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INFINIVERSE
VOLUME 1 C A M P A I G N G A M E NUMBER 8
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book grew to a 96-page book, and it
Product Update
still might not all fit. The new guys, Ed
The Cyberpapacy Sourcebook is being
and Bill, are cutting their teeth on this
printed as this is written. It is going to
project. At the same time we are deter-
be tight, but making the release date is
CONTENTS mined to make sure all the spells work.
True (27).
So no weekends for us! Its April re-
The Nippon Sourcebook has returned
from the playtesters. The business sys- lease is now False (13).
High Lord of Earth is in the art de-
tem requires serious work, the martial
Rumors and News ....... 2
partment, who are grousing about the
arts system needs touching up, and
number of diagrams and maps and
some of the tech needs to be updated.
Realms Update ............. 3
Other than editorial panic, the situa- props. Fah! we editors say, Players
want them. And we want company
tion isn t too bad. Its May release is
Dispatches ..................... 7
during the weekends. Despite this,
still True (15).
Malcolm Kane s bid for High
The Orrorsh Sourcebook is now in
Your Letters ................. 11
house as a final draft. We are review- Lordhood is coming in April. True
(18).
ing it. Next is formatting the sucker,
Herald Messages ........ 12 The Kanawa Weapons Catalogue is
making it available for playtesting by
back in its final draft. Some spiffy stuff
late February/early March.
in this book. It is on schedule. True
Full Moon Draw is at the printers.
(18).
Pretty spiffy cover. Barring an errant
The Ghost in the Machine, Brad
Scud missile, its March release is True
Freeman s 64-page adventure, is
(26).
scheduled for a June release. True (13).
Pixaud s Practical Grimoire & well,
um, er, let s see & First, this 64-page
Contributors This Issue:
Greg Farshtey, Greg Gorden, Bill
Smith, Ed Stark; the Greg monopoly
is broken!
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Publisher:
Daniel Scott Palter
Associate Publisher:
Steven Palter
Creative Staff:
Fred Jandt, Nikola Vrtis
Sales Director:
Sue Hartung
Treasurer:
Karen Bayly
Accountants:
Mary Galant, Wendy Lord
Secretarial Assistant:
Paula Lasko
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All Rights Reserved.
1
Rumors and News
3. A transformed giant vampyre is 6. Enemies of Mobius causing Amon
irst Indication reports on
stalking Scotland, attacking both Light statue to kill shocktroopers in order to
the newest batch of ru-
and Dark forces. False (13). secure revitalizing secrets of Amet-
mors to which you have
F
F
F 4. Mysterious huge samurai who Hu. Up to True (19).
F
F
responded. Continuing
are almost impervious to pain are help- 7. Tarot-trademark vampire-hunter
Report updates the rumors
ing the Yakuza crack down on street staking a claim in Orrorsh. Big jump to
as more responses come in. The Wrap
gangs who refuse to follow the crime True (36).
Up gives you the tally after the rumor
family leadership. True (27).
has reverberated throughout the
5. LeRoux, an Ayslish magician
The Wrap Up: Issue #4
infiniverse for about three months. The
posing as a priest, roams France,
1. Kanawa freighter Chilan is carry-
wrap up will be the last report for that
preaching against the machine-based
ing a cargo of reality bombs. False (15),
rumor in Infiniverse. rule of the Cyberpope. Malraux has
more so than last issue.
The results are given a true or false, ordered his capture. True (15).
2. A Magna Veritan named Viliers,
followed by a parenthetical number.
perhaps in possession of valuable in-
That number represents the strength
Continuing Report: Issue #5 formation, has been captured by the
of the truth or falsehood throughout
1. Dwarves captured and impressed Inquisition. Remains True (18).
the . For example a statement which is
by Mobius in order to use their engi- 3. Ndatos appear, creatures whose
false (15) is false unless the
neering prowess. True (13), a fall from faces resemble the passengers and
gamemaster decides to test the state- last issue. crew of the Joyita, which disappeared
ment; on a roll of 15 or better state- 2. Edeinos imprisoned in Biosphere October, 1955. Stays at True (16)
ment is actually true. Roll again on 10
II in Arizona a part of experiment to 4. Dangerous inhabitant of un-
and 20 when testing the truth or fal- determine the nature of Living Land known origin has taken up residence
sity of a reported rumor.
mist. Up to True (18). in Neuschwanstein castle. Continues
3. Cyberpapal infiltration of Milan at True (13).
Rumor Report
in order to prep the city for a stelae. 5. Geneticist experimenting with
True (19). Slow climb from last time. Living Land creatures, possibly pro-
First Indication: Issue #6
4. Strange circular designs, black ducing beasts useful to Core Earth,
1. The Links, a New York street
rings, appear in Aysle, which are not but most likely producing uncontrol-
gang, have burned a gospog field in
caused by magic. True (15), up slightly. lable monsters. False (17).
Central Park, enraging the edeinos.
5. Covert conflict between Nippon 6. The Icarus Club is a sophisticated
True (20).
and the Cyberpapacy is heating up, cover for criminal activities in the Nile
2. Mercurius, a Nile villain who is a
with Cyberpapal agents manipulat- Empire. Rises to True (18).
master of disguise, has infiltrated a
ing the Nikkei, and Nippon opening
Storm Knight cell in Memphis, and is
manufacturing plants in France. Over-
betraying its members to Mobius.
whelming jump to True (37).
False (15).
