Care Forgot

A classic-era Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition scenario for

one player

By John A. Almack
Care Forgot
A classic-era Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition scenario for
one player.
Introduction
Care Forgot is set in the city of New Orleans sometime
in the 1920s. It is designed for a single investigator
(Sophia Hebert) using the provided character stats.
The scenario may be adapted, with slight
modification, to include additional players utilizing
some of the supporting characters as investigators.
Full descriptions for all listed spells can be found in
The Grand Grimoire of Cthulhu Mythos Magic by
Chaosium.
Player's Information
The investigator awoke the morning after a terrible
thunderstorm suffering from amnesia. She soon
learned her name, that she lives with her father
Martin and two servants, Patrice and Esther
Boudreaux, in the Garden District, and has a fiancé
named Richard Fontenot. This happened almost a
month ago.
Keeper's Information
Unknown to the player, the investigator is not who
she thinks. The night of the storm, a member of the
Great Race of Yith was planning to mind swap with
the elder Hebert when an unprecedented anomaly
occurred and it accidentally replaced her mind
instead. As a result of the inadvertent exchange, the
yithian lost conscious memory of itself and its
mission. Even worse, the yithian also dropped the
mental wards protecting it from drawing the attention
of the eaters of paradox, one of which now hungrily
pursues it through time.
Running the Scenario
The player should initially be given the character stats
labeled “Sophia Hebert, Young Amnesiac”. The
Keeper may hint that some intellectual skills are
currently still hidden. Secretly roll and refer to the
statistics labeled “Sophia Hebert, Yithian Mind”, if the
player attempts to use ones that they do not
knowingly possess.
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Encounters
This scenario consists of a series of encounters
transpiring over the span of a week. The Keeper is free
to alter this list, or change the order in which they
appear, depending on the actions of the player while
trying to discover the truth behind who they really
are.
Night Terrors
The investigator bolts upright in her bed in the middle
of the night screaming and covered in cold sweat. Roll
0/1D3 Sanity. This wakes the other members of the
household, who quickly come to her aid. She cannot
remember exactly what the dream was about, only
that something dark and evil was stalking her from
the shadows. A check of the room reveals nothing
amiss and her remaining sleep is uneventful.
The Man in Black
While spending time on the upstairs balcony with her
boyfriend Richard, the investigator witnesses a
mysterious man dressed in black leaving the premises,
followed by her father shouting “Don’t come back
again!” Inquiring who the man was and what he
wanted, Martin replies he thought the stranger was a
potential investor, but turned out to be some kind of
crackpot spouting nonsense about “prophecies” and
“quatrains”. The man left a calling card with the
housekeeper, identifying his name as Gustave Landry,
but listing no street address.
House Call
Another visitor arrives at the house, this time Doctor
Jacob Wagner, an alienist who came recommended by
the family’s regular physician after finding no medical
reason for the investigator’s condition. Doctor Wagner
prescribes a hypnotherapy session in the parlor to
uncover the cause of the amnesia.
If the investigator agrees, she is successfully
hypnotized. Regressing back to the night of the storm,
the investigator describes an out-of-body experience
starting in a stone chamber filled with unidentifiable
equipment, then floating through time and space,
before encountering a blinding flash of light. Roll 0/1
Sanity. After the session, she remains uneasy, as if
being silently watched by an unseen predator, while
the doctor takes careful notes.
 Coming to Take You Away
Doctor Wagner unexpectedly appears, either
interrupting the exorcism or elsewhere, flanked by the
investigator’s father and his handyman. The doctor
has received reluctant approval to have Sophia
committed to an asylum for treatment outside the
city. The investigator must act fast to either persuade
them to reconsider or escape capture, or else face
involuntary confinement “for her own good”.

Down on the Bayou

The investigator can ask around town for Gustave’s
home address. It may be obtained from Mama
Céleste, but she warns against consorting with a man
of such ill repute. He lives in a dilapidated mansion
near Bayou St. John.
The occultist is surprised by the investigator’s visit
and that she, and not her father, is who he has been
seeking. The technological means to retransfer both
minds safely, an alien device of “rods, wheels and
mirrors”, is stored in his attic. Seeing it will also jog
the yithian’s memory.

