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 ten 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.
Gomez Snake is a Power of the Night, the ruler of the Hollows and an information broker who knows about the Strange. It’s rumoured that Gomez will pay well for certain information about other recursions and the Strange itself, as it seems that the Power is looking for something.
Halloween’s Graveyard is hardly safe, except for trick-or-treaters or those who have made previous arrangements, but it’s said that many go there anyway. It’s rumoured that buried in some of the graves are powerful items and objects of great wealth, waiting for those willing to risk all.
Native trick-or-treaters in Halloween return to their homes when they are not wandering the streets, and it’s rumoured that some of these live in some very strange places, even by the standards of Halloween, rather than in the more common homes that can be found.
The Halloween Accords are used by the Powers of the Night to resolve disputes between them. On occasion, this is done through Trial by Monster, which is basically trial by combat to the death, with the different Powers usually fighting through champions rather than themselves. It’s rumoured that some of the Powers have been utilising unusual champions in these recently, champions who seem different to those normally found in the recursion.
The Old Hangman Pub in the Hollows is home to Gomez Snake, one of the Powers of the Night and the ruler of the neighbourhood. It’s rumoured that Gomez isn’t the true Power, and that in fact it is the pub itself which rules the neighbourhood, with Gomez merely being its public face through which it interacts with others.
The Powers of the Night who rule Halloween follow a set of Accords which limit the chances of the city devolving into bloody chaos. It’s rumoured, though, that there are some currently more minor powers who would love to see the city sink into violence and blood and seek to undermine the Accords any which way they can.
The winding streets and dead-end alleys of the Hollows play home to ghosts and pumpkin golems which can indiscriminately attack anything. There are rumours, though, that these attacks are not as indiscriminate as they appear, and that both are controlled by an unknown Power.
Those killed in Halloween continue to exist as a spirit which is drawn to the Graveyard. It’s rumoured that there are a number of recursors there who died in the recursion, and it’s said that some have been looking for a way to free the spirits of the dead recursors from the place.
Those trick-or-treaters in Halloween who get caught breaking the rules are often subjected to punishment, with some Powers often eating those they catch. It’s rumoured that some Powers have used this as an assassination method; poisoning a trick-or-treater and enthralling them into breaking the rules so that a rival will consume them.
Trick-or-treaters in Halloween must burn a candle on their rounds in order to show their status. There are rumours that some candles have recently been blown out through unknown means, putting those who hold the candle at risk, and there are suggestions that someone is attempting to get around the protected status of trick-or-treaters through indirect means.
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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 Germany. Whether or not they are true is up to the GameMaster. They can be used as background colour or as potential adventure hooks.
Football is big in Germany, with its popularity equalled only by its popularity in the UK. There is also a lot of violence associated with the fans of the sport, and there are rumours that this is getting worse, with groups organising in order to cause the maximum amount of damage.
France is wanting some of Germany’s pie now, and it’s rumoured that Germany is gearing up to ensure that the French don’t get what they want, or rather don’t get anything of Germany’s. This has apparently led to concerns that there may be another conflict brewing between the two nations, even if not as violent a one as in the past.
German Autobahns are legendary for having no speed limits, allowing drivers to test their cars to the limit. This has led to street races on the Autobahns that sometimes end messily. It’s rumoured that criminals have become involved in these races, leading to an uptick in the messiness, as rival racers are sabotaged when there is a lot of money riding on the outcome.
Germany has become quite nervous about the dangers of terrorism, but they are doing their best to hide this so as not to worry the populace as a whole. Security has been upped and it’s rumoured that there are undercover operatives of many kinds roaming the streets on the lookout for issues and potential dangers.
Germany, in some ways, benefited from the Great Plague, as it eliminated the problems with age and health care and reduced unemployment, by simply killing off those in such categories and reducing costs as a result. There are rumours that how the Plague affected Germany wasn’t random, and once the leaders of the time realised what was happening, they decided to influence the Plague’s spread to eliminate the biggest costs to the economy.
Germany’s Burschenschufien are clubs with a belief in what are called traditional values, and there are rumours that such clubs are used to find those who are most likely to support Germany, no matter what actions the country does. Some claim that they are an ideal fomenting place for less savoury types of nationalism.
Raves are big in Germany, but the authorities have the technology to quickly find and crack down on illegal ones when they happen. This has apparently led to a kind of arms race between said authorities and those running the raves, as the latter seeks to make it more and more difficult for raves to be found.