2
Realms Update
here have been two groups which have responded, and Our subscribers have asked for
dramatic changes in the esoteric stuff like the number of possi- realm maps in Infiniverse. The prob-
Possibility Wars. Both bilities awarded per Storm Knight lem with maps is they require time,
T
T
T
T
T
of these shifts have compared against the adventure out- more lead time than we have. We are
been rapid. One devel- come of that group. At the end of this experimenting with taking pictures of
opment is a surprise to us, perhaps numerical ordeal we have a decent our big map, touching them up by
unexpected to you as well. If you are picture of the resources of each High hand, and printing those. Once we
a Storm Knight the shift has not been Lord, and what has happened to him produce legible results, we will print
for the better, but we hope this is just over the course of the past few months. them in the Infiniverse updates. Until
a temporary swing. The art is in reading your notes to then we will have to make do with
Several Infiniverse subscribers have us. Where possible we build in the description.
asked us how we update the Possibil- types of events, characters or plots
ity Wars. We wouldn t want to give which you report to us. The more
Aysle
away any vital secrets, but we can give groups that tell us similar tales, the
you an outline of how we go about it. more likely that they are going to be-
Pella Ardinay s Army of Light saw
First we at West End design a general come Torg lore, as long as the responses
its first test of combat. On a battle-
strategy for each of the High Lords, do not contradict already established
ground not far from the Scottish bor-
building in their goals and possible story elements or premises. Sometimes
der, Pella s newly-formed army met a
story elements for the campaign as a the responses are very diverse. We
larger, reputedly disorganized horde
whole. The basic strategies flesh out then try to reason through or imagine
which had erupted out of the North.
stelae placement, stormer creation, the High Lords reaction to the re-
Pella s army numbered 20,000, a con-
political scheming, the desire to crush ports, and see if the responses might
siderable strain for the young, untested
Storm Knight opposition, and any have some common effect on the bad
command structure. Included with the
particular story goals we are eager to guys. We then take the resources avail-
army were two Core Earth companies
see the High Lords pursue. The strat- able to the High Lords, and match
whose weaponry was to be used at a
egy and the stories are modified, or them against their goals and reactions
critical moment to turn the battle.
occasionally discarded and started to Storm Knight activity to determine
Opposing them were perhaps 35,000
anew, depending on the responses and the current state of affairs.
Vikings, trolls, goblins and giants with
the reactions of our players. This is
a few barbarians and even minotaurs.
where you come in.
The Map
The northern horde had far more
As with any form of gamemas-
stormers than expected. The battle
An important physical symbol for
tering, analyzing your responses is
began badly for the Army of Light,
the Possibility Wars is a 10 foot by 6
part art and part science. Okay, when
and rapidly worsened. A possibility-
foot world map hanging in our office.
we have several hundred potential
rated griffin carried an Aysle talisman
On this map we keep track of the shift-
players in a campaign, we lean a little
into the ranks of a Core Earth com-
ing stelae boundaries as they are cal-
heavy on the science part to give us a
pany; it is presumed the griffin is the
culated. We use push-pins for the ste-
solid set of benchmarks for determin-
familiar of a powerful sorcerer in
lae and bridges, trying to arrange the
ing the direction of the campaign. The
league with Uthorion. A troll charge
High Lords conquest of Core Earth in
response forms are run through a
quickly annihilated the Core Earthers
a logical, accurate manner. This can be
mathematical mill. We find out things
whose weapons no longer worked.
tricky. Even with a large, accurate
like how much effort the average group
Panic seized the Army of Light; the
Robinson projection, distortion is a
of Storm Knights (one of our favorite
rout began. By the next morning fewer
problem. At 30 degrees latitude a full
oxymorons) has spent against each
than 7,000 survivors straggled to the
stelae area is 1- 7/16 to a side, while
realm, the average adventure outcome
rendezvous point.
at 60 degrees they are 2-1/8 to a side.
against each realm, and how much
Oxford courtiers used hushed tones
This can make reconciling stelae
variance exists in these areas. We
to talk about the battle. Rumors are
boundaries exciting, but results in a
record any reported plays of glory
flying that Tolwyn Tancred opposed
pretty good map of the Possibility
and any stelae destroyed. We like to
using the army so soon, and that Pella
Wars.
check on the percentage of eligible
only ordered the attack because she
3
had fallen under the influence of who see civil rights as a luxury too understanding of society targeted a
Drakacanus. dangerous for the current crisis, and prominent photo-journalist and up to
The courtiers talk about the adven- cyberpapal agents who use terrorist one-third of the syndicated cartoon-
tures in the East Viking lands of tactics against any region not suscep- ists in the US, especially editorial car-
Scandinavia with gusto. There Storm tible to the preachings of Avignon s toonists.
Knights have scored a number of vic- false Pope. The earliest gospog fields are now
tories. The defeat of Amethyst, and Constant Storm Knight, Core Earth ready for replanting. The rapid expan-
the destruction of several other dark and Kanawa activity has stopped the sion of Baruk Kaah s realm has pro-
forces in Sweden has switched an area growth of CyberFrance s space pro- vided plenty of bodies to be sown.
from dark Aysle to the light. The area gram, forcing it to a small, irregular
straddling the sea between Sweden and secretive launch program.
Nile Empire
and Finland is now L 18. Resistance to the Cyberpapacy has
Rumors of the return of King Arthur manifested itself in concerts called
Mobius took the considerable ad-
and Merlin are common. The return of SeraFests or CheruBlasts, irreverent
vantage the recent surge of possibility
Arthur is so far just hopeful references to the GodNet angels. The
energy gave him and split his resources
storytelling. Some mages of repute, concerts are held in the GodNet, often
among perhaps a dozen convoluted
particularly those of the Arcane Acad- during evening mass when traffic in
plans. These plans kept Storm Knights
emy of the Three Towers, have begun the net is high enough to strain the
busy. As usual, the Storm Knights
investigating phenomena and detection limits of the Cyberpapacy.
stalled or defeated the plans they came
sightings which might be attributed to The Cyberpapacy has planted no
across. Unusual was the fact that some
Merlin. new stelae.
of Mobius schemes actually made
Dwarven merchants in London
progress. His madness might have a
have a rosy projection for Conjurer
method after all.
