophile in the notorious Benjamin Stockton, who
loaned her volumes from his own collection to be repaired. She began a private subscription service for others
interested in the accumulation of knowledge and lore from the ancients. During the 1734 riot, Anne was drowned
in a river by the mob. Her killers also tried to destroy her books, but they only managed to raze the shop’s ground
floor. The mob was wholly ignorant that the true treasures of the coven were below the ground in a damp,
stone-lined basement.

Now Anne haunts her former home, which was conveniently registered as an historical landmark in 1983 by
long-time commission board member, Dr. Goldmast Pearl-Lisle. Every book in the basement once belonged (and
still belongs) to her. Anyone who tries to steal a book finds that the door out of the basement has inexplicably shut
and cannot be reopened no matter how much force is applied. Meanwhile, the room begins to flood as if a main
has ruptured, quickly filling the small basement. Unless they return the book, she will try to hold the thief down
and drown them (1/1D8 SAN Unnatural), which will be experienced as a great invisible, inexplicable force.
Destroying one of her books is potentially a death sentence.

Anne Gare cannot be observed on the visible light spectrum, but those with high POW (16+) may feel a “presence”
watching in the basement. They may feel a growing sensation of dread if they begin to leave with a book. There are
Rituals that could exorcize this being, but barring this risky maneuver the Agents have little recourse to waylay this
unseen enemy.

● Anne Gare is a physical manifestation of energetic particles locked in a vacillating magnetic field. In theory,
one might disrupt this field with an energetic discharge of 1 million or more Volts.
● This energy also responds to both gravity and certain sonic frequencies -- the latter being of most
potential use to the Agents. Computer Science 60%, Science (Acoustics) 15%, Science (Recording
Technology) 15%, Science (Mathematics) 50%, or a successful SIGINT roll might allow one to intentionally
use Mallory’s RDF equipment to produce a destructive frequency to counteract that being broadcast by
WXXT. With the proper speaker equipment attached within her proximity, this “sonic weapon” will forever
remove Anne Gare within seconds.
● Agents may at some point decide to toss an explosive down the stairs. If powerful enough to finally
destroy the accursed basement, Anne Gare will also no longer express within dimensions most familiar to
the Agents, and for the purposes of this scenario will no longer pose them a threat.

STR 10 CON 10 DEX 10 INT 18 POW 12 CHA 6

HP 10 WP 12
Behind You: Anne can enter a room completely silently and without being seen.
Flash Flood: Whenever Anne enters a room, that room rapidly fills with water. Anyone inside has three
turns to escape before they’re forced to hold their breath.
Transcendent: Anne cannot be hurt by non-magical attacks.
Jebediah Blackstye, Jr., the Old Buck’s toadie
Jebediah Blackstye was a hedge wizard, making strange brews from herbs that grew by the river and asking the
toads to tell him his future. One day, a toad as big as a chair followed him home. Allegedly, the toad taught
Blackstye wondrous things so he could curry favor with Benjamin Stockton; meanwhile, Stockton advised him how
to seduce the toad so it would bear him a son just as Shub-Niggurath had borne the Old Buck himself. In 1734, the
mob fed Blackstye to his monstrous familiar and ran the great toad through.

When Janet Pound arrived in town, the toad roused itself and gave birth to a child: a grown man that looks almost
exactly like Blackstye, except for a drooping and terrible facial deformity. This child is absolutely loyal to Stockton,
but it is too insane to work openly in human society. Wherever the coven needs muscle, however, that’s where it
will be.

STR 10 CON 11 DEX 11 INT 10 POW 11 CHA 3

HP 11 WP 11
Attacks: 9mm pistol 40% (1D10), shotgun 60% (2D10)
Rituals: Exaltation of the Flesh, Fascination, Speech of Birds and Beasts, Swarm (toads)

Abrecan Geist, treacherous warlock

Abrecan Geist once boasted he was Simon Peter to the Old Buck’s Christ, and it was true -- but not for the right
reasons. When the mob came for him in 1734, he swapped bodies with one of his pursuers and personally killed
“Abrecan Geist.” From inside the mob he could have saved the rest of the coven, but instead he watched them tear
Stockton limb by bloody limb. He hopes, but doesn’t expect, that the Old Buck will forgive him, so his loyalty is an
open question.

