Tokyo:Otherscape Setting Book
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Step Through The Neon-Lit Torii Gate...
Tokyo:Otherscape is a setting book for the :Otherscape role-playing game that provides the MC and players with everything they need to jump right into a game on the dangerous¸ haunted streets of the Tokyo Megacity. In this fictional dystopian Tokyo¸ rogue AIs¸ nanotech disasters¸ greedy zaibatsus¸ and Yakuza intertwine with oni¸ kami¸ yokai¸ onmyoji¸ and other supernatural beings of Japanese legend.
WHAT'S IN THIS BOOK?
- //TOKYO MEGACITY -- Setting Information including trends¸ locations¸ organizations¸ a guide to local Mythoi¸ unique tech¸ language glossary¸ and more.
- //BUSHI/LIFE -- New Player Options with dozens of new theme kits and Specials for playing Tokyo Megacity characters such as an otaku Neo-Samurai¸ a wasteland-dwelling Yamabushi¸ or a kitsune powerbroker¸ as well as a rich Tokyo Street Catalog of weapons¸ augmentations¸ drones¸ and magical Sources.
- //YOKAI DATABASE -- A Database of Yokai with 60 ready-to-use Challenges and Power Sets from the Megacity¸ focusing on supernatural beings prowling the streets¸ integrated into cyberspace¸ and operating in the criminal underworld¸ as well as non-yokai adversaries.
- //KEY PLAYERS -- Ten fleshed-out factions and subcultures for your PCs to fight¸ negotiate with¸ or join¸ including a sun-powered Taiyo SolarTech¸ the age-old Bureau of Onmyo¸ the magic-wielding Yakuza clans¸ the Oni Motorcycle Gangs and more. Each faction has its own Challenges¸ theme kits¸ and catalog.
- //JOBS BULLETIN -- A Collection of Jobs (Adventures) with five short jobs set in iconic Tokyo Megacity locations (hi-tech dream therapy clinic¸ cyberspace bullet train¸ nanotech disaster ruins¸ yokai-infested flooded tunnels¸ and gang-run bathhouse) as well as a full length job - A Bridge Too Far - where your crew will be pitted against otherworldly forces and faced with a transcendental transhumanist dilemma that could impact the future of the entire Megacity