The Shadow Haunted World: A Conspiracy Game

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TRUST NO ONE.

Game premise

You start off as normal people who quickly find themselves via fate to be in a nexus of event of the supernatural and the realm of conspiracy theories. As the game goes on they will find themselves changing and adapting into the realm of the supernal, MiB, ghosts, greys, and of course, yetis.

Character generation

20 points to be distributed, nothing more then 5 to start with. You also start with 2 specialties of things you are really good at, which will double the relevant stat when rolling. Also pick a minor arcana of the tarot for your character.
Char Stats

Strength

Dexterity

Wits

Integrity

Charisma

Perception

Episode List

0 The Joker: The Thunderbird Flies Again

1 The Magician: A Friend in Need Summons MiBS

2 The High Priestess: Hanging with the Dysons

3 The Empress: Tank > UFO

4 The Emperor: The Green Fog

5 The Hierophant: Atlantean Memory

6 The Lovers

7 The Chariot

8 Strength

9 The Hermit

10 Wheel of Fortune

11 Justice

12 The Hanged Man

13 Death

14 Temperance

15 The Devil

16 The Tower

17 The Star

18 The Moon

19 The Sun

20 Judgement

21 The World

Codex

Green Fog
Black Moon
Area 51
Dulce
''Curtis LeMay''
Admiral Hillenholler
Project Pegasus
Gray Aliens
Mounds
Men in Black
Project Camelot
Project SERPO
MJ-12
Dyson
Dyson Sphere
Gil
Contessa
Larry Evans
Roger Sixkiller
Old Man Tanner
Green Glowing Man
Treaty of Granada

Characters

Rusty Zettel

Rusty (his real name, not a nickname) is a mid-20s college student working at a second-hand bookstore in the city.

Player: Shrike
Minor Arcana: Ace of Swords (reversed)
Specialty in Research
Specialty in Small Business
Specialty in Black Triangle (with user's manual)

Strength: 4

Dexterity: 2

Wits: 4

Integrity: 3

Charisma: 4

Perception: 3

David Smith

A college dropout who became a machinist, Dave is an affable and surprisingly bookish fellow...until you get him started on the Illuminati. Don't get him started on the Illuminati.

Player: 100thlurker
Minor Arcana: Five of Swords

-in conflict you get success at 5

-Once per session in a dice roll over conflict no matter how difficult, you can declare instant success.

Specialty in Machining
Specialty in I Defend My Tinfoil to the Death

Strength: 4

Dexterity: 3

Wits: 3

Integrity: 4

Charisma: 2

Perception: 3

Bartholomew Zacharias

Barty's Notebook
Barty Zacharias is a owner of a small bookstore in the old section of the town. Hounded out of Academica for radical theories with just enough proof to make some uncomfortable and draw derision from others.
Player: Andronicus
Minor Arcana: Knight of Cups
Speciality: Academika, Ancient languages.

Strength: 2

Dexterity: 4

Wits: 3

Integrity: 4

Charisma: 5

Perception: 2

Juliet Andrews

Occupation: Regular College Student
Arcana: Five of Wands: difficulty 5 for all conflict rolls to move towards my goals. An auto success once per session
Specialties: Terrorism, Student

Strength 2

Dexterity 5

Wits 4

Integrity 2

Charisma 3

Perception 4

Frank Dillon

Frank was once considered a rising star in Boston journalism as an investigative reporter for the Boston Globe. However, a series of unfortunate incidents at the Freetown-Fall River State Forest and Salem destroyed his once promising career but left him in search of the one great "scoop".

Player: Lokar
Minor Arcana: Ace of Swords
Specialty in Investigation
Specialty in Esoteric/paranormal Knowledge

Strength: 2

Dexterity: 3

Wits: 4

Integrity: 4

Charisma: 3

Perception: 5

Edmund J. Woolridge

Ed Woolridge had to retire early from a decades long career in the aerospace industry a few years ago and has been uneasily dealing with his peaceful new life hanging out at the local country club and growing tomatoes.

Player: G
Minor Arcana: King of Wands
Specialty in Memories
Specialty in The Military-Industrial Complex

Strength: 2

Dexterity: 3

Wits: 4

Integrity: 4

Charisma: 4

Perception: 3

Danilo Escorda

Danilo Escorda is a recent engineering graduate and was recently hired by a defense contractor for a special assignment that turned out to be a lot more exciting than he thought. It's not Dan's first run with the paranormal, either - he's been hearing Filipino folk tales of ghosts and reports of Catholic miracles from his parents for as long as he can remember. He privately follows a different strain of Catholicism, with a more mystical bent.

Player: OmegaPaladin
Minor Arcana: Jack of Wands
Specialty in Catholic Mystic
Specialty in Science & Technology

Strength: 2

Dexterity: 4

Wits: 4

Integrity: 3

Charisma: 3

Perception: 4

NPCs

Admiral Hillenholer - On our side, hopefully?

Patrick Riley, Lt USAF special detached duty - Flies the USAF LeMay.

FIGHT THE FUTURE

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