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The Big Table

of Contents

The Big Tableof Contents, Adventure deas lz

Which, if yo u haven't ound while yo u read his, ldea : Make a Wish 37
Cod help yo u 2 ldea 2: FloorThirteen 38
Introduction r ldea 3: And That Chosts or Me, Too 38
30th and Lexington + ldea 4: Fangsor the Memories 39
Plotting he Adventure 39
Th e Adventure 4
ldea 5: Were, Oh , Were Has My WereBernardCone? 40
Ghostmastering ips a ldea 6: Ke epers f the CopperMidnight 40
IntroductoryMorale Note For RookieCamemasters 8 ldea 7: The ShadowOver Hollywood 4l
TwelveUsefulThings o Remember bout ChostmasteringB ldea B: Fragments f Scotla nd 41
The Couch Potato g ldea 9: The Chostand the Lady 42
Th e Other Adventure 9 ldea 10: The Road o Ralyeh 42
Playing n Character 9 ldea 1l: The Psychic 43
ChostmasterResearchData 10 ldea 12:The Doppleganger43
UsingProps 10 ldea 1 3: S o S u eMe 44
BustingChosts or Big Bucks 10 ldea 14:The Mummy's oe 44
Th e Re d Hening 12 l d e a1 5 :T h e B l a c kK n i g h t 4 5
The Horror of BioMedChemTech'* 9 ldea 16:The Thine n the PhoneBooth 45
Th e Other Other Adventure 19 ldea 7: TheUninvited 46
ldea 18: King or a Da y 46
Returnof / Son of / Bride of Ghostmastering ips 23 ldea 19: RobotMonster 47
Keeping he PlayersHappy 23 l d e a2 0 : T h e A l c h e m i s t 4 7
Packaged dventures 23 ldea 21:The Chost Cubes 48
Th e Reference iles 23
Doing DramaticReadings f the All-KnowingDice 24 Random Adventure Generation 49
RewardingYour Playersor a Jo b Well Done 24 Routines50
Movement Scales, nd Came Turns 25 Car Chasey'Vehicularac eAgainstTime 50
UniversalMovement Rate,Scale,and Turn Chart 25 Obtaininga Paper r Permit rom the Covernment 5' l
A Note to VeteranCamemasters 25 Coing to Court 52
BasicGhostology zo A Castof Dozens s+
ChostlyCharacteristics 6 Cops 5 4
ChostlySpecialA bilities 22 Information ources nd Petty rritants 5 4
ReallyBad News:Demons,EldritchHorrors, StreetPeoole 55
and Accountants 29 Mafia Family 56
ScientificResearch go Lawyers 57
Research cientists57
Ghostbuster ranchises z Expedition reparingor Journey o Uncharted sland/
Ho w to Runa Ghostbusters ampaign + LostCity/Scene f Weird Happenings 58
Occultists 59
St. PitfalzHospital 59
ThingsMan Was Not Meant To Know 60
Chosts 61

Chostbustersperations anual

3oth and
Lexington
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I n' , is the first adventure for GHOST-
BUSIERS. f yo u are a player, on't readan y fur-
ther ThereAre ThingsMan WasNot MeantTo
Know.Only Mr . Chostmaster hould read he
adventure.
lf yo u are he Chostmaster,e adon . (l f yo u ar e
a player, ou shouldbe ashamed f yourself
yo u shouldhave topped eadingas tparagraph.
No w cu t it outl)To run this adventure,i rst ea d
"How
to Play" (pp. 2&3, Reference ile A) and
"TypicalTe nMinutesof Play" pp .1&2,Reftrence
FileB), and he adventuretself. l t would b e a
swell idea to read h e "Chostmastering Tips"
appearingon page B, but it isn't absolutely
necessary.)
Let he players oleplay he Chostbustersro m
the movie.T ake few minutes o read hrough hi s
scenariond amiliarizeourself i th h e plot.Yo u
don't have o memorize verythingthere il l be
plenty of time to reread sectionswhile th e
Chostbustersickeroverwh gets o sit in th e
front seatof ECTOI). u st can he adventureo
g et he general de aand to l e a r nwhere o find
specific etails.
Preparing o Play
Make sure:
. Everyone'sead HornrTo Play" (Refrrence /e A)
r Eachplayerh as chosena characterro m th e
movieand has he appropriateD card n front
of him
o Everyonessitting round t a b l e o rother on-
venientplaying urface)
. You've ead hrough his adventure a t least)
once
o Everyone an reach he dice
. Everyoneasplenty f cookies nd milkor suds
a n d c h i p so r b a t wi n g sa n d L i q u i dW r e n c h
Grrrauauff the Dog God
Th edescription f Crrrauauff,h espook n this
adventure, s a little different rom the other
characters'.nstead f Traits nd Talents, e h a s
two SpecialAbilities,a Power, n d an Ecro-
oresence.
O n e o f h i sS p e c i a l b i l i t i e ssA n i m a t e , h i c h
means e can movearoundan inanimate b i e c t
- i n this adventure, yellow cab. In order o
animate omething, rrrauauff'statuemustbe
in contactw ith it. (Thestatue s currently itting
under he backseat f the cab.) f the Chostbusters
retrieve h e statue, he animation will stop;
Crrrauauff, avingan exceptionallyhortatten-
t i o ns p a n , i l l o r g e t b o u t i l l i n gB u y u k b a s ,n d
f a l la s l e e po ra m i l l e n i u m r s o .T h e nh e ' l lw a k e
u p a n dm e n a c eM o o n b a s e l p h ao r s o m e t h i n g .
But that'sanother tory.
Ghostbusters p e r a t i o n sManual
Crrrauauff'sther Special bility is Terrorize. seventh,What Do TheyDo?"outlines om eways
When Crrrauauff onfronts Chostbuster.ou roll th e players an try to de al with th e problem.
th e spook'sPower two diceragainsthe Chost- F i n a l l y ,T h e E n d "e x p l a i n s o w o w r a pu p h e
buster's ool. f the spook ollshigher, he vic- adventu e.
ti m panicsand flees n horror;otherwise, he Note ha tcertain ections re orinted n bold-
Chostbusterrits i s eeth ndstands isground. face.These an be readaloud o your players.We
Crrrauauff's ctopresences 3, which means do thisall the ime n our adventureso yo u ca n
that f he Chostbusterset him o stopAnimating l e a r n o w o talk ikea Famous a meDesigner-
th eca rand materialize, he yhave o hit him hree n o d o u b ta l i f e t i m e m b i t r o n .
timeswith proton acks eforehe ycan ockh im You'rewelcome.
into a ghost rap. Most spooksa nd spirits
Crrrauauffncluded cannotbe harmed v oro-
to n beams nlesshe yhavemanifestedhemselves PartOne:
in a material r semi-materialo rm. Crrrauaufi
only manifests s described n PartSix below,: What'sGoing On?
o t h e r w i s e , e r e m a i n s n i n v i s i b l e ,m m a t e r i a l Some monthsago, a shadydealer n artifacts
psychokinetic resence nimating he cab. stolea por,r,erful dol of theancientH ittitedo ggod,
Crrrauauff,ro man archaeologicali g in Ur { Dur-
How thisAdventures Organized fal,an ancient ity n Turkishrmenia. e brought
Lookat he box itled SupportingCast".Now. the dol o America, herehe sold t to a wealthy
You'll inddescriptionsf the different haracters Americanart collector. hecollector's lacksheep
th e playersmay encounter n the courseof the son-in-lawtole he idol an d oawned t.
adventure. orv come back to this paragraph. KemalB uyukbas, Turkish ccultist f interna-
I NANK VOU. tional eputation,e arned f the heft,and came
Each escription ays hat he characterooks to New York o track he dol down. He eventu-
Iike,how heacts, ndwhat hisTraits, alents nd ally located t in a pawn shopon the LowerEast
Coal are. (l f yo u need more detaii on char- Side, ought t, an dwa s aking t back o hishotel
acteristics r appearance,ou can eithermake in a ca b when th e possession egan.
them up yourself r roll on the "EyeColor,Lung Th espiritof Crrrauauffaydormant n the dol
Capacity,White BloodCell Count,a nd Favorite for millenia. t began o stirwhen removedro m
TV Show" ables n p a g e s 79-1808f our soon- the dig at Ur f Durfal;when t came nto contact
to-be-released andomPicntc Ceneration nd with Buyukbas, hoseoccultexplorations a ve
Other Unneces ,t ,Bu A most Assured/y sei ss sensitized im to psychokineticnergy,t came
Facts upplement,vailable irect romWestEn d fully awake.
C a m e s o m e t i m eh i s c e n t u r y r f r o m u n s c r u - Buyukbaswa s carrying he idol in a brown
p u l o u s a m em e r c h a n t se a r o u . ) paperbag,which he shoved nder h e backseat
Someof theTalents nd Coals or he supoort- of the cabduring he rip.When Crrrauauff woke,
in g cdstar edifferentro m he ortes isted n the it possessed h e cab. Needlesso say, ittitedo g
TrainingManual. Don't let his azeyou;we said godsaren't afticularly p on New YorkCity raf-
in the Manual hat yo u could inventne w ones. fic laws.)
(After ll, here reother hings n Life esides ex, Th e cabbie,Ma x Durnham, ound he steerins
Money,Sou essScience nd Serving uman ty. w h e e l u r n i n g n h i sh a n d s n d h ev e h i c l e h i f t -
There's aving unch,'rinstance.) in g gears pontaneously.h edoorsbegan pen-
The main partof the adventures divided n to in g and shutting y themselves,nd he vehicle
eight ections.he irst, What's CoingOn?"gives began o buck and roll from side o side.Durn-
yo u an overvielv f the situation. he second, ha m and Buyukbas er e hrown rom the cab.
"Teaser," explains owyo u ntroduceh e players Durnhammadehi swa y o safety, ut he Hittite
t o h es i t u a t i o n .h e h i r d , T h e S c e n e , "x p l a i n s d og cab chased Buyukbasdown the street,
ho w you get he gamemoving.T he ourth, Ques- hooting an d growling madly. Desperately,
tioning he Characters,"n dicates hat eachof Buyukbas limbeda streetlamp, here h e n o w
t h ep e o p l e n h es c e n e i l l s a y f q u e s t i o n e dy clings, ibberingncoherentlyn Turkish. he ca b
th eChostbusters.he itth, Equipmenti explains continueso circle hestreetlamp,bviously op-
whathappensf h e playersry o use heirequip- i ng to turn Buyukbasnt o Plymouth-chow.
ment.Th esixth, Bi g ActionEvent," escribesn Lieutenant rompsky ame upon this weird
a t t a c k n h eC h o s t b u s t e r sh i c ha l l o w sh e m o tableau. hecab s blocking raffic, ot to men-
shoot heirprotonpacks n ddestroy omeof the t i o n e r r i f y i n g e d e s t r i a n sn d s q u i s h i n g e i g h -
most expensive eal estate n th e planet.Th e borhood ats, s t circleshe streetlamp.he ried
to give t a ticket,but heredoesn't ee m o b e
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hood flies open, the cab BARKS, nd the hood
flies shut. You decide not to go any closer us t
ye t an d park ECTO-I.
Clinging to the lamppost, about fifteen feet
from th e ground, is a strange ooking man in a
dirty black robeand sandals,w ith a largebushy
beand.He closeshis evesand shudderswhen the
cab barks.
Standing nearby is a lady cop and a cigar-
chompingmanwearinga BrooklynDodgers ap.
The cop stalk over to you.
'About time you got here/'she says.
Part Four:
Questioninghe
Characters
lf the Chostbusters uestion ny of the char-
acters standing around, read the character's
descriptiono seehow he or she s ikely o react.
When speakingas one of the chara cters,ry to
use he phrases,oice nflections,nd mannerisms
you'd expect hat person o use.
Krompsky:She'llgivea concise ecap f th e situa-
tion a s she knows t. (See Th e Teaser"above.)
Krompskys pretty ur e he cab s possessed,ut
ha sno ideawh y or how. That'snot my ob . That's Beach Kit: Not a whole lot. Crrrauauffmight
your job. No w g et o it!"
Durnham: lt's like his, ee. was ruising long
Canalwhen this crazy man, yo u know, n the
black obes, e wavesme down. He'scarrying
brownpaper ag, ee. h isguy,he doesnot ook
l i k e a big ipper.Still,down on Canal s not the
bestp l a c e o grab a fare.So I pick hi m up . He On e remarkablevent ccurs iustwhenvo u
don't speakEnglish o good,but he tell s me to
takehim to th e PentaHotel,so headnorth.Then,
around30th, he cab begins uckingand weav-
i n g ! Sucha big tsimmes! can't evencontrol tl devices a nd begun blastingaway,Crrrauauff
By hemselves,h edoorsopenan d shut,open and
shut,an d h e c a b rolls.We roll ou t i n the street,
the cab urnsand shoots owardus ! ru n on e way,
this chlemielun s h eother.t ollows im ,chases
him up the lamppost, nd circles, i ke yo u se e aroundwith their information-gatheringquip-
now"
Buyukbas: Car go woof, woof! Pleaseo you help
me now?"To alk o Buyukbas,he Chostbusters p e n o h a v e i t h h e m ) . h i s s h es e n s r b l eh i n g
have o shout over he cab's growling and bark- to do.
i n g . Since Buyukbas's ommand of English s
slight,effective onversations mpo ssible. et'em ble for only so l o n g .Then hey needsome ac-
try though.
Grrrauauff: f a Chostbuster pproachesh e c a b
and ries o speak o i t ("Nice doggie... ic edog-
gie...")t turns rom Buyukbas,tudieshe Chost
buster o r a minute, nd hen charges i m. If the
Chostbuster unsaway, he ca b will lose nterest
an d go back to Bu yukbas's ost.
ChostbustersOperationsManual
Part Five:
Equipment
T he playersmay wish to use some of their
equipment o assesshe situation.Here'swhat
happens f the y do:
PK EMeter: The meter registers strongPK E
surge.T h e r e i s definitely paranormal ctivity
centeredon the cab. (A s if they didn't know.)
Ecto-Msor: hcnrrsothing. hese nl y work n the
oarK.
Ghost Trap: You have o seea ghost before yo u
can trap t. No ghost s visible.
Proton Pack:Le t em tr y it. Remember: ou ca n
only reduce ghost's ctopresencey hitting he
ghost. rrrauauffs notvisible; e's u st animating
th ecab.Hitting heca bonly damagest - a b o u t
$ 1 0 0 0worth of damageeach i me it is hit.
Ten itsan d he ca b sa smoking, ubbling
of ragged teelchunks.This "brute force" ap
proachwill stopCrrrauauff fter fashion the
ca bwill no o nger e possessed. t will alsomean
the Chostbustersre sued by the ca b company
fo r $15,000th e os tof a new cab.)Since he city
will not pa y more hanabout $3000 or exorcis-
i ng the cab, his s no t a greatplan.
c h a s e h e F r i s b e eo r a w h i l e , h o u g h .
PartSix:
Big Action Event
n ' l . . F
want t to . After he Chostbusters avearrivedon
the scene nd gotten he owdown rom Lt.Kromp
skv. ut beforehe vhave nlimberedheirnuclear
manifeststself nd putson a first-classpecial f-
fects show.
Timing here s important. he players hould
haveha da chance o asksomequestions nd play
ment PK Emeters, ctovisors, ass pectrometers,
radio elescopes,-D glasses, hateverh ey h ap
Howeve;Chostbustersan stand o be sensi-
tion. Time for Crrrauauff'smanifestation nd
attack.
l f your players r e n ' tsensible, r if they are
cheerful nd unsparing n their destructivem-
pulses,he yma ywhip out th e protonpack before
d o i n ga n q u e s t i o n i n gr e q u i p m e n t - r e a d i nng .
that case, h e moment hey ready heir proton
packs.Crrrauauffmanifests nd attacks.
To set the scene,yo u first have o focus th e
players' ttention.F or example ou might say:
Hey.Something nteresting. verythings quiet
all of a sudden.The cab has stoppedmoving.
Yo unoticea tingling n the hairsat the back of
your neck, and an odd smell,.. omething i ke
attic dust on a c o l d morning.There s a slight
electricity n the air, like a hint of a coming
thunderstorm.
There.They haveall shut up and ar e paying
attention. heyknow somethings g o i n g o hap-
pen. Now, whack e m. Readaloud:
Suddenly he air is dark and cold all around
yo u - like a shadowof a cloud passing ver,bu t
there'snot a cloud in the sky.Th ecab shimmers
- an d standing efore yo u s he amber, lashing
outline of an enormouswolfhound, wenty feet
tall, towering over the street, bending orward
as if to take yo u in its teeth. Yo u can feel it s
warm, foul breath.
Sq doesanybodywant to do anythingbefore
yo u en d up like a Laddie Bo y commercial?
What yo u really, eallywant hem o do is whip
out their proton packs and shoot at the g i a n t
manifestationf Crrrauauff,he do g god. T h i s s
very mportant ecause: ) h e playersike being
scared, nd 2) they ike blowing hingsup with
high-tech imcracks. o make hem eel ike t' s
to o late o do anything ensible.
Hint if necessary.ay , Cee, I wonder f there
i s anything ou can do to avoid nstant estruc-
tion." Hold up a protonpack ar dan dwink a lot.
This s called, Cetting Th e Players o Do What
You Want".
What happenss this.First,C rrrauauffries o
Ierrorize he Chostbusters.he nan yChostbusters
that don't og o ff down the street creaming an
takea s h o tat the manifestation. hen, he first
time a protonbeam hits h e d o g god, t dashes
back to the auto, yowling piteously, nd once
again ossesses h ecab. t will not eavehe com-
parative safety of the cab for the rest of the
adventu e.
Let's ake it step by step.
First, he Terrorizeattack. Have each of the
Chostbusterso ll as manydiceas hi sCool ating.
(Make ure heChost ie s ncluded n each oll.)
Aftereachplayer o l l sa nd addsup h is score, o u
take he Chostdi e and one otherdi e (that's w o
dice for Crrrauauff's owerof 2) and roll for
Crrrauauff's errorize pecial bility. f the dog
go d getsa higher otal, he chostbustergets er -
rified.Encouragehe player o behaven character
and ham t up. f a Chostcomesu p on any roll,
the terror s so great ha t he Chostbusteraints
dead away. f the Chostbuster q u a l sor beats
Crrrauauff'soll, he standsoughan d gets o fire
hi s proton pack n the next step.
Now, an y Chostbusters ot training or th e
OlympicTrot, hiver, nd Howl event r relaxing
comfortably n the pavement et s o fire his rusty
protonpack.Each iring hero ollsas manydice
as his Moves core o r i f h e h a san appropriate
Talent,ik eWinston's ir eWeaponTalent, smany
dice as his Talent core). he difficultynumber
i s 1 0 - n ot quite point-blank a n g e , ut pretty
close. Anyone who rolls 10 or higher hits
Crrrauauff who immediately tarts owlingan d
disappearsnto the cab.
We don't want the dog go d to be completely
destroyed, hich would happen f threeor more
protonbeamshots it him. Thatwould bring h e
adventure o a n e nd right here boring.This
bringsup the conceptof Chostmasterheating
- er, udging.Yo u and I know that Crrrauauff's
Power s 3. But your p/ayersdon't know that.

