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 eight 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.
Cataclyst roaches are human-sized roaches with human faces found in the recursion. They are intelligent and can speak, and it’s also rumoured that they are organised as well, albeit not that strongly. It’s said, though, that some of the Cataclyst roaches are attempting to step up their organisation to make the creatures into a truly dangerous force.
Green ones are a warrior race from the recursion of Old Mars, and are known for their skill in battle, as well as their honourable, albeit warlike, nature. It’s rumoured that mercenary groups of green ones have been turning up in a number of recursions, hired by locals to attack their enemies; the fact that they are appearing in different recursions leads some to suspect that there is a single force behind this.
Kro coursers are created by the magicians of Crow Hollow from the corpses of recently deceased kros. They are magically animated and preserved flesh, and without the magical maintenance of a magician, they slowly decay. It’s rumoured that some parties are attempting to create kro coursers that will survive without this maintenance.
Professor Moriarty is a criminal mastermind from the Sherlock Holmes stories and the recursion 221B Baker Street. After discovering the Strange, the professor has broadened his operations into that, and it’s rumoured he’s even managed to get low-ranking agents inside some of the organisations, such as the Estate and the OSR on Earth and the Kaum on Ruk.
Shoggoths are ancient, bioengineered creatures that can be found in many different places, and are feared by anyone who has ever heard of them. It’s rumoured that their ancient creators had some means of controlling shoggoths, and there are frequent attempts to discover just what this might have been, so that shoggoths can be controlled and used as weapons.
The jabberwock has three different heads that quarrel amongst themselves unless and until they come across prey. It’s rumoured that the creature was three different people who hated each other and were cursed to take their current form, so that they could never be apart from those they hated.
Vaxt is a planetovore whose ancestral weed survived a planetovore attack and later became one itself. Vaxt spreads to other worlds like a weed and devours civilisations. There are rumours that there are Vaxt types that have developed the ability to pass as other species, disguising themselves amongst the masses.
Winged monkeys were enslaved by a Wicked Witch. Prior to that, they were not particularly vicious, and some constantly seek to free the winged monkeys again. This usually ends up failing, though, as the winged monkeys have been changed by their time in servitude and, probably, by magic.
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Villages have noticeboards and these noticeboards have lists of current events, jobs that need doing and warnings. 100 Ads And Announcements For A Village Noticeboard has 100 such things, which could be used for background colour or adventure hooks.
Mages and wizards can perform magical experiments and 100 Magical Experiments to Find has 100 such for labs and towers. They range from the odd to the dangerous. This is a conversion of the original supplement to Pathfinder.
100 Knick-knacks for Terrinoth II has 100 minor items that could be found in treasure hoards, in an NPCs possession or given to characters.
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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 the European Council and the Secretariat. Whether or not they are true is up to the GameMaster. They can be used as background colour or as potential adventure hooks.
Councillor Evienne de Tours is notorious for getting into trouble, with photos and other things that most would find compromising turning up. So far, this doesn’t seem to have harmed the councillor, and there are rumours that if anything they may have increased her popularity with some citizens, with even suggestions that de Tours has arranged for such leaks herself.
Increased threats against some members of the Secretariat have resulted in the more high-ranking members pressing to, quietly, increase the size of their protection details, in particular seeking to get some of the more skilled members of the EDF protecting them. This is naturally something the EDF commanders feel is a waste of their soldiers’ talents.
It’s rumoured that the Secretariat, as the true force behind the running of Europe, have been increasing their power by ensuring that councillors elected to the European Council are chosen from candidates that the Secretariat have secretly approved. Though this doesn’t always work, it’s said that a growing percentage of the council is completely under the sway of the civil servants supposed to serve it.
Joachim Krüger is a former rocker and current representative for the Free Earth Alliance for the East Central Munich seat. Shortly after his victory, he was non-fatally shot in a drive-by that the police are treating as accidental. Neither Krüger nor his supporters believe that, and are attempting to investigate the connections that the police have with the People’s Democratic Party, whose candidate was defeated. It’s rumoured that there have been a number of anonymous threats received by those doing the investigating.
Members of the European Council may have to do a lot of work, but there’s also a lot of money to be made by the councillors, not just from the salary and allowances which are already huge, but the gifts from corporations who want councillors to be seen with their goods. It’s rumoured that there have been a number of attempts to reign in any excess, but these never get anywhere and those who push too hard frequently discover they’ve broken the law.
More than one group within Europe has a poor opinion of the councillors and the Secretariat, but the councillors and the highest-ranking members of the Secretariat all have heavy security. It’s rumoured, though, that lower down the food chain more than one member of the Secretariat has recently suffered an “accident” that was anything but.
Rolf Schneider is the Speaker of the European Council and he has a reputation for being a middle of the road selection. This makes him a compromise candidate and the definition of a good compromise is one that makes everyone unhappy, and it’s rumoured that this is indeed the case with Schneider, with neither the left nor the right liking his choosing.
The member states of the European Community are entitled to one councillor on the Euro Council for every 100 million eurodollars it pays into the EC. This gives the richer states a greater influence, and it’s rumoured that the smaller states have been seeking ways of boosting their income by inviting the wealthy and megacorps into their countries, and are not exactly bothered by just how legal their monies are, in exchange for substantial tax breaks.
The Secretariat are the high-level civil servants of Europe, with the commissioners assigned from the top tier of the Secretariat. Though the Secretariat and the commissioners are nominally subject to the orders of the councillors, most remain in their positions far longer than any councillor and are said to be the hidden power behind the throne.
There are rumours that some of the members of the European Council have become troubled by the amount of power that the Secretariat has, which even influences everything the counsellors do. However, it’s also rumoured that any councillor who makes too much of a fuss has dubious events from their past suddenly being discovered by the media.
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In a modern setting, characters can find data for sale, and 100 Modern Data Files to Find for Sale has 100 such to find of varying value and utility.
Dungeons and other locations can have secret doors and hidden passages and 100 Secret and Hidden Doors and Passages to Find in a Dungeon (C&C) has 100 such for characters to find, ranging from those that can be found through a bit of searching to those well hidden with secret activators.
100 Knick-knacks for Hollowfaust II has 100 minor items that could be found instead of trinkets or in an NPCs possession, all connected to Hollowfaust in some way.
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Characters can come across cooking pots in camps and kitchens, and may feel a need to check just what’s cooking inside them and whether it’s good to eat.
Leftovers from many different meals, an assortment of previously cooked meats and vegetables that is lacking any texture but filling.
Mutton stew with cabbages and leeks. Filling but so overcooked it is tasteless.
Nothing but herbs and greens.
Pungent broth made solely of garlic and onions.
Scraps and offcuts of now-soft leather in boiling water.
Severed fingers and ears from a number of different species in a weak broth.
Sludgy mess of vegetables that are no longer identifiable.
Smelly broth of fish heads and bones.
Tasteless mush of grey lumps of indeterminate origin.
Tasty and perfectly spiced stew made from rat meat.
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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 eight 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.
