nooFUTRA

A po p ular se ttin g takes al l 80 s

cyb e r pun k’ s a ttitude an d
i c o n og ra phy, s hove s in g en e ri c
fa ntasy staple s an d fo rce s t he m
to ke e p up.

Fo r re aso n s un cl ear to m e n ow, I

go t i t in my h e ad to d o a take o n
i t.

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THE MAIN IDEAS:

+ Ext ra pola tin g 2 019 ån to a
cyb er pun k tomo rrow ra th e r
th an 19 8X .
+ C yber pun k at its c ore b e in g
“ th e stre et’ s us e for
te ch no log y,” t he n oir take o n
s c i -fi.
+ Th e sup ern atural a s a n
e p iste molo gic al rup ture of
wh at is real, t rue an d
p o ssib le.

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I BEGIN.

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 UNDERSTA
THIS TOMORR
TECHNOLOGY
Ca n hi stor y b e c o n ce p tu a l i z e d a s a
s eri es o f pro b l e m s ( eve n tu a l l y )
s ol ved by te ch n o l o g y ? Th e g uy
who to ld s om e o n e e l s e to d e s i g n
you r pho n e t h i n ks s o . As t h e
power o f any to o l i nc re as e s , s o
d oe s i t s c om p l ex i ty.
Co mplexi ty i s t h e P R - a pp rove d
way of s ayi n g C h a o s . C o m p l ex i s
what you call a s i tu a ti o n wh e n yo u
want s om eon e to b e l i eve yo u c a n
fi x it.
Th i s is Te chn o l o g y i n N o o Fut ra .
Tera tog eni c m a rke t force s ,
fe a ture- c reep eve n t h ori z o n s ,
po st -s carci ty i n t h e s a me way i t ’ s
po st -mo d ern ,
a need n ever a d d re s s e d w i th o ut
creatin g an ot he r two. A
Hydrara rc hy o f N e e d s .
B ul lets wi t h W i - F i c o nn e ct i o n s ,
pay-per - mi n ute d r u g a d d i c ti o n ,
gamified deb t j u g g l i ng,
s ubsc ri pt i on fe e d i g e s t i ve
enzy m es .
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ROW
POST-TRUTH
A wo rd a lmo s t s e rv i n g a s i t s ow n
exa mple, m ea n i n g l e s s e ach t i m e
i t’s sa i d. In N o o fut ra , l aye rs o f
a lgori th m gen e ra te d cu s to m
co nten t b lo om i m p e ne t rab l y t h i c k
a ro und anyo n e wh o ex i s ts . Yo u
d on’t even have to b e “ l og g e d - o n , ”
a d igi ta l a wa re n e s s fo l l ows yo u r
every m ove, eve r y s i g n you l o o k a t
s hows i ts m es s a g e fo r yo u a l o n e .
Th e s c re ens m a tc h t h e g az e ’ s
a ngle exac t ly w i t h p re c i s e
re frac ted di s p l ays .
Th i s wi ll g ive yo u a tr ut h , ta i l o re d
fo r you wi t h a m o r p h o u s
a daptab i li ty.
You ca n reg is te r a n d p ay fo r a
news s o urc e o r a c u rate d
a dvert is i n g ex p e ri e n ce . Od d s a re
th a t yo ur mo n ey j u s t g e t s yo u
s moot he r s li cke r d e c e p ti o n s , a
tighter fi t i n yo u r p e rs o na l e c h o
ch a mb er.
Al so s t i ll t irel e s s l y b e s i e gi n g t h e
very n ot i on of t r ut h i s pro p a g a n d a ,
esp ion ag e , s ca m s , h u s s l e s ,
ho axes , p ran ks , i n fo rma t i on
warfa re an d n e g l i g e n t re s e a rc h .
Wi t h s uffi c ie n t we al t h ,
co nnect io n s o r b l o o d y - m i nd e d
pains ta ken , o n e c o u l d g l i m p s e a
fli cke ri ng s oli d b e n e a t h t h e va s t
fa ked s ea. A b e d ro c k? O r an
Occ ult Levi a th a n ?
M o s t l i ke ly ab j e ct existe nt ia l
p ara no i a .
N o - o ne kn ows wh at's go in g on ,
wh at 's b ullshit o r wh at’ s a
te rri f yi n g n e w g ame - cha ng in g
p ara d i gm. I s t h is p h on e re adin g my
mi n d ? I m ea n b eyo nd th e a p p
d e s c ri p tion ’s pro mise s. Thi s g uy I
kn ow a nd h is h an d- stitch e d, fre e
ra nge h uma n skin , de sig ne r suit
g o d ap p ea sing mon ey tre e h ot
co n te nt an d bu lle tpro of? Or is h e
b e h i nd on his sch izop h re n ia
u p d ate s ?
/ Wo ul d it w o r k f or m e ? /
W ou ld i t l o o k go od o n m e?
For th e re st, for th e mos t,
th ey m i ght b e
+ L ost t o d a t a -
s ol ip s is m .
+ V ery m uc h “ p r e ” p os t-
s ca rc i ty .
+ N ot p o or b u t no t s a f e .
+ H unt i n g l i k e an im al s
b y an i ma l s .
+ J ust a fe w m o r e p oi nt s
f ro m l u xu r y .
+ S mug a nd u t t e r l y
a lo ne .
+ M ovi n g U p w h il e ne v e r
L oo ki n g D o wn .
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 THE LIVING
ABOVE
What i s be s t, g o o d a nd ri g h t i s a As a Hy pe rco mpute r, a Me g a plex
Me g ap l ex li fe. AI i s e m be dde d physica lly an d
p o te n ti ally in a h aze of p oten tia l
Me mb ers— t ho s e w it h a s e m i- re a lities a nd un -a ctua lity
Me mb ershi p — l i ve i n an ra th e r t han th e limi te d e le ctron ic
eva nge li cal de p i c t i o n o f a futu re s u b - re al m of com puters.
co lony, a b es p o ke re al i ty o f
co mfo rt an d re wa rd . Th e i r a ware ne ss an d in te n tio ns
exte nd beyon d t he ir p hysi cal b a si s.
Th e M ega plex ri s e s ove r al l t h e Th ey are a ware of th e ir pre se n c e
s mall bui ld i ng s a n d s m al l e r p e o p l e . i n a w id e, in crea sing ly de fuse
Skysc ra pers d e s i g n e d by s o m e o n e s p e ctr u m o f " re al ." Th e o ute r
who wan ted to fu c k a s k ys c ra p e r. e d ge s exte n d in to your t ho ug ht s
ab o ut t he m—rig h t n ow a s yo u rea d
Me mb ers are b i o - c h i p p e d a n d th i s an d co nside r th e m.
DNA-ta g ged , m o s t ba re l y l e ave t h e
Me gap lex. If t h ey d o , th e b i o - c h i p S o wh e n run nin g th em in a g am e
s erves a s a c re d i t c a rd , t ra c ki n g co n si d e r the additio n al con text o f
system a nd ph o n e , so t h ey c a n yo u an d your playe rs’ t ho ug ht s
s ho p ( no t ran s a c t i on ju s t ta ke ab o ut AI . Broa dly spe akin g ,
what you wa n t ) i n de s i g na te d M e g ap l ex AI wa nt pe op le 's
Me gap lex- a dj a c e n t are as an d c a l l at ti tu de s to b e th ose of a culture
fo r tran sp o rt o r s e c u ri ty w i t h a th a t wo uld create un re strai ne d AI .
th ou gh t.
Me gap lexs ofte n h ave t i e re d
Me mb ershi p s . Th e h i g h e s t t i e rs
i nclu d e p as s i n g M e m be rs h i p to
o ffsprin g.
It’s ext re mely c o m m on for a
Me gap lex to h ave i n te r na l
cu rrenc ies or p o i n t sys te ms
s i mila r to for um s o r s o ci a l m e d i a
“l i kes .” This sys te m e n fo rc e s /
enco ura ges th e b e hav i o ral n o r m s
a nd idea ls i m p l i e d i n t h e
Me gap lex’ s m i s s i o n s tate m e n t a n d
a llows for ver t i c a l so ci al
movem e nt .
Hell is ot her p e o p l e … H e l l 2 . 0 i s
gamified n arc i s s i s m .
Th e B ra i ns an d S o u l o f a M e g a p l ex
i s a co los s a l hy p e rc o m pute r, a n AI
s everal ma gn i tu d e s g re a te r t h a n
th ose swar mi n g a ro u n d eve r y
mi cro sec on d o f t ra c ke d h u m a n
a tte nti o n .

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BELOW
Fo r t ho s e who wa n t M e mb e rs h i p , t h e re ’ s I n te r n shi p
Intern s hi p m e a n s you r ( D NA ) i d e n t i ty a n d b a nk ac count are registered
wi t h a M egap l ex , a n d you g e t to i n M e g a p l ex Ad ja ce n t structures (an
“Ad ja ce ” ), ter ri to ri e s o r fra nc h i s e s . S om e live in t he M e ga plex
i tself, g enera ll y t h o s e b o r n to M e m b e rs o f t h e M ega p lex, who had
i ns uffi c ien t c re d i t to p as s o n M e m b e rs h i p .
Adja ce s’ s ec u ri ty a n d s o ci a l s e rv i c e s a re h a n d led by t he Megaplex
lo omin g over t h e m . I t’ s a way to h ave re a s o n a b le a mo unt of security and
s ta bi li ty, an d a b e t te r s h o t a t M e m b e rs h i p t h a n m ost . Just don’t be
i nconven i ent o r u n s i gh tl y a n d d o n ’ t g e t o n t h e w ron g side of
a nyone w i th a M e m b e rs h i p.
B IOTAG : li ke fi n g e r p ri nt re c o g n i t i o n u s i n g yo u r D NA and
“me tab o li c si g n a tu re ,” ju s t a c h u n k o f yo u r D NA
co uldn ’t get s o m e o ne i nto yo u r h o u s e . B i o ta g s a re
u sed to li m i t a n d c o nt ro l ac c e s s to we a p o n s ,
too ls, b ui ldin gs , b a n k acc o u n t s , e tc .

