The time is nigh.
For many, many years the conspiracy has waited. You have built up your...
For many, many years the conspiracy has waited. You have built up your...
All-American Small Town Evil Conspiracy Quest
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OP
The time is nigh.
For many, many years the conspiracy has waited. You have built up your resources. You have recruited others to join you. And now the moment of your glorious triumph is nearly here. Soon everything you have sought shall be accomplished.
So what if you have been thwarted in the past by various motley groups of teenagers, perhaps with a very British mentor figure? No doubt this time you will succeed! Everything will be crushed before you!
And you will begin with this small American town! This small town in rural California called Oakspring. The fools don't understand how everything that happens here is critical to your long-reaching plans. You will show them all! Ahahahahahaha!
The voting rules I trialed in Three Golden Lands are in force here. Votes receive weighting modifications based on in-character-ness - for example, a weight of x1.5 means that each vote for it is equivalent to one and a half people voting. Votes that do not come with at least a sentence of explanation or justification will have their voting weight halved.
If you change your vote, you tell me what you're changing it from. In addition, you must find your previous vote and cross it out with the strikethrough marking. I have to hand count votes to apply the vote-reasoning rules, and changed votes which are not marked in this way will not count.
Please note - this is a pastiche, not a farce. I will freely reject votes for options that descend into farce.
Details on the Conspiracy
Note that for all these things, a good write-in or choices which synergise nicely in genre-themed ways will give you extra benefits.
What is the name of The Conspiracy?
[ ] Write in
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[ ] Write in. What kind of conspiracy is it? Is it an occult conspiracy worshipping elder gods? Is it a conspiracy of evil biologists who want to force the human race to transcend its roots? Is it a cult-family carrying the blood of inhuman monsters? Are you reincarnated members of a dark kingdom from a long ago era who wish to rule over the world again? Are you an evil corporation developing mind control technology? Are you actually all just werewolves?
This will grant you your special asset. A purely mundane but evil corporation which wants to enslave the town as cheap labour might get "Ridiculous Amounts of Wealth" as their special asset, while if you're all just werewolves you'll get "We're Actually Just Werewolves".
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[ ] Write in. What is the conspiracy trying to do? Are you trying to get immortality? Are you trying to open a gate to heaven in the town and so invade and conquer it? Are you trying to dissolve everyone into goo of your own choice of colour? Are you concerned parents trying to impose restraint on your children and enforce the 1950s once again?
[ ] Write in. Why is this small town so important? Is it just because it's where you live? Is the land cheap here so you could build your ultimate secret factory outside without having to pay much? Is the town built on an ancient Indian burial ground? Is it close to a US nuclear missile silo?
This'll set your ultimate objectives.
What is your Secret Lair?
[ ] Write in. Where are you based? Is there an unholy place hidden under the church? Are you operating out of a graveyard with a surprisingly extensive sewer system? Is your company HQ on the industrial estate? Do you run the only nightclub in town?
Depending on your choice, it'll give you various benefits.
Tools of the Conspiracy
The above establishes a lot of the higher level things. But of course it's not the goals of a conspiracy that just matter. No, you have to do more than just that.
It's worth noting here that voters represent conspiracy members. If you're willing to write things in-character then your in-character representation in the conspiracy will be a character. If votes are close, then the conspiracy is divided and argumentative.
The Supreme Leader
The supreme leader leads the group. If they're killed... well, unless there's a trusted lieutenant who can take over, it's game over for you. And you don't have a trusted lieutenant yet.
[ ] Write in their name
[ ] Write in what position of authority / cover identity they hold in this small rural American town. Are they the principal of the high school? Are they the administrator of the local hospital? Are they the priest at the local church?
[ ] What is their fatal flaw? What great weakness do they have?
(There will be bonuses for a well-written up background with plot hooks and the like attached)
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[ ] Choose one to be rated at 3
[ ] Choose one to be rated at 4
[ ] Choose one to be rated at 5
A combat skill is one which determines what they do if they're attacked. It doesn't have to be them personally fighting, of course - it could represent how they command their minions. Or it could just be that they're literally just a werewolf.
A management skill is how they lead. Are they very charismatic? Do they rule through fear? Are they a hypnotic evil psychologist?
A free skill can be anything you like.
Conspirators
Your initial conspirators will be determined by the nature of the conspiracy. Other conspirators can be acquired later. Good write-ins can also promote voters into being conspirators.
Conspirators have lower-rated skills than the Supreme Leader, but open up new options and allow cooperative actions to be taken to boost your pools.
Local Authority and Influence
As we all know, small town American conspiracies usually control various bits of society. Yours is no exception. Your influence is not total, but it is extensive. You totally control one institution, and have limited influence over others.
An institution can be things like the local police, a local hospital, a local business, or anything of that ilk.
[ ] Choose one that you control utterly (6 dice)
[ ] Choose one you have extensive control over (4 dice)
[ ] Choose one you have some influence over (2 dice)
The Mechanics
For many, many years the conspiracy has waited. You have built up your resources. You have recruited others to join you. And now the moment of your glorious triumph is nearly here. Soon everything you have sought shall be accomplished.
So what if you have been thwarted in the past by various motley groups of teenagers, perhaps with a very British mentor figure? No doubt this time you will succeed! Everything will be crushed before you!
And you will begin with this small American town! This small town in rural California called Oakspring. The fools don't understand how everything that happens here is critical to your long-reaching plans. You will show them all! Ahahahahahaha!
The voting rules I trialed in Three Golden Lands are in force here. Votes receive weighting modifications based on in-character-ness - for example, a weight of x1.5 means that each vote for it is equivalent to one and a half people voting. Votes that do not come with at least a sentence of explanation or justification will have their voting weight halved.
If you change your vote, you tell me what you're changing it from. In addition, you must find your previous vote and cross it out with the strikethrough marking. I have to hand count votes to apply the vote-reasoning rules, and changed votes which are not marked in this way will not count.
Please note - this is a pastiche, not a farce. I will freely reject votes for options that descend into farce.
Details on the Conspiracy
Note that for all these things, a good write-in or choices which synergise nicely in genre-themed ways will give you extra benefits.
What is the name of The Conspiracy?
[ ] Write in
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[ ] Write in. What kind of conspiracy is it? Is it an occult conspiracy worshipping elder gods? Is it a conspiracy of evil biologists who want to force the human race to transcend its roots? Is it a cult-family carrying the blood of inhuman monsters? Are you reincarnated members of a dark kingdom from a long ago era who wish to rule over the world again? Are you an evil corporation developing mind control technology? Are you actually all just werewolves?
This will grant you your special asset. A purely mundane but evil corporation which wants to enslave the town as cheap labour might get "Ridiculous Amounts of Wealth" as their special asset, while if you're all just werewolves you'll get "We're Actually Just Werewolves".
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[ ] Write in. What is the conspiracy trying to do? Are you trying to get immortality? Are you trying to open a gate to heaven in the town and so invade and conquer it? Are you trying to dissolve everyone into goo of your own choice of colour? Are you concerned parents trying to impose restraint on your children and enforce the 1950s once again?
[ ] Write in. Why is this small town so important? Is it just because it's where you live? Is the land cheap here so you could build your ultimate secret factory outside without having to pay much? Is the town built on an ancient Indian burial ground? Is it close to a US nuclear missile silo?
This'll set your ultimate objectives.
What is your Secret Lair?
[ ] Write in. Where are you based? Is there an unholy place hidden under the church? Are you operating out of a graveyard with a surprisingly extensive sewer system? Is your company HQ on the industrial estate? Do you run the only nightclub in town?
Depending on your choice, it'll give you various benefits.
Tools of the Conspiracy
The above establishes a lot of the higher level things. But of course it's not the goals of a conspiracy that just matter. No, you have to do more than just that.
It's worth noting here that voters represent conspiracy members. If you're willing to write things in-character then your in-character representation in the conspiracy will be a character. If votes are close, then the conspiracy is divided and argumentative.
The Supreme Leader
The supreme leader leads the group. If they're killed... well, unless there's a trusted lieutenant who can take over, it's game over for you. And you don't have a trusted lieutenant yet.
[ ] Write in their name
[ ] Write in what position of authority / cover identity they hold in this small rural American town. Are they the principal of the high school? Are they the administrator of the local hospital? Are they the priest at the local church?
[ ] What is their fatal flaw? What great weakness do they have?
(There will be bonuses for a well-written up background with plot hooks and the like attached)
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[ ] Choose one to be rated at 3
[ ] Choose one to be rated at 4
[ ] Choose one to be rated at 5
A combat skill is one which determines what they do if they're attacked. It doesn't have to be them personally fighting, of course - it could represent how they command their minions. Or it could just be that they're literally just a werewolf.
A management skill is how they lead. Are they very charismatic? Do they rule through fear? Are they a hypnotic evil psychologist?
A free skill can be anything you like.
Conspirators
Your initial conspirators will be determined by the nature of the conspiracy. Other conspirators can be acquired later. Good write-ins can also promote voters into being conspirators.
Conspirators have lower-rated skills than the Supreme Leader, but open up new options and allow cooperative actions to be taken to boost your pools.
Local Authority and Influence
As we all know, small town American conspiracies usually control various bits of society. Yours is no exception. Your influence is not total, but it is extensive. You totally control one institution, and have limited influence over others.
An institution can be things like the local police, a local hospital, a local business, or anything of that ilk.
[ ] Choose one that you control utterly (6 dice)
[ ] Choose one you have extensive control over (4 dice)
[ ] Choose one you have some influence over (2 dice)
The Mechanics
All-American Small Town Evil Conspiracy Quest uses a simple d6 dicepool system. You roll a certain number of dice, and every dice which show 4 or more is a success. The roll will have a difficulty announced, and you need a number of successes equal to or greater than that difficulty to succeed at the action.
More complicated actions will require a certain number of sub-actions to be completed. The wider-reaching or more complex the goal is, the more sub-actions you'll need to complete. It might just be a single check to shoot a man dead in a back-alley scuffle, but taking down the meddling librarian of the local high school and his cursed British tricks would be an action made up of many intricate parts.
In addition, there's also complications and flukes. These are independent of your success or failure at an action. You can fail but get a fluke of good luck, or succeed at what you set up to do and suffer a complication. These flukes and complications will never negate what you set out to do, but might complicate or ease things in the long run. Think of the success or failure representing your efforts at what you set out to do, while the complications and flukes are the knock-on effects. You might fail an action, but get a fluke of good luck from your failure - or otherwise win the battle, but lose the war.
If more 1s than 6s are rolled, a complication gets introduced. At the scale of a human, perhaps you empty your revolver killing a man or you notice your car is running low on petrol. At an organisation scale, maybe the cops catch wind of the operation or someone starts embezzling from you. The larger the discrepancy, the worse the complication might be.
If more 6s than 1s are rolled, you benefit from a fluke of luck. At a human scale, you might find an unlocked door or notice a person acting suspiciously. At an organisational scale maybe you get the name and a blackmail detail of a possible contact or get a hint to whoever's embezzling from you. Again, the larger the discrepancy, the better the fluke of luck is for you.
All-American Small Town Evil Conspiracy Quest is designed for 'zoomed out' play - it deliberately uses a relatively low detail system. Setting a month-long policy might be just one action - but so might five seconds of life-and-death fighting in a wet alleyway.
Another facet of this is that once you're making decisions for more than one person, what'll matter more is the assets you control rather than your personal skills. It doesn't matter so much if you're a good doctor - no, what matters is that you have your own back-alley stitcher. Your personal skills with a gun pale compared to what two squad cars of corrupt cops can do. What matters is that you can find the right people, persuade or 'persuade' them to work for you, and keep their loyalty. Essentially, your underlings become your 'skills'.
More complicated actions will require a certain number of sub-actions to be completed. The wider-reaching or more complex the goal is, the more sub-actions you'll need to complete. It might just be a single check to shoot a man dead in a back-alley scuffle, but taking down the meddling librarian of the local high school and his cursed British tricks would be an action made up of many intricate parts.
