Previously
After receiving an invitation to go and visit Professor Tillinghast at her residential home, you arrive to find no one home, on closer inspection you see a light on upstairs but still no answer. Worried that something may have happened to Professor Tillinghast, you broke in through a window and started the search for her, when you reached the hallway there was signs of a struggle where a vase lay broken on the floor. A scream rang through the building that seemed to resonate from the upstairs office. Once you'd found the key and gained entry you were confronted by members of an occult. After subduing them you sadly discovered the professor's body on the floor near a broken beaker, The label of which was destroyed but you could make out a few letters "Miska... Uni... Sc... Lab." Now you find your self continuing your investigation in the Miskatonic University Science Lab.
Find meaning in the stars
Make you way to the other end of the corridor. There is quite a bit of lore in this first corridor, first check Trophy Shelf A shelf full of trophies, all inscribed for the Miskatonic Astronomy Club. You wonder what sort of Astronomy event results in a trophy. to the left of where your characters start. There is also a double door behind where you started A Door This goes back to Administration. We already have the information we need. Continue down the corridor just after the Staircases These stairs lead to the Observatory, but we have nothing to do there for now on the right you'll see A Billboard The bulletin board includes a map of the first floor of the Science and Astronomy building, complete with a big red "You Are Here" arrow. On the left wall there is a bench, on top of which you'll find A File A Manila file folder. Looking inside, you spot what might be something useful. You have found a new item: Epinephrine Opposite there is A Notebook A note left on a bench a student sits on catches your eye. It Reads "I can't stop thinking about that queer old book with it's strange writing. Even holding it in my hands seems to drain my strength, as if it were some sort of vampire sucking away my energy. Where Professor Tillinghast caught me with it, she confiscated it at once. I haven't seen it since" Head towards Dr Whilhelmina Tillinghast office door, it has a plaque to the left of the door way and is the 3rd door on the left hand wall. Once near, your two investigators will discuss the locked door and Dr Norman Withers whose office is in close proximity. Before visiting De Withers, check out the book case to the right of his door, When I inspected it appeared as A Door This goes back to Administration. We already have the information we need. incorrectly. Go and talk to Dr Withers. Professor Agatha Crane and Dr Withers will be talking, Withers shows his despair of These constant intrusions by reporters, police, and garden-variety busybodies. You finally however, convince him that you are trying to look into Professor Tillinghast's mysterious death. Agatha Crane will then join your investigation prompting you to check the observatory for clues.
On the right hand wall of Dr Withers office you'll find A File Cabinet The file cabinet is open. Inside, you find something interesting. You have found a new item Bullets Before you leave Dr Withers office have a quick look around, inspect Professor Withers Professor Norman Withers stands before you, puffing his cheeks impatiently. "I know you wish to search the observatory, but for the life of me I can't imagine what you expect to find there." Over by the window you'll find A Telescope A small telescope pointed out a window. Peering through it, you must look away from the bright light of the sun. No doubt the view is better at night. Leave Dr Wither's office, turning right as you go through the door. Continue down to the end of the corridor, on the left there is a set of stairs that leads upto the observatory.
Professor Tillinghast will give you a quick introduction to the observatory before you are able to search for clues, once she's finished search the middle locker behind where your character is standing.
Complex Interaction After locating the locker labelled "Prof. Withers," you find it locked tight
Lockpick, Break the door or Force Lock.
TBC (Manual Knowledge)
Picking the lock and after applying a little elbow grease and opening the locker, you find a box inside. Written in neat letters on a label is the name "Professor Tillinghast." Item found: Tillinghast's box.
Your investigators will discuss the box and it's contents as well as the occult symbol you saw when you found Tillinghast's body, this will prompt you to return to Norman Withers in the hope he can help.
To the right of the door you'll find A Bookcase A bookcase in need of tidying, you have found a new item: Pipe Wrench while at the other end of the room on the Desk So much clutter fills this desk that it might take a while to find a needle in this proverbial haystack. You decide to open a small top drawer. You should be so lucky! You have found a new item: Book of Restrain, Agatha will inform you that book is a or book of spells, Insisting you must see if the spells work. Before leaving the observatory go to the middle of the railing to have a better look at the Telescope Once the pride of the Miskatonic University Astronomy Department, this outdated telescope hasn't seen much use in recent years. You've gained all you can from the observatory it's time to go back down stairs and see if Dr Withers will help given the new information gathered.
