Numenera is a game published by Monte Cook Games. Its setting is the Ninth World, and this list has ten rumours for that setting. The rumours, which are similar to the Hearsay that can be found in the official books, can be used as adventure hooks or as simple misinformation.
It’s rumoured that the city of Joria, which is built on an enormous crustacean, is home to a people who steals what they need from others, using the constantly moving nature of their home as a way of evading trouble from those who object to their practices.
Joria is a city built on the back of an enormous crustacean known as a granthu. It’s rumoured that some outside forces have taken an interest in the city, believing it would make a useful base of operations for piracy in the area.
Joria’s granthu is an enormous creature, and there’s little that can truly threaten a crustacean of its size. It’s rumoured, though, that there are certain parts of the depths that the being steers clear of, and that certain sounds, when heard underwater, cause it to be disturbed, leading to beliefs that there may indeed be something vast enough to potentially prey on the granthu.
Jorians are best suited for living in the Deep Dark, but they are highly adaptable and can survive in many surroundings. It’s said that this adaptability makes Jorians in high demand in certain jobs, at least for those of their kind who are willing to leave their home.
Many Jorians expire follow their second return to the Shallows, as the transition to the depths is more difficult the second time. This is despite how long it’s possible for their kind to live, and it’s rumoured that they would be willing to pay for some kind of cure.
Reputedly, the blue mazars of Joria have amassed extensive records of the areas of the ocean that their city travels through. It’s said that in these records are details on many shipwrecks, ruins and lost treasures that others would pay highly for.
Shyphe, the current Warholder, is half of the elected couple who leads Joria. She’s a human, rather than a Jorian, who was rescued as a child from a boating accident and brought to the city. It’s rumoured that Shyphe would still like to find out if she has any family elsewhere.
The granthu on which the city of Joria is built on and in is the only known example of its kind. It’s said that the Jorians would pay dearly to know about the locations of any others of the creature, and that this has made them vulnerable to the unethical in the past.
The Jorians are adept at moving in the water, and this ability has made them appealing to those who make a living on, or beneath, the waves. It’s said that more than a few parties, some less honest than others, have been trying to get Jorians to join them, and some of the less honest are considering using force in order to compel assistance.
The Jorians have the ability to repair the building structures on the granthu on which their city is built, but not the ability to build new ones. This has led to rumours about just who originally built them, and whether the granthu is itself a manufactured creature made by the city’s original builders.
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Characters can find mirrors in dungeons and other places and 100 Mirrors to Find in a Dungeon has 100 such for them to find. They range from the cheap to the odd to the slightly magical.
100 Mirrors to Find in a Dungeon (PFRPG) is the above supplement converted for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. You do not need both versions.
Characters may hear rumours whilst asking around for information and 100 Hooks and Rumours for Fading Suns: Lost Worlds IV has 100 such to hear. They can be used as colour, misinformation or potential adventure hooks.
Map – Warehouse is a hand drawn map of a warehouse at 300dpi resolution in sixteen versions that can be used for personal and commercial use.
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The Strange is a game published by Monte Cook Games. It is, at least in part, set in the normal world, but there are other worlds out there, in the Strange. This list has six rumours for that setting, similar to the various different adventure hooks in the books, and these can be used as adventure hooks or simple misinformation.
It’s rumoured that a couple of minor superheroes have gone missing, and they’ve been disappeared so that someone can develop a new drug, not one that’s intended to be addictive as such, but one which is supposed to allow the user to gain superheroic powers for a short time.
Nightmare Chill and Mister Genocide are two supervillains who seem more interested in making money and living the good life on the proceeds than having any great plan to conquer the city or the world. It’s rumoured that the two have been seen working together a few times recently, suggesting that they may be planning a big score that needs both of them to pull off.
Some claim that the bounties on superhumans issued by the Department of Superhuman Affairs against those that don’t act in the public interest are more than a little biased. It’s said that some superhumans never fall afoul of the DSA, no matter what they do, and others are rapidly driven into becoming supervillains after their attempts to become superheroes results in bounties against them.
The Department of Superhuman Affairs is said to be setting up its own team of superheroes, one fully endorsed by the DSA who are effectively officers of the law in their own right. This team would have much greater leeway than normal superhumans, and given that the DSA itself would investigate any complaints, less oversight.
The quantum collapse arch is used by the Department of Superhuman Affairs to “imprison” supervillains, by having them cease to exist when they pass through it. There’s a rumour, though, that those who pass through the arch are actually transported to another realm.
The supervillain Mister Genocide can kil with a touch as he can synthesize deadly poison from his skin. He can also make his spittle and even his breath fatal to others, though it’s rumoured that he’s started losing control of his ability recently, sometimes killing even when he had no intention of doing so.
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In a futuristic setting, characters may turn on a terminal or catch a glimpse of a larger screen. 100 Video Feeds to See in a Futuristic Setting has 100 different videos for them to see, from filler to odd to potential adventure hooks.
The Invocation of Bael-Kharn (PFRPG) is a short adventure for the Sundara setting in which a defeated elemental lord of fire is sought to be brought back.
Storm Knights can gain information from a variety of sources and 100 Hooks and Rumours for the Cyberpapacy has 100 things for them to hear. These can be used as background colour or as potential adventure hooks.
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In this video, I dismantle an old, cheap and now rusted-up power drill in my latest dismantling of items looking for greebles and other parts that might be usable in scratchbuilding.
