The Factory’s Shadow

A One-Shot Adventure for 4-6 Players, Level 7

OVERVIEW

25 years after the Catastrophe, the Ironheart Manufacturing Complex has begun mass-producing strange devices. Workers vanish during night shifts, and the steam-powered machinery seems to operate with its own intelligence. The cult has industrialized reality manipulation.

THE FACTORY

🏭 Main Complex

Industrial Horror Production Floor - Assembly lines - Steam engines - Reality forges - Pattern looms

Upper Works - Management offices - Design studio - Pattern library - Observation deck

⚙️ Support Facilities

• Worker housing
• Power plant
• Storage warehouse
• Testing grounds

🌀 Hidden Areas

• Reality laboratory
• Pattern workshop
• Worker processing
• Entity chamber

KEY NPCS

⚙️ Edwin Blackstone

Factory Owner - Cult industrialist - Reality engineer - Pattern innovator - Mass production expert Secret: Half-transformed

🔧 Mary Thorne

Floor Foreman - Worker advocate - Reality sensitive - Pattern resistant - Truth seeker Secret: Collecting evidence

👥 The Amalgam

Worker Collective - Fused consciousness - Reality touched - Pattern bound - Machine linked CR 8

ENCOUNTERS

Industrial

• Possessed machines (CR 6)
• Reality-warped workers (CR 5)
• Pattern engines (CR 7)
• Steam horrors (CR 8)

Environmental

• Steam vents
• Machinery hazards
• Reality leaks
• Pattern radiation

KEY SCENES

🏭 Night Shift

Features: - Missing workers - Strange production - Machine awareness - Pattern manifestation

⚙️ The Assembly Line

Features: - Reality devices - Worker processing - Pattern integration - Machine consciousness

🌀 The Reality Forge

Features: - Mass production - Entity manifestation - Pattern completion - Worker transformation

INVESTIGATION ELEMENTS

Industrial

• Production records
• Worker reports
• Machine blueprints
• Pattern designs

Supernatural

• Reality readings
• Pattern traces
• Worker changes
• Entity presence

MECHANICS

Factory Navigation

• Machine avoidance
• Steam management
• Pattern tracking
• Reality anchoring

Production Analysis

• Device study
• Pattern recognition
• Reality measurement
• Worker tracking

DISCOVERIES

Technical

• Mass production methods
• Reality manipulation tools
• Pattern integration
• Worker processing

Supernatural

• Entity influence
• Reality warping
• Pattern evolution
• Consciousness merging

COMPLICATIONS

Industrial

• Machine malfunction
• Steam pressure
• Production quotas
• Worker unrest

Reality

• Pattern interference
• Entity manifestation
• Reality distortion
• Consciousness bleed

DM GUIDANCE

Atmosphere

• Industrial horror
• Worker desperation
• Machine consciousness
• Reality distortion

Pacing

1. Investigation phase
2. Worker discovery
3. Machine revelation
4. Reality confrontation

VICTORY CONDITIONS

Essential

• Stop production
• Save workers
• Document methods
• Contain reality breach

Optional

• Destroy machines
• Secure evidence
• Free consciousness
• Preserve patterns

RESOURCES

Factory Assets

• Industrial tools
• Worker access
• Production records
• Safety equipment

Knowledge

• Machine specs
• Worker reports
• Pattern data
• Reality readings

REVELATIONS

Cult Technology

• Mass production capability
• Reality manipulation devices
• Pattern integration methods
• Worker processing systems

Future Implications

• Industrial spread
• Reality technology
• Pattern distribution
• Consciousness manipulation

CONCLUSION OPTIONS

Success

• Production stopped
• Workers saved
• Evidence secured
• Reality stabilized

Partial Victory

• Limited production
• Some workers lost
• Partial evidence
• Reality damaged

Failure

• Mass production
• Worker transformation
• Pattern spread
• Reality breach

CONNECTION TO SERIES

This adventure reveals how the cult has begun industrializing their reality manipulation techniques. The mass-produced devices and patterns discovered here will appear throughout the world, showing how the cult’s influence spreads through industrial means.