Living Land
futures. Models developed by the Lon-
Increased immigration and forced-
don School of Economics used in col-
The war in the Living Land has labor conscription to the Sahara has
laboration with Dwarven sources in-
seen important victories for both sides. succeeded in converting 16 mixed ar-
dicate the number of Ayslish conjur-
Core Earth is celebrating the apparent eas to dominant Nile reality. The six-
ers should expand, allowing for con-
liberation of Sacramento, and the re- teen areas were drawn from the re-
siderable economic growth.
turn of technology to much of Califor- gions ruled by Overgovernors Sesetek,
Aysle has planted no new stelae.
nia. See the notes on Nippon Tech for Paterski, and Herunut. The sudden
the full story. influx of residents has snapped Sesetek
1) From the northeast corner of Ne- from his extensive preparations for
Cyberpapacy
the afterlife. He now rules his region
vada, about 25 miles at eight o clock.
Jean Malraux I is cautious. His more firmly than before.
2) In Idaho, about 100 miles at seven
priests have discovered Kanawa fac- Mathematicians have been kept
o clock from Butte, Montana.
tories operating side-by-side, or even busy casting the oasis spell in an at-
within, the Cyberpope s own. Those tempt to provide water for the thou-
3) 50 miles at four o clock from Casper,
discovered are immediately shut sands of new residents. The task would
Wyoming.
down. Still, Kanawa technology of have been impossible, but the geogra-
4) East of Pueblo, Colorado just shy of
production is allowing the opposition phy-bending power of the Nile realm
the Kansas/Colorado border.
to receive larger amounts of quality worked its will on the now dominant
cyberware than would otherwise be area. Underground rivers were dis-
5) Near the Colorado river, just south
possible. Kanawa can produce covered. The rivers may lead to the
of the Arizona/Utah border.
cyberware at a lower cost than French Land Below, but now they are seen as
6) 50 miles at four o clock from Santa
factories, but profit motive has kept a source of vital water.
Fe, New Mexico.
the prices high. The surge of possibility energy has
Cyberpriests and other Malraux been used by the Kefetiri idol to ma-
7) The central stelae of the new groups
agents are being sent to South America nipulate the moment of transcendence
is 25 miles east of the Utah/Colorado
in record numbers. Rallies for the to create literally hundreds of new
border, along the 40th parallel.
Catholic Church of Redemption have stormers. Most of these villain operate
drawn huge crowds in Caracas, Ven- The restan groups were aided by
independent of Mobius, but have per-
Orrorshan advisors, whose knowledge
ezuela, Bogota, Colombia and Sao sonal reasons to dislike certain Storm
of navigation, trigonometry and the
Paulo, Brazil. The rallies have been Knights. Nemesis subplots are more
occult let the groups easily pinpoint
muted in Quito, Ecuador and Lima, common than bad coffee at Cairo Red s
the best locations for planting stelae.
Peru for reasons as yet unknown. diner.
Baruk Kaah s plan to eliminate sto- Mobius plans to use the Darkness
Violence in Spain has increased on
rytellers is working. While singers and
both sides of the stelae boundaries. Device to soulstain (see page 88 of the
oral storytellers were targets which
Spain s democracy is threatened by Torg Rulebook) the Nile Empire. Dur-
made sense to the Edeinos, Orrorshan
hardliners within the government, ing this period, stormer teams, per-
4
sonally organized by Mobius, plan to Tech tore out the Living Land stelae Delphi Council spokespersons and
use the few Ravagons in the Nile Em- which surrounded Sacramento and Nippon infiltrators are both claiming
pire to hunt down possibility-rated replaced them with their own. Of Core Earth victory. As the nature of
characters. A priority is the capture of course, the plot is more twisted than reality conflicts is not clear to the vast
Nippon Tech and Cyberpapacy that. percentage of Core Earth residents,
stormers and Storm Knights. The cap- For months Kanawa has been the propaganda blitz is effective. The
tives are to be returned to Luxor to bankrolling operations against the Liv- fog which persists in the Sacramento
undergo a reality storm with the ing Land. Nippon Tech operatives area is from the nearby Living Land
Kefertiri idol, transforming them to encouraged Storm Knight activity in areas (the mixed areas are still dense,
the Nile reality. the Western Lands. Eventually glory humid living jungle). That Core Earth
One bright spot for Storm Knights results were won in the Sacramento equipment now works in the mixed
is that the growth in the number of area. Stories were told. The people zones is simply a side effect of the
Weird Science laboratories has were reclaimed. Storm Knights then Miracle of California. Nippon is pour-
stopped. More exactly the number of ripped out two stelae. The stelae were ing in aid to rebuild California.
Weird Science laboratories put out of promptly replaced by Nippon opera- Within weeks Nippon factories will be
commission by Storm Knights equals tives who were monitoring the Storm producing goods at a rate unthinkable
the number of new laboratories com- Knight groups. The Storm Knights to Core Earth engineers. Just more of
pleted. This lack of growth has a ben- believe, at least for now, that they have that wartime spirit and productivity,
eficial side effect of angering Mobius reclaimed the area for Core Earth. Nippon spokesmen will say.
enough that he takes his wrath out on When the maelstrom bridge dropped Operations in China have slowed.
the scientists whose laboratories were into Sacramento (nearly invisible from Nippon reality goes against the grain
destroyed, depriving the High Lord of the outside as are all Nippon bridges), of a communist gerontocracy. Many
the some of the very people he needs. the area became a Nippon Tech pure Chinese officials are expiring of natu-
The Nile Empire has placed no new zone. ral causes at the end of great lives.
stelae, being kept busy replacing those The areas which had mixed stelae, The harsh economic reality of Market-
the ever-active Storm Knights have some from Nippon, some from the place is being ferociously resisted by
destroyed or disrupted. Living Land, also changed. The adja- the Chinese. The Law of Profit, com-
cent area to the southeast became a bined with exploitive labor practices
mixed zone of Living Land and on the part of Kanawa subsidiaries,
Nippon Tech
Nippon Tech reality. The other adja- has left many Chinese destitute. Most
cent areas covering parts of northern fare far worse than they did in socialist
Nippon Tech has expanded its hold-
California and Oregon also are mixed China. Chinese Storm Knights are be-
ings. This time they only grabbed one
zones. Core Earth press is treating the ing created in large numbers, and the
stelae area, but it signalled an impor-
Miracle in California as a huge vic- Sons of the Wind are finding able and
tant shift in Kanawa strategy. Nippon
tory for Core Earth and the United willing pupils.
