Wonderland - Jags

Deeper Mysteries - Overview
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Condition Chance of Infection Notes
Bleeds usually exist in out of the way physical
locations and usually don’t look like anything at all.
A ‘Hot’ Bleed Very High
When they are “hot” (active) it means that some
element of Wonderland is active in the vicinity right
then. If you have the misfortune to run into it, you will
likely be Infected.
Bleeds are not usually “always open” (some open on
cycles, others seem to be attuned to certain events).
A ‘Cold’ Bleed Low When a Bleed is closed it can still sometimes be
“awakened” and perhaps crossed through (into
Wonderland), which will Infect you.
An Infected
Although Underground members are wary, they
having an
Low acknowledge that it’s not easy to Infect people just by
Episode
freaking out near them.
On the other hand, if you are curious about these
Extreme curiosity
about Episodes
Medium
Episodes and do things like taking mind-altering drugs
with Infecteds to try to induce Episodes, your odds
of getting Infected go way up. Often roommates of
Infecteds are in danger if they are the curious sort.
There’s something called Catastrophic Descent where
Infected
undergoes
Catastrophic
Descent
High
the person suddenly, physically, ceases to exist on
Chessboard Zero. The Underground claims this doesn’t
happen (after all, they think CPD is mental). It does
(it’s rare and often fatal for the poor person who falls
that far that fast). If you’re there when it does you can
be “sucked down too” (or otherwise Infected).
Safety In Numbers
Impossible Things don’t survive well on Chessboard Zero (reality). Even
better: the more people who are capable of observing an Impossible
Event (and therefore being Infected by it) decrease the chances of it
happening at all. Some people can “do magic” for limited audiences (and
doing so runs a terrible risk of Infecting them). Most of them cannot do
those things before a large audience.
Even video tapes and other recording devices are often ambiguous as
to what they show: sometimes when you run the tape you may see the
“Impossible Thing.” Sometimes when you run the tape you get a blur.
Usually groups of more than five people are safe from the majority of
Wonderland Incursions (note that walking into an open bleed doesn’t
count: once you are below Chessboard Zero your safety in numbers no
longer applies).
The Infection Event
The Infection Event is the term the Underground uses for the exposure.
Because they believe CPD is purely psychological, they don’t think you
can get it “from an abandoned building.” You can. If there’s a bleed in