Wildest Dreams - The Sourcebook of Nightmare

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The Sourcebook of Nightmare Over the Edge™
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Mikuc has refused to release the e-mail addresses they were using during their conununication with her. 166·167 of OTE. currently between positions. Mikuc was contacted by electronic mail by at least two individuals claiming to be tuJpas. as if true. the experiment was carried out by eight members of the Society of Psychical Research. Studying the Tulpas The foremost student of tuJpas . if we had the evidence to do so.due to the unique psychic makeup of the alleged tulpas . though academics from around the world oontinue to assail her research and methodology. and e-mail oorrespondence. since . the following material treats Mikuc's material at face value. Unless otherwise noted. Keel cited a case in which a shadowy phantom was seen in and around the former residence of writer Maxwell Grant. still staunchly defends her several papers on tuJpas. formerly of the physics department of 0'Aubainne Univer­ sity.tuJpas cannot come forward as such without literally committing suicide. Originally they intended to swnmon a ghost or spirit through 3 . The authors of this book would like to thank Mikuc for giving them fuJI access to her papers. As you are no doubt aware if you followed the controversy.> This irony will no doubt plague tulpa research for a long time to come . Mikuc.if one be­ lieves that they exist .such contact would obliterate those very identi- ties. {The tulpas she spoke with used the pseud­ onyms Lon Chaney and Chauncey Gardner. in Buddhist circles there it was considered possible to summon up a pseudo·being created by intensity of desire.is Wanda Mikuc. Although some criticisms of her work arguably seem persua­ sive. She continued a lengthy correspondence with them over the Internet computer network but never met them face-to·face. We would suggest a conspiracy to sup· press her discoveries. although perhaps she should look to parapsychology rather than physics as her primary field of enquiry. STOI. Mikuc argued that she couJd not confirm the identities of the informants in person. Keel theorized that the aulhor had been concentrating so fully on his creation while writing that he permanently imprinted a psychic image in the area. notes. The controversial Fortean • investigator John A.ZE & TYNES "To thine own self be true. Where Do Tulpas Come From? Tuipas have been recognized in psychic re­ search circles for many years. One famous experiment in tuJpa research took place in Toronto in 1972. They contacted her after she began a discussion of psychic thought-fonns.lit rooms without the usual props of mediumship. The experimenters claimed no particuJar fringe powers and operated in brightly. And it must follow. Mikuc was aa:used of poor research for accepting as true information passed along to her by infonnants with whom she had no personal contact. as night the day Thou· canst not then be false to any man- poken by Polonius in William Shakespeare's Hamlet -s For basic infonnation on tulpas. We wish her well in her future endeavors and are sure that there is an institution somewhere wise enough to hire a scholar of her dedication and intellectual tenacity.LAws. start with pp. writer of the series of pulp novels featuring the famous Shadow character. The name is Ti· betan. Known as the Philip Phenomenon. it should be noted that few scholarly papers could withstand the withering scrutiny given to Mikuc's.

and it's very hard on the tWpa as well as the family" Some Fortean researchers use the term bJ. rve felt that tug before. For the purposes of this discuss ion. That temp probably liked her persona just fine.LAws. and that no actual spirits were required to explain PK phenomena at seances. but no nOnalrporeal entities obliged them. So they invented their own spirit. reaDy wanted to come into their lives. . concocting a lengthy fictional biography of one Philip of Diddington Manor. including table-turning and other psychokinetic event".or they didn't notice that somebody else in the building vanished about the same time Philip appeared. which oontinued to be unsua:essful until their changed their altitude from solemn to joking. Those are the worst and I don't ever go close to them. Could have been me ifrd been in the building that day. thank you. Eight people like that. They then oontinued with their seances. Quite a few heart attacks have been caused that way.1pa to describe other thoughts made visual. That tug of desire -longing for a missing someone.u�. supposedly a 17th century English Cavalier. all ooncentrating away on someone they really. reduced to table knocking and parlor tricks. There's aJways so much grief and focus on the deceased that you can end up turning into them and rushing right in for a joyous reunion. Either a new tWpa coalesced right then and there statistically unlikely . giving responses as Philip that matched his fake history. No Question. When Mikuc sent this account to her tulpa informants. LC: "Had to be one of us. Then a cavalcade of seance manifestations occurred.sr DIU:AMS some office temp. Dwight Whalen reported a personaJ experience in which he and a family member separated in space both saw a nonexistent hot air balloon. And then they decide it's all their doing and just throw their precious Philip away like yesterday's news! That poor tulpa must have been devastated. they disagleed with the SPR's thesis. STOLlE & TYNES typical s�ance procedures. fm shuddering just thinking of it. but I would say it makes me think of funeral hone. The spirit responded to questions by rapping. A security guard or WJ[. we will not oonsider this a true tulpa.� CG: "1 have not experienced anything of that vein. And suddenly she's a transparent spirit. The SPR members concluded that mediumship was merely a focus mechanism for human psi powers.

it leads to disturbances or unusuaJ wave pattems. that's all I can tell you" Mutable Personas Mikuc asked her infonnants to describe the experience of changing personality when others project their expectations on the subject. You can never go back. All I know is what people around me expect me to know. But it's less dangerous than telling a real person you're a tulpa.� 00: '1'he persona I have right now is first of all oontent with herself but she is also too moral to do such a thing. ready to be imprinted with their first projections from other sentient minds. troubled teenager." Mikuc asked them about reports that tulpas sometimes seek out other tulpas to "shave of}" unwanted personality traits and revert to an earlier state.an energy field which is present all around us. That's what makes you go search for another lulpa. You can't go back. can resolve into a particular ripple pattern which then coalesces into our physical reality.just partial changes. You make your way back to your loved ones. Stupid mistake.chances are you won't be able to retreat from them in time. the stranger imprints some new projec­ tions on you. But you have to understand the desperation of being in a situation where you're failing to please." Mikuc speculated that the use of psi powers depends on . Hoping you can shave off to where you once belonged. But it will be gone. I'm no expert on that. or you become a surly. guess I1l make him happy.OVER THE EnGE LAWS. Because you were high-tailing it out of there at top speed. You might remember your last persona . now that you're not satisfying the people aroWld you. they end up solidifying the differences..· LC: "Mainly this stems from !. You1l be a new person..at.or at least interacts with . Whatever. She asked both what it felt like and how the process operated. Let's say you've found a stable long-term persona.it isn't oonscious. let's scan him for information on Yeltsin's refonn proposals. who knows? Sounds reasonable enough.ight think it was a sweet dream or a bad one. Do you remember being born? I don'l Did you know the facts of human reproduction before someone told you? I bet not.he old tulpa thing of always wanting to please others. When psychi­ cally active beings draw on this field.but there's a distance. If you are going to be a selfish s. Like it was a dream that's faded away.big if . It never works out. LC: "Again.' It's just one minute you're mind­ ing your own business and the next thing you're shaking the guys hand and talking knowledgeably about privatizing the industrial eamomy. One tulpa's rights end where another's begin.you get separated from them for some reason. marriage goes sour. STOLZE LC: "Nope. So I can't help you. this guy wants � to be a Russian diplomat. I don't know how we pick up projections from others . and you'l1 diSSipate forever. LC: "Could be true.b. Her theory was that the tuJpas radiate a passive detecting field which picks up information from other sentient minds within a given radius. Not enough to totaUy shift. So you're filled with self-loathing. We exist.me. Certain of these wave patterns. Wit. . least you can be sure the other guy knows enough to pull out in ti.h people around you who love you and so on. & TYNES 00: "First of all. Even though you immediately try to get away.­ ever.- LC: "No Question it's dangerous. Vou don't bump into somebody in an alley and think 'Hey.details of its life and so forth .00: "1 believe that this is a trap. And you get into 8 siruation where you're alone with a total stranger. If they believe you . because you are imposing your own desires to change on another tulpa who probably does not want to. I would strongly not recommend it. But they notice you're different now. whal. You m. No inanimate objects. once set in motion. however.this is very dangerous. and look for another tulpa. you. These wave patterns are nascent tulpas. And it is evil. Or you become snarky when you used to be nice.. You start to show a sudden interest in synchronized swimming.o.to be the perfect companion." 5 . You start smoking. I can imagine some of my oid personas being selfish enough to do it.they tell you you're dife f rent. And something happens . "Your loved ones are now upset. And nobody here knows what a tulpa is. Vou start to Quarrel with your parents. We don't do balloons.

And I got caught aroWld them. Nusbaum is in fact a t. But I'd have to. I mean." LC: "Whatever your current persona. I have to protect them from her. That. as you call it. Maybe you're project. no question." at shou1d be stated for legal reasons that Dr. Asswning you're happy with your current persona. His reading of Nusbaum's mind is ignored by brain loopers because it is subconscious. But.ulpa who materialized in front of someone who was being stood up by the "original. The bride is dressed in a formal. would I be able to perform surgery? I suppose I do get lots of knowledge I didn't have before when I become a new person." can teU? 00: '7he most important thing to a tulpa is making the people you're with totally happy. Which one's the tulpa? Who LC: "If someone expected me to be a doctor." CG: "I remember reading a poll of Americans who were asked to list their biggest fears. one possibly a tu1pa. and shifted into becoming Heidi Iname changed] .'s everything.­ ing that at us too. you ask. that they weren't really like the images they were projecting to the world. from toddlers to grandparents. This means. as a whole. you're always a divided soul.. or what? "'Anyway. number one. I don't actively scan anybody's brain. Are you pleasing him by torturing him. Let's say everybody's thoughts and memories go into this field and get stuck on it like it's flypaper." LC: "So you've a1ways got to be on your guard against unwanted projections. If you have a fairly stable persona and you're with a large number of people who know you. Maybe we just draw the infonnation from this psychic energy field. How cou1d that be. the real mother ran ofT with a cigarette salesman. into O'Owds of strang­ ers. that's bliss. But the number one fear was that seventy-five percent of people were afraid that other people would find out that they were imposters.. avoid strangers. That you're pleasing people and fulfilling yourself. Curiously. stay in groups. poses for a family portrait at a wedding. It might very well be that the second Dr. STOLZt: & '!'YNt. At least she'd better not.) CG: "'Right now fm mother to three children. duplicate tulpas are quickly discovered: the Nusbaum tulpa has remained in place so long because the original Nusbaum is absenl-minded. I'm a much better Heidi to them than Heidi could ever be. any new projections one of them might have wiD be cancelled by the same old projections of the others. same date. the thing is to arrange your life to protect yourself from outside projections. and takes from those around him impressions of how he should act. come back. the Heidi who was sorry she'd ever left them and promised to be with them forever. but everyone else is duded up in spiffy Western clothing. he issued two separate. and white thought generators because they are tuned to the wavelength of human telepathy. when I'm just a quasi­ real psychic energy being? Well. There's your persona. So this isn't just a tulpa thing. Especially avoid being caught in a one-on-one with a stranger. I'd have to do something to her I don't.the Heidi they wanted. sometimes the person projecting things onto you is on some self-loathing trip himself. WILDEST IJI�EMIS Dopplegangers Remaining Stable One function of tulpas is duplication. 'This is a human thing. you're not rea!. That's a one-way ticket to new personaville. think of us as picking 00' the flies.Dr. dife f r­ ently worded denials to that effect. And I love them so much. I expected heights or spiders to 00 the top on the list. 'Then he wants you to he Wlbappy so you make him Wlbappy. Most. sure she'd be back. Nusbaum has officially refuted Mikuc's allegation that there are two of him. if you're with enough people who know you and will maintain your persona for you. You can even go out in public. however. Nusbaum. like to think about.6 LAWS. I mean. if that's what you mean. Well. which he feels he deserves. trying to remain at all times with people who know you. highly decorated kimono. I'm sure of it. The Tulpa·Nusbaum reads the mind of the human Nusbaum to find out how to perfonn surgery and other feats. And the husband and kids just sat around moping in their trailer. At all costs. being the perfect version of who it is they want you to be." . that's a conundrum. A large family of Japanese people. Number two. The actual Heidi's never coming back. Maybe we pick it up from you. and then there's the underlying knowledge that you're an imposter. by psychovores because it is almost indistinguishable from the real Nusbaum.t.

the ultimate terror. I'd have to stick to my family like glue­ otherwise I could walk through a maH and go through a hundred dife f rent got to the other side. silent.and where they want to be with you when you .and everybody has a pretty good consensus on who Heidi is. They cou1d be watching me now. I don't always want to be stable.. The psychic energy they release as they expire is supposed to be so great that it's like an apotheosis. I don't have much to say about th . "I hear the ultimate high is appearing before a dying human. is.she grew up here aU her life .'. spiritually . and everybody here knows Heidi. But in a big anony­ mous city. Maybe that's a delusion that comes from my current per­ sona. But you can't do it forever. It's like a drug binge. unfeelable . CG: "Small towns are better than big cities. being a different person every hour. almost all of us seem to appear originally in cities." Hazards of Tulpahood CG: "1 don't like to talk about Sandmen.I'm sorry. and maintain this new super persona for a ample of years before it runs out of steam.OVER THE EnCE LAWS. it drains you. The point I'm at now. do it for too long and it drains you physically. because the shopkeepers know Heidi .every possible way. I guess that partly depends on your persona." LC: "I have to say it isn't like that for all of us. The trouble is. I don't know. But I remember in the past that there have been times when rYe deliberately cruised through big city spaces full of people. You've got me shaking just typing in the word. I'm in a sma11 town. popping from persona to persona like there was no tomorrow. But I think hidden down somewhere deep inside of me there's a tulpa person­ ality too . STOLZE & fiNE. as I'm working at the computer. Something I always have with me. I can safely go shopping on my own. I've heard rumors that tulpas who've picked up psychopathic traits sometimes murder just to transform themselves into super tulpas. It can be a rush. Guess there are more of your thought-waves there or something. They can make themselves invisible. I don't have to worry about being changed. Staring at me as my 7 . You can even pick up fringe powers.

hard grey eyes. I don't know how many of them to accept. Attack aDd Defense: 3 dice. But I have a feeling not many of us last even a couple of decades. would J? I just refuse to think about. know. Van der Keuken remained alive for a surprising six hours under Kazandijan's knife. they got him. However.His fighting style isn't much on technique.your persona and the tuJpa inside. Paranoia is nothing compared to this. Period. Monique D'Aubainne bowed to the fears of tourist-dependent businesses and reorganized the Peace Force to create a czar to centrally investigate all such cases.that. I mean. Dutch man. A1 Amarjan patois." WILDEST DREAMS too much trouble for friends of the government in his old fraud SQuad assignment anyway. You twn back into thoughl rYe heard it isn't pretty. very bad things to my children. If one found me. a third Sandman. He stripped the tulpa and then pushed him into the meeting room.I won't even go near the palm reader's booth when the fair oomes to town. I think most of them.) Tough Guy. Implosion into cellular goo. in a small town like this I feel reasonably safc. but he wades into fights like a bear and won't back down." LC: "Have I ever encountered a Sandman? CG: "'1 always avoid psychics. anonymously and over a distance.) . (He was causing Getting Conuictions.Chct might wonder what's up. bulbous nose. • I wouldn't.) Van der Keuken quickly narrowed his list of suspects to two . well. Unfortunately. they might do. English. I'm starting to cry and . he knows that Kazandijan knows his secret and will diSSipate him if he ever moves against the Sandmen. I'd love to go on Oprah and tell those whiners with all their stupid problems what a real self-esteem crisis is like. His record remains spotless. you're nothing. he's in the other roo m. apparent age 48 years. The new van der Keuken had little to report about the murders. Languages: Dutch. incorruptible officer Noska van der Keuken was tapped for the post. 3 dice . "But anyway. but still. Kazandijan then found and captured a tulpa and snuck into Peace Force Headquarters. Armivrek Kazandijan (see p. (Intimidating manner. hell railroad a garbage man or zero into a conviction. So when a case comes up that points to them. (Always travels with a group of his men. STOLZE & TYNES 8 husband and I . (No­ nonsense style. As the assembled cops were expecting van der Keuken. they stick to pJaces with high popuJations. Suffers a penalty die when trying to railroad an innocent man.) Tulpa ." LC: "I'here's a secret tulpa message base on onc of the big commercia1 computer on-line services in the States. The tulpa copy of Noska is still a hard-nosed cop with a motivating hatred for human predators. too. Fading away like a polaroid in reverse. If they scan you with any depth. and the Sandmen maintain a free hand to pursue their drug murders and extracurricular violations. We're potentially immortal. I must go now. Melting like wax.His secret puts him in Kazandijan's pocket. they'll spot your double mind . And if anyone knows you're a tuJpa. walrus moustache.Knows how to use police procedures and team leadership to get evidence and make it stick. Spontaneous human combustion. faith hewers . fd better stop. 4 dice . X2 damage (nightstick) Hit Points: 30 (refuses to acknowledge pain) Traits GMC Ueutenant Noska van der Keuken Tulpa Cop After a rash of gruesome rape/torture cases rocked the Edge several years back. is. 47) got ahold of van der Keuken before he could share his information with the rest of his squad. there's a folder in the tulpa message center devoted to news accounts of weird. I don't know how old I am.and they kill. He knew van der Keuken had scheduled a staff meet­ ing for a certain time.. It's the only way tulpas can form a sense of community. 174 em. grisly deaths that are probably tulpas being dissi­ pated. Tough-minded.both Sandmen..LAWS. F1esh falling away in chunks. them. 78 kg. you become a tulpa .

tions thereof." Sandmanism is a genetic condition. These portions are quoted extensively in the following material. In a way. it is his final legacy. an outsider in a culture one can learn about but never believe in.but refused to give him access to it until after his death. or rather reconstruc­ Studying the Sandmen The foremost expert on the Sandmen was the late Professor Ameyaltzin Guzman of the Sociology Department of D'Aubainne University. the lawyer assumed he had been killed and passed the tape along. six consecutive months passed with no word from Morris. With this catastropbe. Morris placed the tape with a lawyer. LAW!. the state of Guzman's papers after the tragic incident in May of 1990 did not suggest such progress. partial transcripts of those tapes were present in notes left in a safety deposit box off�ampus. They typically show little feeling even ror their own mothers. Whether they behave violently or not (and all of those interviewed by . which they recall as dating back to their first moments of consciousness. Unfortunately. AlXOrdingly.perhaps forever. Peace Force. We mean no disrespect to the families of his victims when we say that he was not only a well-respected scholar but a warm personal friend to many before his final breakdown. the Net.OVER THE EOCF. Guzman managed to convince his informant to record an oral biography.those or you who followed the inquest will know or the large quantities of Nightmare he ingested in order to maintain his ties to the Sand­ man community.the burned contents of the wastebasket in his office suggest that he destroyed them before his fatal trip to the Messner Dining Hall. humanity in general. or were in a code his colleagues in the faculty have been unable to decipher. our sole window into the world of this intriguing subgroup has been painted over . passed on by parents who never know their children. one Martin Morris.for now Enemies: Tulpas. Several years later. Guzman spent many years exploring both the rumors and urban legends surrounding this unique criminal sulxulture before he gained the confidence of an actual Sandman and gained access to their ways. Guzman rhapsodized to colleagues about the richness of the material in the tapes. He told one friend that his only difficulty in assembling a paper to present it in was the infinite number of sociologi­ cal theories it engendered. that there was something wrong with me. with instructions to release it to Guzman if Morris failed to contact the lawyer's office on a quarterly basis.Z�: & TYNES 9 7 � an �e are born into a world where alien­ ation awaits us_R D. The Sandman in ques­ tion. This incapacity stays with them throughout their lives. However. The Monis tapes them­ selves were also gone . and the rest were either puerile nonsense and embarrassing Born Wrong Martin Morris: "I always knew I was differ­ ent. 1 was born wrong. recorded hours of taped material for Guzman . Sandmen report feelings of alienation. In a way. of separateness. Laing - Type: Mysterious pushers of a mysterious drug Rep: Creepy Brief: Very creepy Allies: Exalted Order . The present work owes a great deal to Guzman's notes.maybe soon men sadomasochistic fantasy written by Guzman.. even this was a direct consequence of his dedication to new fields of awareness . Exalted Order . They never develop the capacity to bond emotionally with others. STOI. To be bom a Sandman is to be born alone in the world. Large portions of them had been removed.