Look here, Norman. See the odd things in this box of Wilhelmina's? Whatever she was researching, it was far more than that comet.
Your team will point out to Dr Withers that you found the same sign that's on the box in the room that she was murdered, persuading Wither to help with your investigation. He'll tell you that after a wekk without hearing from Tillinghast he grew worried and checked her office for anything that may be of use, only finding her notes that he couldn't make sense of. He'll give you Wilhelmina's Office Key then your conversation will be cut short by a noise coming from Tillinghast's office. Continue your search next door in Professor Tillinghast's Office as you approach the Door Engraved in brass on a plaque beside the door is the name "Professor Tillinghast." The door is slightly ajar. Open it and go inside to find the room ransacked, as you enter you'll hear panic outside the door as shadows rush the window of the door in fear. Have a quick look around the room and you'll find A Bookcase You find a book by the notorious occultist Aleister Crowley, entitled A Treatise on Astrologoy. on the left hand wall. Look over her desk to find Notebooks A series of notes written in Professor Tillinghast's distinctive hand. They appear to be nothing more than observations on her students, which she apparently liked to pair off like a matchmaker. While amusing, the notes don't appear useful to your investigation. You feel at peace: +1 Sanity Gain. On the right hand wall you'll find Tillinghast's open Safe The safe in Professor Tillinghast's office has been forced open, presumably by the same culprit who ransacked the place. There's nothing left inside the safe. On the same wall as the doorway you'll also find A Painting You see Edward Hopper's painting "House by the railroad." Its stark vertical and horizontal lines, as well as its striking colour palette, seem unsettling in this context. Prepare yourself for combat and leave Tillinghast's office.
In the corridor you'll find two corridor occultist both wielding knifes, your investigators will face a sanity check before the combat begins.
With the occultists dead you'll hear a scream from a nearby corridor, prompting another sanity check. Move through the double doors and into the next corridor. There is A Door This door leads to a different department in the university. You wouldn't find anything concerning the Professor Tillinghast there. on your left as you enter. Opposite those double doors is another Door The plaque says it's the door to the Science Lab, but it's locked. Start walking down the corridor and your investigators will be drawn to a door that they believe the scream came from, Wilhelmina's Classroom. You'' speak to some students through the closed door that believe the strange people ran further down the corridor. Next to the classroom door there is A Poster A bulletin board filled with flyers for university activities, including an announcement for an upcoming home game for the Miskatonic Squids, over which someone has scrawled, "Go 'Pods!" Opposite the classroom door there is a small trashcan next to a bench.
Complex Interaction It's not the most glamorous job, but searching this garbage bin might turn up a clue.
Empty or Look Through.
The best start is a clean start. Maybe emptying this first will help (Logical Knowledge)
Empty the trash can, Looking inside you spot what might be something useful. You have found a new item: Bullets
On the bench beside the bin lays A Book Something sticks out from between the pages of this new book. You have found a new item: Cigarettes. As you move further down the corridor your team will be confronted by 3 more occultist's, 1 armed with a knife, 1 with a Pipe wrench and the third unarmed. They are in close proximity to a student, that you must protect during the fight.Some fights require that you protect Civilians.
Make sure that you protect them. Use items or spells on them as needed.Deal with the three enemies, I'd Prioritise the one with the Pipe Wrench first, then the Knife wielding occultist and finally the unarmed one. With the oculist subdued your team will check on the student, who other than suffering from shock seems unhurt. Speak to the Student The student is bruised but otherwise unhurt. In thanks for your help, he gives you a gift. You have found a new item: Medical Book. On the bench opposite of the student you've just rescued, you will find a newspaper that contains A Newspaper Article From the Arkham Gazette: BODY VANISHES FROM CEMETERY By Gerard White. The Arkham Gazette has learned that a body disappeared from the city cemetery early this morning. Police have questioned a man found on the scene, believing him to be a witnes and perhaps an employee of the cemetery. More information to come as the story unfolds. Prompting a sanity check. Moving further down the corridor Agatha will see another student on the floor, asking if they're hurt. He'll tell you some men pushed him down onto the way into the classroom behind him, prompting another sanity check. To the left of the student on the floor there is A File Cabinet The file cabinet is open. Inside you find something interesting. You have found a new item: Bandages (Filthy) To the left of the file cabinet is another set of Staircases These stairs lead to the Marine Biology Department. That's far from Professor Tillinghast's specialization. Ready up for another battle and head inside the classroom behind the student on the floor.
