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Old 08-09-2006, 07:07 PM
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[Occult Modern Settings] The Wikipedia Supplement

Here's the concept. Post one or more links to a Wikipedia Article which you consider to be good fodder for any modern occult setting (UA, Delta Green, Witchcraft, Con X, AFMBE, whatever). Hopefully, we'll end up with a bundle of material that can serve as inspiration and adventure seeds.

I'll start.

Indigo Children
Earth Immune System
Phlogiston
Musica Universalis

and, of course...

Centralia, PA

Your turn, now!
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Old 08-09-2006, 07:42 PM
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Body Nullification


The Blue Star Tattoo Legend


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Old 08-09-2006, 08:36 PM
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I'll play. Incidentally, didja notice that an early resident of Centralia was named Faust?

Also, I can't read about the Indigo Children without thinking about the substantially less pleasant story about the blue people of Appalachia.

Anyhoo, I'll see you and raise you...

Panspermia
Spiegelman Monster
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VHEMT

Oh, and how could I forget? The guy who became so important to the second chapter in WordSlave, Henry Darger.

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Mothman
Black Eyed Kids
Black Shuck
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The Montauk Project.
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The Voynich Manuscript
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skulls

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That's like 5 years worth of gaming, right there! Awesome.
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That's like 5 years worth of gaming, right there! Awesome.
Yeah, I love that one. Sounds like the record of a really great campaign, doesn't it?

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  • A "porthole in time" was created which allowed researchers to travel anywhere in time or space. This was developed into a stable "Time Tunnel."
  • Contact was made with alien extraterrestrials through the Time Tunnel and technology was exchanged with them which enhanced the project. This allowed broader access to "hyperspace".
  • An alien monster traveled through the time tunnel, destroyed equipment and devoured researchers. The tunnel was shut down and the creature destroyed.
  • Cameron used the mind enhancing system at Camp Hero to manifest a "Bigfoot" or "Yeti" which destroyed large parts of the facility.
  • Metahumans and experiments in special serums to create such individuals were tested there.
  • The military personnel in charge were in fact cultists who built a 50-foot ziggurat or step pyramid out of titanium for some esoteric reason.
  • Bioengineering projects undertaken there eventually created the Jersey Devil.
  • Nikola Tesla, whose death was faked in a conspiracy, was the chief director of operations at the base.
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