The Ebon Lagoon Bathhouse
Luxury Bathhouse
Atmosphere The air is thick with unseasonal dampness and faint, oily whispers that dissolve when you listen closely.
Location Type Luxury Bathhouse
An influential patron disappears after mentioning strange dreams about the depths beneath the bathhouse.
Clues
- A torn, bloodstained silk towel embroidered with an alien symbol
- A secret ledger revealing occult rituals conducted by staff
- Frequent, silent visitors who avoid eye contact and linger beneath water
Dangers
- A creeping presence that distorts reality and infects minds
- Cultists in disguise, secretly performing eldritch rites
Secrets
- A submerged chamber where a deep, alien entity was once contained, now disturbed
- The bathhouse is a front for a cult channeling a cosmic being through the water
Description
An opulent, art-deco styled bathhouse frequented by the city’s elite; beneath the marble pools, strange carvings pulse faintly with unnatural light, and shadows seem to cling longer than they should.
Hook
An influential patron disappears after mentioning strange dreams about the depths beneath the bathhouse.
GM Notes
- Use atmosphere to evoke creeping wrongness and subtle invasion of sanity
- Emphasize the danger of water as both a physical and psychic threat
- Consider how the cult's influence might extend into the investigators' world