Eldritch Storm

Eldritch Storm is a scripted random encounter that the player character may come across while travelling throughout the wilderness of Arkham.

Script
''You come to a halt when the alien skies above Arkham suddenly darken. Although you are no longer on Earth, the nervewracking tension in the air is familiar to you: it is the silence before the storm.''


 * 1) Venture forth.
 * 2) Look for shelter in case your gut is right.
 * 3) Assemble a proper storm shelter. (Survival) [Consumes camping supplies]
 * 4) Double your speed and try to outrun the storm. (Athletics)

Option 1 (Venture...)
''You continue your journey under strangely colored clouds until lightning like you’ve never seen starts striking everywhere in bursts of vicious green flame. A sizzling, burning rain shower follows… You do your best to protect yourself from the eldritch storm but to no avail. When the supernatural phenomenon is finally over, you’re left in miserable condition. You have burns all over your body and you feel completely drained.''


 * Lose 5 Sanity
 * Lose 10 Health
 * Exhaustion Increased
 * Acquire negative state: Acid Burn

Option 2 (Look...)
''You start looking for a place to shelter yourself from the gathering storm. When the weird lightning begins to strike with bursts of vicious green flame, you’ve barely crawled inside an enclosure amidst the rubble. While you wait fearful inside your hidey-hole, an ear-splitting crack sounds nearby, and the adjacent brick wall collapses. Unfortunately, some of the rubble hits you. When the supernatural phenomenon is finally over, you crawl to your feet badly bruised.''


 * Lose 10 Health

Option 3 (Assemble...)
''Combining some fallen tree limbs with your own camping equipment, you’re able to build a proper storm shelter. Soon, lightning like you’ve never seen starts striking everywhere in bursts of vicious green flame, followed by a sizzling, burning rain shower. You realize how right you were to prepare. When the supernatural phenomenon is finally over, you crawl out of your shelter to find it almost destroyed. You don’t care to ponder what would have happened if the accursed storm had lasted any longer.''


 * Lose Camping Supplies
 * Gain 5 Experience (Survival)

Option 4 (Double...)
''While your ill premonition grows stronger with each passing moment, you quicken your stride and fall into the rhythm of a long distance runner. Your legs and lungs begin to burn from the exertion, but you press on. Soon, lightning like you’ve never seen starts striking the area behind you with bursts of vicious green flame, and you realize how right you were to push yourself to the limit.''


 * Gain 5 Experience (Athletics)
 * Lose 3 Health
 * Exhaustion Increased