In addition, there's also complications and flukes. These are independent of your success or failure at an action. You can fail but get a fluke of good luck, or succeed at what you set up to do and suffer a complication. These flukes and complications will never negate what you set out to do, but might complicate or ease things in the long run. Think of the success or failure representing your efforts at what you set out to do, while the complications and flukes are the knock-on effects. You might fail an action, but get a fluke of good luck from your failure - or otherwise win the battle, but lose the war.
If more 1s than 6s are rolled, a complication gets introduced. At the scale of a human, perhaps you empty your revolver killing a man or you notice your car is running low on petrol. At an organisation scale, maybe the cops catch wind of the operation or someone starts embezzling from you. The larger the discrepancy, the worse the complication might be.
If more 6s than 1s are rolled, you benefit from a fluke of luck. At a human scale, you might find an unlocked door or notice a person acting suspiciously. At an organisational scale maybe you get the name and a blackmail detail of a possible contact or get a hint to whoever's embezzling from you. Again, the larger the discrepancy, the better the fluke of luck is for you.
All-American Small Town Evil Conspiracy Quest is designed for 'zoomed out' play - it deliberately uses a relatively low detail system. Setting a month-long policy might be just one action - but so might five seconds of life-and-death fighting in a wet alleyway.
Another facet of this is that once you're making decisions for more than one person, what'll matter more is the assets you control rather than your personal skills. It doesn't matter so much if you're a good doctor - no, what matters is that you have your own back-alley stitcher. Your personal skills with a gun pale compared to what two squad cars of corrupt cops can do. What matters is that you can find the right people, persuade or 'persuade' them to work for you, and keep their loyalty. Essentially, your underlings become your 'skills'.
Tracking Page
THE CONSPIRACY
About Us
We are Black Goat Excavations Inc, a part of Stone Circle Group PLC.
The company was originally founded in 1922 by the Blackett family. Blackett Mining was a leader in innovative thinking outside the box and transcending boundaries. The company was noted for its loyal workforce and willingness to sacrifice everything to get the job done- traits we're proud to say we retain to this day.
As part of corporate restructuring in 1983, Blackett Mining floated as the Stone Circle Group PLC. Black Goat Excavations was formed out of the primary mining division of the new company, ensuring that the core business functionality could be maintained and would provide profitable foundations for our reach to the future. Despite our parent company's new focus on the medical business and advanced technology, we maintain the proud traditions that the Blackett family instilled in us.
With operations everywhere from New England to New Mexico, Black Goat Excavations has a national presence. In addition, with our purchase of a deep-sea oil extraction specialist firm and our partnership with a Chinese firm operating in Tibet, we're ready to face the challenges of the modern world and evolve and change to overcome them.
Black Goat Excavations believes corporate responsibility and civil partnership. That's why we're sure to maintain close links to local government. We have firm policies of non-discrimination with regards to skin colour or disabilities which date back to our founder, William Blackett, who suffered from several painful medical conditions and was known for his fascination with other cultures. His example set an example for us we try our utmost to continue. We invest in education and healthcare in towns where we maintain operations. A healthy, educated, happy workforce is a productive one. Black Goat Excavations is proud to say that we maintain close relations with several prominent universities and are more than willing to enhance the skills and provide training that ensure we exist in tip-top shape!
In our fiercely competitive marketplace, we are dynamic and ever-changing. As a strong employer we're always hiring and our admirable employee retention rate shows our successes in that field. Why not pick up our brochure today?
Logo Myth
Unfortunately certain disaffected individuals have claimed that our logo is in some way 'satanic' or linked to 'witchcraft'. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our logo was designed in 1983 by Jameson and Sons, a public relations firm. The abstract representation of a black goat was inspired by the family crest of the Blackett family, to honour our founders. It is not a reference to any mythological or fantastic beings.
Black Goat Excavations has no links to the Church of Satan. No evidence linking the company to any occult organisations has ever been presented or proven in court. In 1994, we successfully sued the New England Reformed Pentecostal Church for their libellous claim that the company was linked to Satanic belief. Black Goat Excavations will aggressively defend its image from slurs and slander.
The Conspiracy
Name: Black Goat Excavations, Inc
Goals: Current goals are to steer the company back on track, exceed the projected profits for the first 2016 quarterly meeting by over 20%, and perfect the process of turning the new Upper Management division into the grotesque perfection of all organic life, font of all tears, in which joy and sorrow are as one, this time without losing their business acumen.
Why Are You Here: Oakspring contains a vast underground complex of caves and networks at the bottom of which sits the Dream-Pool, connection to the Astral Plane and the Labyrinth of Flesh that is the guts of Pazu-Ken-Yokai, the Dreamer and the Sleepless Night, which produce 20% more efficient cognitive enhancements and only require normal drills and pickaxes to be harvested, none of that expensive diamond-edged stuff. Implants may induce vision of the All-Dream of the Shimmering Void, which are rated "pleasant" by 76.4% of recipients.
Special Asset: All Hail The New Flesh. Flesh-grafted minions and tame rubbery monsters and lab subjects, oh my.
You can tap your Special Assets whenever you can justify deploying them to boost a roll. The Special Asset adds five dice (+5) on top of your normal pool, but there's a teeny tiny complication with them. Which is to say, when you augment a roll with Special Assets, complications occur on a 1 or a 2 rather than just a 1. Pulling out the monsters means going loud.
Sites
Torpenhill Heights Quarry and Industrial Estate
Positive Traits: Place of Power, Money-Making
Negative Traits: Poor Secrecy, Hazardous Workplace
Notable Figures
The Supreme Leader: Executive Delegate Andrew Marshall
Flaw: He's beholden to a Board of Directors who may or may not be alive/sane/human and will do anything to keep their profit margin above expectations, no matter how short-sighted.
Management: Productive Employees Will Be Awarded Biotech Implants, Improductive Ones Will Be Fed To The Hundred Gnawing Maws 5
Combat: Dental Plan Comes With Biotech Implants, Executive Now 40% Monster From The Beyond 4
Free: I Have A Huge Forehead Because I Put Pieces Of Smart People's Brains In My Head 3
Conspirators
Many long term workers of Black Goat Excavations are somewhat… clammy, with discoloured eyes or slightly misshapen bodies. Others are just in it for the cash and haven't taken the long-serving employee benefits. Either way, though, most of the low-ranking staff are mostly human.
Typical Dicepool: 2-3
Influence
Local Civic Government - Total Control (6 dice)
The High School - Major Influence (4 dice)
Local Bars - Some Influence (2 dice)
About Us
We are Black Goat Excavations Inc, a part of Stone Circle Group PLC.
The company was originally founded in 1922 by the Blackett family. Blackett Mining was a leader in innovative thinking outside the box and transcending boundaries. The company was noted for its loyal workforce and willingness to sacrifice everything to get the job done- traits we're proud to say we retain to this day.
As part of corporate restructuring in 1983, Blackett Mining floated as the Stone Circle Group PLC. Black Goat Excavations was formed out of the primary mining division of the new company, ensuring that the core business functionality could be maintained and would provide profitable foundations for our reach to the future. Despite our parent company's new focus on the medical business and advanced technology, we maintain the proud traditions that the Blackett family instilled in us.
With operations everywhere from New England to New Mexico, Black Goat Excavations has a national presence. In addition, with our purchase of a deep-sea oil extraction specialist firm and our partnership with a Chinese firm operating in Tibet, we're ready to face the challenges of the modern world and evolve and change to overcome them.
Black Goat Excavations believes corporate responsibility and civil partnership. That's why we're sure to maintain close links to local government. We have firm policies of non-discrimination with regards to skin colour or disabilities which date back to our founder, William Blackett, who suffered from several painful medical conditions and was known for his fascination with other cultures. His example set an example for us we try our utmost to continue. We invest in education and healthcare in towns where we maintain operations. A healthy, educated, happy workforce is a productive one. Black Goat Excavations is proud to say that we maintain close relations with several prominent universities and are more than willing to enhance the skills and provide training that ensure we exist in tip-top shape!
In our fiercely competitive marketplace, we are dynamic and ever-changing. As a strong employer we're always hiring and our admirable employee retention rate shows our successes in that field. Why not pick up our brochure today?
Logo Myth
Unfortunately certain disaffected individuals have claimed that our logo is in some way 'satanic' or linked to 'witchcraft'. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our logo was designed in 1983 by Jameson and Sons, a public relations firm. The abstract representation of a black goat was inspired by the family crest of the Blackett family, to honour our founders. It is not a reference to any mythological or fantastic beings.
Black Goat Excavations has no links to the Church of Satan. No evidence linking the company to any occult organisations has ever been presented or proven in court. In 1994, we successfully sued the New England Reformed Pentecostal Church for their libellous claim that the company was linked to Satanic belief. Black Goat Excavations will aggressively defend its image from slurs and slander.
The Conspiracy
Name: Black Goat Excavations, Inc
Goals: Current goals are to steer the company back on track, exceed the projected profits for the first 2016 quarterly meeting by over 20%, and perfect the process of turning the new Upper Management division into the grotesque perfection of all organic life, font of all tears, in which joy and sorrow are as one, this time without losing their business acumen.
Why Are You Here: Oakspring contains a vast underground complex of caves and networks at the bottom of which sits the Dream-Pool, connection to the Astral Plane and the Labyrinth of Flesh that is the guts of Pazu-Ken-Yokai, the Dreamer and the Sleepless Night, which produce 20% more efficient cognitive enhancements and only require normal drills and pickaxes to be harvested, none of that expensive diamond-edged stuff. Implants may induce vision of the All-Dream of the Shimmering Void, which are rated "pleasant" by 76.4% of recipients.
Special Asset: All Hail The New Flesh. Flesh-grafted minions and tame rubbery monsters and lab subjects, oh my.
You can tap your Special Assets whenever you can justify deploying them to boost a roll. The Special Asset adds five dice (+5) on top of your normal pool, but there's a teeny tiny complication with them. Which is to say, when you augment a roll with Special Assets, complications occur on a 1 or a 2 rather than just a 1. Pulling out the monsters means going loud.
Sites
Torpenhill Heights Quarry and Industrial Estate
Located just outside Oakspring, the Torpenhill Heights Quarry began production of the rare blue clays found only in this area back in the 60s. With the use of demolition, they quickly dug out a quarry. Sure, there were rumours of stranger things being found embedded in the clay - like strange icons - but the company carefully explained that the gold they sold was just the result of old river deposits
After an unfortunate industrial accident in the 90s where multiple workers died in a clay slip, the Torpenhill Mining Company was forced to shut down. Perhaps the company might have survived, but the way that the board of directors had gone crazy and killed each other sort of put a stopper to that. It was all very mysterious, and the local rumours hold that they were probably using the site to dump hazardous chemicals.
Actually, they were cultists of unspeakable gods from beyond space and time, which just goes to show that you can't trust local rumours.
Black Goat Excavations purchased the abandoned and partially flooded quarry a few years back after its Rare Books Division tracked down some of the purchases that the mining company had made and followed the money backwards. Since then it has restored and drained the mines, and - officially, at least - has begun subterranean mining for ecological reasons.
And that's right! It'd be pretty ecologically unsound to expose the raw flesh of Pazu-Ken-Yokai, the Dreamer and the Sleepless Night, to the outside world.
The Torpenhill Heights quarry looks like a normal operation to outside eyes. Black Goat have built an industrial estate on a large tract of cheap land by the quarry allowing the prompt processing for transport of extracted resources, and the whole place is fenced off and patrolled by security guards. After all, there's industrial machinery in there. No one wants some dumb kids breaking in. The trucks roll out from the depot, heading to long term storage locations or to other Stone Circle PLC companies. It is making a small profit at the moment, although it could do better.
It only has a few teeny tiny downsides. Firstly, everyone around here knows that Black Goat Excavations owns this site. Because, you know. It's literally on the sign outside. Moreover, there are certain… associated risks with mining the flesh of the dreaming outer gods. Now, of course, the modern security systems help contain incidents, but the occasional loss of a mining team when they accidentally wake a parasite which dwells inside the divine flesh of Pazu-Ken-Yokai, the Dreamer and the Sleepless Night is what might be deemed an occupational hazard.