STR 9 CON 8 DEX 10 INT 14 POW 15 CHA 8

HP 9 WP 15
Attacks: Scissors 30% (1D4), shotgun 40% (2D10)
Rituals: Exchange Personalities, Infallible Suggestion, Obscure Memory, Soothing Song

Ginny Willaby, kindly old cannibal

Virginia Willaby was the wife of city counselor Nathaniel Willaby. The Willaby's were famous for throwing lavish
Thanksgiving dinners, but in 1911, their hospitality faltered. The house was boarded up, the furniture was in
shambles, the casseroles were cold and moldy, and it was immediately clear that the meat served at their table was
not, and likely never had been, turkey. They were driven from polite society, and everyone believed she and
Nathaniel were gone for good.

Ginny, however, has since enjoyed a long-lived and rather unknown continued existence in Pioneer Valley due to
her incorporation of specially-prepared rotting human flesh into her daily regimen. She has spent decades
cultivating this obscene pastime, finally culminating in the murder and slow consumption of her husband,
Nathaniel. Her natural form has become elongated, lithe, and corded with muscle. Her face has lengthened, and
her legs seem to bend at unnatural angles. She continues to prey upon the recently dead of Northampton, and she
has conveniently found she can temporarily take on certain physical features of those she has consumed. She has
used this unnatural ability to walk among those who previously shunned her and cavort amongst their cemeteries
under the night skies. Now, her family’s misdeeds are all but forgotten, and she is free to do as she pleases.

It has been through the consumption of ancient bones and rotted, dusty marrow that she learned of the Old Buck,
finding that even the dead whisper in fear about his great return. Convinced that this strange resurrection is
inevitable, she believes it her duty to attend and serve Stockton in whatever form he might take during his second
life. She hopes he will be a fitting consort for herself, equally powerful if not more so, as the years without
Nathaniel have been admittedly lonely.

She soon sought out Abrecan Geist, knowing his secrets as soon as she stole them from several unmarked graves.
She has offered her services, and Geist has reluctantly accepted the creature’s seeming loyalty as he works to
transform Northampton into a humming, resonant beacon for Stockton’s return. However, Virginia knows of
Abrecan’s past betrayal of Stockton, and she will attempt to use this knowledge as leverage once the Old Buck
returns in order to curry his favor.

Ginny is now the secretary at Pearl-Lisle Whites Dentistry, keeping careful watch over Abrecan Geist. She’s warm
and giggly and offers everyone "sugar-free candies.” If necessary, she will reveal her true nature in order to protect
the interests of the coven, but she is much more useful in her more personable form to distract, deflect, and
otherwise misinform Agents regarding any of the coven’s purposes.

STR 14(24) CON 9(24) DEX 14(15) INT 9 POW 13 CHA 10

HP 12 WP 10
Attacks: Bite 55% (1D10), shotgun 40% (2D10)
Rituals: Exaltation of the Flesh, Healing Balm
Worry and Rip: After a successful bite, Ginny can attack the same target without a roll on her next turn. If
she penetrated the target's armor, ignore it on subsequent bites. The target can escape if they win an
opposed STR roll.

Father Shineface, voice of the coven

Father Ezekiel Shannon was pastor of St. Isaac Jogues Church until it burned down during Easter mass in 1931.
"Father Shineface," as he came to be known for his horrific burns, was the only survivor. He attempted to
sermonize for local radio station WDDI, but his faith had been broken: soon he was screaming blasphemies across
the Pioneer Valley, cursing God's name and using words the most sinful man would never speak aloud. The station
burned down during the broadcast, killing everyone inside.

Unlike the rest of the coven, Father Shineface's worldview is fundamentally Christian: he thinks God is a lousy
father who has children just for the pleasure of abusing them, but he still believes in God and Lucifer, not Azathoth
and Nyarlathotep. He’s also the host of WXXT: he has no physical body but can speak directly to the Agents through
a radio, or through Janet Pound and Stanley Saltworth using their implanted teeth (0/1 SAN Unnatural the first
time it happens).

