Today in our month of Halloween Horror Madness we're taking a look through Night's Black Agents, and extremely cool spy-thriller/horror RPG from Pelgrane Press. In this game you play as covert operatives hunting down vampires, who are leading vast conspiracies represented by the 'Conspyramid' that details the different levels of a vampire conspiracy.
As per usual with Pelgrane, a lot of content is packed into not a lot of pages, so we've got a tonne to unpack here. But that's a good thing, because NBA vastly expands the scope of the GUMSHOE system by adding 'cherries', extra bonuses that your character gets for having an 8+ rating in a given general ability. These help define your character's niche and personality, and are generally really badass. You can add this feature to Trail of Cthulhu via the Enchiridion of Elucidation PDF, freely downloadable from the ToC page on Pelgrane's site by the way -- check under 'Downloads and Resources', then hit the 'First-time GM & player resources' tab here: [ Ссылка ]
All told, this game is packed with great ideas, and makes the creation of a complex conspiracy shockingly easy for the GM. Plus, you can customise your vamps in all sorts of cool ways, so your characters have to discover how vamps work in your world, which might be totally different from 'traditional' vampires!