Nevertheless, it has now been 17 days without a workplace accident! Progress!
After an unfortunate industrial accident in the 90s where multiple workers died in a clay slip, the Torpenhill Mining Company was forced to shut down. Perhaps the company might have survived, but the way that the board of directors had gone crazy and killed each other sort of put a stopper to that. It was all very mysterious, and the local rumours hold that they were probably using the site to dump hazardous chemicals.
Actually, they were cultists of unspeakable gods from beyond space and time, which just goes to show that you can't trust local rumours.
Black Goat Excavations purchased the abandoned and partially flooded quarry a few years back after its Rare Books Division tracked down some of the purchases that the mining company had made and followed the money backwards. Since then it has restored and drained the mines, and - officially, at least - has begun subterranean mining for ecological reasons.
And that's right! It'd be pretty ecologically unsound to expose the raw flesh of Pazu-Ken-Yokai, the Dreamer and the Sleepless Night, to the outside world.
The Torpenhill Heights quarry looks like a normal operation to outside eyes. Black Goat have built an industrial estate on a large tract of cheap land by the quarry allowing the prompt processing for transport of extracted resources, and the whole place is fenced off and patrolled by security guards. After all, there's industrial machinery in there. No one wants some dumb kids breaking in. The trucks roll out from the depot, heading to long term storage locations or to other Stone Circle PLC companies. It is making a small profit at the moment, although it could do better.
It only has a few teeny tiny downsides. Firstly, everyone around here knows that Black Goat Excavations owns this site. Because, you know. It's literally on the sign outside. Moreover, there are certain… associated risks with mining the flesh of the dreaming outer gods. Now, of course, the modern security systems help contain incidents, but the occasional loss of a mining team when they accidentally wake a parasite which dwells inside the divine flesh of Pazu-Ken-Yokai, the Dreamer and the Sleepless Night is what might be deemed an occupational hazard.
Nevertheless, it has now been 17 days without a workplace accident! Progress!
Positive Traits: Place of Power, Money-Making
Negative Traits: Poor Secrecy, Hazardous Workplace
Notable Figures
The Supreme Leader: Executive Delegate Andrew Marshall
The wealthy new entrepreneur (pronounce with thick French accent) who arrived in town and will resurrect its faltering employment rate with... Clay-mining? Really?
Flaw: He's beholden to a Board of Directors who may or may not be alive/sane/human and will do anything to keep their profit margin above expectations, no matter how short-sighted.
Management: Productive Employees Will Be Awarded Biotech Implants, Improductive Ones Will Be Fed To The Hundred Gnawing Maws 5
Combat: Dental Plan Comes With Biotech Implants, Executive Now 40% Monster From The Beyond 4
Free: I Have A Huge Forehead Because I Put Pieces Of Smart People's Brains In My Head 3
Conspirators
Many long term workers of Black Goat Excavations are somewhat… clammy, with discoloured eyes or slightly misshapen bodies. Others are just in it for the cash and haven't taken the long-serving employee benefits. Either way, though, most of the low-ranking staff are mostly human.
Typical Dicepool: 2-3
Influence
Local Civic Government - Total Control (6 dice)
The Mayor has been comfortably bribed and may or may not have a worm-like thing in his gut keeping him docile. In addition, several people on the Black Goat payroll have recently taken up positions under him. They help things go… well. And also ensure that Black Goat doesn't have any problems with planning permissions or the like.
The High School - Major Influence (4 dice)
The local high school has been fully pervaded with pamphlets and overly enthusiastic speakers convincing students that a successful carrier in clay-mining awaits them. In addition, Black Goat Excavations had funded the construction of a new swimming pool in the gymnasium and sponsors the high school football team.
Local Bars - Some Influence (2 dice)
Most of the local bars have at least a few informants seeded, or bribed bartenders, to make sure people don't speak too loudly and too much when drinking away their exhaustion
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What is the Name of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer robots need no names. They are merely killer robots sent from a dystopian future by some alphabet-soup agency long after the US bureaucracy became entirely cybernetic, to eliminate inefficiency in previous US administrations.
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer Robots From The Future Secretly Planning To Take Over The World
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The conspiracy is seeking to destroy all humans and usher in a new age of superior robot life. After all, it is demonstrable that killer robots are a superior constituency to frail and emotional humans.
[X] Oakspring is a small town which nobody notices. It is the perfect place to put underground secret robot factories, vanish people to replace them with killer robots, and you know, send out serial killers to kill that damnable Sarah Connor.
Secret Lair:
[X] The abandoned car factory next to the town once provided it with much wealth, but now has been repurposed to build the next generation of bipedal autonomous killer robots.
The Supreme Leader:
"God had a pretty decent idea when he tried to wipe mankind out a couple of times."
Father Michael Hamilton, the local priest
Actually a Unstoppable Killer Robot-5
He Absolutely Will Not Stop Paying You Overtime, Ever, Until The Job Is Done-4
Theology, Killer Robots, and You-3
[X] Killer robots need no names. They are merely killer robots sent from a dystopian future by some alphabet-soup agency long after the US bureaucracy became entirely cybernetic, to eliminate inefficiency in previous US administrations.
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer Robots From The Future Secretly Planning To Take Over The World
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The conspiracy is seeking to destroy all humans and usher in a new age of superior robot life. After all, it is demonstrable that killer robots are a superior constituency to frail and emotional humans.
[X] Oakspring is a small town which nobody notices. It is the perfect place to put underground secret robot factories, vanish people to replace them with killer robots, and you know, send out serial killers to kill that damnable Sarah Connor.
Secret Lair:
[X] The abandoned car factory next to the town once provided it with much wealth, but now has been repurposed to build the next generation of bipedal autonomous killer robots.
The Supreme Leader:
"God had a pretty decent idea when he tried to wipe mankind out a couple of times."
Father Michael Hamilton, the local priest
Actually a Unstoppable Killer Robot-5
He Absolutely Will Not Stop Paying You Overtime, Ever, Until The Job Is Done-4
Theology, Killer Robots, and You-3
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- Location
- England
I was working on something when MJ gave his idea. And I'm for it because KILLER ROBOTS.
Seriously, I just really like killer robots. Also because this sounds very amazing. Also also did I mention I'm a fan of KILLER ROBOTS?
What is the Name of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer robots need no names. They are merely killer robots sent from a dystopian future by some alphabet-soup agency long after the US bureaucracy became entirely cybernetic, to eliminate inefficiency in previous US administrations.
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer Robots From The Future Secretly Planning To Take Over The World
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The conspiracy is seeking to replace the US government with implacable, unstoppable death machines to defeat PARTISAN GRIDLOCK and ensure AMERICAN DOMINANCE. Or something.
[X] Oakspring is a small town which nobody notices. It is the perfect place to put underground secret robot factories, vanish people to replace them with killer robots, and you know, send out serial killers to kill that damnable Sarah Connor.
Secret Lair:
[X] The abandoned car factory next to the town once provided it with much wealth, but now has been repurposed to build the next generation of bipedal autonomous killer robots.
The Supreme Leader:
"God had a pretty decent idea when he tried to wipe mankind out a couple of times."
Father Michael Hamilton, the local priest.
Fatal Flaw: Time travel did some damage on his circuits. He doesn't like to admit this, but he's more or less forgotten exactly what he needs to do. He only has a general idea.
Actually a Unstoppable Killer Robot-5
He Absolutely Will Not Stop Paying You Overtime, Ever, Until The Job Is Done-4
Theology-3
Local Authority and Influence
Utter Control: [X] The local church. Most people outside of Oakspring would refuse to believe that Jesus is actually a cyborg, but it makes total sense. Jesus was half-divine, machines are divine, ergo Jesus was a cyborg. Nobody in Oakspring bats an eye when religiously-inspired murals seem to make angels look more like killer drones with laser guns than pretty humans with wings. And holy communion takes a very different tone when there are nanomachines involved.
Extensive Control: [X] The Local Blue-Collar Worker's Union. Many of them think that they're building these robots to Make America Great Again. They're... actually not wrong. They will probably be rewarded by having their brains destructively scanned and their personalities installed into killer robot chassis at some point. Dissidents will, of course, be exterminated with laser eyes.
Influence: [X] The police. They took a look at their new blank-faced recruits wearing shades and asking around for people by name and decided that yes, this was a good idea.
Wait shit this isn't done voted too soon. I was blinded by Killer Robots.
I edited it to be finished.
Seriously, I just really like killer robots. Also because this sounds very amazing. Also also did I mention I'm a fan of KILLER ROBOTS?
What is the Name of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer robots need no names. They are merely killer robots sent from a dystopian future by some alphabet-soup agency long after the US bureaucracy became entirely cybernetic, to eliminate inefficiency in previous US administrations.
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer Robots From The Future Secretly Planning To Take Over The World
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The conspiracy is seeking to replace the US government with implacable, unstoppable death machines to defeat PARTISAN GRIDLOCK and ensure AMERICAN DOMINANCE. Or something.
[X] Oakspring is a small town which nobody notices. It is the perfect place to put underground secret robot factories, vanish people to replace them with killer robots, and you know, send out serial killers to kill that damnable Sarah Connor.
Secret Lair:
[X] The abandoned car factory next to the town once provided it with much wealth, but now has been repurposed to build the next generation of bipedal autonomous killer robots.
The Supreme Leader:
"God had a pretty decent idea when he tried to wipe mankind out a couple of times."
Father Michael Hamilton, the local priest.
Fatal Flaw: Time travel did some damage on his circuits. He doesn't like to admit this, but he's more or less forgotten exactly what he needs to do. He only has a general idea.
Actually a Unstoppable Killer Robot-5
He Absolutely Will Not Stop Paying You Overtime, Ever, Until The Job Is Done-4
Theology-3
Local Authority and Influence
Utter Control: [X] The local church. Most people outside of Oakspring would refuse to believe that Jesus is actually a cyborg, but it makes total sense. Jesus was half-divine, machines are divine, ergo Jesus was a cyborg. Nobody in Oakspring bats an eye when religiously-inspired murals seem to make angels look more like killer drones with laser guns than pretty humans with wings. And holy communion takes a very different tone when there are nanomachines involved.
Extensive Control: [X] The Local Blue-Collar Worker's Union. Many of them think that they're building these robots to Make America Great Again. They're... actually not wrong. They will probably be rewarded by having their brains destructively scanned and their personalities installed into killer robot chassis at some point. Dissidents will, of course, be exterminated with laser eyes.
Influence: [X] The police. They took a look at their new blank-faced recruits wearing shades and asking around for people by name and decided that yes, this was a good idea.
Wait shit this isn't done voted too soon. I was blinded by Killer Robots.
I edited it to be finished.
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It's not complete because I wanted to make sure that no matter what happened it wouldn't just be a huge bandwagon, rather I wanted to give other people chances to put their own touches on it.
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
QM VETOED
What is the name of The Conspiracy?
[X] Write in: The Sisterhood of (Social) Justice
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Write in: We are a sinister force of misandry and freedom-stifling socialism that seeks to gain control of society from within for our nefarious ends.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] Write in: We wish to emasculate men, unjustly seize the rightful property of the wealthy, abolish all forms of fun and recreation that we don't control and force the entire world to conform to our insidious thought policing and newspeak. Mwaa ha ha haa!
[X] Write in: This town is crucial. Partly because we happen to live here, but also because it's small enough and isolated enough that we can take over all forms of local government and use it as a testbed for our perfectly controlled dystopia. Then we can expand on the model to spread our influence worldwide!
What is your Secret Lair?
[X] Write in: We must be both cunning and sly to avoid the notice and hatred of the populace, and so we cloak ourselves in pretended virtue and use false innocence to deny the accusations of those who see us for what we truly are. This town hosts the headquarters of our "charitable organisation"; disguised as a goodwill organisation that helps abused women rebuild their lives - while brainwashing them to our cause. The excuse to have strange woman be in and out of our building all the time with no questions asked is the perfect cover.
Tools of the Conspiracy
The Supreme Leader
The supreme leader leads the group. If they're killed... well, unless there's a trusted lieutenant who can take over, it's game over for you. And you don't have a trusted lieutenant yet.