. Although adoptive parents are in general no less loving than natural ones. STOLZE & TvN .the Sandmen wouJd never discover their own identities.:. At any rate.ST DRF. Most Sandman rapists reported victimizing both sexes. If abortion is unavailable. in which he wondered if Sandmen were more numerous in countries that outlaw or heavily restrict abortion. are never raised by their own parents. In all cases. As children.t " Guzman admitted to participating in acts of violence) every Sandman meets the technical definition of psychopathology. albeit in small numbers. leading one to con­ clude that they value the power trip over the gratification. dehumanizing experience.their mothers treat them either overtly or unconsciously as reminders of a horrific. A few conceded. their understanding of and interest in the consequences to the victim was severely stunted.) Birth control does not seem to be an issue when female Sandmen mate. appallingly.AMS mutant genetic material are accordingly rarer than the children of rapes by males. Such feelings lead to self-fulfilling episodes of bad treabnent. if not from parents then from siblings and peers. Sandmen are dependent on them for more than just a livelihood. Waking Up Since Sandmen. they carry the child to term and abandon it. there is no sign that he was able to prove it before he died. or are abandoned by their birth mothers. Sandmen are usually born into unfortunate emotional situations. They are often the children of rape victims. Some specialized almost exclusively in same-sex attacks because the victims suffered much more dramatic shame and horror. Some of the Sandmen interviewed -almost a11 nonchalantly admitted to being serial rapists­ described the act as nothing more than a physical release." he told Guzman. Due to their profound anti-social attitudes. threaten them with a weapon. it's most accurate to consider them asexuals who stray from type on occasion. intensifying their enjoyment of their crimes. Sandmen do not form family units. Although this stands to reason. Others. It is an irony that without tulpas -pathetic creatures who lack a stable identity . Guzman quizzed many Sandmen of both genders. to release sexual tension. perhaps the Darwinian mechanism to ensure genetic continuance is unconscious. Male Sandmen have a propensity towards rape.10 LAWS. (Neither gender claims to consider attractiveness an issue in selecting victims. Many are unwanted children. But they do reproduce. or simply as an expression of contempt for the vuJnerable. they must discover their true nature accidentally. likened it to an unpleasant practical joke on the victim. none of them report happy child­ hoods. One philosophical Sandman theorized that his kind were growing more common as society became more "civilized". Something in the gene for Sandmanism precludes it. Martin Morris is quoted at one point in Guzman's notes as saying that his primary sexual organ is his fishing knife. the lucky ones end up as adoptees. (Guzman's notepad contained a note to himself. and force them to gratify their urges. When the child is a Sandman. Those born and raised by rape victims tend to have the worst time of it . The primary difference between a human and a Sandman is the latters ability to detect tulpas. which they would satisfy in a manner similar to that of their male counterparts -they wouJd find likely victims. "Tolerance is breeding monsters. Sandmen seem to arouse visceral feelings of dislike from their peers and therefore become targets for abuse. to occasional bursts of libidinal frenzy.m. There are three possible reasons for this: they do so as a reproductive strategy. Sandmen whose mothers carried the WII. all disdainfully dismissed any suggestion that they would wish to continue their lineage. But even those adopted by ostensibly loving families find themselves obsessed by the idea that they are different from those around them. primitive cultures would feel no compunction in killing someone who seemed different and refused to participate in society.) Sexual orientation means littie in the Sandman context. Irimpregnated. Female Sandmen profess a complete disinterest in sexual contact of any kind. a lasting bond seems impossible. when pressed. the bonding process even in normal cases can be a difficult one. they apparently lacked even the vocabuJary to address the question. like cuckoos. they generally secure quick abortions. Although Guzman attempted to draw them into a discussion of this.

and the windows are all open but it's still stuffy. One'a those days when it's so hot time seems to stop. from its tick·tock dribbling down your face. filling my face with anything I could get my hands on." This is when things click for them. Sinal their social impulses are already deadened by feelings of alienation.Grade Four. We've only been sitting down for a few minutes. No. This is when they realize they were born to prey on others. Suddenly a random and unpleasant life has meaning sharp enough to taste. SroLZ�: & TYNES 11 Sandmen refer to the moment they spot their first tulpa as "wsking up. Just felt like I was being smothered. a sweetness you barfy little humans will never know.OVER THF. EDGE LAws. making me wish I had a gun and I could spray its . I'm getting hard just thinking about it. This is so. 1V and the world outside and anything else I could see with my eyes just bored the snot outta me. wedged in my little desk. I remem· ber it like it was yesterday. My mom could hug me. they rarely if ever feel any compunction towards mercy for it. so I'm in Grade Four. They smell the fear of their prey for the first time. when they realize why they feel different things that others can't. Taste was the only sense I was into. Normally the little rat bastards in my class wouJda been charging around like freaks. No teacher there yet. Newly awakened Sandmen seem to instinctively understand their ability to terrorize the tulpa. From the Martin Morris tapes: "It was Grade Four when I woke up. It's a hot day. to be measured by the slow collection of sweat in your pores. humid. this memory. "Okay. "So . so sweet. It's the last thing I see in my head every night before I faU asleep. I remember it like it's happening right now again. Many Sandmen have described this moment as more potent than their first sexual experience. It's better than a porn tape. I was a fat little screwhead back then. first thing of the day. this is sufficiently intoxicating to hook them into a lifetime's pursuit of more. Anyway. you get the point. but already we're dying like pigs. just to get some sensation going. choking. some feeling. Sandmen are great drug peddlers because they themselves are addicted to the domination of their quarry. the first really hot day of the year. I couldn't care less. hollering and screaming in my ear.

one she can scare. '7here's two ways she coulda gone down the hallway. and I gently tip the door open. blue polyester jacket. so I just quietly get up and walk slowly outta the room. She's in the furnace room. End of statement. but it sucks. 'Cause I look up at her. our eyes meet.' "Every tulpa goes different. but I can't seem to get the hang of just makin' stuff up. Everybody called me Porker then. He was already twice the size of anybody in the grade. And she's all quivering and nervous. I know which one she took. shaped like a turd. I'm a skating rink. She turns and runs outta the room. He thoughta the name. ·So I walk back to class. I'm a different breed. I bent over it and pushed it with my fingers. to leave her alone. This one melted great. � walk slowly.I needed to save it. I smile for the first time in my whole life. S1'Ol3. slowly. Everybody laughs. I wanted her to feel me coming. But she can't single out Livesey. The heat doesn't touch me any more -I'm ice. then the rest of her skin melted off. I got no talent for escape. Others fade like an image of the sun burned into your retinas. There was this stuff. I am a beast. I'm in my own little world. Bad lip!!:tick. I'm a hunter. I was coming real slow. and there she is. though. A mole on her upper lip. This is before I learned how to mask myself so the tulpas can't feel you coming. She knows what I am -and that I know who she is. Some blow up in a really cool reverse vortex of prismatic light. nearly tripping on her clunky pumps. look around me. And she's decided to pick on me because the class has gotten all freaky even with the heat. It arcs in towards her. I know I'm not human. It took half an hour for another teacher to finally figure out . hair all up in a bun. and who knows how much time passes. I bet nobody even noticed me go. and we both know. He calls me Porker. '"They all scatter. Afraid beyond measure. and she is my meat. There was something I needed to know about it. Gary Livesey. maybe. blue polyester blouse. and even though she's outta sight. First her arms went. She must'a been so scared she let go before I killed her. All I got is this stone pathway up to this sorta ha1f-tower kinda thing. So I look up. it's so hot we can hardly move. the fat boy. didn't know why at the time. after her. "Her last mistake. the point is I'm not lookin' up at the teacher. And she's afraid. and be already thought like a donut-eating bad-ass cop. Everybody looks dife f rent afraid no more. cause he might smart-ass her back.S discharge all over 'em. I say one word -'goodbye. uShe shrinks two inches in height and her eyes drain from the blue of her jacket to the color of water. I can feel where she is. towards the boiler room. achingly slow like. So she picks a quiet one. "'But there was this one thing left. uSo I just go all blank. And it was grey. She's fallen onto her knees. loomin' over me. the cat's-eye glasses. and for a moment I think you could see her bones and organs all spilling out and then she was gone. I dumped them out and put the turd in it to come back for later. She starts to beg me. Anyway. It was great. I've spent years trying to think up this imaginary place I can escape to. All'at was left was the polyester clothes. But. to plead with me to go away. They're just stinking humans me. Whaddoo I care? Like she's really gonna have anything to say to me. But in her oolorless eyes I can see she knows there's no prayer. The hairs on my little prepubescent body are all stand­ ing up on end. sit down. But I wouldn't have masked myself anyway. ever 80 "So finally I get to the furnace room. Or tryin' to be. Of me. "'Cept for Livesey. Felt like a turd. blue polyester skirt. I don't hardly care. then her legs turned into a puddle. I was teasing her. So he's ahout to thwack my overhang with the ruler when this substitute teacher comes in. her undies. I know I was born to hunt her. like candle wax. It isn't real. He comes waddling over to me with a couple of his scumbag little buddies and starts poking me with a ruler. � looked around and found this jar with nails in it. the brown pumps. Didn't smell like a turd.: & 1'YNF. squawkin'. I know she's not human. My butt crack is hangin' outta my pants.12 WILDEST DREAMS LAws.my Mom didn't exactly care about keeping me up to date in clothes. as usual. Or isn't. Of oourse immedi­ ately the rest of the class turns into the monkey house. She's like the ulti­ mate sub: cat's-eye glasses. I tasted it -didn't taste like nothin' -like overcooked mash potatoes..

not radiation. but he moved away before I could do it. more precisely. however. passes it off to another. they show little tolerance for each 13 other's company. The only time that Sandmen seem to work well together is when a competitor or nosy law enforcement officer needs to be captured and executed. lellin' • them about this other Quiet kid they cou1d pick on. I had this plan to drown him in a duck pond.the Sandman sees himself as confirmed in his belief that he is unlike others. like a geiger counter in your brain. Relationships between Sandmen are of a businesslike nature. there was an appeal in tbe newspaper to find this sub teacher who had walked outta her classroom and inta thin air. smell. I guess. He now. it's more like there's a little trigger in your brain that goes off when you're around 'em.it would rapidly begin to diSSipate back into thought energy.' I helped them knock him down and kick him.) Fortunately. if a group effort is needed it will be structured in such a way that one individual completes a task to a certain stage. ·It's not like a visual thing. feels himself justified in scorning them. That was okay. and are terrified by . The tu1pa reads the Sandman as not being present at all. y'know? Not anything like stripping that tulpa.. I started hangin' around them. constantly receiving the projections of others (see p. centering around the acquisition and distillation of Dreamweb. this would be metaphorical. But I never forgot. The opposite is true . Sandmen like to work separately. but every so often I wanna do it anyway. but it picks up tulpas. I even gave 'em a nasty name to call the puke 'Warthog. it's like you just know. This false reading is so strong that the tu1pa's sensory input is altered to gibe with it. and Livesey was folJowing orders. IT a tu1pa were to detect someone who knew its true nature ­ Sandman or otherwise . Tbey instinc­ tively know about Sandmen. Sandmen have the ability to sense these fields. They are receivers who are always turned to on. It's hard to explain. with their solitary habits already well­ established. the Sandmen would be nowhere. These days of course I know better than to strip a tulpa. and understands that there is a reason for his previ­ ously unexplainable feelings of difference from others around him. You just know. Cruelty and torture are one thing they can aU agiee on. _ ·Couple nights later. Ideally. LAWS. Without a means of blocking the tulpa's perception ofthem. After school I looked for Gary Livesey and his weasels. that's getting ahead of myself. These were as fonows: An inability to feel empathy for others or participate in social structures: The disinclina­ tion to identify with others continues after the subject "wakes up. Their drug networks are informally structured. 5). who in turn passes it to a third party when his segment of the job is done. Or. He was my doggie for a couple years. Soon J was in charge.zE & TvN�. The tulpa can't see. Anyway. STOI.just to be a kid again. I guess the field sends a message to your brain . but it did for then.g that the racket the little apes were making meant something was screwy. Ameyaltzin Guzman spend a great deal of time trying to pin down the various effects of the gene for Sandmanism. Y'know. "You don't see no aura around them or nothin'•" Martin Morris explained. to send it false infonnation.OVER TH� EOClf." The ability to block out the psychic detec­ tion !reld oftulpas: A tulpa can't produce Dreamweb if it's completely stripped. The ability to spot tulpas: Tulpas emit a constant psychic detection field which they have no power to consciously control. and thus identify tulpas. not even a fingerbone of her. (Though . the condition of Sandmanism allows him little sense of community. hear. Even when the Sandman realizes that there are others like him in the world. distill and retail his own supply of Nightmare. which makes them hard to crack. un1ike the poor tu1pas. Used to considering themselves uniquely superior beings. But of oourse nobody ever found her. Well I guess the tulpa's not sending nothin'. they are able to jam the tulpa's detecting field..· Although the Sandman now sees his life as having meaning and purpose. he wouldn't wanna do that. But it would never be the same • wou1d it?" The Inhuman Gene Although nol a geneticist. each Sandman prefers to find. The principal hadda come down and babysit us. or touch these merciless stalkers of their excrement. the new insight does not change rus behavior.

all of which are psychic in nature. The ability to spot Sandmen: Whatever center in the brain detects tulpas also instantly identifies fellow Sandmen.is so non-<iescript witnesses find him hard to remember. it's just like a feelin' you have. Guzman theorized that these secondary psychic powers were not carried on the Sandmanism gene. For example. (Very creepy. imposters are not unoommon. STOLZ}>. even from a distance. even after he had spent considerable time with them. Reis had sold him on his plan. picking up on their tulpa-sensing field. Normal humans unconsciously pick up an aura of menace from them. If a tuipa is nearby. It's all trial and error. (For more on tulpa fear of Sandmen. By the time Kazandijan figured out that it was the device and not Reis who detected as a Sandman. but were an indirect result of it.see p.and keep talking.. you're walking home from the comic book store and bing . so you keep going and the feeling gets bigger when you're closer and smaller when you make a wrong tum. see pp. in addition to their inborn abilities. he11 know.14 LAws. Guzman reported a feeling of mild nausea in the presence of Morris and the other Sandmen he was introduced to. which. (On their first meeting. 26 . a Sandman always has a fringe power which can be described as follows: Sandman Powers. Guzman relates this to the inquisi­ tiveness and drive of the individual Sandman. The most oommon ancillary powers relate to dreams and dreaming: Martin Morris was able to tell what people had dreamed the night before just by touching them. Roderick Reis's Eye of Chulka . which varies from Sandman to Sandman depending on the number of dice in his Sandman Powers trait and from incident to incident depending on the die roll. Martin Morris explains: -It's not like.) [n game terms.a little voice comes on in your head sayin' there's a tu1pa loading cartons at the loading dock behind the buildin'. You just know there's one around. cold­ blooded mob hibnan.Can mentally detect tulpas and Sandman.registered on Armivrek Kazandijan's Sandman detection ability.hem. can mask his presence so he's utterly undetectable by tulpas.) Many Sandmen also have other fringe powers. so you walk the opposite way and you feel closer. an instinct Then you play hotter-hotter-rolder-<:older till you find the little excreter. You walk one way. Kazandijan's curiosity about this strange response led him to let Reis live .()ESf DIU:AMS there are many pretenders who either who claim to be Sandmen or think there's a way to become one.) The renwte detection of'ulpas: A Sandman needn't see a Mpa for his detection ability to kick in. slip into the staU with him. These wannabees are usually considered fair game for exercises in sadism. some of them spontaneously learn different ways ofmanipwating psychic energy.see p. & TYNES WU. He says in one of his final notes that he was picking up the knack of identifying Sandmen previously unknown to him through the churning they produced in his gut. Older.) This is invariably accompanied by a flaw: Anti-Social Psychopath . and you feel you've gone further away from it. though it's hard to say why. 7·8. and eventually you narrow in on the little turdmaker. Kazandijan ." Aura ofcreepine. and get ready to do some quick fishing. This never abated. He figured that the gene allows Sandmen to access the psychic realm. (Contemptuous.: Normal humans uncon­ sciously pick up signals of threatening alien-ness from a Sandman. . due to its fringe nature. This is useful. Others do not.. if in a funny way. this is a modified extension of his invisibility to tulpas. the thought of them. (There is no set radius for this ability. What they don't know is that they have DO way of knowing when one is around. Young and vulnerable Sandmen are targeted for abuse by their peers due to this subtle aura. Suffers a penalty die when trying to work in groups or navigate through normal social situations. With this access. Because their product and name are all that are popularly known about Sandmen. 47 . can alarm even an experienced. X· dice . thus becoming the first known human to network with t.) This ability is only roughly directional. Enjoys inflicting cruelty and suffering. Then all you gutta do is follow 'im till he goes to the can.Congenitally inca­ pable of fonning attachments to others or feeling empathy for them. more confident ones project an uncanny air of intimidation. Again. even if it's on another floor of a building or behind a wall.

This usually ends after the newcomer learns all there is to know about the distillation of 15 Dreamweb into Nightmare. a question arises: why do Sandmen clue in their recently awakened but inexperienced fellows instead ofjust killing them? IT they're concerned about competi­ tion. As the psychology of abusive domination is cyclical. thus explaining why it takes a long time for many Sandmen to ·wake up. the son of a bitch who gave me the low-down on how to make Nightmare and so forth wanted me to give him a cut and stuff. at least from a psychopathic point of view. Then he strikes out on his own. It is well known in the wider criminal subculture that. it is death even to resell a quantity of Nightmare. The newcomer is forced to submit to a masochistic apprenticeship. because these substances are in fact plentiful . LAws. Nightmare is so rare that it is aJways a seller's market . For a while. there are no power positions to compete and kill over. So I said I'd cut the nuts off both of 'em if they tried anything.if their population were to increase. Guzman did not speak to a bona fide Sandman who knew of a case of one Sandman murdering another.see chapter seven of Guzman's 1983 book. Semiotics of the Brass Knuckle: Cultures ofCriminaiity. One possibility Guzman does not appear to have contemplated in his discussion of the apparent lack of basic Darwinian impulse in Sandmen is their need to maintain a sustainable prey-to-predator ratio. So then this second guy offers to just take haIfa that to let me stay in business. but neither Morris nor the others he introduced Guzman to would .their prohibition makes them profitable but only rarely makes the drug trade a seDer's market. (This is why Reis has made a potentiaJly fata1 mistake by attaching a conventionaJ power hierarchy to the Wlstructured Sandman culture . and beoomes confident enough to convincingly threaten the master with death. the novice goes through a period of virtual enslavement to his new master.Given their anti-social natures. he no doubt looks forward to finding an apprentice of his own on which to exorcise his feelings of powerless­ ness and humiliation. And vice versa: . the ranks of the Sandmen could grow accordingly. the awakened individual must then stumble upon an active Sandman.) To learn about Dreamweb and the possibility of making a living off it by making it into Nightmare and selling it. Sandmen tum out to be even rarer than tulpas.) They will. terrifying ta1es of the Sandmen are many . I did give him a cut for a while.Morris glosses it over in his account.confirm or deny his guess. This is because AI Amarja produces more tulpas than any other area. Standard mobsters marketing common narcotics like heroin and cocaine need to fight to maintain their monopoly.he has created something worth the trouble to destroy. however.Zt: & TYNES The Fraternity of Loners Tulpas are very rare. Amongst the common gangster. but it seems that the price exacted by the experienced Sandman in these transactions is more than financial. Martin Morris: "Well. going to their graves wondering why the world is such a lonely and stupid place. take a back seat to psychological and physical torture. And since I didn't know Freud. (Perhaps this is necessary. in which sexual relations. STOI.Sandmen don't have to fight over customers. if any. As they reproduce only by accident. Guzman estimated that there were about a score of them operating in the city at the time of his research. This fear tactic works. He made a bundle offa me till I ran inta this other Sandman and he laughed his guts out when I tole him how much I was givin' the first guy. this would appear to make good business sense. on the whole. and I got left alone after that.­ Undoubtedly some never run across a tulpa. Sandmen refer to this first encounter as ·the initiation. Now and then this is reinforced with the spectacularly grue­ some find of the remains of a would-be independent Nightmare deaJer too skeptical to believe the rumors. One would asSllrre that the number of Sandmen would depend on the supply of tWpas . Daily Life The Edge has more Sandmen per capita than any other place in the world. fiercely resist attempts on the part of the Net or other operators to get involved in the Nightmare trade. Because they have no organized hierarchy.Ovtm THt: EDGr. even as hearsay.

