The Infected Corebook.pdf

the Infected

By Eric Provost

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The rules are pretty simple and youÓll need

only a few items to play. The system uses six

sided dice exclusively. Half of the dice need to

be visually distinct from the rest. Call these the

Òinfected diceÓ. YouÓll need a copy of each of

the Motivation Cards (a ÒdeckÓ). YouÓll need

two copies of the NPC Card and five tokens for

every player except the GM. The GM will need

a single copy of the GMÓs Record Sheet. And

finally, everyone will need a pen or pencil.

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Welcome to my second edition of the Infected.

Thanks for checking it out.

What youÓve got in your hands here is a

simple but powerful little role playing game. It

plays out from start to finish in perhaps four or

five hours. During that time youÓll find yourself

deep in a struggle between the things your

characters desperately need to turn their lives

around and the people they are willing to

sacrifice to get there.

In these stories our protagonists are at a

crucial juncture in their lives. TheyÓre just now

preparing to turn their lives around for the

better. Problem is, thereÓs a deadly infection

going around, turning everyone they know and

love into monsters. Will your character fix their

life? What kind of monster will they become

while theyÓre trying to make that fix?

I expect that the game will play well with

three to seven players. Playtests to date have

had exactly four players in them.

My first inspiration for this design was

zombie movies. But, as the game grew and

transformed, I realized that itÓs a great system

for playing out all sorts of monster movies.

From The Lost Boys to The Thing, any movie

where the people eventually become one of the

monsters can inspire play.

something that you imagine might come

from the imagination of Romero and

TarentinoÓs love child.

h Finally, establish what kind of origin the

infection has. Choose one of three

categories; Industrial, Natural, or

Supernatural. An industrial origin for the

infection implies that either the works of

mankind or their side effects have created

the infection. A natural origin might be

something like a mutant strain of tape worm

or a madness-inducing bite from a rabid dog.

Supernatural origins might include a

vengeful god casting his punishment on

mankind or maybe the results of an ancient

curse.

The nature of the infection

YouÓll have plenty of leeway for narrating

how the infection manifests in your game, to

include the symptoms and what the monsters

look and act like. However, there are some

guidelines that youÓll need to follow.

While the infection often originates

somewhere else, it can always be transferred

from one person to another and from a monster

to a healthy person.

The symptoms of the infection are always

drastic and frightening, never subtle. As the

infection sinks deeper and deeper into itÓs

victims slowly transform into monsters.

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Once youÓve gathered up your players, all the

tools youÓll need to play, and the obligatory

munchies are on the table, youÓll want to

distribute and discuss a few things.

Distribute

h Randomly distribute one Motivation Card to

each non-GM player. Players should take a

peek at their card and talk about what the

cards are for without revealing what card

theyÓve received yet.

h Each player stacks five tokens on or near

their Motivation Card.

h GM places four infected dice in their pool

for the first act.

h Each non-GM player places two blank NPC

Cards in front of them.

Discuss

h Establish the setting and film style.

Collaborate with the players to determine

where and when the story is going to take

place. Will it be a modern day story set in

the hills of West Virginia? Or perhaps a

sweeping tale of plague infesting dozens of

cities across Europe during the Renaissance.

Primarily for flavor, settle on a film style.

Will it be a black and white Ò50s noir flick?

Perhaps a smart cult classic? Or maybe

the story ends. Check out the chapter on

Resolving Conflicts for more details.

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For this playtest document, motivation cards

each have a description of a scene on them.

Eventually IÓd hope to have some killer artist

draw or paint out those scenes for me, maybe

adding some cryptic and inspirational images to

my ideas, but for now, we deal with the little

snippets of text.

Your card represents whatÓs fucked up and

wrong with your characterÓs life. Feel free to

interpret the card wildly. Then, consider what

your character is going to do to fix whatÓs

wrong with their lives. DonÓt tell anyone what

either is yet. YouÓll have plenty of opportunity

to show them during the show.

Change is good

The reason why youÓre not going to tell

anyone what your characterÓs goal is until it

happens is that itÓs ok for that goal to morph and

change over the course of the story.

On the other hand, youÓll probably be doing a

lot of foreshadowing of your goal along the

way.

Those tokens

YouÓre probably wondering just why you

stacked up those five tokens next to your card.

They represent all the shit thatÓs standing

between your character and fixing their life.

YouÓll be trying to get rid of all of them before

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