The Book of Knots - Jags

Name: Doorknob People Presence 03
PHY 12 STR 06 BLD 01 CON 12
REF 13 COR 13 REA 13 AGI 13
INT 10 RES 10 MEM 12 WIL 10
DP 3 Minor Major Critical
Wounds 1 4 8
Move 3y/s 5y jump
Grapple 6+
DP 4
To Hit 13-
To Be Hit -7/-6
Armor None
Damage Varies
Description: Imagine a spider whose yellowish legs extend out to roughly the circumference of a basketball. The spider’s body is
the gnarled face of an old, leering man. They live in the twisted reflections of doorknobs.
When they enter a house (usually attracted by some unwholesome activity on the part of the occupants) they began building
“nests” on the “other side” of the warped mirrors that are doorknobs. When there are enough of them, they can attack. They are not
powerful: they seek to prey on children or weak adults—but they also enjoy causing fear and may seek to attack a subject simply to
Infect them.
Doorknob people are malevolent artists, working to warp the Chessboard Two reality of a place into a distorted version of itself (a
Warped Zone), changing perspective and proportion and adding their own frightening touches. When they are finished, they need
the final ingredient: a person or, preferably, a body. They will try to pull someone into their warped horror-show and hope it, or
something in it, consumes them.
Reflection: In a house with a Doorknob People hive (visible on Chessboard Two as a large dirty looking spider-web style structure
attached to doors in the house) the occupants may feel watched and spied on.
When there are enough of them (see the rules for Hive below) they can project up, springing from the doorknob and streaming out!
If they can web and Infect a target, they can bring them back!
Hive: Doorknob People can build up enough Presence to Infect a person by spawning more of themselves and increasing their
numbers. Each clutch of four people has the listed Presence (8). They will spawn an additional member by creating senses of
paranoia and fear in the household. They will work to project up and move small objects, cause electrical faults, and other things.
The more scared the subjects get the more Doorknob people will be able to spawn. Usually each week creates another two People.
Each additional 2 people adds one to the Presence of the Hive.
Attack: Before they are ready to attack, they will spy. Perceptive people may see the small, warped, hideous faces looking at them
out of doorknobs. When they do attack, they will spring out in a group of four for a Grapple of 10. An additional Doorknob Person
will come out each turn. They usually only stay out for 3 seconds.
If they don’t Infect the person, they will have to retreat and, in any event, won’t go more than 5 yards from a doorknob on
Chessboard Zero. They will try to web up a target (they vomit sticky web stuff) and, if their combined Grapple can get a Major
Effect, they will be able to “drag them into the Doorknob.”
Fighting Them On Chessboard Zero: Certain rituals (Feng Shui) can alter the environment to make it unfriendly to Doorknob
People. Additionally, if a person sets clever traps for them, they can be prevented from breeding and will have to eventually abandon
their present locale.
Finally, they are impatient. They will often attack if someone become curious or believes in them (this often happens with children).
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