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.
Associate Researcher Calvin Meyers is said to be trying to find out the truth about what happened to Nereus Five. Though he doesn’t seem as interested in the idea of launching an expedition to the station as Chief Researcher Reggie Garner, Meyers does seem curious about what did happen there.
Microcosmica’s brain has yet to be discovered, but there are many reputed benefits that could be obtained when it is. It’s said that new technology is being developed in order to try and more easily pinpoint the location of this currently mythical organ.
Nereus Two is a mothballed research base in Microcosmica. It’s rumoured that Chief Researcher Reggie Garner is pressing his superiors to get the base reopened, especially since Nereus Five was lost, but is being told that he needs to come up with something to justify the expense of doing so. Dr Garner is reputedly doing his best to find something, anything that will be considered by his superiors to be valuable.
The heart is one of the main sources of life in Microcosmica, and getting close to it is hard. It’s rumoured that measurements taken by the Nereus stations over time, now all collected at Nereus One, appear to show that the heart is no longer beating as regularly as it once did.
The stomach cavity in Microcosmica produces an acid much stronger than that found in a human stomach, yet the cavity lining is immune to its effects. It’s rumoured that Nereus Five was researching the creation of a submersible made from an artificial form of the stomach lining when it was lost.
There are rumours that Nereus Five has recently been spotted in the vicinity of Nereus One, and that there were still lights onboard, suggesting that the station might still be occupied, though automated systems could just as easily be responsible.
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Chests can be found in various places and 100 Chests to Find in a Dungeon has 100 such to find. They can be used as background colour or as something more.
100 Chests to Find in a Dungeon (PFRPG) is the above supplement converted for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. You do not need both versions.
100 Matokai for Esper Genesis has 100 matokai for characters to encounter. Each is named and briefly has its main interest described. They can be used as friends, foes or simply passers-by.
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10 Hooks and Rumours for Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.’s Europe
This list has ten hooks and rumours that can be heard about Spain. Whether or not they are true is up to the GameMaster. They can be used as background colour or as potential adventure hooks.
Africans and especially Arabs in Madrid always run the risk of harassment, especially from radical nationalists. It’s rumoured that some of these nationalists have taken to kidnapping such; not for random, just simply to kill them and share the killings with similarly-minded people.
Barcelona, the original one, was partially sunk which led to inhabitants leaving the city. It’s rumoured that the partial sinking led to many things of value being abandoned, such as artworks dating back centuries or more, and that some of these are still hidden in protected vaults.
ESA is not the only player in Tenerife, but it’s the main one, and it’s rumoured that the organisation has been trying to get the mass driver site and city completely brought into its bailiwick, something that the other organisations, and especially the Spanish government, are not keen on.
Most monuments in Madrid are free from graffiti, thanks to strong nationalistic sentiments leading to any caught attempting to disfigure them being thrown into the mostly dry and polluted Manzanares River. Recently, there have been a few bodies found in the river, and though most assume this is people being punished for graffiti, others think that is being used as a cover to kill people for other reasons.
New Barcelona grew from the refugees from the old city, and is a centre of strong Catalanist pride. It’s rumoured that Catalan sentiment is high enough in the city that some believe it should be leveraged to make Catalan independent from the rest of Spain.
Orbital Air is supposedly attacking the mass driver being built on Tenerife, presumably not wanting competition to literally get off the ground. Though most of these attacks are from the net, it’s rumoured that the company has managed to get its hands on some serious explosive ordnance that they plan to use to destroy the site.
Saragossa is a growing industrial centre in Spain, and it’s rumoured that this growth is being accompanied by corporate interest and the ensuing corporate violence that can follow the smell of money. It’s said that a number of companies are battling out to see who becomes top in the city.
Seville may be one of the major Spanish cities, but it’s also poorer than the others. The brigands’ control of the Sierra Morena often results in the city’s airport being shut down and it being isolated for days, and it’s rumoured that the city government is finally trying to do something about this, though this something may not be wiping out the brigands but rather coopting them into the government.
The new city of Tenerife was built especially for the mass driver and various law enforcement agencies have a strong presence there. It’s rumoured that the hidden law enforcement presence is significantly greater than the visible one, given the potential future importance of the place.
Ultranationalist football fans in Spain have been causing problems in some of the country’s cities, and even in those of other countries, when a local team is playing against a foreign one in another country. The hooligans are using the games as an excuse to promote their nationalistic agendas, usually through violence against the opposing fans.
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Fantasy cities have laws, even though they may have differences thanks to what they deal with, and 100 Laws for a Fantasy City has 100 such laws that characters could fall foul of.
Locales of Sundara: Selaraas’s Smithy describes a single location, a fantasy smithy, without a map but with various details that allow the GM to use it as a drop-in location.
Goblin markets can sell strange things and 100 Unusual Things To Find At A Goblin Market has 100 such to buy, some useful, many odd.
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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.
