Wonderland - Jags

Deeper Mysteries - Overview
Cycle, Notice, Trigger
These elements of Unsanity
increase as the character’s Stage
increases (see the chart in the begining
of the section). A Trigger
of High means, for example, that
there are one or more everyday
things that set off Episodes.
The GM will determine exactly
what the specifics of these are as
well as what the general environment
on the lower Chessboards
is like.
Situation Modifier
Reflection meets strangers
The Work Place or at Home
with family
102
Step 2: Determine if there were any situational modifiers. If the
Reflection was stopped by a cop then there may be a police report
(or you may be in jail). If you had to give a major presentation ... and
did ... on Chessboard One then your Reflection gave some kind of
“presentation” on Chessboard Zero: that can’t be good. So a situational
modifier may increase the chance of a more serious complication.
Step 3: Roll on the table taking into account the level of Mastery and
other modifiers the character has. More acclimatized characters tend
to have Reflections that handle themselves better. People on powerful
antidepressants may, likewise, have more sedate Reflections (they are
flesh and blood and the drugs work on them too).
Dissociation: +5 to the Complications Roll.
Generally a –2 to –4. Strangers may think the Reflection is a deranged person, but they
usually are not violent or threatening outside of some hyperbolic statements.
+1 to +4. Being with people who know you is problematic.
Stopped by Police +4 to +8. A police officer may well decide that a Reflection should not be driving.
Character is “on the spot” at
home or at work
Character has an “average,
quiet day”
A lunch date
+1 to +4. When Reflections perform under pressure it’s never pretty!
-2 to +0. It’s quite possible for people to just think you were a little off if they aren’t closely
scrutinizing you.
+2. You’re meeting someone you like for lunch ... and you have an Episode. Chances of some
fallout from this are pretty high.
Character takes a day off -2 (although Reflections tend to want to go out and shop or otherwise do “productive things”)