Tomato in the Mirror

Conclusion
To take the investigator’s mind off her troubles, her Unless the yithian returns to its own time by the end
fiancé proposes a night out in the French Quarter. of the week, the eater arrives to claim its prey. It will
While getting dressed in her room, she turns to view attack anyone standing in its way. A Pnakotic
herself in a full-length mirror, only to see a hideous Pentagram can keep it at bay, but will also block
creature (a yithian) staring back at her. Roll 0/1D6 swapping minds.
Sanity. When she looks again, it is gone and her If the yithian device is used to successfully restore
reflection seems perfectly normal. Sophia, which requires several hours of setup and
meditation to perform, award each investigator 1D3
Sanity. Double the reward if they also fought the
Doing the Mambo eater.
At her boyfriend’s suggestion, the investigator may
decide to visit a shop on Bourbon Street owned by
Mama Céleste, a practicing mambo. The store is full of
both Catholic icons and various components for
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making gris-gris charms associated with Louisiana
Voodoo. The proprietor greets the investigator warmly
and asks “What ails you?” As she listens to her story, The Eater
the woman grows pale, then declares that the
The eater is a glowing, angular beast of constantly
investigator is not merely cursed, but actually
shifting form and shadow. It vaguely resembles a
possessed by a malevolent lwa or spirit. The mambo
tailless rodent the approximate size of a large human.
is serious and offers to perform an exorcism ritual,
The creature is a relentless and implacable temporal
after some preparation and for a large fee.
hunter, capable of phasing through solid objects,
If accepted, the yithian suddenly recovers its
which will not stop until the yithian is dead or mind
memory halfway through the day-long ceremony. It
swaps back to the past and it loses the scent. Eaters
realizes that, when completed, the spell (Cast Out The
possibly serve Yog-Sothoth in some capacity.
Devil) will not simply return the yithian back to the
past, but expel it forever into the void.

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EATER OF PARADOX, Time Give this second set of character stats to the player
if/when the yithian’s memory returns. In addition to
Vermin other new abilities, the investigator no longer suffers
STR 50 Sanity losses. Regardless of its original objective, the
CON 120 yithian now only wants to go home to its own time.
SIZ 80
DEX 80 SOPHIA HEBERT, apparent age
INT 85
POW 120 20, Yithian Mind
Hit Points: 20 STR 40 CON 50 SIZ 50 DEX 70 INT 100
Damage Bonus (DB): +1D4 APP 70 POW 65 EDU 50 SAN 0 HP 10
Build: 1 DB: 0 Build: 0 Move: 8 MP: 13 Luck: 55
Magic Points: 24
Move: 8 / 6 phasing Attacks per round: 1
Fighting (Brawl) 25% (12/5), damage 1D3+DB
Attacks per round: 1 Dodge 50% (25/10)
The eater may use its claws or teeth to attack.
Fighting 90% (45/18), damage 1D6+DB Spells: Enjoin Pnakotic Pentagram (cost 10 POW,
Bite 90% (45/18), damage 1D4 plus 3D6 STR (blood) 1D4 Sanity points, 3 hour casting time).
drained Skills: Charm 70% (35/14), Credit Rating 50%
Dodge 40% (20/8) (25/10), Cthulhu Mythos 30% (15/6), Electrical
Repair 60% (30/12), Fast Talk 60% (30/12),
Armor: 2-point hide, regenerate 1 hit point/round Mythos Language (Yithian Script) 50% (25/10),
per STR drained, immune to mundane weapons. Own Language (English) 50% (25/10), Persuade
Spells: Sense Life (cost 1 magic point). 50% (25/10), Psychology 30% (15/6), Science
Sanity Loss: 0/1D10 Sanity points to encounter an (Biology) 80% (40/16), Science (Chemistry) 70%
eater of paradox. (35/14), Science (Physics) 90% (45/18), Stealth
60% (30/12).