5o maybeyo u decide that Crrrauauff,s ower
is on e point greaterha n he numberof points he
Chostbusters nock of f hi m th e first ime thev
shootat him. Cheating?Well, sortof. lt's no t a
good habit o ge t into, but whenever he adven-
turewould be spoiled rya strictadherenceo rhe
rules, se your udgement.Don,t et on to your
players;hey enjoy rhe l l u s i o nof a completelv
impartial ame.Wh y spoil t fo r them?
Part Seven:
What Do They Do?
Blowing SomethingUp: The likeliest pproach
is o blast he car with protonpacks. hi sno t only
won't work, but f carried o o fa r will result n a
pile of rubble,a nasty awsuit,an d a sarcastic r-
ticle in the next day's Post.
looking for More Information: Theycould ry tg
learn more about he situation.
1. Ma x ca n el l them he picked up Buyukbas Crrrauauff s finisheda nd
i n front o f "Moishe'sKaballic orner,,onCanal.
Moishe, littleol d Orthodoxgu y with a yarmalke, newspaperw ill haveno effect
will tell hem he sold a statue f Crrrauauffo an
'Arab."
Tobin'sSpiritCuide istsCrrrauauff s ,a n
obscureHittite daemonbelieved o qovern
kind's elationship it h domestic anines.,,
penta
. 2. Buyukbassstaying t he Hotel. f they
learnBuyukbas's ame, he yca n go to th e Hotei.
T he maidswill complain ha t his room sa mess
a nd he burns ncense onstantly, u t th e Hotel
will no t et he Chostbustersnt o he roomwithout
a searchwarrant. ieutenant rompskywill be no
h e l p ;sh edoesn't ee he need oi al i thisdetec-
tive work, is coming to believe he Chostbusters
are ncompetent harlatans, nd wants o ee tback
to the mportantwork of rousting o ung overs ff
th e grass
n CentralPark. f they figure ou t ho w
to break, inagle r bribe heirway nio Buvukbas,s
room, hey'll in d all sorts f occult paraphernalia,
includingminiature tatues f Crrrauauff. g a i n ,
T o b i n ' s p i r l tC u l d e will tell them wh o hs is.
Trying o RescueBuyukbas: f theyge t onto on e
ofthe nearby uilding,sir e escapes,he ycan ry
to.lasso he lamppost a MovesTraitdifficulty .1 5
roll)..Buyukbaswill us e he rope o g et o the
building. Unless h ey ca n find some-one h o
speaks urkish, owever, e won,t be able o tell
them much an dCrrrauauff il l no w start riv-
i ng back and forth n front of the buildine.
Crr.raug.uffil l always no w where BuyJkbas
is an dwill pursue im relentlessly.leverbhost_
bustersma y ry to take Buyukbas cross he East
River n a boat,hopingCrrrauauff il l followan d
drown (o r at east tall). nstead, is quarryvanish_
ed , Crrrauauffwill roam th e streets f Manhat-
tan, venting is rageby chasing ike riders, i s_ problem, itherby waiting ntil nightfall, lasting
gbeying raffic aws, nd menacing he garment th e cab nto smithereens,r getting nt o he ca 6
d strict.
Trying o Cet Into th e Cab: Unless he y come
2. lf they destroy h e cab, will call
u pwith a really l e v e r loy, hi s equires Moves a dump truck pick
o up the remains. urnham
difficulty 20 roll to avoid being ru n over.Once will be enraged, calling th e Chostbusters
inside, he ca b will startbuckinga nd rolling 'hssassins"
an ddemanding ecompense. wodays
a Muscles ifficulty15 roll is neededevery en later: he Chostbusten resued$, panoptikos
secondso stay n the cab. f th e Chostbusterinds Co.,which Ca b
h e ca b s worth $15,000.n d
th e paperbag under he seatand remo,rest, th e wants r i p l edamages.
possessionn ds mmediately Crrrauauff u st
3. lf they figuredou t th e idol is causing h e
b e n physical ontactw ith th e ca b o animate t. possession, rompsky eizeshe dol asevidence
Or, if they don't h i n k of that approach th e an d a.rrests uyukbas
or disturbing he peace.
meterha sbeen unning ontinuously inceMa x
pickedBuyukbas p. f he yknock h e l a gon th e th. e
4. lf they solve he problemwithout destroying
cab, Max is pleased,an d offers o bu v th e
meter down - th e ca b stopsdead.
"Nice Doggie":
Chostbustersunch at a nearbv e l i .
Oftering Crrrauauff a bone. Regardless,urnhamwill refuse o take he bill.
preferably oused n gasoline, r some e a l l y i g maintaining
hat his company isn,t liable. li
steaks, r an ol d pair of slippersma ydistract im . handed he b i l l , Buyukbas i ll o n l y stare n con_
(TheChostbusters a y b e able o lead hi m ou t
sternation t the unfamiliar nglish, n d hand t
of the ntenection hi sway.)While th e cab,s ood back.
is gnawing n the boneor chompingup the steak, Krompskywon't take he bill either. However.
a character il l be able o ge t nt o he ca bwithout she'll give
th e Chostbusters n Ny.p.D. Reim-
difficulty. They'vego t about 30 secondsbefore bunementRequest
orm,whichsh ewill sign.Th e
starts uckingagain. form w i l l authorize ayment p to
Hitting Grrrauauff n the nosewith a rolled-uo th e Chostbusters 93000 l et
igureou t ho w much they want
whatsoever. to charge,bu t Krompsky won,t authorizemore
look l t Up: If Chostbustersoo k i n Tobin,s than his. il l tell h em o send h eb i l l
Spirit Cuide or one of the other research ooks and orm to the Department f ContractManage-
fo r nformation bouthaunted axi cabs, hey may ment of the Boardof Estimate.
(Brains ifficulty 5 roll) ind he ollowing: lf th e Chostbusters o so they,ll never hear
"Crowley anotherword.Th eb i l l will ge t os i n th e a$rrin-
reports a most peculiar cir-
cumstance ttending isvisit o thepoorer thine city bureaucracv.
section of Bombay during th e recent Di d they keepa copyof the Reimbursement e-
choleraepidemic.Th estorvwa s imparted questForm?f not, hey'llNEVER eea cent.T he
to him in awed whispers y th e Jain n - only wa y he ywill ge tpaid s b y physically oing
habitants of the area. Thev claimed a downtown o C i t y Hallwith copies f he b i l l a n d
rickshaw became ossessed y on eof the form, an d threateningo release veryghost he y
maharani pirits, efusing o le tanyoneon _ catch n th e offices f th e Departmeni JContract
to its seatan d chasing tsowner n circles. Management.
"Crowley lf the Chostbusters aiteduntil nightfall, h ey
dismissed hi sas superstition.
until th e Jainist oo k hi m t o t h e owner,s ge t no BrowniePoints. f they destroyed he cab,
hovel, where th e rickshaw stood outside, give he m backhalf he Browniepointsthevspeni
periodically bashing he door to the dwell- during he adventure.f theysolved h e pioblem
ing. There seerned naught to be done. by hitting he metetgive he mbackal l he ooints
When nightfall that hey spent. f they ound the idol and remoraed
came, th e rickshaw be -
came quiet. Th eowner egressed o f nd it it , give he m back he points he y spentplus wo
or three more.
quiescent; nd lest t reanimate, urned
/t to the pavement." _ l{ .hey e a l l y mused ou with zanyantics n d
faithful characterizations, ward them a bonus
That's rerynice,but f th e Chostbusten ai t un - point
or two fo r each nspired esture. ,wan. Be
ti l nightfall, rafficacrossmidtown Manhattanwill
a sport. t' s ar eenough n this universeha t vo u
come o an utter tandstill nd Krompskv il l harae ge t points or having
u n.
a fit.
That's he en d of the first adventure.Crab al l
your stuff,countyour dice, an d sendyour players
Part Eight: home.Tell he m to returnnext week, prepared o
The End face he.unimaginableerror, h e spine-tingling
horror of--r'TheCouch potatol
Sooner r later,h eChostbusters il l solve he
and removing h e i d o l or hittins he meter.
1. f theywait until nightfall, he ca b srops e-
tn gpossessed. cn,yevet $i that ime gridlock on _
ditionsar e n effect nd raffic sn,tmovins an nch
anywhere n midtown Manhattan. Kiomoskv
won't pay, Durnhamw o n ' t speak o them, th
mayor oes n televisiono call hem ,ierks,,,and
th e Ne w YorkTimes omesou t in favorof mak-
i ng ghostbustingllegalas a fraudulent ctivitv.
Chostbustersperations anual

Ghostrnastering
Tips
n GHOSIEUSIER$ you asChostmasterpre
sent adventures or th e players o enjoy. Th e
players retend o be Ghostbusters;he yadd col-
orful characterso the plot, sa ywitty things,have
clcver deas, olvemysterious uzzles,and blow
thingsup .Yo uge t o be Ererything lse the plot,
th e peoplewhom the Chostbusters eet,a ll th e
world,and all the dead hingsmenacing t. And
yo u also act as he referee or th e game,who for
instanceu d g e swhether r not actions roposed
by he Chostbustersre possible r permissable.
Boy,do yo u everhavea lot of important hing s
to do.
The single most important hing that th e
Chostmaster oes,at least ro m he players' oint
of view, s describe situationwhich leads o a
roll of the dice, ell the players hat Traita nd
Talents appropriateo the roll,and hendecide
what is the difficulty atingo f th e roll. Though
Chostbuster raits nd Talents ary the rule of
thumb s that difficulty5 is easy, ifficulty10 s
moderately ard, 15 s quiteh a r d ,a nd
difficulty20 or h igher s very hard o ro ll suc-
cessfully ven or specialists. difficulty ating an
be any number - it does not have o be a mul-
tiple of 5.
Togiveyo u an ideaof what s nvolved, magine
going hrougha routined ay and assigning iffi-
culty numbers o each challenge ou face.F or
example, eftingO ut of Bed s a Moves ifficul-
ty 15 or me. Darnsure go t no related alent n
that area.)Setting a New World's Land Speed
RecordDriving o Work n HellishTraffics a dif-
ficulty25 .TellingMy Boss hat he Came Needs
MoreWorkSo 'll MissMy Deadline sa difficul-
ty 15 .And so forth.
Should o u tell the players hat he difficulty
rating s?Sure,f yo u want o.Sometimes, owever,
th e players h o u l dbe kept guessing bout how
difficulta task s - for instance,f they're rying
somethinB nusual,ik edoingan appendectomy
with two ca n openersand a spoon. U se your
judgement any ime yo u hinka littlesuspense
i s appropriate, ri n evilly and say, Cee, you're
not sure u st how difficult hat'sg o i n g o be."
Ghostbustersperations anual
lntroductoryMorale Note For Rookie
Gamemasters
Don't Panic!
We amous am edesigners l l learned ow o gamemasteroleplay-
in g gameswithout ormal nstruction. he original oleplaying ames,
like Dungeons nd DragonsTv,av eus almostnothing n the way of
advice on how to be great gamemasters.
It didn'tslowu sdowna b i t .We also uspectt won'tslowyo u d o w n ,
either.W e ' v e ound hat anyone marte n o u g h o b e intrigued y the
notiono f roleplayingamessgenerally mart nough o figure u t h o w
to p l a y one without a lot of training .
So d o n ' tworry.Loosen p .Wing t. Relyon commonsense nd m-
agination.D o n ' t g et oo hung up on the rulesand Chostmasterips.
Take t from he experts:W hen in Doubt, gnore he Rules nd HaveFun.
TwelveUsefulT hingso Remember boutGhostmastering
1. You can't earneverything t once. if necessary nd ge t on with the game. Don't
2. Understandhe GHOSIBUSIERS ulesan d be a pushover,h ough.Sometimes omebody
mechanics, nd talk them over with the has o makean arbitraryudgement, nd hat
person s you.)
players. f players as k yo u to describe
something, o. Let hemworryaboutwhether 8, Help ne w players esign heirChostbusters.
or not what y,ou escribe s important. lf aftera few games he y would like to correct
3. Be air.Earn our players'trust. layen heer- what h ey onsiderlaws n thedesign,et'em.
fully ignore ulesmistakes nd hesitationso 9. When yo u ar e pretending to be the
long as hey believe hat he Chostmasters characters nd spooks n your adventures, e
b e i n g a i r t h a th e i s n o t p i c k i n g n t h e m , a sclever nd resourcefulor a sbumbling nd
n o t s h o w i n ga v o r i t i s m ,o r u s i n g i s a l m o s t incompetent)s heywould be if theyactual-
o interferewith the effects f ly existed. utwhen t comes o udgingcon-
chance ndstrategyn solving he adventure's flictsof your characters nd spooks gainsthe
challengingroblems. players' Chostbusters, s Chostmaster yo u
4. Exoect to extend the GHOSfBUSffRS must be oartial o neitherside.
rules. o >et f rules an be as ngeniouss 10 .Be entertaining. am up your characters,
playermaginatrons.se your commonsense play the comedy bits o the hi lt, and make
and keepplaying.Don't waste ime looking every onf ct an acti n-packed, uspensef ed
up minor rules.Reservehe right o change adventure.t' s a bad sign f your players al l
y o u r m i n d a b o u t u l e s u d g e m e n t s ". T h i s s a s l e e p u r i n g h e a d v e n t u r e ' sl i m a x .
my ruling onight, ut after 've hought bout
11 . Chostmasters ill occasionally ave o
it, I may want to be even more fair an d interveneo save plot and keep he gamegG
r e a s o n a b l e .e h . h e h . " )
ing.T ry o avoidbeingarbitrary he n yo u n -
5. Be Prepared. t first,u se published dven- tervene, nd conceal he nterventionf possi-
tures ike he ones hat comewith this game.. ble. f you'recaught, dmit he ruth,of course,
Study h emcarefully.hinkabouth ow yo uar e but mostplayers refer he llusionof the game
g o i n g o present h e charactersnd dramatic - that's why they play.
actionscenes, nd anticipatehe reactions f 12 .When you get ime, ead he entireOpera-
yourplayersi.e., reyourplayersikely o talk tions Manual carefully,especially Basic
to a spookor blast t the second heyse e t?). Chostology"beginning n page2 6. Helpful
6. Beclear n yourdescriptionsf settings nd hints n Chostmasteringre ound hroughout
s i t u a t i o n s . n s w e r l l r e a s o n a b l eu e s t i o n s the book,an dstudying he rules ives o u h e
c h e e r f u l l yo r a t e a s t o n ' t h r o w h i n g s t a confidence nd savvy o b e a smooth, nter-
playerwh o asksuseless uesrrons). taininsChostmaster.
7. Expecto be wrong sometimes. dmit t. Say
"Oops", do an instant eplay n
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The Spook's Dread Intentions
Rolston's spirit cannot rest until everyone
everywhere outinely revels n puerileprogram-
ming not o n l y n the building r the neighbor-
ing buildings, ut throughoutBrooklyn, he tri-
statearea, he United States, nd wherever in e
televisions resold.The spirit'sgrandiose reams
somewhat exceed his mo dest capabilities,bu t
givena couple of eonsof undisturbed auntings,
Rolstonmight grow into a male\rolentm eta-entity
on the scaleoI Zuul or Cozer. Prettyambitious
fo r a Brooklynboy.We'recountingon the Chost-
busters ipping his cosmicmegalomanian the
bud, however.
The Teaser
Read his aloud to start he adventu re:
When you Ghostbusters come back from a
party, decorated as usual with a thin crust of
onion dip and confetti, you find this message n
your telephoneansweringmachine:
"Ghostbustersl Help us! Our televisionsets
turn on when we're not there! We can't see
Dallasot Miami Vicel The landlord won't help
us! We're the tenants,and we pooled our money,
and you can have t all! fust get rid of our spook!
Call me , Don Davidson,at 555-3092.Thanks."
What do the Chostbusters o?
Encouragehe m to returnDon'scall. lf they're
reluctant, remind them that their hamburger
monev runsout at the end of th e week and that
theirdrycleaners hreateningo tum theirbill orer
to a collection agency. Do you haveany idea of
the time and expense nvolved n gettingdried
marshmallowof f of four polyester umpsuits?)
lf the playersare still reluctant, have them
roleplaywaiting pr anothercase o come in. Sit
back,closeyour books,and stareoff into space.
Practice ou r bird calls.Pickyour eethwith your
thumbnail. l owbubblesn ou r milk ora w h i l e .
They'll crack.
When th e Chostbuster dentifi es himself or
herself, Don will say, "Thank goodness 'v e
reachedyou! Mumble, mumble crazy around
here."Do n is realhard o understand ecause is
TV is oo loud. (C o ahead.Turnyour own TV up.
Haven't you alwayswondered what a TV at top
volume sounds ike?)
Phone conrersationswith Don tend to be
unenlightening t besr.
Don: Mumble, mumble, horrible mumbling
ghost!
Ghostbuster:What di d yo say?
Don: Of course mumble ca n pay! Mumble go t
mumble-mumble ollarsan d 92 cents!
Ghostbuster: can't hear you. Why don't you turn
that TV dcrrvn?
Don: What?
Ghostbuster: TURN THAT B!-ASTED V DOWN!
Don: Creat! 'll expect ou n half an hour!Thank
mumble! By e no w *click*
RemindChostbusters hat thev havea base ate
fo r a house al l (see ccompanying ox),and hat
they should give a written estimate at the
premises.Also remind them agai n that they're
broke, and try to get them to FlatbushAvenueso
that the adventurecan begin.
.10
ChostbustersOperationsManual
GhostmasterR esearchData
Chostbusters houl d learn as much about
the targetspookas hey can beforewhipping
out the proton packsand scorching he client's
material possessions.G etting that damage
release igned s an important irst step, but
it is not going o ge t hem complete mmu nity
from civil suits or Wanton Devastation.
The details of the plot often dictate where
the key widence, information,or artifactexists,
and of us t what it is composed.City records,
local newspapers,w itnesses, ibrarians,ex -
perts,consultants, iaries,grafitti, an d other
commonplace records an d informants ca n
prove useful in discwering the nature of
spooksand in devisingappropriate trategies
to eliminate hem. Th e Ghostbusters re well
advised o cul tivate a stable of information
sourceswhich they can refer o throughout
their adventuring.
ln "The Couch Potato" adventure, he focus
is on action and character; the mystery
elements re airly simple,and he records re
limited. (For nstance, he only witnesses re
the tenantsof th e building; once the Ghost-
busters re hrough nterviewing hem, there
ain't nobody else.) Hovrrever,n some adven-
tures, he mysterymay be pretty nvolved,and
the only way to defeat the ghost may be
through cla,er sleuthing, esearch, nd puzzle-
solving.
BustingGhostsFor Big Bucks
Chostbustersnternationalhas established
standardees or the followingbasicservices:
On-Site nspection: $500
Removal f ParanormalE ntities
For FirstEntity: $4000
$1000
Storage one-time ee): $1500
CBlnt encouragesndividual franchi ses o
run specialswith reducedpricesor package
dealswhen business s slow or when a fran-
chise s breaking nto a nevryerritory.
lndividual Chostbuster ranchises ave he
right to chargewhatever ees hey like. In prac-
tice, Ghostbustersend to have Robin Hood
complexes steal ro m the rich, give to the
poor. Frequently humanitarian impulses
prompt Chostbusters o accept smaller ees
from needy and deservingvictims of other-
worldly menacet while NakedCreed usual-
ly surfaces hen Chostbusters eal with large
corporationsor governmentbureaucracies.
lf a slow, methodical mystery-solving ac e
suitsyour players,et he research nd puzzle-
solving phasedevelopat its own speed Iet
the Chostbustersonduct ibrary esearch, o
leg vrork, seekout expert nformants,nterview
witnesses, nd so orth. i on the other hand.
you and your playersprefer ots of action and
character nteraction, ompress he researc h
"Uh, okay.Y ou'venvestigated
b/ telling hem,
all the plausible esearcheads;here's he in-
formation yo u came up with." Then stick
werything n their hands nd et hem study t.
Initially you'll probably have to tell the
players o do research the Chostbustersn
the movie sure aren't good examples.Once
yo u suggest he possibiliry by sayingsome-
thing ike "Gee whiz, I wonderwh y this nasty
old spook s n thisbuilding yo u don'tsup-
pose here's reason, o you?" (Wink, wink.)
Or , "Bot1,I wonder f the newspaper as any-
thing n it about his crazy ghost?" he n hrcnar
them offthe scent$l saying, Nahh, probably
not."
lf the playerswant to investigateplaces or
which you've no preparedmaterial,yo u ca n
say ha t there'sno evidence here,or require
a roll against very high difficulty f yo u want
to be deceptive, r yo u ca n improvise.Don't
carelessly iv e hem misleading ints. f the
players ind they cannot rust our information,
they won't botherdoing any research.n fact,
they wo4't be real nterestedn anythingyo u
tell them.
UsingProps
Usinga real elephoneas a prop is a good
idea. Using props s alwaysa good idea. For
example, player ripping something haped
like a PK Emeter s likely to wave t aroundat
the firstsignof an ectoplasmicmanifestation.
' This
s called really nt o it." Players
have otsa un when they are "really getting
into it." Propsare one way to stimulate hi s
totally-involved style of play. Costumes s
another; umpsuits oo k real good on suave
dudes ikeu s.Buyinga otof surplus igh-tech
.1963
electronicequipmenta nd a Cadillac
hearse or an ECTO-I is another way.
Obviously, ou can overdo t. You haveou r
permission.u st on'tblameus when people
look funnv at vou. . .