.. . .. seeing them on one infonnant after another. showed a childlike pride in how little he had paid for his clothing. He a1so noted a curious attachment to long raincoats and goggles. • • • .LAWS. A Sandman is usually content with the poorest of living conditions. Sandmen reject any goal but their own i not a problem for them. He once asked Morris about this. With even the crununiest.) l(-.one in Beijing. . below) for IUgh. 1 am just an observer.' " . Guzman visited Monis' apartment and reported a thick growth of mold on the dirty dishes in his sink being picked over by a well-fed colony of cockroaches.. I . . His wardrobe consisted of ill-fitting cast-offs. mostly t-shirts and polyester pants. vanilla? AG: No. workaholism s The world-spanning ambitions of a man ike l Roderick Reis are a joke to the typical Sandman. They were here to trade doses of Nightmare imprinted by their own L. that's a11. no. As a group they're indifferent to cleanliness." I .. This may be an atypical eruption of pride or a tactic to discour­ age wannabes. Chile. . (Except that they go out of their way to make people think that being a Sandman is hard work. Morris . " . �� '1' I. �"( . . But many ofyour friends - . and reported the conversation as fonows: MM: Why do I wear goggles? I just like 'em.) Detachment from society brings with it a streak of laziness.be needs to be in a population base wide enough to produce high enough number of both tWpas and sufficiently depraved customers. (The Chinese Sandman claimed a clientele composed exclusively of high-level Party members. What he hadn't fished out of dumpsters was purchased at jWlk stores. . Of course. gratification. o . so they're on1y exaggerating in the strictest sense of the word. t . it doesn't require much labor to make a living as a pusher of Night­ mare. especially sinre Sandmen don't give a fig about the status symlxlls treasured by the culture at large. The Sandman appears to be an urban creature . another in Santiago.ltIe Nemos (see Slang. STOLZE & TYNES 16 WILIJEST DItEAMS Guzman met several Sandmen who were visiting Al Amalja but were based elsewhere . You got a problem with that. I do not judge. . . Guzman never saw a Sandman wearing an Wlstained gannent. Dreamweb harvesting is phenomenally Wlpleasant work. boring doses going for $30 a hit (primo quality hits from a Little Nemo with a track jerord go for closer to $100).quaHty Al Amarjan product. The oonrept of frequent laWldering had passed by Morris and many of his oolleagues unnoticed.

v. their slang is strongly scatological and scornful to the point of depravity.e. each meticulously stored in is own mylar bag. to their mutant genes. Guzman could only attribute this. is probably already slightly out of date. Monis had a comic book collection worth many thousands of dollars. These terms were used in the Edge. this is highly local and subject to constant revision. it is unclear how many of them Sandmen in South Dakota would be familiar with. lobby cards for claslric films.they subsist pretty much exclusively on lousy take-ouL and pre-packaged junk food." or "You total Freudhead. Other Sandmen collected stamps. Guzman was unable to find evidence of any Sandmen addicted to any substance stronger than nicotine or caffeine. "You don't know Freud.. scratch-building model trains. coins. Hey. Apparently Sandmen die young. I never seen another Sandman take a drink.member of standard organized crime group like the Net or Mafia Canadian . Other solitary pursuits dominate a Sandman's schedule. Sandmen have developed their own Special jargon to demarcate their differ­ enres from society at large." Slang Like any subculture.deadbeat customer gaiman - dreamer who has vivid nightmares hobby . though. not the junkies. first edition books. and the unpleasantness of their work. AG: Many of the other Sandmen you introduced me to .i. Like any body of colloquialisms. tulpa Dick Van Patten .male sexual organ. Morris: "Nope.they all wear goggles as well. Sandmen take the characteristic crazed loner's approach to cuisine . we're the pushers. crossword puzzles. Paradoxically.I dunno. Sror. Due to their pathological disdain for others. and I sure don't care for it myself.to ten an awakened Sandman about Dreamweb and Nightmare . Without exception the victims remain at peak physical efficiency until the moment their aortas explode. But it shou1d serve to give the flavor of Sandman English: accountant . one whose dreams are becoming less interesting or valuable Freud . The one expense Sandmen seem to indulge in is a mania for collecting. I never noticed anybody else wore 'em.the murder and mutilation of a human would-be competitor or law enforce­ ment officer digestive process . mostly as the result of sudden heart attacks. and the breeding of tropical fish. I just like 'em.human who wants to become a Sandman excreter . They don't seem functional MM: Well sometimes you get splashed when you're in a public stall with one'a these digestive processes and you gatla .tulpa Dreamweb . filed with anal retentive devo­ tion to detail. as new terms are adopted and old ones become passe.a rape/torture victim attacked more than one time by the same Sandman initiate . most of them are in top fighting shape. Morris was an obsessive watcher of various home shopping networks . Just 17 TvNES makes me feel edgy. but not yet dissipated.tuJpa excrement dung beetle . game shows. Save that crap for the vanillas. Guzman mentions computer and play-by­ mail strategy games. porn videos. along with so many other anomalous things about the Sandmen. old movies. political memorabilia.). Many of them are smokers. classical music on vintage vinyl LPs. lithe and fast. also used as an insult .partially stripped.R THE EDGE LAWS. This list. among others. or news programming.zE & MM: They're not friends. But the Sandman's primary passion is invariably television. Others were variously addicted to soaps. made prior to 1990." fugu fish . Japanese netsuke (miniature sculpture).tulpa Francis Ford . Here is a partial list of slang terms reported by Guzman in the course of his field work.OVfo.three hours of his oral biography is devoted to a detailed comparative analysis of different services .a fonner LitLle Nemo (q. or militaria. Despite the awfulness of his apartment.but he apparently never once bought a product from them.

following her cruel mentor on an ex­ change trip to AI Amarja. She was considering suicide but is feeling better now that she's contributing to the mental deterioration of others. She declared herself free upon anival.) . 3 dice .a tulpa dissipated into nothingness Irene Barth Newly Independent Sandman Irene Barth is the most recent addition to the Edge's anti-social fraternity.Her mentor taught her the basics of slice 'n' dice. She's thinking of starting a belt-buckle collection. first by her stepfather and then by her soap dropper. she's conditioned herself towards introversion.potential customer post process of distilling imprinted Dreamweb into Nightmare - preproduction .!.Nightmare scat singer . Raised in the Austra­ lian outback. Indicates that the Sandman will have to go WldergroWld or leave immediately for another jurisdiction.a singer in an up-and-coming rock band .) Anti-Social Psyc/wpath.and began to clue in.discovering that one is a Sandman wave .police officer assigned to rapeJassault cases wiltshire .a Sandman with an apprentice (sometimes shortened to "dropper") soap retriever .pusher of drugs other than Nightmare WILDE.an honest drug enforcement officer GMC party favor . one whose night­ mares have a proven demand in the market­ place mint condition .Sandman slate .tulpa tapewonn .Sandman vanilla .female sexual organs Little Nemo . Languages: English Attacks: 3 dire. Lifeless dark brown hair.a bribe-seeking Jaw enforcement officer train set .customer smoke .) Knife Fighting. STOLZE & 1YNr:S JUDg .tulpa turd farmer . or an accidentally-killed victim prominent enough to warrant a major investigation. 65 kg. and is now building a client base amongst the bohemian crowd in the Plaza of Flow­ ers. Having been abused for most of her life. 2.rich customer pool toe .dice.process of imprinting Dreamweh with dream material product .! DREAMS weeper .addict of drug other than Nightmare soap dropper . She served her apprenticeship in Melbourne. It wasn't until she reached Melbourne that she discovered her first Mpa . dull brown eyes.rape/torture victim train ticket . 158 em.potential rape/torture victim odor . X2 damage (knife) Defense: 3 dice Hit Points: 29 (Sandman physique) Traits Sandman Powers. Australian woman. protecting herself by keeping all of her feelings inside.nonnal human waking up .a human would-be competitor passenger Sandman who has had to leave the area because of police heat after an assault or murder · - pate goose - psychologically addicted customer pea souper . usually in drab colors.18 LAWS.a poorly chosen victim for rape! torture. [rene ran away from home at age fo urteen to escape an abusive stepfather and indiffer­ ent birth mother. Wears t-shirts and tights. ("Don't @#&$ with me" posture. age 23. pena1ty die in social situations.an apprenticed initiate (some­ times shortened to "retriever") stool pigeon . turdmaker . (Something empty in her stare. (Creepy. one who will either report to the police.a star dreamer. Her ferocious anger at the world supplies the passion to drive the bJade in that little bit extra. Irene is tight-lipped and bitter.

to a dimly lit chamber with a low altar at one end. passwords and secret handshakes.-xa er 0 ream �Sleep. initiations..19 LAW!-\. Many people on the street confuse the Dream Kings with the Sandmen themselves . Rep: �Sandmen". They're dupes and they know it. Sometimes one member of the cell is unknowingly drugged with LSD (in order to possibly provide either a binding spiritual crisis between them. altogether creepy. During this time the initiates are told to "become as one mind" and to "meditate on the darkness. Another frequent practice is to sneak in a higher level initiate to "guide" them. fake blood is spilled on the altar. Pawn (or Acolyte) These are people who aren't even trusted with knowing what conspiracy they've joined. if they don't know onc already. The acolyte is then led off to a feast. or a transcendent mystic revelation)." The stimwants are to prevent them from simply snoozing. Standing behind the altar is a figure in a hooded robe with a sword. & 'J'yN�:S OVl-:R THE Erxa: / e -. it nonetheless serves their purpose of recruiting people. Their tasks usually include running errands. How I hate it. The Ranks There are nine levels of initiation. they're encouraged to continue with it.a confusion that the Order oRen finds advantageous. the initiates are separated and led out. While some of its leaders find it all a bit overblown. After the first acolyte. but is blocked at the last moment by a figure in a darker robe. where he is introduced to his Worthy. dark room with the other acolytes in their "cell" (usually 3-5) for five hours. face up. occasionally the odd spot of violence. At this point pawns are generally started training in a martial art. " -Edgar Allan Poe Type: Secret society. The pawns' initiation ceremony consists of being offered a ritual drink (which is laced with stimulants) and then being isolated in a small. The hands of the pawn are tied (sometimes forcefully) and his head is forced down on the altar. Allies: Roderick Reis (secret). complete with ceremo­ nies. . one by one. have business relations with most street level gangs and with the Peace Force. since it appropriates for them the mystique and fear associated with the real Sandmen. who lunges out of the shadows. picking up packages and delivering them.. Uneasy truce with true Sandmen. Brief: An elaborate organization combining bizarre rituals with practical procedures to get its drug on the street. beginning with Pawn and working the way up to Supreme Invisible Nightlord. The Exalted Order is a front organization that Reis has set up to produce and distribute Night­ mare. After the five hours. the way to the top is not without peril and sacrifice. It is a secret society. Needless to say. If they do know one. Little slices of death. STOLZt. The hooded figure strikes down with the sword. many individual Sandmen. Enemies: Earthlings.

and receive great rewards. but they at least know what they're doing now. the initiate is well rewarded for his service. who is always just as beautiful and erotic as the Master remembers himlherlit. the ceremony is completely casual. and IXlssibly their worthy (some worthies remain incognito. of course. a blank tuJpa. an initiate can be promoted to the level of being a "Wortby. Dream Kings are taught an elaoorate mythology and history (all bu1lshit) of this ancient and powerful order. It is also at this level that. Masters of Sleep are occasionally rewarded with return visits to this fabulous creature. and go off to have a feast. no special robes or anything. It is. and is only done to one at a time. Furthermore (and more importantly) they begin a series of medita­ tions and mental exercises to work them towards Zen. a superior. There's a big build-up to this. but usually serves as a "straw boss· for a cell of J:8wns. some don't). the questioners throw back their hoods." This ceremony is done very simply. STOI. . It con­ sists of answering riddles and questions asked by a panel of hooded figured while buck naked. Exalted Master of Sleep Another small promotion.20 LAws. initiates can berome elevated to the level of Master of Sleep. At the end of the questions. WILDEST DREAMS Master of Sleep After a time of service as a Worthy. He'll also have a means to contact.Z!:: & TvNJ-!S Pawns will recognize the other pawns they were initiated with. From this point onward. Worthy Ones After three months to a year of loyal service as a Pawn. give the new Worthy a medal in the shape of a seven pointed star. The capper is that he's told "the great ones" have summoned a creature of pleasure for him. Dream Kings learn they're selling Nightmare. The initiation for this is a big party. waiting for him in the next room. At the level of Worthy. A Worthy still doesn't know what or who he's working for. the worthy is told that at the new level he will leam deep secrets. They still don't know anything about how it's produced.

it all depends on what the initiate is expecting. At this stage. as well as with more initiation duties. The initiation for 21 this is that the candidate is told he must wear a black robe. STOLZt. who are always found with groups of others who know them already. Prince of Dreams This is a big one. offering of gifts. Ifhe has learned his lessons well. for he is unworthy. For example. a Dream King may be promoted to Imperial Prince. Supreme Nightlord A promotion taking place before a large group of assembled initiates Oess Pawns snd Worthies). Sometimes the Nightlord can see the beloved's eyes and hear his voice. drugs.." he's told that the great sex he's had has been with tulpas.OVER THE EOCE LAws. The tulpa-spotting methods they're taught are all based on deduction and observation rather than any psychic ability. At this point Dream Kings are given more training in how to recognize tulpas (though they still don't know that the "hot babes. Once he's good and scared. The candidate is free to tum down this promotion and remain an Exalted Master as long as he likes. Zen training is accelerated. rewrded to produce the hallucinations .) Supreme InviSible Nightlord The highest point. . After the "murder. & TYNES Superiors casua1ly tell the new Exalted Master that all the history and mythology was a lie. and when he sees that his loved one is alive and well.but still won't know how or why. he will. Dressed in ceremonial robes. and kill someone he loves. sex with tulpas. the candidate for Princehood is told he will have to face his deepest fear. (See "Recognizing Molded Tulpas. They are now told why they've been studying Zen. they're told to watch [or peop1e who are too willing to please. Ifnot. his beloved is tied up and waiting for the blade. he can be promoted to NighUord. If not. If the candidate does survive the encounter. he11 leam that nightmares are. 22. You can be trusted with the secret of Dreamweb. When the initiate enters the chamber.the tulpa is of course shaped into precisely what the initiate fears most. he will be able to overcome it. The purpose of this is to test how much faith the candidate has in himself and his training . Dream Kings are qualified to do the initiations for the lowest levels. and so forth. The sacrificial victim has been chosen and taken by their superiors. etc." p. Imperial Prince of Dreams After loyal service as a Prince. he is brought back in and told of tulpas. He is followed and watched. If he believes he can overcome his fear. this is full of pomp and grandeur. If he answers "yes. and that since he knows their true nature he can never form them again. who will say "You're an Imperial Prince now.they've been with all this time are tuipas). etc. the Order doesn't want him knowing the deep secrets anyhow. because it'8 all done with tulpas. in fact. He'll just be called before one of his superiors.· the initiate is led away in silence and pointed away from the building where the ceremony took place. he'll be introduced to a room with a raw tulpa. and awaits them in another room. take a sword. It usually comes about two years after initiation as a Pawn." He'll be told about Dreamweb (though not where it's from) and may possibly be trusted with imprinting. Nightlord After a year or more as an Imperial Prince. and are entrusted with oollecting Dreamweb. it will destroy him. but he1l know the real power lies beyond this step. Months of hinting at perils to come and the need to be spiritually strong and resolute are capped at the night of this initia­ tion. At this point the initiate is asked if he's willing to forgo the greatest pleasure in his life for power. if the candidate is good enough and smart enough. sometimes not. The build-up to this is immense and eerie.

more frequently Worthies or Masters. and these functions have ritual names.. and he has high hopes. for example. Masters of Secrets Money laWlderers. Also included in this department are those Nightlcrds who have the job of collecting Oreamweb. a respected parapsychologist. etc. because he'd have to tell them what to look for. He's also trying to develop some sort of device to detect them. Guardians of Ultimate Night Thugs and assassins. credit or bank records. both native and chemically altered) that it does little good. "Look for people who never do anything unex­ pected. Diviners This department is primarily charged with finding shaped tulpas at large. and Dr. Those who are trying to find shaped tulpas must be at least Supreme Nightlords. There are Diviners of lesser rank who investigate other individuals and groups. Keepers of the Key These people carry bulk shipments of com­ pleted Nightmare to distribution centers on the island. . and must be at least the rank of Imperial Prince. Recognizing Molded Tulpas A1so not very successfu1. but a lower level might be trusted with moving it electronically. or disguising where it came from. but has had no luck. Sometimes Pawns. and smugglers in SkylJa. Extollers work the street selling drugs and raising money. Djibo L1iam. Royal Makers The Royal Makers supervise the imprinting of Oreamweb with nightmares. A Guide must be at least a Prince of Dreams. Cur­ rently Reis has hired hackers and researchers all over the world to try and find people who seemed to just "appear" from nowhere (no birth certificate. Usually only an Exalted Master is trusted with collecting shipments of cash. is an Exalted Master. ). and usually have some Guard­ ians along who don't know what's being delivered. they carry a wide variety ofnarrotics. Note that getting a higher rank does not necessarily mean a change of function. but learning to trwy evacuate one's mind of aU thought takes a lot of training. someone who is particularly good at sales will stay an Extoller for as long as he wishes. Guides to the Gateway Those who are sent to find those with vivid nightmares for imprinting. has attained the rank of Worthy. They don't exclusively sell Nightmare. They have to be Masters or higher. where people have many different expectations. The biggest clue. Trudy Clay.22 Skills of the Order Zen Reis theorized that. a fringe neurologist at O'Aubainne U. He has had little suocess with this idea." is usually so subtle (especially in an environment like the Edge. The Functions There are many tasks involved in the opera­ tion. but it also carries out whatever other investigations Reis feels are necessary. Extollers Usually Pawns in the Order. He has succeeded in recruit­ ing a couple of promising scientists to the Exalted Order: Dr. He's leery of getting other fringe scientists to help him. someone in a state of mugu-mushin or "no-mind" would be able to handle them without erasing them. since Tulpas are molded by expectation.

DVER THF.

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23

LAWS, STOLZE & TYNES

Secret Handshake

Signs
Though they may seem hokey, many people
just won't accept a secret cabal without passwords
and secret handshakes.

To Shaw You're In the Conspiracy
Yawn, covering the mouth with left fist. Left
thumb is held between first and middle fingers.

Proper Response to the Yawn
Put your left hand under chin, palm up, with
middle finger curled in against jaw. Say, "Insom­
niac? Or just nocturnal?"

LeGeND

OF

As a nonnal handshake, but tighten pinkie
finger, middle finger, and third finger in that order
while rotating wrist clockwise.

Locations
The initiations for the first two levels are done
in an abandoned church in Great Men. The next
four promotions are done at a warehouse in Skylla.
The final three are done in the private homes of one
of the Supreme Invisible Nightlords. All these
places are referred to as "Temples" and have secret
basements decorated with mystic and Masonic
paraphernalia.

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24

Real History of the
Exalted Order
Once upon a time there was a parapsychology
student of rather modest skills and disproportion.
ately large ambitions. He was doing a postgraduate
research project at the University of Michigan on
spontaneous human combustion. (This was before
the creation ofhIue shock, and the phenomenon
was still unconunon.) Several of the case histories

WILDEST DREAMS

Remolding the Eye into a pair of glasses, he
wore them constantly, and eventually captured his
first tulpa. After pimping the creature to raise
some capital, Reis did two things. First he hired a
P.L to investigate Schwarz, and second he moved to
AJ Amarja. (This was after blue shock was in­
vented; he assumed the large number of spontane­
ous combustions was due to more tulpas. It seems
to be some sort of bizarre coincidence that there
really were more tulpas on the island - exactly as
Reis expected.)
The P.I. resigned after reporting that Schwarz

he read noted that the victims were consumed so

had "blown a guy up." Reis immediately contacted

quickly that they left no burns on the floor they'd

Schwarz and told him of the large number of tulpas

been standing on, though the body and sometimes

on the island. The two met and began an uneasy

the clothes were completely consumed. He didn't

partnership.

think much of it Wltil there was a case of"spon
com" right on his oym campus. Investigation
revealed that the victim, Ben Jensen, had seemed
like "a regul ar guy - last person you'd expect
anything weird to happen to," The sole witness, a
lonely and surly sophomore named Andrew OIker,
responded very poorly to Reis's investigations.
Then one night, Reis's life changed completely.
Olker came after him with a fire axe in the parking
lot, and Reis shot him. At that moment, Reis had
to choose between telling the authorities and
having his investigation of the combustion halted
by police barriers, or hiding evidence ofjustifiable
homicide.
Reis decided he was bigger than the law. Olker

Reis's prestige grew steadily, in proportion to
his wealth. Eventually he hired Karl Kramer to
help him run a "'real" brothel.
One day he and a Sandman wound up stalking
the same tulpa. Reis barely escaped with his life,
and a P.I. named Paula Elweiss was hired to follow
the Sandman. When she reported her findings,
Reis realized he had yet another avenue of profit
open to him. Quietly he began recruiting toughs
and loners to a fake organization called The Ex­
alted Order of Dream Kings. They were able to
produce Nightmare for quite a while without the
original Sandmen catching on - after all, Sandmen
rarely get together to systematically compare notes.
When the Sandmen did find out, things got ugly

wound up in an abandoned quarry, and Olker's

very quickly (it's known in Exalted Order history as

room keys wound up in Reis's pocket. Tn Olker's

"The Night of Sixty Knives") with a group of

room (a single) he found a strange journal, recount­

vengeful psychic sociopaths against a numerically

ing Olker's stalking of Jensen. Tn it, Jensen was

superior and better organized group of nonnals.

referred to a "a phony." Olker had also been doing

Aft.er some inconclusive exchanges of violence, Reis

research of his own - including the charred

talked the Sandmen into an alliance, with which

fragment on page 23.

they're still not satisfied.

This fragment put Reis on the trail of both
tulpas and the Eye. Through steady research, he
learned that a necklace "Bearing a gem rumored to
be the notorious Eye ofTchulca" was for sale in an

GMCs

estate auction. At the auction, the highest bidder
was one Josef Schwarz, but Schwarz didn't get the
Eye. Reis had learned the Eye could change form
at the whim of the owner. Counting on this, he had

Typical Member oj the Exalted Order
Attack: 3 dice.

a duplicate necklace made. Before the auction he

Defense: 3 dice.

asked to examine the real necklace, distracted his

Hit Points: 21 (tough)

watcher, transfonned the Eye into a ring on his
finger, and dropped the fake into the box.

Traits

OV�:R THE EDGE

LAWS, S1'(H,Z�: & TYNES

Fighting, 3 dice - Usually a martial art, but

25

Ifhis actions are called into question, Reis will

there are some who learned from the street. (Confi­

defend them thus: "1'ulpas have no real personali­

dent and/or scarred,)

ties, they arejust perfed mimics. Though they can

Loyal, Variable - The higher in the order they
are, the more loyal they'll be. Pawns and worthies
lack this particular skill. Masters and Princes will
have 3 dice. Anyone of Nightlord level or above will

fool you, it makes no sense for them to have real
comprehension or intelligence - otherwise they
would have goals of their own and not be suscep­
tible to the will of others. To say a tulpa feels pain
is like saying my mirror feels it when I cut myself

have 4 dice. This skill will help them keep their
mouths shut about the order, even if they're

shaving."

naturally blabbermouths. It can be used to resist
torture as we1l, and can lead to uncharacteristic

As for his actions as a pimp, Reis tries to
distance himself from the day to day workings of

behavior such as enduring personal discomfort for

his business as much as possible. He is in deep

the good of the organization. (Resolute set to jaw

denial of the pain he causes, and rationalizes that

when questioned.)

"it's just a job, and they make good money."

Functional Skill - This will vary depending on

In addition to the Eye and his pistol, Reis also

what department the Dream King works in. A high

has a crystal trap. One-die white thought genera­

level Extoller might have a skill in Rich Image,

tors protect his home, his car, his yacht and the

which allows her to hobnob with wealthy idiots

Scarlet Palace.

without being looked down on. A Keeper of the Key
might be a Good Driver, while a Master of Secrets
might have a skill in Business or Computer Opera­
tion. While most initiates can fight, a high level
Guardian oflfltimate Night might have Strong
Stomach in order to make gruesome examples of
those who betray the Order. Someone who was a
Guide to the Gateway might be a Good Listener, or
Observant. As for the Diviners, they could have

any investigative skill; Tailing, Phone Tapping,
even fringe talents.
This skill could be 3 or (very rarely) 4 dice, and
the sign will vary, of course.

Roderick Reis.
aka "Doctor" Roderick Reis
Fringe pimp
Reis never keeps tulpas or Dreamweb at his
house. His wife is the same age as he is, and a very
plain woman. Her name is Lois. They have a ten
year old daughter named Cynthia. Lois knows all
about his business, but Cynthia has been kept
ignorant, and is usually away at a private school in
Switzerland. Reis often flies her home for week­

Reis's home is generally protected by one or two
Guardians, as well as other, more mundane secu·
rity people. His home is moderately large, and a

fine example of Art De<:o design. He has a stables

on his large estate, and his home is tastefully
decorated with works of abstract art.
A stout, middle-aged American man with grey
hair, devastatingly expensive (though conservative)
suits, and a monocle. Age 51, 86 kg and 177 em
Attack: 2 dice Xl with fists, or 3 dice X4 with
handgun

Defense: 2 dice
Hit Points:

16 (Bulk)

Traits
Magical Artifact - Reis carries an artifact

called the Eye ofChulka (see below), currently

disguised as his monocle. (Cool designer glasses.)

