Supernatural Control Unit: Sign-Up

[Surgebound Rainspren]

Karlin sat at his out-dated laptop, the light from its screen illuminating the dark room. He read over the short paragraph displayed on the screen, an advertisement written with a heavy heart. The office seemed so empty, it had been for months, He was the only agent who had stayed. The advertisement requested new recruits, a new era of SCU agents ready to take on the supernatural with bravado. It seemed that the enemy was evolving, and with it so must we, so we need fresh blood, men and women of exceptional skill. They must be:

 

>Brave

>Smart   

>Leaders

>quick witted

And most of all, ready to face death for the good of all human kind. 

Someone, or more likely something, has found a way to control the supernatural, and a person who can control what we don't understand could destroy our entire organization and with no resistance the world. This person must be stopped. With each case solved more clues will be uncovered.

So that leaves the question: Who will accept the challenge, who will help save the world!

 

How to play:

The game needs from ten to fifteen people.

The game has two types of rounds: normal cases where a write up is posted at the begging with a briefing on what to do, and Investigation rounds were the GM gives a series of clues at the beginning and the team must decide what to do with these clues, i.e. research. There is one large case per game, this is a case that is much larger and more complex than the smaller ones. There is also a final round this is where you put to gather all your findings, from clues and research and see if you’re correct.   

 

Round order

Normal case

set of clues

Normal case

Set of clues

Normal case

Set of clues

Large case

Final round

 

 

 

(Each round goes for 24 hours, to allow fair play for people in different time-zones)

A group PM will be set up to discuss the clues as will a google doc, these will be posted at the start of round one.

PM me for questions.

Edited November 22, 2014 by Surgebound Rainspren

[A Joe in the Bush]

What exactly are the clues and cases? Could you give us an example? I'd like to know what I'm getting into before I get into it.

[Surgebound Rainspren]

At the start of a Normal case round a briefing of a situation, location, victims etc.

at a start of a investigation round I will post up three photos, and some back story of how they are connected to the latest case!

[Kasimir]

The game needs from ten to fifteen people.

The game has two types of rounds: normal cases where a write up is posted at the begging with a briefing on what to do, and Investigation rounds were the GM gives a series of clues at the beginning and the team must decide what to do with these clues, i.e. research. There is one large case per game, this is a case that is much larger and more complex than the smaller ones. There is also a final round this is where you put to gather all your findings, from clues and research and see if you’re correct.

I'm with Joe about needing more specificity here. You mention that the team must decide "what do to with these clues, i.e. research." I want to know what you mean: is this a game where we create characters with different strengths and essentially role and make skill checks, such as in Eldritch Horror for more information? Or do you mean real-life hitting the search engine research? For that matter, what's the goal--exactly? There's a lot of vagueness at the moment.

[Surgebound Rainspren]

I mean real life hitting the search engine, the clues will all be things that can be found with some quick research but the results probably won't make sense unless you can fit them together.

 

The actual outcome won't be find-able by search engine but by coupling what you find with information gathered from the Briefings/cases you can find the person causing all of the cases. 

Edited November 23, 2014 by Surgebound Rainspren

[A Joe in the Bush]

Huh, Seems Legit. I'll sign up for a test one. But i'd still like a example case beforehand.

[Surgebound Rainspren]

okay, I've been writing up several cases i guess i could send you a sample one.

[Surgebound Rainspren]

Here's a sample Case

 

  “Alright” Karlin addressed his new crew “we’ve gotten reports of a disturbance from just out of the city.” Holding a heavy wad a papers “I've collected all the information that I could find.” Sliding over files. “I've attached the appropriate notes below.”

 