SpecificResearch
Resultsn the Couch
Potato Case
Here's he research at aavailablen th e Couch
PotatoCase. he Chostbusters il l probablvvisit
th e apartmentbuilding first, al k to Don david-
son, an d do a little snoopingabout before hey
do the research,ut unusuallvmethodicalC hosi
bustersma y ge t he addressro m Davidsonover
th e phonean d do a thorough nformation earch
before he y reach he apartment.
When they get around o doing the research or
after you prod them a bit in that direction).as k
them where they'd ik e to look for information.
Le t he m makephone calls o possible ources
of information.Play he partof busyclerks some
pleasant nd helpful, most nastyan d abrasive
responding nd nviting he Chostbusterso come
down in person "Sorry we don,t giveou t that
kind of information ne r he phone.,, om eof their
ideaswon't pa n - calls o the Smithsonian
Institute,he UN Secretaria!and the Theosophical
Societywon't be very productive bu t that,s
Chost-biz.
When on e or more of them visit th e places
ou c a n e i t h e rs i m p l ysummarizeh e i n-
formation or reveal t to the players n character,
playinga file clerk, receptionist, awyer,or reai
estate manager.
Clue 1: Public Information About th e
Building
Ginger Gasheart
Cum-Popping Moron
Cinger h o l e su p i n a c u b i c l e at the Hall o f
Records. He r phone voice suggestsa misan- Bureauof Records,n Manhattan, n
thropic, hrillBugsBunny, unctuiiedbrthe snap- annex.Fir,e-Boroughitle urnsou t
ping an d slurpingaccompanying er gS.00a day
chewing-gum abit.Sh edoesn,tik eyou,an dyo u
can. ell..Sh e keeps orgetting he last hing yo u
said,and constantly nterrupts o askyou to ,epeat Slavicsek nd Skutsch, piraticalconglomerate Rolston's hostunlessyou haveworked out a con-
yourself.Howwer, if yo u ar persisient nd pa -
tient, you'll eventuallyge t the informationyo u
want.
Brains 1 ForgetAnnoying
Details
Cool 5 RadiateCosmic
Indifference o
Citizens
Moves
3 Chew an d Po p
Muscles 3 Masticate
Coa/s; Blow th e Ultimate Bubble
DistinctiveMannerism: nergetigncessant,lo p
py gum che.r,ving.
Brooklyn Hall of Records, 5231 FlatbushAve: p l a c e n c y
Accordingo public record, he buildingat 66666 outmaneu\€B
FlatbushAve. s ovvnedby'Craspproplrty Man-
agement,a division of Five-Borough itle. Th e
b u i l d i n gwa sb u i l t b y Hiram Fink n 1 9 4 7 .t has
never ha d a fire, been raided, condemned,or
otherwiseassociated it h th e unusualso far as
th e authoritiesknow.
This information is found with a successful
Brains r LibraryScience ol l against ifficulty5.
lf th e researching hostbuster,slayermisseshe
roll, then eitherno information s found, or th e
Ghostbustermust ackle he problemon another
dav.
lf th e informatlon s ound, a successful
or See oll against ifficulty 5 notices penciled
note on on e piece of paper: it says,simply,
,"Rolston."
Clue 2: Further Information About th e
Building's Owners
Al "Stonewall" Greenacres-r:
Sullen Civil Servant
Al can make a careerou t of finding on e file. person r by phone ha ta poltergeistma y or ma y
From he momentyou reachhi m by phone or in
person,. e goes nt o a stall,askingyo u to hold from a statement he hasprepared,
on while he takesanothercall, looks or
speaks o his supervisor,a kesa coffeebreak, as 1985,as aftested y lessorexhibitC herewithat -
Iunch, akesa nap,ad nauseam.O therwise. he
isobnoxiouslypolitean d cooperative.f yo u harre annoyance of poltergeist activity cannot be
all day,he'll ge t yo u th e informationyo u want. demonstrated or should be imputed to be th e
B r a i n s 3 Stall Forever
Cool 3 Speakpolitely
Moves 4 AvoidWork
Muscles 2 Push Paper
Coal: ServeHumanity at Hi s Ow n pace
Distinctive Mannerism:',Excuseme , bu t could
y ou h o l d on iust a minute?"
Th e records bout Five-Boroughitleare n th e
a Citv Hall
o be a whollv-
owned subsidiary f Tri-State inancialSystem;. to investigatehe landlord, et them uncover lle-
a c l o s e l y - h e l dummy c o r p o r a t i o n e l o n g i n go
Dilate & Couper A.C., a daughtercomplny of
headquarteredn Lichtenstein. ut his s useless vincing alternateplot.
information, nless t convinceshe Chostbusters Clue 4: Lessor Exhibit
no t to tr y to ge t ghostbustingmoney from such
blackguards.
Ghostbusters et this informationwith a suc-
cessJul rains r LibraryScience ol l against if -
ficulty 1O r,alternatively,f any Chostbuster as
a PlayStockMarket alent,he or sh emerelvcalls
hi so r h e rb r o k e r n d gets d a t a n 15 minutes
with no roll at all.
Clue 3: Statementby a Representative f
Grasp Properties
Amarillis
O'Hara
Paralegal Beagle
Amarillis s a sweet-talking outhern elle with
a mind like a steel rap.Sh e ulls yo u into com-
with gracious p e e c hwhile she slyly
Crasp properties
)lrru. ig of course,
no responsible." eriod.Bu t wh o cares such
a welyvoice, nd osympathetic.. Females re
far less usceptibleo Amarillis,smesmerizing
charm.
Brains 5 Law
Cool 5 Lav t On Thick
Moves 3 Curtseyan d Blush 6
Muscle 2 PushMales round 5
Coal: Claw Her Way to the Top
Distinctive Mannerism: us hSouthern rawl: so
sorry sh e can't help you.
Amarillis, th e district representativef Crasp
Property,a cknowledgeso the Chostbustersn
not be) presentat 66666 Flatbush.She hen reads
,that
saidunits
were properly an d fully exorcisedon Nov. 15 .
tached,an d that any imputed or actual minor
resultof improper essoractivity no r as a result
of lessor efault r non-compliance it h accepted
standardsnd practices. upernatural
events, xceptas definedherein,ar e specifically
the responsibility f lessee, s upheld n th e and-
mark caseof Wentworth v. Duck.,,
On request, he'll readLessorE xhibitC below
aloud to the Chostbusters.
Roll Brains r La wagainst ifficulty5 to under-
stand haq at present,CraspPropertyneeds o do
and will d o nothing.
Crasp Propertyor its parentcorporations an
be useda sv i l l a i n s o m i s d i r e c th e Chostbusters.
if_you ant; he players re ikely o be suspicious
of the andlord, egardlessf th e plot. f theywant
galitiesan d shennanigans,nd stewabout what
to do , bu t don't compromise he operationof
C - A letter
Nov. 15 , 1985
Th e undersigned, o th e best of their
knowledgeand for no consideration ther
than th e welfareof humaniry have ested,
exorcised, leansed,umed,an d otherwise
found he buildingat66666 Flatbush rze.,
BrooklynNl to be freeof spooks, hosts,
cold spots,creepiyhings,awful demons,
an d other principalsor representativesf
injuriousor malevolent upernaturalgen-
cies, powers, r unfathomableentities.
(signed)
FatherX. Flannagan
Rev.E. Monroe
RabbiA. Eliazar
BishopNephi K i m b a l l
Swami
Mhaha Ra Zjee
S h a m a nR u n n i n gBear o n e s
This document gives he namesof the exorcists
which Crasp Properties outinely hires o ,de.
Chostbusters perations anual j1
 

spook" tsbuildingshn d grounds. he yare much of the original screenings f the old TV shows, Le t th e Chostbustersbribe, threaten, Con,
cheaper han the Chostbusters,equiringonly a theyareon the right nck; if thqy ocuson ,,violent whatever,he cute little ladsand lasseso their
small donation o their spiritualcausesor their deaths" or "fatal accidentsi'during that time, heart's ontent. Not much will be done to ECIO-I
services. they're real hot. You ca n give them Brains or in any case.
An y of theseworthiescan be contacted n the LibraryReference olls for hints or make them
spaceof an afternoon,an d all will agree hat no You're coming up on 66666 Flatbush.This
figure hi s stuffou t on their own - suit yourcelf
signof supernatural ctivityoccurredwhen they - an d your players. four-story building is much like the others in the
checked he premises.Of course,none of them neighborhood an ugly brick box with al l th e
Practically peakingsince inding he clipping
actuallyentered he building; he rituals such charm of a stateprison. Yo unotice three things
on Rolston'sdeath pretty much resolves he
as heywere were conducted rom the sidewalk as you he muchdefaced cornerstone
nrystery ou shouldkeep t underwrapsuntil the
outside.They know nothing hat will contribute says1947; oud, raucous aughter s coming from
last then ca n po p it ou t just as the
substantiallyo the solutionof this case. th e building;and all of the windowson th e to p
Chostbusters reabout o figure t out themselves
floor have been boarded up - from the inside.
(a ypicalsleazyChostmasteringrickguaranteed
When you reach the attractive, institution-
to annoy he players), r yo u ca n haveAlice find
Clue 5: Th e Brooklyn Commercial Bugle green front door, you see three doorbell-type
it if they are way off track and in needof a hint.
buttons on a panel to the left. The bottom ohe
Alice Tolliver In a pinch,sh ecouldgive he ma call on ECfOl,s
is labelled Davidson Super, he middle on e
H gh-Spi ited Elderly Fl rt m o d u l a rp h o n e and read h em t h e c l i p p i n g .
laCoque, the top one Pogoni.From th e marks
Th e article tself s very short,giving only th e
In a d d i t i o n o flirtingwith y o u n gme n (6 5 a nd basicdetailsdescribed n "The Couch Potato,s on the panel, there once was a fourth button
under)a nd stacking l d c l i p p i n g i l e s n precar- PIot" above, but it is illustratedwith a locally above he others; t looks as f it has been remov-
ious, eetering olumns, lice handlesnformation prize-wi n ng photoshowi g Rolston's oderate. ed - with a blunt instrument.
requests. lice is pretty sharp n trackingdown ly frazzledhandclutching he antennawire, and
obscure ewspaperefurences,ut t will takehe r theZenith's erialn umberand D information an
a while - 50 percentof the files are out of their be seen n the corner. he article's eadline eads. Hunter Panama: ournalist, Recluse,Gu n
cabinets, tacked n somedesk.She,llhave o go "Fatal Accidentat Enthusiast,Weirdq and Red Herring
66666 FlatbushAvenue."
througheachstack,at considerable isk o life and When th e Chostbustersealize ha t he Zenith Th e boarded-upwindow and the removed
Iimb.A littlegentlemanly ttention an a hand in the basements he agency f Rolston,semise, doorbell shouldmake he players ea lsuspicious
at moving the stacksaround - will greatlyex - they will know just where to hunt the spectral of Panama.Conversationswith other tenants
pedite th e process. f treatednicely (i.e., llrted presencehaunting66666 Flatbush. should do little to hem. "The fourth
with shamelessly), lice could become a great floor?HunterPanamaivesup there.He'sall right
information esource or th e Chostbusters. - | guess. us t littlestrange. writer, ou know?
Stays p there all day,only seems o come ou t
Brains 5 Find Obscure at night. Doesn'tbother anybody,but lotsof weird
Reference Part One: noisescome out of that apartmentat all hours,
Mo\r'es 2 Stack File Folder l'm on the Outside
Muscles 1 Pinch Cute Man's
Cheek Looking n
Cool 3 ScoldYoung
Whippersnappers 6
ShiftingTh e Scene Th e Re dHerring
.
Since this is your story yo u can simply sa y
Coal: ServeHumanity something ike, "You Chostbusters et n the Ecto. A "Red Herring" (also known as ,A False
DistinctiveMannerism:P okingan d pattingmen, mobile an d you're in front of 66666 Flatbush Traill' or , more commonly, A Hose Job,,) s
calling he m "sonnyi'and battinghe r eyelashes Avenue n twenty minutes."Or yo u can be more a nasty trick which a Chostmasteruses o
a t them. elaborate hd akemore ime - giving he players mislead,confuse, lo w down, an d generally
time to bickeran d argueaboutwho's in charge annoy hi s players.E ssentially, Re d Herring
i s u s u a l l ya g o o d i d e a at the b e g i n n i n g f the i s a s e r i e s f c l u e swhich p o i n t o a s o l u t i o n
of the mystery the Wrongsolution.The con-
Justdown th e block from the BrooklvnHall of adventure.
Records re he officesof the BrooklynCommer- sequencesof following a Red Herring ca n
cial Bugle, communitynewspaper f longstand- A Nice Place o Visit...
range ro m simply wasting ime to seriously
When they arrivg the Chostbusters ill find j e o p a r d i z i n ghe mission.
ing. Alice, who's in chargeof the morgue iles,
is cooperative, ut warns hat searchesake a long convenientparking or ECIOI: a spot next to a Yo u can set up a Red Herring when th e
time. fire hydrant ix blocks rom 66666 Flatbush. Fo r Chostbusters re approaching he solution o
Th e more specific he information he Chost- Ne w York, hat'sconvenient.) ea d he ollowing th e adventuremuch to o quickly,or when yo u
busters re ooking or , he better heir chanceof description l o u d as hey walk to t h e b u i l d i n g : want them to have ha t thev
finding t. lf theysimplystart rom he present ay would otherwisebypass, r when you feel that
It's B:15p.m.,on a warm summerevening. t,s
an d work backwards hrougheveryedition, th e still light out, though cloudsare moving n an d th e adventure s too simple.
franchise will go bankrupt before they find When plottinga RedHerring thereare a few
it will probably ge t dark in a half an hour or so
anythinguseful.T here s no specificentry ile for t h i n g s o u s h o u l d onsider: . Who,s e s p o n -
Th e neighborhood is predominantly lower
66666 FlatbushAvenue. s i b l e o r the Red Herring? s t h e v i l l a i n (o r
middle-class, filled with tired apartment
Th e Bugle keeps spook) ayinga false rail,hoping o delay he
files on occult or weird buildingsan d squishedJookingow houseswith
events they' e a respectab e journa . Howeve Chostbusters,r is t simply a series f bizarre
concrete front lawns and in need of paint.
if th e Chostbustersxamineh e i l e s o r h e im e Children of all races, colors, and states of coincidences?We suggest ou don,t overdo
th e bizarre oincidenceoutineor your players
cleanliness camperabout, riding bikes,playing
will grow o hate yo u and mistrust us t about
catch, whacking'each other with plastic ray-
everything ou tell them.)2. How much time
guns. They look real interested n ECTO-l...
will th e Chostbusters aste ollowing hi s up ?
3. Ho w ar e you gonnage t he m backon the
right trackonce he Re d Hening stopsbeing
fun?