States.
5
the vengeful spirits of Nippon execu- by. The Sacellum tells them the righ-
Orrorsh
tives who died because of betrayal by teous can prevail, that faith can defeat
their partners. These spirits guide the horror. The Sacellum is often right.
Thratchen realizes that he cannot
Orrorsh s hand against Nippon. The The militia and constables make quick,
yet expand the realm. Nippon s previ-
most spectacular success so far has sweeping dawn patrols to whisk away
ous activities have subsided a little,
been closing the entire Nikkei stock the evidence of the times the horror
but the techno-demon has no doubt
exchange for nearly two hours, sub- proved stronger than faith. But ru-
that Kanawa is the most dangerous
jecting key computers to supernatural mors keep the Indonesians fearful. The
High Lord he faces not counting the
attack. The timing was chosen to maxi- Nightmares want it that way.
Gaunt Man, of course. Thratchen has
mize the losses of those corporations Jakarta, Indonesia is a Core Earth
persuaded a number of the Night-
or individuals chosen by the spirits. hardpoint. It has fallen on hard times.
mares, the Gaunt Man s lieutenants,
The losses ran into the tens of billions Nippon has slowed the amount of
that Nippon is the greatest threat. Di-
of Yen. weapons and supplies given to the
rect aid to the Living Land is one way
In Orrorsh the number of Victori- Indonesians; the operation against
of combatting Kanawa. The other is to
ans has increased over twenty-fold Orrorsh had little profit potential.
spread the Power of Fear to Nippon.
since the start of the invasion. Some Jakarta still offers Indonesians their
Nippon Tech is a society in which a
Indonesian cities have been renamed best opportunity to resist the inva-
large number of its citizens live one
by the Victorians; Padang is now New sion. They have tenaciously defended
corporate cutback away from eco-
London. Some of these cities have be- their city against both Orrorsh and
nomic ruin. They live in danger of
come little more than collection of Victorian incursions. They are learn-
losing their identity as a person as a
sweatshops supporting a few rich Vic- ing from their struggle. A group called
result of economic forces. Such a soci-
torians. The workers live in tin shan- the Promise of Islam is forming small
ety is already filled with fear.
ties crowded together under coal- military units from men of great reli-
Thratchen is just trying to harness their
smoked skies. The jungle rains are gious conviction. These units patrol
fear for the service of Orrorsh.
already turning acid around these cit- the perimeter of the city against crea-
Occultists are reading or searching
ies. The transformed and disconnected tures from Orrorsh. The casualties
out forbidden texts containing the lore
work their 12-hour days, go to the taken are high, but they have stopped
of talismans. The talismans are carried
services held by the Sacellum and pray many of the horrors.
by agents into Nippon. One important
for that night s horrors to pass them
success is an occultist s summoning
6
Dispatches and Rumors
sents a serious threat to the people of stated that the killings may have oc-
Aysle, the Nile Empire, or any other curred as a result of Ayslish plant
realm.past. magic, and that the vines themselves
ispatches
D Critical Event: Successfully infil- may have strangled the workmen.
D
D
D
D
trating the weird science research Critical Event: Killing (or captur-
center to get close to the aquatic star ing) a rhadangea to learn more about
1
project will provide the players with a its peculiar nature. Doing so nets the
Good result (6 or above). Failure to Knights a Good result (6 or above)
The Weaponsmaster, a Terran Mys-
break into the center will be a Bad failure to kill one, or prevent further
tery Man whose recent operations have
result (adventure outcome of 2 or less). attacks by them, is a Bad result (2 or
revolved around the Nile Empire city
less).
of Thebes, has stumbled upon a strange
2
Rhadangea
happening that may bode ill for the
DEXTERITY 10
people of Aysle.
Brazilian authorities have begun a
Unarmed combat 13
Having infiltrated Mobius main
crackdown on Core Earth environmen-
STRENGTH 13
weird science research center near
talist groups in the wake of a series of
Lifting 14
the capital in the guise of a technician,
murders in the rain forest over the
TOUGHNESS 10
the Weaponsmaster was part of a team
past several weeks.
PERCEPTION 10
sent to aid the High Lord in an experi-
According to police reports, 14
Find 11, trick (14)
ment centered on the dreaded artifi-
workers who were employed clearing
MIND 7
cial sun. While it has great destructive
the forest to gather raw material for
Survival 10, test (15)
capability and tremendous value as a
industry were found strangled, with
CHARISMA 5
threat to keep rebellious regions in
as many as four victims being claimed
Charm (20), persuasion (18), taunt
line, Mobius had become convinced
in a single day. As the Brazilian defor-
(20)
that the principles of its construction
estation policies had sparked a great
SPIRIT 4
could be used in the creation of other,
deal of controversy prior to the out-
Intimidation (20), reality 8
more lethal, devices.
break of the Possibility Wars, it is be-
Possibilities: 2
Weeks of research and testing en-
lieved this might be an attempt by
Natural Tools: vines, damage value
sued, and though much of the work
radical groups to draw the world s
STR+2/15
was cloaked in secrecy, the
attention back to the situation.