Request: delivered as a letter

Dear SCU, please help

Let me explain, a couple month ago I came to this country, I had no money and no job. After a week or two living on the streets a kind farm owner offered me a bed in his bran in return for help on the farm. I was so desperate that I accepted, you see I didn't want too but I did knowing I had no other options. I had slept, or more tried to, in his barn on night. But a fled before the night was through. I had been asleep for only a few minutes when I was awoken by a weight pressing on my chest. A opened my eyes to see the most horrifying thing I had ever laid my eyes on standing over me one foot square in the center of my chest. It had tight grey skin, its limbs where in-humanly long and its fingernails stretched out down unto my bedroll. Its ribs stuck out prominently from its chest. But its face, oh the horrible face was the worst, I’ll never forget it if I live for a thousand years. The horrible thing was it didn't have one, instead was a gaping hole ringed with bloodied teeth, no eyes, no ears or hairs. The rest of its head was perfectly smooth. Blood dripped from the terrifying hole in its head. I tried to scream, I really did but it was like it has sucked my soul from my body. I couldn't move, so I lay there. For hours I lay there that monster just standing there, I begged for it to do anything, even if it meant I met my end I wished it to do anything but stand there. I don’t know how long it stood there, or when I passed out. But when I did when I woke to the glorious light beaming through the open barn door. With a sore and weary body I climbed up the incline to the farm house, intending to make my immediate resignation. But no one answered my calls, the farmer’s car was sitting in the driveway, this is unusual because it was a Sunday and his wife usually takes it down to town to meet with a church group. I instantly became worried for their safety, if the monster from last night had come for me it might have come to them first. Opening one of the sliding windows that led into the kitchen I began my way towards their bedroom. A Tangy metallic smell filled my nose as I climbed the stairs up to their room. Pushing open their door my worst suspicions had been confirmed. Blood stained the sheets laying on the floors, long Scratches run in weird patterned on the floors, and farmer and his wife lay unrecognizable on the bed. Their faces beaten into a bloody pulp. Their arms and legs laced with long deeps cuts, holes stabbed into their chests. I ran from their room as soon as my body came out of shock. But I have a problem, the monster form that night, I've seen it again, just last night I saw is lurking in the shadows out in the fields at night, Stalking for something, I believe it’s looking for me.
 

Please help

Marcus Worden

 

Sounds like a stage two reawaken, its ability to interact with its earthly surroundings and its opaque figure are both token attributes of this type of Supernatural being. From the description our client gave is seems to belong to the sub-class mortuus sanguis monstrum (dead blood monster) and is close to reaching the third stage, I can tell this form the way it could stay solid for more than three or four hours. From what I can tell this reawaken was most a murder victim. Because of its obvious thirst of blood I have filed this being under incredibly dangerous. I have included notes on mortuus sanguis monstrum below as well as three possible causes for its creation (taken from the surrounding areas).  Mortuus sanguis monstrum: are a sub class of reawaken that are common to be attributed with un-lawful death or mistreatment after death. One strange exception to this rule is death by suicide that the person brought upon themselves after not being able to cope with extended mistreatment. This sub-class is usually type two or three but have been encountered as powerful as type five (lets hope this one isn't).  The powers these reawaken posses can range but is mostly physical i.e. strength or binding (a form of temporary paralysis) they have not been know to speak but in the few cases that they have it was in the form a continuous non-coherent chant. Noted weaknesses are U.V light and possessed metals (more notes on possessed metals lower down). Do not let one of these reawaken pin you or touch you in anyway with their teeth or talons. Possessed metals: these are blades or bullets that have had a supernatural entity infused into them. These are essential for killing higher power Creatures. The process of infusing an entity is difficult but usually safe. Note: don’t try to draw the entity out of a piece of possessed metal as this will cause the piece to explode and fly in all direction at high speeds. Possible reason for Creation: 1)    Twelve years ago an eight year old girl was sexually assaulted and the resulting trauma caused her to commit suicide just four years later. This is an unlikely cause as abuse victims usually become Timor adducit class creatures. 2)    Four years ago a man was killed after another man, envious of his engagement, stabbed him to death in his sleep. (this is more likely)

 

3)    Just nine months ago a male teacher was killed by two gunshots to the chest. The killer was never identified and the case was ruled closed. (this is the most likely as the Creature would have a motive to find its killer)

 

I would suggest tackling this one at night, secure an artificially generated exspiravit shield to around the area to hopefully trap the Reawaken inside. Then I would split into squads of five and assign the roles of slayer, drainer, and trapper within these squads. With the drainers using standard issue M.P.V (mobile power vessels) and then the trappers creating a secondary containment ring and finally use the slayers to down it with possessed blades. Notes on procedures below. Mobile Power vessels: A back mounted machine designed to suck the power from and store it to help charge a Secondary or Primary containment ring.  Containment rings: smaller less powerful versions of exspiravit shields, used to stop a supernatural creature from leaving a set area.  Exspiravit shields: large dome shaped shields used to keep any non-earthly creatures from leaving an area, works by setting an antenna like pole at the center of where you want the shield and setting how strong you want it. If its to strong the shield will require more power.           

 

​Sorry for the schizophrenic text and font i copied this over from words and it didn't recognize some of the fonts also it changed a bunch of the sizes! 

Edited November 24, 2014 by Surgebound Rainspren

[A Joe in the Bush]

So we need to figure out which of the three options it is? Then figure out which real world crime it's based on?

[Surgebound Rainspren]

No Case rounds are just RPs using the information I provide the clues i give at the start of Investigation rounds are the ones that can be researched on real life.

[A Joe in the Bush]

Ah. That makes sense. Yeah, I'd sign up for this.

[the winter system]

I'll sign up.