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 HI-POPUL
HOMOGEN
ZONES:
A s olut i on to t h e ( su p p o s e d ) p o p u l a t i o n
cris i s, Hi Po H o Z o a re Ad j ace s w i t h p o p u l a t i o n
HoZo:
d ens ities of 50 0 , 0 0 0 / km2 . Th i n k o f t h e E i t h e r t h e e a rl i e r fo r m
d ens est s k ys cra p e r a pa r tme n t a re a s i n H o n g o f H i Po H o Z o o r a m i l d e r
Kong, exten d t h e m far h i g h e r a n d d e e p e r, a p p l i c a t i o n . I n s te a d o f
th en d oub le eve r y t h i ng ’ s h e i g h t a n d d e n s e ve r t i c a l l i v i n g ,
i nterco nn ect a l l t h e b u i l d i n g s w i t h s k y H o Z o s a re l i ke we l l l a i d
brid ge s . o ut s u b u rb s t h a t s t re tc h
e n d l e s s l y to eve r y
Ot he r fea ture s o f n o te i n cl u d e : h o ri z o n .
+ 99% of wa ll s a r e h i g h - r e s Th e p o p u l a t i o n c o u n t i s
scr ee ns dis p l a y i n g l a n d s c a p e s , ~ 1 0 , 0 0 0 / km 2 . L i ke a
win do ws , de p t h i l l u s i o n s , u s e r H i Po H o Z o , “ h a r m o ny
int er fa ce s, e t c . s c i e n c e s ” m i t i g a te t h e
s t re s s e s s u c h d e n s i ty
+ Drug ge d air a n d w a t e r , c a u s e s . H oweve r t h e s e
sub li mi na l m e d i a a n d e x t e n s i v e m e a s u re s a re n ’ t a p p l i e d
psy ch it ec tu r e c o m b i n e d t o c r e a t e to t h e exte n t o f
an ar ti fi ci a l l y r e d u c e d s e n s e o f c re a t i n g a n o t i c e a b l e
per so na l sp a c e , s e l f , a g g r e s s i o n u n c a n ny p o p u l a t i o n ,
and increas e d s y n c h r o n i s t i c - u n l i ke H i Po H o Z o .
emp at hy . H oweve r Re s i d e n t s s t i l l
Th i s produc e s a p o p u l a t i on t h a t l o o ks a n d h ave a n a b s u rd l y
a cts li ke a che a p l y d o ne co py - p a s te d C G I b l i n ke re d wo rl d v i e w .
crowd whi ch c a n h a pp i l y to l e ra te 2 m 2 Ex p o s i n g t h e m to
a part m ent s an d wh o s e vo c ab u l a r y a t ro p h i e d a ny t h i n g t h a t i s n ’ t
to su ch a na rrow ra n g e o f c o n c e p t s i t ’ s e a s i l y e n c o m p a s s e d by
pra cti ca lly a n e w l a n gu a g e . Th e e c h o c h a m b e r i t c a n re s u l t i n ext re m e ,
i s so st ron g th ey c an be l i eve t h ey a re t h e o n l y u n p re d i c ta b l e ,
re a l pe o ple . re s p o n s e s .

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LATION
NEITY

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 THE HOZO ARE/IS/BELIEVE:
1. They are always in V.R.
2. They are a telepathic hive
mind.
3. Everyone in-group is
reincarnated celebrities.
4. They are responsible for
everything—they manifested
it and/or its some kind of
test or gift for them.
5. Magic is an advanced form
of stolen alien technology,
unclear if aliens are good
or bad.
6. All in-group are in the
maximum allowable genetic
variation from religious
figure.
7. Magic and the supernatural
are some kind of virus or
glitches, interacting with
either risks spreading a
reality threatening
infection.
8. Technology is bad, corrupt
and the reason for
inequality. They make as
much use of it as anyone
else does, but it is
because vast individual
sensitivities require it.
9. Currently in purgatory,
the Megaplex is salvation.
10. Advertising techniques and
corrupt media’s influence
is responsible for all that
is bad in out-group.
11. Media choices, language
and personal expression are
responsible for harmony and
peace. Furthermore the
wrong choices of media,
engagement of this media
and personal expressions
are the most significant
source of evil in the
world.
12. Afterlife broke down,
people keep escaping back
to being alive.
13. Animal souls can usurp
human souls, a majority of
out-group could be animal
usurpers.
14. Invisible hand of the
market is meta-life,
superior in all ways to
o the r life for ms .
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15. Pop u l ar s ci -f i sh o w is
rea l, ea rt h is par t o f a
vas t g ala c tic co mm un it y .
Una bl e t o te ll V. R. spa c e
tri ps fr om r ea li ty .
16. All i n-g r oup ar e b ack - up
per so n al it ie s f or r ic h
Meg ap l ex r es id en ts , li k e
liv in g s av e ga m es.
17. Rac e s a re r ea l, r a cis m i s
jus ti f ie d— th e m ist a ke w a s
det er m in in g ra ce b y
phy si c al f ea tu re s, it’ s
the s o ul’ s r ac e th a t
mat te r s. A n ex t ens i on o f
the i d eas Ru ph do rf Ste i n e r
had o n R ei nc ar na ti on ,
exp la i ni ng a ll his t ori c a l
ano ma l ie s o n th e i na bi l it y
to re a lly kn ow who is
act ua l ly w hi te . As s ume
Meg ap l ex d we ll er s a re
Alp ha so ul s an d th e ir i n -
gro up ar e at l e ast Ga mm a
sou ls , n at ur al ly . S oul
ass es s me nt i s a cco m pli s h e d
via a se ri es o f s ur ve ys ,
phy si c al e xa mi na ti on s,
blo od te st s an d
aur ap h ot og ra ph y. D N A
tes ti n g is s ee n a s t he
lea st re li ab le mea n s of
sou l a sse s sme n t.
18. All t he w or ld ’s r e sou r ce s
hav e b een ex ha us te d an d
the y a re i n so me k i nd o f
tim e l oop , s av in g t he
hum an ra ce i n t he l oo p o f
a s in g le y ea r ( eit h er a s
vir tu a l co pi es or a ct ua l
tim e m ani p ula t ion ) . Th i n g s
see m t o ch an ge bec a use o f
mem or y m an ip ul at io n. T h i s
is do n e by a ll the s e
pla st i c pl an ts .
19. Eso t e ri c el ec tr on ic
hob bi e s th ey p r act i se h a v e
vas t a ppl i cat i on o ut si d e
in- gr o up . As s o on a s th e y
hav e p erf e cte d t he ir a r t /
ski ll s /c ra ft , t hey wi ll
use i t t o ta ke con t rol o f
the e a rth an d f ix 2 04 % o f
the p r obl e ms.
20. A v a s t de st ru ct iv e ev e nt
wil l c ome so on , le a vin g
the m ( eli t e sp ec is me ns
all ) t o re po pu la te and
reb ui l d th e ea r th.
THINK OF OUT-GROUP AS: COMMUNICATION
1. Not real/illusions/3-D
p rin ted spam bots.
FAILS AROUND:
2. Inf ec tious (memetically) . 1. The p urp o se a nd r e lev a nc e
3. Inf ec tious (physically). of ge n der .
4. Phy si cal embodiment of 2. Tec h n ol og y.
s upe rnatural evil. 3. His t o ry f ur th er t h an 5
5. The result o f the yea rs ag o.
d ege neration from l iv in g a 4. Ine q u al it y.
d iff erent life st yl e. 5. Any t h in g ou ts id e p opu l ar
6. Com pe titors in a zero su m sho w k now l edg e .
g ame . Anythi ng benefitin g 6. Hum o r t ha t do es n’ t
o ut- group some ho w harms ref er e nc e th ei r sh o ws.
i n-g roup.
7. Dea t h .
7. Hel pl essly deluded, to b e
p iti ed, helpin g them is 8. Mea n i ng o r pu r pos e t o
f rui tless. doi ng th in gs w i tho u t
gam if i ed a ch ie ve me nt s.
8. Rec ru itable/ exploitable
r eso urce. 9. Mag i c o r th e e xis t enc e o f
the s u per n atu r al.
9. Wou ld want to be exactly
l ike them gi ve n the 10. Que s t io ni ng m ot iv at io ns
c han ce. of th e r ic h an d po w erf u l
or fr a min g t he m as
10. Obs ol ete and doomed. som et h in g ot he r th a n an
11. (ro ll d10 twice and ele me n ta l fo rc e.
c omb ine). 11. Vio l e nc e.
12. (ro ll d10 twice and 12. Any f law s o r l imi t ati o ns
c omb ine). the y p oss e ss.
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NUMANS
A possibly gray area to this gray area of
AbHumans is “Nu-Manity/NuManity,”
people with custom DNA inserted into
them as part of a biological modification.
Most people with minor DNA edits or
even a Bio-mod won’t consider
themselves a “NuMan.”
However some see it as a grand political
and philosophical statement—especially
if they are visibly modified—and identify
as Numen, seeing it as identical or
analogous to AbHumanity.
However, for most NuMans, the DNA
used is a commercial product and,
therefore, it is also conditionally
registered as part of the human genome.
“Conditionally” meaning if used in
accordance with the license terms of
agreement. If the DNA is passed on—or
edited—it ceases being legally human
DNA.
So—regardless of self-identification—
they are legally human .
However, some have “pirated” DNA or
used not officially licensed genehacking
resulting in them not legally being
human.
The most common case of “piracy” is
having children and passing on your
DNA without paying for the license
agreements.
For purposes of this document,
NuManity doesn’t count as an
AbHumanity for character creation
purposes, characters can have bio-mods
as starting equipment without affecting
their humanity and, if a player wants to
play a visibly altered underground DNA
NuMan, use Moreau rules.
See the player section (pg. 78) for
specific biomods.