Psychology and Parapsychology, 3 dice Though he never got his doctorate, his investiga­
tions of the "tulpa"' legend got him something much
more lucrative: the Eye ofChulka. In addition to
his paranormal knowledge (general and sometimes
outdated), he understands motivations. He's a

ends. He loves both deeply; witness the fact that he
has never cheated on his wife, despite his line of

Freudian. (Uses psychobabble.)

business. Neither has any exceptional survival

but also his influential and wealthy customers.

skills, except that Cynthia is a 3 die horseback
rider. She receives a bonus if riding her favorite
horse.

Rich and Well Connected

-

Not only the Order,

(Expensive suits.)

Good Shel, 3 dice - It's a measure of his
connections that the Peace Chief turns a blind eye

. one owner transfonned it and swallowed it when impris­ oned. With it. it must be solid. it will perma­ nently become the person it is at that point.. The tuJpa will become "rea)" except that it will never age. This will not happen if someone igno­ rant of tulpa nature sees someone with a nimbus through it. It11just be "a person with a red glow around him. Josef works with Reis. The Eye itself will become anything that its owner desires. nor will those who know its nature..Dn�i'T DREAMS . and later a lockpick to escape. He knows Reis would never let him screw up twice. Any tulpa seen through the Eye appears to have a red nimbus around it. Josef Schwarz Sorcerer and Invisible Nightlord • Josef is a sorcerer who has spent much of his life developing magical means to manipulate tulpas. a - Change shape. . like a lens or a gem in it.. STOLZE & TYN�::S WII. Any blipa.26 LAWS. a "Lock Down" a Tulpa. Reis knows nothing of this. It only holds one. In the past. �) 1":\ " .. to be released at the discretion ofthe wielder. turned it into a tiny dagger to defend himself. within three parameters: it must have a clear portion. He wants nothing so much as to possess the Eye of Chulka.\. Though he suspects Josef wants the Eye.-� .) Tbe Eye of Cbulka It has the following powers: o Reveal Tulpm. he believes he could transform himself into a tulpa and live forever. layers of persona will begin to vanish. Note that as soon as the tulpa's nature is known to the Eye's wielder.� . . can be sucked into the Eye. once totally stripped to nonmaterial form." o Capture Tulpas.. (Wears suits large to conceal a shoulder holster. he knows that the interests of the Order are better served with Josef on its side. and it can only weigh 60-340 grams. Josef usually has a Guardian or two with him for protection. to Reis's 9mm Beretta. Other tulpas won't strip it.. Should a TuJpa actually come into possession of the Eye. and is in a bad enough position that he won't betray him unless he's sure he can get away with it.

) Chulka's Veil of Undetectable Expectations (Level 10) . a garden hose does X2.) Socially awkward.An Aztec spell that lasts for 12 hours. German. Abo generally has one or two on Morpheus' lnexorable Cage of Nighl.Josef has a minor fire elemental captured in a ring. and could transport itself through the astral plane to find someone attacking from a distance. and reveals the true nature of anything concealed or disguised by any form of magic. and it makes the recipient hard to describe or remember by anybody. and was never handsome or well spoken. If a being is captured by Solomon's Seal. loud noises. Note that plain old greasepaint and wigs are not penetrated. a firehose does X3 damage if it hits. If this seal is broken. but holographic projections. doing 3 points of damage. The elemental looks like a flaming comet about the size of a baseball. always has one spent on The Blade Gaze of Olampit. 165 em. a bucket does 1 die. and the range is 10 meters. but only within the few seconds between its being stripped of its identity and its total dissipation. bald. Once "loaded.) Captured elemental . it can only attack someone if Josef can visualize where the target is (or.S German man.This spell has two effects. 50 kg. (Leers. If it's swarming over someone it only rolls one die to defend from attacks by water. wrink1ed.) Solomon's Seal ofSpiritual Domination (Level 14) . (Smells faintly of burnt herbs. it will be stuck until released. The object must have a Seal of Solomon on it somewhere. Languages: English. (Com­ mits frequent faux pas. He is leery of using it. The el­ emental defends with 3 dice. Otherwise. age 66. Defense: 2 dice. some ancient Aztec. somehow. He becomes -dim" and forgettable. It lasts 6 hours." it's ready for six hours. A squirtgun does one point of damage to it.tulpas. kicks) the sleeper gets another roll to try and overcOme the spell. He's ill at ease in social situations.) 27 field. it would force him to roll against it. Yiddish. (All other signs become forgettable. piercing gaze. It moves very rapidly. but has gained Reis's trust and now man­ ages the Exalted Order. It makes ones opinions and expectations cloudy to tulpas. vampires and . but will use it if threatened. (Carries a keychain with Seal of Solomon on it. Traits Sorcerer .OV�:R THE EIXiF: LAWS. if the target is in his presence). since that would mean its loss. buckets of water. skinny. mental projection or energy Karl Kramer Lodgemaster of the Exalted Order Karl was originally hired to run the Scarlet Palace. It does not reveal the presence ofKergillians. Hit Points: 12 (scrawny) Magic Pool: 6 shots.A Cabalistic incantation that imprisons incorporeal beings in a physical object. and always hits with its attacks.) Addicted to sex . of course. Attack: 2 dice. It would also work against psychovores. takes 20 hit points to destroy. Before that he had inter­ esting and varied careers ranging from gun runner to firefighter to CIA informant to currency specula- .Reis keeps Schwarz well· supplied with "freebies" at the Scarlet Palace. or fringe mind clouding are all cast aside. penalty die -Josef spent most of his youth studying magic. large nose. (Piercing stare. This can work on a tulpa. It can be destroyed by immersion in water.) Spells Tiu Blade Gaze o{Olampilchu (Level 10). the being can escape. and when released will have to complete one task to be named by the sorcerer. X2 with knife. and Josef has become accustomed to high class prosti­ tutes.The spells Schwarz knows are listed below. After that time it dissipates.chu. blunt and inarticulate in speech. STOLZE & 'l'YNP. (Piercing gaze. A roll of 14 or lower would force the person to return to his body. (Wears a large sapphire ring with a Seal of Solomon on it.) Morpheus'Inexorable Cage ofNight (Level 9)­ This Greek spell puts one person or animal to sleep for half an hour. A botch would give the caster control over the projectionist. Greek and Latin with horrible pronunciation. The Ring of Gyges. The caster makes some cool looking arcane hand gestures to release and aim it. It's attack method is to swarm all over the body of the victim at high speed.you guessed it . If used on an astrally projecting human. thus defending them from stripping or molding. This spell also reveals the true nature of magical beings such as werewolves. If external circumstances are inimical to sleep (such as fire.

with Maggie Kopek (see below) though he thinks she needs to be protected because "She just isn't hard enough. 70kg. Schwarz once commented that ·She seems to have a score to settle with the world. (Pager constantly going Rodney "Hot Rod" Serengeti 01T. Reis decided that Paula was his kind of employee. and what makes them go boom. He'. but not reliably . never smiles. She remains distant from almost everyone. up free­ bies from the various pushers. but specializes in archery and an obscure type of Kung Fu called Shadow Water. he decided to join. Exalted Drrkr Cop Rodney thought being a Peace Force officer would be a pretty cushy job . 3 dice . psychic invasions and torture. age 42. STOLZE & tor. 70kg.Paula has studied several martial arts. Hit Points: 21 (tough) . X3 damage with sword cane Defense: 3 dice Hit Points: 21 (Keeps coming) Traits Fighting. He couldn't conceal his Peace Force job from them (he's just a Jowly Blue) and is pretty sure they suspect him of being a plant. pick up clues.but not to her face.Karl knows what makes people tick. and he knows it. and milking it for all it's worth. Regardless. Attack: 3 dice.) Sleuthing. 3 dice . scar under left. 167cm.) Pulling Strings. (Empty eyes. but considering his current employer.. 3 dice . this trait can also be used to resist coercion. American woman. short vertical scar on his forehead. When he found out about a secret society. She can tail a car.) insuring that people stay in their places in it.She was a P. 4 dice . Languages: English. good friend. from knives and bottles to guns to artillery pieces. Though he generaUy favors terror as insurance of loyalty. Paula learned about No-Mind as a way of life. 3 dice . She can make herself invisible to tulpas on rare occasion. She's been a part of the Exalted Order from the very beginning. Rumor has it that he had part in destroying a white slavery ring. straight brown hair. weak chin. stocky.28 LAWS. Gennan man. 3· dice . for organization . (Carries a sword cane. (Can come across as a sweet.assess two penalty dice when she attempts this. 92kg. X2 (nightstick) or X4 (SMG) Attack: 3 dice X2 with knife or crossbow Defense: 3 dice Defense: 3 dice. He hopes that ifhe is found out by his superiors in the Peace Force he'll be able to pJay ofT both sides against the middle. he understands the carrot as well as the stick. Assigned to Burger Patrol. Lanky. He's confi· dent with almost any weapon. Reis secretly suspects she may develop her psychic powers to the point where she has all of the inborn abilities of a genuine Sandman.) Martial Arts.As a part of her martial arts training. age 29.and it is. kind old guy or a ruthless fearsome thug .There are few moves that haven't been thrown at Karl Kramer. (Wears loose clothes so she can move freely. Attack: 3 dice. A hazardous position. before she Criminal Mastermind.) TYNES WILDEST DlmAMS Hit Points: 25 (Inexorable) Traits Zen.establishing it. he hasn't had the chances to pick. No one really knows much about Pawa. manipwation. 173cm. gold tooth. but she has not perfected it. but he's got a touch of the AI ArnaIjan national disease: lust for power.s island: AI AmaIjan man. this is unlikely. petulant lips.or anything else he wantsJ Paula Elweiss Zen Archer and Invisible Nightlord After seeing her performance during the Night of Sixty Knives. and does a lot of work with the Diviners now. 185cm. pick a lock and sweat a suspect. was in the Order. bartenders.Karl has a great gift.I. Short kinky hair. eye. Span­ ish. mean enough to make it on Ihi. prosti· tutes and donut merchants that cops on regular beats take advantage of. German. (Carries handcuffs as a habit. but not quite cushy enough for Rod. Italian.

he also works as an Extol1er and Keeper of the Key. If interrogated. (Sweet smile.� over and over. freckles. She works at a bank. and can be "loaded" and "unloaded� at will. She works as a Master of Secrets. Maggie has a secret personality. if something goes wrong with her other personality (brainwashing.A nice padding to his Peace Force salary and standard bribes. X2 with knife Defense: 3 dice Hit Points: 21 (Healthy) Traits Moving. Those with any ability to manipu­ late people will see Rod as having "Play With Me" written all over him.) Exalted Order Though young. babbling about "Twenty-three couches on the dark side of the Moon. Knowl­ edge of these is all kept in the "secret" persona. (Blusters and whines alter­ nately. but she's still a manipulator at heart. nice smile. she loads up her knowledge of them. They hoped to make her the ultimate Mover. Age 20. but it's identical to her "normal" one.Her parents started her on a bewildering array of different martial arts when she was quite young. When she needs to deal with the Order. a Mover or a money launderer. When scheming for herself.Thanks to the manipulations of her parents. 3 dice .Rod wants badly to be in charge of things. 3 dice . Languages: English. (Short fingernails. The custody battle was of legendary proportions. the ur-persona (or parts thereof) can be "copied over" the damaged areas. rust-red hair. Attack: 3 dice. Irish/German woman.) Malleable and Power-Mad. 3 dice . Convincing without being arrogant. she's risen through the ranks surprisingly fast and is already an Exalted Master of Sleep. easy to lure with his own greed. penalty die . Her mother was in the Gladstein cell. Maggie herself is pretty sure she's in Cell Z. 65kg.s Armor: 1 die Traits Peace Force. Her father ended up dead from an exotic Papuan tapeworm that got into his bloodstream and stopped his heart. she can erase the knowledge of her activities and "hide. Though she never much cared for it. Japanese. (Acts like he knows a secret in a very obvious way. It's somewhat similar to having a backup copy of a computer program. Maggie has decided it's a good idea to take it slow and be non-threatening in the Movers.) - Computer (abJuser. (Every once in a long while she11 have a facial tic. but unfortunately their machinations eventually drove them apart until they divorced.Standard training as described on page 146 0fOTE. she is also an adequate hacker and programmer.) Fighting. tortured or mind-read. 18Ocm. (Carries a knife disguised as a hairbrush'> . while her mother wound up hopelessly insane in the D'Aubainne Asylum. psychic damage). STOLZE & 1'YNr. 4 dice . The "public� personality has no knowledge of being an Order member. easy to confuse. Italian. she can load up everything.Very persuasive and sweet.) Maggie Kopek Mouer in the Order Maggie was initiated into the Movers by her parents when she was just sixteen. where she launders money for the Order (among others). the training stuck.) Secret Personality.OVER THE EDGE 29 LAWS. Spanish. Rod is the perfect catspaw. (Arrogant) Exalted Order . He is at the level of Master of Sleep. Easy to convince. (Wears a seven pointed star inside her shirt. 3 dice . because the personality in charge genuinely won't know it. but he's far too easy to manipulate. Maggie is �good friends� with Rod (see above). and is unlikely to rise higher unless he betrays the Peace Force to the Order so firm1y that they know he11 never betray them to the Peace.Not only can she access a wide amount of data through phone networks. he can call on the Order ifhe gets in trouble that his buddies on the Force can't get him out of (unlikely as that is). while her father claimed to be Hermetic (though he may actually have been a Vomite)." In this mode she will truly appear to know nothing at all about what she isn't supposed to. Nonetheless.

fuck with 'em.dnnL. I've heard they're just running on momentum . If he passes the test." .burger in tM Den ofThieues "I hear they l!IOCIetJy run Total Taxi and the newspaper. and he leads them to Reis. I hear they strangled him with 'em. STOLZt: & 1'vN�.a pube in Science "Listen man. and the Peace agle€ to drop the matter if the PCs will see just where it is that Rod Serengeti goes periodically. but when 'Milky' Farquahr stole a load of Nightmare he was found with 'em pulled out. gets invited to join the order. Reis hopes they will be able to build 8 "tuJpa detector. I think that aU the weird drugs floating around ." .low-level Mover "Don't they sell that weird drug that makes you scared?" . anything. they'll r ec l uit him. . but that ain't really possible. and the Guardians of Ultimate Night come after them.30 LAws. The characters investi· gal<>. the characters are delivered a large shipment of Nightmare. thinking the PCs have stolen it.conversation overheard in Greal Men "Don't fuck with 'em.a neroous-looking stranger nwking hushed conversation in a bar "I have . D The Diviners suspect that one of the PCs is an Wlswakened Sandman. The PCs witness someone who's just gone through the initiation for Nightlord running into the loved one he though/. snd the Order tests him by getting him in close proximity to a molded tuJpa. Person­ ally. it rou1d do. D The characters meet a Zen Master who was brought to the island as part.Dfo:ST DREAMS Word on the Street: Sandmen "Eyes don't come out all that easy.\ on good authority that they're funding a group of rebel. zorro .. . they'll replace it with a hit of Nightmare.the upper ranks were all wiped out by some cartel from Mali." . The rop is Rod Serengeti. one master drug that can influence the brain in any fashion. of Reis's investiga­ tion of this avenue of control. OK"" . anything..' Shit." A parapsychologist's lab gets broken into by Diviners who hope to be able to apply his research to their own. bad enough for them to plot revenge. D D A magician hires the PCs to track down and retrieve a "gem" called the Eye of Chulka. D The PCs get hassled by a cop who's even more 3ITOgant and abusive than the usual cop.'shock. and then he gets hauled ofT by some secretive weirdos. called RSRS to overthrow the D'Aubainnes." . or a PC: with fringe perception. Just. or are being manipulated by Movers) and get sidetracked investigating Maggie Kopek.mobster to underlings "Well. WII.a Glorious Lord "Rumor has it that there's some sort of secret society behind them .:s Story Ideas o o Q o The player characters in (minor) trouble with the Peare Force. or a fringe scientist the Pes know. he killed.is it?" .a normal who has obviously never met a real Sandman . A fringe scientist hires the characters to track down the source of Nightrnare because she wants to know how a drug can produre such specifically identical hallucinations in totally different subjects. how is it possible for two different users to have the same hallucination? Any chemical that can do that. 'cube. o o A fringe scientist PC. what's the big dea1? They're just some freaky pushers and tha�8 aU." . They see the new Nightlord's disbelief.a group called the Supreme Masters or something. ." -a blond with curiously Asian {eatures "'l hear if you leave a tooth under your pillow. They sell 'em at different prires and under different names as a smokescreen. Somewhere on this is1and is someone is controlling it ali. . then gratitude. In a case of mistaken identity. are The PCs are chasing the Movers (or are Movers.I think they're all the same.

with lines of suspicion between them. age 26.S. including Charlotte. and currently works as an assistant instructor at DAU. he only takes a penalty die on his next Despite a strong will. The hair below this arc is tightly braided. Charlotte Ritelli lived in fear. 2* dice (fringe trait) . One night she put Jacob's Laddu on the VCR. 41kg. Fearmaster. Traits Fearmastery. If the fears in a direct and scientific manner. Quit. The victim rons 2 dice against the 1 or who use it to understand and control Fear itself. but hasn't decided yet. A Fearmaster can still be scared. Brown eyes. They're all women. Long dark hair. et cetera. Charlotte was physically roll. A . but if she uses a shot from her Fear Pool she can overcome her anxiety .and how to create it from nothing. and passed through it. he takes a frail. Elwt. a pattern seemed to be just beyond her reach. she took frequent doses of Nightmare. unless he has a skill that wou1d make sense as a defense.Charlotte understands fear and has moved completely beyond . and shot three different batches of Nightmare simultaneously. S'J'OLZE & TvN��S 31 c "I will show you fear in a handful of dust. Fearmaster will vary. such as "Strong Allies: The Exalted Order.. she suffers a penalty die.. how to alleviate it.. played her Carmina Burana album. Italian. Languages: English. AI AmaJjan woman of mostly Italian descent. wetting his pants. Currently there are about seven Fearmasters. Attack 3 dice + penalty (Karate) Defense: 3 dice + penalty (Karate) Hit Points: 21 (Fearless) Fear Pool: 6 shots of2 dice each. her research progressed. Applying Fearmastery consists of calling up the root of fear in one's own mind. about 2cm above the ear. she knows it on intimate terms. Will" or "Fearless" or "Too Dumb to Know When To Enemies: None yet. 15Ocm.OVER THE EDGE LAWS. and was deprived of her parents in an early penalty die on all rolls for mental or physical action accident. She he is paralyzed with terror. with a 3cm wide arc shaved on the left side.. she wrote Fearmaster rolls more than double her victim's roll. tangentially. The results of having fear invoked by a Rep: None. As Charlotte has instructed a few of her friends in the art of commanding fear." If the defender rolls higher than the All her life. In the dark epiphany that followed she went to the center of human fear in her own mind. Type: Small Secret Society. As an adult she attempted to confront her until he leaves the Fearmaster's presence.T.the shot from her pool is added to whatever she would normally roll to resist. She is considering teaching an open class in Fearmastery. down everything that scared her and why. And begging for mercy. researched the sources and archetypes of fear. though none are as good at it as she is. and then using it as a pattern to either invoke or dissipate fear in another or oneself. She has not only transcended fear. though it will always have Brief: A group of hardcore Nightmare users some effect. "The Wasteland' Fearmaster can only scare those who can clearly see and hear her. GMCs Charlotte Ritelli Fearmaster supreme Charlotte bas a master's degree in Psychology. How to avoid it. lf the Fearmaster beats him. 2 of the Fearmaster. " If a Fearmaster attempts to scare more than one person at a time.

she began training in White Crane Kung Fu. STOLZE & TYNES 32 it." (Will either look right through you or never meet your eye.In an early attempt to conquer her fears of personal hann she studied karate. Olive complexion. 3 dice . short hair. She knows what causes it and what stops it.She's been taking instruction from Charlotte. even when there are excellent reasons to be scared. stoned or obnoxious enough.AMS . (Fearless) Karate. Traits WILDF. Her Order activities also keep her fairly well-off.) (Scrawny) Kung Fu. whichever makes you more uncomfortableJ Frail. diamond stud in nose.Tells great jokes. and wants investiga­ tors from outside the Order (reasoning that if AI Amarjan woman of Sri Lankan descent. If she needs to. Furthennore.. or they run across her while investigating Hizrad's death. her under­ standing bas become instinctive. or to bail her out of trouble. CI Charlotte needs large quantities of Nightmare for training. (Graceful moves.Marie is an Exalted Master of Sleep. mutter­ ing a bit and waving her hand at him. and through her purchases she was recruited to the Exalted Order. She can also nullify fear. She can terrify a man two feet taller than her carrying a chainsaw just by giving him a certain look. as well as a Keeperofthe Key. if they're drunk. 49 kg.LAWS. though it may appear illogical or even insane at the time. financially. 3 dice . she knows exactly the thing to say or do to break tension. Marie isn't sure whether she should tell her superi­ ors about the Fearmasters. Q Hizrad suspects she may be John Doe's next target.When initiated to the Exalted Order.) Fearmastery. backup muscle. they mess with a Feannaster in a bar) and see (or experience) Marie Hizrad Fearmaster and Member ofthe Exalted Order Marie has been a Nightmare user for a long time. and this understanding is completely pre-rational. Psychology. 15&m. though her successes with their techniques will probably lead her to do so eventually. CI A Diviner in the Exalted Order gets suspicious about the large quantities of Nightmare being sold in a particular area. She is the Order's liaison with the Delta Epsilon Theta fraternity. o Marie Hizrad is one of John Doe's victims. (Wears a small seven pointed star inside her shirl) Dark Humor. 3 dice . Perhaps she hires some characters to make a pickup she doesn't have the muscle for. and hires the PCs to protect her when the Order leaves her high and dry. CI The characters see someone mess with a Fearmaster in a bar (or.Charlotte has always been spindly and will take a penalty on any physical action. 3 dice . (Steely gaze. and has been a Nightmare user for quite a while.) Plot Hooks CI Charlotte opens a school of "Psychic Self De­ fense" and the player characters decide to take classes. Has very good dead­ pan annic timing. CI Someone gets victimized in some fashion by a Fearmaster and hires the PCs to find out what the hell happened. with a specialty in phobias and "the archetypes of fear. penalty die . Tamil Attack: 3 dice (Kung Fu) Defense: 3 dice (Kung Fu) Hit Points: 21 (Resilient) Fear Pool: 3 shots of 1 die each. Feannastery. and Charlotte wants to know what's going on.She knows what makes people tick. age 31. (Fights in stylized stances). 1· die (fringe trait) . she can overcome her own fear and behave rationally. coarse. mole on neck. Either she hires the PCs. The causes of fear are deep and difficult to analyze.) Exalted Order . and (unlikely as it was) the two became friends. she can call on the Order for information. She was Charlotte's pusher. (Her high hit points represent a combina­ tion of her karate toughness and her utter fearless­ ness. (Says outrageous things with a perfectly straight face.sT DRF. though usually they're a bit morbid. Languages: AI Amarjan patois.