12 Chostbusters perations anual

 

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PartThree:
The Building t 66666
FlatbushAvenue
This section alks about th e physicala rrange-
mentof the building, ts nhabitants,nd describes
someof their peculiarities. hereare our floors
and a basement, nd four tenants.Each enantoc-
cupies one floor, in th e following order top to
bottom:
too floor Dr. Hunter Panama
third floor Mrs. Maria Pogoni
secondfloor Miss SirenaLaCoque
first floor
Mr . Don Davidson
basement furnace and storage
Except or the basement, he room arrangement
on each loor s he same, houghwallshavebeen
removedn Dr. Panama's nd in Miss LaCoque's
flats.The unitsare eached y stairs ocated t he
front and back of the building. There ar e no
elevators.
First Floor: Mr. Don Davidson
Davidsons all and skinny, omely,a nd always
wearsa shapeless isored cap,a T-shirt, nd eans.
His T-shirts ea 6 ointlessmages-an empty beer
stein,a sneering at, he formula for the area of
a circle, a caricatureof Merv Criffin, etc. He is
currently ai d off from his ob at BioMedChem- Earnest layer: sniffthe riedchicken ontainers.
TechrM nd home all of the time.
Davidson sn'tsubtle.T houghhe'sa whiz with
electronics, e'll ollow theChostbustersround,
b a b b l i n g questions, rying to borrow and
disassemble protonpack,an d pantingafteran y
femaleGhostbustern th e group though e won't
be braveenough to ask anyoneout).
lf anv femaleGhostbuster ee sDavidsonas a
possible coreand sheaskshim out, the evening body's go t to do it.
is a disaster.S he oses lvo Brownie Pointsan d
returnshome at 4 a.m. with her blouse ripped SecondFloor:SirenaLaCoque
a n d h e r s h o e smuddy,g r i p p i n ga tire iron with
a Davidson-shapedent in it. A day later,after born Eileen Suggs.Sh e is in her late twenties,
Davidsoncomes back rom the emergency oom, gorgeous,an d looking for a man. Looking or
he'll call heragainand again, rying fo r another several,n fact. Everyhandsomemale Ghostbuster
unforgettableeven ng.
Do n "The Connector" Davidson, age24-
Brains 4 Electronics
Muscles 2 Fix Toilet
1 S o l d e rCircuits
Cool 3 Bargain
Goal: Fumbling,C roping S ex
DistinctiveMannerism: ncrediblyclumsy trips
over his own shadow.
Don's lat is messy.C lothes,electronicsunk,
rudeposters, nd suggestivemagazinesitter he
floor. He offers he Ghostbr.lsters eats n the liv-
ing room, but first he has o shorrel iles of old
newspapers nddirty sock from th e furniture
makinga largerainalgamated il e on the floor.
14 Chostbusters perations anual
ln one cornerof the living roomar ea few hick
shardsof broken glasswith an unusualcoating
on the interior side of the curved fragments.
Ghostbusterswho search that room should
attemptMoves or See olls againstdifficulty 10
to notice he glitterof the glass ragments. suc-
cessfulB rains r Electronicsol l against ifficulty
5 revealshat the piecesare random eftcvers rom
the Zenith'spicture ube,destrqrcdwhen the mad-
dened Davidson attacked the Zenith with a
hockeystick.
Th e bedroom s unkemptand hasonly a mat-
tressand a few cardboardboxes.His lab/repair
shop is stackedhigh with ancient chassisan d
boxesof knobs, handles,circuit boards,power
supplies, tc. Friedchicken ake.outcartons it -
ter the kitchen,which is otherwise nused.
There is nothing else of importancehere.
Chostmasters!Study this phrase carefully.
"There
is nothingelseof importancehere."This
phrase s quite valuablewhen the Chostbusters
d i s m a n t l i n gh e furniture nd r i p p i n gou t
th e p l a s t e r a l l sw h i l e s e a r c h i n go r m o r eclues.
The impulse o be thorough s praiseworthy,ut
being thoroughcan be very boring.
EarnestP layer: carefullyexamineal l th e record
a l b u m s o r m i s s i n g n n e rsleeves.
Ghostmaster: here s nothingelseof importance
here.
Ghostmaster: Yeah y e a h sure. fHERE /5
NOTH'NC ELSEOF IMPORTANCEHERE.
Keepmoving. Next?
lf the Chostbustersneed an extra hand in
buildingspecial lectronics ear, r operating n-
hand gear, Davidson volunteers. Repeatedly.
Uninterruptedly. oy, s he everannoying.Have
fu n being annoying. t's a dirty job, but some-
SirenaLaCoque pronounced ah-COHE)wa s
is air game. f the Chostbusters nockon her door,
sh e calls sweetly, Just a moment!" When she
calls or them to come in, they enter o find her
takinga bubble bath,possiblydistracting ome
Chostbustersnd nfuriating then, perhaps tart-
in g a quarrelabout who gets o stay behind to
guard Sirena n case he ghost comes bagk.
Those who take Sirenaou t (successful oves
or Attract Attention, or Cool or Seduce rolls,
against ifficulty 10) in d that she ikes simple
pleasures ke handd pped chocolates, te mme d
roses, rmine coats,and Rolls-Royces.
Those wh o cross Sirena ge t to meet an
employeeof a friend of hers,Vito Langostino.See
page 13.)
Sirena LaCoque,age 26
Brains 3 EstimateWealth
Muscles2 Crapple
Moves 6 Attract Attention
Cool 5 Borrow
Coa/; Money
DistinctiveMannerisms: iltsher headprettily o
one sidean d batshe reyes oquettishly t males.
Cute as hell, but she can't see a thing.
Sirena'sapartment s lavishly and tastelessly
decorated. inepieces f antique urniture re ux -
taposedwith cheap ootstools nd molded-plastic
parson'sables.Shecollectscrochetedcaricatures
of poker-playing ogs. Her bedroom s as large
and as uxurious she r iving room,with lounges,
armoires,heavydrapes,an d silk hangings.
lf the Chostbusters nter her bedroom, have
eachattempta Movesor Balance oll against if-
ficulty 10 .The first to fail accidentally urns on
the bed. The bed begins o revolve, disco ball-
mirrorstartsotating bwe it, a strobe ight begins
to pulse hypnotically,hard-dr:ivingock music
blasts rom concealedspeakers, nd
v i b r a t i o nunit r i p p l e s h e b e d l i k e a b r o n c o s
bucking beneath.Red-faced, irenaorders he
Chostbusters ut. A successful ool or Fast al k
roll against ifficulty 15 s necessaryo ge t back
in the sameday, hough she orgiveshem by th e
followingmorning.
Th e ghost's mischievousactivities have par-
ticularlypainedMissLaCoque,ince heha sbeen
unable to entertain visiting d i g n i t a r i e swith
salacious ideo tapes. f the Chostmasterw ants
to spiceup the actionhere,Sirenamightbe enter-
taining a Mafia Familymember (see A Castof
Dozensj' pg 54) when the Chostbusters rrive.
Using an ornamentai omahawk customarily
employed o counselwaywardguests, he cut the
electricalc onnection o her bedroomTV to end
th e din. If the Chostbusters xamine he severed
cord, a successfulMovesor See oll againstdif-
ficulty 15 ets hem notice hatone of the cutsha s
been completely epaired the copper strands
havebeen fused ogether; hough th e plastic s
untouched. f the Chostbusters heck the other
cuts or several ays unning, heysee hat all the
cuts seem o be repairing hemselves.Rolston's
spirit does the work as hi s energypermits.)
Floor Three:Mrs. Maria Pogoni
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old building, he Chostbusters ear kids shriek-
in g an d wailing.The Chostbusters eed o knock
long and loud to ge t a response.When th e lady
of the houseappears, he yells.above he din,
"Come in! Don't be slow!"
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Dodi, 7; Emmanuel,8; and Franco, ) look like
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The apartment s dimly lit and stuffed with Note: Picture a combat versus Rolston in AREA FIVE: Empty.
books,magazi es,and half-finishedmanuscri ts. Panama's partment.The spook manifests; he AREASIX:A plastic.wrapped inette set; n a card-
A few empty Beluga aviar ins can be Chostbusters hout wildly and fire their proton boardbox four wig hats, our pairsof white vinyl
a small ish ank n the hallcontains erenl dullish packs;Panama milesblandly and hasa cookie. high-heeledboots,and four micro-mini-ski rts, nd
fish. A successful rainsor Zoology roll against The ghost or Chostbusters)aps Panama'sarm; a change-maker; set of Coll ier's Encyclopedia;
difficulty 10 identifies hem as piranha- Panama links slovrly or a moment, hen dives in a cardboardbox 11clean,empty mayonnaise
Dr. Panama'siving room has only one chair. for his gun collection and grabsa Scrviet-made jars. All belong to Sirena LaCoque.
Much of the space s taken up I largeand povrer- portable urface-to.air issile.D epending n who AREASEVEN: ontains gas urnaceand orced-
ful stereoand video gear (there s a bank of si x hasmessedwith hisagriculture, e shootsat th e servingall the flats.
monitors, ll shcnving BOR, but Panama oesn't ghostor the Chostbusters. he missilewill pass
mind: "l never watch TVi' he swearc), nd by through the ghost, doing him little harm; the
bushelbasketsull of various apsules nd ablets missilewill alsopass hrough Chostbuster...the
("vitamin pillsi' Dr. Panama ays, is eyesglint- hard way. PartFour:
ing ruthfully). leaming andguns nd rifles ill
one wall. Anyonewho checks inds everyweapon
The Back Stairs Manifestations f the
The rearstairs onnect each loor at the back
loaded,and the safeties ff. A successful rains
or Psychologyoll against ifficulty10 establishes and lead o the basement.
There s a separate ar- Spook
ro m th e
that Panamas potentially angerous though ny bage chute. The steps are screened Any survey f the buildingshowsunmistakable
playerwho has any doubtsabout hat is used o outside. signsof supernatural ctivity.Using PK Emeters,
a rathermoreexcitinggroup of companions han The Roof the Chostbusters asily find that ectoplasmic
we are). valences round he elevision ets re high, con-
The stairs ead past Dr. Panama's oor to the
The bedroom s soundproofed;he thick pad- roof. The roof door is always ocked; Davidson firming the tenants'stories.
ded walls completelystop he din from WBOR. has he key.There s nothing on the roof but a SinceRolston'spi ritpatrols he buildingonly
Thereare hree beds:one of nails,one rumpled few vent pipes. From this roof, one can step to from 8 to 11 p.m., however,hat's he only time
futon, and one of wooden slats. herearechains the roofsof adjoiningbuildings. that the Ghostbusters an find it - unless hey
rom he ceiling. My examine he Zenith TV in the basement,where
on the wall; hoists angle
back often hurtsi' Dr. Panamabeams. The Basement the s pook continues ts hourly repairs nd lone-
placewhereRolston an
lf Panama pens he door to the inner apart- The basements a singleopen room,separated ly vigil.This s he only
ment, a ghastlv light glares beyond. lf any $r partitions. he Chostbusters ill probably enter be cornered in the Zenith n the basementro m
ChostbusterseceiveailingCool rollsagainst if- from the back. 11 p.m. o 8 p.m.
ficulty 5, they um p an d whip ou t the business To summon he spookduring prime ime, he
This swhere he garbage huteemp
ends of their proton pack. "Sayi saysDr. Panama AREAONE: nd
Chostbusters erelyneed o turn off or to retune
hereare loor itter, ats,
narrowly, Say. I thought we were friends." He ties nto containers. one of the building'sTV sets, r to bring n a riew
takes out an enormous magnum revolver cockroaches. setand une n a stationother han WBOR. Soon
somehowstuffed hrough his belt at the small of AREA TWO: Tenantstorage.For decades,Eric th e PK Emeter l ares, he set lickers nto life,and
his back, points t at the Chostbusters, nd slips Rolston's ossessionsavemouldered nd rotted the channelchanges. successful ovesor Sniff
Say,we here.Deep within the pile are lettersand other
into psychosis,Sayi' he says et again, roll against difficulty 5 shows strong ozone
ARE riends, ren'twe?" Let he Chostbustersalk documents stablishinghe possessionssbelong- presence ust then.
theirway out.A successful ool, Fast alk, r Bluff ing to Eric Rolstonof this address. he lastdate lf the lightsar e off, or if the Chostbusters se
roll against ifficulty10 ets hem slip out without is instanced ust before his personal equipment, hey see the characteristic
difficulty. Panamawill be back to normal by TV log shows hat the lastshow he watchedwas aura precedingectoplasmicactivity - fat, ooz-
tomorrow. My Mother The Car. ing filamentsspreadaround the targetTV for a
lnside the armored door is Dr. Panama's At the edgeof the pile of blackened arpets, orn few seconds.Rolston's pirit generallydoes not
biological researcharm,where he performs ngo. vinyl couches, nd rat-gnawedocks s he Zenith materialize xcept n one of the wo Pogonikids'
ing investigationsnto the propertiesof certain console V which Davidsonirst es cud and hen bedroomsor when a Chostbuster iresat the target
alkaloids - "common farm plantsi' Panama cast aside. TV and therebyhits he poltergeist pookwith a
gestures. ll the windows are boardedover; he Careful xamination f the Zenith's roken pic- proton beam.When the Ghostbusters ppearand
backdoor s armored, nd s dentical o the ront ture ube (Brains r Cuessagainst ifficulty10 o start pestering the spoek, it may manifest
door. ask about) shows hat the heavy glass s being anywhere n th e buildingduring he hoursof B
Crow lights hang everywhere.A successful healed almostas f it wereskin.The healing p.m. o 11 p.m.After being hit with a proton beam,
Brains r Physics gainst iffic ulty l0 roll guesses occurs n spurtsabout an hour apart. The unit Rolston nstantly dematerializes.W hen dema-
correctly hat Panamahas rewired he flat with registers evenon the PKE meter's ogarithmic terialized,Rolston an only be seen n complete
heavy'duty ircuits.As he alk, a successful rains, scale, ut during he healing imeswhen Rolston's darknesswith the ectovisors.
Deduce,or Cuess oll suggestshat Panama ither spirit is present, he meter needle umps off the Th e ghost manifestsas a small, slump-
has illegall y tapped Con-Edr ines or has thor- to p end of the scale.Healing measured n dif- shoulderedman in T-shirtand trousers, taring
oughly bribed sereral ayers f Con-Edemployees. ferentdaysshcnrrsrogressivemprovement:at the ahead ntentlv,seated n an invisible armchair.
The "common farm plants" grow n long, ush current ate, he picture ube shouldbe whole in Occasionally olston ill reach ntoan nvisible
rows nside hydroponic anks.Bags f chemicals less han three weeks. bowl and eat nvisiblepopcorn rom it. When he
and about. Except or the AREATHREE:C ontains he electricalmeters nd retunes 66666 Flatbush elevision,he extends
possibly llegal natureof the plants (successful circuitbreakersor the building. an arm which grows supernaturally ong and
Brains r Botany oll against ifficulty 10 o con- reaches into the set to make the electro-
AREAFOUR:Contains ot and cold watermaster mechanical djustment. f he fuses he tuner, he
firm that heyare)and he mprobability f stumbl- 'valves,
and a 3O0-gallon ot water heater or the Chostbusters erceive hat something ike a tiny
ing across uch a facility, here s nothing of in-
building. blowtorch extends rom a forefingerand seems
terest n the room exceDtan attachecaseon a
countet stuffedwith l00dollar bills. Dr. Panama to make a brief ectoplasmicspotweld.
shuts he case, miles blandly,and saysnothing When Rolstonmanifests or the chil dren, he
at all. amuseshem by changing nto various V heroes
of the period. The kids may not recognize

