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.
Ardeyn’s Glass Desert is one of the most treacherous parts of the recursion because of the ground glass particles that comprise the sand. It’s rumoured that those who are killed by the abrasive nature of the sand may rise as undead beings composed of particles of swirling glass and in a vaguely humanoid form.
Calometh is an Umber Judge who seeks the Silver Sword believing that it will enable him to free demons from evil taint. He’s regarded as a dangerous lunatic by the Court of Sleep, and was cast out to wander alone, though it’s rumoured that Calometh has recently started recruiting a handful of humans to his cause.
Galeta Swan is the current leader of the Reclaimers of the Glass Desert, who was captured and put into slavery by glass pirates when she was young. Though Galeta has vowed to bring the Green Wilds to the desert as a way of seeking revenge on the pirates, it’s rumoured that sometimes she uses more direct means against them, and regularly hires others to seek out and destroy pirate ships.
It’s rumoured that someone has been taking advantage of the fact that the glass pirates are not unified in order to turn at least some of them against the others. It’s being said that a clan is being paid a bounty for any other pirates they hunt down, and that some from outside the Glass Sea have started to consider signing up to do the same.
Siraja, the captain of the Revenge, has a fearsome reputation such that some of the other glass pirates fear her. It’s rumoured that her reputation has grown to such an extent that a bounty has been offered on her head, body optional, in order to end her depredations.
Taimin of the Nightstar is one of the most well-known of the pirates of the Glass Sea, and it’s known that he has a habit of decreeing death matches between members of his crew who are feuding with each other. It’s rumoured that he’s not averse to ordering a death match to eliminate those he fears might try and usurp him at some point.
The glass pirates of the Glass Desert are anything but a coherent force and the clans will often fight when they come across each other. This makes the rumour that someone is trying to unite the pirate clans worrying, as the potential infighting is one thing that somewhat diminishes the risk the pirates pose.
The Reclaimers want to return the Glass Desert to the garden it once was, and are seeking out any way of doing so. There are occasional rumours that for some Reclaimers this means any way at all, and that they have performed frightful acts in their attempts to recreate the lost garden.
The Silver Sword is a blade of glass visible only every nine years in the Glass Desert and can briefly be used to shrink the borders of the desert. Knowledge of its existence has leaked out and many adventurers are now seeking it, as well as the Reclaimers. It’s rumoured that the Reclaimers have taken measures to deal with others seeking the sword.
There is said to be one dragon living in the Glass Desert, and scholars believe it is an embodiment of elemental disaster. It’s rumoured that some sorcerers have been seeking out information on the Glass Desert dragon, but only in the hopes of being able to make a lesser beast of disaster.
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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 Europe’s Finance Commission. Whether or not they are true is up to the GameMaster. They can be used as background colour or as potential adventure hooks.
Audits by the Finance Commission are done on individuals and companies with holdings or throughput in excess of 20,000 eurodollars, with random samplings done on those with less value. It’s rumoured that the random samplings are not entirely random, and that it’s possible to get individuals or companies specifically targeted.
Commissioners of the Finance Commission often work with Interpol to help the latter with their cases. It’s rumoured that some within the Finance Commission and within Interpol believe that those employed by the other should be permanently assigned to them as part of their own organisation.
Company and personal finances are audited by the Finance Commission, and it’s rumoured that some of the auditors working for the commission are little more than thugs running a protection racket, with those refusing to pay the necessary “fees” ending up on the wrong ends of audits which, without fail, always find indications of illegal activity.
Eurobonds are issued by the Eurobank to investors, offering fixed interest rates and available for multiples of five years. It’s rumoured that recently the bank has been issuing Eurobonds in greater than normal numbers, with some wondering just why the bank is seeking so much investor money.
Part of the Finance Commission is currently running blind tests with members of the general public, both within the EU and without, to see what neutral name the eurodollar should be renamed to, so that there is less objection to it becoming the world’s currency.
The auditors and inspectors of the Finance Commission all have degrees of at least masters level, though some study in their spare time whilst at more junior levels. It’s rumoured that the commission has been considering founding its own college in order to train its staff with the degrees they need.
The EC’s finances are controlled by the Finance Commission, which ensures that the budgets of the different commissions are sufficient for their needs. It’s rumoured that those commissions who annoy the Finance Commission in any way find their income drying up and the reasons for this always seem to be corruption within the targeted commission.
The Eurobank is the most powerful financial institution in the world, and rumour is that it’s even more powerful than it seems. It’s said that the Eurobank has been quietly picking up stakes in financial institutions in other countries, slowly allowing it to affect a country’s economics without wielding the brute force of the eurodollar against them.
The Finance Commission has a large number of security personnel, for transportation and site security and as the bodyguards of inspectors and auditors. It’s rumoured that the commission is planning to organise its security personnel so that they are more like a military force than a security one.