Note: Due to its complex root sys-
Weaponsmaster was satisfied that
But representatives of Greenpeace,
tem, the rhadangea cannot maneuver
nothing of consequence could occur
Earth First, and other environmental-
and takes a -3 penalty when attempt-
without his knowing about it.
ist organizations have denied any
ing to dodge
Finally, Mobius unveiled the results
knowledge of the killings, and the
of his project: what appeared to be a
Delphi Council is believed to be back-
3
miniaturized version of the Luxorian
ing their story. According to a source
sun. It is far more than that, you
inside the Council, Brazilian police
Despite protests by Germany and
fools, Mobius had sneered. It is a
have been unable to find any foot-
non-member Spain, the North Atlan-
man-made simulation of the Ayslish
prints other than those of the victims
tic Treaty Organization voted last week
aquatic star. Of all the other realms,
in the soft earth around their bodies.
to deny approval of any military ac-
only Aysle rivals us in recognizing the
All of those murdered were appar-
tion against CyberFrance.
power of the heavens. Now that shall
ently strangled with some sort of cord,
Despite the reports of human
be their undoing.
while in the act of cutting down a
rights abuses by Cyberpope Malraux s
The Weaponsmaster was unable to
particular kind of vegetation, the
church, we remain convinced that
find out any more without risking ex-
rhadangea, noted for the rapid growth
there is no longer any military threat
posure. He has sent out a call for Storm
of its vines.
to the world coming from that direc-
Knights to gather in Thebes to investi-
Living Land experts in the govern-
tion, said Thomas Hill, the Delphi
gate the situation, and determine ex-
ment believe that these deaths may be
Council liaison with NATO. We ve
actly how Mobius plans to use his
the first wave in a South American
got dinosaurs in New York,
artificial star, and whether it repre-
expansion by Baruk Kaah. Others have
7
werewolves in Singapore, and an un- CHARISMA 9
Mantibo
stable situation in the Middle East. We
Charm 10, persuasion 10, taunt 10 DEXTERITY 9
have kept an eye on the Cyberpapacy s
SPIRIT 10 (12) Dodge 10, melee weapons 10, stealth
operations in the Americas, and don t
Faith (Cyberpapist) 15/13, intimi- 10, unarmed combat 10
feel open warfare in Europe is called
dation 13/11, reality 13/11 STRENGTH 8
for at present.
Possibilities: 11 TOUGHNESS 9
This decision brought a harsh reac- Equipment: interdermal plate
PERCEPTION 10
tion from German leader Helmut Kohl (head and body), TOU+7/16;
Alteration magic 13, divination
and Sweden s King Carl XVI, who ManoFique; BiV arm, STR+5/14;
magic 11, find 11, trick 11
claimed to have proof that Malraux kreelar tendons; EM eye; chipholder
MIND 12
was allied with the Ayslish invaders 3; slicers, STR+2/11 (on BiV arm), dam- Conjuration magic 13
currently in Scandinavia. age value 15; NeuraCal
CHARISMA 9
Representatives of CyberFrance Cyber Value: 18
Charm 10, persuasion 10, taunt 10
denied these charges, and launched a Miracle: Net Damnation (see page
SPIRIT 9
blistering attack on Germany for its 35 of the Torg World Book)
Intimidation 10, reality 10
alleged role in the sabotage of the Description: Despite his high sta- Possibilities: 13
Cyberpapal-funded communications tion, Descadieu does not believe he Arcane Knowledges: death 10, dark-
satellite program. This is blatant per- has done enough to serve the ness 6, inanimate forces 5
secution on the basis of religion, Car- Cyberpope. He is obsessed with prov- Spells: sense undead, create zombie,
dinal Alexandre de Montesquaine ing his worth to Malraux, and believes mage dark, lightning
stated. that obtaining the vestment of Description: Mantibo is an agent of
Despite the negative vote, Kohl said Torquemada will surely ensure him a Thratchen s who has been ordered to
that Germany would continue to be place in Heaven. destabilize Core Earth areas through
vigilant and take whatever action it occult means. Though he does intend
4
felt was necessary to protect itself. We to take over Haiti and other nearby
know Malraux s church has expanded islands, he is not responsible for the
The people of Belize are in a panic,
into Spain, and we know attempts have incidents in Belize.
been made to win converts in Ger- as rumors that the Possibility Wars
have finally spread to that tiny coun-
many. We have made it known that
Rumors
try are rampant. Despite official deni-
we will cooperate with any Storm
als, many people have claimed that
Knights who wish to investigate
Malraux s doings, and we have grate- the dead are walking in that region,
1
with a number of witnesses swearing
fully accepted an offer of aid in this
matter from the Japanese govern- that the animated corpses they have
The mood in Pella Ardinay s court
seen had apparently had their hearts
ment.
is reportedly a somber one: reports
removed.
Kohl also said that Germany had
have filtered down the bridge from
While police will not admit to an
agreed to ship military equipment to
the disk-world of Aysle that House
investigation, it is known that there
Turkey, which is concerned about the
Liandar, a small but valued ally of the
possibility of war with the Nile Em- has been a revival of voodoo in Belize,
Light, has been implicated in the wan-
Haiti, and other Caribbean nations
pire in the coming months.ave failed.
ton slaughter of a tribe of Ice Nomads.
since the invasion of Earth. Incidents
Critical Event: Stop Descadieu and
According to Cedric Liandar, leader
the cyberpriests and recover Tor- of kidnapping and ritual sacrifice have
of the House in the realm, a group of
risen sharply, and reports of zombies
quemada s vestment before it can fall
Ice Nomads were hunting in the Fro-
and worse come in every day.
into Cyberpope Malraux s hands.
zen Land, mere miles from the island
In many areas, these sightings have
Achieving this results in an adventure
of Liandar. They were set upon by
been discounted as hysteria, but some
outcome of Good (6 or above). Failing
armed knights who massacred the
to defeat the cyberpriests is a Bad re- believe that Orrorshan agents may be
tribe, leaving only a small child alive.
at work in Haiti attempting to pave
sult (2 or less).