As you enter the lecture hall you will be confronted by another 3 enemies, 2 unarmed and one armed with a pistol, your team will be faced with another sanity check. Prioritise the one with the gun and when you've finished them off search their bodies.
Complex InteractionA Dead Body (Left)
The unmoving body of one of the strangely garbed intruders. He won't be terrorizing the students any longer, but perhaps he carried identification--or, better yet, a clue.Look,
Look Through or
Pat Down.
No need for a complete search. A pat-down should do (Willpower Knowledge)Pat Down and From the dead man's pocket you draw out a telegram addressed to Professor Tillinghast: ALPHONSE LANUIT IS THE TRAITOR STOP COULD POSE THREAT TO YOUR LIFE STOP THE HERD. You feel the stability of your mind shatter: Sanity Check. Item Found: A telegram mentioning LanuitThe detective will announce that even though it doesn't solve the mystery there are a couple of names of use,
Alphonse Lanuit and the Herd. Check the next body of the three.
Complex InteractionA Dead Body (Middle)
The unmoving body of one of the strangely garbed intruders. He won't be terrorizing the students any longer, but perhaps he carried identification--or, better yet, a clue.Pat Down or
Search Thoroughly.
A careful search might turn up a clue on this corpse. (Willpower Knowledge)A search of the corpse turns up a letter from the head of the Department of Science and Astronomy. It grants Professor Tillinghast exclusive use of the science lab for a time. Reading between the lines, you presume she intended to perform an experiment there. You feel the stability of your mind shatter: Sanity Check. Item Found: Letter from the directorRoland Banks will comment on the new evidence, with the two clues found it's time to head back to Tillinghast's classroom.
Leave the final body, it doesn't contain anything of use and only gives you a Sanity Check. Before leaving the room however near the foot of the students desk on the far left you'll find a school bag.
Complex Interaction A satchel in the style of a student's school bag.Empty,
Examine or
Quick Look.
I must examine this closely (Search Knowledge)Examine A satchel in the style of a student's school bag. You have found a new item: Spirit Anthame. You have found a new item: Cigarettes.On the podium on the left at the front of the classroom you'll find Notes Atop the podium is an outline for a talk on autumn constellations including Andromeda, Aquarius, Capricorn, Pegasus, and Pisces. Return to Tillinghast's classroom. (Its the last single door on the right in the corridor as you turn left out of the lecture room).
There are a few points of interest in this room that you will need to pay attention to in order to find the book that Professor Tillinghast checked out in the library. I've marked these with ClueAs you approach the
Door As you try to open the door to Professor Tillinghast's classroom, you feel a heavy resistance. It seems those inside have barricaded the door. "Are they gone?" call the timid voice of a student Unlock the door to proceed. Inside a student will thank you and your team for dealing with the
brutes. Speak to the student that let you in for a second time.
Complex Interaction Wide-eyed and open-mouthed, the student shudders in the throes of panic.Scare,
Threaten or
Calm Down.
A calm audience is more receptive (Social Knowledge)With quiet words and a soothing voice, you manage to calm the student. She thanks you with a smile and a gift. You have found a new item: Bromo Caffeine In the corner of the room near the small chalkboard is A Cabinet This locked display case is full of rocks, some with extraterrestrial origins. and beside it A Telescope A small telescope pointed out a window--and toward another window. Whoever used this last was a peeping tom.In the centre of the room there is a bunch of chairs pushed together to form a square. In the very back right of the group you will find
A Chair Resting on a straight-backed wooden chair is a notable item. You have found a new item: Bandages (Filthy).
