Encounter-a-Day

On April 30th, 2011, Tibetan protesters trying to break free of Chinese internet censorship inadvertently exposed a worrying secret to the world. They had uncovered what is now referred to as the “Darknet.”
The Darknet is so-called because almost every attempt to determine anything about it has been thwarted. Its a network of indeterminate size, but [...]

Some unspecified event destroys heaven, hell and everything in either of them. Now there is only the Earth, and the angels and demons “lucky” enough to be stranded here.
Angels and demons are two sides of the same coin, really. Demons are just fallen angels. The PCs might play either, and in the time since the [...]

The time stream’s a funny thing. There are an infinite number of futures out there, but only past. Every single moment, with every choice you or anyone else makes, they’re snuffing out countless possible futures.
Not all of those futures are quite so willing to go without a fight, though. History, it turns out, is rife [...]

An American spy was in Russia, investigating a suspected terrorist cell. He had retrieved two new weapons developed by the cell, a microwave gun capable of stopping a man’s heart and a powerful airborne biological weapon.
Some teenagers on the train, seeing the American man and thinking he looked like he’d have some valuables on him, [...]

It’s New Year’s Eve in New York City (and elsewhere too, I suppose). As usual, a massive throng of people, the PCs included, is partying in Times Square. The nearly one million people all crowded around One Times Square are so thick that for hundreds of feet it’s almost impossible to move.
Unbeknownst to anyone, a [...]

The setup: This encounter requires the characters to be wronged by a powerful, well-connected vampire, such as a Ventrue, especially in the context of political maneuverings.
The hook: One of the characters receives a cryptic note stating that, if they wish to put Morris (the Ventrue who wronged them) in his place, they should show up [...]