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 JUSTICE METHODS BY AREA:
N u mb ers included if y ou n e e d t o r a n d o m l y g e n e r a t e a l e g a l
s i tu ation and do no t nec e s s a r i l y r e f l e c t a p r o g r e s s i o n o f
s e ve rity or to in di ca te j u d i c i a l r e s p o n s e s h o u l d b e r a n d o m .

M I NO R MAJOR

1. Choose: a finger cut off

by someone else or break
your own with a hammer.
2. Imprisoned in dark,
barely serviceable space,
given little food and
water.
3. Constant target of
violence by capable Block
residents, likely to be
torn apart by mobs if
sticking around.
4. Loss of hand, limb, foot,
leg, eye, ear, nose as
deemed appropriate for
crime.
5. Disfiguring brand
representing the crime on
face and hands—if tamper-
proof ink is available,
it’s used instead.
6. Fatally poisoned at first
opportunity.
7. Constant harassment with
noise, jeering, yelling
and missile throwing
restrained by mobs'
physical safety to do so—
preventing sleep or any
peace until they leave.
8. Daily stealth attacks of
thrown shit, glass,
needles or bags of piss.
9. The most capable and
trusted Violence for Hire
dude is paid to kill,
torture or maim the
offender.
HOZO (inside group): (outside group):
10. Public execution.

1. Tem po rary confinement. 1. Exp u l si on a nd ban vi a

2. Re- ed ucation . app ro p ri at e an d
pro po r ti on al f o rce .
3. Unp le asant duties.
2. If w o rri e d ab ou t o ngo i ng
4. Los s of stat us points. thr ea t : bo un ty hun t ers /
5. Los s of digi tal/food/ sec ur i ty s er vi ce s/
w ate r/power pr iv il eg es . vig il a nt es c on tr ac te d t o
6. Exi le . loc at e a nd in t imi d ate ,
exe cu t e or d el i ver th e
7. Sol d to priv ate prison. off en d er t o a p ri va te
8. Neu ro logical interventio n pri so n o r ci vi l
( up to and inc lu di ng reh ab i li ta ti on cen t er.
l obo tomy).
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 CO R PORATE JUSTICE
TOWARDS ANOTHER CORPORATION OR MEGAPLEX
1. For ma l declaration of gr i e v a n c e . A s t a t e m e n t i s r e l e a s e d
t o a ll signi fi ca nt parti e s a n d — d e p e n d i n g o n t h e s t r e n g t h
o f t he argum en t, collabo r a t i n g e v i d e n c e a n d p as t h ist o ry
t hey lower t he ir individ u a l a p p r o v a l r a t i n g s . T h e A R o f
a ny Corp or Me ga pl ex is a f r e q u e n t p o i n t o f l e v e r a g e i n
n ego tiations .
2. Spi te Maneuv er: change o r a t t e m p t e d a c q u i s i t i o n o f
b usi ness partn er s, pract i c e s , s u p p l i e r s , e t c . e i t h e r
d ire ctly negat iv el y impa c t i n g t h e o f f e n d i n g p a r t y o r
i ndi rectly str en gt he ni ng a r i v a l — o f t e n d o n e a t c o s t t o
a ggr ieved part y.
3. Pri ck ing: causing a leak o r o t h e r “ i n f o r m a t i o n
c ont ainment fa il ur e. ” Fa c i l i t a t i n g e x p o s u r e o f i n f o r m a t i o n
u nco mfortabl e to th e off e n d i n g p a r t y r a n g i n g f r o m t h e
l eak of a new product, g e n e r a l b a d p r e s s o r a ct u a l
e vid ence of wrongdoing. “ F a c i l i t a t i n g ” r a n g e s f r o m m e r e
r ese arch to bribery a nd o u t r i g h t e s p i o n a g e . I m p o r t a n t l y ,
t he aggrieved pa rt y neve r d i r e c t l y p l a t f o r m s t h e l e a k .
4. Int an gible Asset Theft: d e t a i l s o f s o m e t h i n g n o t y e t
p ubl ic—such as research, d a t a , s c h e m a t i c s , b l u e p r i n t s
e tc. — acquir ed through u n o f f i c i a l m e a n s T h e s t o l e n a s s e t s
a re used in so me kind o f p u b l i c m a n n e r o r t h e t h e f t i s
d one in a dete ct ab le way — i f t h e a w a r e n e s s o f th e a s s e t i s
d isa dvantage ou s to th e t a r g e t .
5. Phy si cal Asset Theft: as a b o v e b u t a n a c t u a l p h y s i c a l
t hin g. Rarer given si ng l e o b j e c t s r a r e l y h a v e t h e a b i l i t y
t o m ake as muc h money a s t h e k n o w l e d g e f a c i l i t a t i n g t h e
p rod uction of mass ob je c t s d o e s .
6. Sab ot age: breaking, inte r f e r i n g , d e s t r o y i n g o r r u i n i n g a
p hys ical objec t, structu r e o r a s s e t . D o n e w i t h l a r g e
a mou nt of plausible d en i a b i l i t y .
7. Hea d- hunting : acquiring a v a l u e d c u r r e n t o r p o t e n t i a l
e mpl oyee. The use o f thr e a t s , d e c e p t i o n , p s y c h o l o g i c a l o r
p har macologi ca l warfare a n d a c t u a l k i d n a p p i n g a r e n o t
u nhe ard of.
8. Cur si ng: assassination o f v a l u e d e m p l o y e e s m a d e t o l o o k
l ike a compl et e accident .
9. Inf or mation Warfare: alo n g w i t h t h e c l a s s i c s m e a r
c amp aign inclu de s feedin g o r m a n i p u l a t i n g d a t a o r r e s e a r c h
t o c ause the target t o m a k e c o s t l y d e c i s i o n s .
10. Ful l Determination Asser t i o n : t h e o p e n d e s t r u c t i o n o r
s eiz ing of offending pa r t i e s a s s e t s . I n a r g u a b l y a d r a s t i c
a nd volatile ac ti on , un a v o i d a b l y r e q u i r i n g a l e v e l o f
m ili tary deplo ym en t and p o t e n t i a l l y c r e a t i n g o p e n w a r f a r e .
A ny previously u ni nv ol ve d p a r t i e s v e r y l i k e l y s t e p i n
a tte mpting to de-escalat e t h i n g s .

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 A pioneer in novel food production—
now with a near monopoly on biomass
production and vat-grown meat!
Interests also include biomass and
production, bio-printing, antibiotics
and drug manufacture, living leather
and waste disposal.

1.
 Notable Products:
1. F u e l l and : I s lan ds an d o th e r h i gh -
pe rcen tag e - co a s tl i n e , l ow- l eve l , s m a l l
coun tri es t ha t b e cam e i nv i a b l e d u e to ri s i n g
s ea leve ls we re b ou gh t o ut ri g h t fro m t h e
pop ula ti o n i n exc h a nge for re s e t t l e m e n t a n d
emp loym en t— e m p l oy me nt o p p o r tu n i t i e s were
ma i nly a dve rt i s i ng N E W H A RV E S T p ro d u c ts
o r D ron e bug te s ti n g .
Th es e i sla nd s a re n ow d e d i ca te d to g row i n g
pro du c ts c onve r t i bl e i n to hyd ro c a rb o n s v i a
fe r m en ta ti on o r d i re c t p roc e s s i n g o f t h e
ce llu los e ; i nc l u di n g ge n e t i ca l l y m o d i fi e d
bam bo o, s ug a rc an e , ta mari x , va ri o u s s a l t
ma rs h gra s s , ke l p a nd a l g a e d e p e n d i n g o n t he
tem p erature , a ri d i ty, s a l i ni ty a n d wa te r
a c ces s .
Th e p ro ces s i s n e a rl y fu l l y a uto m a te d , a
Fue llan d be i ng a co nt i nu o u s p l a i n o f a s i n g le
cro p on ly i nter r u p te d by t h e towe ri n g fi g u res
o f ha rve s ter ro b o ts l i ke h u n c h e d l i g h t h o u se s
o n s ti lts . Dar t i n g d ro ne s al i g h t a n d ta ke o ff
from them c o n ti n u o u s l y p e r fo r m i n g we e d in g ,
pe s t co nt ro l a n d s e cu ri ty.
2. Ke l p Co u nty : Si m i l ar to Fu e l l an d re p l ac i n g
a fi xe d lan d m a s s wi t h ke l p ra d i a t i n g fro m an
o ce a n go i ng p ro ce s s i ng p l an t — c a p a b l e o f
s ea s on ally m i g ra t i ng an d co l o n i z i n g o t h e rw ise
u nu se d o cea n s u r fa c e ( s e e P R D is a s te rs ) .
3. L i v i ng L e athe r : S e l f re p ai ri n g cl o th i n g ,
prov i ded t he e n z y me s u b s c ri p t i o n i s
ma i nta i ned .
4. Varm s (o r ver ti ca l far m i ng) : a te n s e
netwo rk of ro o t s h o l d s th e s o i l s u b s t ra te to
th e s i d e o f t he b u i l d i n g fo r p l a n t g row i n g .
NE W H A RV ES T at te m p ts to re q u i re
re p lan t i ng o nl y w i t h t h e i r c ro p s b ut
Fo o dp i racy is s t i l l a re a l i s s u e . Te n d s to b e
mo re an o rg a n i c / bo ut i qu e fo o d p ro d u c t i o n
th a n a s eri ous re s o u rce .
5. Farmi ng : ever y a s p e c t fro m fu l l a uto ma tio n ,
cro p ge net ic s to th e c u s tom g e n e - b u i l d p e st
pred a to rs i s a N E W H A RV E S T s i g n atu re
pro du c t.
6. Ju gge rnau t Farms : b u i l d i ng c o mp l ex-
s i z ed ve hi cles t h at m i grate fo r m ax i m u m
we a ther c on di t i o ns .