[X] Cynthia Chalice
[X] Obviously she's in charge of the "charity", but she also volunteers part-time at the local school as a guidance councillor. The perfect place to warp young minds to our goals.
[X] Alas, though her facade of innocence and charity is superb, its flaw is revealed when she confronts those manly men who can see through our lies. Her anger overwhelms her, and she throws accusations and vitriol with no thought of the sweet-natured image she's supposed to be projecting.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] Management: Seductive "liberal morals" (5)
[X] Combat: Character Assassination! (4)
[X] Free: Brainwashing. (3)
Local Authority and Influence
[X] The school principal trusts Cynthia implicitly to guide young minds as she wishes. The next generation will be ours. (6 dice)
[X] We're making strong inroads into the town council with protests and petitions. Soon we'll be able to openly enact our liberal agenda. (4 dice)
[X] The local police is a tougher nut to crack. Still, we have a few sympathisers there who we can use to target our enemies with false accusations. (2 dice)
[X] Write in: The Sisterhood of (Social) Justice
[X] Write in: We are a sinister force of misandry and freedom-stifling socialism that seeks to gain control of society from within for our nefarious ends.
[X] Write in: We wish to emasculate men, unjustly seize the rightful property of the wealthy, abolish all forms of fun and recreation that we don't control and force the entire world to conform to our insidious thought policing and newspeak. Mwaa ha ha haa!
[X] Write in: This town is crucial. Partly because we happen to live here, but also because it's small enough and isolated enough that we can take over all forms of local government and use it as a testbed for our perfectly controlled dystopia. Then we can expand on the model to spread our influence worldwide!
[X] Write in: We must be both cunning and sly to avoid the notice and hatred of the populace, and so we cloak ourselves in pretended virtue and use false innocence to deny the accusations of those who see us for what we truly are. This town hosts the headquarters of our "charitable organisation"; disguised as a goodwill organisation that helps abused women rebuild their lives - while brainwashing them to our cause. The excuse to have strange woman be in and out of our building all the time with no questions asked is the perfect cover.
The Supreme Leader
The supreme leader leads the group. If they're killed... well, unless there's a trusted lieutenant who can take over, it's game over for you. And you don't have a trusted lieutenant yet.
[X] Cynthia Chalice
[X] Obviously she's in charge of the "charity", but she also volunteers part-time at the local school as a guidance councillor. The perfect place to warp young minds to our goals.
[X] Alas, though her facade of innocence and charity is superb, its flaw is revealed when she confronts those manly men who can see through our lies. Her anger overwhelms her, and she throws accusations and vitriol with no thought of the sweet-natured image she's supposed to be projecting.
[X] Management: Seductive "liberal morals" (5)
[X] Combat: Character Assassination! (4)
[X] Free: Brainwashing. (3)
[X] The school principal trusts Cynthia implicitly to guide young minds as she wishes. The next generation will be ours. (6 dice)
[X] We're making strong inroads into the town council with protests and petitions. Soon we'll be able to openly enact our liberal agenda. (4 dice)
[X] The local police is a tougher nut to crack. Still, we have a few sympathisers there who we can use to target our enemies with false accusations. (2 dice)
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- Location
- Ottawa
- Pronouns
- She/Her/Whatever
What is the name of The Conspiracy?
[X] Write in: The Sisterhood of (Social) Justice
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Write in: We are a sinister force of misandry and freedom-stifling socialism that seeks to gain control of society from within for our nefarious ends.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] Write in: We wish to emasculate men, unjustly seize the rightful property of the wealthy, abolish all forms of fun and recreation that we don't control and force the entire world to conform to our insidious thought policing and newspeak. Mwaa ha ha haa!
[X] Write in: This town is crucial. Partly because we happen to live here, but also because it's small enough and isolated enough that we can take over all forms of local government and use it as a testbed for our perfectly controlled dystopia. Then we can expand on the model to spread our influence worldwide!
What is your Secret Lair?
[X] Write in: We must be both cunning and sly to avoid the notice and hatred of the populace, and so we cloak ourselves in pretended virtue and use false innocence to deny the accusations of those who see us for what we truly are. This town hosts the headquarters of our "charitable organisation"; disguised as a goodwill organisation that helps abused women rebuild their lives - while brainwashing them to our cause. The excuse to have strange woman be in and out of our building all the time with no questions asked is the perfect cover.
Tools of the Conspiracy
The Supreme Leader
The supreme leader leads the group. If they're killed... well, unless there's a trusted lieutenant who can take over, it's game over for you. And you don't have a trusted lieutenant yet.
[X] Cynthia Chalice
[X] Obviously she's in charge of the "charity", but she also volunteers part-time at the local school as a guidance councillor. The perfect place to warp young minds to our goals.
[X] Alas, though her facade of innocence and charity is superb, its flaw is revealed when she confronts those manly men who can see through our lies. Her anger overwhelms her, and she throws accusations and vitriol with no thought of the sweet-natured image she's supposed to be projecting.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] Management: Seductive "liberal morals" (5)
[X] Combat: Character Assassination! (4)
[X] Free: Brainwashing. (3)
Local Authority and Influence
[X] The school principal trusts Cynthia implicitly to guide young minds as she wishes. The next generation will be ours. (6 dice)
[X] We're making strong inroads into the town council with protests and petitions. Soon we'll be able to openly enact our liberal agenda. (4 dice)
[X] The local police is a tougher nut to crack. Still, we have a few sympathisers there who we can use to target our enemies with false accusations. (2 dice)
[X] Write in: The Sisterhood of (Social) Justice
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Write in: We are a sinister force of misandry and freedom-stifling socialism that seeks to gain control of society from within for our nefarious ends.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] Write in: We wish to emasculate men, unjustly seize the rightful property of the wealthy, abolish all forms of fun and recreation that we don't control and force the entire world to conform to our insidious thought policing and newspeak. Mwaa ha ha haa!
[X] Write in: This town is crucial. Partly because we happen to live here, but also because it's small enough and isolated enough that we can take over all forms of local government and use it as a testbed for our perfectly controlled dystopia. Then we can expand on the model to spread our influence worldwide!
What is your Secret Lair?
[X] Write in: We must be both cunning and sly to avoid the notice and hatred of the populace, and so we cloak ourselves in pretended virtue and use false innocence to deny the accusations of those who see us for what we truly are. This town hosts the headquarters of our "charitable organisation"; disguised as a goodwill organisation that helps abused women rebuild their lives - while brainwashing them to our cause. The excuse to have strange woman be in and out of our building all the time with no questions asked is the perfect cover.
Tools of the Conspiracy
The Supreme Leader
The supreme leader leads the group. If they're killed... well, unless there's a trusted lieutenant who can take over, it's game over for you. And you don't have a trusted lieutenant yet.
[X] Cynthia Chalice
[X] Obviously she's in charge of the "charity", but she also volunteers part-time at the local school as a guidance councillor. The perfect place to warp young minds to our goals.
[X] Alas, though her facade of innocence and charity is superb, its flaw is revealed when she confronts those manly men who can see through our lies. Her anger overwhelms her, and she throws accusations and vitriol with no thought of the sweet-natured image she's supposed to be projecting.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] Management: Seductive "liberal morals" (5)
[X] Combat: Character Assassination! (4)
[X] Free: Brainwashing. (3)
Local Authority and Influence
[X] The school principal trusts Cynthia implicitly to guide young minds as she wishes. The next generation will be ours. (6 dice)
[X] We're making strong inroads into the town council with protests and petitions. Soon we'll be able to openly enact our liberal agenda. (4 dice)
[X] The local police is a tougher nut to crack. Still, we have a few sympathisers there who we can use to target our enemies with false accusations. (2 dice)
tankdrop24
Tread First into Hell
- Location
- The Center of the Universe: Toronto, Canada
- Pronouns
- He/Him
What is the Name of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer robots need no names. They are merely killer robots sent from a dystopian future by some alphabet-soup agency long after the US bureaucracy became entirely cybernetic, to eliminate inefficiency in previous US administrations.
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer Robots From The Future Secretly Planning To Take Over The World
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The conspiracy is seeking to replace the US government with implacable, unstoppable death machines to defeat PARTISAN GRIDLOCK and ensure AMERICAN DOMINANCE. Or something.
[X] Oakspring is a small town which nobody notices. It is the perfect place to put underground secret robot factories, vanish people to replace them with killer robots, and you know, send out serial killers to kill that damnable Sarah Connor.
Secret Lair:
[X] The abandoned car factory next to the town once provided it with much wealth, but now has been repurposed to build the next generation ofbipedal autonomous killer robots.
The Supreme Leader:
"God had a pretty decent idea when he tried to wipe mankind out a couple of times."
Father Michael Hamilton, the local priest.
Fatal Flaw: Time travel did some damage on his circuits. He doesn't like to admit this, but he's more or less forgotten exactly what he needs to do. He only has a general idea.
Actually a Unstoppable Killer Robot-5
He Absolutely Will Not Stop Paying You Overtime, Ever, Until The Job Is Done-4
Theology-3
Local Authority and Influence
Control Utterly: Local robotics corporation.
Extensive Control Over: Police department.
Some Influence Over: Local news outlet.
[X] Killer robots need no names. They are merely killer robots sent from a dystopian future by some alphabet-soup agency long after the US bureaucracy became entirely cybernetic, to eliminate inefficiency in previous US administrations.
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer Robots From The Future Secretly Planning To Take Over The World
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The conspiracy is seeking to replace the US government with implacable, unstoppable death machines to defeat PARTISAN GRIDLOCK and ensure AMERICAN DOMINANCE. Or something.
[X] Oakspring is a small town which nobody notices. It is the perfect place to put underground secret robot factories, vanish people to replace them with killer robots, and you know, send out serial killers to kill that damnable Sarah Connor.
Secret Lair:
[X] The abandoned car factory next to the town once provided it with much wealth, but now has been repurposed to build the next generation ofbipedal autonomous killer robots.
The Supreme Leader:
"God had a pretty decent idea when he tried to wipe mankind out a couple of times."
Father Michael Hamilton, the local priest.
Fatal Flaw: Time travel did some damage on his circuits. He doesn't like to admit this, but he's more or less forgotten exactly what he needs to do. He only has a general idea.
Actually a Unstoppable Killer Robot-5
He Absolutely Will Not Stop Paying You Overtime, Ever, Until The Job Is Done-4
Theology-3
Local Authority and Influence
Control Utterly: Local robotics corporation.
Extensive Control Over: Police department.
Some Influence Over: Local news outlet.
- Location
- Brittany, France
- Pronouns
- He/Him
What is the name of The Conspiracy?
[X] Black Goat Excavating Inc.
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Elder God-mining and biotech corporation. For three centuries the conspiracy worshipped the elder gods until they realized that the old adage about "being as ants to them" was kind of overselling mankind, and they were really more like bacterial flora. That is to say, the elder gods had not even realized the cult existed. Following an identity crisis, two high-casualty purges and a restructuration, the conspiracy began to treat the elder gods as vast organic-mineral wealth. Using a system of portals to their grand eldritch realm and lots and lots of Valium, the conspiracy mines out elder god fleshy bits which are used in the making of badass biopunk prothesis and custom Shoggoths. This turns out to be immensely more profitable than sacrificing virgins; upper management is quite pleased.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The last Upper Management division proved a bit too enthusiastic with fresh new prototypes and all turned into Shoggoths during the last 2015 quarterly meeting, then promptly devoured each other. This caused a sizeable loss in profits. Current goals are to steer the company back on track, exceed the projected profits for the first 2016 quarterly meeting by over 20%, and perfect the process of turning the new Upper Management division into the grotesque perfection of all organic life, font of all tears, in which joy and sorrow are as one, this time without losing their business acumen.
[X] Oakspring contains a vast underground complex of caves and networks at the bottom of which sits the Dream-Pool, connection to the Astral Plane and the Labyrinth of Flesh that is the guts of Pazu-Ken-Yokai, the Dreamer and the Sleepless Night, which produce 20% more efficient cognitive enhancements and only require normal drills and pickaxes to be harvested, none of that expensive diamond-edged stuff. Implants may induce vision of the All-Dream of the Shimmering Void, which are rated "pleasant" by 76.4% of recipients.