He is the key to the coven’s plans, acting as a focus for the coven’s will to drive the denizens of Pioneer Valley into
unhinged ecstasy, to live like beasts and give up their humanity. With additional transmission sources, his words are
growing in impactful power. Instead of experiencing random expressions of the coven’s will, people are soon to
succumb to the primal call of Shub-Niggurath.
Benjamin Stockton, the Old Buck
Benjamin Stockton, or “the Old Buck” as his followers called him, was the offspring of Shub-Niggurath and a foolish
human who asked the Devil to find him a wife. He preached the good news to everyone he met: that humanity is a
lie. That they are beasts and should live as beasts, wild and free and full of awe for the Great Old Ones. At the time,
only his coven listened, but if the Agents don’t stop him he will preach again and this time -- he will be embraced.

STR 18 CON 18 DEX 12 INT 18 POW 18 CHA --

HP 18 WP 18
SAN Loss: 1/1D6
Attacks: Horns 30% (Lethality 10%), Unarmed 50% (1D8)
Half-Human: Called shots on Stockton have no effect. Lethality rolls can only succeed if the weapon is
rated 25% or higher, and gunshots always do minimum damage. (Stockton only has this power if he was
resurrected in the body of Janet Pound).
Uncivilized: Stockton preaches the joy of acting on animalistic instinct. Everyone must win an opposed
POW roll against him, or they permanently lose 1 POW and suffer temporary insanity.
THE WITCHING HOUR
Once the Agents settle in for the first night after a full day’s investigation, something unpleasant may happen to
them during their rest. Anyone who attentively listened to fragments of the WXXT radio broadcasts may experience
disturbing dreams. Any failed SAN rolls below also means the Agent is EXHAUSTED the next day and did not regain
Willpower:
● The Agent dreams they are back at an important event in their life. This could be their wedding ceremony,
graduation, military training, birthday party, the birth of a child, a funeral, etc. As they attempt to speak to
a Bond or loved one, they find that their voice is not their own. Instead, the voice of “Zeke”, performing
one of his broadcasts, issues forth from their mouth. No matter how frantically they speak or exclaim, they
cannot find their own voice. A look of disgust and revulsion can clearly be seen on their Bond or loved
one’s face. Their last memory before waking is an attempt to scream, but only screeching radio distortion
comes out of their mouth (SAN 0/1 from Helplessness).
● The Agent dreams they are taking an important test. Could be a graduation exam or something related to
their career, but otherwise this is something very important to their core psyche. Instead of taking the test
in a well-lit examination room, they are in a cold damp basement lit by a single flickering candle. A steady
drip can be heard in the distance, as well as the sound of something shuffling up and down a set of wet
stairs behind them. Concentrating on their work is near impossible, and the words and numbers sworl
before their eyes. No matter how much they try to turn to see who this could be, they cannot do so (SAN
0/1 from Helplessness). They wake with an unshakeable dread.
● The Agent dreams they are taking part in a personal hobby that means a lot to them. Fishing, camping,
spending time with family (Motivations are a good place to mine for something appropriate). As they try
to focus on a particular activity, their eyes begin to fill with a watery liquid. These are not tears, but a clear,
slightly mucosal fluid. The Agent continually tries to wipe the viscous fluid away, but no matter how
frantically they swipe at their face they are unable to clearly see nor are they able to fully remove the
liquid. The Agent’s sense of panic mounts as they notice in the distance a stranger waving to them
frantically. With blurred vision, his features are difficult to make out, but he begins shouting something too
faint to understand. The Agent finally is able to clear their vision completely, but upon looking back up, the
stranger is gone. Turning, the deformed face of the same man is so close to their own as to defy belief.
Blackstye’s crooked grin bares yellowed teeth, and he kisses the helpless Agent upon the forehead, crudely
whispering “Iä, Iä. Shub-Niggurath.” The Agent wakes with a start, their face covered in tears (SAN 0/1
from Helplessness). Unnatural may allow this Agent to understand that the words spoken are exaltations
of certain fertility goddess-worshipping cultists in ancient Sumeria, rumored to have descendant
worshippers in parts of southeast Asia today.
● The Agent dreams they are at an exquisite banquet dinner, surrounded by friends and loved ones. Served
before them is a juicy, succulent, steak. They meticulously cut the steak into bite sized pieces. As they
place the first piece of steak into their mouth they realize they have no teeth. Try as they might, no matter
how purposely or desperately they mash down on their steak, they cannot chew it.