OVER THE EDGE LAWS. . "Charlotte Ritelli? Oh yeah. Hitchcock superimposed a skull over Norman Bates's face. . The PC." . . .Rigor Kwasek "1 hear she's secret1y dating Sir Arthur Compton. She told me that at the end of Psycho. gossip columnist "She's pals with that Eury chick from Scarecrow. she proctored my rat lab at the U." . and has been experimenting with applying her skills through music. their lead singer. like.' . satanist "l've seen her over at Kuan TWl'S. o • • Charlotte has finally overcome her fear of dating. ." . They're a pretty biochin' band.TCU! Kwon Do blackbelt "She hangs out with the DEThs sometimes. shoot drugs and. She seemed OK.a member ofthe Black Death Theater Troupe "There's something really creepy about that chick. hear a gothic rock band called "Scare· crow. but not all that often. 1' . " ' . " ." - Sammy She-mei. She meets one of the PCs and romance blossoms ." . an internal investiga­ tor might be a traitor). .a skinhead in Flowers . �: Word on the Street . she has that stripe in her hair.. is a Fearmaster. STOLZ�� & TYNl'� 33 there's treachery going on. man!" . She was pretty hot lookin': -Antoine Maribella "I hear she's. . like. . a lesbian. • .Jennifer Jackson . do " 1 . .Geoffrey Dirktongue. D " • .� ." Lima Eury. and her and a bWlch of her dyke pals get together. I talked with her at a party once." . She gets a bonus die while singing (instead of the penalty for group effect) because the band is already using subsonics and visual effects to make people Wleasy. "Charlotte Rite11i? Dude.

it's all done with tulpas. she's much more than a mere receptionist.000 for every 24 hours thereafter. and so on. who know they're impost­ ers. Actually. She keeps the appointment OOok ("Very well Mr. Reis still bitterly curses the loss. Roderick ReiSt c1aims to be part of an international organization that can find the perfect mate for anyone.000 for the first day of availability. (Their answers have little. as Karl Kramer got more and more involved with the Exalted Order. These are "playgrounds.see p. (One tulpa got away in car e t WILDEST DREAMS . He calls the system the Reis Index of Compatibility. The rooms vary in decor from the standard (a bed.) The client and the tulpa will only meet in the Scarlet Palace or on Reis's yacht. and even learned how to make Dreamweb from a foolish. for fear that they might "pick up" something that will help them escape. The next client goes through the same process. It's Reis and his minions. STOLZE c & TvN�::S 7 e The Scarlet Palace in Broken Wings is AI Amarja's most expensive brothel. Even when they're imprinted.-:a ace the early days of Reis's operation. takes the money. $5. The tulpas don't mind the time with their clients so much . Cindy has no connection to the Exalted Order. see-saw and sandbox. The only other place the tulpas go is to the home of one of the Invisible Nightlords when needed for an initiation. which is true in a way. his secretary took on more and more responsibility for the Scarlet Palace. and then they have Schwarz riding shotgun. that the tulpas fear and loathe. or an office for those who wish to live out their fantasies with their secretaries). making the relation­ ship between hooker and john almost symbiotic. As the client can't see the tulpa's previous fonn too well. The rules of RIC are as follows: The client will pay $10. if anything. They are held prisoner and periodically reset to be re-printed with new desires. or RIC for short. we11 have Lisa ready for the 'Cramming for LSATs' scenario on Frida"").. a playground with a swingset. He usually keeps one imprisoned on La Grande Fraise. How Reis Pimps Tulpas He keeps it secret from the masses. he projects his own desires onto it. In actual fact. Clark.it's all part of building their confidenceJ He then has a personal interview with the client to "evaluate" him or her (actually to get their hopes and confidence up). La Grande Fraise. but Reis has made it known that. to do with the process .. he simply introduces a customer to a dark­ ened room with a lone tulpa in it. lackey. Reis's office. as does the next. and teIls people not to go down the hall to Mr. "The Jungle Room". Then. a lamp and a stereo) to the bizarre (lnga's Dungeon of Desire. Cindy Favorite (see GMCs). It is also to insure that the Order doesn't miss an ounce of precious Dreamweh. but doesn't realize just how disastrous it win be ­ this is the tulpa who becomes Tulpa-Trent .the clients passion­ ately want to believe in them. Reis has captured three of the unfortunate creatures. He has prospective customers come in and take an exhaus­ tive psychological test. he can find the perfect prostitute for them. 43.. remolding it completely. the other two locked up in the &arlet Palace.a secwity precaution to prevent tulpa escape or kidnapping. thinks "tulpa" is the name of some sort of weird Tibetan sexual position. However. they're not pennitted contact with anyone else. The number of days that "the girl (or boy) will be on the island" will never exceed 14 . Its owner. and has never .. for those who can afford an incredibly high price. Reis currently has three tulpas.34 LAWS. now de­ ceased." except for the one on the top floor which is an industrial-sized laundry operation in constant use. The first floor has a lobby with a cute young receptionist. The Scarlet Palace is four stories high. Each of the top three floors has six rooms in it. It's explained to clients that this is to protect the girls (or boys). creating his own "dream date".

A Nightmare dart is prepared with Dreamweb that has something so nasty in it that it can't even be sold to the decadent . One will be a Supreme Nightlord. She's not sure what the hell is going on in the basement . in the basement are three members of the Exalted Order. Girls as young as nine years are prosti­ tuted in the brothels of Thailand and the Philip­ pines. Rhonda a mutant with extremely pliant bones. and while Reis would never take advantage of someone below the age of consent.) . experts at giving pleasure . Reis has been experimenting with a new marketing method for Nightmare. Finally. Reis is at present producing 6 cannisters of offensive Nightmare a month. lest they encounter his deadJy knowledge of their true nature. ) . Generally they feel that they have no other recourse ." Note that even though these women are nominally "voluntary" participants. This could have pennanent psychological repercussions (or physical. With a few notable exceptions (such as Inga. . She takes great care to keep her skin soft. She knows the cover story about the RIC. Justice or even Great Men would give her a second glance.specialist in "trashy" encounters. He has a core group of prostitutes. but seems to appeal to those with a tactile fixation. (In a similar vein.everything from lithe Brazil­ ian boys with no English to California coeds with boob jobs and college degrees. Even though she isn't replace­ able (and Roderick has checked).000 a night. 99-100) in addition to their usual equipment.their attitude is one of apathy and cynicism. damage charges assessed if anything disfiguring is done in the course of a "session. he has no problem with employing these sexual casualties once they're sixteen or so. where they're kept under the counter for preferred customers only. No one in Flowers. able to force the tulpas to remain in their chambers. She's just plain enough. p. just in case one of them might discover the secret basement. and they know it. Some of Reis's regulars include: Natalie . but mostly he exchanges with pimps in other lands.but suspects necrophilia. but thinks it's pretty much as described. 35 just oommon and cheap enough to drive certain rich folk wild with lust. catatonia or a psychotic episode. there are never any fewer than 3 guys from Dunkelberg Security (4 on weekends) with access to bull beaters (see aTE. no one outside certain very rich people find her attractive. $5. descriptions and talents at any time . In addition to swords. Their attitude will most likely be apathy or paralyzed fear of both the PCs and their guards.typical nightmares like having one's brain eaten out by giant centipedes or being attacked by dogs. but will give the victim an overlay of something indescribably hideous.few actually enjoy their job. STOLZE & TvN�.Reis wants to keep the truly potent version for his personal use and protection. He rotates them frequently. Reis's office is where the secret door to the basement (where the tuJpas are imprisoned) is concealed.S taken Nightmare in her life. Other women employed there may simply believe that the only thing they're good for is to be used and cast aside by men. She's moderately good looking. . They sell for $500 apiece at Gun Metal. His usual rate is $1. to Japanese geishas and Indian Kama Sutra experts. if the victim runs into a tulpa while under the influence of it. They're intended to distract and demoralize only . selling it in aerosol sprayers for use as a Mace-like offensive weapon. The clients at the Scarlet Palace are usually men who can't get laid even though they're very rich. These women are physical commodities. and the enjoyment of their partner is generally the last thing on their minds. Reis runs his brothel carefully. - In addition there are Inga and Russ (see GMCs. they are anned with Nightmare darts.for example. The rest of the first floor consists of two play rooms and a large bar where the workers hang out between jobs. if the prototypes sell well hell make more. There will be 30 "foreign exchange" prostitutes of all ages. For hardcore security. Others may know no other life. The dart will do negligible damage. just slightly smelly enough. It's in this bar that the employ­ ees are "browsed" by their johns. These carry less debilitating images than the darts he arms his guards with .LAWS. below) the "working girls" are unlikely to assist the PCs or hinder them. below).000 to deflower a virgin.

lubricat­ ing jelly . radios. and if the clinic is attacked. It's an original. The forward walls are all glass.ipment and such. There will never be any fewer than two Nightlords WILDEST DREAMS protecting any single tulpa on the boat. they will try to escape with it. and there's a large distance to swim should the tulpa undergo a "dangerous transformation" and try to escape.in French. There are some genuine scientists working here. there will be three Nightlords. If the boat isn't under attack. Furthennore. Someone who the Order trusts to produce nightmares could possibly connect the clinic with tMm. and there are a few chairs bolted to the floor here. and this is the center of communications. Reis always hires a typical three dice fighter as a waiter and busboy.everything the voyage could need. The walls are oak paneled. The spaces on the boat map are described below. life vests. 4. Rarely he will have two onboard. 3. despite the fact that Oet's be honest) it might better serve as a necktie pattern. 2. batteries. La Grande Fraise Reis's yacht is his favorite possession. and has weird . If his nightmares are of insufficient quality. as weU as seven researchers and employees of a more mundane nature. and might bring up to $15. It's 20m long and built for luxury. On the port side (left. Bridge The boat is controlled from here. On the roof of the bridge (which has no rails around it) is a high power searchlight and the radio antennas. since it's easy to keep track of the Dreamweb produced. with three portholes on the outside walls. 1.. There is an abstract work of modern art on the wall. as well as supervis­ ing on board himself. The name means "The Big Strawberry. hard to twn around in. Main Deck This is an open space with a meter-high rail going around it. navigational equ. depending on the character of the dreamer. 5. Reis has carefully hidden his connection to the clinic. rather than defend. a dresser with a mirror. 81'0121': & TYNEs The Sleep Disorders Clinic Reis has set up a phony sleep research clinic to provide him with nightmares. a Royal Maker from the Order will smear "saline paste" (actually Dreamweb) on his forehead.36 LAws. Only the Royal Makers are allowed to handle Dreamweb. but mostly he wants to locate people with vivid nightmares to steal. If two tulpas are on board. a large rolltop desk (all bolted to the floor) as well as a couple of chairs. People come up here to sunbathe or get into the bridge. There's a double bed. vats of purified water. there's usually someone from the Order stationed here on lookout.. the Dream Kings might reveal their true motives and put the "patient" on the payroll Or they might continue to deceive him. When a patient continually complains of nightmares and shows signs ofbaving them while asleep there. umbrellas for drinks. or possibly through "anonymous conbibutions" he's made. Reis might allow him to be cured with psychotherapy so that the clinic will have a good reputation and others with better nightmares will come in.000 from an interested collector. and hook him up to a bogus machine. The only way it can be traced to him is through the Order. Storage Food supplies. There are usually 2-3 Dream Kings at the clinic. Ifhis nightmares are very good. as well as panels of motor controls. gasoline. Often he11 ship a tulpa out to the boat and use this as a trysting place for someone who's taken the RIC. Head A head is a ship's bathroom. when facing the front ofthe ship) is a stairway that leads up to the top of the bridge. The searchlight cannot face the rear thirty degrees of the boat. Reis's Cabin This is where Reis stays when on board. which means it's cramped.

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This one is especially bad. of course) and an amazingly well stocked wet bar. with recliners. 14. The engineer sleeps here. as well as a few lounge chairs for sunbathing. The food is well prepared. but Reis tries. with a wide selection of songs on it. worth about $5. dinner or a movie. but still a head. one of the Order members will serve as bellboy. (Nudes. a stereo system. most of the room is taken up by a waterbed. only with a standard bed instead of a waterbed. occasionally meeting some girl· friends for a drink. Reis hates them. oil and gauges. The room has numerous portholes. 1 6.tubes. the napkins are linen. 12.000 each. A cramped and narrow passage. the silver is tastefully minimalist. 8S well spare weapons for the fighters on board. This is where the Dreamweb is stored. nor does she feel the need for one. Service COrridor 8. large bearskin rugs.art at is with Cindy Favorite. a video game system. Head A much less cramped bathroom. and gas-powered stove. there arc additional supplies here. this open area has a meter high railing around it. 9. there's a card table bolted to the floor. backgammon all high quality. an engineer. black rubber sheets . and a secret door on the interior wall leads to a service corridor. freezer. Unfortunately for them. 13. the most obvious point to st. The trapdoor in the floor leads down a steep stair to the galley. Crew Quarters There are usually two or three crewmen on board. and a cabinet with standard board games in it (checkers. sofas (safely bolted down. but a perceptive person might notice it. any kink can be accommodated. Open Air Deck As with the deck on the top floor. huge silk cushions. The pilot sleeps here.ainments. valves. . She works from nine in the morning until five at night. and the walls are hung with original paintings. The decor varies by customer request.38 LAws. She has no current romantic attachment. of course). Galley A cramped kitchen. 1 5. Game Room A room for various entert. Lounge Large and luxurious. chess. STOLZE blue stuffin the toilet. 6. Large (for a boat) and luxurious.) 7. There's a gate in the deck that leads to a wooden swimming platform in back. The trapdoor down to the engine room is Guest Room As with room 12. The cook sleeps here. as well as the bellboylbruiser and the Order members. and a cook. a pilot. GMCs Cindy Favorite Receptionist with a heart ofsteel If the PCs are investigating the Scarlet Palace. 1 1. Dining Room Gracious dining is hard on a ship. If there are two tulpas on board. with a large refrigerator. . she's a pretty tough nut to crack. since it has two doors. & TYNES under a coil of rope. Twice a week she goes to a health club for an evening of aerobics and moderate weight . There's an antique jukebox against the forward wall. After work she usually dines at home. Guest Room Engine Room This is the guts of the ship . and the tables have mahogany inlay. 1 0.

nearly had a affect other people. Unbeknownst to her. except inasmuch as they will nervous breakdown when Cindy kept calling him then affect her. Any halfway SelfAbsorbed (Downside). both break down in tears and beg her to take him back. tried to keep it together never stops to think about how her actions will after she begged for forgiveness. Foremost among these are: FeruJe Clete. (Nosy. several uJtra­ wealthy clients believe they have had sex with her. STOLZE lifting. She has no emotional crutches. Traits Businessman. 72kg.) she betrayed and victimized him. and no evil deeds that she's ashamed-t a o dmit. Jittery. scrawny. Age 27 but looks older. no addictions. AI Amarjan man. 3 dice . haunted look in his eyes. found out she was SelfAbsorbed (Upside). threats and sob stories.Mitch runs a small but fairly successful shoe repair business that special- . He'd love a chance to get even with Cindy. 18Ocm. Minda Wallerby. perky and cute. has a good phone voice. Traits Receptionist. and was finally and takes flattery as her due. and Hit Points: 17 (fit) Mitch Van Hatte himself (see below). and barely getting by. but isn't really a member. who used to date Mitch Van Hatte. to date Cindy. age 24.Lane is a competent reporter who made one bad error in trusting Cindy. Blue eyes. harm her. unkempt hair. 56kg. Minda Defense: 3 dice + penalty Wallerby. This emotional hospitalized for 2 weeks with severe depression distance enables her to shamelessly manipuJate after she dumped him.OVER THE EDGE LAWS. in and outside of the Scarlet Palace who wouJd love or try and murder her with his bare hands. 3 dice .She's decent listener can get a lot about her out of him. not loyal to anyone or anything other than her own Directly confronted with Cindy. Attack: 3 dice + penalty a janitor at the Palace who asked her out and was coldly rebuffed. Traits Investigation. (Short fingernails. There are several people around. Lane U1aki (see below). and she's taking a course in Thai cooking on Sundays. Euro-American woman. etc. She's so innocent looking. 156cm. They're even more excited that she "pretends" that nothing's hap­ pened. 3 dice . he might either sweet self. 3 dice . but generally the people she's AI Amarjan man. (Wears businesslike clothes. deeply bitten snubbed are those who ordinarily have no power. penalty die .She's organized. If anyone cares to listen others for her own benefit. sometimes working as a spy or P. but some men find her very attractive. She sometimes attends the Sommerite services at the Temple of the Divine Experience. She's immune to the pain of others "Russ" during moments of intimacy. or (by extension) the Scarlet Palace. types quickJy and knows how to briskly get rid of people without causing a scene. to do her one dirty. This is because she has perfected the "look but don't touch" attitude of professional frigidity. (Impassive in the face of he11 go on for hours romplaining about her.She really cheating on him with Russ. knee length skirt and mediwn high heels. Dirt avoided a lawsuit by agreeing to fire him. 3 or 4 dice .) Perky Sexuality. usually wears a dirty brown trenchcoat. Currently he's living in Great Men. so completely businesslike and uninterested that men who like the feeling of pursuing immediately perceive her as a challenge. and files them a lot. He paid Cindy for information on the Palace and was told a pack of lies that got him sued into bank­ ruptcy and beaten up (luckily for him.) & TYNES Lane 39 Ulaki Reporter down on his luck Lane worked for small island tabloid called Dirt and was doing a story on the Scarlet Palace.She's good looking in a general way. when in fact it was a tuJpa. Usually wearing a moderately tight. he decided not to print the stuff about Monique D'Aubainne).I.) Mitch Van Hatte Businessman and victim of love Mitch is a moderately successfuJ businessman who broke up with his girlfriend of five years. how complaints.to fingernails. button nose.

Peace Force uniforms. Black Jamaican man. (Doesn't read much.ST DREAMS Russ Multi-talented bouncer A beach bum Greek god .and she'd be employed by the Ministry of Justice. Language8: English. 3 dice . green peppers.) Emotionally Unstable. onions. Ifyoujusthaue to have a certain pair of shoes ready for that big event.Easygoing. A blonde bombshell. repair them on the spot and give them a nice shine. 3 dice .> Suffers a penalty die on reading. STOLZE & TYNF. he has bad dreams. some Spanish. 4 dice . German. wears dreadlocks and wire rim glasses. 178 em. His night. 3 dice . Dresses in thrift store clothes which are frequently spattered with glaze or smeared with clay. X2 with whip or hot poker. generally dressed in fetishist bondage gear: straps." He lives in the Flowers Barrio. "Aryan" look that Hitler wouJd have died for. (Carries a whip. Mitch took up this Korean martial art. washed down with beer." This is reflected in his combat score.but not so much so that she permanently injures people.) It is her viciousness and knowledge of human weakness that gives her 3 dice in combat. Not just your rWl of the mill pizza dreams either. 3 dice . and is trying to make a name for himself(not to mention a career) as a potter. chains. Still. dances well and is good in bed.Works out frequently. he is very reluctant to induce them except when he has to.Has a pure. he often takes penalties on activities because "they just don't seem worth doing. and whenever he eats lots of spicy food before bedtime. one of Mit. can throw people out so politely that they don't get offended. leather nun's habits. Traits Traits Sadistic. (Rippling muscles.s 40 izes in rush jobs for the wealthy. American. 185 em.He didn't get that. (Wears suits. Carries a whip and speaks with a Northern European accent (even though she was born in Brooklyn). Penalty die -Mitch's ego is still in a very fragile state. (Short-cropped blonde hair.LAWS. there's a 50% chance that he'll go berserk. tells good jokes. buckles. spikes. 23 (brawn) Traits Fun to be with.> sensitive stomach. sauerkraut and extra cheese. 21 (unstoppably bitchy) WILDE.She genuinely loves to cause Self-induced Nightmares . Nice smile. 63 kg. however.) Tae Kwon Do. for that body that makes the decadent rich groveL {Well defined muscles. 3 dice .Dought has a pain to others . mares are known to produce the highest quality Nightmare. age 26. lose the penalty die on fighting and gain 5 extra hit points of adrenaJine.In order to work out his frustration and anger towards Cindy. we're talking serious night sweat material. talkativeJ Dyslexic - Dought Marsallas Nightmare artist His first name is pronoWlced "Dote. {Broad smile. and the Extollers _ . tanned and immaculately muscled.> Strong. the sort of dream where time stretches out to decades of sorrow and you're still tired the next morning. (That wouJd give her 4 dice . 95 kg. 185 em. American (but acts German).) Inga Dominatrix from HELL Often asks Russ in to harangue her clients while she works them over. good personal­ ity.> Athletic. Attack: 3 dice. They also do more mundane repair work. Frequently depressed. (Obvious mood swings. Defense: 3 dice. He's had his best successes from spicy beef pizza with red peppers. Languages: English.> Beautiful. body with silicone. fishnets. 75 kg. Hit Points.ch's boys can run out to your estate. If pushed. (Good stamina.blonde. Attack: 3 dice Defense: 2 dice Hit points. etc. Lean. Dought's major source of income at this point is producing nightmares.

