Murder Will Out
Murder Will Out is a Hunter: The Vigil story of murder, madness
and corruption. It pits the players’ hunters against implacable killers
of every stripe, and leads them into the grisly secret that links them
all. What at first seems a case of an insane but isolated killer expands
to put the players’ characters at the mercy of an enemy that lives off
violence itself, and can only be defeated by an act that could make the
hunters killers on a par with the mass murderers they oppose.
This kit is written as a standalone adventure. It presumes that
the players’ characters are hunters who are established in the Vigil,
understanding that there are other hunter cells out there who can
cooperate or conflict in their hunt for supernatural horrors. It should
work fine as a chapter in most ongoing chronicles, since it forms a
self-contained struggle with a particular villain. This story makes use
of slashers – compulsive killers, often with supernatural qualities – as
antagonists.
Plot points/Scenes
The Lonely Fate of Sandra Meyer.
Solving for X.
Where's Karen?
Poison Pen.
Green Fields.
The Hermit.
Heart of Murder.
Lay Down Your Guns.
Themes
Murder. What drives someone to kill? How does it change the killer? How does it change the people near the victim?
Structure
Exposition
"The sun has just set. You are packed into an unmarked van by
Detective Franklin Kim, who starts to drive you to the scene. One of the
guys at the precinct has worked out the mathematical formula that the
Calculator had written on the walls of his crime scenes. It indicates a map
reference and house number, which corresponds to an apartment rented
by Sandra Meyer. Only Kim knows the location of the Calculator’s next
victim, and intends to kill him with your help, rather than risk the vagaries
of the legal system and see the freak walk free."
Relations
Protagonists
Martin Jackson, a family man of the cloth who will do what must be done to protect his community.
Hunter Smith, a cop on leave seeking vengeance for his murdered son.
Hunter Smith, a cop on leave seeking vengeance for his murdered son.
Allies
Franklin Kim, an obsessed police detective hell-bent on taking out the Calculator.
Adversaries
The Calculator
Backdrops
Locations
The city of Houston, Texas becomes the bloody backdrop for this cat-and-mouse game of survival.
Threats
The Seventh Execution, a monster built to protect the Calculators lair.
Encounters
Saving the life of Sandra Meyer, Calculators Victim.
Past Events
Hunter Smith's son was killed by The Calculator.
Plot type
A story with 2-3 chapters.
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