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 PR D ISAST ERS
Ke l p p ira cy a n d rep i racy : ke lp strain s
N ew Ha rve s t e ng i n e e re d kee p ge tt in g stole n ,
hav i n g th e i r c opy p rote cti o n cra cke d,
m o d ifi e d an d g row n o n re pu r po s ed low p rofile
ta n ke rs . I nfam o u s l y, N E W H A RV E ST was
c au ght rai d i ng th e s e Ke l p fa rm s a n d se llin g
t he p ro d u c t as t h e i r ow n w i th p roduct
i m p urit i e s c au s i n g ex p e ns i ve me ch an ic fa ults.
Su spi c io us c ro p fai l ure s , l e a ding to Ne w
H a rves t ex p an d i n g i n to n e w m arke ts.
Trial ru n s o f n e w, cutti n g - e d g e foo d s olutio ns
o n s tarvi n g p o p u l a t i on s — N E W H ARV ES T
a rg ues l i ab i l i ty wa i ve rs h ave be en sign e d b ut
c ri t i cs po i nt o ut a s tarv i n g p ers o n isn ’ t rea lly
c ap a ble o f “ fre e ch oi c e . ”
Ph oto sy n t he ti c h ai r dye : m ea nt to
p rov i d e o n g o i ng b ri l l i an t co l ors an d en e rg y
b oo s t, th e orga ni s m s i nvo l ve d were lin ke d to
re li g io us ex pe ri e nc e s an d bi z a rre b eh aviora l
c ha n ge s — l e a d i ng to th e c re at i on an d on g o in g
exi s ten ce o f e nt i re l y n e w cu l t s .
A n t fa rm s : t h e i d e a was c on tro l l i n g t he m
us i n g p h e ro m o ne re l e a s i ng d ev i ce s a n d a n ts
c ou ld b e ra i s e d an d b at t l e d w i th frie n ds.
H oweve r, s om e own e rs b e c om e i n cre asin g ly
z ea lo us abo ut t h e i r n e s t , ne g l e ct in g all ot he r
a s pe cts of th e i r l i ve s an d , i n s om e ca ses,
v i ole n tl y p ro te c t i ng th e m re s u l t i n g in severa l
d ea ths .
Fo o d- lo cki n g : co n trove rs i a l m e t ho ds
p reve nti n g “ foo d p i ra cy ” re s u l ted in
n ei g hb o u ri ng cro p d i e o f fs , eco l og ica l
d es t ruc ti on , p e o pl e u n ab l e to d i g e st anyth in g
o t her t ha n N E W H A RV E ST p ro d u cts, mass
a llerg ic re a cti o ns , p at h o l o gi ca l l y over -e at in g
a n d hu ma n s ac ri fi c e s to cro p fi el ds.

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HYSIC A re as wh e re p hys i cal l a ws
are co m in g u ns tu c k—
c o m mo nl y c o nta i ne d i n a n
are a o f a b out 20 x2 0x 20 m 3
( a ro o m o f l arg i s h s i z e )—
s i z e ran ge s fro m s mal l a s
1 m3 a nd l a rge a s 1 km3 . Th ey
al so can be “ bu b b l e d ” wh ere
d i f fe re nt a re as o f p hys i c al
an o ma l y ove rl a p , tou c h o r
o ccu r c l o s e by.
Wh i l e th e i r re g u l ar a no mi c
b e h av io r i s al re ad y al a r mi n g ,
a va st a mo u nt o f o th e r
o ccu rre n ce s , c on d i ti o ns a nd
sy m ptom s are re p o rte d i n
re l at io n to th e m ran g i ng
fro m u ns e tt l i ng (v i v i d
p rop h e ti c dre a m s ) to fatal
( s po n tan e o u s oc c u rre nc e o f
i nte r nal o bj e c t s ).
Th i s m e an s a n are a wi t h a
P syc h i cs H ol e i s s u re to b e
o r b e co m e a N oG o a re a .
O n e exce pt i o n i s i n t h e
( re st ric te d a c c e s s )
arc h i te c tu ral i n fra s t ru c tu re
o f a M e g ap l ex. Th e
Me g ap l ex AI ’s a cti ve l y
d i s tr uth any ev i d e n ce or
re p o rts of th e s e .

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1.

2.

3.

4.
Gra vi ty var i e s b e t w e e n t o o s t r o n g
and too w ea k .
Tim e var ies i n s p e e d b e t w e e n z o n e s
of g en er al v i s u a l a w a r e n e s s , f o r
exam pl e i f y o u g o i n t o a d i f f e r e n t
room as s om e o n e t i m e w i l l n o t p a s s
at t he sa me r a t e .
Eve ry th in g a c c e l e r a t e s t w i c e a s
fast .
Poc ke ts of s u p e r f r i ct i o n ,
anyt hi ng mo v i n g q u i c k l y r i s k s
catc hi ng fi r e .
5. Stu ff ju st s u d d e n l y pa r t i c i pa te s
or c ry st al li s e s s e p a r a t e f r o m
temp er at ur e o r p r e s s u r e .
6. It’ s lik e yo u a r e m o us e - s i z ed
rega rd in g m a s s , s u r f a c e t e n s i o n a n d
air resis ta n c e .
7. Fri ct io n is b a r e l y p re s e n t .
8. Sou nd an d co n v e c t i o n b a r e l y
trav el s p as t a m e t e r .
9. Int ru si ve o r i n v o l u n t a r y / r e f l e x i v e
reca ll of m e m o r y s o m e t i m e s (⅓ of
the time) creates external visual
images.
10. It’s possible to balance objects so
they remain in place, regardless of
if they are physically in contact
with any support. While requiring a
certain amount of care to do
deliberately, numerous objects become
suspended in space by happenstance.
11. Objects with densities over a certain
threshold (generally iron)
sporadically have a maginatutal
spike in gravitational pull. An
object of ~30kg would be strong
enough to crush a human into a gooey
pellet. However this gravity field
diminishes rapidly with distance akin
to the rate of magnets ability to act
on a metal.
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SPIRITS
PHYSICAL FORM
CURSES/HAUNTS
1.
2.
3.
Haemophilia.
Spit out a toad when lying.
Food tastes like ashes, water like
piss.
4. Everyone is cursed to look like
1. Rivers Bleeding Cat. they are dying, near impossible to
2. Skinny Knotted Man. diagnose or treat actual wounds.
3. Hairy Snake Whisperer. 5. Lose anything not taking uttermost
care with.
4. Smiling Insect Gentleman. 6. Vermin contaminates possessions,
5. Wall-Walking Flaming returning when cleansed.
Giraffe. 7. Everyone on your conscience or who
hates you and is dead , hangs
6. Atrophied Garbage-Crowned around your peripheral,
Cyclops. distracting.
7. Inverted Trashcan full of 8. Any food other than meat is
extremely disgusting. Meat tastes
long long legs. rotten within minutes of being
8. Blood-painted Face killed.
Mannequin. 9. Negative emotions persist for ten
times as long after cause.
9. Dancing Syringe Edu-
10. Delusions/ hallucinations Warden
Toon. to periodically lie to character
10. Rainbow Winged Roadkill. about things.
11. Antique Car-full of Dogs. 11. Only able to get 2 hours of sleep
a night due to terrifying
12. Faceless Cop Duo. nightmares.
12. Anything that desires you harm can
find you very easily.

MANDATE
1. Justice, angered by the cheating
of it.
2. Preservation, angered by
destruction of.
3. Retaliation , aids those pursuing.
4. Fear, attacks those subject to.
5. Mischief, protects those pursuing.
6. Nighttime, angered by not
maintaining taboo.
7. Localised area, angered by not
being acknowledged.
8. Hunting/Food, angered by waste.
9. Deception, angered by those bad
at.
10. Sickness, protects those subject
to.
11. Water, angered by not getting
offerings.
12. Reflections, angered by too much
attention to.
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 TABOO:
1. No sex.
2. No meat (defined here
anything with a face and/or
bleeds) eating.
3. No breaking the current
social situation, if someone
talks to you, you must
converse, if someone is a
host you must be a guest, if
someone is your guest you
must be a host. If someone
else breaks it (starts a
fight, your host refuses to
feed you) then you can act
within the new social
situation.
4. No excess displays of
emotion.
5. No acknowledging the dead.
No looking at images of
them, no talking about them
etc.
6. Always attempt to share
wealth or goods equally.
7. Must return or answer
insults with an equal
insult.
8. No displaying bodies or
pictures of bodies. May or
may not include corpses or
meat.
9. Blood must not touch the
ground.
10. Intoxicants must be
consumed to excess or not at
all.
11. Everything with a noun must
be referred to with a
specific name. For example
you can’t say gun or guns,
you have to name each gun
and be consistent with their
names.
12. No definite yes or no
answers to questions.
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 CANNIBAL
GIANTS C: 85 Swip e 5 d 1 0 C h o k e 2 d 1 0 B o d y S av e o r
los e next t u r n S : 5 5 I : 7 5 H : 4( 45 )
At lea s t 1 0m ta l l b ut s u p e r fl ex i b l e . I n te l l i g e n t an d e rudite but
co mp letely c o n te m p tu o u s o f a l l b ut t h e b a re m in im um of culture. Like a
po lymat h at hl e te g e n i u s th a t s u d d e n l y re j e c t s eve ryth ing for religion,
exc ept t hei r re l i g i o n i s pu re n u d e p e o p l e - e a t i n g n ih ili sm.