Traits Good Newspaperman. some Pes might want to take out Reis and his mob . and which crises in his business are real. Later they hear someone else Wiring about what a "great'" Nightmare trip she had . 3 dice . who is embarrassed to admit he is receiving (confiden­ tial) treabnent at the Sleep Disorders Clinic. He's persuasive and can inspire people to work hard. o The Dream Kings begin imprinting Dreamweb This sbipped her the next time they mel. and that she was one. Furthermore. age 65. be spends it.with identical details. (Confident. go ahead and let the Dreamweb bit the fan . TV and newsprint media on the island. Forgets bills and debts and just generally seems to be trapped in an unending cycle of poverty. he with the orgasms of women having their first rush from a combination of MDA-cubed. he has substantial protection by the Peace Force. After asking one of his best reporters to investigate her.) Bad with ffl()ney . wiry hair and a handlebar moustache. 86 kg. o When they catch wind of the Scarlet PaJace. 4 dice . 4 dice . he learned about tulpas. This could be especially amusing if the PC thinks he's found the person.no simple task.) Nightlifer. curse. His money and organizational skills have placed his bennies in communications all over the world. when in fact be's only kidnapped a tuJpa (which the Order is anxious to retrieve). Publishing magnate Mario fell in love with a woman. he has good judgement: he can tell which stories are worth following. attack or drug abuse). mares.pleading in . let Reis try to port:cay himself as a loyal husband and devoted father . and the Order shows up to protect their Little Nemo. tells good jokes. only to see him (apparently) completely burned up by an instan­ taneous fire blast from Reis's monocle.perhaps in a rousing fire6ght (gwls being quite possible for both sides in international waters).) Well Connected. only to later have her undergo a peculiar personality change. 175 cm. a If one of the characters has terrible nightmares (from some previous experience. Realizing that if knowl­ edge of the tulpas became common. as well as being heavily invested overseas. mare he had.Since he always portrays the D'Aubainnes in a good light.) Mario Cassetti Story Ideas o One of the PCs is looking for someone. They then sell it as -rriple-X. and through him they learn of the Exalted Order." in much greater danger.When he's got it. broken only by those spicy pizzas. but with just enough ethics that he is trusted (and can sleep at night).41 know his reluctance pushes the price of-rus· Nightmare up. o A friend tells the PCs about a horrible Night". but wouldn't it feel good to rid the world of such degenerates? You may want to guide it aJl toward a rousing climax (so to speak) on La Grande Fraise. He is on good terms with the Neutra1izers. eats bland food. This might come as a shock to the originaJ dreamer. (Bags under eyes. psychic Italian man.Plays hard. o Dought meets and befriends the characters at a bar or a party. someone might hire the characters to collect a debt from him. If moral ambiguity is your style. he might answer an ad for grey. dances well.· comes across as a regular guy. o The PCs befriend someone. He therefore owns a great many of the radio. blue believes it destroyed her. Or. (Is an artist. to suppress any mention offree floating psychic mimics. he has dedicated himself to the new. and wants to find out why. has a great capacity for alcohoL <Dreadlocks. non-addictive superaphrodisiac. If you like the Ian Fleming approach. (Slightly overweight. Pudgy and conservatively dressed.) o A top-notch sleep researcher gets fired from the Sleep Disorder Clinic for curing people's night". Thick. Couldn't balance a checkbook to save the world. Smokes cigars and the "Sleep Disorder Clinic. keeping the tulpas secret. and overhears that someone of that description is at the Scarlet PaJace. they would be shock and sla-mo.Knows where the hot parties are.

for $500. (11Wk) . screw sheep and dead people some lovehot sex machine. It was incred­ show you. No really.=Yl1Ulus DAU. t hear it's all hypnotism..42 LAWS. All he does all day is sit Rumors on the Street About the Scarlet Palace in there and mentally spy on people. see? Pretty sick." ibk! If! had the dough. but who knows what it is? and stuff. profess. or a sheep or . -Arthur Compton..wide-eyed burger «I went in their 'parlor' once . They get you in and "I hear they have a secret room in the basement hypnotize you. That's just what I hear though.a nonnie at a pub in the 'Burbs works of art.. Never have I seen since so much "'That place is the most disgusting. STOLZ!:: & TvNJ<:S WlI." couldn't afTord them.drunk Sigma Om guy at a frat party -Man. bloated pimple on feminine grace in one place. and you think you're doing it with where people go to. like.an. Like a oontact high. I won a night there in a rame.m:sr Dlu:AMs "It's quite overrated." his daughter's name Wltil he can get close enough to a trigger.the women are truly something. huh? Wish I could do it: . wlw doesn't think much ofthe Pam's "shallow ckprauity" "1 hear it's run by a psychic. I the face of the Edge." .swned Delta Ep guy at a frat party "What goes on there? Come up to my place and m "Dude. Aipha Rho sorority sister . grooving off on their borrowed orgasms. I'd go right back: ." maybe even some other customer. I did.. . I used to work there." . UnfortWlately.a streetwalker .

Now he's back from the dead. And wonderful Darrio Brazilio was no Sandman ­ he was a tu1pa. confused. Depending on how your OTE series is going. the Sandmen track down Trent during the after-show party at the Temple of the Divine . using knowledge it had gained from a period of imprison­ ment under Roderick Reis. The Darrio-Tulpa made Trent's Nightmare from his own Dreamweb. the horrific violence. The night of the "John Doe. Keep them disoriented. much of this story involves investigation and deduction that will be directed by the players. chasing after shadows in the night. The text is set up as a resource. one minute too late. They met. He'd' found the perfect mate: a Sandman. inspired dreams into a drug. containing background information. if this scenario strikes the same mood that your series normally aims for. STOLZE & TYNES 43 o n AI Amarjan 8rt student Trent Frezno was in love. This story is almost completely lacking in humor.exhibit's opening (see below). fell in love. you can trip the players up. exotic. Trent wanted to be in pictures. Your job will be to draw the characters into the story. who would tum Trent's fevered.OVt:R THt: EDGE LAws. But his lover wasn't really a Sandman-he was a tu1pa. he had big nightmares. On the other hand. on a mission of horrific vengeance against his killers. which were actually going to be exhibited! . It will be up to them to survive. They11 feel like they're on familiar ground. or their Exalted Order allies. Trent wanted to be in the land of the Sandmen. Problem was. Screw virtual reality! This was the real thing. dramatic scenes. and then turn them loose. this may represent a real change�f-pace or be business as usual. Emphasize the night scenes. a work of art. with his nightmares distilled into a form purer than any of his second-rate paintings ­ even the "'John Doe" ones. until the change-ups come too fast and too hard for them to handle. loving. His form of Nightmare was soon all over campus. When they find the right shadow you must be merciless. the latest cool deal. A month ago. and two weeks later Trent had his first batch of personal Nightmare. and they put Trent to sleep for good. The key word for this scenario is Pressure: keep the buzz saw roaring against the players' brains. in the pictures Nightmare users see in their heads. Trent Frezno had big dreams. The Edge has a bite to it. called NightTlUJre. Then a real Sandman came with some Exalted Order goons. Overview Here's the full story.in his humble opinion . nightmares that . In fact. Darrio was also what Trent wanted more than anything else: a Sandman. nobody makes Nightmare but the Sandmen. Much like star-struck movie fans everywhere who want to be in Holly­ wood.cou1d ever be.were far more interesting than any available in the Nightmare drug form. Trent had to show the world what his dreams were like. drawn to Trent and re-made into Trent's perfect lover. A young man named Danio Brazilio held the key . Or is he? Introduction "Kill John Doe" is an Ouer the Edge scenario for virtually any group of characters. It shou1d be � oe an overdose o£violence and mayhem that will leave them shocked and stunned until the resolution. and an overview of events as they would progress without interference from the characters. look on this as a chance to remind the players that life in AI Amarja isn't all ha-ha strangeness and oddball characters. If it's the former. But he cou1dn't keep it to himself. Nobody had ever made artwork this interactive before. moved in together. Nobody. Trent found it. the numbing feeling of always being one step behind. but this is set against the background of a horrific killing machine and the victims it claims.boyishly handsome.

and the visitors who stream in prove it: penniless students. Only when all the "Sandmen" are dead will the death­ energies of Trent Frezno be dissipated.�: & TYNES Experience and leave him gutted in a toilet stall. The intensity oCthe shaping was such that the Tulpa-Trent thinks it really is Trent. This wtimate point is something Kwasek kept to himself. and only then will the killings stop. What little Nightmare he has left they take. These points are pre­ sented in their order of OCCUlTence.) Here's how it plays: It's a Saturday afternoon at the Zefilli Hall of Fine Arts on the D'Aubainne University campus in the Science Barrio. Needless to say.44 LAws. the Tulpa-Trent. reshaped once more by the same man. weaving.) Getting Started Three specific entry points are provided to get the characters into the story. superhuman." to the University's literary magazine (Stir) under the pseudonym of John Doe. as he was. For this is not Trent. etc. stood in his place. these works cowd not be returned. the personal ads in the student newspaper. video. By assigning the creator the bland and meaningless name of John Doe. he hoped to show how inspiration can arise from nothingness ­ the Big Bang. the works wowd be for sale. 130·32) to sponsor . The tulpa. It has acquired a long­ range mind-reading ability to find "Sandmen: and uses its amazing unreal body to kill them. who only think they're Sandmen. bigger. The killer is. than Trent ever was. an English major (emphasis in poetry/creative writing) at D'Aubainne University WILDEST DRt:AMS and member of the Delta Epsilon Theta creative fraternity.began releasing works with only the name ·John Doe" given as the creator. (Incidentally. Exalted Order mem­ bers turning up dead. It has to be. Of course. back from the dead. Instead. left in very public places in very violent displays. STOI. into a horrific image of himself. Rather. He isn't Damo anymore . he began urging other students to do the same. has birthed a brainchild. administrators. Entry Point One: The Exhibition Rigor Kwasek. Unless the characters do something about it first. Kwasek and some of his fellow John Doe contributors convinced Sornmerite and art patron Lydia Goodman (OTE.he's Trent. not that anyone really cares. . The exhibit opens in the late afternoon. better.n exhibition of "The Collected Works OfJohn Doe (An Exorcise In Entropial Restraint)" at the Zefilli Hall of Fine Arts on campus. He submitted his latest poem. (Note that Tulpa­ Trent's mind reading ability picks up only Dream Kings. p. . It's just a cool kind of thing to do. you needn't be that scientific. A smattering of students in various creative fields . Then the killings start. the gallery used by the univer­ sity for most public exhibitions of creative works. etc. Danio was overwhelmed by the explosion of pain. . Upon publication. Over a period of six months or so these pieces popped up in the regular creative channels of the university: student display spaces. and you may choose how and when to get things going. On one side of the building is the glass-fronted entrance to the Galleri Zefilli. his innards shoved into the bowl and flushed partway through the pipes. Kwasek's point was not just to divorce creation from creator. since proof of creatorship was difficult. Damo Brazilio. The Tulpa-Trent is stronger. rage and helplessness coming from his lover and shapero The Tulpa-Darrio was gone. actual Sandmen are as imperceptible to him as to a normal twpa. if you will. in the last. and to the bemusement of Goodman and the annoyance of Kwasek. professors. The exhibition was set up with very simple guidelines: anything (within reason) that was deposited at the Hall with the name of John Doe attached would be presented. few mo­ ments ofHre. the tulpa is Trent as he became. Anyone can attend. "Personal Pogrom. students who just dress like they're penniless. of course.sculpture. many works are showing up with "Jane Doe" attached instead.1. the literary magazine. a statement in itself. and the proceeds donated to the Fine Arts department. and DAU's "John Doe" movement began. to take revenge. Only one room away from Trent when he was killed at the Temple.

the piece is listed for sale by bid. Sir Arthur Compton (OTE. The atmosphere is low-key. interactive hypertext on computer. framed poems. Luminaries in the crowd are few. Anyone claiming creatorship of a given piece of art is looked upon with disdain. and other. there is frequent discussion about some of the more-popular pieces. silverware. The voices are pre-tecorded and distorted to prevent identification. 112-15) is a surprise guest (in fact. Three individuals repeatedly enact a short play (6-8 minutes long. but low. Towards the right edge. CI "Unknown Self-Portrait" is a black-and-white photograph. A few representatives of AI Amarja's media are present. beaming.OVER THE EDGE LAWS.they're spoiling the effect. woven from supporters of the arts. there is clearly a preponderance of amateur en­ trants. It depicts a mirror. fiction (uniformly short). from left to right (as if reading a printed page). Talk among the crowd is constant. STOLZt. p. In the background. whether they're telling many different colors of thread. Q "Poppy" is a bright and appealing representa­ tion of a IXlPpy flower constructed of other objects: bits of plastic. If examined closely. The play concerns identity and confusion. a story of sorts emerges: the colors all begin from a common source. sculpture. displaying cruder technique and hackneyed ideas. and the various curious ones among the populace. anonymous performance art. is everywhere at once. hand-tinted into a riot of color. Details are not provided. he's one of the contribu­ tors to the show . Rigor Kwasek. While the merits of such work are subjective. and more. and certainly there are those desirous of finding out who is reslXlnsible for them. a television set displays the logo from "The Gong Show. but their paths are so disjointed that this can not be determined for certain. The show is something of a novelty. & TYN�.see below). Lydia Goodman is present. then begin to diverge wildly." CI "Sea of Discord" is a wall hanging. the undercurrent of excitement not all that exciting. the colored threads seem to be converging again. Nevertheless. with a five-minute break between each performance) dressed in bulky costwues and masks and hence unidentifiable. photo­ graphs. among the pieces attracting attention are the fol1owing: CI "Excerpt From A Non-Existent Play" is a true rarity. The works are of all types: pottery. along with several Sommerites. The characters can mix and mingle as they wish. He has a difficult time not yelling out that everything here is because of him. of course. "Who's on first?" Bizarrely. but he seems unusu­ ally reserved. Others show more sophistication. use the follow­ ing as a guide. less-identifiable items. If the players ask for deSCrip­ tions of some of the pieces present. the dialogue comes ofT very much as an existential version of the old Abbott & Costello routine. When the piece is considered carefully.:s 45 the truth or not . with a bag over his or her head. scattering their paths across the entire work. and for that reason has brought more people than would usually show up. . in which can be seen the photographer.

they can stand around anonymously and listen to critiques of their work.a1s of the flower are made of hwnan fingernails. This is an excellent opportunity to continue or introduce a subplot from your series. and may wish to contribute their own works..7. If they have artwork here.who's going to know your "John Doe� piea! isn't by a student? Other characters may get involved if they are on good terms with or are members of the Sommerites. so feel free to stage any happenings you wish here. Any who are students in the creative arts are probably aware of the John Doe business. Perhaps they replace the actors in the play described above. or simply join in the performance from the crowd. Not an official one. they will likely focus on what sort of attention their works receive. for instance. It may be that this will be the entry point for the characters. mind you. Nothing of great significance has to occur at the exhibition. After all. I �' "' . Don't feel that you have to describe a1l of the nrtwork delineated above. The exhibition is supposed to be just for student works.46 LAws.EAMB Characters can get involved through this entry point in a number of ways. If no one places a bid on it. If the players aren't getting into it. . - . Cu�ups may wish to display their own peculiar vision. Srot. WILDEST DH. simply by being invited to the exhibition. but after all . done on a whim. but those attending the exhibition will likely as not head for the Temple after dinner. Sir Compton is responsible for this work. Entry Point Two: Temple of the Divine Experience It is generally understood at the exhibition that there will be an opening-night party at the Temple of the Divine Experience. Those who aren't involved with campus life can still get in. Let the players drive the scene.E & 'J'vtn:s viewers may realize that the pet. Compton does. the temptation to dramatically dive into this deliciously rontex�free exhibition may be too much for them to resist. proclaiming it fascinating. This may prove to be an unpleasant experience. you might wish to have the Cut·Ups make a sudden appear­ ance. however. such an effort is likely to come off as staged.

this is a good place for a subplot to pop up before the focus of this scene occurs. though they may run for help. There isn't anything very unusual about this. who has been plying his trade here longer than any other. they may take whatever actions they wish. drugs. and the added leisure time is making him restless.ofhis birth. but doesn't keep a list where anyone might find it. Sometimes he denies it. If any character present expresses interest in the goings-on in the far stall. and who persuaded his fellow Sandmen not to interfere with the new enterprise. Armivrek Kazandijan Sandman with seniority The Sandmen of AI Amarja don't really have a leader. he's decided to let a little air out of Reis's tires. STOLZ�: & TYNES if so. and cry out. He is a very happy psychopath. determine which characters might witness one or the other. or just to take a leak.) Kazandijan sometimes claims to have been the first to identify the properties of tu1pa ordure and to distill it into Nightmare. make a pick-up or a drop-off. If the characters know what happened. Nothing too serious. The Bathroom Event In one of the larger stalls (one set up for wheelchair access. As Sandmen die young. and dancing predominate. However. Drinks. The music blares in the restroom almost as loudly as it does out in the hall. He's beginning to think he's perhaps made a mistake. Maybe he hates the whole idea of a hierarchical structure. He's not sure why he's doing it ­ maybe he wants to remind him who's boss. One happens in a men's restroom just off the main hall. then flushed. It's unlikely anyone will contradict him. The toilet flushes. Two things of great significance occur. tracking a tu1pa he spotted in the country . they get the gist of the following: three people are in the stan. Turkey. lately he's been wonderingifhe isn't mellowing too much. These events happen at about the same time. his longevity gives him the authority to say whatever he wants. The other happens in a small anteroom next to the restroom where some of the partygoers have peeled orr for quiet conversation. or perhaps to read minds. The character or characters may be in the bathroom to meet a contact. (As a member of Turkey's oppressed ethnic Armenian minority. and three people emerge. don't give out this information. Much like the exhibition. He is dead. making the voices hard to make out. Anyone looking into the stall . They tell him he messed with the wrong people. considering the environment. This new income has meant that he doesn't need to get out and hustle anymore. if no character does . Reis's ambitions just go against everything a self-respecting Sandman stands for. It was Kazandijan who gave Reis pennission to set up his Exalted Order and tulpa brothel. . gotten entangled in something that appears to be a boon but is really a prison. He first came to AI Amarja in the early 1950s. Here's how it plays: Party! night at the Temple (Saturday) is always a blast. he's probably the oldest one alive. Kazandijan doles it out more or less evenly to the other Sandmen on the island. among whom it will be the main topic of conversation.most of his jokes revolve around evisceration. his innards 47 yanked out and shoved down the toilet between his legs. Reis pays him a cut off the top. The look on his face is blankly unpleasant.will see a young man dressed in dark clothing sitting on the toilet. intercut between the two when the time is right. If both events are to be witnessed by characters in the group. Shou1d a character have special abilities that allow them to hear better. Kazandi jan has even more of a chip on his shoulder than the average Sandman. actually. allow them to pick up details oflhe John Doe exhibition from partygoers. Therefore. Since Sandman culture is entirely oral. Then they kill him. It's unlikely the characters will interfere at this point. in fact) there seem to be several people talking animatedly behind the door. but if they did it would be Armivrek Kazandijan.OVEn THE EDGE LAWS.someone else will.perhaps an argument is underway. ten them that the voices sound rather demanding . Ifno one pays special attention. He has been gutted. with a lifestyle he quite enjoys. Armivrek has a nasty sense of humor . threatening a fourth. just a lot of good times. Armivrek knows them all.

as he chooses. age 69. with a modicum of street cunning. and suddenly breaks part of it off.) Evisceration..) The Anteroom Event Sitting alone at a table in the comer . I'm thinking of somebody else . For a moment his guts spill out onto the floor.. Takes orders well. Attack: 3 dice. and clutches his stomach and doubles over.This fringe power is an extended version of the masking power that pre­ vents tulpas from sensing him. They know the moves. (Don't fuck with them if you're not up for a scrap.no. 3 dice . "Best" can be defined as the quickest kill or the most violent splattering. Languages: Armenian. ancient and modem. but . He first begins to scream soundlessly.is a young Hispanic man. After the above events occur. but .) Anti-Social Psychopath. but no sound emerges. (Decent opponents even when drunk.Knows the parts of the hwnan anatomy that slice up best. ) Humidifier History. with a fist and a handful of connections to back it up.48 LAWS. 3 dice . his mouth is wide open and the muscles on his neck bu1ge with the strain. which he periodically visits.you know. 3 dice . English. Then his features ripple. (I thought I saw an object in his raincoat. untrained fighters. and they're glad of it (Egotistical. you'd think you'd remember a thing like thaL. (You know. I don't really remember his height or weight. And nothing will be lost if they come on the scene too late . I'm thinking of something else. They're just a cut above average street trash.with his eyes shut and hands over his ears . hmm.Can handle themselves on the street. the Hispanic guy goes nuts.) Two Pawn-level Exalted WILDEST DHF:AMS Order Mem­ bers Attack: 3 dice plus bonus.Annivrek is an obsessive collector of humidifiers and de-humidifi­ ers.. He isn't invisible to hwnans and other sentients. Armenian man. Al Amarjan patois. (Nasty jokes. The party goes on. He's made Reis promise to let him run any hits on competitors. X2 damage (Evisceration) Defense: 4 dice (Non-descript . He1l just make it up as he goes along. His appear­ ance changes. especially how to take tourists.They talk the talk. (Ah. is insolent. When he sees the Tulpa­ Trent evolving in the alcove. (Really. Hit Points: 18 (Brawny & Agile) Traits Hoodlum. They seem to just pour out of the sewers at the worst moment. to get that hands-on enjoyment once more. or any . he decides to let it do its stuff.4 dice . He has several storage units full of them throughout the city. Then he is intact again. Just for kicks.jeez. but the bathroom is sealed ofT for the Peace . you know there was something about him.. When the man on the toilet is killed. and walk the walk. This is why he's personally in charge of taking out Trent Fresno. 4 dice . ah. He grasps the table. Defense: 2 dice plus bonus. he was talking about this really peculiar hobby he had. but no details.) Swagger. It's better if the characters don't witness both of these events.) Brawling.no.Has all the standard attributes of a near-mindless hoodlum. wn. etc. or they may enter the anteroom as someone stands up and points to the empty comer table. They'll remember that they saw someone. He continues to cry out nOiselessly.. his eyes pop open. but his psychic field selectively scrambles memory receptors in any who see him. penalty die in social or cooperative situations. Then he vanishes. When the argument begins in the bathroom on the other side of the wall (it cannot be heard from here).you know. they may brush by the murderers as the body is discovered in the bathroom.hard to concentrate on where he is) Hit Points: 21 Traits Non·descript. but .he's just . STOLZE & TYNES Or maybe he's just bored and wants the fun of wrecking something. 3* dice. Turkish. to that of a pallid Caucasian in dark clothes. 2* dice .for instance.) Sandman Powers. security for the Temple steps in and clamps down. I dunno. ub..