Rescued by a Freetrader vessel, the
the way for a future invasion. Storm
Pierre Descadieu, High Inquisitor young boy stated that the murderers
Knights there recently smashed a de-
of his people wore the oak tree the
DEXTERITY 10
mon cult that had murdered four
symbol of House Liandar on their
Dodge 11, fire combat 11, maneu-
young women in Port-au-Prince, and
breasts.
ver 11, melee weapons 11, unarmed
later had the fight of their lives when
This incident has resulted in a com-
combat 11
the victims rose as vampyres.
plete break between the Liandars, who
STRENGTH 9
Critical Event: Preventing Mantibo
maintain their innocence, and the Ice
TOUGHNESS 9
from successfully raising an army of
Nomads. The other Houses includ-
PERCEPTION 10
zombies is a Good result (6 or above).
ing Tancred and Vareth, who never
Evidence analysis 11, trick 11
Failing to stop this legion of the dead
cared about the Nomads before -
MIND 9
from marching on Port-au-Prince is a
have demanded an accounting for the
Test 10
Bad result (2 or less).
8
killings. Without the support of the Ice months. Mobius troops have been Catharii, and others. They have found
Nomads, House Liandar is now vul- occupied with converting mixed zones refuge in a network of prehistoric tun-
nerable to an attack by the forces of to dominant ones within the realm, nels underneath the village, used by
House Daleron which would result in and so have been largely unable to the original Knights Templar and
its utter destruction. concentrate on new territory. Catharii to hide from their persecu-
Ardinay is reluctant to commit The relatively bloodless conquest tors. The tunnels are vast, and connect
members of her court to investigate of Libya has left the Nile Empire with with virtually every building in
the matter or come out in support of greater control of the world s oil sup- Provins. The walls are decorated with
the Liandars, since it would lead to ply, something of great concern both graffiti, some of it dating back to an-
accusations that she was willing to to the U.S. and Nippon Tech. In addi- cient times, all of it detailing the
overlook atrocities committed by her tion, Italian sources believe Mobius struggles of men against those who
allies. She is hoping that Storm Knights may have designs on the islands of the would oppress them.
will accept her invitation to travel the Mediterranean and perhaps on Italy The Cyberpapacy believes its foes
maelstrom bridge and discover the itself. are planning a massive blow against
truth or falsehood of the charges This land grab has also attracted them, possibly directed at the Data
against House Liandar. the attention of the Cyberpapacy. Cathedral in nearby Troyes. The total
Malraux is known to have his own destruction of this center could cause
2
interests in Rome. The CyberFrench a serious disruption in the northeast-
embassy in Tripoli was ordered closed ern section of the GodNet.
Facing increasing pressure from the
by Mobius immediately after the inva- For this reason, cyberpriest con-
Cyberpapacy and the Soviet Union,
sion, although there are reports that a centrations have been doubled
Nippon is working to strengthen its
cyberpriest working for the Nile Em- throughout the area, and a number of
alliance with Core Earth United
pire has jacked into the GodNet from cyberdeck users have been arrested,
States. Real estate subsidiaries of the
that location and is spying for Mobius. tortured, and forced to confess part in
Kanawa Corporation have begun in- Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi a conspiracy they were not even aware
vesting in land around Silicon Valley,
applied for, and received, temporary existed. Each confession fuels the be-
the Core Earth hardpoint which frus- asylum in Algeria, and is rumored to lief that Troyes in the target, and leads
trated Baruk Kaah s forces in the past.
be planning terrorist strikes against to more vigorous detentions and in-
In addition, Japan and the Delphi
Mobius realm. An attempt to bomb terrogations of villagers by the Inqui-
Council have signed a pact which au- government offices in Thebes was sition.
thorizes the sharing of intelligence in- thwarted by shocktroopers, and the No information has yet been un-
formation. Japan has requested any
leader of the suicide squad was con- covered relating to when or how the
data on the activities of Cyberpope
signed to the Omegatron, where he cathedral will be attacked, or by how
Malraux and the situation in Orrorsh.
will suffer for eternity but not be great a force. Cyberpapal authorities
The Council has been primarily inter- granted the peace of death. believe that no one could penetrate
ested in information on edeinos de- In other developments, Mobius has their security measures around Troyes,
ployment, as well as any speculation
signed a non-aggression pact with but their confidence is being under-
on Aysle. Many Council members have
South Africa, and has obtained rights mined by the mysterious appearances
expressed doubts that Pella Ardinay
to send engineers to several diamond and disappearances of the Provins
is as reliable as she appears, and are
mines, for purposes as yet unknown. Resistance members.
concerned that the existence of forces
4 5
of Light may be no more than a blind
by the Dark High Lord to keep Core
Earth forces from attempting to retake The Cyberpapal Inquisition has Core Earth areas, including the
England. stepped up its investigation of the vil- United States, Australia, South
Thus far, most of the information lage of Provins in the French province America, and portions of Africa are
provided by the Japanese has been of Champagne. The town is believed seeing a rapid population rise as deni-
basic and of questionable worth. They to be a hotbed of rebellion against zens of other realms risk disconnec-
have, however, received a large num- Malraux s regime, but efforts to quell tion to emigrate and escape the vio-
ber of satellite photographs of the uprising there have been unsuc- lence in their areas.
Cyberpapal installations which have cessful. Frustrated Inquisitors have The most common immigrants seen
been passed to the offices of the reported that it seems the heretics sim- are from Aysle, where both the cosm
Kanawa Co. ply disappear before they can appre- and the realm are wracked by civil
hend them. war. Dwarves, particularly those who
3
Provins has become the central do not make much use of their inher-
meeting place for the various groups ent birth magic, have found their fi-
Nile Empire forces have conquered
opposed to Malraux: the French Resis- nancial acumen and mechanical skills
Libya and made inroads into Tunisia
tance, Magna Verita natives, the highly prized in Core Earth. Also cross-
in their first major expansion in
Knights Templar, the modern-day ing over a good deal are Terrans who
9
find the Nile Empire a bit too crowded plant magic has been put to good use clients away, and by supplying equip-
with sharpies and grifters, and see the by those seeking to improve their crops ment to other High Lords which has
Core Earth areas as being filled with of illegal drugs. As most of the Ayslish been put to use to disrupt Nippon
easy marks. immigrants tend to lean toward the operations overseas. There have even
Of course, it is easier for some to Light, an inordinately large number of been attempts to plant stories among
cross realm boundaries than others. marijuana fields have mysteriously the world press that Ryuchi Kanawa
While a Terran can, with some effort, withered and died in recent weeks. is a High Lord, but fears of libel have
adjust to life in Las Vegas, it is not so The Delphi Council has been pub- prevented their publication.