Technoise is a type of music that originated in Germany, whose sole purpose is to provide music for partying, dancing and tripping. Though this might be considered a political message in and of itself, some newer Technoise creators have started weaving more overt political messages into the music.
The Hanse-Club is in all of the surviving cities of the old Hanseatic League, and its members play act that they still live in this time. However, it’s also an influential and wealthy group of Corps, and there are rumours that many of the real decisions made in Germany happen behind the closed doors of the clubs.
There are many clubs of all different kinds in Germany, and more than a few are run with the same sense of idealism and fair play seen in government; namely, none. It’s rumoured that certain parts of the government keep an eye on some of the clubs, looking for club members who would be useful for their own causes.
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Characters may attempt to learn more about types of creatures that they may end up fighting, and there are many sources they might check, but not everything they learn is necessarily true. Here are ten bits of misinformation to learn about dwarves.
Dwarves are good at finding gold in any form because they are literally able to sniff out its location.
Dwarves are made of rock, not flesh and blood, and return to the rock from which they came when they die.
Dwarves burrow their tunnels under the buildings of other species in order to collapse them.
Dwarves can’t drink water, as it’s poisonous to them, which is why they drink alcohol instead.
Dwarves don’t have children, being effectively immortal except through violence, and when the last dwarf dies, they will become extinct.
Dwarves have no morals, being completely mercenary and only obeying their lust for money.
Dwarves want gems in order to eat them, as they gain sustenance from such.
If a dwarf’s belly is cut open, gems can be found in their gut. These gems help the dwarf digest otherwise indigestible items.
There are no females amongst the dwarves, and those that others believe to be female are in fact male, dwarves reproducing by splitting in two when they are old enough.
There are tunnels constructed by the dwarves running beneath the civilised lands, and these tunnels are used by said dwarves to spy on others and move around unseen.
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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.
A nano has been seeking help with a dread excavator that is currently disassembled. Those who have heard about the nano believe they are insane to even think of messing with the things, but the nano apparently found something in a numenera ruin that they believe can be used to control the machines.
A newly-constructed building is considered to be cursed, as a number of those who have used it have disappeared, never to be found again. Unknown to most, the builder made a deal with a conundary, promising that the creature would have prey to feed on if it helped in the building’s construction.
A settlement is being plagued by at least two balithaurs, who seem to be acting in a manner that is even more disruptive than usual. If the matter is investigated, the balithaurs can be seen wearing what appear to be, and are, numenera devices; they are under the control of someone who is trying to deliberately cause harm to the settlement.
An inventor is looking for people to capture babirasa for them, as the individual believes that they can make use of the natural electricity generated by the creatures as a source of power. A reward is only being offered for live and unharmed specimens, not injured or dead ones.
Anhedrons are known to be searching for something they call the Meeting of All Things, and it’s said that a number of recently encountered anhedrons have been seeking out a specific person. Unfortunately for the anhedrons, they do not seem to know what that person’s name is. It’s thought that this individual might know something about the Meeting of All Things, which is why they are being sought out.
Choanids are hill-sized creatures that are constantly secreting toxins. Recently, a community has been afflicted by sickness that has been determined as being like that caused by a choanid, yet none can be discovered in the area. Someone has successfully managed to use a numenera to effectively bottle choanid toxin and is releasing it in the settlement.
Cuiddits are levitating spheres that follow beings around until destroyed or driven away; they can sometimes be helpful but also sometimes harmful. Recently, explorers of a numenera ruin seem to have disturbed a cache of these beings which are now roaming the surrounding countryside causing random damage.
Cynoclepts are usually found alone, but recently the surrounding area has been troubled by a number of the creatures preying on cyphers and amber crystal, and raiding those who own such. The cynoclepts are proving to be a serious problem, and they appear to be originating in a nearby ruin.
Esculants are known to not always try to eat living creatures they encounter, only to follow them. Someone is paying money for details of these happenings, such as how long the creatures followed and where they stopped. It’s said that the employer believes that there is a hidden motive behind the creatures’ actions.
It’s rumoured that there is an entire community consisting just of flesh ghosts in Beyond, where they live and work as if they were the people they originally were. It’s also rumoured that those who travel to this community may not always return, as the flesh ghosts are harvesting them for parts.
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 ten 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.
