Blood in the Water

Blood in the Water is a short-form speculative esoteric cyberpunk campaign focused on the personnel within an underfunded, understaffed Extranormal Response Company responding to an ongoing catastrophe and the figurative feeding frenzy that such catastrophes often entail.

In this campaign, the players will play to find out:

  1. Who or what caused this catastrophe?
  2. Can we contain or put an end to this catastrophe?
  3. Who or what will come out on top?

The Mission

The Coastal Warren of Chet Ward was rapidly enveloped in a sphere of water within minutes. Current estimates suggest roughly 1.3 million residents have drowned, and the number is rising. Tens of thousands remain missing or unaccounted for.

Hour by hour, the sphere continues to draw in more water and expand. At its current rate of growth, we believe it will expand beyond the Warren within one week and destroy the surrounding Run. The Pale Authority has issued orders for the surviving peoples of the Ward to evacuate before the destruction worsens and they must designate the Ward as Dark Territory.

Some refuse to go. Many others cannot leave.

You will assume the roles of personnel within a local understaffed Extranormal Response Company from the Run of Chet Ward. That wouldn't be so bad by itself, but with the collapse of your sponsor, Chet Corporation, your Company is now underequipped and underfunded. Regardless, your commission from the Pale Authority remains:

  1. Help those you can.
  2. Investigate the extranormal causes of this event and take care of it, for all that may entail.
  3. Mitigate this catastrophe.

You are not alone in this effort. There are other groups that have arrived on the scene to help. At least, that's what they say. They may be great allies or enemies in the days ahead. That being said:

There is blood in the water in these times of need. Beware those sharks amongst us that have come to feed.