easy for an edeinos to remain incon- licly solicitous of the NRRAs, prima- Currently overseeing Hantu s
spicuous outside of the Living Land. rily so that they can gather intelligence campaign against Kanawa is one Miko
Even those who are peace-loving and information from them. Privately, Tzun, a stunningly beautiful woman
have no love for Baruk Kaah find them- however, there has been talk of intern- whose background is unknown.
selves jeered at and driven away by ment camps for those immigrant
Miko Tzun
angry and frightened people. Hate groups who can most easily be spot-
DEXTERITY 12
groups have sprung up in several ar- ted (dwarves, elves, and the like) to
Dodge 13, melee weapons 13, stealth
eas of the world, warning that people prevent their spying for their respec-
13, unarmed combat 13
from other realms will pollute the ge- tive realms. As yet, there has been no
STRENGTH 10
netic strain of Core Earth humans and public airing of this plan.
TOUGHNESS 10
calling for the extermination of all
6 PERCEPTION 12
NRRAs (Non-Realm Resident Aliens).
Evidence analysis 13, scholar (es-
Several mob attacks on Ayslish have
pionage) 13, trick 13
been reported in the western U.S., par- Incidents of industrial espionage
MIND 10
have increased dramatically in Nippon
ticularly in those towns closest to the
Willpower 11
in recent weeks, as the Kanawa Corp.
battle front.
CHARISMA 12
and its subsidiaries have stepped up
Meanwhile, many of these refugees
Charm 13, persuasion 15, taunt 13
their war with Hantu Limited.
have found sanctuary with religious
SPIRIT 9
Thus far, it has not gone well for
and peace groups, particularly those
Intimidation 11, reality 10
3327 s forces. A corporate ninja team
which are demanding an end to the
Possibilities: 19
sent to penetrate a Hantu factory never
Possibility Wars and a negotiated
Equipment: stiletto, damage value
returned a second team ordered to
peace with the High Lords. Often,
STR+3/13
bomb the offices of Hantu s chairman
friendly edeinos are held up as an
Description: Radiant and charm-
example of the true nature of the in- were returned with their minds ap-
ing, Miko uses her wiles to disarm
parently wiped clean of all knowledge
vader, and proof that coexistence is
opponents before finishing them off.
of their art, or even their own identi-
possible with the Living Land.
She is a woman of many secrets
ties (they were later executed for their
While Nile denizens seem to prefer
how many of them are known even to
failure to complete their mission).
the U.S. and Europe, the Ayslish have
the directors of Hantu Ltd. is a matter
been made welcome in South and Cen- Hantu has struck back at the
of debate.
Kanawa empire by luring Core Earth
tral America, where their elemental
10
Your Letters
That stelae planted in
are not possible since only Magic can acter and his friends (as they get bat-
Egypt that connects to
be used as a pattern for a result of tered to to within an inch of their lives
1) seven other stelae
1)
1)
1)
1)
Time. What gives? Fantastic spell de- by the effects of the storm).
that s some sort of weird
sign system though; the best I ve seen.
science by Mobius, right? I mean, it s
Randy Wilde 1) What is the Toughness of a Mael-
not possible for you to make a mis-
Long Beach, CA strom Bridge?
take, is it?
2) After fifth-planting gospog are
The Knowledge Interaction Chart
2) Could you do an Infiniverse ar-
harvested, does a field become use-
will be corrected in Pixaud s Practical
ticle explaining Core Earth psionics
less? Can another set of first planting
Grimoire, due in April.
(i.e., clairvoyance, astral travel, the
gospog be planted?
Soviet Psychic Group, et al)?
3) Is it possible for a character to
If a Cyberpriest isn t in the
3) How about a Delphi Council
invoke a reality storm against an-
Cyberpapacy, but has a satellite up/
supplement?
other citizen of her home cosm?
down link and a Cyberpapacy talis-
4) Finally, a game question: do the
4) Does an object in a hardpoint
man (or is at a hardpoint), could he
ways of Light and Dark in Aysle con-
work even if its power source is out-
still send and receive information from
stitute a significant enough difference
side the hardpoint? For example,
the GodNet?
in realities that different hardpoints
would there be electricity in Phila-
Robert Maxwell
and talismans are created to support
delphia, a known hardpoint, if its
Athens, GA
either Honor or Corruption?
power plant was in a Living Land
If the Cyberpriest is not possibility-
Patrick Flanagan
Pure Zone? What if the power plant
rated and is in a non-Cyberpapacy
Freehold, NJ
worked but the power lines pass
pure or dominant zone, the answer is
through a pure zone?
1) There should not be a line subdi-
no. Uplinking to a satellite is a long-
Dan Viger
viding the Core Earth dominant zone
range contradiction.
Bronx, NY
on the map (page 15 of The Nile Empire
sourcebook). There is only one Core
1) Maelstrom bridges have a
A character in my game has spent
Earth dominant zone in that realm. So
Toughness ranging from 50 to 75. To
all his possibilities in the reality skill.
yes, it is possible.
destroy a bridgehead, the average
If a possibility-rated enemy gets nasty,
2) Core Earth psionics are too large
Toughness is 55. The Toughness of an
the rest of the party runs and Travis
a topic to be adequately covered in
entire bridge is 75 or more. When Eddie
invokes a reality storm. The transfor-
Infiniverse. However, a sourcebook is
Paragon blew up California s Living
mation of the enemy usually makes
certainly a possibility.
Land bridge in The Nightmare Dream,
for a much easier battle. How can I,
3) There are no plans for a Delphi
he either rolled a 215 (for a bonus of
without being dictatorial, circumvent
Council product at this time. You tell
+46) or played a martyr card.
invoked reality storms?
us: Would you like to see a Delphi
2) The field may be used for a new
John Maurer
Council sourcebook? What do you
planting of first-generation gospog.
