Thursday, December 15, 2011

Nerull Random Table: Astral-Spitualists & the Whisper

Cults of the Whisper
On Nerull, Moofyman and I have been discussing science fiction in an experimental free-form approach. The goal isn't to go in any particular direction, but simply to play off of each others ideas. This table can add a random psuedo-religious aspect to your science fiction game.

A black hole whispers to those who know how to listen... Human psychics all dream of the whisper, describing it as suddenly ineffable upon awakening. Psychics with clairvoyant abilities can make fragmentary sense of the whisper to predict aspects or events of the future. The masses (not psychically attumed) believe the whisper to be a malady of the mad or mere myth. But there is a truth to the whisper; it is a message. But is it a higher one?

The Astral-Spiritualist's Motives
Roll 1d20 as many times as necessary to develop character/ story details:
1 "You are prophetic."
2 "Others who hear the whisper must be protected."
3 "Others who hear the whisper must be hindered."
4 "Martial arts offer revelation."
5 "Seek a spiritual guide."
6 "Reassemble the Godhead."
7 "Destroy the Godhead."
8 "Prepare for apocalypse."
9 "Resist apocalypse."
10 "Spread the word."
11 "Hide the word."
12 "Seek mysterium tremendum."
13 "Seek atonement."
14 "Cleanse the deserving."
15 "Take a vow."
16 "Follow necessary rituals."
17 "Sacrifice for the deity."
18 "You are the whisper's avatar."
19 "The whisper is a demon."
20 "The whisper is not alien, not god, nor ghostly."

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