PBEM News Modern Supernatural Horror for Mages and Others. Not WOD.

From: Greg1066@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (Greg1066)

Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:05:15 +0000

Modern Supernatural Horror for Mages and Others. Minimal Railroading �
Set Your Own Goals.

The game has been in progress for a little while already, but
real-life commitments have reduced the ranks of PCs to two and new
recruits are sought.

�My entire life has been devoted to the search for supernatural
phenomena�. Peter Carew gestured around himself, at his huge library.
�I had failed. I had found nothing. I didn�t believe anymore and I was
on the brink of suicide.
Then, on April 1st of this year, I received an email that cannot be
deleted by any means. It is a tiny thing of the greatest possible
importance. The email has no header and is posted from nowhere. I
first tried to delete it as spam and when I couldn�t, I became
certain that it must be a virus. It wasn�t until a computer
technician tried and failed to resolve the issue that I became truly
curious. I opened the email on an old computer, using an unimportant
account. It is a twenty-five page treatise on the subject of magic,
divided into thirteen books. I believe that by use of this treatise,
we will be able to successfully seek out or even produce supernatural
phenomena. I wish to employ you in the capacity of researcher. I do
not intend to direct your research � you are the best judge of that.
All I am interested in is results
You will be joining a team of experts. The team presently has two
members � Mr. Tadgh O�Brien, a linguist, and Mr. Rick Eberhardt, an
investigator of occult phenomena. They have already begun their
research - their findings will, of course, be at your disposal�.

Peter Carew, a very wealthy man, is hiring people to uncover evidence
of the supernatural. He will pay handsomely for the services of
anyone with skills that might be useful, including scholars from all
fields. How you find evidence of the supernatural is up to you.

Your character may not begin with any supernatural abilities and must
not have seen any evidence that the supernatural exists. Your
character is free to believe whatever they want about the
supernatural but the nature of the game-world is set and will not
change to meet their preconceptions. Your character is welcome to
pursue supernatural power, but magic is mysterious, unpredictable and
fundamentally dangerous. On the other hand, magic might offer anything
that the heart desires. Under no circumstances will the players be
given access to the rules for the magic system. No guarantee is made
that magical and non-magical characters will be equal, nor that all
magicians will be equal � too much depends on player actions.
Prospective players are welcome to look at Carew�s anonymous email
before deciding if they want to play.

This game is intended to have absolutely minimal railroading. The game
will offer you a world to explore as you wish rather than bombarding
you with pre-plotted adventures. That means that your character is
expected to set their own objectives and to formulate their own
plans. I don�t intend to impose missions from above � things will
happen in the game when you make them happen.

PCs are free to pursue private projects, but must also be interested
in working as a part of the PC group. PCs are allowed to have secrets
and private posts, but posts should generally be made to the whole
group, even if a PC is acting alone, on the assumption that the PCs
are communicating information as regularly as possible. The PCs must,
after all, be cooperating if the game is to be manageable. Mr. Carew
and the other P.C.s are in New York City, but provided that your PC
stays in close contact with the other PCs, they may go where they
wish.

You can either describe a character for the GM to stat, or you can
submit a character built in GURPS 4th edition on 150 points. If so,
buy languages at half cost. There is no Language Talent, Empathy of
Unfazeable advantages and no Detect Lies skill. Remember, under no
circumstances may a PC begin with supernatural advantages,
disadvantages, or skills.

My email:  Greg1066@hotmail.com
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