Nashville, TN
want in it? Personality descriptions?
3) Reality storms may be invoked
A few encounters with gospog and
Adventures like The Cassandra Files?
against characters in their home cosm
powerful ords, with the possibility-
More intrigue and backstabbing?
(if transformed, they switch to the other
rated foe being the same sort of being
Spartan adventures? Let us know your
cosm). If two characters are from the
as most of the ords should help change
thoughts!
same cosm, a reality storm may not be
this tactic. Remember that in almost
4) Light and darkness can support
created.
every case a reality storm is a dramatic
their own talismans and hardpoints.
4) Moving the electricity is a long-
conflict, even if the encounter began
range contradiction. It would be pos-
According to the Aysle sourcebook
as a standard conflict. Create a villain
sible for possibility-rated characters
Knowledge Interaction Chart (page
whose reality skill is slightly higher
in a mixed or dominant zone, or in a
82), there is no knowledge which can
than the Storm Knight s. Invoking a
pure zone providing a reality bubble
serve as a pattern for a result of True
reality storm against such an oppo-
was created.
Knowledge. Similarly, the two ex-
nent with the cards favoring the vil-
amples of Time as a result (page 64)
lain is dangerous to the invoking char-
11
Herald Messages
New information on the neo-Nazis. At southern coast of Iceland. My sources say two ravagons,
least some are scouts for a new realm that it is surrounded by some sort of oxy- and a High Lord named Baruk Kaah!
known as the World Empire. Techno- gen dome. No life was noted. Dominick Riesland
logically, das Weltreich is on a par with Scorpian Milwaukee, WI
Core Earth, it has a higher magic axiom, (Inner Circle)
and the social and spiritual axioms are All Storm Knights beware reality war
lower. The Living Land has a new weapon paranoia. Not all orientals are Kanawa
Randy Wilde courtesy of Orrorsh. A tribe of agents. Not all tall, pale Eastern Europe-
Long Beach, CA lycanthropes has been found in Washing- ans are vampires!
ton, DC. Werehessers, werekoltras and Steve Tanner
People of Leningrad: Be on the look- wererufkas have been positively identi- S. Glamorgan, UK
out for a large metal golem with NATO fied, but there may be other types. Silver
markings walking in from Aysle realm doesn t seem to bother them... When flying in the Living Land, all I
(we hope he doesn t explode when he Dan Viger can say is, It s all in your glide path.
arrives). Bronx, NY Duster
And a warning to all Storm Knights:
never give firearms to a priest! You ll Tharkhold is preparing for another Avatars of Neith are highly suscep-
regret it! invasion attempt. Storm Knights needed tible to trick actions involving pointing
Jim Ogle in the Soviet Union immediately. behind them and shouting, Look, it s
Socorro, NM John Christopher Ra!
Gloucester, NJ Ashley Kenneth Lovins
In order to stop the spread of Keta Winston, GA
Kalles, President Quartermain called a Kanawa attempt at controlling Hong
Constitutional convention to repeal the Kong rebuffed at heavy cost. Bridge The Martian invasion of Terra has been
first amendment. Any religious congre- dropped, but destroyed by Wanderer crushed by an alliance of Storm Knights
gation not previously granted govern- operatives. Premature removal of stelae and ord super-heroes known as Astrolo-
ment approval will be met with tear gas causes heavy civilian casualties. Japanese gers for Justice. All of them have training
and arrested. Any practitioner of Keta and American consulates looted and in divination magic and will now attempt
Kalles will be executed for treason! burned. to undermine Mobius home base in ex-
John Maurer John Day change for the Knights aid.
Nashville, TN Lincoln, NE Gregory W. Detwiler
Williamsburg, PA
Be on the lookout for storm riders! On day 12 of the invasion, what came
These beings come from a storm cosm (or into my spa? While investigating Neuschwanstein
is it an elaborate plot?) and seem to in- 12 contradictions, castle, we found a map that led us into the
crease the storm s power. Some were seen 11 mad borr aka, Nile Empire to recover (drumroll, please)
in the storm surrounding the 10 optants chanting, the Holy Grail. Pursued by Nile
Cyberpapacy. Are they real? Will they nine drunk edeinos, Shocktroopers through the Land Below,
help or hinder the Storm Knights? eight human converts, we reemerged in Canada and extin-
Peter Joyce seven happy benthe, guished the flame of the Northern Lands,
Yonkers, NY six airborne stalengers, Testacha.
five dying tra, J. Higginbotham
I have received word of an underwa- four restan groups, Litchfield Park, AZ
ter city approximately 20 miles off the three dead guards,
How can a shape-shifter increase Breath weapons use the unarmed studies at the Arcane Academies. The
skill adds by spending possibilities? combat skill to hit and dodge for de- Torg Rulebook spells are far more com-
Does one possibility raise one skill for fense. mon.
each form or only one skill for one
form? Some spells in the Torg Rulebook How about some guidelines on how
Michael Levay have been updated slightly in the Aysle to handle ords in a dominant zone.
Roscommon, MI sourcebook. Do the original details The rules give the impression that they
become void? can sometimes use technology in hos-
Shape-shifters have two separate
Steve Tanner tile dominant areas.
forms. Possibilities spent for skill adds
S. Glamorgan, UK Sandy Addison
only affect skills for one form.
Burnaby, BC, Canada
Different versions of many spells
What is the active attribute/skill exist, all constructed with varying de- Ords in hostile dominant areas can
used for breath weapons? What is the grees of skill. The spells in Pixaud s cause contradictions as long as they
appropriate defense? Practical Grimoire and the Aysle source- are touching the object and do not fail
Oscar Simmons book are more potent and reliable, but a contradiction check. Ords may not
Beverly Hills, CA they are difficult to find unless one cause long-range contradictions.
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