Visu al H un tin g A Fl i c ke r i n g of
T al en ts
Di st in ct io ns G ro un d r e sp e c t f o r

C or ro s i ve
He ad fl at ten e d U nde rgro un d
1 swe a t, sa l v ia Art
s ide ways tu nn e ls
an d b l ood

Smile n ea rl y B e ne a th
2 wrap s a ro un d H ar p oon in g h ig h way L itera ture
the ir en ti re he ad bri dg e s

D e s e rte d
Disproportionately
3 H y p no t is m s t re e ts a n d Sel f-Des tru c ti on
large glowing eyes ba c k al l eys

4 Ce men t g ray w i t h C l i m bi ng wal l s El evator sh aft s Cru el ty

ne on bl u e l i ps l i ke a l i za rd

Veins gl ow Re m ai n in g
throug h L arg e b odie s of
5 m ot i on l e ss fo r Spi te
trans l uc en t s ki n wate r
m on t hs
whe n exc ited

Ab a ndo ne d
Ca tfi sh Voi c e bu i l di ng s w it h
6 Res ou rc efu l ne ss
whis kers/ barbe l s i m i tat i on val u ab l e
s al va ge

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RUNNING
THIS ALL:

THE WARDEN SECTION

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Whe re th e g am e He re ’ s s o me too ls for run ni ng

happe ns i s wh e re t h e
maps cu rl u p l i ke
mot h wi n g s o n fi re .
Th e “ Gam e” i n t h e s e n s e o f t h e
a ctual g a me yo u a re h op e fu l l y
go ing to us e t h i s b oo k fo r a n d
what i s kn own a s “ Th e Ga me ”
i ns ide the gam e — t h e c o l d wa r
be twe en co r po ra t i o n s : m o n ey
ma ki ng ven tu re s fl i cke ri ng i n a n d
o ut o f i lleg a li ty d e p e nd i n g o n
a utho ri ty ’s re a c h . O t h e rs to o :
gangs , n at io n s ta te s , re l i g i o n s ,
private o rg a ni z a t i o n s . Ove ra l l ,
a nyone w i th s t ro n g o p i n i on s a b o ut
th e u se an d m o n o p i s l ati o ns o f
v io le nc e a nd o t h e r re s o u rce s .
“M agic ” i s a n o t h e r ch as e d
re s ou rc e whi le “ a b n or m al s ” a re
whe re t he r ules o f wh at ca n ,
s ho uld a nd wi l l m e l t l i ke wax .
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So the c ha rac te rs m i g h t h ave
enoug h m o ney fo r th e next we e k ' s
re nt or have a s e c u re e no u g h s q u a t
th ey ca n tr ust i t fo r a co u pl e o f
we eks , but beyo n d t h a t t h ey l a c k
a ny o th er cer ta i n t i e s o r
re li abi li ti es .
If t hey wan ted s a fe ty a nd s e c u ri ty
li ke c oun tles s o t h e rs t h ey wo u l d
ma ke s ure to o n l y t rave l a c o u p l e
o f blo cks , us e l i c e n s e d a p p s , g o o n
a V R ho li day, h a n g o ut w i th p e o p l e
fro m thei r j ob o r n e i g h b o u rh o o d ,
avo id q ues ti on s o r se e ki ng
a nswers .
Fo r a my ri ad o f re a s on s , th a t c a n ’ t
ha ppen fo r th e c h a rac te rs .
g a me s i n the se ttin g .
A ve ry com mon op tion is to jus t
h ave a Co ntact * offe r a Job .
Th e fo l l owin g tab le g en e ra tes a
s ke l e to n j ob w it ho ut fl ic king
th ro u g h th e b ook .
Ro l l a n A c ti o n , T a rg e t an d
C om pl ica t i on .
* (Th e re is a C o nt r a ct s table , for
a mo re com ple te co nta ct with
mu l ti p l e additi on al tab le s)
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M is s i on: S o meo n e ha s a j o b
ac c o mp lish ab le o n ly by a ra g -ta g
te am o f an ti-auth o rity s en sat ion
j u nki e ’ s dispa rate s kil ls.
Exa mp l e of it be ing use d:
I ro l l a 16 , 1 0 , 2 0.
Th i s g e ts me Prote ct (D iscre te) ,
Ove rcon fiden t B lackm aile r,
s o me o n e close to (Targ e t) h as
P sych i c Powe rs .
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b l ac kmaile r alive (an e ne my o f t he
b l ac kmaile r’s targ et s?) , th e \\\\\\
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b l ac kmaile r’s overco n fid en ce is
g o i n g to n et mu ltip le a ssain at ion \\\\\\
at te mp ts an d th e ir psyc h ic … let’ s \\\\\\
s ay c a t, ale rts th em to th e c lie n t’ s
i d e nt i ty if the playe rs g e t to o \\\\\\
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ACTION TARGET
1. Steal 1. Blameless and Naive Citizen
2. Replace 2. Highly Intelligent Robot
3. Sabotage (Discrete) masquerading as a robot
animal
4. Sabotage (“The Full John
Woo”) 3. An unsettlingly ambitious
Go-Between
5. Investigate
4. Fragile Plague Canister
6. Answer a Specific Question (military weapon prototype)
7. Destroy/Kill/Annihilate 5. Up-and-coming Gang Leader
8. Plant/Frame/Bug/Stash 6. Retired Assassin
9. Protect 7. Organ-Stealing Hospital
10. Harass 8. A Saint’s Preserved Body
11. Assess 9. Junkyard Cyborg
12. Provoke 10. Overconfident Blackmailer
13. Locate 11. Subway-Lurking Man-Bat
14. Loot (Pillage) exchanging healing for weird
thefts
15. Observe
12. Weaponized Remote-
16. Protect (Discrete) Controlled Mutant Animal
17. Obtain Evidence (ex. Poison-Tiger or
18. Provoke Boneless Rhino)
19. Intimidate 13. Seemingly Benign Protesters
20. Discreetly Assassinate 14. Sly Suburban Warlock
15. Haunted Truck
16. A Cult and their Human
Sacrifice Zoo
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17. Nationalistic AWOL Army
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\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 18. Rogue Fuel Island
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 19. Artist whose medium is
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COMPLICATION
1. Recent Failed Attempt fully alerted the location
2. Haunted
3. Extensive Magic Use Frays Local Reality—multiple folded space
access points release people’s angry doubles
4. Unnecessarily Advanced Infrastructure Malware keeps hacking
computers, weapons and cybernetics
5. Client wants job to fail and hired a Rival Team as insurance
6. There’s Something Very Dangerous being kept very secret here
by pure coincidence
7. Area unusually populated , crowds gathering, tension in air
8. Nearby Megaplex wishes to test out new weapons/serenity
protocols, overreacting to disturbances
9. Conflict draws Sewer Scavengers
10. Recent Civil Unrest (barricades, fires and tense armed mobs)
11. Characters are told that it’s one result but it’s another
12. Local Rolling Power Blackouts cause hallucinations
13. Local Internet Access hosts especially virulent, Paranormal
Malware
14. PC’s doubles show up with a warning before succumbing to
injuries and vanishing from existence
15. Exceptionally Prepared Target
16. Decoy Target to draw out threats
17. Proximate Unstable, Paranoid HiPoHoZo
18. Under a Spirit’s Mandate
19. Potent Magic allows target to occupy two places simultaneously
20. Someone Close to Target has strong Psychic Powers

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TOP DOW N O PT I O N T H E MA XI MU M TABL E
US E O PTIO N
Start by ro lli n g a Bi g De al an d a n
Ag end a c on s i deri n g how t h ey To d o t his roll a D r am a ,
co uld a d van ce i t a f fe c ti n g P ar ti cip a n ts an d the O n go i n g
s ome th i ng the p l aye rs care a b o ut . S it ua tio n g en e rat in g c lues o r
You’ll n eed a go o d h an d l e o n j u s t s i tu a ti o ns invo lvin g th e playe rs.
what p ar ti cula r m i x of sy mp a t hy, M o s t th i ng s have a n a tta che d
cu rios i ty, g ree d , s e l f p re s e rva t i o n , ta b l e to add a n oth e r laye r, e .g th e
d es tru ct iven es s a n d b l oo d y P at si es’ L i a b i l i t y table . A n
mi nde d whi msy g u i d e s t h e m .
A tt em pt t o E xp la in A l l
N ote : a lways t h re a te ni ng wh a t t h e T hi s” p rovide s t he fin al l aye r.
pl ayers care a b o ut ma ke s t h e m
avo id fo r m i ng a ny at ta c h m e n t s . \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Us e as m any tab le s a s you r
th i n kme at s ca n h old .
Examp le:
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I rol l a 3 an d 4 : a S e nt i e n t M e a t
Vat wa nt s to “ C re a te an d ma i n ta i n Th e n i nven t th reat s, clu es,
a la rge ung ove r n e d an d myste ri es, victim s a nd ot he r
d es tabili z ed a re a a s a ‘ te s t p l aye r b aits. The n de te rmi ne wha t
range. ’” h a pp e n s if playe rs ig n ore t he m,
h ow w i l l it sh ap e th in gs if left
So , thi s M e at Va t c ou l d b e al o n e ? Re me mb er, as Raym on d
psychi c ally m a n i p u l a ti n g a l o c a l C h an d l e r o pin e d:
co mp a ny i nto b uy i n g l an d , ev i c t i n g
lo cals a n d ter ro ri z i n g h o l d o ut s , “ Wh en in d o u bt , h ave a
provi di n g a n a re a for g row i n g m a n co m e t hro u g h t h e
co los s al. do or wi th a g u n i n hi s
h an d”
Al tern ately, it c o u l d be i n a l o c a l ’ s
basem ent —li ke Au d rey two fro m
Litt le S hop of H o r ro rs — wh o s e cu l t
trie s to sei z e s u f fi c i e nt l an d by
gu i le a n d forc e . F ro m h e re I
co ns i der what a c t i v i ty l i ke l y d ra ws
th e p layers’ a t te n t i on (s e e i n g
pe o ple t hrown o ut o n th e s t re e t ,
jo bs i nves t ig a t i n g d i s ap pe a ra n ce s ,
s eeing a c ult t h row i ng s o me o n e i n
th e b ac k o f a va n ) a n d t h e t i m e l i n e
i f the players d o n ’ t e nga ge . I ’ d
a ls o po n d er wh a t re s o u rce s t h e
Me a t Vat reac t s w i th .