Looking around the room they see their friends and loved ones widely smiling, healthy teeth on full
display. They are clearly mocking the Agent for their own lack of teeth. Some of them even reach down,
pick the steak up with their hands and just tear a nice big chunk of it. Others begin to laugh as the Agent’s
pitiful attempts to chew their steak yield nothing and they are forced to spit it out. Their belly growls and
they feel the pangs of hunger.

Even in this dream-state the Agent knows that these people have stolen their teeth, and now they are
mocking them for it. These are their own teeth in other people's mouths, but any attempt to ask for help
 or to reacquire their teeth is met with mockery, derision, and laughter from the partygoers.

The Agent wakes as the raucous and derisive laughter reaches a deafening cacophony. Their jaw aches as
though they have been grinding their teeth all night (SAN 0/1 from Helplessness).

Regardless, the Agents will all wake to the sound of heavy rainfall outside (weather that will last through the
intended time of the Old Buck’s resurrection). Outside on their hotel patio or balcony, dozens of fat, brown toads
will be splashing through the downpour, piling atop one another and scrambling from place to place as if in a
frenzy.

The Resurrection
The coven intends to resurrect Stockton in the chimney clearing on the Metacomet trail before dawn on November
1. Under the direct and focused control of Father Shineface, Stanley Saltworth will be present to unearth Stockton.
Similarly-controlled, Janet Pound will bludgeon Stanley to death with a rock, and dark miasmata will rise from
Stockton’s remains and embrace Janet, transforming her into a human-goat hybrid creature (a transition that will
only leave the slightest impression of such in an observer’s mind. It will be as if Janet always appeared like this:
SAN 1/1d8). Blackstye and Geist will guard the clearing with shotguns if they are still alive. Ginny will stand closest
to the ritual site, prepared to reveal her true form and dispatch any violent interlopers from this sacred moment.
The ritual fails if there’s no one left in the clearing to be Stockton’s vessel. Instead, the energetic expression that
was once Stockton will dissipate, pulled across a higher dimension and reduced to something elemental to only one
day return to the ever-birthing obscenity that is Shub-Niggurath.

Properly reborn, Stockton initially won’t respond to gunshots. He actually forgives the Agents and asks them to let
him pass. But he’s waited a long time for this, so if they keep trying to kill him, he’ll use Uncivilized on his first turn
and fight back after that. He’ll deal with major threats by pinning them and goring them on his horn-like growths.
CONCLUSION

There are many ways this scenario can come to a close, all dependent on the route of investigation. Here are some
possibilities:

The Mystery Continues

If the team never gets to the clearing in time, the resurrection goes off without a hitch. Despite Ginny’s attempt to
offer up Geist, Stockton chooses to “forgive” his wayward disciple, and focuses on his goal. The coven will leave
Northampton, disappearing completely into the wilderness of Appalachia, and the WXXT broadcasts cease.
Stockton continues his work with the coven to devolve the people of Pioneer Valley, no longer requiring Father
Shineface and able to more covertly tap into the resonance network himself.

Outlying rural towns will begin to change first, people leaving them quietly to enter the wilderness and live like
beasts. Northampton, a city of more than 200,000, will have a stark population decrease as homes are abandoned
in droves. In two years, the city will have shrunk by nearly a third.

These individuals are gone -- off the grid. It’s an incredible and unprecedented phenomena, and one that can’t be
easily quantified by even the most curious investigator.

However, reports of isolated survivalist communes begin to increase with frequency across the United States.
Associated are reports of abductions, or worse. Rumors abound, and only Delta Green has the evidence to piece it
all together and draw the conclusion that these communes are tied by an unnatural thread.

Deal with the Devil

The Agents work with Geist or perhaps even Ginny to sabotage the ritual. The other coven members are
appropriately neutralized and Stockton is severely weakened or the resurrection cannot occur. His remains are
destroyed and the Agents owe a debt to their conspirator(s). WXXT is taken offline, and the old ambitions of the
Northampton coven are lost to antiquity.

Light It All on Fire

The Agents either get to the ritual clearing in the nick of time, or lay a trap. The Handler is encouraged to reward
forward-thinking strategies appropriately, as well as punishing the negligent. The coven members are attacked, and
a great combat ensues that pulls down unnatural patterns from the fabric of the sky and presents a firefight the
likes of which none of the Agents have ever seen. Ginny will reveal herself in all her gruesome splendor, rending
any who interfere. Stockton will attempt to call for peace, but will soon defend himself and use Uncivilized to bring
the Agents to heel. Geist will reluctantly fight as well, much more afraid of Stockton than the feds.