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StageThree
Fromhereon it'sall downhill or hespook.Th e
Chostbustersi l l n o t b e a b l e o shoota t h i m i n
any of the apaftments, ecauseRolstonwill not
materialize gain,no matterwhat happens, s he
makes is our.Only if he can enteran apartment,
makean adiustmento a T V , h e n s p l i twithout
encountering Chostbuster;ill Rolston ontinue
his appointed ounds. he huntwill have o reach
i t s c l i m a x elsewhere i n t h e dark, l o n e l y
basement.
BeforeRolston s run to earth n the garbage ile
in the basement, owever, e ma y ry a last-ditch
assault n a s o l i t a r yChostbuster,n filtrating i m
ectoplasmicallyo b r e a k u b e san d l e a d s n h i s
proton packor otherequipmen! or perhaps etun-
i n g h i swalkie-talkieo WBOR.Thisma ya t l e a s t
keep the Chostbustersro m gettingcocky'
(Obviously, f Chostbusters re actuallycarry-
ing unshielded particle acceleratorson their
backs,Rolston's abotage ould be quite dan-
gerous.Don't ge t carriedaway.Th e ghost hinks
even f it dreamsbig. Let he Chostbusters
survive at least reasonablyunscathed,unless
s o m e o n e o e ss o m e t h i n grresistibly t u p i d . )
Staginghe Basement
Encounters
What happensf th e spookgets ornered n the
basement efore ou want he adventureo end?
The idea that Rolstonca n be cornered n the
basement ependson the spook'sunwillingness
to abandon his favoriteZenith, no matter ho w
desperate is situation. f the Chostbustersom e
upon the Zenith n the basementoo early n the
adventure say, or example, beforeStageOne
has even really begun,before he Chostbusters
havehad a chance o se eRolston n action n the
apartments well, the adventure s going o be
spoiled if they immediately blast Rolston to
ectobits.
So , udge hings hi sway. n StageOn e through
Three.Rolstonwill stay n the basement uring
his off-hours,bu t he doesn't ee l compelledto
actuallystay n the set - he goesof f and hides
in the wall if anyoneunpleasant omesaround
an d tries to blast him. In StageFour,however,
Rolston'smorale s broken,and he clings o th e
ol d TV with a pathetic, rrationald esperation,
sittingduck for Chostbusters it h proton packs
an d ectovisors. esperatenstinctsDooming he
Monster s a familiar heme n monsterilms,mak-
ing us sympathetic nd reflective s he monster
perishes, qualling piteously.This makes or a
good,satisfyinglimax we triumph,but areno t
completelyunmovedby the tragiccondition of
ou r former enemv.Nice dramatic ouch, eh ?
l8 ChostbustersOperationsManual
StageFour - or Rolston's ast
Stand n the Basement
When the Choitbustersinallv corner Rolston
in th e basement, la yon theirsympathies y hav-
i n g h e g h o s tm anifest n dsilently l e a d or con-
tinued freedom. lf the Chostbusters re dumb
enough o let the ghostgo , have t go back o its
ol d ways he nextnight.Chostsdon't havemuch
freedom of action, afterall, and Rolstonshould
be
have proved itself a little too sassy
trustworthy.
So .Rolston s a goner at this point. Zap, zap,
zap,containment eams n, into he rap that's
a l l s h ewrote. Unless...
If a non-violentclimax appealsmore to your
aesthetic sense. ry this on for size. Let the
Chostbustersdiscover Rolston'sTV log, still
readable,n the middleof the basement ile, sug-
gesting ha t he died during My Mother The Car,
an d detailing he first part of the actualepisode'
Suggesto tender-hearted hostbuster that if they
find a video tape and play back that episode,
Rolston's bsessiveraving o see he conclusion
might be satisfied, is spiritm i g h t et g o of this
plang and hathe might hereafter eacefully nd
gratefullypasson to eternity.
And that, of course, s us t how that will work,
if yo u want t to. Rolston'spiritcavorts nd capers
gleefully s he conclusion f the episode nfolds,
blissevidenton every eature. et he Pogoni id s
downstairs hey,why not all the tenants to
watch this tender and upbeat resolution of
Rolston'son gvigil. Everybody riesa littlewhen
the closing creditsroll past,and the tape goes
blank. Rolston's pirit urns,gazesaroundat his
fellow tenants, he n pops upstairs. et everyone
follow at a hasty pace.
Upstairsh ey will find Rolston i p p i n ga b o u t
to eachapartment, epairing he damagehe ha s
done to th e TVs. With each repair, his form
becomesa little more insubstantial; is Ecto-
presence i s b e i n g consumed to f u e l h i s
psychokinetic lectronicswork. Finally,with all
th e TVs in the other apartments epaired,he
returns t last o the old Zenith n the basement.
With the asterg of his ectoplasmic ubstance e
conjures rom the battered uins'a ust-like-new
Zenith and after lickering or a secondor two,
Rolston urns,grinsat everyone/he n adesaway.
From hat day forward, he old Zenith will be a
sparkling onversation iece n Davidson's part-
ment, but he never urns it on - just leaves t
mute, waiting, a testamento a Truly Dedicated
TV fan.
PartSix:
The Conclusion
Once the Chostbustenget he spirit n the ghost
trag or encouraget to proceedvoluntarily o it s
Final Reward (do they have TV in heaven?),t's
time to wrap things up. Each enant hanks he
Chostbustersn his or her own way Sirena sk s
wh y don't they come up and see her. ometime,
Panama ffers hem a fistful of pharmaceuticals
thatwould ga gan elephant nd promiseso herald
their exploits n print,and he Pogoni ids...Well,
if the Chostbusters ave iguredout someway o
make riends with them, the adieusare earnest
and heart-warming,nd Mrs.Pogoni nvites hem
over or a big spaghetti inner. f the Pogon brats
ar estill sore,a waterba gdrops rom upstairs nd
breakson Stantz'sor Venkman'shead as thev
leave.D avidsonhank them,giveshem heir ee,
and the Chostbusters rive off into the sunset.
lf the Chostbustersay waste o the apartments
in the process f eliminatingRolston,he awsuits
defending he Chostbusters os t wice as much
as they earned n bagging he ghost the fran-
chise dips i n t o d e b t , a n d t h i n g s o o k a l i t t l e
desperateor the young corporation.Cive each
player alf he BrowniePoints e spentduring he
adventure.
lf the Chostbustersdo their research,an d
methodicallyrackdcnvn ndcaptureRolston ith
a minimum of damage o privateprciperty,he
small ee hey collecton this casekeeps hem in
McNuggetsand fries or anothervreek.Cive each
player he numberof Bror,vnieoints e spent ur-
in g th e adventure.
lf the Chostbustersre exceptionallyleveran d
consideraten their research nd their dealings
with the enants particularly anama),nd f they
dispatchRolstonwith efficiencyand dignity,or
show him the rest of the My Mother th e Ca r
episode, he fee is still pretty modest but th e
tenantsare so grateful hat they scrapeup a 20
Dercent onusand deliver t to them after hrow-
ing a colossal lock party n theirhonor,at which
th e media s prominently epresentd,a nd several
months later the Chostbusters ind themselves
featured in a glowing piece in Lurid Tales,
authoredby Dr . Hunter Panama,w hich, though
it doesn'tge t he m invited o dinnerat the White
House,still earns hem a substantial eputation
in a subculturehey maysomedaybe unfortunate
enough o haveprofessionalealingswith. Cive
each player he numberof Brcrwnie ointshe spent
during he a d v e n t u r e l us a substantial o n u s .
tf any ndividualC hostbuster asoutstandingly
entertaining,r particularly dept n achiwing hi s
PersonalCoals (Miss LaCoque,hough possess-
ed of extravagant nd untutored astes,s not disap
pointing n herareaof specialization),wardhi m
a couple of bonus BrowniePoints o encourage
futu re overachevement.
Once he sessions over, ake ime o talk about
your players. in dout what they iked and
didn't like, and tell them the secrets their
charactersidn't ind out if - but only if - you're
no t going o try tb dse hat material ater.This s
an important part of learning to be a good
gamemaster listen to your critics, and heed
them well.
 

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"lt started wo months ago At first, a fer,v alf-
empty boxesof office suppliesdisappearedl'He
leans orward. "But now, gentlemen, he situa-
tion has deteriorated so far that nobody
into D-wing at allJ'
He settles back in his chair. "But yo u need
some background.BioMedChemTechrM,nc. is
the leader in recombinant DNA research.We're
proud of our oil-eating bacteria and our an-
tihistamine viruses.Our safety ecord hasbeen
excellent, but the carelessness f a single D'wing
researcher has created an extraordinary
problem.
"The biologically-active emnantsof a failed
experiment were accidentally discardedwithout
observing routine precautions.
"l n some nexplicablemanner, he biological
sample has nteractedwith its environment o
yield an animate life form."
What
Doubtlessa curiousChostbuster sks,
kind of life form?" Kovachek ighsand replies:
"Where would any careless person throw
things away?A garbage can!"
When speaking s Kovachek,ry to sound ike
"w e did such and so"
an executive:never sav
when yo u can say We implementeda decision
to take responsibility n the area of..." Put your
hands o your collar as f straightening ti e from
time to time.
Kovachek oes on to tell them:
1. He i s not at liberty to discuss he purpose
of the research.
2. D-wing, which has been sealedoff, is now
infested i th bizarre reatures th e garboids. e
shows hem a blurry photo of a man running
toward he camera,hi s mouth gaping n terror.
Behind him several tumpyobjects shaped ik e
garbage ans arp in hot pursuit, heir lids open
wide as if to bite. The picture s too dim to see
not they have angs.
'whether or
3, The creatureswere discovered omedaysafter
th e improper-disposal ncident, when unex-
plainable isappearancesf largequantities f
officesupplieswerediscovered y staffmembers.
Therefore, ither t took time for the virus o inter-
act with the garbage ans/or the creatures er e
intelligent nough o hide until therewere ot s
of them.
4. Thereareapparently ozensof the creatures
in D-wing.
5. BioMedChemTechrMent in a team of
guards o cl ean out the garboids,but the team was
routed. That's when they decided to call the
Chostbusters.
The Deal
lf the Chostbusters il l enterD-wingand survey
it, he will pay hem $5000 above nd beyond he
initial $1000 payment). f they manage o exter-
minate the garboids as well, he promises an
additional $10,000.Howevel the Chostbusters
mustsignwairer ormsaccepting ll responsibility
fo r life form disposal.
20 Chostbustersperations anual
Roll Kovachek's argain8 against he Chost- Kovachekil l raisehepaymento hemaximum
busters' spokesman'sCool or Bargain. l f he'sbudgeted $5000 or a survey, 14000 or
Kovacheckwins, the Ghostbusters ccept what eliminationf th e garboids.
turnsout to be proprietoryor or the
new Iife orm. f the Chostbusters in, Kovachek Stanford
admits hat he life forms seem o be intelligent, BMCT Executive
and that BMCTTMtands o be in a lot of trouble
with a lot of governmentalagencies or the Brains 4 ExecuteExecutive
mistake, ncluding he EPA, nd they get he ob Came Plans
without having o sign he waiver. Muscles2 Jo g
With a successful rains,D educe, r Cuess oll,
the Chostbusters nderstandhat, f the ife orms 3 LookProsperous
are ntelligent,o kill an yof them mightbe con- Cool 5 Bargain
sideredmurder bv the courts.
If the Chostbusters realize that BioMed- Coal: ServeBioMedChem'IechrM
ChemTechrMs trying to put one wer on them,
AboutGarboids
Carboids ar e moderately ntelligent - if
you're one of thosewho believepetsare smart.
For he most part, heywanderaroundcollec-
ting everythingn sightan d bringing t to the
Creat Dump (see below) in the vague hope
that this will somehow placate heir creator,
whom theyhopewill rsreal tself nd ell hem
why they were created.
They don't know much yet, but learn ast.
Thev are not malevolent,but can be annoy-
ing and tricky.They haveno language, ut harrc
plenty of emotions,and announce heir feel-
ingsby gnashingheir ids,stampingheir
and clanging heir bodies ogether. n many
ways garboidsare like big, friendly Labrador
Retrievers responsive o tenderness, owed
N
by and resentfulof anger;and capableof as
much cheerful, nnocent,an d unrestrained
destructionas a professionalm ercenary.
Carboids resemble arge gray-mottled ar-
bage canswith two large googly eyespopp-
ing up from their lids. The eyesbob up and
down as he can opensand closes ts mouth
(the lid); the garboidshave earned o peep
orer obstacles his way.Carboids haveno arms
or hands; hey manipulateobjectswith their
big scoop mouths,which can open wide
enough o engulf n entirehuman.Their eg s
SampleGarboid
are very short, so they do not move fast, but
the Carboidscan ip forward nearly90 degrees
to grab hings ro m the loor.Their eet esem- B ra ins 1 Fi nd L it te r
bl e flappy latex gloves but are much more Muscles3 Ru n
durable.
Carboidscan digest ot softhings.Theycan 2 Scoop Up Objects 5
surviveon paperand pulp products,giren ade Cool 1 Faithfully ursue
quatewater, hough heir thick tinny skins e- Coal
ot sof iron.Carboids eat humans,
but hey wouldn'tenjoy t unless omeoneold Coa/: KeeoAmerica Clean
them it was a joke. Then they'd like it a lot.
 

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ls it the chief of the garboids? et he Chost- Of course, BioMedChernTechrM an make a LookingAhead

busters it with this d ea o r a w h i l e - yo u ca n tidy profit selling garboids o jaded housewives As always, tudy he conclusionof the adven-
evenhave he dumpstershift once or twice atop ascombinationpet/disposals.ur heroeswill ge t ture for loose ends and interestingcharacters
the unstable arbage ile, f yo u like.The dump- doodly-squat unless the Chostbustershave which ma y prwide the basisor utureadventures.
stet by the way, s not alive, hough th e Chost- assumed roprietorystatus or this new life form
Th e Deal" BMCTTMs a likely source of further adven-
bustersmay havedark suspicions bout it . as a condition of their contract se e tures. t hasplants nd acilities ll over heworld,
T h e ' b o i d s u r r o u n dhe p i l ean db e g i n o u mp abore). n that case, he legalguardians f this new does ot sof researchnto obscurean d potential-
up anddown, makingbafflingmooingan d grunt- Iife form can wear sunglasses nd act like ly dangerousm atters, nd ha splentyof cashwith
i n g n o i s e s ike a whole barnyard f a n i m a l s . s Hollywoodagentsor child stars s heynegotiate which o underwrite hostbuster e n s i o n l a n s .
anyChostbuster ho makes difficulty15 Brains fa t contractsor the services f their wards tak- And the garboidsoffer possibilities,oo , in -
or Anthropologyroll will recognize, he y ing proper modestcut off the top, of course. c l u d i n g : further mutations, ompeting n t e l l i -
to be worshipping he dumpster. ik ean y proper Plan C: Or the Chostbuster s an try biological gences,game preserve ntrusions, he sudden
god, th e dumpsterremains mpassive efore ts research,rappingon e of the cansand studying disappearance f trash rom city after city (put-
patheticsupplicants. fter a whilg th e garboids it or scoopingup some of the virus rom the first ting garbage ollectors ut of work),an d garboid
wanderoff, leaving he Chostbuste rs lone atop c a n , populationexplosions,o mention a few.
th e trashpile. Encouragehe playerso sit quietly It turns out that a powerful dose of spray
there a while, conferringon a courseof action. c l e a n s e rtuns he cans pick he cleanser r a n d - The End...?
name hat soundsmostb a n a la nd r i d i c u l o u s o Okay.That's t. That'sall the professionallyn-
Now What? you).Sprayed ans all overbackwards,ick their spired and polishedadventureshat come with
There are severalw ays he Chostbusters an try legsa couple of times, an d go comatose.Dis- this basicgame.No w you'vego t o do your ow n
to deal with the problem at least, everalha t patching he m is then a breeze. geniuswork. Unless, f course, ou want o shell
we ca n hink of . As always, layers an be fiend- out some cold cash or some of our swell pub-
ishly nventive, nd heyma ycomeup with some lished CHOSIBUSffRS adventures,soon to be
other approaches.f so, you'll have o wing it . PartFour: a v a i l a b l e ( or a l r e a d y a b u n d a n t l y a v a i l a b l e ,
Rememberalways o rewardcleverness. d e p e n d i n g n when y ou b uy t h i s )a t fine game
PlanA:'Chostbusters ith a taste or loud noises
Wrapping hingsUp storeseverywhere.
and recklessestruction ouldstalk he'boidson e Once the Ghostbusters av edisposedof the We have given you bunchesof neat deas or
'Adven-
by one,blastinghe m with protohbeamsuntil all trash can threat,StanfordKovachekmeetswith adventures f your own. Just ook at th e
of them have eendestroyed.hi splan sprimitive them. He gratefullypays he m the amount they ture ldeas" section on page 37 . And now that
an d inelegant,but it may satisfyplayerswith a agreed pon.Congratulatehe players,nd et he you've seen how Big Time Came Designers
preferenceor flamboyantaction. Chostbusters rive away nto a glorioussunset. organizeand presenta dventures, ou kncvr all you
Of course, s a d i s c e r n i n g n d sophisticated (Figuratively, f course.As one of our Famous need o kncnvo whip up swelladventuresor your
Chostmaster,ou mustn't et hi s plan be too suc- Came Designers ointsout, hey'reheading ack compatflots.
cessful. he garboids ecome ncreasinglyhrewd to Manhattan ro m Ne w Jersey going east, n But don't let's ge t to o fa r aheadof ourselves
and cautious,hiding from their tormentorsan d fact.Maybe hey'redriving into a gloriouscloud here.There's ots of fascinatingstuff o read before
using he ducts o evadehem. f the Chostbusters of orange.redpollution.) you get to the 'Adventure ldeas" section.No w
p e r s i s tn their s i n g l e m i n d e d a m p a i g n f g a r - lf the destructionwroughtby the trigger-happy it's ime or moreChostmasteringips a n d B a s i c
boids might escape
boidicide,several r many paranormal xterminator s proportionallyn ex - Chostology.
from BioMedChemTechrM, deally hroughholes cess of their services o BioMedChemTechrM, Co on now. Readon. Simon Says.
the Chostbustersav eblastedn the roofor walls. Kovachek ills he m for the damages a su m pro-
In the outsideworld, heymatewith ordinarygar- portional o their enius), ubstantially
bage cansand spread heir race. reducing their profits for this venture. Cive
Soon the .lerseyandfill is crawling with gar- everyone omethingbetweenone-halfan d all of
boids.Somemake heirwa y nto suburban omes, th e BrowniePoints hey squandered uring th e
terrorizinghousewives nd stripping he shelves adventure.
goods. Th e problem is traced to If the garboidsar e exterminated r eliminated
BioChemMedTechrM,hich i s h i t b y a b i l l i o n in an efficientan d sensiblemanner, he Chost-
dollar classaction lawsuit. f the Ghostbusters busters at high on the hog for a few weeksan d
signed the waiver, they're named as can senda fat payment o LouisTully or the ex -
co-respondents. pensive qu pmentChostbustersn ternationalas
Plan B: Thevca n ame he little buggers. his, n foistedupon them.
fact,ca nwork; positive einforcementp raise nd If he Chostbustesmanageo turn he garboids
a goody o eat)an d negative a sound hwackon into a profitable ndustryor if they releasehe m
the side) a n r a i n h e m o e a to n l y h i n g swhich into he world at largeon the basis f moralcom-
ar e genuinelygarbage. he garboids an become mitments o the sanctityof intelligent ife, give
a oositivebenefit o mankind! them th e Brownie Points hey spent during th e
It won't take long, in fact. f the Chostbusters adventureand a healthybonus, besides.Note,
hit on this idea, he garboidsprove emarkably however, hat if they unleash hese intelligent
easy o train. A few hours ater, hey ca n lead a b e i n g so n a n unsuspecting o p u l a c e ,B i o M e d -
of well-behaved arboidsou t of D-wing ChenflechrMs not only going to refusepayment,
to meetan astonished ovachek, ho will gladly b u t w i l l b r i n ga h e a v y o u r tsuita g a i n s th em n
p ay he b i l l . the bargain.Better et ou r heroes ut on another
adventure uicklikeso they ca n pa y he lawyers'
fees.