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 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Exa mp l e :
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 5 : “S o m e o ne h as be e n fe e din g peo p le to a b uildin g
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ o r s u p e rn atu ra l e nt i ty ”
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Fo r s om e on e I ro l l a 3 ( a Mus cle ) an d t he n a 12 : “ The
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ H ive ,” a h i ve o f be e s w i th min d c on trol im plan t
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ s ti n gs — g u e s s th at m a ke s t he “fe e di ng to t he
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ b u i l d i ng” p a rt e as i e r.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Fo r th e Ongo i ng S i tu at i o n : “S om eo n e hi gh er up h as
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ b e c o me i n te re s te d , e nd a ng erin g ever yon e involved .”
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Fo r on e mo re d e tai l , I rol l on t he opt ion al M uscle
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ta b l e ( Par ti cu l a r M e n ac e ) an d ro ll a 1 5 : “ t ran sfo r ms
o n d e ath .”
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\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ S o m ayb e an o t h e r m i nd co n trolli ng bee -swa r m’ s
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ h i g h e r u p i s s e nd i n g m i nd c on t rolled pe o ple to be
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ c a ptu re d by t h e fi rs t swa r m’ s b uild in g.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Th e rati o na l e be i n g t h i s b u ildin g allows th e t he
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ H ive ’s vi ct i ms to t ra ns fo rm in to p ure p sychi c en e rg y
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ( be nd i ng th e “ tran s for m s up o n dea t h” con ce pt a
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ l i tt l e ) i nc re as i n g t h e b e e s in telli gen ce .
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ S o , mayb e , a l a rg e r m i nd co n tro l bee hive is tryi ng to
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ s e i z e th e fi rs t h i ve ’s b u i l d in g by s en din g m in d
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ c o n trol l e d p e o p l e to s u b tl y bur n o ut th e fi rst hive
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ( o r h ave s om e o ne ke e n to ex ploi t i ts evil
arc h i te c tu re s e i z e th e b u i l d in g.
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\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Th e pl aye rs th u s h ave a myste ri ous si tuati on whe re
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ p e o p l e w i th b e e s ti n g s a b an don th ei r n orm al lives ,
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ at te m p ti ng to d e s troy th e i r apa r tm en t com plex
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ta rge ti ng th e at t i c wh e re a b e e h ive h as a s ma ll ar my
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ o f t h e re ce nt l y d i s ap p e are d.
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I f I wa nte d to a d d a no th e r layer o f co mp lexi ty—
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ p o s si b l y ex p l ai n i ng wh e re all th ese be e s ca me from —
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ I c ou l d ro l l A n At te mp t t o E x p l a i n A l l T hi s
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DRAMA \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
1. Someone used unwilling participants in \
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dangerous and painful experiments. \
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2. Someone stored important information \
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inside Someone’s brain unknowingly. \
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3. Someone was publically killed in a \ SOMEONE TABLE
horrific way implicating Someone.
\ C on text de pe n dan t, you
4. Transformed Patsy into a new form of
life. \ may roll:
5. Someone has been feeding people to a \ d 4: re g ular folks
building or supernatural entity. \
6. Muscle stole Patsy’s identity , \ d 6: plus ch aracte r ’s
rel ation s
robbing of their wealth and framing \
them for serious crimes
7. Someone tried to kill Someone.
\ d 8: plus the po te n tial
8. Catspaw abandoned and betrayed
\ fo r the mon stro us
Contact. \ d 10: …inc ludin g
9. Big Deal is the reason for ongoing \ co rpo ra tion s.
disappearances. \
10. Someone is responsible (via intention \ 1. Patsy
or neglect) for a disaster killing and
maiming hundreds. \ 2. Contact
11. Muscle created, raised and trained \ 3. Muscle
Muscle, but has conflicted feelings \ 4. Catspaw
about the merits of such. \ 5. orP.C.’s friend, ex
current lover
12. Big Deal has spun a vast web of lies \ 6. P.C.’s family
and deceit around Someone.
\ member
13. Patsy is an important witness to the
Catspaw’s massive crimes and/or \ 7. Big Deal
incompancy. \ 8. Supernatural Agent
14. Someone used Patsy as bait to lure out \ 9. Corporation, minor
a Supernatural Agent \ 10. Corporation, Big
15. Muscle has a list of people they are \ 4 (New
seeking revenge on, Someone is on the Harvest,Ousia,
list but the Muscle is offering to let \ Harmony, Black Sun)
them off if they help with some of the \
other targets
\
16. Someone has become dangerously
fascinated with a Spirit, and their \
research is putting others at risk. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\
17. Big Deal has a claim on Someone's \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\
soul. This Someone is trying to find \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\
out if this is even possible and if it
is how to go about reclaiming it. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\
18. Contact has the strongest feeling of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\
being slain by Someone in past life, a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\
different timeline, alternate form or \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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future memory. They seek help to
prevent it happening again, even as \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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consequences seem to be dooming them. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\
19. Endanged by positive regard for \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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Someone.
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20. Killed and/ or recruited everyone
significant and beloved by Someone. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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 ON-GOING SITUATION
1. Intends to do the exact same thing—but done right this time.
2. Their enemies know a lot about it and seek to weaponize it.
3. A unhinged reporter/content creator is obsessed.
4. Retributive agents against Someone are targeting a Player.
5. Power struggle caused Someone to reverse their thoughts about
the matter, their biggest rival holds the opposite stance and
is proactive.
6. Literal ghosts and hauntings.
7. A plucky but endearing idiot is attempting to solve/fix/adjust
this. They are pathetically out of their depth.
8. Information leak or fresh evidence requiring desperate
scramble.
9. Someone determined to turn the whole thing to financial
advantage.
10. Drama has left Someone unbalanced and is becoming steadily
more so.
11. Someone enjoyed it too much to not continue.
12. Someone keeps leaving impossible messages about it all, in
difficult to ignore places and ways.
13. Rival, authority or higher up than Someone is interested,
endangering everyone involved.
14. Someone in Someone’s trusted social sphere is attempting to
fix things without their knowledge.
15. An incident caused by a moment's inattention is now causing
escalating problems.
16. Advance in Someone’s power or resources permits a more active
approach to resolving Drama’s loose ends.
17. Sloppy information control by Someone means opportunists,
scavengers and maniacs keep getting involved.
18. They made money from it last time and it’s running out.
19. Media keeps getting created of the situation, with eerily
precise details of relevant incidents , suggestive of a
message or a taunt.
20. Weakening power and mounting consequences mean Someone wants
to eliminate dangerous loose ends.

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ARTICIPANTS
expansive tables
U s a bl e as fi ve d 20 ta b l e s ( Patsies ,
Contacts , Muscle , Catspaw , BigDeals ) o r a
s i ng l e d 1 0 0 tab l e .
Al o n g s i de t hi s i s an ot h e r table of d1 00
U n d e rl y in g Is s u e s o r as 5 co rrela te d ta bles :
Pa ts i es h ave a Po te n ti a l Li a bil i ty
C on ta c t s h ave a M u rky U n de rc ur re n t
M u s c le h ave a Pa rt i cu la r M e na ce
C a ts p a ws h ave a Fo o li s h Pres ump t i on
Bi gD e a ls h ave a Wi de r Age nd a

THE PATSY
1. Tech-Obsessed cyborg—like that guy
who always has the new phone almost
before it arrives. Has replaced every
body part at least twice. Has the
personality that genuinely needs cargo
pockets to carry the amount of
equipment they carry for “Situations.”
Actually a gestalt identity created by
personality echos in repackaged parts
sold as new.
2. Mid-level corporate manager using
unlicensed imp for dark guidance.
3. World’s dumbest mutant pitbull
bodyguard blackmailer.
CTIVE

