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h e r o e s o f t h e s e a

Ze ro po int - m ay 19 40

By sarah neWton

Art Dim martin Layout michal e. cross

THAN KS

CR EDITS

Sara h would like to thank: Chr is Birch, for the

chance to write this ep ic campaign; D im and Michal, for

their bea utiful art and l ayout work; an d Ralf Schemm ann

and S imon Rogers o f Profantasy (w ww.profantasy .

com), for providing t heir wonderful interactive atla s

of wor ld war two . A nd, as ever, hug e thanks to Ch ris

McWil liam, my husba nd, for his end less patience a nd

h elp playtesting the Zero Point campaign.

Written by

Sarah New toN

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Artwork by

Dim mar tiN

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Design , Layout & C artography by

michal e. c roSS

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Chris would l ike to thank: Sarah, Michal a nd Dim for

the stunning work on this A chtung! Cthul hu series,

and my new wife Rita who continues to in spire my

creativity a nd passion for exploring new worlds.

Pro duced & Art D irected by

chriS Bir ch

Mic hal would lik e to thank: Pa trick Kapera fo r

showi ng me the rope s, Chris and Sa rah for giving m e

a ch ance, Paul Evan s for starting m e on this crazy

jour ney, and Fransje for her patien ce and honesty .

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Foreword 2

Introduction 3

Overview 3

The Dunkirk Environment 7

Encounters 10

Plot Episodes 15

Episode Plot Summary

Behind Enemy Lines

The U-Boat Base

.. .C OM IN G OUT T HE W AT ER

RE PE AT , CO MI NG OU T TH E WA TE R!

Maglemosian

The Dive

Searise

Epilogue

Appendix One: Pre-generated Characters 40

Appendix Two: New Rules 43

Appendix Three: Vehicles 48

Appendix Four: Operational Briefing 52

Appendix Five: Handouts 56

F ore wor d b y Sa rah Ne wto n

W orld W ar Two is ama zing. B y turns terrifyin g, excit ing, trag ic, fille d with c ourage and de s-

pera tion, th e appal ling spe ctacle o f a civil isation tearing itself ap art. An d yet it created the wo rld

we live in to day—t he bord ers betw een ou r natio ns, the memori es and s tories o ur fami lies tell one

ano ther, ph otograp hs and medals on wal ls. We o we our lives, d irectly o r indire ctly, to the terr ible

sacr ifice ma de by a n entire genera tion in the mid dle of t he twen tieth ce ntury.

Here in Nor mandy we dig up bulle t casin gs when we tur n over t he gard en. Ou r chicke ns peck

at an ol d wood en shel l crate, whose U S Arm y stenci lling is only vis ible wh en it rai ns. We go for

days ou t in a p retty se aside to wn whe re my g randfat her des perately unload ed fuel in the d ays afte r

D-Day, not an hour aw ay. It’s hard to believe sometim es how close it still is —scrat ch the surface,

and the War is there, everywh ere you look.

Three y ears ago Chris Birch an d I got talking about r oleplayi ng in W orld W ar Two. How c ould

we do it— how co uld we draw on its awe some t ales of heroism , traged y, and s acrifice , withou t

triv ializing a profo und and histori cal even t? Thos e who know m e will k now I’v e alway s loved con-

spi racy the ories— and Wo rld Wa r Two is filled w ith the m. Toge ther Ch ris and I talked about how

we could d raw ou t the sin ister pu lp elem ents of these c onspira cy tales , and us e them to crea te

act ion-pac ked role playing advent ures wo rthy of the grea test wa r films. This ad venture , and th e rest

of the Zero Point c ampaig n for A chtung ! Cthul hu , are the resu lt…

her oes of t he Sea takes pl ace duri ng the evacuat ion at D unkirk. Like ma ny of u s, I kne w the

broad brushst rokes of the Du nkirk st ory—bu t in res earchin g those terrible days in May an d June

1940, I’ve bee n amaz ed and humble d. Mayb e it’s a feature of war t hat its events a re so te rrible y ou

can ne ver ima gine the y could ever ha ppen— until th ey do.

