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Agents of the Night. Basic Book
NOTE: THIS IS A PAST EVENT
Agents of the Night introduces you to the role of a lethal secret agent, tasked with taking out the forces of the night.
Create your own spy thrillers with Agents of the Night, from legendary designer Kenneth Hite, author of Trail of Cthulhu. Do your friends love shooters? This is the ideal role-playing game for them!
The Cold War is over. The Bush War is winding down. You fought in these wars as a soldier in the shadows, trained to move through secret worlds. Then you broke free, or were expelled, or burned out of the fight. You didn't appear out of nowhere. You entered the most clandestine webs of power and crime in Europe with your own means. You completed some missions and asked even fewer questions. Who assigned you that mission in Prague? Who paid for your silence in that Swiss account? You convinced yourself it didn't matter.
In the end, it turned out it did matter. A lot. Because you were working for vampires.
Vampires exist. But what can they do? Who do they have in their power? What places are safe? You don't know the answers to these questions yet. You'll have to track the bloodsuckers' operations, infiltrate their networks, follow their trails and target their weak points. Because if you don't hunt them, they will hunt you. And they'll finish you off.
Or worse.
Agents of the Night adapts the GUMSHOE gaming system to be used within the spy thriller genre, combining the paranoia of movies like Ronin or The Bourne Case with the supernatural terror of Bram Stoker. Investigation is key, but it will never slow down the action, which explodes with expanded options for intense combat, high-tech espionage and adrenaline-filled chases.
Updating classic Gothic horrors for a postmodern era, Agents of the Night presents modularly created monstrosities: directors can create their own vampires, combine them with other minions, and create their own conspiracies to fit their personal style. The established rules will allow you to adapt the level of betrayal, conspiracy and action of your game. Work from the pre-established examples, or combine different vampire skills, objectives and tools for a totally personalized bloody spy saga.
The included Adventure of Initiation will kick-start the story; the included city will show you what could be happening in Marseille right now. Reload your Glock with silver bullets, insert an ultraviolet light bulb into your flashlight, and carefully look in the mirrors… and pray that all you know about vampires is true.