The reserves of the Eurobank are stored within vaults in the mountains between Freilassing and Salzburg. These have a reputation for being the strongest vaults on the planet, and it’s rumoured that, so far, no-one has managed to successfully breach them. Which doesn’t stop people from trying, and it’s said that those who get closest, and survive the experience, are offered the choice of either indenture to the Finance Commission or being disappeared.
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Characters may come across cryogenic and stasis tubes in sci-fi settings, and they may not always hold what they are intended to hold. Here are ten things to find in such.
Completely empty.
Conglomerate humanoid that appears to have been assembled from many different individuals.
Human-sized cocoon that looks to be on the verge of hatching.
Individual whose top half is alive and well, but whose bottom half has been reduced to a skeleton.
Large egg sack from an unknown creature.
Lifeform with a long tail, exoskeleton and a curved head, as well as two arms and two legs.
Occupant who has been frozen into a solid block of ice.
Organic soup that was the occupant.
Scratched interior and a skeleton inside with its armed raised.
Several organs that appear to have been surgically removed from different owners.
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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.
Abbrilo is built on, in and around the Angled Tower, though there are floors both above the inhabited areas, and below the ground, that are not cleared out. It’s also rumoured that there are subsidiary belowground floors that are not part of the main tower itself, but are connected to its underground regions by passages.
Delegate Sarden works for the council of Abbrilo, who ensures that every transaction she does helps the settlement in some way, and has turned Aeon Priests away when she thought their goals did not help Abbrilo. The priests want to study the Angled Tower, and it’s rumoured that they have tried to get around the delegate by hiring other explorers to work on their behalf.
Folier is built on a floating reef that consists of countless oyster-like creatures that are linked to each other. It’s rumoured that recently the creatures have been suffering from some kind of disease, and there are worries that if too many are affected, the reef will fall apart; it’s said that a cure to the blight is being sought.
Healer Jesjan of Folier is skilled in healing, knowing many cures that revolve around stingray venom. She’s said to be seeking to expand her knowledge by trading what she knows with what healers in other places know, especially those who live in or around the ocean.
In the centre of Cassinhill is an excavation site leading to a network of rooms and tunnels below. The inhabitants of the settlement are known to have explored the complex beneath them, but there are rumours that it is vaster than even they know and that there are large areas that are as yet undiscovered, let alone explored.
Mayor Orish is in charge of Cassinhill and has been for several years now. Though she has currently kept the job without any problems, it’s rumoured that some of the inhabitants are considering replacing her, thanks to the arrival of the varjellen nearby.
Numenera is bought and sold in Abbrilo, often harvested from the Angled Tower which the community is built in and around. Though it’s rumoured that the truly useful numenera harvested from the tower, by the inhabitants or by taxed explorers, never sees the light of day, being kept in case of future need.
The excavation site in Cassinhill was, by the sounds of it, recently broken into. No-one knows who did it and no-one knows if anything was taken, but there are concerns that it might happen again, as whoever did it may have been looking for something specific. Unless they already found it, which poses a different set of worries.
The fingernail-sized oyster-like creatures that make up the reef that Folier sits upon are sometimes reputed to have other properties, though ones that the inhabitants of Folier are unwilling to share with anyone else, or even talk about.
Varjellen have settled near to the settlement of Cassinhill, and relations between the two groups have so far been peaceful. It’s rumoured that not everyone is happy about this, and that some would love to stir up some trouble between the two settlements.
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.
Amongst the Collections of the Implausible Geographic Society are items brought back from many different recursions. It’s said that some of these are very dangerous, but that the IGS keeps the most dangerous hidden well away. Which hasn’t stopped some from attempting to acquire them.
Dame Amanda Wallace currently occupies the office of the president of the IGS but has not taken the role and the society hasn’t had a president in thirty years. There are rumours, though, that Dame Amanda, for some reason, is now considering taking up the role she is essentially fulfilling.
Sir Raymond Creswicke is one of the few members of the IGS who is permanently at the Lodge. He’s always eager to give advice to new members, and it’s said that Sir Raymond has a list of recursions and things to look for in them, should they be found, that he will be happy to share with anyone willing to go searching for them.
The IGS has apparently been performing research into those recursions that were explored by the Society in its early days, based on fiction that has diminished in popularity, which are now difficult to find or much smaller than they were. It’s said the Society has been considering trying to boost the popularity of the old books, perhaps by funding film and television adaptations.
The Implausible Geographic Society separated from the Royal Geographical Society in 1913, though it’s rumoured this was not a complete and final separation. It’s said that some within the RGS still know what the IGS is up to, and are a means by which the two organisations communicate with each other.
When knowledge of the IGS escapes beyond its group, agents are dispatched to erase it by any means necessary. Though this may just be through the use of a memory eraser, it’s rumoured that those who have proven resistant to such measures have themselves been erased.
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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 Interpol. Whether or not they are true is up to the GameMaster. They can be used as background colour or as potential adventure hooks.
