Denver: Wash Park

A world where unexplainable things happen, and videos of the supernatural go viral every week.

Denver: Wash Park was created by ShadyTradesman 1 year, 8 months ago

ShadyTradesman
Playgroup Leader

alyohson
Playgroup Member

Ivy Summers the hot vampire
A 0-Victory Newbie Contractor
Aggie Bogswell the friend of crows jewler
A 2-Victory Newbie Contractor
Morgan Skyye the fae parlegal
A 0-Victory Newbie Contractor

collinhiew
Playgroup Member

Clusa the Escort Fortune Teller
A 2-Victory Newbie Contractor

Coosafur
Playgroup Member

Mateo Rigsby the Weightlifter on steroids
A 1-Victory Newbie Contractor
Ava Waru the exotic veterinarian
A 6-Victory Novice Contractor

enduroman
Playgroup Member

Nargi the ex black ops repairman
A 1-Victory Newbie Contractor

karinaernst
Playgroup Member

Garbagia Spewster the fame-seeking waitress
A 2-Victory Newbie Contractor

Mr_Clean
Playgroup Member

Bob Dole the clean freak who dislikes chaos
A 1-Victory Newbie Contractor

mstecko
Playgroup Member

SprinkleSoss
Playgroup Member

Illuminated Denver

Illuminated Earth is a twisted reflection of the modern world where the advent of smartphones and the internet confirmed the existence of the supernatural instead of disproving it. Here, witch hunts have merit. Billionaires and Senators employ paranormal advisors and bodyguards, and everyone knows. Charlatans become pop culture icons, and each revelation inspires a new cult. The world is changing. The secret societies that pull humanity's strings scramble to adapt.

Now's a good time to move up.

House Rules

Contractors from Denver: Wash Park Are portable, and may play in Contracts in other Playgroups.
Denver: Wash Park grants 6 Experience points to GMs who achieve the Golden Ratio.
  • Citizenship: Active Players are expected to GM Contracts from time to time. If you have played as a Contractor in your most recent six Contracts, you are barred from playing in The Illumination again until you GM.
  • Supernatural Powers: All non-mastery, non-concealed Powers must be obviously supernatural when activated or grant a mutation that marks the wielder as supernatural or bizarre if discovered.

Full Setting Description

They named that time The Illumination, and it was by the flash of a camera phone.

 

The year was 2004. Until that point the Earth was as we had always known her. We filled her cruel vastness with legends, superstitions, and rumors. Warlocks, monsters, and gods lurked on the edge of the collective consciousness, always a possibility but never more. We lacked evidence. That evidence came as humanity filled its pockets with technology equipped to capture and transmit.

 

An iPhone found on High School senior Nate Klienman’s mangled corpse held a video of his girlfriend’s bone-snapping transformation into a monstrous wolf creature. A Brazilian widow documented a series of conversations with the misty figure of her late husband. A Chinese fishing boat caught a mermaid in a net and put it on display in the Beijing aquarium.

 

Each week brought a new revelation that we were not alone. Superstitions reversed their slow death overnight. Salem held their first witch trial in a century. The jury rendered a verdict of “guilty on all charges” and sentenced Maxibelle Horux to death. A week after her lethal injection, half the jury died from a tainted batch of flu vaccine. A fearful, populist movement arose to rid humanity of the creatures lurking in its ranks. Suspects are forcibly subjected to bizarre tests of their humanity, and the results are often open to interpretation. A mob’s justice is swift.

 

Yet the paranormal is not merely relegated to a persecuted class. Where some see monsters, some see sentience, and others see opportunity. If a vampire can sustain themselves on cloned blood and work the graveyard shift, why not legalize and tax? Politicians and Aristocrats employ odd-looking individuals as "advisors" or "protection." Entertainment magazines publish revelations every week about which celebrities shed their human skins at home. Charlatans of all stripes, from palmistry mediums to televangelists, have flourished despite the risks. The treatment of the paranormal varies from place to place, person to person.

 

Long have cabals, cults, and secret societies thrived in the shadows. Their roots run deeply through humanity’s oldest systems of power. Machinations are challenged, and sleeping dangers awaken. The world is changing, forcing long-dormant powers into desperate action. And it is in the midst of this great period of change that The Powers That Be have once again turned their attention to the blue marble. For the first time in two hundred years, Harbingers approach worthy individuals with an offer they won't refuse.

The Games have returned, and a new generation of Contractors are being forged.