On the right middle chair at the front of the group you'll find A Letter The handwriting in this letter is difficult to make out, and the sentences go on and on. Deciphering the note, you find it describes astronomical observations by one of Professor Tillinghast's students. A number of sequential dates are crossed off without notes, as if the professor missed several classes. While on the table of the back left desk in the group you will find Notes Notes atop this desk outline the way ancient cultures regarded the constellations, presumably the most recent topic addressed in this room. Near the professors desk at the front left of the classroom you'll find to students cowering. Question both students, starting with the woman in green.
Complex Interaction A young woman who was hiding in the classroom says she was one of Professor Tillinghast's students. While she still appears frightened, perhaps you can coax more information out of her.Lecture,
Intimidate or
Question.
To get an answer, you need to know the right question. (Social Knowledge)As you Question the student, she says, "A few months ago, the professor asked me to return a book to the library. I returned it without looking at what it was. All I remember is that it was a large yellow book."To the right of the professor's desk is a man in a suit,
A Student The student looks nervous, perhaps shaken by whatever he read in the paper. "Have you heard?" he asks. "Professor Tillinghast's body disappeared from the cemetery. The only witness is an Albert Hatcher, the grave keeper. Whatever he saw drove him mad. What could it be?" You feel the stability of your mind shatter. Sanity Check. This will spark another discussion between your investigations team, giving you a new lead when you are finished at the University.
In the other corner at the front of the class you will find a woman with a yellow shirt, another
Student Thanks for the helps, says a young woman. When you ask about Professor Tillinghast, she says, "She'd been spending a lot of time in the library lately. I noticed she kept a book in her bag. I didn't notice the title, but I saw the author's name was Y. Page. If you can find that book, it might tell you what she was researching." There is another student to the woman's right wearing a suit who holds another
A Student With your gentle guidance, the student begins making sense. "I'm one of Professor Tillinghast's research assistants. Lately, the professor has been working on a project of her own. When I asked her about it, she said it was a project too advanced for me. I guess I was a little insulted, so I spied on her. I saw her look through the books in the third bookcase from the back if the library, the one with all the dictionaries and encyclopedias. She seemed impatient for results. If only she'd let me help!"
I've composed a list of everything we found out from this classroom regarding the book in the library.- Large yellow book
- Authors name was Y.Page
- Located on third bookcase from the back, in the dictionaries and encyclopedia section.
With the classroom searched for clues it's time to turn your attention to the library, leave the classroom turning left. The door for the library is on the wall at the end of the corridor, next to the staircase.
Continuing the progress Kitchen of Madness achievement
Just inside the library you will find 2 desk's leading away from the door. On the final desk in the far corner you will find A Note
A note on the table, most likely written by a student.
1 pint split peas
1 carrot
1 turnip
1 onion
3 teaspoon of dried mint
2 pints of stock
Pepper and salt
1 teaspoon of pea powder
Soak the peas for 24 hours, then drain. Put into the stock and bring to a boil. Add the chopped vegetables and simmer for 2-3 hours. Rub through a wire sieve, thicken with pea flour, and bring to boil again. Season to taste. Server with dried mint and fried croutons.There is
A Trophy Shelf A shelf full of trophies, but something else catches your eye. Straining, you finally reach just far enough to grab the item. You have found a new item: Bullets. You have found a new item Pocket Watch.
On the same wall as the door you'll see a row of bookshelfs in the corner at the far end. There is A Bookshelf You discover a record of comet sightings since the dawn of astronomy. Some of these comets won't return for another ten thousand years. Interestingly, Wilhelmina Tillinghast is listed as one of its borrowers, but that was fifteen years ago. Next to the bookshelf is A Bust The marble bust of a distinguished looking man. The plaque inscribed, "James Erwin, President, Miskatonic University."On the back wall of the library there is three rows of bookcases, Tillinghast had checked out a book for research to find it, you'll need to use the clues gained from the professor's classroom.
You are looking for a Large Yellow book, written by Y.Page that was in the dictionary and encyclopedia section.If you still need
Go to the book case on the far left, it's got a dark marble bust at one end and a ladder down the other. The book that you're looking for is furthest from the ladder.