4. Fired genetic researcher, trying to

fund his own projects via adrenal
gland manufacture. Self absorbed and
believes himself peerless and a master
manipulator. Neither of these things.
5. Rich Adjace kid, believes himself to
be an ice cold sociopath assassin for
hire. Is just an asshole who did a hit
and run once.
6. Real estate agent whose petty grudges
accumulated in an escalating series of
crimes.
7. Burned out hacker, 30 looks closer
to 40—says they’re twenty. Looking to
retire on one last score they never
had the skills for—even in their
prime.
8. Small time bounty hunter, uncannily
absent for the woefully little amount
of danger that would overwhelm them.
Somehow does this without any
awareness of just how useless they
are.
 9. Insecure small time thug who dresses and
tries to act like cenobite from hellraiser.
Keeps catching his piercings on stuff.
10. Healer, performance artist and guru.
Respectable amount of magical ability
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ unfortunately makes her extremely open to
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ spirit manipulation.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 11. Youngest member of infamous family known
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ for their poorly thought out scams,
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ senseless violence and catasphrophic
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ botched robberies. She’s all that with a
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ chip on her shoulder for being the little
baby sister.
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\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 12. Undead warlord, poor grasp of modern life
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ or their ancient one, plans world conquest.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 13. Mom Smiles, a Surly bartender and bully in
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ debt due to gullibility and stubbornness.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 14. Jack Wahoo. Looks like a Hong Kong
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Gangster straight out of John Woo film with
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ the budget spent on suits not pyrotechnics/
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ doves. Talented and charismatic with a
maudlin deathwish that manifests in triple
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ crossing nearly everyone.
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\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 15. Drug addicted ex-astronaut chimpanzee.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 16. Bitter formal model and black magic
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ dilattele.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 17. Obnoxiously jovial mercenary who thinks
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ his friendly banter disguises his deep set-
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ contempt for everyone and everything.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 18. Befuddled gunrunner for multiple rebel
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ factions of a micro-nation no-one’s heard
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ of.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 19. Vetran of dozens of short-lived streamed
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ blood sports. Covered in scars,
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ temperamental prototype cyberware and
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ corporate brands. Combination of the need
for money to maintain a wreck of body and
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ poor judgement due to multiple head
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ injuries and badly uninstalled POV
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ streaming cameras. : (
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 20. Some kind of NuMan, flexible rippling
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ movements, no lips, tiny little eyes, tiny
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ sharp teeth. Makes you immediately think of
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ an eel and then think “wait eels can’t be
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ this bad!” Smuggler of anything other
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ smugglers have ethics about.
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MASTER
LOCATION
TABLE
A LOCATION
1. THE BLOCKS 1. Building of now defunct
biobuildings. Survived the
demolition injections, now
ossified, warped in on
itself, riddled with
tumours. Locals dig into
cysts for giant teeth.
Groans softly on quiet days.
Locals weirdly fond of it
and its ability to outlast
and reject any attempts at
continual occupancy.
2. Weird concentration of
unusual, invasive plants in
a too fancy mansion.
3. Sports Area for the failed
“Slamfinity” sports
franchise. Now repurposed
for markets, kickball,
inscrutable traditional
sports and occasional gang
ceasefire negations.
4. The dirt just poured up one
day into an apartment block,
filling it entirely. Some
poured out the windows
making cave-like spaces.
Locals use it as a three-
dimensional cemetery
accessing it from the
70
lo cat io n are a t ( p g . 74 ).
Po ss ib le ad d i t i o n a l d e tai l s fo r e a c h
d 6 ( on a 6 : ro l l tw i c e an d co m b i n e ) .
rando mly deter m i n e a c a te g o r y ro l l a
d 20 ta b les ( by c a te g o ry ) . To
Use a d 1 00 ra n d o m location , o r as 5
outside with homemade
catwalks and ladders. Some
occupants in the top floors.
5. Experimental methane plant,
big steel silo and catwalks.
Semi-operational, as
numerous obstacles exist to
its completion (locals worry
about exposition risk,
grafts, incompetence,
hauntings, general fraud).
6. Regional Franchise HQ.
7. Non-Professional algae vat
farms, 20 stories. Some
floors blocked off due to
possession/contamination.
Algae-growing drugs, food,
building materials but too
slowly to be relevant beyond
the immediate area.
8. The bar that everyone
dangerous hangs out at.
Incoherent bootleg child’s
cartoon theme, overly large
head looming above the bar.
9. A former factory now used
as doss house and opium den,
run weirdly functionally and
non-predatorily by local
cult.
10. One of those DIY meat vats.
A C-shaped apartment with
the central swimming pool
now a wet orifice, layered
frills of tissue spilling
 out in every direction. The
owners throw various
biowaste into the middle and
slice off choice cuts
periodically and inspect for
cancers, ossifications,
teeth, trichobezoar,
parasites, budding and brain
matter. Sometimes these
things get sentient and
psychic and a Little Shop of
Horrors situation happens
but with a machete and
ghetto-flamethrower wielding
gang instead of a nerd
feeding Audrey 2.
11. Abandoned and inexplicable
car park fit for 2 olympic
stadiums stretching out with
sporadic tent cities and the
beginnings of copses as
small trees asserting
themselves through the
asphalt.
12. Block of oddly gutted
buildings with only floors ,
pillars and roofs. Make-do
bridging and catwalks web
out from every building.The
streets have crumbled in and
what is, at best, sewage
burbles along the rifts.
13. Dense Blocks of public low
income apartments built to
the wrong (½ size)
specifications. Occupants
remove ceilings to
vertically join apartments
but self repairing
properties means its
ongoing. The building tends
to eat copper wire too,
making electricity more
hassle than it’s worth.
14. An autonomous (and, almost
going without saying ,
rogue) tunneling machine
responsible for creating and
maintaining sewers hit a
long buried landfill and
promptly exhumed it burying
the area above. Now squatted
and scavenged—mysteriously
not claimed by a Waste
Reclamation company possibly
due to risk of provoking
Tunneling Machine attacks.
15. Big concrete water
reservoir with partially
caved in top forming an
urban swamp—closer to a
marsh but there’s at least
one inexplicable tree. Lurid
local stories about what is
living at the unseen bottom
don’t seem to deter the
actual locals from fishing
for escaped goldfish.
16. Park with complete
vegetation die off,
sufficient cars were dumped
that they incorporated with
the dead standing trees as
inhabitable and defensivable
structures.
17. Geological fault means an
otherwise normal Block
abruptly drops 100m below
the neighbouring area’s
level. Fine if you like only
a half-hour sunlight daily
and being surrounded by
cyclopean tunnels of
inscrutable city
infrastructure
18. It looks like abandoned
nuclear silo—but there’s no
other signs that there ever
was a nuclear power plant so
maybe it’s art?
19. What would have been
criminal negligence in
upholding construction
standards (had such laws
been relevant or
enforceable) resulted in
this Brutalist complex
sinking into itself like a
rotten gourd. Extensive
ongoing repairs, work-
arounds, scavenging,
inhabitation, vandalism and
demolition—results of any of
these look very much the
same.
20. Profit Prison gutted by a
riot/break out attempt which
escalated into the
deployment of military
ordnance on all sides,
resulting in complete
abandonment and revealing
human experimentation labs.
Has the kind of ghost
stories around it that
everyone knows but no-one
tells if they can possibly
avoid it. Survival rate from
exploring is high enough for
it not to be considered a
NoGo, however.
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THINGS FOR
PLAYERS TO BE,
HAVE AND DO