Every month the Schule der Archäologie loses one or two research acolytes to various things, such as curses, leaking spells and psychic residue. It’s rumoured that, despite the definite dangers of the things the Schule is dealing with, some of the acolyte losses are those sacrificed by the curators to further their goals.
Reichsführer Himmler, leader of the SS, is known to have no loyalties to anyone but the Führer. However, it’s rumoured that not even this loyalty is genuine, and that Himmler’s only real loyalty is to himself; his apparent loyalty to the Führer is simply because the existence of the latter means that Himmler has a figurehead to hide behind.
Rittmeister “Dakota” Hanssen is the man charged with discovering the secrets of the Holy Grail, and he is one of those who ascended; no longer needing sleep meant he was able to accelerate his research on the Grail and some other artefacts, and it’s rumoured that the Rittmeister has since made more discoveries, some of which he has neglected to inform anyone else about.
The Armor of Karna supposedly protects the wearer from both mundane and supernatural attacks, and this has proven the case for those wearing the armour; however, when one by an officer of the Reich, said officer perishes. It’s said that the duration before they die increases with each sacrifice, and it’s rumoured that the Schule der Archäologie is looking for a specific something to sacrifice to the armour.
The library of the Eleventh Reich’s Schule der Archäologie stores many different books, including many on subjects that, by the strict terms of the Reich, would be banned and should have been burned. It’s said that some of the more fanatical still seek to get these forbidden books destroyed.
The Reich’s Schule der Archäologie is reputed to have many mythological objects stored there, although some believe these numbers to be exaggerated. It’s rumoured, though, that the Schule has some relics that are not listed in any of their catalogues; though there are very few of these, they are said to be very dangerous, and dangerous to the Reich itself.
The SS is known to have captured at least two recursors, and there are rumours that a special group within it has been set up by Reichsführer Himmler, one whose main purpose is to track all such recursors, with the aim of capturing them and stripping them of any useful items.
There are a large number of zombies housed by the Schule der Archäologie, thanks to experiments with the Holy Grail, and there are rumours about these zombies, ranging from them being deliberately made from the Schule’s enemies, to them being an army the Schule is building, to there having been a number of incidents where the zombies escaped and attacked anyone they encountered.
Those of the Reich who touch the Spear of Longinus are turned into a burning pillar of flame, and it’s rumoured that the Schule der Archäologie has been collecting the charred remains of these officers, perhaps with the belief that they may have properties all of their own.
Waffen-SS soldiers are the largest part of the SS and its armed soldiers, serving as both military and police units in the Reich. It’s rumoured that some of the Waffen-SS are soldiers who are never seen without face-covering gas masks, and that these masks are not to protect the wearers from gas but to hide the fact that’s what’s beneath them isn’t human.
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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 Benelux countries; Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Whether or not they are true is up to the GameMaster. They can be used as background colour or as potential adventure hooks.
Amsterdam is very popular with tourists and it generates a lot of money for the Dutch economy from this. It’s rumoured that there are occasional attempts to sabotage the tourist trade in Amsterdam, possibly by other European cities or countries that want to scoop it up, with Berlin and Germany being favourites.
Brussels is the heart of the EC and the presence of so many EC employees, and all those who cluster where the centre of power is, results in many average Belgians being trampled underfoot. It’s said that the average Belgian is getting sick of this, but hasn’t been able to find a way to fight back.
In the Netherlands, the country was forced to abandon some of its hard-won lowlands and retreat behind higher and thicker seawalls. There’s reputedly a push to try and reclaim some of the lost lands, using the dome technologies that were pioneered in the Scandinavian Bloc.
It’s rumoured that the Netherlands is seeking allies in the EC outside of the Low Countries to help them deal with Germany once and for all, as the latter country has designs on Holland that the Dutch have no interest in facilitating, and the Dutch are therefore seeking to increase their influence.
Just about any sexual experience can be found in Amsterdam’s red-light district, including some that are illegal. It’s rumoured that there have been attempts to crack down on the really illegal things, but this has proven difficult, thanks to what appears to be support in high places.
Luxembourg is essentially the banking capital of the EC, at least when it comes to money of more dubious origin. Though Luxembourg itself isn’t bothered where such money comes from, Interpol is, and it’s rumoured that various of Interpol’s directorates have tried to get people on the inside of Luxembourg’s banks.
Much of the Netherlands is used to grow flowers for export, a luxury item and a highly profitable trade. It’s rumoured that recently some of the flower fields have been suffering from blight, ruining the crop, and that there’s evidence this blight has been tailored, suggesting a deliberate attack.
