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Idea Number 4#

Name: Court and Conspiracy

Premise: No matter how hard you try, you can never solves certain problem with only you and your friend. So you get some allies, but that still isn't enough, as you are facing certain doom. Suddenly you are save by the Court and Conspiracy! Join a Conspiracy to enjoy unique benefit, or ally yourself with a Court and gain favor for your hard work. But be careful, as you continue to rely on the Court and Conspiracy, the closer they're to reaching their goal, and usher in a new Age of their vision.

Content Include

● A new Court Favor Token system, you can get these token by doing something that a Court like, but each Court Favor Token cause that Court "Clock of Age" to advance by 5 minutes. Court Favor Token can be use to cash in benefit from Courts, there is 2 type of benefit. Common benefit, are benefit that can be cash in regardless of the Court, common benefit include: Summon a courtier of the Court, summon a lord of the Court, reverse a Court Clock of Age by 3 minutes, gain a Court crest for 1 hour every Token spent, gain a lord blessing for 24 hours. While, unique benefit are only available in that Court.

● Rule for Clock of Twilight, telling how far we are from the New Twilight Age. Each Court have it own Clock of Twilight, the clock move in minutes, and every hour it hit, an event happen that change the world to fit their ideal. When the clock strike midnight, that Court usher in a New Twilight Age of their ideal.

● 10 Court for player to gain interact with for the romance, intrigue, and drama.

● Court of Sorrow, a court made of avatars and aspect of the goddess Hecate, spreading sorrow so that humanity can learn new lesson and become better for it. Court of Noble Demon, are descendent of the divinities of South Asia, whether that be Asura, Deva, or other divine being, they try to bring back the age of spirituality.

● Court of Ten Thousand Heaven, the largest of the Courts, and the most organize, lesser shen who are trying to enact the Mandate of Heavan on the world. Court of Folding Tales, made up of creature of tales, from children bed story, to chronicle of romance and loss, they seek to play out these tale, and replace chaotic reality with the repeating pattern of fate of fiction.

● Court of Avalon, made up of those who take on the mantle of Knight of the Round Table, and wanting bring back the mythic past. Court of Death Sage, spirit of the dead, touch by shard of divinity, now trying to found the greatest city for both the living and the dead.

● Court of Deathless Sand, ancient mummies, seeking to awaken the life force of the universe, by balancing Maat of every creature on earth. Court of Unearth Spirit, recently awoken spirit, seeking revenge against those who disrespect the land, and bring balance to the natural world once more.

● Court of Bloody Earth, demonic entities trying to keep away entropy by sacrifice various being, like themselves, animals, human, and monsters, wanting to see a world where pain is enough to keep entropy away. Court of Eternal Sun, group of underground demon seeking redemption of themselves and the world by purifiying everything with sunlight.

● Rule for Conspiracy Track, a track to keep tab on how many Core Mission that Conspiracy have complete. Conspiracy Track have 10 Milestone, representing the Conspiracy gaining more power and control of creation, and their ideal New Light Age coming closer. Each Milestone can be reach by completing Core Mission, the first Milestone can be reach by completing 1 Core Mission, while the sixth Milestone need 11 in total, and the last need to complete all 20 Core Mission. Each Milestone unlock new benefit to those in the Conspiracy, as well as new item and allies in the Conspiracy shop. Conspiracy Track progress even with no investigators, after each investigation if no Core Mission was completed, choose 2 Conspiracy, and roll on their Core Mission table, then the Conspiracy must roll a d20, and beat a DR 11 roll, if succeed, the mission will be consider completed, and the tracker move, each Milestone reach add +1 to the DR.

● Conspiracy can give mission to investigators. There is 2 type of mission, Core Mission, and general mission. Core Mission are mission that when completed advance the Conspiracy Track, and give unique benefit to the person who complete it. General mission are mission that don't advance the Conspiracy Track, but give reward to those who complete it, reward such as a free stuff from the Conspiracy shop, money, important information to interest you have, or personal request within reason. General mission are also more simple and vague than the more complicated and define Core Mission, with it clear goal and consequences. Each Conspiracy have their own d20 table of Core Mission, while general mission have a d100 table that can be use for any Conspiracy.

● Investigator can join the Conspiracy and gain unique benefit, such as the benefit from reaching Milestone, the Conspiracy shop, and one unique Conspiracy benefit. But the investigators can also climb the Conspiracy rank, rank range from 0 to 5, with 0 being the newly recruited, while 5 have access to some of the Conspiracy inner circle. Each rank have their own benefit, and to climb you must complete Core Mission equal to the rank number, complete general mission equal to the rank number ×2, give 5,000$ per rank number (or 100,000$ if using modern day), or give information and finding that the Conspiracy have interest in.

● 10 Conspiracy for investigators to join and be intangle with.

● Gentle Mind Movement, is a Conspiracy that belive in radical pacifism and veganism, beliving that this lifestyle could lead to them becoming etheral being of light. Moonlit Guardian Program, beliving that family is the most important institution in the world, this Conspiracy try to make great dynasties that would rule the world.

● The Harmonic Party, a political group interested in bringing people together, and keeping the supernatural out, using the resonance of their soul. Scholar of Psychomantic Lore, academic interest in the study of how the mind can influence reality, gathering psychic talent to rewrite reality on a massive scale.

● Ultima Carnicula, a group of transhumanist, who belive the next step of humanity lie within the biology, not machine, trying to make humanity into the ultimate life form. Nova Alliance, in seeing the star above, they decide to develop technology and occult technique to survive space, and conquer the galaxy.

● Dreamer of Thule, those who dream of ancient land of Thule, seeking to find that land in real life, fufilling their dream vision. Golden Blood Club, those who belive in strength, and that the strong should rule over the weak, they belive by becoming part of the ultimate legend, they could rule the world eternal.

● Temple of Qiang Xi, monk who belive in hierachy, those who are the most courageous are in the top, while the coward are down below, they want to clean the world of coward and replace the old system with their hierachy. Namless of Anarch, those who belive in anarchy, spreading chaos to land where oppressive order rule, they want to bring justice to the world by tearing down every form of rulership.

Inspiration: Various mythologies, various conspiracy theories, pulp magazine.