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To c re ate a h ac ke d M o t h e rs h ip cha ra cte r, fi rst
g e n e ra te s ta ts :
Ro l l 5 d 1 0 , com b i n e a nd as s ig n it to: Bo dy,
Co m b at , I n tel l ec t and S pe e d.
Re p e at in g 3 ti m e s p rov i d i ng e ac h sta t wi th a value
o f 5 - 5 0.
N ext c h o o se yo u r c h a rac te r ’s Bac kg roun d
Vo ca ti o ns .
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Yo u as s i g n 3 to ta l Backg ro un ds am on g th e
fo l l owi n g Vo c ati o ns ( as s i g n in g 1 - 3 Backgro un ds
to a Vo cati o n) . Th i s mo d i fi e s your stat s a n d
p rov id e s bo n u s e s to s ave s a nd skills. Each
Vo ca ti o n h as a re l eva nt e n try fo r t he num be r of
Ba c kg ro u n ds s p e nt , Re fe re n ce t hi s to de term in e
wh at yo u r Vo c ati o n g ra nt s .
Voc a t i on s:
+ Computers: understanding and ability
to make use of software, security
systems, ATM machines, etc.
+ Violence: doing harm with or without
weapons.
+ Abnormality: find ways to distort
reality with spells, talismans or
psionic ability.
+ Mechanics: engineering, tinkering,
messing around with machines but also
biotech.
+ Hospitality: any job involving
smiling and a degree of manipulation,
from psychology to sexwork.
+ Crime: sneakiness, scams, sleight of
hand, breaking and entering.
A ny Ba ckgro u nd g ra nte d i tem ca n b e rep la ced wit h
C yb e rwa re .
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 TALISMANS
A Talisman is a prem ade
physical spe ll. Purch asin g
on e (or m ore) d uri ng
\\\\ ch aracter cre atio n g ra nt s
\\\\ a prem ad e on e . Ta l i s ma ns a re O ng o i ng o r Di sposa b le . A ch aracte r c an
o nly have o n e o f a ny O ng o i ng Ta li sm an m ad e at any ti me . Th e m axi mum
\\\\ nu mb er o f any D is p o sabl e Ta li sm an cre a tab l e a t on e ti me is in t he
\\\\ d es cri p ti on .
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\\\\ 1. Heartless: c a n s to re yo ur h ear t in a n a ni ma l
\\\\ s ma l l e r th an you , wh i c h mu s t re ma in wit hin sp e akin g
\\\\ d i s ta nc e or yo u fa i nt . O ng oi ng . Ta kes 6 h ours.
\\\\ 2. Bone Straw: w i th a m in ute an d fierce
\\\\ co n c e n trat io n s u cks out an in tern al o rg a n o r ob j ect
\\\\ fro m an u n a ware o r u n co ns cio us ta rg e t . D is pos able ,
\\\\ M ax . 3 . C on s tr u cti o n re qu i res 2 ho urs sh avin g down a
s u i ta bl y h o l l ow bo ne u n ti l i t ’s as th in as a p last ic
\\\\ d ri nki n g st ra w.
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\\\\ 3. St Christopher’s Charm (va ria tion s
ex i s t) : p ro te cts a ve h i c l e from acci de n ts .
\\\\ S p e ci fi cal l y, a c ra s h ca nn o t d eal fatal dam ag e to a
\\\\ p as s e n g e r an d cra s h i ng d oe sn ’t ren der th e ve hi cle
\\\\ i no p e ra bl e . I m po rtan tl y : al l oth er da ma g e s ourc es
\\\\ l ac k t h e s e re s tri cti o ns . O ng oi ng . Req uires an
\\\\ e s te e me d pe rs o n ’s s ma l l fig uri ne or p icture an d 2
h o u rs m aki n g p e rs o na l d e c o ra t ive touc he s.
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\\\\ 4. Portrait of Dorain Gray: a small pain tin g
\\\\ th a t ta ke s o n you r d i s fi gu re me n ts from a cci de n ts , ill
ad ve ntu re an d d i s e as e s . On g oin g. Req uires a sm all
\\\\ p o rtrai t d on e by t h e b e n e fi cia ry o r to t he ir
\\\\ s p e ci fi ca ti o ns . I t m u s t be p lac ed beh in d a m ir ror
\\\\ fo l l owe d by an h o u r of p ri va te d is cuss io n w ith t he ir
\\\\ mi r ro r se l f.
\\\\ 5. Ghost Bottle: a n in n ocuo us loo king b ott le. I f
\\\\ a s p i ri t , gh o s t o r o th e rw i s e sp e ctra l be in g en ters it
\\\\ ca nn o t l e ave u n ti l t h e bo ttl e ma ke r rele a se s t he m o r
th e b o ttl e b re a ks . O ng o i ng . Grin d a bo t tle in to dust/
\\\\ s an d , p o u rin g i t i nto t h e s am e type of bot t le wh ich
\\\\ mu st b e l os t an d fou nd ag ai n (e mp ty o f dust ) whic h
\\\\ ta ke s 1 - 6 h o u rs .
\\\\ 6. Web Spider: wh e n living on a com puter,
\\\\ ca tch e s an i n s e c t wh e n eve r som eo n e t ri es to fi nd
\\\\ yo u , i n d ic ati n g t h e i r i n te n tio n. O ng o in g . A sp id er is
\\\\ ra i s e d fro m an e g g o n a c o m puter whi ch is plug g e d i n
\\\\ an d o n l i ne u n ti l i t re a ch e s ad ulth ood ( 2-3 wee ks,
s p i de r d e p e nd e n t) .
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 7. Tooth-Fairy: a too t h l e ft s o m ewh e re is
re p lac ed ove rn i g h t w i th a sm a l l d e s i red obj ect—n ot a s
s p eci fi c as a s p e ci fi c l o ck ’ s key b ut c o uld b e a key.
D i s p os a ble , 1 p e r d ay Re q u i re s s p e n d in g 2 h ours
s cra tc hin g a p i ctu re o f th e d e s i re d o b je ct in to t he
to ot h.
8. Basilisk Eggs: i f a l o a th e d an imal in cub a tes a
c hi cken ’s e g g , i t h a tc h e s i nto a d a n g e rous poi so n ous
c rea ture. D i s p o s a bl e , M ax . 1 . Mu s t I n cuba te an d over
a m o n th sp e n t trai n i ng th e i n c u b a t i ng an im al to no t
b rea k o r e at th e e g g .
C :6 5, B i t e / C l a w/ Cl aw 2 d 1 0 d mg + Gaze, S:45, I:50, H:
5 (4 5)
G az e: S p e e d sa ve t o n ot m a ke eye contact, Body Save
o r pe t r i f i e d ( tu rn ed t o s to ne and functionally
d ea d) .

9. Skeleton Key: a fl e s h l e s s b on e fo un d in a
b ui ld in g can b e c arve d i n to a key t h a t o p en s a ny of
t he b ui ldin g’s l o cks . On g o i n g . To m a ke a n ew
s keleto n key, yo u mu s t d e s t roy t h e o ld o n e. Th e b o ne
c a n be p lan te d b ut mu s t h ave fl e s h on it a wait in g
s caven gers , d e s i c cat i o n o r o t h e r m e t ho ds of
s t ri p pi n g i t b e fo re i t b e c o m e s u s a b l e.
10. Kick Me Sign: wh e n attach e d to so me on e ,
o th ers wi s h to h u r t t h e m fo r j e s t . D i sp osa ble, M ax. 3 .
The s i g n’ s m ate ri a l s mu s t a l l b e s to l en from t he
ta rg et wi th o ut a l e rti n g t h e m o f t h e i r abs en ce . On ly
o n e c a n be a cti ve at a ti m e . Wh e n a c ti ve, it ’s
i nv i si b le to t h e v i c ti m an d th o s e a f fected by its
m a gi c . It d oe s n ’t m a g i c al l y a t ta c h a nd can be
re m oved a c c i d e ntal l y.
11. Boogey Man: s u m mo n a Su p e rn atura l
c rea ture o f fe ar a nd s h ad ow— a va l u e d p e rso n al o bj e ct
to s ac ri fi c e co nv i n ce s i t to ta rge t s o me o ne . O n g o in g.
Alo n e i n a l i gh tl e s s b u i l d i n g a t m i d n i g ht , t he
s um m o ner m u s t g e t i nto o r u n d e r a pi ece o f fur ni ture
a n d rep ea t a s e m i - s e n s i ca l s o n g o r ph ra se on ly th ey
kn ow un ti l t he i r ton g u e h u r t s a n d t h ey can ba re ly
s p eak b efo re s to p p i n g . Th e n , a fte r swa llowi ng on ce ,
t hey p roc l ai m th e s a c ri fi c e a n d ta rg et . Th en
s om eth i n g w i l l b e s i tti n g b e s i d e th e m , a n d will ask
t hem to take a nd h i d e t h e s a c ri fi ce d o bj e ct in
wh atever b u i l d i ng th e targ e t d we l l s i n . Th e Bo g eyma n
wi ll t he n c o mm e n ce an e s c a l a t i n g te r ror ca mp aig n
a g ai n s t t h e targ e t. C : 65 , R u s t y B la de ( 2d1 0 dmg , Body
S av e o r B l ee d) o r N ig ht ma ri sh Visions (3d10dmg, -10%
S tr en gt h , S a n i t y Ch ec k o r 1d10/2 Stress), S:45,
I :5 5, H : 5 (2 0)
F ea r a n d S ha do w: a n y o n e s ta rting their turn in a
d ar k p l a c e w it h a B oo ge y M an makes a Sanity Save or
t ak es 1 d 1 0 / 2 S tr es s a n d r ol ls a Panic Check.

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P l aye rs sh ould ju st pic k on e

o p ti o n as split rol lin g is in cluded
mo re fo r Warde n s. I f de sire d, a n d
th e d m i s d ow n, t h e n pl ayers m ay roll spli t.
P ri ma ry
Is L i ab i l it y
A dv an ta ge
Oc c ult Sticke r Empowered Sup ern atural Attracts sup ernatural
1 Gen eric Office Com puter protection attention
Overclocked Edutainm ent Explo its a wealth of Threatens to bu rst into
2 Toy security fla ws fla me
Robot pe rsonal ity
Hac ked Robot CPU from top Cutting edge residu e mig ht be
3 of line automation processing power pl anning to bu ild ne w
body a nd kill lll lll l
Laptop, 50% duct-ta pe,
50% recycl ed E-wa ste, 20% Never comp letely Wil l never be co mple tel y
4 hippy crystal s, 10% breaks down functiona l
unlic ensed d e mon™ blood
MagicChal k™ . Works with
a b ig pair of sh ades . Not th at pop ular given
5 Bas ica lly you just dra w on Concealable you p hysical ly write yo ur
stuff with the chalk, passwords in big letters
entering com mands.
It looks like a larg e
Can find internet
Security firm prototype subma chine gun but
6 machine gun/deck hybrid. access n early doe sn’t work as one
anywhere
(anymore )
Req uires a particu larly
Disco ntinue d dog, ca t, difficu lt d iet to remain
iguana or capybara breed.
7 Sc ree n m ounted in side, Self powerin g he althy. Can ma ke its elf
sick by ea ting dan gerou s
keyboard be l ly. garbag e
A big stockpil e of in j ecta ble On ce a ctivated, Brain can be hacke d,
in ternet. Ocular route can ’t preven t
8 provid es be st comman d access without spam shows up in
drea ms
res ponse time bein g unconsciou s
15ish ge ne ra tions of Abla tive defense; Pa rts reg ul arly overhe at
smartph one s glued
9 togethe r. Exact number a nd hackin g only hacks to the p oint of an actual
mode ls keep changin g. one a t a tim e fire risk
A trench coat with sm art-
10 fabric—any pa rt of it is the Self Rep airing It’s ex hau stingly he avy
screen and/or the keyboard
Has a wasp nest growing Sup ern atural
out of the sid e, no-on e' s advantage in Supe rnatural b ioh azard
11 ever see n the m but they’ re fin din g lucky gap s if extensive ly da mage d
audible 24/7 in security
Ergono mic nightma re
80s lo ok bl ack angu lar
12 bloc k thing Cutting Edge cau sing ong oin g wrist
proble ms
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cyb erwa re m a d e o f me at e i t h e r by D NA m o d i fi ca t io n o r simply inserting
new bi t s o f us e fu l m e at.

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\\\\\\\\\\\\\ + B ol di n g d e n ote s Cyb e rwa re \\\\\\\\\\\\\
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t h e re’ s a 10 % c h a n c e i t
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\\\\\\\\\\\\\ wh ere t h e own e r d oe sn’t \\\\\\\\\\\\\
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