Soft drugs are easy to get in Holland and, though illegal, little is done to crackdown on their use. This results in said drugs being exported to other members of the EC, and it’s said that some are unhappy about this and want the Netherlands to be forced to do more about controlling the trade.
The super-port complex that built up around the original port of Oostende in Belgium now takes up all of the country’s coastline and extends up to 15 km inland. It’s rumoured that some within Belgium want the port restructuring so that they have access to the coast once more, and that some are willing to encourage parts of the port to move by destroying them.
The United Benelux Congress is the government that runs all three countries and gives them a united voice in the EC, but some within the countries are unhappy about the current representation their own countries have, even though this is defined by population. Some believe that, for whatever reason, they should have more people in congress than their population gives them a right to.
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At some point, characters may need to moor their ship somewhere that isn’t in a settlement, and here are ten different places to do so.
A small, steep-sided cove that thanks to the surrounding headlands is invisible from the sea and the cliffs are nearly unclimbable from the land.
An old, crumbling but still viable stone dock sticking out into the sea away from any settlements.
Cove that can be easily seen from the sea. One of the headlands is noticeably longer than the other, and this headland shelters the cove from the prevailing weather.
Island that’s located just off the coast that has a small, sheltered bay on the landward side.
Mouth of a river where it meets the sea, one with a calm flow and easy to moor at banks.
Sandy beach with a gentle incline and no rocks that’s easy to beach a ship on.
Sea cave that’s big enough to accept a ship, but only at low tide in most cases, and some will need to step their mast.
Semicircle of dangerous rocks shelter a small area where a ship can be safely moored.
Small island consisting of a reef with a single entrance and a sheltered lagoon within.
Tangle of damaged ships moored at sea that have been positioned so that there is a sheltered spot in the middle of them for another ship.
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Numenera is a game published by Monte Cook Games. Its setting is the Ninth World, and this list has six 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.
Arch-purifiers are the leaders of the Guild of Purity, and are those who have destroyed many instances of machine life but have suffered too many injuries to continue. It’s rumoured that one of the arch-purifiers actually lost to a machine intelligence, which then took their place, and that intelligence now uses the Guild to attack those machines it considers its rivals.
Members of the Guild of Purity seek to eradicate intelligent machines before they can destroy the Ninth World like they have others. It’s rumoured that some of the tales that are spread about the horrors committed by intelligent machines are in fact fabrications of the Guild, who seek to undermine all positive tales of such machines with tales of what they consider the truth, even if it never happened.
Purifier Elistin is never seen out of her battlesuit artefact, not even removing the helmet when they speak. Though dew purifiers live up to Elistin’s ideals of behaviour, there are persistent rumours that the battlesuit is more than just an artefact but a sentient machine in and of itself.
The Guild of Purity maintains that those humans who befriend or serve machines have become corrupted and are part of the problem. It’s rumoured that some bands of Guild members have even wiped out entire small communities that they believed had become corrupted by machines, in order to prevent the so-called infection from spreading.
The Traitor is a former member of the Guild of Purity who turned on the Guild after falling in love with an automaton, and the Guild has issued orders that he be killed on sight. It’s rumoured that the Traitor, actually named Saleb, has managed to convince a few minor purifiers inside the Guild that the Guild’s policies are too extreme.
There is no central headquarters for the Guild of Purity, as the organisation has temporary camps scattered across the Steadfast. There are persistent rumours, however, that the Guild does have a secret base, one located well away from any site of civilisation, in a numenera ruin somewhere in the Beyond.
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 ten 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.
Generalfeldmarschall Katja Dietrich commands the Wissenschaftsbüro and is sure that the disappearance of the previous head, an ascended Übermensch, was the result of actions carried out by the Shule der Archäologie. It’s said that the Generalfeldmarschall has been secretly diverting some of her bureau’s resources to investigating this matter.
Generalleutnant Werner Emmerich is the head of the Weapons Lab and known to be a staunch supporter of the Reich, even the death of his daughter in his own lab not stopping his faith. It’s rumoured, though, that the Generalleutnant has uncovered evidence that shows the SS has been deliberately causing problems within the lab, and plans to expose them to his superiors.
The Human Performance Lab’s scientists require a great deal of raw material to test their theories on, and in their case this raw material is human subjects. It’s rumoured that the lab is having problems getting a hold of enough subjects to continue with their experiments and has been suggesting that they should be allowed to start seizing people from the regular populace to stop this problem.