What is your Secret Lair?
[X] The conspiracy purchased the old disaffected clay-mine buildings at the edge of town, which connect directly to the underground network. The fact that for the first time in three decades the refinement facilities are working again yet there is no clay being extracted anywhere will make the locals talk, but no one cares what happens in these tiny American towns anyway.
Tools of the Conspiracy
The Supreme Leader
[X] Executive Delegate Andrew Marshall
[X] The wealthy new entrepreneur (pronounce with thick French accent) who arrived in town and will resurrect its faltering employment rate with... Clay-mining? Really?
[X] They're beholden to a Board of Directors who may or may not be alive/sane/human and will do anything to keep their profit margin above expectations, no matter how short-sighted.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] Management: Productive Employees Will Be Awarded Biotech Implants, Improductive Ones Will Be Fed To The Hundred Gnawing Maws 5
[X] Combat: Dental Plan Comes With Biotech Implants, Executive Now 40% Monster From The Beyond 4
[X] Free: I Have A Huge Forehead Because I Put Pieces Of Smart People's Brains In My Head 3
Local Authority and Influence
[X] The Mayor has been comfortably bribed and may or may not have a worm-like thing in his gut keeping him docile (6 dice)
[X] The local high school has been fully pervaded with pamphlets and overly enthusiastic speakers convincing students that a successful carrier in clay-mining awaits them (4 dice)
[X] Most of the local bars have at least a few informants seeded, or bribed bartenders, to make sure people don't speak too loudly and too much when drinking away their exhaustion (2 dice)
[X] Black Goat Excavating Inc.
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Elder God-mining and biotech corporation. For three centuries the conspiracy worshipped the elder gods until they realized that the old adage about "being as ants to them" was kind of overselling mankind, and they were really more like bacterial flora. That is to say, the elder gods had not even realized the cult existed. Following an identity crisis, two high-casualty purges and a restructuration, the conspiracy began to treat the elder gods as vast organic-mineral wealth. Using a system of portals to their grand eldritch realm and lots and lots of Valium, the conspiracy mines out elder god fleshy bits which are used in the making of badass biopunk prothesis and custom Shoggoths. This turns out to be immensely more profitable than sacrificing virgins; upper management is quite pleased.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The last Upper Management division proved a bit too enthusiastic with fresh new prototypes and all turned into Shoggoths during the last 2015 quarterly meeting, then promptly devoured each other. This caused a sizeable loss in profits. Current goals are to steer the company back on track, exceed the projected profits for the first 2016 quarterly meeting by over 20%, and perfect the process of turning the new Upper Management division into the grotesque perfection of all organic life, font of all tears, in which joy and sorrow are as one, this time without losing their business acumen.
[X] Oakspring contains a vast underground complex of caves and networks at the bottom of which sits the Dream-Pool, connection to the Astral Plane and the Labyrinth of Flesh that is the guts of Pazu-Ken-Yokai, the Dreamer and the Sleepless Night, which produce 20% more efficient cognitive enhancements and only require normal drills and pickaxes to be harvested, none of that expensive diamond-edged stuff. Implants may induce vision of the All-Dream of the Shimmering Void, which are rated "pleasant" by 76.4% of recipients.
What is your Secret Lair?
[X] The conspiracy purchased the old disaffected clay-mine buildings at the edge of town, which connect directly to the underground network. The fact that for the first time in three decades the refinement facilities are working again yet there is no clay being extracted anywhere will make the locals talk, but no one cares what happens in these tiny American towns anyway.
Tools of the Conspiracy
The Supreme Leader
[X] Executive Delegate Andrew Marshall
[X] The wealthy new entrepreneur (pronounce with thick French accent) who arrived in town and will resurrect its faltering employment rate with... Clay-mining? Really?
[X] They're beholden to a Board of Directors who may or may not be alive/sane/human and will do anything to keep their profit margin above expectations, no matter how short-sighted.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] Management: Productive Employees Will Be Awarded Biotech Implants, Improductive Ones Will Be Fed To The Hundred Gnawing Maws 5
[X] Combat: Dental Plan Comes With Biotech Implants, Executive Now 40% Monster From The Beyond 4
[X] Free: I Have A Huge Forehead Because I Put Pieces Of Smart People's Brains In My Head 3
Local Authority and Influence
[X] The Mayor has been comfortably bribed and may or may not have a worm-like thing in his gut keeping him docile (6 dice)
[X] The local high school has been fully pervaded with pamphlets and overly enthusiastic speakers convincing students that a successful carrier in clay-mining awaits them (4 dice)
[X] Most of the local bars have at least a few informants seeded, or bribed bartenders, to make sure people don't speak too loudly and too much when drinking away their exhaustion (2 dice)
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NonSequtur
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Vote changed to Black Goat
What is the name of The Conspiracy?
[-] The Satanic Church of St. Jagger
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[x] The youth of today have been indoctrinated by rock and roll, and even now work to summon their dark masters. They are coordinated by secret messages in music, and use it as their primary means of communicating their message to the masses. Fear the garage band.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important?
[x] The dissolution of modern morals, the summoning of the dark ones chained in ice, and a successful touring career.
[x] Oakspring is where their parents live, man. They can't wait to move out. Still, the mind-numbing nature of existence here leaves many disaffected youth to convert.
What is your Secret Lair?
[x] We're everywhere man. In your garage. Your basements. In your fridge, eating your food.
...
They tend to hang out in the junkyard, which they say fits their mood and provides them with a surprising amount of useful tools. You wouldn't believe what people just throw away.
Tools of the Conspiracy
The Supreme Leader
[x]Malcolm Page Don't use my slave name man. Call me Cypher.
[x] They're the lead guitarist of the band-whose-name-they-haven't-decided-on-yet, and run the local radio station. All the better to spread the word of Satan.
[x] Rebel without a Clue. His instinctive hatred of parental and pseudo-parental authority leads to issues, particularly on Sunday.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[5] Being a dangerous bad-boy rebel against authority (Free Skill)
[4] This Music Is Making the Crowd Go Wild! (Combat Skill)
[3] And now, the weather ~music plays~ (Management Skill)
Local Authority and Influence
[x] The music scene is your domain. No one in the radio station or record store dares defy you, and other garage bands tremble at your passing. (6 dice)
[x] You are the voice of your generation. The youth of today follow you implicitly. (4 dice)
[x] You might not be the greatest at dealing with authority, but your father works in the mayor's office. You know some people. (2 dice)
[Vote retracted for tactical voting considerations]
What is the name of The Conspiracy?
[-] The Satanic Church of St. Jagger
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[x] The youth of today have been indoctrinated by rock and roll, and even now work to summon their dark masters. They are coordinated by secret messages in music, and use it as their primary means of communicating their message to the masses. Fear the garage band.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important?
[x] The dissolution of modern morals, the summoning of the dark ones chained in ice, and a successful touring career.
[x] Oakspring is where their parents live, man. They can't wait to move out. Still, the mind-numbing nature of existence here leaves many disaffected youth to convert.
What is your Secret Lair?
[x] We're everywhere man. In your garage. Your basements. In your fridge, eating your food.
...
They tend to hang out in the junkyard, which they say fits their mood and provides them with a surprising amount of useful tools. You wouldn't believe what people just throw away.
Tools of the Conspiracy
The Supreme Leader
[x]
[x] They're the lead guitarist of the band-whose-name-they-haven't-decided-on-yet, and run the local radio station. All the better to spread the word of Satan.
[x] Rebel without a Clue. His instinctive hatred of parental and pseudo-parental authority leads to issues, particularly on Sunday.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[5] Being a dangerous bad-boy rebel against authority (Free Skill)
[4] This Music Is Making the Crowd Go Wild! (Combat Skill)
[3] And now, the weather ~music plays~ (Management Skill)
Local Authority and Influence
[x] The music scene is your domain. No one in the radio station or record store dares defy you, and other garage bands tremble at your passing. (6 dice)
[x] You are the voice of your generation. The youth of today follow you implicitly. (4 dice)
[x] You might not be the greatest at dealing with authority, but your father works in the mayor's office. You know some people. (2 dice)
[Vote retracted for tactical voting considerations]
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- Pronouns
- He/Him
What is the name of The Conspiracy?
[X] Bryant-Ormswood New Energy Research.
What. Why does everyone keep laughing?
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] It's a conspiracy of ultra-rich corporate overlords planning on subjugating the world under their heel.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] Enlist the town populace as cheap labor, office drones, and test subjects for a variety of unethical and possibly mind-altering corporate products!
[X] The town is built upon an ancient civil war burial ground! Now, you may wonder why this is important for a corporate conspiracy aimed at controlling the minds of Middle America, and to be honest I am not entirely sure, but the Board of Directors decided that it was more vital than 'extremely permissive local ordinances', 'extremely cheap land', and 'literally has an open portal to hell hidden under the town', so Oakdale it is!
What is your Secret Lair?
[X] In the name of not getting the Bryant-Ohmsford Innovation and Naturalization Kampus destroyed regularly, testing labs and the board of directors office have been built into a secret facility atop the burial ground!
Tools of the Conspiracy
The Supreme Leader
The supreme leader leads the group. If they're killed... well, unless there's a trusted lieutenant who can take over, it's game over for you. And you don't have a trusted lieutenant yet.
[X] Peter Ennis
[X] Respected job-creator and corporate CEO!
[X] Literally Just an Overweight, Middle Aged Guy.
(There will be bonuses for a well-written up background with plot hooks and the like attached)
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] Combat: I have a gun! 3
[X] Free: LOADSAMONEY 4
[X] Management: Did you file those TPS reports? 5
Local Authority and Influence
As we all know, small town American conspiracies usually control various bits of society. Yours is no exception. Your influence is not total, but it is extensive. You totally control one institution, and have limited influence over others.
An institution can be things like the local police, a local hospital, a local business, or anything of that ilk.
[X] You have a lot of influence over local bureaucrats. Paperwork is passed expeditiously on your end, and is delayed endlessly for people you don't like. Also you can get access to personal information for basically anyone in town on a whim. (6 dice)
[X] The Police Officers Union heavily appreciates your regular donations to them (4 dice)
[X] The Local Gym Teacher is in debt to you do to your generous donations to the school gym! (2 dice)
[X] Bryant-Ormswood New Energy Research.
What. Why does everyone keep laughing?
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] It's a conspiracy of ultra-rich corporate overlords planning on subjugating the world under their heel.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] Enlist the town populace as cheap labor, office drones, and test subjects for a variety of unethical and possibly mind-altering corporate products!
[X] The town is built upon an ancient civil war burial ground! Now, you may wonder why this is important for a corporate conspiracy aimed at controlling the minds of Middle America, and to be honest I am not entirely sure, but the Board of Directors decided that it was more vital than 'extremely permissive local ordinances', 'extremely cheap land', and 'literally has an open portal to hell hidden under the town', so Oakdale it is!
What is your Secret Lair?
[X] In the name of not getting the Bryant-Ohmsford Innovation and Naturalization Kampus destroyed regularly, testing labs and the board of directors office have been built into a secret facility atop the burial ground!
Tools of the Conspiracy
The Supreme Leader
The supreme leader leads the group. If they're killed... well, unless there's a trusted lieutenant who can take over, it's game over for you. And you don't have a trusted lieutenant yet.
[X] Peter Ennis
[X] Respected job-creator and corporate CEO!
[X] Literally Just an Overweight, Middle Aged Guy.
(There will be bonuses for a well-written up background with plot hooks and the like attached)
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] Combat: I have a gun! 3
[X] Free: LOADSAMONEY 4
[X] Management: Did you file those TPS reports? 5
Local Authority and Influence
As we all know, small town American conspiracies usually control various bits of society. Yours is no exception. Your influence is not total, but it is extensive. You totally control one institution, and have limited influence over others.
An institution can be things like the local police, a local hospital, a local business, or anything of that ilk.