• Entry Point Three: The Sandman Sleeps Aoout an hour after the events at the Temple. The music is loud. The characters should be preoccupied with whatever business they have to tend to. It should occur when the characters have other business they are tending to at the moment. The characters have a brief awareness of a terrible scream issuing from the figure as it arcs across the room. If this occurs. tissue. lots of bumping and grinding with (frustratingly) no release. and bone. and that the killers were three drug dealers . perhaps as he's carried out on a stretcher.it is. Then. never boring. passing through it like a ghost. apparently a man in a black coat (but that isn't for certain) whose features are impossible to make out in the confusion and flashing lights. money changes hands. and falling onto the dancers onstage. The characters may offer whatever insight they may have. Tricks are turned. Sparks shower down on the custom­ ers.LAWS.just as someone is sent flying across the room.the music currently playing could as easily spawn one as the other. Likely as not. Preferably they don't. These people can do anything. where's the exit. another murder occurs. the party is hard1y disturbed in any case. shouting suggestions and throwing money at the performers. take their question and spit an answer back at them and then move on. and guards begin to check for witnesses. or enduring epileptic fits . The lights begin flicker­ ing again. The remainder of the scenario will progress unimpeded. meet a contact. this will consist of situation checks: what's going on. a business. There's a sudden whine of feedback on the sound system. and many people are dancing spastically. Left standing for a moment is a dark figure. Around them. who whoop their approval briefly. a mixed group of dancers are doing a not-quite-live sex show. they may even catch the name of the victim. The characters have a moment to do what they wish. The killers are not caught that night. one of the most exciting things to do on a Saturday night in the Edge. Here's how it plays: Sad Mary's is jumping. they spy on a target. and then suddenly the figure lifts ofT from the ground straight into the air and througb the ceiling. This murder is unlikely to be witnessed by the characters unless you are specifi­ cally using it as an entry point. a howl of rage. The simple fact that this is Party! night at the Temple provides ample reason . flashing lights. Those near the stage are splat­ tered with blood. and he was an art student at the univer­ sity. On impact with the dancers. Onstage. this one of an altogether different nature. whatever.big deal. several of them badly wounded from the flying shards of bone. or an aUey. This won't help Ulem much at all. but keep them off-balance. look for a date or a drug. His name was Trent Frezno. hustler fortunes and hustler lives passed around like a toke to be consumed. the churn of humanity is invigorat­ ing. the dancers stin grinding. crossing a good twenty meters.8 Force. but it could just as easily be a restaurant. or may be asked to do so. can I see where the body came from. Next: from the spot where the body came from.jump from one player to another (but not in order around the table). the Peace Force will know who killed the guy in the toilet. the dancers collapse. The ceiling aoove the stage mimics a Pollock canvas. though. \ . A moment of confusion. etc. and then the speakers blow. Their injuries are impossihle to discern from the spray of gore that paints their bodies. after all. Onstage. The lights all flare on. Answer as you wish. In the text. Numerous patrons jump about the edge of the 49 stage. This entry point should be set in whatever location is handy. someone does. and is gone. STOLZE & TvNF. the person explodes. • Things settle down at some point. But the roar definitely emanates from the figure. unless for some reason the characters got them. Characters may be going to let off some steam. They talk with their contact. there is a tremendous roar. Sad Mary's is used. it's not a real problem. Patrons pull back and scramble over each other to get away. or just because they haven't been before and are cunous. If the characters keep their ears open. of course. Characters may join the story through this entry point in several ways. The wheeling and dealing is roaring.

there may be a mad flight for the door. The characters might choose to lay low and wait for calm to return. the voice of Sad Mary's owner Frank Gennaine (see OTE. and that's bad news for every­ one. cannot be determined. o As will be discussed below. barking out obscenities and ye11ing orders. they can pretty easily find out who the dead guy is. The charac­ ters may need the money. players are players. a bounty allegedly placed by the Sandmen. the encounter can be staged in any location. The Events Having the characters involved in one of these points isn't difficult. But in case they don't. have them be right next to Jaeger just before he is hurled through the air. telling them things will be okay. or may join the rush for the door (or some other exit). Jaeger is in fact a Worthy·level Exalted Order member. or a GMC friend. someone else who the characters owe a favor to. Goodman. of the opening moves in this story. when something weird and deliberate occurs. Fortunately. Entry Point Summation WILDEST DREAMS The above provides a tour of sorts. they are seen leaving the scene of the crime. Someone. perhaps they are mistaken. If the characters are at Sad Mary's to meet a GMC. she directs others who do. and the Scarlet Palace for any number of reasons (see pages 30 and 41 for some example plot ideas). As mentioned. etc. If the characters want to ask some quick questions. Just spring it on them when they are working on business of their own. Extending this into the events of the scenario shouldn't be difficult. there are rumors of a large bounty on the head of the killer. the deaths that follow are just as messy and public as the one at Sad Mary's. details are impossible to discern. o Characters may be already mixed up with Heis . and likely as not some Peace Force officers as well. two words are scorched into his forehead: "John Doe. here are some sugges· tions: CJ One or more of the characters. Schwarz.50 LAWS. determine what that individual will do. is killing Exalted Order members. If the fonner. Or. incensed at the treatment of the students and herself.age. want to stick around for that? It's up to them. rather. But Reis isn't alone in wanting the killer caught. or the GMCs. The characters may well be one of several groups Goodman sponsors to find out what is going on. In a moment he'll address the patrons. and to you. o Very quickly. His name was Johann Jaeger.known (iffor anything) as a contact for getting Nightmare from the mysterious Sandmen. Describe the patrons in Sad Mary's as you wish . Or rather. The characters will either participate in or indirectly learn about all of the above points somewhere down the road. rather late. conducts her own investigation. It shouldn't be difficult to frame them up just enough to make the suspi­ cion warranted. Odd1y. No one is quite sure what hap· pened. however. and rests onst. or perhaps they are enemies with a score to settle. The identity of the dark figure. At the Temple. There will doubtlessly be a bunch of Aries Gang members here shortly. Getting the characters involved through this entry point shouldn't be difficult. One or more of the characters may have the experience or tlle special talents that someone else think\ could be of use in stopping the killer. was. Identification isn't difficult. or with the muscle or clout to rope them in. or the room may go deadly still and quiet. The trick is keeping them involved beyond the initial point. 102) win suddenly be heard. STOLZE & TYNES The rest is up to the characters. p. . they11 probably stick their noses in.� For your reference (no one at the bar knows this). may be a suspect in one of the two deaths mentioned above. Do the characters. If instead things are quiet. The only requirement is that it occur on a Saturday night. At Sad Mary's. What began at Sad Mary's (or wherever you placed it) continues the next morning. a drug dealer . advising them to calm down. or how Jaeger came to defy the laws of gravity with such devastating results. the participants in the John Doe exhibition (including Lydia Goodman) soon become suspects in the Peace Force's investigation. Unreliable witnesses may testify against them. his head is intact. or some thing.

In fact. The director of the Zefilli and Rigor Kwasek are brought in and questioned. their anonymous work thereby spoiled. Another Worthy and her three Pawns are slain late this night. STOLZE & TYNF. "John Doe" is written in blood on the aUey waH above their bodies. of course. Their actions will. The three anonymous performance artists are arrested. The Peace Force roars into overdrive. other Pawns are killed instead. The exhibition opens.OVER THE EDGE 51 LAWS. if the characters do nothing. Agai ' "John Doe" appears with the bodies. and use this section as a reference to what occurs each day. Unthink­ ably. Johann Jaeger was the Worthy who ran the Pawn-cell the three belonged to. Trent Frezno. Johann Jaeger. Two other Pawns were in that cell. Below are the events that happen. the TuJpa-Trent is using its innate mind-reading ability to find and exploit the connections among the various Exalted Order members. Day 2: Sunday . interrogated. day-by-day.8 working his or its way up the hierarchy. torn limb from limb. Last night's victims are discovered. Day 1 : Saturday . . they close the John Doe exhibition at Zefilli Hall and confiscate all the works present. alter this timeline. and the three murdering Pawns are killed this night. First. those two are killed and found early today. 1 Day 4: Tuesday . this night. almost a dozen people are dead. If they were taken by the police for some reason. Day 3: Monday. and held. See "The Investigation" for details of what they can do. The Pawns who killed Trent Prezno at the Temple are found dead the next morning in the Sunken Barrio.

directing operations from there. STOLZE & TYN�. and so will check to see if any of their recruits may be infiltra- tors. the Peace Forre releases almost everyone in custody. for a return to peace and justice. they may wen be brought in 8S well. The Sommerit. No ·John Doe" signature is found. This night. They aren't alone: various protection gangs and security services step up their efforts. Reis and Schwarz suspect that the true Sandmen are working against them. several are placed in Broken Wings Barrio. though the D'Ahbainne government (which. in an effort to ward ofT the increasingly-public displays of violence from occurring in the most-public of areas. A1most no one the Peace Forte has brought in is released as of this day. First. Reis and Schwarz are now on board their yacht. The Peace Force begin working to match all of the artwork with their creators. In fact. The Peace Forre interrogates her. the Peace Force walks the streets with a heavy presence. the Peace Force is waiting to see if the killings will stop when some particular person is in custody. looking for a traitor.. Led by Lydia Goodman. but he won't realize thal This night. Their reports and the man­ ner in which the two officers died are not made public. they welcome the returning fraternity members and other students and sing songs of power. the entire Delta Epsilon Theta fraternity (to which Rigor Kwasek belongs) is rounded up and brought in. The other two flee. the D'Aubainne government installs several white thought generators into the wealthier Plazas. A1though the Peace Force doesn't learn about it yet. Day 5: Wednesday. The generators are actually ver)f effective in warding off the killer. Almost anyone who can be out pounding the pavement is doing so. is now very involved in these events) won't be certain of this right away. Otto's Men turn out in force when the bodies are discovered in the early morning hours. Day 6: Thursday. Four Dunkelberg's 8e<:urity officers witness the dump­ ing. because of the manner of the Dunkelberg's deaths.:s This afternoon. and other big-money spots.52 LAWS. some of the true Sandmen are only exploiting the circumstances that Reis has created. They tell the Peace Forte that a powerfully-built man in a dark coat was responsible. and several mistaken beatings result. numerous students have been brought it as others name them responsible for one "John Doe" artwork or another. incidentally destroying the whole purpose of the exhibit. two of them drop dead when their hearts stop for no reason. though. and their house is seized and searched. This night. the two remaining Worthies are killed and left in their apartments in Justice Barrio. They cut off communications with all of their operatives still in the Edge. If any characters participated in the exhibit. needless to say. In addition. By late that night. but begin pouring heavy funds into gangs and security services to catch the killer. Lydia Goodman goes to the Plaza of Arms to protest the treatment of the students and the destruction of the exhibition. Very quietly. Those that test positive are held for further observation. which of course only serves to reaUy get het mad. a Pawn is abducted from his apartment and hurled to the ground from a height of aoout sixteen stories. but the oody of the Pawn is too smashed to display it if it was there. the five remaining Pawns are killed.es hold a sing-in protest in front of the DETh house. They also pull all of their remaining operatives from the street and tell them to stay at home. . Trent Frezno is allegedly sighted on campus near his old apartment. The closest building is only five stories tall. After a final round of interrogation focusing on the description of the killer provided by Dunkelberg's. They bring the higher·ranking Reis lackeys (Princes of Dreams and above) on-board and discuss what to do. they are screened for magic and psychic abilities. Reis and Schwarz cross-examine their henchfolk. Their bodies are torn apart and dumped into the fountain in the Broken Wings Plaza. Late at night.

Some of these reports are. Of considerable importance is the section preceding this. All the scenes in this section are numbered consecutively. The value of Nightmare has skyrocketed. STOLZE: & TYN\o:8 Day 7: Friday.LAWS. the players will jump from one to another. as does Trent Frezno's growing fame on campus (see "Investigation: Trent Frezno's Nightmare: page 53 D'Lohran (see "Investigation: The Sandmen. but should make GMing the investigation relatively easy." which begins on page 50. Several areas include a dramatic or intriguing scene that may be played out or ignored. A Master of Sleep is killed late this night. but rather a messy whole. exaggerated reports of who they saw killing the victim appear in the press and on the streets. A character possessing unusual powers of some sort who is known to the government (perhaps through Dr." page 58). A Master of Sleep is horribly murdered in front of a number of witnesses. Nusbawn or the psychic check performed at the airport tenninal) is likely to be questioned and mind-read in this manner. clinics. Reports appear in the press of witnesses who claim to be seeing things: shadowy figures leaping across rooftops. a future meeting with a oontact. Movement among these different investigation areas is not linear. "The Events. The Nightmare drug becomes available on the university campus through a couple of students in dire need of money. The D'Aubainne Government begins to ques­ tion (with a psychic nearby) anyone known to possess superhuman powers. Your toughest task will be integrat­ ing the events with the investigation items that follow. the "John Doe. The witnesses' testimony varies. Another sighting of Trent Frezno occurs. 57). the last one except for Spiro The characters may wish to learn more about the "John Doe" exhibit. They range from a huge man in dark clothes. rather. according to whatever records are available from hospitals. since the killings have . Investigation: Researching the Exhibition Tension builds in the Edge. that section is more or less linear. these areas will not be separate. Day 8: Saturday. this win tip off the Peace Force to whatever they've learned. Jfprogress has been made on the characters' investigation. huge nightmare men with knives for teeth. The presenta­ tion of these areas in the text as discrete is some­ what arbitrary. the numbers are just for your ease of reference. to some sort of insect-like thing the size of a tank. Day 9 and Beyond. Events continue as described above for a few more days until the kiner reaches Reis's yacht. The drug sells for ridiculous sums. Reis and Schwarz decide to take advantage of this. in fact. but that doesn't mean they occur in that order. using drop-offs to kill the trail should anyone try to follow it. Several different areas worth investigating are described. or drawn on for other scenes of your devising. See "Ending the Story: page 60. genuine. often pursuing several lines of inquiry at once while they wait for information. as events will change and will need to be changed depending on how the investigation is progressmg. To the players. hired by Reis through a variety of fronts. and plan ways to get the drug back on the streets through other channels. the killings lend the Nightmare notoriety. no new supply has come onto the street in several days.mark again present. and describes how the story progresses while the characters pursue their investigation. etc. False rumors of other sightings spread among some students. As opposed to the areas of investigation. Worse. hideous creatures in alleys. The Investigation This is the meat of the scenario. or some other event to occur. they are accurate.

Learning all of what fonows should require several different interviews. he was a sophomore in the Fine Arts department. and that when it took ofT he convinced Lydia Goodman to sponsor the show. Of course.. • .m:. he's drunk when encountered.54 LAWS. however. and will be unlikely to talk. the art student murdered at the Temple of the Divine Experience. he lived on AI Amarja all his life. was actually responsible. and others the characters can learn that Rigor Kwasek started the "John Doe" thing. When he is released on Day 6. The characters can easily learn the above information (if they didn't already know it) before Day 4." But even their work was given meaning and validity in the John Doe rontext. he thinks the whole John Doe show is one of the most impor­ tant things to happen on campus in a while. and avoid the frat house. he responds with only the bare minimwn of infor­ mation. Examples of his work cannot be found on campus. Kwasek generously allows. This. An orphan. He credits the success of the show with the validity of his concept (and indirectly. those few who know the story behind the exhibition but who haven't been arrested are lying low. At D'Aubainne University. This area of investigation is time-critical. In his view. For more on this. Word of the "John Doe" killings is scarcely out. and raves about the fascist Peace Force. focusing on sketching & painting. a Sandman. Rigor will be happy in talk. is why the Peace Force is doing the same. they can get it from the newspaper or pretty much anyone in the student/creative community. For his stata. though they11 be somewhat guarded about it. of course. and holds onto the bottle even tighter. STOLZE & TYNES sported the "John Doe" name. They will be willing to talk. His art tended towards the chaotic and discordant. Kwasek is haggard and on edge. see aTE p. He tries to make it clear that he doesn't know anything about the murders. When questioned. After his arrest and subsequent release." on page 57. but on that day Kwasek and dozens of others are arrested. Rwnor has it that his new boyfriend. the genius of his creation. no "John Doe" name was attached. olTering violent and jarring images. he will begin by explaining the concept behind John Doe . etc. Scene One: Interviewing Rigor Kwasek Before Day 4. On Day 6. Investigation: Trent Frezno The characters may wish to look into Trent Frezno. he will move in with some friends temporarily. His parents left him with a generous inheritance and a carefully-managed endowment. By talking with students. about how everyone hates him. He was charging less than street price. 120. which you can parcel out in large or small chunks at whatever rate you wish. His reactions to the characters' Questions will depend on when they speak with him. and Wn. Rigor can be found at the DETh frat house. Most of the information that can be found for this topic is swnmarized under "Entry Point One: The Exhibition. In fact. which allowed him to live in comfortable surroundings without working. He didn't enjoy his time in confinement.to show how meaning can arise from nothing. In the last couple of weeks. When questioned during this time.ST DREAMS feels persecuted and put-upon. Likely as not. the sources have dried up. There was one exception to his banality. Immersed in self-pity. he says. see "Investigation: Trent Frezno's Nightmare. it brought a lot of students together and gave the student creative community exposure it never had before. how no one understands him. Rigor and most of the others arrested will be released." presented earlier. Before his arrest. he finally whines about how no one appreciates him. university officials. Trent had been selling doses of the drug Nightmare. Questioning various students will give them the follOwing information. but never seemed to possess much of a spark. "it attracted a lot of zero-talent losers. Trent Frezno was 23 years old. If the characters are pursuing this line of inquiry on or after Day 4. and in fact claimed that the visions produced by his supply were his own: he said he had made the drug himself. Unlike the other killings. If the charac­ ters didn't learn his name that night. of course). using his own nightmares. and he hasn't heard about them (or at least about the "John Doe" part). He wasn't known as a particularly promising talent.

Bacon's has been a DAU fixture for years. get along with. Students often go there to kill an hour or two between classes. Hopefully they ask for a description. nearby. walking with a Hispanic guy. If asked. He does have a painting Trent gave him.on the third story of a six-story complex . As the characters approach him. The painting is a clumsy attempt at some sort of primitivism: simplistic representations of the sun. the characters find a crowded and noisy but (perhaps surprisingly) brightly-lit bar & grill. Or so say several students who saw him near his old apartment. with no real friends. his family. The bar's proximity to campus ensures that students of aU types and interests congregate here." Frezno out one night around campus. in the barrio. If a player asks.1 think he knew it. They hung out a couple times. however. with students seemingly poured in to fi1l the gaps. or to hang out on a Friday night. but wouldn't be a bit surprised. STOLZE & 'I'yNES Frezno's personal life is harder to learn about. Stanford can provide much of the information about Frezno mentioned earlier. As such." below). but all done in a harsh and unpleasant style. Frezno's apartment . More money than talent. He heard the guy's name was Darrio. they recall seeing a couple of similar works at the John Doe exhibition. Scene 3: Breaking & Entering Security is as follows: one Peace Force officer in the lobby. people dancing. If the characters ask aroWld. the characters will be directed to Bacon's ("'yeah.OVER THE EDGE LAWS. He had an inflated opinion of his artwork. and likely as not will succeed. either. entitled The Big Nowhere. since most everyone heard it secondhand. snaggin' a burger").but he doesn't know any more than that. a healthy-looking Caucasian Brit. work.. Players will doubtlessly attempt to get in." on page 57. He saw Scene Two: Roger Bacon's Roger Bacon's is the name of a campus water­ ing hole. Serving standard bar & grill food and alcohol. Tracking down these reports should consume some hours. but Mal says Frezno wasn't easy to 55 too. if the characters are looking for a sample of Frezno's work. Entering Bacon's. Asking around. I saw Mal there a half-hour ago. In addition. such as his art. really good-looking. moon. earlier that day. He can also give them the address of Frezno's apart­ ment. this will be especially easy. It means a quick trip to Stanford's apart­ ment. the John Doe killings (mostly due to witnesses who saw the three killers). He says it's a shame. the building security officer monitors the elevators remotely and warns both . His often-fractious personality tended to drive off even those students with similar interests and beliefs. Checking into anyone who might have dated Frezno will come up with a name: Mal Stanford. Investigation: Trent Frezno's Apartment The Peace Force considers Frezno's murder to be related to. Stanford doesn't know if Frezno had works at the exhibition. Numerous small tables are jammed together with flocks of chairs crowding the walls. If they have a contact with the Peare Forre. see "Investigation: The Return of Trent Frezno. his Nightmare-dealing. Mal says the thing about Frezno that bothered him the most was his constant belittling of the other students they knew. he'll look up casually and size them up. He reads from a paper­ back novel. Stanford heard that Frezno got killed. better-built than Frezno. they will hear something else: Trent Frezno is alive. or get someone to go with them who can point Stanford out. Stanford says he's pretty sure Frezno was seeing someone just before his death. . If the characters are investigating Frezno on or after Day 6. and looked down on anyone that didn't agree. and isn't as pretentious. It isn't as expensive as many bars in the Edge. The music (campus radio station ALAM. He was a homosexual and a loner. etc.is closed off by the Force. "'Guy was inse­ cure. but they weren't close. sits at a corner table and nibbles on the remains of potato chips. usually) is ever-present but not overpowering. they11 find somebody Frczno went out with onre or twice (see "'Scene Two: Roger Bacon's. one in the hall outside Frezno's apart­ ment. For more on this. though not part of. and that he was a Sandman . Mal Stanford.

