Modern Strangeness

Sitemap of Modern Strangeness content for Table-Top Roleplaying Games.

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People

• Bob Anderson, Vegetarian Vampire
  "Vegan's blood is the best, but the blood of regular vegetarians is ok. Nothing pisses Bob off as much as accidentally biting a 'cheater' who sneaks meat when nobody is watching."
  
  
• Buck Scales
  "Once they got there, it was all fun & games until she tore his jugular open and drank about half of his blood."
  
  
• By the Numbers: 4,186,232,106
  "Nobody actually died from all that sex, but many people ..."
  
  
• Eva LaSalle
  "She ensured Gordon's undying love with regular doses of a love potion, while removing his enemies with either spells or an army of alley cats lead by her own familiar, Midnight."
  
  
• F is for Freak Patrol
  "Since none of the Freak Patrol took catchy names or wore traditional costumes, there is no way to really identify them for posterity, other than using terms like 'the short one who could fly and shoot energy beams' or 'the average sized one who could change shape and teleport.'"
  
  
• Heather Addams, Teenage Ghoul
  "If Heather had known that magic was, like REAL, she totally wouldn't have joined her friends Raven and Morgan in that coven thingy. But she did, and, like, that one spell went SO wrong and stuff."
  
  
• Hek 40
  "One day, he explored a wormhole and the next thing he knew he was crash landing on Earth in the year 1930."
  
  
• L is for Long Cats
  "These strange creatures very closely resemble ordinary housecats, but are over four feet long and have eight legs, which are short like those of the Munchkin breed."
  
  
• Monek Vuu
  "Monek tried several times to escape, but the humans had them locked up tight. After a time, Monek decided to wait, study the human language and eventually try to make contact."
  
  
• Nelly Foxworth, Grim Reaper
  "She was then tapped to become a Grim Reaper, one of the undead who collects the souls of the dead and sends them along to the next life."
  
  
• Ralph Houseman, Ghost On The Go
  "But you see, old Ralph loved that trailer and he just wasn't ready to give it up. His ghost stuck around, never more that 100 feet from the trailer."
  
  
• Zombie X
  "His friends say that in the weeks just before the Rising, Jason was acting strangely and exhibiting more strength, stamina and agility than he ever had before."
  

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Places

• Alaska "The Real Bear Flag Republic"
  "Oddly, no expedition by mighty European hunters to kill or capture one ever returned."
  
  
• Arizona "Aliens Welcome Here!"
  "Arizona, the Grand Canyon state, was admitted to the union on February 14th, 1912. Six months later, the first beings from another world landed just outside Tombstone and proclaimed their peaceful intentions."
  
  
• Arkansas "The Haunted State"
  "At around 9 pm, a group of around 40 ghosts chases a much smaller group of perhaps 7 along an old roadway. They cover 4.35 miles before ..."
  
  
• C is for Crater City
  "Oh, they look fairly normal for a bunch of Australian desert rats, but they act strangely and strange things happen in the town that tend to give outsiders the willies."
  
  
• California "Hooray for Hollyweird"
  "No, our story now moves ahead seven years to the third upgrade of the AI that all of these robots used. You remember, the one that made them all self aware?"
  
  
• Colorado "Home of the REAL Rocky Mountain High"
  "... when consumed by humans they produce a very strong euphoria combined with mild hallucinations and the frequent manifestation of a type of psychic power called ..."
  
  
• Hawaii "Timeless Beauty"
  "Inside, it's pre-human Hawaii ... and nothing from our time can enter without dying unless it was living on Hawaii in that location back then."
  
  
• Kansas "Totally Warped"
  "Within days, it was discovered that everywhere a piece of the meteor fell, a doorway in space opened to another location on earth."
  
  
• Mississippi "The Blue Runner State"
  "On Earth 5, the heavily forested state of Mississippi is the setting for one of the most interesting and extreme military training functions ever devised: The Mississippi Survival Run."
  
  
• Missouri "Old Times There Are Not Forgotten"
  "Even though it has the third lowest population in the union, Missouri has the fifth highest tourism rate. It would seem that people really enjoy going there to escape the demands of the rest of the world ..."
  
  
• Montana "Water, Water Everywhere!"
  "The most interesting iteration of the Big Sky State is the one on Earth 109, where most of the state is ..."
  
  
• Nevada "Robostate!"
  "Two years into the Human/Robot War, the robots, who were winning, made the world an offer they couldn't refuse: Give them ... and they'd stop fighting. The humans agreed without hesitation."
  
  
• New Jersey "Bedeviled"
  "Shortly after the first white settlers set foot in New Jersey, a terrible creature came out of the forest and killed a few of them. Thus was the legend of the Jersey Devil born."
  