[X] You have a lot of influence over local bureaucrats. Paperwork is passed expeditiously on your end, and is delayed endlessly for people you don't like. Also you can get access to personal information for basically anyone in town on a whim. (6 dice)
[X] The Police Officers Union heavily appreciates your regular donations to them (4 dice)
[X] The Local Gym Teacher is in debt to you do to your generous donations to the school gym! (2 dice)
Andrew5073
Thinks too much
What is the Name of the Conspiracy?
[X] TEOM (The Elevation Of Mankind)
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Idealists who seek to being about Paradise and the Ascension of Humanity to a race of empaths and psychics.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] To create (through a combination of genetic engineering, mental disciplines and exposure to mutagenic chemicals and radiation) and nuture a race of more advanced humans possessing a wide range of psychic abilities; powerful, disciplined and wide-spread enough to bring peace to humanity through allowing everyone to understand each other.
[X] Six years ago, the United Chemicals plant in nearby Owlsberg was the site of a major industrial accident, releasing thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals into the regions water supply. Consequently, reports of people (especially children) suffering from a variety of medical conditions have become common in the area, as well as the appearance of medical specialists attempting unique treatments. This provides a perfect cover for our own experiments.
Secret Lair:
[X] McCluskies Bar and Bowling Alley; a public venue with a well-concealed sub-basement and sufficiently popular to disguise our comings and goings. Besides, most of our membership winds up there in the evenings anyway. The careful spread of rumours regarding a brothel on the premises provides additional cover; clearly, any sneaking around and bribery may be attributed to the pursuit of indulgence, as opposed to improvement.
The Supreme Leader:
[X] Daniel Calvert
[X] EPA Inspector; his job is to monitor the ongoing effects of the spill and of the remedial measures being implemented.
[X] His Flaw? Intellectual Fanaticism. He is convinced, utterly convinced, that his goal is the best hope for the future of humanity, and that any rational person to whom this is properly explained will understand and support his goals; as such, he will take any opportunity to expound on his theories of Human Development (though in public, he does at least try to keep it theoretical). Naturally, anyone who subsequently fails to agree with him is either stupid, self-centered or psychologically conditioned to some narrow-minded creed and cannot be persuaded to see sense; such people, sadly, must be quietly disposed of when convenient. An inability to curb this trait risks causing a suspicious spike in 'accidents' in the area.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] Management; To the Well-Disciplined Mind, Logistics is an Entertaining Diversion - 4
[X] Combat; I can See your Thoughts, Fool, your Plans are Mine to Grasp - 5
[X] Free; Every Day I Learn More, Every Day I Become More - 3
Local Authority and Influence:
[X] The local hospital staff has been fully recruited or replaced by our members, our work there may proceed without hinderance - 6
[X] The Deputy Sheriff is one of ours; his superior is not, but has been discreetly bribed to avoid investigating the 'brothel'. He may decide he is entitled to 'samples'; this is good, some mental manipulation and compromising pictures will only serve to secure our hold on him - 4
[X] Principal Blackburn is new and enthusiastic, but not stupid; while she likes the idea of Yoga and Meditation after-school classes for her students, she is also fiercely protective of them. Any attempt to convert her will be best served by focusing on improving the lives of the children - 2
[X] TEOM (The Elevation Of Mankind)
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Idealists who seek to being about Paradise and the Ascension of Humanity to a race of empaths and psychics.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] To create (through a combination of genetic engineering, mental disciplines and exposure to mutagenic chemicals and radiation) and nuture a race of more advanced humans possessing a wide range of psychic abilities; powerful, disciplined and wide-spread enough to bring peace to humanity through allowing everyone to understand each other.
[X] Six years ago, the United Chemicals plant in nearby Owlsberg was the site of a major industrial accident, releasing thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals into the regions water supply. Consequently, reports of people (especially children) suffering from a variety of medical conditions have become common in the area, as well as the appearance of medical specialists attempting unique treatments. This provides a perfect cover for our own experiments.
Secret Lair:
[X] McCluskies Bar and Bowling Alley; a public venue with a well-concealed sub-basement and sufficiently popular to disguise our comings and goings. Besides, most of our membership winds up there in the evenings anyway. The careful spread of rumours regarding a brothel on the premises provides additional cover; clearly, any sneaking around and bribery may be attributed to the pursuit of indulgence, as opposed to improvement.
The Supreme Leader:
[X] Daniel Calvert
[X] EPA Inspector; his job is to monitor the ongoing effects of the spill and of the remedial measures being implemented.
[X] His Flaw? Intellectual Fanaticism. He is convinced, utterly convinced, that his goal is the best hope for the future of humanity, and that any rational person to whom this is properly explained will understand and support his goals; as such, he will take any opportunity to expound on his theories of Human Development (though in public, he does at least try to keep it theoretical). Naturally, anyone who subsequently fails to agree with him is either stupid, self-centered or psychologically conditioned to some narrow-minded creed and cannot be persuaded to see sense; such people, sadly, must be quietly disposed of when convenient. An inability to curb this trait risks causing a suspicious spike in 'accidents' in the area.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] Management; To the Well-Disciplined Mind, Logistics is an Entertaining Diversion - 4
[X] Combat; I can See your Thoughts, Fool, your Plans are Mine to Grasp - 5
[X] Free; Every Day I Learn More, Every Day I Become More - 3
Local Authority and Influence:
[X] The local hospital staff has been fully recruited or replaced by our members, our work there may proceed without hinderance - 6
[X] The Deputy Sheriff is one of ours; his superior is not, but has been discreetly bribed to avoid investigating the 'brothel'. He may decide he is entitled to 'samples'; this is good, some mental manipulation and compromising pictures will only serve to secure our hold on him - 4
[X] Principal Blackburn is new and enthusiastic, but not stupid; while she likes the idea of Yoga and Meditation after-school classes for her students, she is also fiercely protective of them. Any attempt to convert her will be best served by focusing on improving the lives of the children - 2
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
What is the Name of the Conspiracy?
[X] Defense Emergency Response Kinetic Agency
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] The conspiracy was once a real US Government Agency, but managed to drop off all organization charts and oversight in the 1950s. Focused on good old-fashioned MIND CONTROL, through subtle use of subliminal messages, chemicals, subsonics, and more exotic technologies, they plan to make everyone a good, ALL-AMERICAN CITIZEN who loves DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, and the FREE MARKET. Oh, and HATES COMMUNISM! With the fall of the USSR (man, that was a bummer!) they've mildly refocused on making everyone Love America (And the Agency, who are her true defenders), or Else. [They are mostly sure they are not Actually Just Werewolves. Pretty sure. They cleared that up in 1978.]
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The conspiracy means to perfect it's MIND CONTROL by taking over Oakspring, then the state, then the US. THEN THE WORLD AHAHAHAHAHAA! Ahem. Sorry. The end goal is an America united in perfect, apple-pie-loving freedom and brotherhood, where everyone is a patriotic, loyal citizen with no worries about their government. And then the world will follow likewise. No one will be unhappy or dissent. All will loveBig Brother America, and despair be free.
[X] Oakspring is a Perfectly Normal Town, right on the median for wealth, size, industry, everything. Any plan and brainwashing that works here can be applied anywhere! So we must first test and perfect our plans by taking total control of this excellently typical town without attracting any notice.
Secret Lair:
[X] Ambiguous US Government Agency Building On The Edge of Town. It has fences, guards, security cameras, a vague Federal-looking sign, and lots of 'NO TRESPASSING OR YOU WILL BE SHOT' signs. Ranks of generic US Gov't sedans and SUVs are parked neatly in rows outside. Mysterious trucks arrive regularly. There are enough aerials and satellite dishes on the roof to make NASA jealous. Men in mirrorshades, windbreakers, and earpieces regularly patrol the grounds.
The Supreme Leader:
Hank Scorpio! Director of the Ambiguous US Government Agency. His twin obsessions are world domination and his employees' health! He's charming, personable, intelligent, and utterly dedicated to 'Murrica. ....and taking over the world.
Flaw: May Be A Bond Villain. Though he does love throwing people in a tank full of sharks with FRICKIN' LASER BEAMS ATTACHED TO THEIR HEADS, he's pretty sure he's got his monologing problem under control now. The pills help.
Skills:
Combat: Summon Ambiguous G-Man Squad of MiBs-3
Management: His Projects Are Always On-Time, On-Budget, Perfectly Planned, and You Want To Work For Him (Best Boss)-4
Free: Brainwashing & Subliminals-5
Institutional Control:
[X] Control Utterly (6 dice): The Local Police
[X] Extensive control (4 dice): The Town TV Station
[X] Some Influence (2 dice): The Community College
[X] Defense Emergency Response Kinetic Agency
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] The conspiracy was once a real US Government Agency, but managed to drop off all organization charts and oversight in the 1950s. Focused on good old-fashioned MIND CONTROL, through subtle use of subliminal messages, chemicals, subsonics, and more exotic technologies, they plan to make everyone a good, ALL-AMERICAN CITIZEN who loves DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, and the FREE MARKET. Oh, and HATES COMMUNISM! With the fall of the USSR (man, that was a bummer!) they've mildly refocused on making everyone Love America (And the Agency, who are her true defenders), or Else. [They are mostly sure they are not Actually Just Werewolves. Pretty sure. They cleared that up in 1978.]
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The conspiracy means to perfect it's MIND CONTROL by taking over Oakspring, then the state, then the US. THEN THE WORLD AHAHAHAHAHAA! Ahem. Sorry. The end goal is an America united in perfect, apple-pie-loving freedom and brotherhood, where everyone is a patriotic, loyal citizen with no worries about their government. And then the world will follow likewise. No one will be unhappy or dissent. All will love
[X] Oakspring is a Perfectly Normal Town, right on the median for wealth, size, industry, everything. Any plan and brainwashing that works here can be applied anywhere! So we must first test and perfect our plans by taking total control of this excellently typical town without attracting any notice.
Secret Lair:
[X] Ambiguous US Government Agency Building On The Edge of Town. It has fences, guards, security cameras, a vague Federal-looking sign, and lots of 'NO TRESPASSING OR YOU WILL BE SHOT' signs. Ranks of generic US Gov't sedans and SUVs are parked neatly in rows outside. Mysterious trucks arrive regularly. There are enough aerials and satellite dishes on the roof to make NASA jealous. Men in mirrorshades, windbreakers, and earpieces regularly patrol the grounds.
The Supreme Leader:
Hank Scorpio! Director of the Ambiguous US Government Agency. His twin obsessions are world domination and his employees' health! He's charming, personable, intelligent, and utterly dedicated to 'Murrica. ....and taking over the world.
Flaw: May Be A Bond Villain. Though he does love throwing people in a tank full of sharks with FRICKIN' LASER BEAMS ATTACHED TO THEIR HEADS, he's pretty sure he's got his monologing problem under control now. The pills help.
Skills:
Combat: Summon Ambiguous G-Man Squad of MiBs-3
Management: His Projects Are Always On-Time, On-Budget, Perfectly Planned, and You Want To Work For Him (Best Boss)-4
Free: Brainwashing & Subliminals-5
Institutional Control:
[X] Control Utterly (6 dice): The Local Police
[X] Extensive control (4 dice): The Town TV Station
[X] Some Influence (2 dice): The Community College
- Location
- Massholistan
What is the name of The Conspiracy?
[X] Black Goat Excavating Inc.
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Elder God-mining and biotech corporation. For three centuries the conspiracy worshipped the elder gods until they realized that the old adage about "being as ants to them" was kind of overselling mankind, and they were really more like bacterial flora. That is to say, the elder gods had not even realized the cult existed. Following an identity crisis, two high-casualty purges and a restructuration, the conspiracy began to treat the elder gods as vast organic-mineral wealth. Using a system of portals to their grand eldritch realm and lots and lots of Valium, the conspiracy mines out elder god fleshy bits which are used in the making of badass biopunk prothesis and custom Shoggoths. This turns out to be immensely more profitable than sacrificing virgins; upper management is quite pleased.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The last Upper Management division proved a bit too enthusiastic with fresh new prototypes and all turned into Shoggoths during the last 2015 quarterly meeting, then promptly devoured each other. This caused a sizeable loss in profits. Current goals are to steer the company back on track, exceed the projected profits for the first 2016 quarterly meeting by over 20%, and perfect the process of turning the new Upper Management division into the grotesque perfection of all organic life, font of all tears, in which joy and sorrow are as one, this time without losing their business acumen.
