METROSKATE WEST BRIEFING

1-LOBBY 5-OFFICE/SOUND BOOTH

ROOM Laser lights burst through the heavy artificial fog.
VESTING A loud, but warm tone fills your mind. After a
ROOM moment, you hear the sound of skates on wood
nearby. Ahead, through the fog that obscures your
view, you can barely see the RINK. The door behind
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LASER TAG 6
you has no handle and appears to be one-way.
Weird. There’s no one in the ticket booth but it is
covered in blood. Like, a lot of blood.
ARENA
LASER TAG [Roll What The Fuck Is That ]
LOBBY The seating area in front of the skate rental is
littered with bags. [Roll Item]
Skate Rental: Randy Evans lies hunched over with
STORAGE STOR.
a screwdriver in his ear. Skates are available.
Pro Shop: [Roll Item]
BATHROOMS
2-RINK
Dozens of people of all ages skate in small groups
ARCADE holding hands and making concentric circles. They
are staring up into the disco ball that beams
4 pinpoints of light down into their bleeding,
unblinking eyes. The rink is slick with blood being
smeared and dragged into macabre glyphs under
the wheels of the skaters.
This is The Ritual.
After a moment of observation it is apparent that
3 each circle of people is creating a separate tone.
Noticing this causes The Tone to shift in your mind.
DINING
2 [Roll What The Fuck Is That]
3-DINING
RINK
Acrid smoke pours from the kitchen as the deep
fryers break down an employee slumped over
them. Six people, Tone-controlled, stand around
5 the center of the dining area, pulling and cutting
BOOTH
SOUND
The Tone is quieter in the office corridor. Two doors
are to either side: Office and Sound Booth. The
Office door is barricaded. A significant push can
move the chair that is propped behind the door
but causes Mr Dirk Trotter, the owner, to fire his
pistol at the first person to enter the room [10%
chance to hit]. Dirk will listen if talked to and invite
characters in. Office is soundproof and has
shielded Dirk from the tone. If Dirk leaves the
Office, he will begin firing the gun at
[Roll What The Fuck Is That]
Sound Booth is locked but could be forced open by
force. The lock is nothing fancy. Dirk and Corbin
have keys. Inside is a 16-channel mixing board
haphazardly connected to a few tapes decks and
CD players. A bright yellow Walkman is connected
to channel 6 which is peaking. Removing/stopping
the tape without first stopping Corbin results in
the Skaters ceasing their actions and screaming
(shrieking?)as blood erupts from their mouths.
This does not end unless The Tone is reinstated.
6-LASER TAG LOBBY
Arrows on the ground lead through the lobby to
the Briefing Room where stuttering televisions
stumble through an explanation of how the wars
of the future are fought with lasers. The Vesting Room
contains 12 vests (+1 Armor) with Laser Pistols
attached. Each Pistol has enough power for 10
shots. A laser hit causes the vest to vibrate and
become nonfunctional for 5 seconds. At the north
end of the room is the entrance to Laser Tag Arena.
7-LASER TAG ARENA
Smoke and neon light fill the space. The Tone

OFFICE entrails from a patron with plastic utensils and

TICKETS
sending them to The Rink where they are worked resonates warm and full. You feel happy. You want
ENTRY into the already viscous layer of gore coating the to fall asleep here. No. This isn't right. A growl
floor. They continue their grisly task unless from above as Corbin drops into view clad in glow
EXIT
disturbed, leading them to scream and attack sticks, wielding a boombox. He presses play. The
(1 HP, 1 DMG). Behind the kitchen is the hall to Tone is unleashed at deafening levels. Lasers fill
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LOBBY
the Office/Sound Booth. A fire extinguisher is
mounted behind the counter.
the air. Every turn, 50% chance a laser hits,
disabling a laser tag vest and laser gun.
[Roll What The Fuck Is That x3]
4-ARCADE Finally, Corbin attacks [HP 4, DMG 5], his head
A number of arcade cabinets and pinball grows and vibrates, pulsing in the glow of the
machines line the western wall of the arcade. A
PRO SHOP