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th e egalauthority o do what heydid, an d prob-
ably deserve compensatorydamages or th
damage o their good reputationcausedby this
"unfounded slander."
A complete list of the GHOSTBUSTERS
Reference Files and their contents is found in
ReferenceFile D.
Doing DramaticReadings f the
All-KnowingDice
R o l l i n ghe dice s always dramaticm o m e n t .
With suicessor failure in the balance, he ele-
ment of suspenses ever-present just watch
thosebright acesas hey squinch up their eyes,
shake he dice like down-and-out rapshooters,
C'mon, babyneeds
and ntone he ritualwords,
a ne w pair of shoes."
E x p l o i t nd d i s t i l l h e e s s e n c e f this exciting
moment by learningho w to readMr. Dice with
a dramatic Here are th e basic echniques:
"Oh. You rolled
Real Big/RealSmall Numbers:
a'3'on threedice.Quite remarkable. oy , re yo u
ever ucky.Boy,did you everblow that maneuverj'
Or . "Coodnessme . F o u r ' 6 ' sa nd o n e ' 5 ' o n five
dice - an d a five on the Chostdie. Prettyspec-
tacular. SevenOlympic judges stand up from
b e h i n da row of ashc a n san d h o l d up s i g n s
eacha '10.0.'A beamof sunlightbreaks hrough
the cloudsan d lluminates ou r eatures.n short,
yo u succeedbeyondyour wildest dreams."
Whenevera player olls close o the absolute
m a x i m u mo r minimum p o s s i b l ewith a certain
n u m b e ro f d i c e ,h i ssuccess r failure s particu-
larly dazzling. mprovise o me little dramatic
A ment, ind someexcuse o exercisehose vories. Aspen,Monte Carlo,Rio, St .Maarten,Pittsburg,
detail o emphasizehi s special wist of fate.
'3 ' on threedice?Nope. No t successful. o yo u
havea plasticba g o carry he ittle pieiesof your
device back to th e lab?"
Missingor Exceedinghe Difficulty Number by
"Well, to make ha tcornerat 75
a Wide Margin:
MPH. vo u n e e d o r o l l a 15 .Y o u o l l a . . . ' 2 ! Yery
good. Hmm. l'm not altogether ur eyo u ar estill
in New Yorkstate.Hmm. Okay.When yo u come
to, someme n n u n f a m i l i a r n i f o r m s re abber-
i ng n a n u n f a m i l i a ra n g u a g e . . o . udo r e c o g n i z e
'passPort."'
th e word
Exceptional uccess r failuremust alwaysbe
a c c o m p a n i e d y s o m e charmingd e t a i l s n the
result hatdramatize he scaleof the remendous
feaVdisaster.Okay. To kick open that door, yo u
n e e d o rolla'5.'Oh?Y o u ' r e d d i n g i ve Brownie
Points o yourMuscles5 Trait.A hem'Th e roll is...
52 . Close.R eal lose.Butyoudo succeedn kick-
i n g h e d o o r o p e n . . .a nd h r o u g h h e room, he
oppositewall, througha series f smaller ooms,
throughon e exteriorwall, and another23 yards,
where the door comes o restgentlyagainst he
window of a china shop.No , no one in the room
seems o havenoticed th e noise...
24 Chostbusters perations anual
EnormousNumerical DifferencesWith Opposed For us, hat's he important hing. As Hamlet
Yo u want o Bluff he Chief Th e play's th e thing;'
Traitor TalentRolls: says,
Inspector?kay.Y ourBluffagainst isCool'..awk. But we alsoknow enough o acknowledgehe
Yo ubeathi by 34 points.Di d you havean y bi g psychologicalrinciple ha t olk like o be reward-
bridgesor Floridareal estateyo u were looking ed for a jo b well done. BrowniePointawardsat
to ge t ri d of?" the end of adrentures re he mainsource f such
When the opposed oll is an unusually ecisive external ewards. ut creativeChostmasters av e
win, the victim s h o u l dbe discomfittedn s o m e anothersourceof goodies he yca n use o amuse
e x q u i s i t e l y ramatic a s h i o n . an d gratify heir players.
Right. Youdive Equipment ards.
RealCloseSuccessesr Failures:
Of course, ou don't need o go out and print
for corer asVenkmanstarts praying he roomwith
th e experimental pook repellent a difficulty
up new cards. We won't prornise ha t we won't
10.'Eeeeyah. ell, yo u hink tr v to sell yo u such neat tems n the future.)No ,
10 andyo u rolla...
we want yo u to make uf r your ow n little hand-
you got out of the way n time. No, no, don't worry
you probably are perfectly safe.Maybe."
crafted ards o give o your players. fter all, it's
th e thought that counts.
When the dice ar e real close, t is a good idea
An obviouskind of reward s new equipment
to : l) keep he victim ih suspense make hi m
from Ghostbustersnternational wifty devices
wonder if he is really okay, and occasionally
designed or specific menaces,or new more
b u r d e n i m with somem i n o rannoyance, n d 2 ) powerfulan d versatile ersions f currentequip
take he nextconvenient pportunity o have he
ment. Thesedevicesca n ge t out of hand if yo u
victim makea n o t h e r i m i l a ror related o l l - to
C'mon, I to/d yo u everything oo generouswith them. t i s a good practice
keephi m worried.
to havea high actory ecall at eon suchdevices
is right. I mean, yo u weren'tall that fond of
so yo u ca n have un with them for a few adven-
that pair of shoesafterall... oh, and by the way,
tures,et hem breakdown - usually t he wrong
would vo u make a Brains oll to see f it occurs
moment - then send hem back to cB l where
to yo u to c h e c k your...o h, n o t h i n g ,n o t h i n g
they anguishor several ternities waiting epair.
serious, us t roll those Brainsdice."
An d when somecharacter esigns new widget,
Your Bozos... Ahem... Honored Friends an d make a card for it.
FellowPlayers us t Love o BounceThem Dice: Other ne w e q u i p m e n tm i g h t n c l u d ec l a s s i e r ,
R e a l l y . hey'lld r i v eyo u wild p l a y i n gwith those more upscaleaccessories maybeyo u need o
"Clatter, clatter,bdoink, oh, ex- add a fleet of Ferrariso ensure wift responseo
stupid hings
cuse me, could vo u hand me... rattle, rattle, house calls, or a Lear et for those annoying
bounce" so yo u mightaswell let hem bounce mission-adventuresB I s always ending ou on .
them for an adventurerelated urpose.Evenwhen And in addition o the beach it, a franchise eeds
there s not a lo t goingon in the difficultydepart- accessories or every vacationing location -
"Cood. Yo uwant o call your motheran d el l he r
Vladivostok.
yo u won't be home onight.Veryadmirable.Roll Another good idea for equipment awards s
guess hosebirth- selecting reasureso match he PersonalCoals
Brains ice.Oops.Failed.Well,
da y pafi you forgot,an d wh o gives ou a major an d personalitiesof th e Chostbuster player
earfula b o u t t...?" characters. or example, aninemight ge t those
darlingdiamondearringsromTiffany's, aymight
RewardingYour Playersor a ge t a stack of swell occult referencebooks,
Winstonmight ge ta fat stockportfolio,an d Dana
fo b Well Done
might ge t a presentable ui t fo r Venkman.
At the conclusionof adventures,therroleplay-
Now, note: the gamelord giveth, and the
in g gamesaward oodles of experiencepoints
qualify character gamelord takethaway.W henever a characterhas
which can be urned n for or he
a bad day,or does something oolish, or rolls a
fo r powerfulnew abilitieswith which to terrorize
"Hey, oh, boy, now my MasterAc- Chost, somethingawful could happen o one of
the universe
power!" The these prized rewards.M aybe a spooksnatches he
countanthas he Baffle RSAgent
earrings, r slimes he books, r splits he s e a m s
character an alsoaccumulate as tquantitiesof
Chostmaster olitelyas k that he
p l u n d e r an d nifty m a g i c a l items/artifacts/ on the suit.The
destructive rewardcards over o him, and leaves
technological evices o enhancehis
th e players in suspenseabout whether the
caDacities.
treasuredDossessionsill ever be recovered.
Well, this could be lots of fu n - if it weren't
Th e neatest ar t of this Chostmasterdesigned
fo r th e stupidbookkeeping t requires. nd after
unk gets e q u i p m e n t a rdbusinesss makingu p the cards.
a w h i l e , th e p l u n d e ra nd whiz-bang
"Yeah, Whatever ou r artisticabilities, t is always un to
pretty ame - yeah,we gather he baskets
mobilizepencils, rayons/nd construction aper
of platinum an d th e six-pack magic wands...
in the serviceof grade-school rt. And your players
isn't there anything ntercsting?"
will, of coursg praise nd cherish hese reations
And we are a little worried that folks ca n ge t
as emblemsof your generous reativity that s/
confused. mean, hev could start hinking that
if they know what's good for them'
th e idea of th e game is to accumulate points,
p l u n d e r , nd whiz-bang
C'mon. s n ' t he p l a y i n g f th e game tself up-
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Basic Ghostology
ft the heart of any adventure s a ghost,
spook,demon or otherweird critter.S ometimes
a n a d r e n t u r e s b u i l t a r o u n dsomething izarre
which can't e a l l ybe classified sa g h o s t l i k e
aliens rom Arcturut bioengineeringxperiments
goneawry or the LochNessmonster.Mostof th e
time, hough,your players il l have o facea dead
guy.
Typicalg hosts in our terms,oneswith a Power
between and 6) are not real ough o dealwith.
As he Ghostbusters ill learn,al l vo u have o do
i s g o in, blast em a c o u p l eof timeswith a p r o -
to n pack, suck em up with a ghost ra p - an d
then it's Miller time.
Let'sace t, usuallyChostbustingsa humdrum,
everydaybusiness.Essentially, cu're nothing
more than a glorified exterminator.
Bu ty o u ' r e ls od e a l i n gw i t h h i g h l y o l a t i l e n d
p o t e n t i a l l y a n g e r o u s aterial. o exterminator
fearsencounteringa horde of giant radioactive
cockroaches but it can easily happen to a
Chostbuster.
Once your players av esomeexperiencewith
mundaneghosts, ou'll want to go on to more
elaborateones. The simple fact is that many, f
not all, ghosts are too powerful, shrewd, or
enigmatic o be defeatedby the simple applica-
tion of a proton b e a m . t isn't h e typical,hum-
drum, zap-zap-inthetrapChostbuster ousecall
that'sgoing o makea goodadventure. ou'rego -
ing to be interestedn the bewildering, i g h -
i n v u l n e r a b l e e n a c e so Nature.M ankind,a n d
th e Almighty Dollar.
Chostmaster oesn't have o adhere o any par-
ticular ulesor anything just do whatever o u
want, and when the players abbleabout ncon-
sistent r contradictory aranormal henomena,
grin broadlyan d pronouncg My , how mysterious
and enigmatic he manifestationsf theseother-
worldly creatures.")
Al l ghosts av e hree hings n common:all have
a Coal, a Power, nd at leastone SpecialA bility.
AIso, most ghostshavean Ectopresence.
Ghostlv Goals
Chosts, ike humans,haveCoals. t' s perfectly
possibleo r a g h o s t o h a v e n e o f th e " n o r m a l "
Goals - fame, money,sex, science,and so on
- ghosts
earthly plane of existence or more profound
reasons.When inventinga ghost,one of the first
things o u shoulde s t a b l i s hs ts Coal. Knowing
a ghost'sCoal helps ou determine sensible at -
tern of haunting,an d helpsyo u decide its reac-
tions to eventsduring a sessionof play.Fo r ex -
ample, f yo u k n o w ha tCrandmaBiddled i e d o f
a heart ttackwhile y e l l i n g t ittleAlice Niggle-
baumu n d e r he mistaken resumptionha tA l i c e
had been torturing one of La Biddle'scats,an d
now she eturns very ayat 6 p.m. (feedingime)
to try to scareAlice Nigglebaum, ou'll probably
begin to imagine all sorts of interesting vents
invo.lving licg her ghost,and he neighborhood
ca ns u S g e s tpecial dventures.e r h a p s
a particularghost s a philanthropistwh o strews
e c t o p l a s m i cu n d r e d - d o l l a rillsacrossh e r e e -
wa yduring rushhour.Perhaps notherghostwa s
once a nurse, nd now tucksdoctors, urses, nd
delivery people into vacant beds in the local
hospital.n general, nowinga ghost'sCoal helps
y o u p l a n an adventureo g i c a l l y .
Simple h o s t s a v e i m p l eCoals.C ood simple
Coals are the sevendeadly sins:anger,avarice,
envy, gluttony, ust, pride, an d sloth. An angry
g h o s tg o e sa r o u n db r e a k i n g h i n g s .A n e n v i o u s
ghosthaunts singleperson r typeof person say,
coilege rackstars),m aking heir livesmiserable.
Chosts like this are often obsessive ut rarely
smart n e a r l ym i n d l e s s , ctually.
Chostswith higherPowers3 or more)ar emore
sophisticated,n d shouldhavemore ully defined
Coals.Maybe here's Marxistghostwho haunts
th e FederalR eserveBank and tries o make he
U.S. conomy ollapse. r p e r h a p she g h o s tof
a formercircusstuntdriverpossessesom e poor
schmuckca bdriver,and starts areening round
Manhattanat breakneckspeed.

GhostlyCharacteristics
Chosts are normally immaterial.M u n d a n e
weapons uchas ists, lubs,and beerbottlespass
right through them, whether or not the ghost
seemso be material.f a g h o s t s h o l d i n go r h a s
swallowedsomething,a physicalattack might
knock he hingout of itshandor belly.Bu t t takes
a proton packor similardevice o defeat or even
disconcert)a ghost.
A proton beam ca n destroy an ectoplasmic
presence'sourceof psychokinetic nergy refer-
re d o asa spook's Ectopresence") by disrupting
and disordering he spook's contact with the
otherworldly plane from whence it draws it s
power. But... unlessyo u can see the spook to
target t, firing a proton pack is an all-but-futile
gesture, nd evenwhen yo u can seesomething,
yo u may be viewing an ectoplasmicmanifesta-
tion - an d no t he spook tself.Soa protonpack,
though useful, s not a universally ffective ool.
Despite he apparentmmaterial ature f ecto-
p l a s m i centitiet th ey evidently an touch and
manipulate objects with whateverappendages
they possess.For example, ghosts with the
PoltergeistpecialA bility ca n manipulate bjects
at a distance. he physical nd paranormal ature Goal: Gluttony
of theseevents s poorly understood. Read: he

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SpecialA bilitiesTable
roll ability
1 Slime
2 Terrorize
3 Materialize
4 Possess
5 Poltergeist
6 DematerializeObiect
S l i m e :SIime s a d i s g u s t i n g , o o e y / elatinous,
ectoplasmic r o d u c twhich ruinsc a r p e t s , p o i l s
food, and embarrasses hostbusters.
A ghostSlimes ne person r object pe r attack.
Th eghostuses he Slimeasa weapon: inceSlime
can be usedonly at point-blank angg the ghost
n e e donly beata d i f f i c u l t yof 5 to hit itsvictim.
When the spook hits, ts target s gummed up ,
grossly i n d e r e d , n d h i so r h e r ghostbusteru i t
is ruined.
Being limed s uncool. f a characters S l i m e d ,
hi sCoolTrait s halved r o u n dup )until he Slime
is removed.
lf a Chost s rolledon a Slimeattack, he target
is so gummed he can hardlymoveuntil some- of a p e r s o n n d c o n t r o lh is o r h e ractions. ince
o n e h e l p swipe the Slimeoff.
Terrorize:Th e g h o s t ca n e v o k eparalyzing r
panicking ear.Someghosts lways ook frighten-
ing.Others ook normaluntil they ransform,ik e
the ibrarianghost n the movie.Other ghosts re
subtler, singa varietyof effects ver ime to chip
awayat the composure f Chostbusters. hile a
terrorize ttack s recognizablyisual, t is actually
a mentalattack,affecting usceptibleChostbusters
whether or not they close their eyes.
28 GhostbustersOoerationsManual
SpecialA bilitiesTable l
roll ability
'l
ReadMind
2 Make llusion
3 SummonPests
4 Animate
5 ControlM i n d
6 Murphy
Match the spook'sPoweragainst he Cool of
each Chostbusterpresentat the scene of the
attack. f the target'sCool is overcome, e or she
panics nd lees. f he Chostmastero l l sa Chost
when overcoming a Chostbuster'scool, the
Chostbuster aints deadaway.T errorizecan affect
a whole of Chostbusters t once.
Recoveringro m a Terrorize ttack akesabout
halfan hour.
A Chostbuster esistinga Terrorizeattack is
immune o that attackby that ghost or the same
h a l f h o u r of time.
Materialize:
ThisAbility allowsa ghost o takephysicalor m
- a s a d a n c i n gskeleton, walking statue, r
a n y t h i n g l s e ou c a n h i n ko f. Normally, g h o s t
ha sonly one physical orm, although here are
exceotions.
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its Power n place of Muscle or Moves when
attemptingphysical eats. t is possible o arm-
wrestle or swordfight a dancing skeleton, or
instance;conceivably,a ghost can do actual
physicaldamage n this case.
Revertingo a ghostly state akesa few seconds.
This means hat the Chostbusters re allowedat
least one attempt to do something before a
materializedghost adesarnay.Materializedghosts
are alwayssusceptible o proton pack attacks.
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damage.f a dancingskeleton's rm s cut off, or
example, t ca n us t reachdown and reattach t.
Possess:
T h i sa b i l i t yallows g h o s t o takeo v e r h e will ficult, a n d i t m i g h t n e e d o roll a 5 0 o r m o r e .
ghosts on't hink or act ik e people,w hen some- at once; us t a ke h e n u m b e rof things n to ac-
one is possessed,t is usually pretty obvious o
Th e Terrorize attack can also be
employed o cure hiccups.
an observer.RememberD ana Barrett ossessed
by 7uul7)This is not invariablyso, however.
A possessedharacter'sM ovesand Musclear e
used,but the ghost'sPower s used nstead f his
or he r Brains nd Cool. The ghosthas no access
to the knowledge,m emory or personality f the
personwhose body it o c c u p i e s .
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match he ghost'sPower gainst he Brainsof its
target.f heghostwins, ttakesover.f theattack
fails, he ghost s drivenoff and can't ry again or
at l e a s ta n h o u r , u n l e s s t r o l l e da Chost, n
which case t can try again whenever t pleases.
Poltergeist:
Poltergeists POLE-ter-guysts] pecialize in
levitation nd elekinesis,o s s i n g h i n g sa r o u n d
without ouch ing hem.
V a n d a l h o s t s s p e c i a l l yi k e h i spower, i n c e
they can crashall the dishesoff the shelvesat
oncg instead f having o go overan d pull them
down on e by one.
I am a Materialized irl...
When a ghost uses his power,determine he
difficulty of its action. Fo rexample, f th e ghost
wants o lift only a small object, the task s not
difficult.a n d i t o n l v n e e d s o r o l l a 5 o r m o r e .
lf it wants o make th e BrooklynBridgevibrate
l i k e a p l u c k e d tring, he task s prettyd u r n dif-
A ghostcan tossmore than one thing around
count when d e t e r m i n i n gh e d i f f i c u l ty .
A ghostca n do lots of things with this power.
It could move furniture, pick a Chostbuster's
pocket,or havea dozen plucked urkeysdo the
cha-cha-chan a bizarre nd horrific horus ine.
It could evenattackChostbusters y hurling ur -
niture at them. In this case,you'd match th e
Chostbuster'sM uscle against he ghost'sPower
to detemine whether the Chostbuster tops he
furnitureor vice versa.
It is possible to move animate as well as
inanimate bjects, ut Ghostmastershould esist
the temptation to arbitrarilyhurl Chostbusters
around whenever he y want to soak up Brownie
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tnechostbusters'carees
ma l investigatorshe y will sometimes ind that
their usualequipmentproves neffective, ormal
avenues f research eveals othing, and they're
in deep rouble.T hen, t's ime for WeirdScience.
l'll fustWhipUp a
Monofomatic hromodynamic
Spitzdingen..
Inventing new devicecan be the b e g i n n i n g
of a whole adventure, r,at leasta major part of
one.
Although... a caveat s in orderl. Sometimes
u n i m a g i n a t i v el a y e r s i l l w a n t o b u i l d a n ew
widget o avoid hinkingabout a problem.Well,
don't et'em. You're heGhostmastet fterall; he
players an developa deviceonly with your ap -
proval. Come to think of it, if superscientific
widgetry leaves ou cold, yo u can decide they
can't ever developa new device. t's up to you.
Okay,bu t suppose ou've given he m th e go -
ahead.T he irst hing yo u shoulddo is have hem
brainstorma bunch of ways o do what theywant.
They should come up with a s e m i p l a u s i b l e
justification or why each way shouldwork.
Once they've done so, choose one of the
methods, and tell them to go ahead with it .
Choose he one vo u think would be most nter-
esting and giveextrapoints or well-conceived
pseudoscientific obbledygook!
Fo ran idea what we're talking about, see he
b o x i n t h e r i g h t - h a n d o l u mn .
1 "Caveat" meanswarning,by the way. t's Latin.We
like to use Latin o show how smartwe are. f you learn
someLatin, ou can mpress eoplewith how smart
you arc. bet you'll rememberwhat "caveat"means
now that we've made sucha fussover t.
See? oleplayingames re educational.f someone
askswh y you'respending o much ime rolling unny-
lookingdice and crouching vera table, ou ca n point
to this footnote o show how educationaland worth-
while theyare.Kindamakes ou proud,don't t?
30 Ghostbustersperations anual
The Difficult We Do At Once -
The lmpossible akes, Little
Longer
Choosing.themethod s only the beginning.
A f t e r a l l , yo u c a n ' t u st w h i p u p a c o m p l e x
technological evice n a coupleof minutes,he n
blast he ittleb u g g e r snto oblivion. t ain't hat
easy.You have o ge t th e right equipment.Yo u
have o experiment.You have o build a prototype.
An d yo u may have o deal with obstructionist
federalagencies.
Or to pu t it anotherway, here'sno elementof
drama f our heroeswin in fifteenminutesby say-
i n g "l b u i l d a E i z m o l ' r o l l i n ga g a i n s t rains, nd
blasting he little buggers.f they'regoing o win
b y b u i l d i n ga device, u i l d i n ga d e v i c ehas o be
a p r o b l e m n itself.
In the section "Plotting the Adventure,"we
outlinea typicaladventure lo t (see ag e39).This
structure an be applied o equipment develop-
ment, oo. Basically,he idea s that, in order o
build a devicean d make t work, he Chostbusters
have o overcomea lot of little obstacles irst.
When they inally each heirgoal, hey'll eel ik e
they've e a l l yaccomplished omething.
That.we think. s lot more dramatic.
Fo ran exampleof what we means/ ee he box
on the next page.
Sample
Semiplausibleustifications:
Huge mutantgeraniums re avagingdaho,
stridingacrosshe rural stateon giant root-legs,
u p r o o t i n gand sucking the j u i c e s o u t o f
potatoeswherever hey go . Th e Department
of Agriculture ontractswith the Chostbusters
to halt hisvegetative enace o the American
diet.
Ou r heroes ight with the plants several
times,but can'tstop hem. Egon ecides o try
some weird science.You the Chostmaster) sk
him to come up with a coupleof wacky deas,
and he produces:
1. Since Egon once ha d a flowerbox of
geraniums hich died when his catskeptpee-
ing on them,he suggestsn a l y z i n g a t u r i n e
and constitutingh o u s a n d s f g a l l o n s f the
stuff to be sprayed n the plants.Since he
l o c a l a r m e r s i l l be less han hrilled f thev
learn what it really s, he i n t e n d s o c a l l i t
,,K7:,
2. Since he plantshaveno apparent yes,Egon
c o n c l u d e st h e y s e n s e their environment
throughvibrations.H e suggestshat a broad-
cast rom the local radio stationon the pro-
pe r wavelength ill confuse heplants, ender-
ing them defenselesso the Chostbusters.
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3. Running short of ideas, Egon suggests
I
developingeyes or the plantsusinggenetic
manipulationechniques,he nsupplying hem
with televisions. hey'llwatchTV and become
true vegetables.
Y o u i k e h e h i r d d e a ,but think P l a n2 i s
more p l a u s i b l e .
Egoncould go aheadwith one of the other
two ideas, f he reallywanted o - bu t it's not
nice to disobey he Chostmaster.f he does,
y o u ' l l probablywant o makehim fail a lot,
until he gets he i d e a .