Good luck, Agents.

SAN REWARDS & PENALTIES

At the Handler’s discretion
APPENDIX I: RADIO RESONANCE
Example snippets of WXXTs programming to be heard throughout the scenario. As always, it is up to the Handler’s
discretion to utilize this mechanic for additional exposition.

MALLORY HAS BEEN RECALIBRATED

Zeke: “Now, I wouldn’t put it past tha Big Man Upstairs ta test us again; his poor, sick, and misbegotten
childr’n; but fer now we seem to be gettin’ through His trials one after t’other.”

Zeke: “Reinin’ in tha wild will of brother Clemson has been part of it. A delicate thing, when you consider
the desired conclusion in our grand story. How do you balance tha need fer control so that you can just
arrange ta do away with it all in tha end?” <chuckles>

Zeke: “Well, placing him back under tha yoke of the Higher One’s guidance, yet again, will speed us up ta
that end; I do have faith in that at least.”

Zeke: “And Dame Gare, dear Anne, we have her ta thank for it. Her methods might be crude, but perhaps
that aspect is ta be celebrated in tha new world comin’.”

Zeke: “Let’s have a listen now to a little Jimmie Rodgers, old ‘Skinner’s Blues.’ “

FUN FACTS ABOUT ASPHYXIATION

Zeke: “...and it’s not easy ta keep yappin’ once tha gums are sewn together with razorwire, I tell you what.”
<chuckle>

Zeke: “But let’s switch gears. I have a message for <REAL NAME OF AGENT>. Did you know that it takes
seven minutes ta lose consciousness when you’re pulled underwater with no way back up? Sure, those last
few minutes, while the lungs are fillin’ up, and you’re barely hangin’ on -- sure, it’s hard ta call that
consciousness. From what I hear tell -- and I have some expert sources on this -- you feel tha fire of a
thousand lit up nerves, all bursting at once in your chest and head, you’re body screamin’ at ya ‘How are
you so STUPID! Get some air in ya!’ “ <laughter>

Zeke: “Anyway, <REAL NAME OF AGENT>, we’re hoping you take this message with the good will it was
intended with. No hard feelin’s, now.”

Zeke: “Next up, we’re gonna to revisit what it means to be left by an older woman when yer just ten or so.”
YOU’RE A SINNER, AND THAT’S OKAY

Zeke: “<REAL NAME OF AGENT> it’s not that we don’t like ya -- it’s that ya make us real nervous! Some of
the things that go through your mind -- hell, titillates the hell out of us but you definitely give us a run for
our money!” <laughs>

Zeke: “Even Jeb, poor misshapen toadie -- having a real go at what ya been thinkin’.”

Zeke: “Does the Lord forgive? You might expect me to say ‘Of course!’ But I think it’s tha way he wants you,
<REAL NAME OF AGENT>. I think you should keep goin’ the way ya are. See where that limit is. Wait for
that wrathful hand o’ God to say ‘Oops! Too far!’ “

Zeke: “Bet you won’t hear a peep from ‘Im. Bet you can’t go far enough.”

Zeke: “Coming up, ‘Lazy Bones’ by Johnny Mercer.”

HOLES

Zeke: “HOLES. HOLES IN YOUR TEETH.” <laughter>

THE OLD BUCK HAS ALL THE FUN

Zeke: “So’s he’s buried, not quite dead but not quite sleepin’. Dig ‘em up, pour on a little of life’s vital
essence, and BLAM!” (hits his “desk”)

Zeke: “Welcome to tha New Age! Hallelujah and Amen to Him!”

Zeke: “Tha thing is, the Old Buck’s a bit of a wreck, after what Edwards’ people done to him -- it’s taken a
whole long bit of years, a whole lotta plannin’, but Abrecan says he’s got a new set of clothes lined up for
him to slip into. He’ll wear her like a sleeve and then wear her OUT!” (laughter)

Zeke: “Bothers me a bit that they ain’t doing tha same fer me. But guess I’m a ‘special case.’ Hell, it’s hard
to know what I am, after everything...after all tha flames…” <choking sounds. Sobbing. It goes on too long
until someone switches off the radio>
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