Counter-espionage, against both countries and corporations, is handled by Interpol’s I-2 directorate. The tension between Europe and the US has led the latter to be I-2’s primary target, and some within Interpol and the European Commission are concerned that this means other potential enemies are being allowed to operate far more freely than they should. It’s said that they are trying to redirect some of I-2’s efforts towards other nations.
Europe’s Mediterranean Patrols have very similar aims to Interpol’s I-6 directorate, so much so that the bureaucracy is trying to incorporate the patrols into I-6. Not everyone in the Mediterranean Patrols is happy with that idea, though, and are pulling in every favour they can to stop it.
I-4, the Interpol directorate that monitors corporations that operates in Europe, is intended to deal with corporations that try to bypass the law. It’s rumoured that in cases where there is a European corporation and a foreign one that I-4 will concentrate its efforts on the foreign one, so that the local company comes out of it better than the foreign one.
I-3’s new policy of recruiting caught netrunners to their own side has resulted in an influx of new, less hidebound talent, but also an influx of ‘runners who bear something of a grudge. Though these criminal netrunners are watched carefully, it’s said that a number of them are quietly working together to compromise the whole directorate so that they can regain their freedom.
Interpol never really caught on as the international police force it was originally intended to be, and it functions more like a strictly European one. However, it’s said that some within the organisation have never really given up on the international idea, and will do what they can to further this goal, which does include helping out the constabularies of other countries outside Europe to gain influence and favours.
Interpol’s I-1 directorate was founded as a counter-terrorism arm and originally used to conduct raids themselves but this has now been taken over by the army. However, both the army and Interpol feel that the intelligence and operations parts should be combined under one command; whose depends on whether it’s the army or Interpol. This is causing some friction in the operations as well as some manoeuvring on the council.
Interpol’s I-5 directorate is responsible for law enforcement in space and has recently been given jurisdiction over off planet interests by most orbit capable nations, with the US being the exception. It’s rumoured that a covert war is being waged in space between I-5 and the US, with the latter trying to impair I-5 in any way it can in order to protect its own interests.
Netcrime, Interpol’s I-3 directorate, only has a limited jurisdiction, tasked with only reacting to crimes that may affect the EC or EC property. It’s rumoured, though, that the agents of the directorate often have a very liberal interpretation when it comes to judging what crimes affect the EC, and regularly go beyond the letter of their mandate against those they believe could harm or are plotting to harm the EC electronically.
The newest directorate of Interpol is I-6, which covers organised crime. Perhaps because they are new, they have had some early successes, and it’s rumoured that some of the larger criminal groups have started putting prices on the heads of I-6 agents, because they have caused a drop in profitability.
The Pyramid is the main administrative centre for Interpol and it’s also home to its central datafortress. It’s rumoured that there are high bounties for any runners who can manage to breach the Pyramid’s protections and get into the datafortress, and that many who have tried have ended up mind burned as a result.
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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.
Boss Melyndwr took control of Delend a couple of decades ago in a bloody coup, but since then most people have come to accept her as the community’s leader. Most is not everyone, though, and it’s rumoured that there’s an underground movement dedicated to removing Melyndwr from power.
It takes skill to navigate the Changing Moon after a shift, and it’s rumoured that this is a skill that’s becoming harder to get. Some say explorers of the moon are finding it harder to navigate, as if the changes the Changing Moon undergoes are becoming more severe.
Observer Efreya runs the Halls of Change and she wears a series of heavy lenses over her eyes, claiming that these give her insights into the Changing Moon. Some wonder if the lenses do something different to what Efreya claims, especially as she never shares any of her supposed insights.
Red rain occasionally pours from the Changing Moon onto Delend. This “rain” consists of tiny cube-shaped creatures made of animate crimson cube that tear down what they come across to turn them into strange slabs. Some wonder if this is a type of repair mechanism for the Changing Moon that has malfunctioned.
The Halls of Chance in Delend are where books and journals that belonged to explorers of the Changing Moon are kept. Though the Halls are accessible to anyone who can get a pass, there’s a constant rumour that some of the books and journals are kept hidden away.
The Observatory in Delend is used to keep an eye on the Changing Moon through the telescope mounted in it. It’s rumoured that users of the telescope over the years have seen things through it that they have never shared with anyone else, for varied reasons.
Those who cross Boss Melyndwr, even by such as suggesting minor improvements to the status quo, can end up being sent on a forced trip to the Changing Moon prior to a shift. It’s rumoured that the percentage of those who are forced to do this, rather than anything lesser as punishment, has been increasing, with some wondering if Melyndwr is becoming increasingly paranoid over time.
Though red rain can be a disaster, or at least a potential one, when it falls down on Delend from the Changing Moon, there are some who think that, with access to the right technology, the cube-shaped “insects” that comprise the rain could be reprogrammed to use in a beneficial way, and such are willing to pay for any that can be gotten.
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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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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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.