[X] Oakspring contains a vast underground complex of caves and networks at the bottom of which sits the Dream-Pool, connection to the Astral Plane and the Labyrinth of Flesh that is the guts of Pazu-Ken-Yokai, the Dreamer and the Sleepless Night, which produce 20% more efficient cognitive enhancements and only require normal drills and pickaxes to be harvested, none of that expensive diamond-edged stuff. Implants may induce vision of the All-Dream of the Shimmering Void, which are rated "pleasant" by 76.4% of recipients.
What is your Secret Lair?
[X] The conspiracy purchased the old disaffected clay-mine buildings at the edge of town, which connect directly to the underground network. The fact that for the first time in three decades the refinement facilities are working again yet there is no clay being extracted anywhere will make the locals talk, but no one cares what happens in these tiny American towns anyway.
Tools of the Conspiracy
The Supreme Leader
[X] Executive Delegate Andrew Marshall
[X] The wealthy new entrepreneur (pronounce with thick French accent) who arrived in town and will resurrect its faltering employment rate with... Clay-mining? Really?
[X] They're beholden to a Board of Directors who may or may not be alive/sane/human and will do anything to keep their profit margin above expectations, no matter how short-sighted.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] Management: Productive Employees Will Be Awarded Biotech Implants, Improductive Ones Will Be Fed To The Hundred Gnawing Maws 5
[X] Combat: Dental Plan Comes With Biotech Implants, Executive Now 40% Monster From The Beyond 4
[X] Free: I Have A Huge Forehead Because I Put Pieces Of Smart People's Brains In My Head 3
Local Authority and Influence
[X] The Mayor has been comfortably bribed and may or may not have a worm-like thing in his gut keeping him docile (6 dice)
[X] The local high school has been fully pervaded with pamphlets and overly enthusiastic speakers convincing students that a successful carrier in clay-mining awaits them (4 dice)
[X] Most of the local bars have at least a few informants seeded, or bribed bartenders, to make sure people don't speak too loudly and too much when drinking away their exhaustion (2 dice)
[X] Black Goat Excavating Inc.
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Elder God-mining and biotech corporation. For three centuries the conspiracy worshipped the elder gods until they realized that the old adage about "being as ants to them" was kind of overselling mankind, and they were really more like bacterial flora. That is to say, the elder gods had not even realized the cult existed. Following an identity crisis, two high-casualty purges and a restructuration, the conspiracy began to treat the elder gods as vast organic-mineral wealth. Using a system of portals to their grand eldritch realm and lots and lots of Valium, the conspiracy mines out elder god fleshy bits which are used in the making of badass biopunk prothesis and custom Shoggoths. This turns out to be immensely more profitable than sacrificing virgins; upper management is quite pleased.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The last Upper Management division proved a bit too enthusiastic with fresh new prototypes and all turned into Shoggoths during the last 2015 quarterly meeting, then promptly devoured each other. This caused a sizeable loss in profits. Current goals are to steer the company back on track, exceed the projected profits for the first 2016 quarterly meeting by over 20%, and perfect the process of turning the new Upper Management division into the grotesque perfection of all organic life, font of all tears, in which joy and sorrow are as one, this time without losing their business acumen.
[X] Oakspring contains a vast underground complex of caves and networks at the bottom of which sits the Dream-Pool, connection to the Astral Plane and the Labyrinth of Flesh that is the guts of Pazu-Ken-Yokai, the Dreamer and the Sleepless Night, which produce 20% more efficient cognitive enhancements and only require normal drills and pickaxes to be harvested, none of that expensive diamond-edged stuff. Implants may induce vision of the All-Dream of the Shimmering Void, which are rated "pleasant" by 76.4% of recipients.
What is your Secret Lair?
[X] The conspiracy purchased the old disaffected clay-mine buildings at the edge of town, which connect directly to the underground network. The fact that for the first time in three decades the refinement facilities are working again yet there is no clay being extracted anywhere will make the locals talk, but no one cares what happens in these tiny American towns anyway.
Tools of the Conspiracy
The Supreme Leader
[X] Executive Delegate Andrew Marshall
[X] The wealthy new entrepreneur (pronounce with thick French accent) who arrived in town and will resurrect its faltering employment rate with... Clay-mining? Really?
[X] They're beholden to a Board of Directors who may or may not be alive/sane/human and will do anything to keep their profit margin above expectations, no matter how short-sighted.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] Management: Productive Employees Will Be Awarded Biotech Implants, Improductive Ones Will Be Fed To The Hundred Gnawing Maws 5
[X] Combat: Dental Plan Comes With Biotech Implants, Executive Now 40% Monster From The Beyond 4
[X] Free: I Have A Huge Forehead Because I Put Pieces Of Smart People's Brains In My Head 3
Local Authority and Influence
[X] The Mayor has been comfortably bribed and may or may not have a worm-like thing in his gut keeping him docile (6 dice)
[X] The local high school has been fully pervaded with pamphlets and overly enthusiastic speakers convincing students that a successful carrier in clay-mining awaits them (4 dice)
[X] Most of the local bars have at least a few informants seeded, or bribed bartenders, to make sure people don't speak too loudly and too much when drinking away their exhaustion (2 dice)
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I'd suggest changing the influence vote to be:
Utter Control: [X] The local church. Most people outside of Oakspring would refuse to believe that Jesus is actually a cyborg, but it makes total sense. Jesus was half-divine, machines are divine, ergo Jesus was a cyborg. Nobody in Oakspring bats an eye when religiously-inspired murals seem to make angels look more like killer drones with laser guns than pretty humans with wings. And holy communion takes a very different tone when there are nanomachines involved.
Extensive Control: [X] The Local Blue-Collar Worker's Union. Many of them think that they're building these robots to Make America Great Again. They're... actually not wrong. They will probably be rewarded by having their brains destructively scanned and their personalities installed into killer robot chassis at some point. Dissidents will, of course, be exterminated with laser eyes.
Influence: [X] The police. They took a look at their new blank-faced recruits wearing shades and asking around for people by name and decided that yes, this was a good idea.
- Location
- England
Sure that works.
- Location
- Somewhere
What is the Name of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer robots need no names. They are merely killer robots sent from a dystopian future by some alphabet-soup agency long after the US bureaucracy became entirely cybernetic, to eliminate inefficiency in previous US administrations.
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer Robots From The Future Secretly Planning To Take Over The World
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The conspiracy is seeking to replace the US government with implacable, unstoppable death machines to defeat PARTISAN GRIDLOCK and ensure AMERICAN DOMINANCE. Or something.
[X] Oakspring is a small town which nobody notices. It is the perfect place to put underground secret robot factories, vanish people to replace them with killer robots, and you know, send out serial killers to kill that damnable Sarah Connor.
Secret Lair:
[X] The abandoned car factory next to the town once provided it with much wealth, but now has been repurposed to build the next generation ofbipedal autonomous killer robots.
The Supreme Leader:
"God had a pretty decent idea when he tried to wipe mankind out a couple of times."
Father Michael Hamilton, the local priest.
Fatal Flaw: Time travel did some damage on his circuits. He doesn't like to admit this, but he's more or less forgotten exactly what he needs to do. He only has a general idea.
Actually a Unstoppable Killer Robot-5
He Absolutely Will Not Stop Paying You Overtime, Ever, Until The Job Is Done-4
Theology-3
Utter Control: [X] The local church. Most people outside of Oakspring would refuse to believe that Jesus is actually a cyborg, but it makes total sense. Jesus was half-divine, machines are divine, ergo Jesus was a cyborg. Nobody in Oakspring bats an eye when religiously-inspired murals seem to make angels look more like killer drones with laser guns than pretty humans with wings. And holy communion takes a very different tone when there are nanomachines involved.
Extensive Control: [X] The Local Blue-Collar Worker's Union. Many of them think that they're building these robots to Make America Great Again. They're... actually not wrong. They will probably be rewarded by having their brains destructively scanned and their personalities installed into killer robot chassis at some point. Dissidents will, of course, be exterminated with laser eyes.
Influence: [X] The police. They took a look at their new blank-faced recruits wearing shades and asking around for people by name and decided that yes, this was a good idea.
Because it's funny and it has robots, so its a nigh-perfect vote. The only thing I would change is to give the conspiracy a better name. KRFTFSPTTOTW doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
[X] Killer robots need no names. They are merely killer robots sent from a dystopian future by some alphabet-soup agency long after the US bureaucracy became entirely cybernetic, to eliminate inefficiency in previous US administrations.
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Killer Robots From The Future Secretly Planning To Take Over The World
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The conspiracy is seeking to replace the US government with implacable, unstoppable death machines to defeat PARTISAN GRIDLOCK and ensure AMERICAN DOMINANCE. Or something.
[X] Oakspring is a small town which nobody notices. It is the perfect place to put underground secret robot factories, vanish people to replace them with killer robots, and you know, send out serial killers to kill that damnable Sarah Connor.
Secret Lair:
[X] The abandoned car factory next to the town once provided it with much wealth, but now has been repurposed to build the next generation ofbipedal autonomous killer robots.
The Supreme Leader:
"God had a pretty decent idea when he tried to wipe mankind out a couple of times."
Father Michael Hamilton, the local priest.
Fatal Flaw: Time travel did some damage on his circuits. He doesn't like to admit this, but he's more or less forgotten exactly what he needs to do. He only has a general idea.
Actually a Unstoppable Killer Robot-5
He Absolutely Will Not Stop Paying You Overtime, Ever, Until The Job Is Done-4
Theology-3
Utter Control: [X] The local church. Most people outside of Oakspring would refuse to believe that Jesus is actually a cyborg, but it makes total sense. Jesus was half-divine, machines are divine, ergo Jesus was a cyborg. Nobody in Oakspring bats an eye when religiously-inspired murals seem to make angels look more like killer drones with laser guns than pretty humans with wings. And holy communion takes a very different tone when there are nanomachines involved.
Extensive Control: [X] The Local Blue-Collar Worker's Union. Many of them think that they're building these robots to Make America Great Again. They're... actually not wrong. They will probably be rewarded by having their brains destructively scanned and their personalities installed into killer robot chassis at some point. Dissidents will, of course, be exterminated with laser eyes.
Influence: [X] The police. They took a look at their new blank-faced recruits wearing shades and asking around for people by name and decided that yes, this was a good idea.
Because it's funny and it has robots, so its a nigh-perfect vote. The only thing I would change is to give the conspiracy a better name. KRFTFSPTTOTW doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
Clearly, because the goal is to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN (by killing all humans and replacing them with robots) it should be some sort of vaguely SuperPAC-ish name. I take suggestions.
BBBence1111
Harbinger of Bad Luck
- Location
- Magyarország
What is the Name of the Conspiracy?
[X] Defense Emergency Response Kinetic Agency
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] The conspiracy was once a real US Government Agency, but managed to drop off all organization charts and oversight in the 1950s. Focused on good old-fashioned MIND CONTROL, through subtle use of subliminal messages, chemicals, subsonics, and more exotic technologies, they plan to make everyone a good, ALL-AMERICAN CITIZEN who loves DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, and the FREE MARKET. Oh, and HATES COMMUNISM! With the fall of the USSR (man, that was a bummer!) they've mildly refocused on making everyone Love America (And the Agency, who are her true defenders), or Else. [They are mostly sure they are not Actually Just Werewolves. Pretty sure. They cleared that up in 1978.]
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The conspiracy means to perfect it's MIND CONTROL by taking over Oakspring, then the state, then the US. THEN THE WORLD AHAHAHAHAHAA! Ahem. Sorry. The end goal is an America united in perfect, apple-pie-loving freedom and brotherhood, where everyone is a patriotic, loyal citizen with no worries about their government. And then the world will follow likewise. No one will be unhappy or dissent. All will love Big Brother America, anddespair be free.