It’s rumoured that some of the organisations of Earth that have recursors have been funnelling some resources to the Resistance of the Eleventh Reich in the hope of at least undermining the fascist dictatorship without expending too many resources in doing so.
The Human Performance Lab is headed by Generalleutnant Helene Meyer and she has little interest in the sorts of things that the Schule der Archäologie in interested in, which she dismisses as “magic props.” It’s rumoured that the generalleutnant is secretly doing all she can to undermine the Schule with others in the Reich, though through cutouts that make it impossible to tell she is behind it.
The recursion known as the Eleventh Reich is considered potentially dangerous by a number of organisations on Earth, especially as there are rumours that some agents from the Eleventh Reich have been spotted on Earth, apparently infiltrating organisations and groups with goals, open or not, that the Reich believes are similar to their own.
The Übermensch programme is considered a success, but many at the Human Performance Lab would prefer a process that did not render the subject undead. It’s said that many in the Reich would prefer that too, and that those in positions of power who might be tempted to take part in the Übermensch programme but don’t want to become undead have been funnelling resources to the HPL so that they can develop another method.
The Weapons Lab is where the Reich develops new kinds of weapons before moving them into production. It’s rumoured that the lab is currently in the process of developing even stranger weapons than usual based on some devices that have been taken from captured recursors.
The Wissenschaftsbüro is the bureau of the Eleventh Reich responsible for researching the superior science that led to the Reich’s victory. The bureau consists of several adjacent buildings, but there are rumours of other, secret, labs hidden in various parts of the Reich.
Übermensch were created during an unusual cooperation between the Wissenschaftsbüro and the Schule der Archäologie, something that is unlikely to happen again. Some scientists and researchers within the Wissenschaftsbüro, though, are said to have been quietly speaking to colleagues in the Schule, something that could cause issues for both if it were to come out.
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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 France. Whether or not they are true is up to the GameMaster. They can be used as background colour or as potential adventure hooks.
A renewal drive in Paris has seen many of the older blocks replaced with more efficient, modern buildings. This is reputedly annoying the Parisians to the extent that some have started protesting about it, and protests by the French have a tendency to rapidly lead to what the French believe is their God-given right to riot.
Dreampainting, where everyone envisioned a future and tried to make it happen, used to be common in France, but it fell out of favour, with some believing it was pushed. Recently, there are rumours that dreampainting has started seeing a resurgence in some areas, and that news stories about harmful incidents related to dreampainting have also seen a rise again.
France has been making the French Armed Forces available for hire, with the exception of strategic forces and le Legion Étranger. Though this seems to be merely a way of France making money from its well trained and often combat proven forces, others remember how France has used methods other than directly military to spread its influence, especially within Africa.
France is now up to the Seventh Republic, a morass that is mostly used to avoid making political decisions in the country. It’s rumoured that this Republic is now starting to falter, with some claiming that the country needs a monarch of some kind again.
Paris is known as the city for artists, and artists experiment and dream, looking for something new to hold the public interest. It’s rumoured that some have travelled down paths so extreme that the authorities ended up cracking down on them due to the harm that was being caused.
Parts of France are getting nationalistic urges, thanks to differences between them and the rest of the country, and there are rumours that these nationalistic movements are starting to see unusual levels of resources backing them, leading to suspicions that outside forces, whether EU rivals or genuine outsiders, are funding them.
Rumours that the French government may be planning a new tax on wine are said to have been causing riots in parts of the country, especially the major wine producing regions. The government has stated that these rumours are not true and that they are intended to just cause social discord.
The constant civil problems in Marseilles means that the city’s sea walls are not getting the maintenance they need and parts are regularly under a bit of water. It’s rumoured that the situation is even worse than it looks, and that some of the sea wall is on the brink of collapse, and that a bad storm could flood the entire city.
The French, despite being ardent supporters of the EC, have a long habit of ignoring any EC rulings they don’t care for. However, recently the government has been obeying the EC’s rulings more than it has before, and it’s rumoured that the French populace dislikes this and that some Councillors have been threatened over this.
The largest amount of arable land in Europe is in France and the country produces far more than it needs. The French are resistant to the idea of large corporate farms, however, which would increase efficiency, and it’s rumoured that the EC’s Food Commission is trying to force through changes to this.
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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 ten 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.