  
• New York "Teslafied!"
  "It's really simple: The Age of Steam came to a screaming halt when Thomas Edison died of a heart attack and Nikola Tesla took over and ..."
  
  
• North Carolina "The Hippie State"
  "In the United States, things got really interesting in 1968, when some hippie leaders thought it might be 'a good teaching event' if many thousands of hippies 'took over a redneck state.' "
  
  
• Pennsylvania "The Quarantined State"
  "Since the shrinking is permanent and you'll die if you leave the state, it's not a place most people are hot to go visit. Also, it's against Federal law and you'll be shot on sight."
  
  
• Rhode Island "The REAL Return of The King"
  "... considering a tour with The Beatles. In fact, the Fab Four were present ... when Julie ... came walking in and said 'Elvis, it's time.' The effect on Elvis was incredible. He rushed over to a bookcase ..."
  
  
• Right in the Middle of the Park... NEW! Unexpected Places
  "Ya know it's funny; I've been eating at that stand maybe twice a week since I was a kid and ..."
  
  
• South Carolina "A State of Change"
  "A week later, the entire state changed to a desert environment and the people all turned into 5 foot tall very dark blue skinned humanoids."
  
  
• Tennessee "The Invisible State"
  "... used his Light Diffusement Cannon to render the entire state invisible, with the intent of then ransoming Tennessee for millions of dollars. Imagine his surprise when ..."
  
  
• Utah "Crystallized"
  "... and used it to make the enormous sculptures that can now be found all over Utah, eastern Nevada and parts of southern Idaho."
  
  
• Vermont "Love Is In The Air"
  "See, Darlene fertilized these roses with horse manure from her friend Henry Barnwell's farm. Which had an excellent horse pasture that was watered mostly by ..."
  
  
• Virginia "An Uplifting State"
  "Over the years, Virginia has been first to introduce many advanced animals, including NeoGorillas, SuperDogs, Octopoids, CyberCats and the amazing Oliphants, the smartest and largest of all the so called 'Critters 2.0.'  "
  
  
• Washington "Welcome To The Future"
  "On the rainy morning of March 19th, 1999, a 400 square mile portion of Washington state, mostly centered on Seattle, swapped places with the Seattle of March 19th, 2039."
  
  
• West Virginia "A State of War"
  "To this day, a 50 square mile spot of ground in Calhoun county is so imbued with Death Magic that ..."
  
  
• Wisconsin "The Big Cheese"
  "Roy was very much still alive when the mix of molds, bacteria, algae and various illegally dumped chemicals began to enter both his body and the cheese."
  
  
• Wyoming "The Beastly State"
  "... is ruled by sentient mammals ranging from wolves to cougars to bison to, yes, bears."
  
  
• Z is for Zero Day
  "On August 11th, 1958, at exactly 12:01 AM, every human being on the planet Earth blacked out for exactly 24 hours."
  

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Things

• By the Numbers: 25
  "Little did she know when she and her dog Andy went hiking that ..."
  
  
• By the Numbers: 500
  "For the first year, things went well and the ... prgramming of the robot ... allowed it to ..."
  
  
• By the Numbers: 4,761
  "... the other truck involved in the head on collision was hauling ... After that, things got strange."
  
  
• By the Numbers: 57,000
  "... how many US dollars ... managed to steal ... Unfortunately, they stopped off in ... they were found the next morning ... drove on to Kansas, totally unaware ... through an amazing number of strange coincidences ..."
  
  
• G is for Galactic Brain
  "Describing it is difficult because it was very surreal looking, had content that often made no sense (or made sense only months later when another bit was shown), kept..."
  
  
• J is for Jade Jelly
  "The jade jelly did actually contain finely ground jade, which gave it the distinctive color, but it also contained many other ingredients, such as the saliva pf a demon lord."
  
  
• The Badass Blue Suede Shoes
  "Simply put, these are the shoes that will let you kick ass and take names. You will be absolutely..."
  
  
• The Brain Boosting Sensible Shoes
  "These shoes are not even a little bit cool, stylish or sexy, but once you put them on,..."
  
  
• The Hot Sneakers
  "Please do be aware that these are by far the most sought after Cool Shoes and there are ugly people out there who will..."
  
  
• The Sandals of Strength
  "It's rumored that these are the same sandals that ... Long hair is optional. 
  
  
• The Spider Shoes
  "As you might imagine, these ordinary looking slippers give the wearer the ability to..."
  
  
• The Spike Heels of Stealth
  "Once you're wearing them, you become invisible, totally silent and..."
  
  
• The Spirit Boots
  "The Spirit Boots are highly prized among people who want to ... and those folks who just enjoy..."
  
  
• V is for Vanishing Rabbits
  "...they can vanish into thin air. Other myths and legends tell of them being as intelligent as humans, being evil, being good, dancing in the moonlight, being messengers of various gods and eating meat."