The ev acuatio n of ove r three hundre d thous and sol diers fro m the b eaches of Dun kirk, un der

co nstant a ttack fr om land and ai r, by na val vess els and ragtag flotillas of “littl e ships” which

th emselve s were o ften to rpedoed and sa nk even as the y fished soldier s from t he sea, the eye wit-

ne ss acco unts of those w ho foug ht—on both s ides—a nd the sheer sc ale of t he deva station , are

br eathtaki ng. I ho pe in so me sm all way I’ve bee n able t o conv ey the m agnitu de of Du nkirk’s events

as the bac kdrop t o this a dventur e.

Lo vecrafti an rolep laying t hrives o ff myst ery, and the dre ad that unimag inable inhuma n pow-

ers ho ld sway over o ur cosm os, befo re whic h mere human concer ns pale into ins ignifica nce. Ze ro

Point brings t hose th emes d irectly in to Wo rld War Two, a s our in trepid in vestiga tors unv eil a te r-

rible c onspira cy alon gside, b etween , and be neath i ts world -shatte ring eve nts. Du ring thi s series of

linked advent ures, yo ur play ers will fight a s ecret w ar whic h threa tens the future of the w orld its elf.

How they do so—an d whet her they succee d—ma y lead y our cam paign d own so me ver y dark a nd

twiste d avenu es. Can they t hwart th is drea dful me nace, ev en as h umanit y tears i tself ap art? Wh at

is the true hi story of that se cret war ? Play o n… this story o nly you can te ll...

Sa rah New ton

N orman dy, Sept ember 2 012

Introduction –

What is Achtung!

Cthulhu?

Heroes of the Sea is the second scenario in the Zero Point

campaign, an epic series of adventures for the Achtung!

Cthulhu setting—Lovecraftian roleplaying in World

War Two. Achtung! Cthulhu allows you to play investi-

gators uncovering the terrible secrets of the Lovecraftian

Mythos which threaten the world at a time when hu-

mankind is already poised to tear itself apart.

This version of Heroes of the Sea is intended for use

with the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game, published by

Chaosium, Inc. Additional rules specific to the World

War Two era can be found in the appendices, including

pre-generated characters, created using the 6th edition

Call of Cthulhu rules, to get you playing straight away.

You can also create your own investigator characters us-

ing the Call of Cthulhu rules.

Agent WOTAN had been operating in northern

Germany and Belgium. While travelling to British

Expeditionary Force territory, she was overtaken by the

sudden Blitzkrieg advance of German forces in May 1940.

Contact has been lost, and the worst is feared. All that is

known is that WOTAN had uncovered a secret German

operation named FALL NADEL (“Operation Needle”),

and had information vital to the fate of the Allied forces.

The investigators are members of Section D, an arm

of the British Secret Intelligence Service. Ferried to the

besieged port of Dunkirk by H.M.S. Durant , their mis-

sion is to make their way into the warzone of what is be-

ing called the Battle of France, contact Agent WOTAN,

and take appropriate action based on the nature of FALL

NADEL.

Overview

This adventure contains material for several sessions of

play. It incorporates historical and geographical back-

ground; an extensive encounters section; and five com-

plete plot episodes with maps and non-player characters.

Extensive appendices provide pre-generated characters,

new rules for Call of Cthulhu adventuring in World War

Two, new vehicles, an operational briefing for the play-

ers, and a handouts section.

The Mission

Following the bizarre events of Three Kings , the first ad-

venture in the Zero Point campaign, the British Secret

Intelligence Service has been operating undercover

in occupied Europe gathering information on unusual

activities in the Third Reich. In recent weeks, a fe-

The Real Deal

Agent WOTAN has happened upon a bizarre secret

German operation in the Dunkirk region. Operation

Needle will require all of the investigators’ resourceful-

ness to defeat.

During the last glaciation, millennia ago, global sea

levels were much lower than today. As late as 6000BC,

large stretches of what is now the North Sea were dry

land, populated by Stone Age hunter-gatherers of the

Maglemosian culture.

The Maglemosians found their coastal lands dotted

with ancient, forbidding stones, which seemed to have

been shaped by no human hand—temples and carvings

“WOTAN had uncovered a secret German

operation named FALL NADEL (‘Operation

Needle’), and had information vital to

the fate of the Allied forces.”

male undercover agent, Agatha Marcham (codename

WOTAN) has gone missing in northern Europe after at-

tempting to contact Section D with critical information.

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