SKATE lasers. Shooting Laser pistols into Corbin’s bulging

RENTAL
small prize counter has some objects in a glass eyes (70% chance to hit) causes his head to grow.
STOR. case. [Roll Item] Doing this Four (4) times, causes his head to
After rooting around behind the counter, an explode in a plume of gore. The Tone resonates
arcade cabinet (Area 51) explodes, sending wood strongly for a moment, a thrum on a cosmic guitar
STORAGE/BATHROOMS roll 1d6 and silicon in all directions. A green plastic light
On an even # [Roll Item] string, as it’s host dies and it dissipates.
gun crashes through the case.
On an odd #[Roll What The Fuck Is That] [Roll What The Fuck Is That]
SKATE OR DIE
+Upon entering Metroskate West, every character
VARIABLES
+ Roll 1d10 on a table and resolve the outcome.
is infected by The Tone (see below). It will prevent + If a number that has already resolved is
them from exiting the building and continuously rolled, resolve the next highest number on the
try to overcome them. Deaf and hearing impaired table. For this instance, 01>00.
characters are immune to The Tone. + It is recommended that characters that have
+Enemies always attack when able and always hit. not yet resolved a roll take priority over those
+Areas are obscured by a dense artificial fog. that have, if possible.
+Skating grants characters a bonus movement WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?
action. Flip a coin. If Heads, start with skates.
01 Clutch
+Both copies of The Tone must be stopped/ of human eyes formed into a fist.
destroyed to clear the infection and escape. 1 HP, 1 DMG
02 Swarm
+At 10:00pm, The Tone completes The Ritual and The of swooping laser bats.
Rink explodes exposing a vast, howling chasm 2 Hp, 3 DMG
which resonates viscerally destroying the bones of 03 A Cowboy? What? 3 HP, 2 DMG (Ranged)
every person in the roller rink and infecting every
living being in a 2-mile radius. 04 Neon Green Vines Grab 2 HP, Hold
05 From Above, A Squid?! 2 HP, 3 DMG
CI M E N LO G
Y 19 SPE
FA C I L IcTim e n # 8 91 76 06 Goblin made of gum 2 HP, 2 DMG, Sticky
WB Spe
“ T h e To n
e” 07 Plush Toys. With Knives. 1HPx5, 2 DMG
08 Teenage
TED: Skater wielding 2 Machetes,
SUBMIT 89 festooned with glow bracelets. 2 HP 5 DMG
0 1 /1 4 /1 9
m b e rs
09 A
p a n y n u ff a d e e p Huminoid, Bipedal Shark Wearing Roller
T IO N : at a com o
E X T R A C : “A te c h n ic ia n s is te n t to n e u p — — — — — Blades. 4 HP, Attempts to Bite - 5 DMG
W e n d e ll p ic ke d th is c o n C o o rd in a te s —e fa c il it y ’s Large antropomorphic snacks (Hot Dog,
o u tp o s t d io te le s c o p e : a d c a s t it to th m a te s o n ly 00 Popcorn, Soda) with murderous intent
s p a c e ra n ic ia n th e n b ro s h if t. A R C e s ti
T h e te c h ily it w a s th ir d s .” weilding nunchucks. 3HP, 3 DMG/Each
PA . L u c k d o z e n c a s u a lt ie
about a TO C O L : ITEMS
TA I N M E N T P R Ol.
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ENDED C 2 n d p ro to 01 Baseball Bat
R EC O M M 1 9 d a ta v a u lt - To n e
Fa c il it y how The WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY LOGAN DEAN
h y p o th e s is o n ts re s u lt e d in 02 Derby Skates (+1 Attack Action)
g s
a w o rk in s . L a b te
B e lo w is s a n d p ro p a g a te ie s . 03 WB ID Badge + WB Specimen Log #89176 AUTUMN, 1998
fu n c ti o n as u a lt
e n (1 7 ) c
S e v e n te 04 Ear Plugs TWO NIGHTS AGO
N Corbin Durkins, a DJ at Metroskate West,
F E C T IO Energy Bar (Restore HP)
TO N E I N o n ta c t n s in a ll h o s ts , 05 stumbles upon a Tone while exploring his wide-
te /O n C
E 1 - I m m e d ia id h a ll u c in a ti ore a ti n g Arcade Tickets - Roll (232) band radio. The Tone immediately infects the
S TA G e c a u s e s v iv tiv e ly a n
dc h iv e - m in
d 06
T h e To n n g v is io n s e le ck ” th e h o s t. T h ew s th e s e Skate Disinfecting Spray + Lighter young DJ, taking control of his mind, plotting
obscu ri tt a c ce a ll o 07
s ” th a t “A te ll ig e n ts . out how to infect others. Corbin begins
“C re a tu ref T h e To n e ’s in a re d b y a ll h o s Pocket Knife
n a tu re o
s to b e s h 08 recording tapes of The Tone to take with him and
a ti o n
h a ll u c in re a ts Air Horn (Breaks Infection for 30 sec) spread its gospel to others.
e fe a t” a to ry th 09
E 2 - U p o n “D To n e s h a ll u c in th e h o s t’ s THIS EVENING
S TA G The to ta ke s IR Scope (See Through Fog)
b in g to r access h e To n e 00 Corbin arrives at Metroskate for his shift at
S u c c u m h e To n e g re a te r fu n c ti o n s . T to w a rd s T h e
a ll o w s Tu s n e s s a n d m o tos to u ti li z e it s ts a n d 7:45pm, walks into the sound booth and
c o n s c io H o s t a n d b e g infe c ti n g n e w h o patches a Walkman with a recording of The Tone
o v e r th e n d s , u s u a lly in into the board, setting it to loop.
To n e ’s eh in g th re a ts . THE TONE WILL RETURN He presses play.
d is p a tc d by
a a ff e c te 8:30 PM
s t fr o m a n a reti o n if th e
N OT E : e2 h o fe c e. You and your friends have just arrived at
g a S ta g if y th e in T h e To n Written and Designed by Logan Dean
R e m o v ine w il l o n ly n u ll re m o v e d fr o m a c k lo o p ”. Metroskate West to have a great time. You open
The T o n is a ls o “f e e d b Liminal Horror created by Goblin Archives
or Host s u lt in a the door to chaos, The Tone fills your ears.
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