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Ghostbuster
Franelrises
ou canprobably muse ourself nd your
playersor quite a while if yo u use no more ha n
within which they act asrepresentativesf Chost-
bustersnternational.he equipment ardswhich
SettingUp Your
the originalmorrie haractersnd he Chostbuster
Headquarters, nd if you focus on the more glam-
th e players hose t he beginning f the irstgame
representshat equipmentwhich wa s purchased
Franchise
orous action-adventurelementsof eliminating from Ghostbustersnternationalas part of th e Here are he three stepsnecessaryo setyourself
paranormalp ests. expenseof settingup the franchise. an d yourplayers p or establishingChostbusters
However, moreambitiousan d satisfying roj- In return or those ights, he ownersof the new franchise. I
ec t s seftingup your own Chostbuste rsranchise franchise must pa y off an extensivedebt to ;1
and headquarterswith unique, home-made
Chostbuster haracters esignedby your players.
Ideallyyo u should setup your new Chostbuste r
Chostbustersnternational, ffer qual ty service
within its customer ervice rea,promptlyattend
to consumer complaints, properly contain or
StepOne: Getting local Maps
Th e advantage f usinga familiar ocale s that
I
operation n your hometown,or in some amiliar otherwise neutralizesupernaturala gents, us e yo u know it well, and yo u haveaccess o plenty
neighboring ommunity,bu t yo u can choosean y i n t e l l i g e n tl y n d m a i n t a i nproperlyall devices of maps, iagrams,loor plansof factories, chool
locationyou want - Manhattan,Toronto,L ondon, patentedan d sold exclusivelyby Ghostbusters buildings, hoppingmalls,etc. hatyo u ca neasily
Transylvania take your pick. lnc., hold both Chostbustersnc. and Chost- adapt o your adventuringpurposes. ou kncnrrhe
Note: Setting he adventuresn yrur home own bustersnternationalree rom all but reasonable terrain,where all the local businessesre ,where
means that sometimes you'll have to adapt and customary omplaints,a nd try to avoid be- the bad part of tcnvn s,and where any ocal ethnic
publishedadventuresik e "Couch Potato"an d ing saddledwith the outrageous nd nflatedser- groupshangout.Yo uknow he ocal awsan dor -
"BioMedChemTechrM" to your local setting,bu t vicec h a r g e s h i c h Ve n k m a n n dL o u i s u l l ya re dinances; ou know ow n politicsan d police ac -
the wealthof descriptive etailat your ingertips, fond of inventing. tics (which ma y influence your Chostbusters'
and the convenience f knowing the wa y your Show he playershe samplecontract, he let- operatingstyle some ocal officialsare not as
town works, of knowing the streetsand the real ter of greetingrom Louis Lou" Tully, he release cooperativeas the officials n the movie).
residentsan yof whom could appearas a minor form, th e EP A permit, the form will (see th e Co to your lgcal Chamberof Commerce or
character), ill amply reward he effortexpend- RefurenceFiles or these documents). f
you like, sendone of your players) nd ge t a map of your
ed. Sucha campaignca n be set n real ime, and photocopy hese orms ahead of time so thatthey own city or home town. This is the area your
all the realities f weather, he time of year, ocal al l havecopies.To help them
ge t into the spirit Chostbusters se as their home territory. f yo u
problems,etc., can be incorporatedwith little of things,encouragehem to sign he documents live n a ruralareaor a town too small o support
papers a Chostbusterranchise, se he map of a nearby
trouble.Also, when somethingunexpected omes in their characters' ames,and treat he
up , your amiliaritywith the settingmakes t a lo t as the legal documents he y purport to be. town a5 your base.
easier to improvisean appropriate
Overall,adventures et in your home town are
richer n texturean d your presentation f adven-
tures s made more easvan d flexible.
Duties
Establishinghe PRESIDENT:he ostensiblehead of the fran-
chise.He may or may not be th e 8u y that pu t
TREASURER: h i s s h e d e a l o b fo r th e g uy
with the Money goal. He must keep abs on
Franchise up the money n the irstplace.He mustmeet ho w profitable he franchise s.He shouldse t
annoyingpublic officials, etcompanypolicy, fees,bargainwith clients,an d guide he fran-
Presumeha t new Chostbustersm et he finan- chise n largeexpenditures,ike replacement
and take the blame for fiascos.
cial requirementsor the ranchise y having old
or mortgaged verything hey cnrrn houses, an,
he president as
In a Chostbusterfranchise, of smashedEctomobiles nd maltreated ro . I
land, stocks, tc.The players'characterstartwith
just enough money o take out adsand to buy a
week'ssupply of eats. f they want to know exact-
little ormal power, nd he certainly s no dic-
tator! He is routinelyoverruledby the bther
Chostbusters,b u t when n o b o d y s e e m s
to n packs.
SECRETARY: he secretarymostly us t sits n
the office. He mu st take phone calls, keep
I
especially ualified o makea particular eci- minutesof importantmeetings, nd makeap -
ly how much money they have, et each player sion, he shouldmake t. pointments.H is most mportant unction s o
roll the five regulardice. Th e total each rolls is
man the office when everyoneelse is gone.
th e full amountof money n dollars hat player's VICE-PRESIDENTS:v eryone an be a vice-
president swell asan yother ob , f theywish. You may wish to hire a non-player-character,
characterha s eft.
The new Chostbustersav e 1) he right o use Be sure o giveeachvice-president omesort or a secondary haracter, s he secretaryor
ge t a phone answeringmachine.
the Chostbuster am g (2 ) th e exclusive istrict of descriptive itle,such as Vice-Presidentn
right o purchase nd o operatepatentedChost- Charge f Shipping,V ice-Presidentn Charge TECHNICIAN: e has o designnew equip-
busters quipment,an d (3 )an exclusive erritory of SittingBehind he Door,VicePresidentMt h mentwhen needed,epair ld equipment, nd
Three Phoneson His Des k, or whate ver. run the team'scomplicated aboratorv.

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How to Run a
Ghostbusters
CarRpaign
hereare wo different ways o run GHOSI- behind the threateningevents.Cradually they campaigns, ut it's also nice to sit back and let
EUSIfRS: session-by-session r campaign-style. become hip to th e fact hat the minor problems us Bi gTimeCame Designers o all the work (and
In session-by-sessionlay, each adventure s they are encountering n each session re parts be real cleverand.entertainlng, atch). J
planned o beginand end in a single itting. n of some errible plot which they alone can pre- ,
vent. In the end, th e noble and heroic Chost- SAMPTE AMPAIGN1:
eachsession, he Chostbusten ac ea different oe.
The enemy is neatly defeated or not) in the
climax, and the Chostbustersetireback o their
busters hallengeMr. UltimateEvil (preferablyn
frontof a largeand adoringaudience) nd Fix His
Gozer he Gozerian I
Session One: Dana Barrett finds that her
headquarters ntil t he next adventure. Wagon But Cood. refrigerator s haunted and calls in the Chost-
This s a common narrative tructureor action- Really ambitious Chostmasters an overlap busters.N othing untoward s discovered. cou-
adventureelevision eries eachweek he hero campaigns r introducinghe irststepof the next pl e of smallspooksmashing ob s keep he team
ha s a differentproblem,which is disposed f campaign before he playershave reached he busy, hough.
before he end of the show;whereupon next week climax of their current ampaign.
he startson a completely different problem. For nstance. s thev reach he home town of Session wo: The Chostbusters re worked to a
Session-by-session s the easiestway to play CountDracula nd begin heirsearchor he air frazzleby a suddenspateof ghosts. hi s session
Chostbusters.M ost Chostmasters ill startout of the evil Count, hey might be besetby farmers is a non-stop equence f annoying ittlemenaces.
running heir adventureshis way. asking hem o help exorciseheir homesof phan- lf the Chostbusters re smart, maybe hey'll get
tom rabbits.Of course, he Count s a TopPriority suspicious how come hereareso manyghosts
job, and the Chostbusterhave no ti me to fool al l of a sudden?
Running Campaign around with flop-earred pectres. The E.P.A. endsa hatchetman (WalterPeck)
However.bv the time the Chostbusters ave to threaten he Chostbusters. eck s emporarily
Once you've gotten he hang of Chostmaster-
ing, or if you're an experienced roleplaying finally disposed f the Count, phantomhamsters drivenoff, but the session nd sominouslywith
gamemaster,ou'll probablywant o try running and gerbils have also appeared n the region, th e threat of further government nterference.
a campaign. voraciously onsumingcropsand threatening o Session hree:The NY.P.D. eliverLouisTully o
In a campaign, ast week'sproblemsmay still throw the entire agricultural aseof Europe nto th e Chostbusters'doorstep. He is apparently
remain o be sohed the follc nruing eek. The prob- confusion.Thus he Chostbusters re led into a possessed y an ancient Sumeriandemon that
lems are usually more challenging han in a campaign gainst he dreadfulmachinations f calls itself,among other things, he Keymaster.
session-by-sessioname,and it may take many Corobongo, n ancientSumerianDemon Lordof
play sessions o finally overc ome he ultimate SmallFuzzyThings.
Several lay-sessionsa ter, s heydiscover hat
\
nemesis.
To run a campaign, ou must plan ahead,and Corobongo s beingsummoned ecause Chuck
think of your sessions sa series f steps eading E. Cheese pizza parlor is being built over his
to a final conclusion.Each essionmustend with ancient estingplace coincidentally, huck E.
a dramaticcliffhanger with th e players n terri- happenso look ust ik eancientSumerian tatues
ble suspense bout he fateof their characters)r of Corobongo), he Chostbusters ay notice hat
with a dramatic revelation which leads the shadowypresencesn dark bathrobes re ollow- .-.-.>
charactersve rcloser o the main antagonist. he ing them around.
finalsession ustbe an action limaxwhere he By the time Corobongo is laid to rest, th e
Forcesof Cood (Our Side - huzzahl) confront, Ghostbusters ustdealwith th e MvsteriousMen
i
and ultimatelyovercome, he Forc es f Evil (The in Dark Sleepvrrear...
Bad Cuys - hiss,boo!). And so forth...
ln th e firstsession f a campaign, here s usu- And so on...
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SessionFour: The technical wizards mprovise
uniquedeviceso enable hem o enter he saucer
and to defend against he strangeparalyzing
w e a p o n sof the aliens.Diving s u i t sa n d o t h e r
equipment are obtained to permit underwater
operatrons.
Th e Ghostbusters reak nto the saucer.For-
tunately, he owners aren't at home, and th e
Chostbusterscan wander around inside an d
discover ll kindsof fascinatingh i n g swhile be -
in gchased boutby guard goo-bots"which look
like a crossbetween he Ti n Man of Oz and th e
Incredible Cooey Man. These guard goo-bots
always reak n on the Chostbustersus t after he
Chostbusters av ediscovered ome tantal zing
fact.
Finally th e guard goo-bots chase out the
Chostbusters, ho were going to leaveanyway,
since hey discoveredhat the ownerswere us t
about to return. However, hey have discovered
threev i t a l bits of in formation:
f . in the saucer'smesshall, there are reezers
full of bitsan d pieces fcockroach-slugn all con-
ditions: illeted, a m b u r g e r u
, mp roast, i c k l e d ,
etc. Clearly he cockroach-slugs an alien food
staple.
2. a can of Drano sits nsidea me tal box with
six-inch hicksides.O nly one heavily eadedwin-
do w peeks nsideat the can,and robotarms per-
mit remote andling.M ight Dranohave om eper-
niciouseffecton alien biology?
36 Chostbustersperations anual
3. pin-upgirl-oidsnsidewhat sclearlya locker
roomdemonstratehat he aliensar e nto macho,
bu t probably no t after our women - few earth
women have multiple arms, eyestalks, r other
charms hat theseguys apparently ust after.
The Chostbustersake stockof their knowledge,
and make plans or an ultimateconfrontation.
Session Five: Hip to the fact that the aliens
apparently atcockroach-slugs, hey surmise hat
these plan Earth pastures
icky herds.Fortunately, rano may be an effec-
tive weapon,and the techs abor everishlyprepar-
ing Drano-broadcastingevices. When the
Chostbustersest heir Drano-rifles n a caotured
cockroach-slughe slugglcnvs urple, he n green,
then +pops*out of existence.
Now it'sp o s s i b l eo d i s p o s e f a l l t h e s l u g s n
all the sewers j u s t p o u r a c o u p l eo f h u n d r e d
cans of Drano down the storm sewers, nd +pop]
away hey go! This plan is amazinglyeffective, nd
the saucerm en,desperatelyrying o protect heir
herds,emerge from the pond to confront the
Ghostbusters,anding smack in the center of
Broadwayand Sixth Avenue where the Chost
busters merge ro m he sewerso meet he alien
menace.
Waveafterurave f goo-botsare sent against he
Chostbusters, ut the Drano-rifles re complete-
ly effective. Unfortunately, he paralyzing ra y
shieldsar e not so effective, nd things ook grim
for the Chostbustersnd human civilization.
But, miraculously, t the astmoment,a Chost-
busterha san inspiration. rabbinga protonpack
from the Chostmobile,he activatest - and sure
enough, the containmentbeam is sufficient o
n e u t r a l i z e h e paralyzationb e a m s , y i e l d i n g
awesomepyrotechnicdisplays, nd causing he
al en weaponso shortout, smokingand sputter-
i ng then f i n a l l ye x p l o d i n g n to t i n y fragments.
The saucermen,completelyoutclassed,etreat
grumbling to their saucer,bu t just before hey
disappearnto he ship, hey urn and addresshe
stunned spectators.A glowing symbol - th e
octopus n th e r o c k i n gc h a i r forms n the air
above he saucer.
"Chostbusters,beware!We shall return an d
claim this p l a n e t !W atch...the kies...!"
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sistible ompulsion o collectall the ngredients,
read he incantations; nd obtain the stone?
fusembling he ngredientsan provide series
of minor episodes.M aybe His Honor the Mayor
can okay he loanof a lion from th e BronxZoo.
Maybeone has o be "borrowed" from Ringling
Brothers."...in he interests f scienceias Egon
would say.)Alternatively, he gatheringof th e
could be simplified or abstracted.
("Okay.Yo ugo t all the ingredients. o problem.
No w what?")
When the ingredients re assembled nd the
mumbo-jumbo mumbled, **tweedle!+*a five-
hundred-pound oulderof solid graniteappears.
Anyone ardy n o u g h o g r i n d t a l l u p a n dd r i n k
it (a process robably aking sereralmonths)does,
indeed, ge t his wishes..However, nce it is all
drunk, the drinker gets the world's biggest
stomach-achend unlesshe beatsa 30 with hi s
Cool hi s first wish is automatically l wish l'd
neverdrunk hat stuff!"Which, of course, auses
th e boulder o reappear,ntact,on th e floor (and
also removeshe Chostbuster's ain).
If anyonedoes manage o drink the stuff and
withstand he achg he getshis wishes.Sadly, he
boulder'spower s limited,and it can only grant
littlewishes nothingmore ha na smallsavings-
and-loanoperationcould grant.A few thousand
d o l l a r so r a n o s e o b i s a b o u t th e limit. lf a
Chostbusters|<so be president f th e U.S.A.,he
s t o n ewill g et as c l o s ea s p o s s i b l e - m a k i n g i m,
say,presidentof the local ElksClub.
Icky Things, Occult Mysteries,or Bad Guys to
Whack On: Spirit Powers
Action Opportunities:bookstore hoot-em-up,n-
gredientquests
Nifty Problems:O ld ThreeWishesgag, inding
a lion to borrow
Potential hi cky Stuff, improvi ng consequen es
of offbeatplayerwish ideas
CampaignHooks: some evi guys want the book
or steal he book
ADVENTURE ESIGN
PRINCIPLE:et Them Blow
SomethingUp EveryHalf
Hour
More us t fine.Cive them of
r u n n i n g round ndz a p p i n g h i n g s .G HOSI-
EUSIfRS is an action game basedon a fast-
paced comedy film. Keep he pace brisk by
presentingot sof actionconflicS.Puzzles nd
mysteries re ine in their place,but don't let
them slow he paceof the action. f too much
action an d blooie is not to your taste,sharp
d alog with d stinctivenon-player haracters
can often substituteor running around an d
smashing h i n g s .
38 Chostbusters perations anual
ldea2:
FLOOR HIRTEEN
Th e fussy,snobbish managerof a hotel (the
manager f the SedgewickHotel in the film is a
perfectm odel)phoneswith a problem.Normally,
the hotel has no l3th floor - the floors being
superstitiously umbered 11,12, 14, 15,etc. But
betweenmidnight and 2 a.m.,Floor 13 appears.
According o eye witnesses visiting oreigners,
elderly matronswith Angoracats, ipsy Shriners,
irasciblemaids), he elevator uttonsalterslight-
ly to reveal button numbered 13i'the building
lookseverso slightly aller rom outside,and so
forth.
Anyonegoing to the thirteenth loor to check
it out discoversha t it is hauntedby a couple of
dozenwalking, alkingskeletons,om eclad n to p
hat, blacktuxedoes, nd patent-leather hoes, nd
others dressed n fancy jewelry and evening
gowns.They're havinga great ime, feastingon
donut holes,w aporatedmilk, and excessivelyry
cocktai s.
In fact, the Chostbuste rs re in for a real sur-
prise. Theseskeletonsdon't know that they're
d e a d .F l o o r13 tself xists nly on another lane
in a dimensionwhereou r familiar awsof physics
don't work so well. Th e view out the windows
reveals ghostly it y where aintphosphorescent
imageswander he streets nd he skyglitterswith
luminescent astel ues.Protonpacks on'twork
at all, or perhaps he y performas ransistoradios
or vibrators. nd the skeletons re errifiedwhen
they catch sight of the Chostbusters. Oooh!
Undead!" they squeal n terror.
After a quick reviewof the Chostbusters'e rri-
fying featureq he skeletons ecide hat the Chost-
busters re udebeyond ompareand order hem
ou t of its room. lf they won't leave, hev call fo r
room service, team of burly-looking
skeletons ressedn bellboyuniformsarrivean d
throw the Chostbusters ut . Only if the Chost-
busters reexceedingly ourteous nd persuasive
will the skeletonsreat he Ghostbustersn a very
f r i e n d l ym a n n e r , o n v e r s i n gn n o r m a l ,u r b a n e
voices,marvelingat the odditiesof our universe.
There are severalways of dealing with this
ghostly problem:
1. convince the skeletons hat they're dead,
whereupon hey decide hat his s hardly he oc-
casion or celebration the party dies,errcrything
goeshome,and the thirteenth loor is abandon-
ed forever.
2. do someweirdscience discusshe situa-
tion with a skeletalp hysics rofessor,r have he
skeletons all their own Meatbusterso eliminate
th e fleshlycounterparts.
3. rememberanothersituationwherecrossing
th e beams eversedhe particle lo w through he
gate? Believemg you're gonnage t awful sick of
thatcrossthe-beams rap. Erzeryime they run into
something heycan't blast nto ectoKibbles,he y
are going o want o cross he beams.Y ou can sup
press his endencyby destroying franchise nd
a c o u p l eof city blockswhen they p u l l this rick
one time too many.)
4. convince the hotel management hat the
hauntedFloor 13 s no great hreat the skeletons
nevercall for room service,an d only exist or a
time each night. Surely some sort of
equitable rrangementould be reached?t might
even become he hip, New Wavenight spot.
Icky Things, Occult Mysteries,or Bad Guys to
Whack On: skeletons, ther dimensions
Action Opportunities: skeletal room services,
scrapswith skeletalguests
Nifty Problems: eliminating spectral menace
when none of the widgets work
Neat Characters: hotel manager,eye witnesses,
skeletonguests, hysicists, nd Meatbusters
Potential Tricky Stuff: Chostbusters ecide to go
wanderingn the universe fthe skeletons; layer
moralecollapseswhen widgetsdon't work an d
b r a i n sg o limp
Campaign Hooks: bad guys might decide to use
this portal to invade he universe;C hostbusters
ma y needskeletal llies n interdimensionalwa r
ldea 3:
AND THATGHOSTS
FORME, TOO
Egondiscovershat extensive xposure o ecto-
plasmicman festations resents n occupational
hazard to Chostbusters they become con-
taminatedwith PKE.A ftera fe w hairyadventures
the occult operativesdiscover that they are
registeringn their own PKEmeters.E gonbegins
research n PKEScrubberSystems. hrough a
tapped he EPA earnsof this hazardan d
begins o harasshe franchise, eaking he story
to local papersand ruining the Chostbusters'
spotlesspublic image.
And if that wasn'tenoughof a problem,a mad
s c i e n t i s thas been following all the m e d i a
coverage, nd hasconceivedan evil scheme.He
ha s heorized technologyha tcan urn realpeo-
pl e into ghostsand back. But he can only per-
form these experimentson persons wh o ar e
heavily hargedwith psychokinetic nergy.U p to
now he has made do with kidnappedpalmists,
but now he wants he Chostbusters ho ar e us t
glowing with naturally-absorbedKE rom their
extensivencursionsn to the occult.
Le t he mad scientistb edevil he Chostbusters
fo r weeks hrough he courseof other scenarios.
He triesall sortsof inane ricksand raps o catch
them ( l i k e a giganticmouse r a p b a i t e dwith a
Rockette).heseraps houldn't e especially ard
to see hrough th eguy'soff{he.rails, fterall), but
aftera while it shouldbe annoyingo have o keep
rejectingUP S parcels marked "D o Not Drop:
SleepCas" or removingpotatoes tuckup the ex-
haust pipe
More ominously, the Chostbusters start
encountering idnapped almistswho havebeen
transformed nto spectralentities. Maybe they
recognize an ectoplasmic manifestationas a
 