Complex Interaction The reference section of the library is full of encyclopedias, indexes, dictionaries, and all manner of helpful books.
A to F, G to L, M to R, or S to Z.
You are looking for Y.Page so select M to R
Complex Interaction Browsing this section, a number of books attract your attention.
The new blue title, The thin green book, The big red tome, or The heavy yellow volume..
One of the students told us it was a Large yellow book, so choose The heavy yellow volume.Among the reference books you find one listing scientific groups in the United States. One of them is called "The Herd of Algedi," a small astronomical society based in New Orleans' Garden District. You've found
The book borrowed by Tillinghast. Recognising The Herd that was mentioned earlier you know now that it refers to the Herd of Algedi an Astronomy Club based in New Orleans. Your investigator will hypothesize that perhaps it was New Orleans that Professor Tillinghast visited on her trip before agreeing to go and see if Dr Wither's has discovered anything new from Wilhelmina's notes. Return to Dr Wither's Office.
As you enter Dr Withers Office, the Doctor will ask if you found the cause of the commotion, your team will explain they've dealt with the threat and ask why Professor Tillinghast would book the science lab. Dr Writhers will go on to explain she had no need for the lab. Once informed about the beaker that you found at her home he will give you the Key to the science lab allowing you to continue your investigation there. Speak to the student that's on the floor in Dr Withers office
Complex Interaction A student injured during the ruckus in the corridor has hidden himself inside Professor Withers' office. Despite taking shelter he still looks fearful
Charm or Calm Down
Perhaps a soothing voice would calm this person. (Social Knowledge)
With quiet words and a soothing voice, you manage to calm the student. He thanks you with a smile and a gift. You have found a new item: Bandages
Leave Dr Withers office cross over the corridor into the corridor that connects to it, On the right you'll find a plaque reading "Laboratory" next to A Door The plaque says it's the door to the Science Lab, but it's locked. Unlock the door and enter to be confronted by 2 unarmed Cultist's a Cultist with a pipe wrench and a Cultist Priest, triggering a Sanity check.The cultist priest can be quite tricky, able to deal damage from a distance. Take advantage of any Bromo Caffeine you have allowing you to shoot him multiple times with Roland during a turn. Also keep an eye on the Mythos Clock and don't hesitate to use the Pocket Watch if it gets close to ticking over.
Agatha will comment on the priests ability to cast a spell, unsure if she believed what she experienced.
At the front of the lab near the door you came in from you'll find A Chalkboard The class notes on this chalkboard are partially erased, as if someone had begun to clear the board before noticing the enormous "DO NOT ERASE" notice. Half way up the lab on the left hand counters you'll see
A Book There's something held between the pages of this old tome. You have found a new item: Bandages (Filthy). Inspect the Priests dead body
Complex InteractionDead Body Priest
The strange man lies dead on the floor. The prospect of rifling through his pockets is more than a little gruesome, but it's the only way to find a clue.Look or
Pat Down.
No need for a complete search. A pat-down should do. (Willpower Knowledge)During a pat down you discover a scrap of paper in his pocket you find a list of locations: Professor Tillinghast's mansion, Miskatonic University, the asylum, and something called a "Witch House." You feel the stability of your mind shatter: Sanity Check. Item Found: A NoteThen make your way through the other door out of the room, This will bring you into a room prepared for surgery.
As you walk through the door immediately on your left you'll see A Desk Scattered pages and notebooks litter the area. It might be tedious to search it all, but doing so might turn up an overlooked clue. MAny of the jumbled notes mention the imminent passage of a comet Professor Tillinghast appeared to be studying. Walk around the curtain at the end of the room to make a gruesome discover, a dissected creature that doesn't look of this world. Inspect the
Strange Creature A weird, worm-like creature with a strange tentacle-like growths lie on an operating table. It appears dead or dormant. Something about its strange appearance strikes fear into your heart, but it is simultaneously fascinating. You decide to take it with you. Press
Take to wrap up the Second Chapter of Arkham Horror: Mother Embrace.
Finishing Finding meaning in the stars unlocks the Degree In Astronomy achievement.
