Dire Documents
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| Incriminating Evidence, Lawyerly Letters, and Lunatic Forms. | |
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| Publishers | Chaosium |
| Publication | 1993 |
| Genres | Horror |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing |
| ISBN | 978-1568820033 |
Dire Documents, subtitled "Diabolical Dossiers of Doom", is a supplement published by Chaosium in 1993 for the horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu.
Chaosium first published the Lovecraftian horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu in 1981, and subsequently produced a number of editions, including the 5th edition in 1992. The following year, Chaosium produced two supplemental products for use with the 5th edition under the subtitle "Diabolical Dossiers of Doom": Investigator Sheets, a set of blank character sheets; and Dire Documents, a pack of nine blank two-color forms, including:
- a certificate from the mayor for Meritorious Service
- an in-patient admission form for Arkham Sanitorium
- several letterheads of various firms, including an import-export company, an exotic-sounding society, Miskatonic University, the chief of staff of Arkham Sanitorium, and a legal firm
- a blank invitation to a formal reception
- a tongue-in-cheek award certificate for the Superlative Death of a player character[1]
Each of these can be used by the gamemaster as player handouts in a role-playing game.[2]