Q In the bedroom. . STOLZE & TvNf:"o. Little more of value can be determined. The coloration of the serum Q Framed photographs and several loose snap­ shots. apparently Trent's. A small amount of lab equipment set up in the kitchen . engineer's boots." markings. Of course. SCI· ENCE DEPT.silk shirts. showing Trent Frezno or a handsome young Hispanic man or both. this is raw Dreamweb from the Tulpa-Darrio. etc.DO NOT CROSS" tape atretched across it.56 LAWS. these works resemble some that were at the exhibition. . t-shirts. and assorted cheesy-gothic-punk fashions. bigger man and is more traditional. The door to his apartment has yellow "PEACE LINE . in fact . moa:asins. the characters can find a few things of interest Q o Nwnerous pieces of Frezno's mediocre artwork. here is different from any Nightmare the characters have seen before. officers by radio if someone is going to Frezno's floor. they reoognize the Hispanic man in the photographs as the same one from that night. the consequences won't be pretty. How the characters might distract or bypass the officers is up to them. Once inside Frezno's well-furnished four-room apartment. One set. gathered in one room that apparently served as a studio. ahnost a dozen hits of Nightmare in via1s. any number of fringe powers could do the trick. hwners. amsists of black jeans. They are in a style similar to the one described earlier. Noth· ing is present to give the identity of Trent's new lover. A1so here in a re·sealable container is a grey odorless substance. Q In the refrigerator. If the characters witnessed the shape-<:hange event in the ante­ room at the Temple. fashionable. should the characters be caught on the wrong side of a crime scene. See "Investigation: Trent Frezno's Nightmare" on page 57 for details.beakers.. The other set is for a taller.that bear "PROPERTY OF D'AUBAINNE UNIV. Make sure and remind the players of this. a1though the subject matter and medium varies. If a player asks. clothing for two men of different sizes. etc.

The effect is much the same. the late Trent Frezno has supposedly been sighted in the campus area. less real.naturally. he claimed that these were his own nightmares.they re­ corded it from someone who was using an original dose. Always. Frezno began showing up at parties. He also tended to hang around while the buyers took the drug. STOLZE & TYNES Investigation: Trent Frezno's Nightmare From one source or another." Reis and Schwarz aren't taking any chances. outsized anatomy). the dose can be purchased for a measly $200 or so.about half the going street price. Reis isn't taking any chances. however. and that he was making the drug himself. There are a number of students who have spotted Trent lurking about in his dark trench-<:oat in the campus area. They can all tell the characters the same story: about two weeks before his death. Various students. Tracking down those who claim to have seen him. the characters may even find a student who has a dose and hasn't taken it yet. And right now it's the only stuff in town. or even saw it for more than a few moments. . Word at the school has it that the Nightmare they're selling is a second-generation copy of Trent Fremo's original. Nightmare is again available in the campus area. As described in the Events section. Seeing things minimalized in this way proved a breathtaking and terrifying experience. offering Nightmare for $15 a dose . Most of these students then re-market it for $100 or so. Those who took the drug reported intense visions. and his followers are actually selling it to students virtually at random for $60 a dose. Asking around on campus. The tuipa version of the dying Trent Frezno has been "haunting" the area around itslhis old apartment. Tracking down the source is difficult. He also said it was the best and most involving Night­ mare ever made . threatening archetypes Oeering faces. The explanation is simple. however. or try to describe it. It's still decent for Nightmare. in the daytime when it doesn't wish to hunt (in accordance with Trent's "night equals evil and death" mentality). finally. those they speak with will connect the images in the paintings to some of those in Frezno's Nightmare doses. Should the characters bring along some of Frezno's artwork. where the world became reduced to primi­ tive. none of these students suffer the same murderous fate as the killer's initial victims. it seems. almost like folk art. This endeavor win prove fruitless. to see what happened. Consuming it has effects similar to those described just above. only less vivid. When asked. these encounters are brief and insubstan­ tial. With a glib tongue and liberal funds. though. The dead walking may not be an entirely unique sight on Al Amarja. the most they will come up with is "some guy I met at a party. because it was based on his nightmares.OVER TH�: EDm: LAWS. The characters may well stake out the area. is more productive. the characters can locate several students who recall buying Nightmare from Fremo. this is Reis and Schwarz' first effort to get Nightmare back on the streets. but obviously this phenomenon bears further inquiry. the characters may have learned that Frezno had been dealing Nightmare in the last couple of weeks before his death. for the insecurity of self it induced in the user was enormous as long as the drug lasted. They're capitalizing on the coolness of Prezno's drug by selling a copy of it . Investigation: Trent Frezno's Other Nightmare Beginning on Day 8. Characters who are poking around this late in the proceedings will 57 probably hear the rumor pretty quickly. Significantly. Trying to find out who sold what to whom will lead the characters down numerous false leads and dead ends. He spouted off about how this was a new medium for creative exploration. how this was the purest transference of idea to experience anyone had ever achieved. None of them ever approached the apparition. Investigation: The Return of Trent Frezno As mentioned earlier. Given the current market and the (now-dead) source of the drug. are selling it for $100 a dose.

The manner of the killings isn't significant as far as the investigation goes. and stranger things yet. and left him twisting in the wind. Everyone that ranks above him is missing ." but he wants $1000 to see them. When you feel they've asked enough people and put out enough cash. the more-common career choices in the Edge . they should consider this to be a curious. And stay out of the way. the junkies . This area of investigation is something that should take a couple of days. nobody home. Disturbingly. Of all the areas of investigation. in the Plaza of Great Men. When the characters meet him. and witnesses aren't talking. is on the run. The Peace Force has been there before them. Of course. the street people. except Frezno was thin and slight. roiling amalgamations of bloody innards and razor knives.gone into hiding. probably while the characters are in the midst of other things. About then he started cluing in to the situation . find a Sandman. He hit the streets and took a Total Taxi to the apartment of a brother Order member. The characters can get the bare facts (well. One of his Pawns lived in the apartment building across the street. Or so they think. he has about half an hour to live. while the killer was some muscle­ bound psycho) to various impossible (?) monstrosi­ ties: insectoid masses. but nobody's got the answer.58 LAWS. What is significant is that all of the victims are connected to the Sandmen in some way (in fact they are all Exalted Order types of varying rank) and all had "John Doe" somehow written on their body. Unless the PCs already know a genuine Sandman. Rumors include a big man in a dark ooat (sounding somewhat like Frezno. In fact. and you may find the killer. most of them) from the newspapers.the true Sandmen are even harder to find out about. He's an Exalted Master of Sleep. the one he reported to. you see. pouring into his Pawn's building. Iffor some weird reason they're on friendly terms with a real one. He or she (or it) is hunting "Sandmen" (actually Dream Kings. Scene 4: Express Train To Hell His name is Spiro D'Lohran. phenomenon. they won't find out anything about them. these conflicting reports often concern the same killing. and he's shitting his pants. ok. Rather. To press him on this point means probable evisceration. but they won't find much.will tum up people who say they know someone-or-other that knows the Sandmen. this is the most directly fruitful. He's right. he 6gured it was time to bail. O'Lohran will settle for $200 .the higher- . he11 be very cryptic about the ongoing situation: "Just sit back and watch the fun. Everyone that ranks below him is dead. he thinks. but only those who know Reis or real Sandmen intimately would realize this). and will gladly relate their wholly-fictitious version of the events for a price. When D'Lohran was awakened by sirens and saw the righteous assembly of Peace Force officers in the night. the gangs. He split from his apartment a couple days ago.the cost of a one-way plane ticket to Italy. I They are welcome to make inquiries into each of the deaths.AMS got a clue. of oourse. The characters' contact has told them she's found them a "Sandman. Investigation: The Sandmen The characters may well deduce that the best way to find the ki1ler is to move a step ahead. is the killer.in short. Hit them with Scene 4. or that he somehow faked his death. perhaps supernatural. & 1'vNF'_q W[WEST DRJ-. other wilder versions float on the streets. there are always people who c1aim they saw everything. It is also the most dangerous. Finding a Sandman in AI Amarja these days is like searching for the meaning ofHfe: everybody's O'Lohran. Lights out. on the wall near the body. STO LZF: Emphasize the fleeting nature oflhese sightings. But it will take some serious money to get some serious info. the thugs. when he finally clued in to what was going on. let them get lucky. The topic of greatest interest. Investigation: The Killings Each night brings with it more death.'" A jarring giggle may follow. Make up grisly details as you need. The players shouldn't be led to believe that Trent is still alive. Hitting the bars. It's late evening. Any serious info pertains to the Exalted Order front operation .

dark hair. swooping at them from the air. "It's shit.g. He insists that they take a Giovanni's cab to the airport as they talk. this is the first lead on escape money he's & TvN�:S 59 had. you got yourself a blonde. 3 dice . there were Peace Force guys crawling all over his building. (Accepts violence as a solution to problems) D'Lohran will meet the characters when he wants to. He worked a menial job at the Sleep Disorders Clinic and in fact was first re­ cruited there (see page 36) and got some hands-on experience at recording dreams. whatever amount was agiCed to. He headed back home. Spiro D'Lohran Exalted Master of Sleep Strung-out and hyperactive. The creature is about the size of the car. He'll give them every name he knows. it might have been his essentially predatory nature. [f asked about Trent Frezno. though. Attack: 3 dice Defense: 3 dice Traits Restlessness. that he's aware of. man! It's some kinda funky shit from some kinda funky people that ain't human. Tall. because of this and his job at the Clinic. they • . too. He's never meL one in person. A1 Amarjan male. which he11 tell them up-front. are missing. Hell spill his guts (not literally. the terminal is in sight. The Order has offered him a secret to learn. Then he demands the money. Spiro had that special something that marks a potential servitor in Reis's eyes. 4 dice . their rituals. They look hwnan. He doesn't know the name of these creatures (tulpas) and doesn't understand them very well. I seen tapes I wasn't s'posed to see. mildly paranoid) Talkatiue. Thing is. is to hop a plane at the airport and scoot for Italy. It resembles a mass of snakes. Dead ahead in the road is a flying THING. some new scheme to pull. just after he left. But that isn't all. tries to be authoritative) . Reis mistakenly thought he might have had that "special something" that makes a true Sandman. which includes a lot of dead women and men.Didn't grow up poor for nothing. and their bogus mythology. not yet). They change. This means anything and everything he knows about the Order. He can handle himself well in physical situations·. before he made it. 181 em. or why. The only ones he doesn't know that aren't dead. and he knows that Dreamweb comes from . so he yaks all the more. whatever the hell you want. or intestines. (Anxious. but doesn't know what happens after that. D'Lohran's as good as his word. • He can describe the process of recording the dreams onto the Dreamweb. fat. and the "Sandman" will find them when he thinks the time and place are right.." Finally. medium-brown skin.) He knows that Nightmare comes from Dreamweb. But his inten­ tion. with . The characters can fire whatever questions they like. There's always some new angle to work. he didn't dare go back now. The contact tells them to start walking through Flowers. he's heard of him. dark eyes. which will mostly consist of their hierarchy.He's never satisfied with the way things are. Brawler. (Unknown to D'Lohran. (Excit­ able. to whatever you want them to. you say 'I want a blonde. because it feeds his insecurities. it might have been his need to constantly experiment with the parameters of hi a reality. The cabbie yells. he relents. and he's been commit­ ted to finding out all he can. If the characters balk and want information first. skinny. and hell do whatever it takes.OVER THE Erx.someplace weird. But he will try to answer the characters' questions as best he can as they race to the airport. He was making Nightmare and selling it cheap. he's now a plot device. Dead guy. Sl'OLZE ups had left him for bait. He gets up from a cafe table and introduces himself. It might have been his eternal dissatis­ faction with the status quo. age 27. Leads him to egotism as well.. Something had gone down there.' boom. he knows more than his rank would normally allow. D'Lohran knows more than he's supJX)sed to. Doesn't mind getting his hands dirty. killed in the last few days. He doesn't know who runs the show.�: LAWS. looking rattled and weary. Where did he get the Dreamweb? "Fuck if I know! Maybe he knew one 0' them shape-changing motherfuckers. 72 kg. 3 dice . But he always listens to his feet. Regardless. I mean. short. Listening to others suggests weakness.Likes to hear the sound of his own voice. or something.

e. and whatever noise the players . human innards dripping with water.beyond whatever conjectures the characters can already make. Do they want to stop the killer? Or would they not feel too bad if it wipes out the Order and what seems to be the whole Nightmare chain? If they decide to just pull out. the characters can see more of the spider legs punch­ ing through the hood in several places. sucking him up whole into the Frezno-thing's maw.. standing on the cab. STOLZE & TvN�. towards the terminal." He knows only the Exalted Order. For a moment it is twisting wet death. they'll have to make a decision. The cab skids briefly but keeps going.are making) the thing pulls its legs out of the metal of the cab and all at once is gone. though interrogation by the Peace Force is almost certain. and in seconds the two meet. like sex and shit and beating hearts pumping stinking blood through an anus.60 LAWS. The whole incident.first for imprisoning him. Then the roof is ripped ofT. belonging to the massive stretched-out face of Trent Frezno. The characters have moments to act. which will probably make them stop whatever foolish act they were doing. short blades stabbing through the mass spasmodically. The roof clatters onto the road behind them. but the roof of the cab left lying in the road carries the words "John Doe" scratched into the paint and metal with a sharp instrument. It's Reis and everyone who serves him who must pay . . The killer is never seen again. Considering the circumstances. re­ shaping its proportions constant1y. It envelops D'Lohran and then retracts. which you should modify as the characters act: The cabbie swerves. unaccountably: the mass of the creature should have led to a collision. Or it may send a roiling gut forward and down a character's throat. and morph between hairy appendages and razor-sharp blades an inch thick. once the stu­ dents have been released from custody and they're satisfied that the "Sandmen. It doesn't fly so much as it rolls through the air. but it doesn't. then for killing his perfect lover. The thing changes shape constantly. They catch the roof. where they will suffer broken bones and bruised flesh but will probably live. Those with weapons of some sort may ready them. it will retract the append­ age at the same time. from start to finish. The mouth roars louder. How the story ends. The wind comes rushing in at 60-odd miles an hour. and the mystery is never solved . When it leaves.S appendages like spider legs and eyes like death. anchoring the thing. the characters . it may suck them up and spit them out onto the roadside. you must decide what is to happen. however. Through the front and rear windows.. then there's another death or two. but anything is possible. After a moment of sudden quiet (interrupted only by the shrieking of the cabbie. and then forms on. supported by its thick leg-blades. The creature somehow stays directly ahead of the cab. guts and tissue is vomited down into the cab. Those with fringe powers may use them.I mean. occupies perhaps twenty seconds. What the characters do next is up to them.are the killer's targets. and then a glob of muscle. cursing colorfully. Then it roars without a mouth. Needless to say. sparking heavily. Directly above the characters is the bulk of the creature. Anyone looking back will see it spiraling up. all aboard dead. If they do mess with it. lost behind them. Two spider-legs punch through the windsllield. Ending the Story The killer has one very simple objective: kill the "Sandmen. into the atmosphere that D'Lohran's hoped-for plane is even now passing through. and like any tulpa wouldn't see a real Sandman if he was standing in front of him. Taking into account the actions of the charac­ ters. La Grande Fraise is found adrift off the coast. This is the general framework. Reis and his gang have one very simple objective: Kill John Doe.'T DREAMS The Frezno-thing will only attack the charac­ ters if they actually get in the way. that's unlikely. Those with brains will wish they were somewhere else in­ stead. leaving the character vomiting on his friends in the back seat. D'Lohran's body is never found. • WtLDE. The smell of the beast is horrific. the cabbie stops on the side of the road and calls the dispatcher. up into the night. depends on something altogether different: what is the objec­ tive of the characters? As they learn more about what's going on.

If they start checking out that operation (see page 36). Their plan is simple: the Order types will slow the creature. with the knowledge in their heads that the "Sandmen" will be waiting in a certain warehouse in Great Men Barrio every night at midnight. the killer arrives." From D'Lohran. ultimate. It's up to the charac­ ters whether they want to go to the warehouse each night. STOLZE & TYN�!s On the other hand. and they know who's been asking questions and poking around. In exchange. Reis and company arrive right at midnight. The taxis drive ofT. the Order offers whatever it takes: incredible sums of money. Reis knows. They will not. They aren't invited. and the creature stops moving. It collapses to the floor in a mass of spindly legs and tissue. they have one big clue: the Sleep Disorders Clinic. If you want the Order to offer them the ideal-mateJtulpa option. and then smashes through the front door. or stay as far away as possible.. Reis is reasonably sure the Killer is aware of the characters' activities. just to make it clear that they aren't fooling. or give them any informa­ tion which the killer could use to find Reis. stops shift­ ing. they may decide to look further into the "Sandmen. Within the spacious area inside will be six Order members of high rank. 61 Which. along with Reis and Schwarz. or .. A few minutes later. And the killer. The Order couldn't care less. the Order will make their move. The Order has numerous non-Sandman contacts. A dark shape materializes in front of the warehouse. All the characters have to do to complete their end of the bargain is press on with their investiga­ tion.OVER THE EDGE LAWS. ideal mate. the thing doesn't have a . in fact. he does. allow the characters to meet any genuine Sandmen face-to-face. Schwarz. but that doesn't mean they can't show up. while Reis throws the Eye of Chulka into the thing's bulk. either way. creaking wood and aged memory. But it's impossible. they will no doubt arrange for a brief preliminary meeting with the tulpa. infonnation. One of these associates will contact the characters and ofTer them an assignment: lure the killer in. Then there is a blinding flash. however. a week with the characters' perfect. and the "Sandmen" will take care of him. They all pile out of two Total Taxis and enter the warehouse. and then struggles feebly to get up. is in fact a tulpa. The Eye has a notable power that the Order is banking on: it makes any tulpa who comes in contact with it human. and will psychically pick up the information from their minds in short order. There's a horrific scream as the creature devours the first "Sandman" it can reach. or perhaps observe from nearby. and the rest. Set up this deal however you wish. Scene 5: Showdown The warehouse is a tired old thing.

supernatural image it adopted is now an order. and the tulpa is a tulpa no more.and then Reis barks out illogical. Their dead comrade lies on the noor. The impossible. Each draws a blade. and drive off into the AI Amarjan night.. Fiercely they rip and outside. They clean their steely knives and put The Eye of Cbulka has made it as close to human as possible. Schwarz speaks into a mobile phone. Trent Frezno's face is visible on its surface. clap each other on the back and kick the remains of the TuJpafl'rent thing as they walk been in their hearts through this terrible week. underneath their blood-besotted clothes..62 true skeleton.the Eye of Chulka. and the taxis come back Reis leans over the remains and plucks out his monocle . The thing croaks and gurgles. climb into the wann vehicles. and they stab and gouge and rip and tear. reality. in agony. impos­ sible bu1k and pun it apart. The Order operatives walk forward slowly. They step back from the great bloody mass on the floor. . . Their knives pierce the flesh of the shuddering. and then as one they fall on The lodge members smile their smiles and the creature. them back into their sheaths. roar and shout and exult. torn to pieces. and they let go of all the fear that's shake hands. and must oonform to the laws of nature. nor muscles.

MiftIin Company. he recently wrote for an issue ofthe comic Big Mouth. Past writing credits include a stint as movie reviewer for CHAY-FM radio. Previous credits include GURPS Fantasy 1I. a sourcebook for Steve Jackson Games. San Francisco: ReJSean:h Publications. Mysl£rious Conada. an Over the Edge adventure for Atlas. He contributed additional material to the Over the Edge game book. & ISearch #11: Pranks. 1988. Laws is a freelance writer who lives in Toronto. and to PANDE· MONIUM: Adventures in Tabloid World. Juno. and is unemployed. Toron"': Doubleday Canada. Andrea and Vale. John TYNES 63 Robert. a pizza assembly technician and a pornographer's assistant. STOLZ�: & Colombo. He drinks milk in lieu of respiration. and several produced plays. He is currently being sought in connection with The Unspeakable Oath. John Tynes is the editor-in-chief of Pagan Publishing.. a 96-page sourcebook detailing the beyond-surreal world of AI Amarja's control-busting Cut-Ups. 1986. in Friend or Foe ? and the Players' Survival Guide . V. 198B. a quarterly digest for Call ofCthulhu"'. William. His work has been published in Haunts magazine. Big Secrets: The Uncensored Truth About All Sorts Of Stuff You Aren't Supposed To KIww. ed..-/ or:J Robin 0 . upcoming from MIB Productions. Tynes became an ordained minister in 1990 and has performed two marriages. Bigger Secrets: More Thon Bos"'n: Hough"'n 125 Things They Prayed You'd Neuer Find Out. and Unauthorized Broadcast. Look for his other OTE contributions. 1983. Pounds"'ne. New York: Quill. William. out t e -. He's been (reluctantly) a telemarketer. .LAWS. Pounds"'ne. is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. His next OTE book is Weather the Cuckoo Likes. Greg Stolze was one of the original playtesters for Ouer the Edge.

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