Wonderland - Jags

Deeper Mysteries - Overview
Roll Notes
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6 – 10
11 –15
16 – 20
Example Notes
Curse
Emissary
Predator
Watcher
Poltergeist
Trap Door
Spider
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Beneficial: the thing has something valuable for you (more Twisted points?
Information? Assistance with things hassling you on Chessboard One?)
Scary: The thing is hunting you in shadows and mirrors. However, it cannot
manifest a Reflection on Chessboard Zero. You will be haunted for a few days.
If you have another Episode during that though, you’re down there with it. That
could be anything from very scary … to fatal.
Dangerous: the thing can manifest a reflection on Chessboard Zero. This is
usually done only for short periods of time and in out of the way places (and,
fortunately, most things are sort of random as to when they encounter you—they
can’t just “attack when you are sleeping.” Moreover: most Reflections from
things down below are pretty weak. Although it may be ‘dangerous’ it is not
necessarily deadly.
Deadly: The thing can manifest a powerful Reflection on Chessboard Zero and it
wants to consume or kill you (or do something else very nasty).
2. Types of Encounters: So what happens? Well, again, there’s
no way to be sure. Here are some possibilities. NOTE: These
will make some more sense in context with the last chapter
(discussing the secrets of Wonderland).
Something is down on Chessboard One or Two and it’s devouring your Shadow (or harassing
it, scaring it, whatever)! In this case there is no “clear” manifestation—just a terrible sense of
being stalked. You may also get sick, be accident prone, and have terrible luck for several days.
Usually this is non-fatal. Usually getting “away” for a while can help (the thing must be able to
travel on Chessboard One as you do). If you have an Episode during this time, though, you’ll
face it for sure.
One of the “personalities” (the Queen of Hearts? The White Rabbit?) wants you down on a
lower Chessboard for some reason (perhaps unstated). When the Notice is ‘served’ you may
choose to Descend (the thing’s appearance acts as a possible Trigger) and then you’re down
there in whatever mad drama is going on.
See that really decrepit-looking ice cream truck that’s been prowling the neighborhood at night?
It’s the Reflection of something big looking for you. It’ll hang around (maybe eat someone else
too—it’s possible) but it’s waiting for a crack at you!
Something is keeping tabs on you. It might just be curious. It might have something “valuable”
to do with that data.
Glasses fall off of tables. TV channels switch. Books open to strange pages by themselves.
Something is on Chessboard One or Two and while it can’t throw a physical reflection up to
Chessboard Zero (where you are) it can effect subtle environmental changes for a few days.
The thing is a random, powerful Trigger waiting to happen. You may feel it stalking you—but
if it gets you alone, or with other Infecteds (or even someone who isn’t Infected!) it’ll manifest
and you will have a deep, traumatic episode. Your episode may not be related to it at all (it’s
just sucking you down through its “trap door”) but it’s not to be trifled with anyway.
3. Dealing With It: The Underground is made very uneasy by these
things since they speak to a real phenomena and suggest that a
person who is haunted is somehow “always crazy.” However