The Investigator Supporting

The investigator is an attractive, young Caucasian

woman with short brunette hair. While she can speak,
read and has normal motor skills, the investigator
remembers nothing about her life from before.
However, she has occasional nightmares about things
that she cannot recall and persistent feelings of déjà
vu.
SOPHIA HEBERT, age 20, Young
Amnesiac
STR 40 CON 50 SIZ 50 DEX 70 INT 80
APP 70 POW 60 EDU 50 SAN 60 HP 10
DB: 0 Build: 0 Move: 8 MP: 12 Luck: 55
Attacks per round: 1
Fighting (Brawl) 25% (12/5), damage 1D3+DB
Dodge 50% (25/10)
Skills: Charm 70% (35/14), Credit Rating 50%
(25/10), Fast Talk 60% (30/12), Own Language
(English) 50% (25/10), Persuade 50% (25/10),
Stealth 60% (30/12).
Characters
These characters are all members of the investigator’s
immediate family, household and friends. If using
them as investigators instead, allow the player(s) to
choose four additional skills and add +20% to their
base values, as well as roll 3D6 x 5 for their Luck
characteristics.
Martin Hebert is a portly widower. His daughter’s
mother Irene died of Yellow Fever when she was a
small child, and thus he is understandably
overprotective of her. The gentleman owns a thriving
import/export business in the Warehouse District and
is proud of his success. He looks forward to the
eventual day of Sophia’s wedding.
MARTIN HEBERT, age 44,
Concerned Father
STR 50 CON 40 SIZ 80 DEX 45 INT 60
APP 65 POW 60 EDU 55 SAN 60 HP 12
DB: +1D4 Build: 1 Move: 6 MP: 12

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Attacks per round: 1
Fighting (Brawl) 40% (12/5), damage 1D3+DB or
Cane damage 1D6+DB
Dodge 22% (11/4)
Skills: Accounting 70% (35/14), Appraise 50%
(25/10), Credit Rating 60% (30/12), Fast Talk 40%
(20/8), Intimidate 60% (30/12), Own Language
(English) 60% (30/12), Persuade 50% (25/10),
Psychology 50% (25/10).
Patrice and Esther Boudreaux are a married creole
couple. They have lived with, and been employed by,
the Hebert family for decades. The wiry handyman is
both hard-working and soft-spoken, while his
matronly wife is a skilled, if uneducated, domestic.
Patrice generally defers to Mister Hebert’s judgement
in most matters, but Esther is more likely to take
Sophia’s side in any disagreements.
PATRICE BOUDREAUX, age 39,
Loyal Handyman
STR 85 CON 70 SIZ 60 DEX 60 INT 50
APP 50 POW 40 EDU 50 SAN 40 HP 13
DB: +1D4 Build: 1 Move: 8 MP: 8
Attacks per round: 1
Fighting (Brawl) 50% (25/10), damage 1D3+DB
Dodge 30% (15/6)
Skills: Climb 50% (25/10), Craft (Carpentry) 70%
(35/14), Craft (Plumbing) 60% (30/12), Credit
Rating 40% (20/8), Drive Auto 40% (20/8),
Electrical Repair 40% (20/8), Mechanical Repair
60% (30/12), Other Language (French) 50%
(25/10), Own Language (English) 50% (25/10).
ESTHER BOUDREAUX, age 36,
Devoted Housekeeper
STR 50 CON 60 SIZ 70 DEX 80 INT 50
APP 50 POW 60 EDU 40 SAN 60 HP 13
DB: 0 Build: 0 Move: 8 MP: 12
Attacks per round: 1
Fighting (Brawl) 25% (12/5), damage 1D3+DB
Dodge 40% (20/8)
Skills: Accounting 50% (25/10), Craft (Cooking) 70%
(35/14), Credit Rating 40% (20/8), Fast Talk 50%
(25/10), First Aid 60% (30/12), Listen 60%
(30/12), Other Language (French) 40% (20/8),
Own Language (English) 40% (20/8), Persuade
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50% (25/10), Psychology 40% (20/8).
Richard Fontenot is a promising, young law
student attending Loyola University, who is engaged
to wed Sophia soon after graduation. He dorms on
campus in Marquette Hall, while his affluent family
lives in Baton Rouge. Despite his upbringing, he is a
firm believer in the power of Voodoo and the occult.
RICHARD FONTENOT, age 23,
Superstitious Fiancé
STR 70 CON 80 SIZ 50 DEX 50 INT 60
APP 60 POW 50 EDU 45 SAN 50 HP 13
DB: 0 Build: 0 Move: 8 MP: 10
Attacks per round: 1
Fighting (Brawl) 40% (20/8), damage 1D3+DB
Dodge 25% (12/5)
Skills: Credit Rating 50% (25/10), Fast Talk 70%
(35/14), Intimidate 50% (25/10), Law 60%
(30/12), Library Use 60% (30/12), Occult 40%
(20/8), Other Language (Latin) 40% (20/8), Own
Language (English) 50% (25/10).
Other Characters
The following other characters are encountered, either
as allies or adversaries, whose roles are subject to
change during the course of the scenario.
Doctor Wagner is widely renowned as a brilliant
and dedicated, if somewhat overzealous, healthcare
professional and an expert on the latest treatments of
mental disorders. He runs a private asylum for the
mentally ill that is discreetly located a few miles away
from New Orleans. His diagnosis of the investigator’s
condition (paranoid schizophrenia) is incorrect, but
not too far off the mark.
DOCTOR JACOB WAGNER, age
57, Zealous Alienist
STR 45 CON 55 SIZ 60 DEX 40 INT 70
APP 40 POW 50 EDU 90 SAN 50 HP 11
DB: 0 Build: 0 Move: 5 MP: 10
Attacks per round: 1
Fighting (Brawl) 25% (12/5), damage 1D3+DB
Dodge 20% (10/4)
Skills: Credit Rating 50% (25/10), First Aid 40%
(20/8), Hypnosis 50% (30/12), Medicine 40%
(20/8), Own Language (English) 90% (45/18),
 Persuade 50% (25/10), Psychoanalysis 70%
(35/14), Psychology 60% (25/10), Science
(Biology) 40% (20/8), Science (Pharmacy) 60%
(30/12).
Mama Céleste, as she is known to the public, is a
slender woman of Haitian descent and an
accomplished Voodoo practitioner. The mambo and
her establishment are highly regarded by many
members of the local community. Although
possessing actual magical powers, she has a very
limited understanding of the mythos, mostly filtered
through her sincere religious beliefs.
MAMA CÉLESTE, age 35, Mambo
Priestess
STR 50 CON 50 SIZ 40 DEX 60 INT 70
APP 60 POW 80 EDU 50 SAN 75 HP 9
DB: 0 Build: 0 Move: 9 MP: 16
Attacks per round: 1
Fighting (Brawl) 50% (12/5), damage 1D3+DB or
Blessed Knife damage 1D4+DB, can harm the eater
Dodge 30% (15/6)
GUSTAVE LANDRY, age 48,
Cajun Occultist
STR 60 CON 55 SIZ 50 DEX 50 INT 50
APP 35 POW 70 EDU 85 SAN 55 HP 10
DB: 0 Build: 0 Move: 7 MP: 14
Attacks per round: 1
Fighting (Brawl) 50% (12/5), damage 1D3+DB
Firearms (Handgun) 40% (20/8), damage 1D10
Dodge 25% (12/5)
Spells: Chant of Thoth, Contact Yithian (cost 4 magic
points, 1D3 Sanity points), Dread Curse of
Azathoth (cost 4 magic points, 1D6 Sanity points).
Skills: Anthropology 50% (25/10), Archaeology 50%
(25/10), Credit Rating 40% (20/8), Cthulhu
Mythos 15% (7/3), History 70% (35/14), Library
Use 40% (20/8), Occult 60% (30/12), Other
Language (French) 60% (30/12), Own Language
(English) 85% (42/17).

