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.
Glial storms are imbalances of the bioelectrical energy of Ruk, moving cascades of scintillating energy that can drive those caught in them mad. Glial storms have become rarer over the years, but some are claiming that, for some unknown reason, they are becoming more common again, though they are still rare.
Huge mobile harvesters are used to gather the resources of Ruk’s grey forests, with many of them owned by Zal. Others are owned by small co-ops, captains and freebooters who steal from the harvests of others. It’s rumoured that those grey harvesters that are not owned by Zal have a tendency to suffer from misfortune more often, whether this is freebooter raids or equipment problems. Some go out of business and are bought up by Zal, leading to suspicion that Zal is trying to eliminate the competition.
Most parts of the Hub, the oldest part of Ruk, are policed, monitored and cleaned, but there are exceptions, where anything but is true. It’s rumoured that some parts fall out of favour, or fall afoul of one of Ruk’s factions, and as a result end up losing all of these services, resulting in their rapid decline.
The grey forests of Ruk can be dangerous to travel through as the fungi that grow in them produce hallucinogenic and poisonous spores. Some people who have survived trips through the grey forests have claimed to have seen fungi actively moving around and hunting other travellers, though given the hallucinogenic nature of the spores, such claims are readily dismissed.
The Shattered Wastes of Ruk are debris fields lacking much in the way of life or water. Damaged organimer can grow back imperfectly, or die, and this is what resulted in the wastes. It’s said that there are parts of the wastes where the organimer is not merely growing back strangle; it’s growing back wrong. Organimer is quasi-living metal but in some areas it’s said that “quasi” no longer applies.
The Spar Jungles of Ruk are where the disk of Ruk broke when it ran aground on the shoals of Earth, and are scattered throughout the Hub. The Spar Jungles are dangerous places, home to gangs of outlaws and dangerous beasts. It’s said that some of them have other dangers as well, places where the Strange is breaking through into Ruk, or where the fabric of Ruk itself is wearing thin.
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Even in a post-apocalyptic setting, there can be things to encounter, ranging from the useful to the odd to the dangerous. 100 Encounters for Post-Apocalyptic Moors has 100 such for farms.
100 Encounters for Post-Apocalyptic Moors (Mutant Future) is the above supplement converted for use with Mutant Future. You do not need both versions.
Mediums are the speakers to the dead in the Chronicles and World of Darkness. They can be a bridge to speak with ghosts, a dealer in them, potential foe or powerful ally, and 100 Mediums has 100 such for characters to encounter.
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In this, the eleventh episode in a series of videos in which Neal Litherland covers Chronicles and World of Darkness, he looks at YouTube’s monetisation changes and the potential for larger projects.
Published by Sad Fishe Game, this is a supplement to which we have contributed and it has more entries for Creatures of the Abyss and Corrupted by the Void for Death in Space.
Tomes of Cthulhu II is now available in softcover from Amazon. The interior and exterior are different to the PDF version, due to limitations in the graphics used in the PDF.
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10 Hooks and Rumours for Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.’s Night City
This list has ten hooks and rumours that can be heard in or about the Old Downtown district of Night City. Whether or not they are true is up to the GameMaster. They can be used as background colour or as potential adventure hooks.
Camden Court in Old Downtown are high-priced and secure apartments favoured by solos, with heavy and occasionally over-enthusiastic security. As the apartments are also favoured by a number of high-ranking police officers, incidents where the security force gunned down the wrong person tend to get covered up. This has annoyed a number of people who have lost friends or family members to the guards, and are attempting to do something about this. Some are reputed to have enough money behind them that some of the incidents may get uncovered just as quickly as they were covered up.
It’s an open secret that Counter Intelligence Associates in Old Downtown do not merely practice countersurveillance but also help with less ethical operations – for a price, of course – though there is never any proof of this. It’s said that recently a gang tried to attack their main place of business, hoping to boost some of the hardware the company has on stock, only to fail very badly at this. None of the attackers has been seen since.
MaxiMarket in Old Downtown is a 24-hour supermarket that claims to be able to get anything a customer wants, though they rarely disclose how long it takes to get it. It’s rumoured that not every order placed in this way is filled by reputable sources; one reason for the wait can be the place is waiting for someone to steal what they want to sell.
Meadowcreek Pines in Old Downtown is a low rent apartment complex inhabited mostly by blue-collar workers. Boostergangs plague the place, as they know the residents keep what few valuables they have in their apartments, but it’s rumoured that a few boostergang members have gone missing or turned up dead and in pieces recently, suggesting that someone in Meadowcreek not only objects to their behaviour but has the ability to do something about it.
Neither Soul Food News Kiosk nor the health store in the same building look to make enough money to keep the owner of the building afloat, yet he always insists business couldn’t be better. It’s rumoured that there was recently trouble with some gang members attempting to put the squeeze on, only to be cut down by Arasaka Security that the owner had, somehow, been able to afford to hire.
Rose, Dahlia and Flora’s Creations in Old Downtown is a greenhouse and flower shop staffed by three elderly women and has almost any exotic plant known. There are rumours about just what some of those plants are and what the old ladies do with them, too; the outside of RD&F is starting to get covered with graffiti but it’s said that anyone who does spray paint the outside only does it once before turning up dead.
The derelict tank in Old Downtown has become a place popular for ritual gang combat, with the fighters wading through a foot of partially congealed oil. Fights are frequently to the death, which bothers no-one, except that there are rumours that some gangs have taken to abducting people of the street and getting them to fight in the tank, either each other or against a gang member.
The Hari Kiri Sushi Bar is an extremely exclusive and extremely expensive sushi restaurant in Old Downtown in Night City. There have been unproven rumours that misprepared pufferfish will be served to those who cause trouble, and indeed several questionable characters have died over the last few years. However, it’s said that it isn’t causing trouble that results in someone dying, because those dying are either on a list of people the owners wish to remove or whom they have been discretely paid to have killed.
The Municipal Works Building in Old Downtown is an aging building in a district that’s going downhill, but it isn’t worth it to Night City’s government to try to move the activities in the building elsewhere. However, it’s reputedly getting harder and harder to find bureaucrats who are willing to work in Old Downtown, so Night City may have to either do something about the area or, rather cheaper, move.
The Night City adjunct of the World Stock Exchange has amazingly tight security, but given the deteriorating nature of Old Downtown, many investors prefer to stay away. Given this, it’s rumoured that the stock exchange is considering moving to a more salubrious district of the city, which would only increase the decline of Old Downtown.
D10: Night City Rumours – Old Downtown is unofficial content provided under the Homebrew Content Policy of R. Talsorian Games and is not approved or endorsed by RTG. This content references materials that are the property of R. Talsorian Games and its licensees.
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In a futuristic setting, ruins still exist, whether of precursor civilisations or of places that have been abandoned, damaged or partly destroyed, and 100 Space Age Ruins has 100 such for characters to encounter.
Fantasy Bestiary (3Deep) has 96 new monsters of varying types for 3Deep, mostly aimed at a fantasy setting, but some usable in others.
100 Knick-knacks for Undermountain III has 100 minor items that could be found instead of trinkets or in an NPCs possession, all connected to Undermountain in some way.
Map – Village 14 is a hand-drawn black and white village map with a 300dpi resolution in four 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.