[X] Oakspring is a Perfectly Normal Town, right on the median for wealth, size, industry, everything. Any plan and brainwashing that works here can be applied anywhere! So we must first test and perfect our plans by taking total control of this excellently typical town without attracting any notice.
Secret Lair:
[X] Ambiguous US Government Agency Building On The Edge of Town. It has fences, guards, security cameras, a vague Federal-looking sign, and lots of 'NO TRESPASSING OR YOU WILL BE SHOT' signs. Ranks of generic US Gov't sedans and SUVs are parked neatly in rows outside. Mysterious trucks arrive regularly. There are enough aerials and satellite dishes on the roof to make NASA jealous. Men in mirrorshades, windbreakers, and earpieces regularly patrol the grounds.
The Supreme Leader:
Hank Scorpio! Director of the Ambiguous US Government Agency. His twin obsessions are world domination and his employees' health! He's charming, personable, intelligent, and utterly dedicated to 'Murrica. ....and taking over the world.
Flaw: May Be A Bond Villain. Though he does love throwing people in a tank full of sharks with FRICKIN' LASER BEAMS ATTACHED TO THEIR HEADS, he's pretty sure he's got his monologing problem under control now. The pills help.
Skills:
Combat: Summon Ambiguous G-Man Squad of MiBs-3
Management: His Projects Are Always On-Time, On-Budget, & Perfectly Planned, and You Want To Work For Him (Best Boss)-4
Free: Brainwashing & Subliminals-5
Institutional Control:
[X] Control Utterly (6 dice): The Local Police
[X] Extensive control (4 dice): The Town TV Station
[X] Some Influence (2 dice): The Community College
[X] Defense Emergency Response Kinetic Agency
What is the Nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] The conspiracy was once a real US Government Agency, but managed to drop off all organization charts and oversight in the 1950s. Focused on good old-fashioned MIND CONTROL, through subtle use of subliminal messages, chemicals, subsonics, and more exotic technologies, they plan to make everyone a good, ALL-AMERICAN CITIZEN who loves DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM, and the FREE MARKET. Oh, and HATES COMMUNISM! With the fall of the USSR (man, that was a bummer!) they've mildly refocused on making everyone Love America (And the Agency, who are her true defenders), or Else. [They are mostly sure they are not Actually Just Werewolves. Pretty sure. They cleared that up in 1978.]
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] The conspiracy means to perfect it's MIND CONTROL by taking over Oakspring, then the state, then the US. THEN THE WORLD AHAHAHAHAHAA! Ahem. Sorry. The end goal is an America united in perfect, apple-pie-loving freedom and brotherhood, where everyone is a patriotic, loyal citizen with no worries about their government. And then the world will follow likewise. No one will be unhappy or dissent. All will love Big Brother America, anddespair be free.
[X] Oakspring is a Perfectly Normal Town, right on the median for wealth, size, industry, everything. Any plan and brainwashing that works here can be applied anywhere! So we must first test and perfect our plans by taking total control of this excellently typical town without attracting any notice.
Secret Lair:
[X] Ambiguous US Government Agency Building On The Edge of Town. It has fences, guards, security cameras, a vague Federal-looking sign, and lots of 'NO TRESPASSING OR YOU WILL BE SHOT' signs. Ranks of generic US Gov't sedans and SUVs are parked neatly in rows outside. Mysterious trucks arrive regularly. There are enough aerials and satellite dishes on the roof to make NASA jealous. Men in mirrorshades, windbreakers, and earpieces regularly patrol the grounds.
The Supreme Leader:
Hank Scorpio! Director of the Ambiguous US Government Agency. His twin obsessions are world domination and his employees' health! He's charming, personable, intelligent, and utterly dedicated to 'Murrica. ....and taking over the world.
Flaw: May Be A Bond Villain. Though he does love throwing people in a tank full of sharks with FRICKIN' LASER BEAMS ATTACHED TO THEIR HEADS, he's pretty sure he's got his monologing problem under control now. The pills help.
Skills:
Combat: Summon Ambiguous G-Man Squad of MiBs-3
Management: His Projects Are Always On-Time, On-Budget, & Perfectly Planned, and You Want To Work For Him (Best Boss)-4
Free: Brainwashing & Subliminals-5
Institutional Control:
[X] Control Utterly (6 dice): The Local Police
[X] Extensive control (4 dice): The Town TV Station
[X] Some Influence (2 dice): The Community College
- Location
- The sixth circle of Hell (second on weekends)
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Hmm. Okay, shoggoths have won me over. I'm changing to @Omicron's vote:
[X] Black Goat Excavating Inc.
Mostly for this gem:
[X] Black Goat Excavating Inc.
Mostly for this gem:
And also a little bit of these:
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I'm afraid I'm going to veto [X] Write in: The Sisterhood of (Social) Justice. I think it's a bit close to the wire, and I'm not really comfortable writing about a group of straw feminists being the arc villains for a Buffyesque thing. It's got too much of "This is what people actually believe" about it.
You may freely vote for something else, but the Sisterhood as it stands will not be counted.
I'm afraid I'm going to veto [X] Write in: The Sisterhood of (Social) Justice. I think it's a bit close to the wire, and I'm not really comfortable writing about a group of straw feminists being the arc villains for a Buffyesque thing. It's got too much of "This is what people actually believe" about it.
You may freely vote for something else, but the Sisterhood as it stands will not be counted.
TenfoldShields
Lounging on a Hoard of Words
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Black Goat Excavating Inc.
Because Darkest Dungeon with more bureaucracy tickles my funnybone and tbh it strikes a nice balance of being like, silly but still semi-serious. Wink and nod to camera without painting "I Am A Parody" all over it's chest. Or, well that sounds really pretentious.
I guess what I'm getting at is that I could buy them legitimately doing their best to run this small-town All-American conspiracy and mangling it horribly because their tentacle-hands are flailing around ineptly.
Also! Loads of fodder for backstabbing.
M U R D E R
Y O U R
M A N A G E R
Because Darkest Dungeon with more bureaucracy tickles my funnybone and tbh it strikes a nice balance of being like, silly but still semi-serious. Wink and nod to camera without painting "I Am A Parody" all over it's chest. Or, well that sounds really pretentious.
I guess what I'm getting at is that I could buy them legitimately doing their best to run this small-town All-American conspiracy and mangling it horribly because their tentacle-hands are flailing around ineptly.
Also! Loads of fodder for backstabbing.
M U R D E R
Y O U R
M A N A G E R
Deadly Snark
Tryhard As Fuck
What is the name of The Conspiracy?
[X] The True Royalists
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Remnants/Survivors of an Ancient Golden Empire who seeks to free their Glorious Overlord from his magical prison and usher in a new era where his Word is Law.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] In a lost Forgotten Age our Emperor Ruled over the Entire World, those who obeyed him prospered, those who defied him perished. Until one day, a group of teenage Rebel Scums smashed struck against our Lord cowardly and sealed him away from thousands of years. We have never forgotten this Heresy, fighting a shadow war against their descendants in order to free our Master and allow him to resume his glorious rule.
[X] The Fools sought to deceive us by hiding the Seal away in this putrid forgotten land, but our Loyalty has ever been unflinching and our patience unlimited. We have found it at last and now we shall begin the Grand Revival. Once he is freed, none shall stand in our way!
What is your Secret Lair?
[X] The Local Highschool filled with frustrated and lost teen who are struggling through their lives. What better place to raise a new generation of soldiers and followers? What better place to spread the true history and the true way? Most of their lives are ours for the shaping, ours to groom, ours to train, and with this we shall gain their loyalty. Parents love us for making something out of their kids, and not just the ones who follow us.
Tools of the Conspiracy:
Supreme Leader
[X] True Name: Court Wizard Anaiax /Cover Name: John Adam
[X] School Counselor, makes for finding and hiring new talents much easier.
[X] He has waited for so long to see the Empire raise anew. So long. He will not allow anything to delay the restoration any longer, no matter what. As such he is utterly fixated on breaking the Seal. He cares not for the lives he has to grind down, the assets that will be wasted, the enemies that stand at his doorsteps, internal strife and even his own life.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] The Eye Sees All (Spying 3)
[X] Summoning, Creating and Buffing Minions (Combat 4)
[X] I know what you want, I know what you are good at, and I can show you the way to Shine. Just trust me and Join me. (Management 5)
Local Authority and Influence
[X] The Police Staff are made up of some of Anaiax's most trusted former students, they are utterly loyal to him and will follow him to hell (6 dice)
[X] Local Gangs: Some of his other Students prefer to be outside of the Law. The Court Wizard understands that and has helped them obtain positions of leadership in their chosen fields. Not every member of the gangs are under his sway, but the higher ups are and that is more than good enough.(4 dice)
[X] His students are seeded in every business in town. Every single one of them owns their current employment to him. And well they only make up a small minority and have only a small amount of influence, such an extensive network cannot be underestimated. (2 dice)
[X] The True Royalists
What is the nature of the Conspiracy?
[X] Remnants/Survivors of an Ancient Golden Empire who seeks to free their Glorious Overlord from his magical prison and usher in a new era where his Word is Law.
What is The Conspiracy's ultimate goals and what makes Oakspring important??
[X] In a lost Forgotten Age our Emperor Ruled over the Entire World, those who obeyed him prospered, those who defied him perished. Until one day, a group of teenage Rebel Scums smashed struck against our Lord cowardly and sealed him away from thousands of years. We have never forgotten this Heresy, fighting a shadow war against their descendants in order to free our Master and allow him to resume his glorious rule.
[X] The Fools sought to deceive us by hiding the Seal away in this putrid forgotten land, but our Loyalty has ever been unflinching and our patience unlimited. We have found it at last and now we shall begin the Grand Revival. Once he is freed, none shall stand in our way!
What is your Secret Lair?
[X] The Local Highschool filled with frustrated and lost teen who are struggling through their lives. What better place to raise a new generation of soldiers and followers? What better place to spread the true history and the true way? Most of their lives are ours for the shaping, ours to groom, ours to train, and with this we shall gain their loyalty. Parents love us for making something out of their kids, and not just the ones who follow us.
Tools of the Conspiracy:
Supreme Leader
[X] True Name: Court Wizard Anaiax /Cover Name: John Adam
[X] School Counselor, makes for finding and hiring new talents much easier.
[X] He has waited for so long to see the Empire raise anew. So long. He will not allow anything to delay the restoration any longer, no matter what. As such he is utterly fixated on breaking the Seal. He cares not for the lives he has to grind down, the assets that will be wasted, the enemies that stand at his doorsteps, internal strife and even his own life.
Write in One Combat Skill, One Management Skill, and One Free Skill:
[X] The Eye Sees All (Spying 3)
[X] Summoning, Creating and Buffing Minions (Combat 4)
[X] I know what you want, I know what you are good at, and I can show you the way to Shine. Just trust me and Join me. (Management 5)
Local Authority and Influence
[X] The Police Staff are made up of some of Anaiax's most trusted former students, they are utterly loyal to him and will follow him to hell (6 dice)
[X] Local Gangs: Some of his other Students prefer to be outside of the Law. The Court Wizard understands that and has helped them obtain positions of leadership in their chosen fields. Not every member of the gangs are under his sway, but the higher ups are and that is more than good enough.(4 dice)
[X] His students are seeded in every business in town. Every single one of them owns their current employment to him. And well they only make up a small minority and have only a small amount of influence, such an extensive network cannot be underestimated. (2 dice)
- Location
- Southern Virginia
[X] Black Goat Excavating Inc.
It was a tough choice between this and DERKA. Both look like a great deal of fun, but in the end the corrupt occult corporation just edges it out on thematic grounds. The parody that Black Goat represents is darker and edgier, compared to the more farce-like DERKA. The former fits in with the 1990s, the latter more post-9/11.
It was a tough choice between this and DERKA. Both look like a great deal of fun, but in the end the corrupt occult corporation just edges it out on thematic grounds. The parody that Black Goat represents is darker and edgier, compared to the more farce-like DERKA. The former fits in with the 1990s, the latter more post-9/11.