Spells: Bless Blade, Cast Out The Devil (cost 10

magic points, 1D4 Sanity points, 1 day casting
time), Enchant Gris-Gris, Enchant Ju-Ju.
Skills: Accounting 40% (20/8), Charm 60% (30/12),
Credit Rating 50% (25/10), Cthulhu Mythos 5%
(2/1), Fast Talk 60% (30/12), Natural World 40%
(20/8), Occult 70% (35/14), Other Language
(French) 50% (25/10), Own Language (English)
50% (25/10), Psychology 50% (25/10).

Gustave Landry is a disreputable archaeologist and

occultist. His previous explorations into the mythos
have left him deeply scarred in mind and body. He is
associated with the human cult of yithian followers
and has in his possession one of their devices, along
with a rare tome in French called The Yithic
Revelations (Sanity Loss 1D6, +1/+3 percentiles to
Cthulhu Mythos, Mythos Rating 12, 8 weeks study Credits
time). Call of Cthulhu is a Trademark of Chaosium Inc. and
This work was penned in late 17th-century France
is used with their permission via the OBS Community
by another yithian mind originating from some era
Content program. For more information please visit
after the investigator’s own. It contains a number of
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cryptic prophecies in the form of quatrains, revealing
The Miskatonic Repository Logo is used under
the arrivals and goals of others who traveled before it,
license.
useful to those individuals who can properly decipher
their true meanings, but open to misinterpretation. As
such, the book represents an ontological paradox Great Race of Yith artwork by Simon Bray.
comprehensible only to yithian science.
Care Forgot © 2022 John A. Almack