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What we havehere s an entire community of
blood-sucken ho have mmigratedrom he Old
Country boughtout a condominium,and bought
into the AmericanGood Life a cooperative f
aspiringto-Yuppiedom ampires with Slavic
accents nd quaintlyprimitivepeasantableman-
ners.Thereare evenvampireAkitasand vampire
parakeets.
Tricking down this community will require
detective-stylenvestigationse.9., tudy patterns
of attacks,study police reports,etc.), research
(immigration ecords how unusualnumberof
Transylvanianmmigrants hi s month),or bait
stake-outs Ray s perfect or this sort of heroic
hose-iob). he clincher the Chostbustersmay
notice hat he new apartment{ondo in the neigh-
borhoodhasone distinctive eature. he curtains
on everywindow aredrawnduringdaylighthours
everyday - without exception.
When the Chostbusters rriveand try to enter
the condo, the vampiresare exceptionally on-
genial in SteveMartin-Dan Aykroyd-Wild-and-
Crazy-Cuys ode.Once he heroes re nsidg he
vampires ock the dooi behind them and chase
them all hrough he building trying o catch hem
and urn hem nto vampires,oo. These ampires
ar eyour basicuryrardly-mobile'immigrantt ereo-
types - not quite yet hi p to the mores and
technologyof modernAmerica and shouldbe
played or comic effect.
The main point of this adventure s the frantic ten by Herbie n dog-form gets he disease,oo,
chase hrough he condominiums,where the
C h o s t b u s t e r scome upon s u c h s h o c k i n g
"Type Oi '
discoveries s wine bottles abelled
"'Type Ai' and "Night Traini etc.; platform cof-
fins instead of beds; La Machine blood cen-
trifuges;video decks running Loveat Firs t Bite; disease.
vampire dentures fo r an elderly vampire);and,
of course, he vampire parakeet.
Thereare oo manyvampires o pull a Rambo
here,and vampiret being he particularly ower-
ful occ ult entities hat they are,are ikely to take
the Chostbustersn any direct powerconfronta-
tion. Howevel the vampirescan be handled n
severalways - portable su n lamps, a high-
tech/medical ure for vampirism, negotiated
withdrawal o Transylvania after he Chostbusters
havezappeda few viampiresn bat-form), n agree'
ment o limit blood drinking o that which can
be bought at plasma banks, discoveryof the
nutrient lement n freshblood andan acceptable
substitute ource,and so on.
Icky Things, Occult Mysteries, or Bad Guys to
Whack On: vampiresa go go
Aciion O ppo rtunities: i nterm nable chasescen
in condo
Nifty Problems: onningvampires nto evacuating
Neaf Cf aracfers: repo ter, nterview ng muggi ng
victims, mmigrantYuppie ampires
Potential Tricky Stuff, obtaining a floor plan of WhackOn: Herbie n were-Bernardorm,original
an apartment uilding
Campaign Hooks: a couple of th e vampires Action Opportunities: attack and chase with
escape nd start ndependent perations, r sell Herbie-oooch
their serviceso the local UltimateEvil
40 Chostbustersperations anual
ldea 5:
WERE,O H, WEREHAS
MY WEREBERNARD
CONE?
The Chostbusters et a call from l'lerbie, a
world-class erd with an exotic problem. Seems
ever since Herbie got bitten by a mysterious
animal n the woods,he's ransformednto a hairy
animal every full moon.
"You gotta help me,
Chostbusters! ou'semy only hope!"
Werewolf?Don't be ridiculous there are no
such things.This guy turns into a were-St.Ber-
nard. Herbie doesn't haveany blood-lustwhen
he'sa St.Bernard, nd n fact,still retains is nor-
mal mind and feelings.However, e lives n an
apartment uilding that doesn'tallow pets -
especially argepets and he's enified that he
superintendent ight ind out and expel him.
To study this problem, the Chostbusters re
going o have o observeHerbie's ransformation
at th e ull moon - a nice opportunity o set up
an action confrontation nd chasewhen Herbie
getsnasty,hen smasheshrougha door and runs
of f into a nearby park with the Chostbustersn
hot pursuit.A nd naturally nyone ccidenallybit-
evendogs: f Herbiegets nto a dog-fight, he other
dog will turn nto a St.Bernard very ull moon,
doubtlesso the chagrinof the animal's wner.
Another action possibility is a search or the
creaturehat gaveHerbie his embarrassingocial
This s a toughie.The Chostbusters ight be
end up suSgestinghat poor Herbie
simplycheck nto a kennel achnightof the ul l
moon - it's only a few dayseach month, after
all. Or Herbie might move nto a building ha t
allowsanimals.On th e other hand, he y might
find out that he mysterious er bdogsbane ures
the condition.Or aftersomeweird science ome-
one discwers hat ycanthropyscaused r viruses
- hauntedviruses and the Chostbusters et
themselves reduced a la FantasticVoyage and
enterHerbie's ody o bustmicrospooks. r, how
aboutan anti-PKEaccine evised l a mad scien-
tistconsultant? nd if Herbiebites he superinten-
dent,he'll probably hange is no-pets ul e ast.
Our favoriteoption is to have some anti-lycan-
thropyweird sciencebackfireand put Herbie n-
to the pooch-formpermanently,w hereupon he
becomesa permanentpart of the Chostbuster
squad a more-or-lessntelligent aranormal
mascot.
Icky Things, Occult Mysteries, or Bad Cuys to
sourceof Herbie'sdisease
Nifty Problems: ure or cope with Her bie's ycan-
thropy
Neat C/raracters: Herbie the Nerd Mutt
Potential Tricky Stuff: getting the Chostbusters
to studyHerbiewithout precautionshat preclud6
a good chasescene
Campaign Hooks: Herbie bites ots of people and
assorted ther things,creatinga were-syndicate
of rummies, street thugs, and school board
politicians
ldea 6:
KEEPERSF THE
COPPER IDNIGHT
The Chostbusters re nvited by an inesistibly
foxy chick/slickdude to join a stylish new
occultists' ociety.t i s a high compliment o be
invited o join, and thereare ots of high society,
free booze,and fancy dressballs not to men-
tion all the valuable professional ontacts o be
madewith occultenthusiasts he n-
ductionparty tself san opportunityo whip out
a plethoraof weirdosand oddballs rom the Up-
per Crustand the AvantGarde each eager o
sharesomebit of fascinating/boringnformation
about the World Beyond.
After a few weeks,one of the Chostbusterss
invited$ a WeirdEccentric rofessor ith Slightly
Manic Overtones o join the I nner Sanctum, o
which only the VerySecretM asters elong.Here
he discovershat he true purposeof the Keepers
of the CopperMidnight s to do honible hings
such as worshiping he SeniorCitizensof the
Cosmos a race of dodderingAncient Evils
which smellbad,have rthritic entacleq nd want
to retire o Floridaand Arizona after hey have
exterminated he annoyinglyyouthful and noisy
humanoids there. Naturally, he Chostbusters
must intervene o stop the Copper Midnight
occultists rom Opening th e Portal or the Really
Ol d Cuys.
The ReallyOld Cuysar e physical eingswith
ghost-likeparanormalpowers.EachGuy has a
Power of 6-12and a bunch of ghostly special
abilities.When a ProtonPack owers ReallyOl d
Cuy's Ectopresenceo Q the being apparently
dissolvesnto nothingnessbu t eallyhe has us t
beenbanished o the HappyNebulaRestHome).
Th e Chostbusters'goals o breakup the Cop-
pe r Midnightorganization, ive he bum's ush
to any ReallyOl d Guys who havebeen gated n
by the Very SecretMasters, nd thus prevent he
annexation f sovereign mericansoil as a BEM
retirement ommuniW.
Thismight akemore hana singlenight'swork.
Icky Things, Occult Mysteries, or Bad Guys to
Whack On: ReallyOld Cuys,Copper Midnight
and Very SecretMasters
Action Opportunities: interrupting a ribbon-
cutting ceremony or a Portal,bashingescaped
VeryOId Cuys, escuing Chostbusterakencap
tive by a VeryOld Cuy or the CopperMidnight
 

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NeatCharacters:ssortedenants,oungRonnie
Potential Tricky Stuff: keepinga brisk pace in a
mystery/puzzle
Campaign Hooks: Chostbustersmay accompany
youngRo n o Scotlando clear he moorsof other
MacDonald clan spooks haunting the Mac-
Donald's estaurants n the site of the Culloden
battle
ldea 9:
THEGHOST
AND THE ADY
Th e ghostof a fashionablenteriordecorator s
haunting he Statue f Liberty, ightly painting
largesections f the statueho t pink. The statue's
caretakers crub off the loathsome olor as fast
as they can, but each night another evenmore
electrifyi g ai -sea-rescueolor appears. i ht ing
a losingbattle,he ycall he Chostbusterso r help.
(l f your Chostbustersive ar away rom the Statue
of Liberty,us e a local monument/ such as 5t.
Louis's rch, Mount Rushmore, r the Colden
Cate Bridge.)
Mountain-climbing ear is needed as the-
Chostbusters lamberal l over he surface f the
n a t i o n a lm onument, rying o g et c l o s ee n o u g h
to the flitting ghost o zap it with their proton
packs.T he spectral ecoratorloats antalizingly
out of reach, pouting rtistic obbletygook"The
lady must LIVE!Her spirit must SCREAM er
outrageat the Philistine astelessnessf the sen-
timentalistpuke-godpig-dogs!"). hey will have
to herd he ghost o a placewith a ledgeon which
to setup the ghost rap.Hel copters nd et-packs
i n th e h a n d s f Our Heroes ould b e e n d l e s s l y
entertaining.
The Chostbustersould also ry to convince he
decoratorhat he Statue f Liberty s oo modest
a canvasor his alents, r contactstill-livingcol-
leagueswho might help persuade he spook of
the errorof hiswa1c. hi splan mightbacKire, nly
strengtheninghe spook's resolve, nd perhaps
persuadinghe Chostbustershemselveshat day-
gl o orange s a reallynicecolor or he LittleLady.
Persuadinghe RestorationCommitteeof this new
color schememight be tough, though.
Icky Things, Occult Mysteries,or Bad Guys to
Whack On: ghostly decorator
ActionApprtunities: scrambling roundon the
statueand blastingaway
Nifty Problems: onfrontinga more mobile foe
on impossibleerrain
Neat Characfers: the decorator
Potential Tricky Stufl: visualizing the maneuver- and then eventuallyget caughtagain.So back hey
in g an d line-of-sights n the statue
Campaign Hooks: well, I guessyou could have
an epidemicof OId Masters ising rom the grave busters' elief, hey are not pushed nt o th e boil-
to redecorate he national monumentsof their in g ava. nstead,he yar esimply ied o a treean d
homelands, ut I t h i n k that'sp u s h i n g t a b i t left. With reasonableMoves, he Chostbusters
42 Chostbusters perationsManual
ldga 10:
THE ROADTO RALYEH
Th e StateDepartment iresCBI o handlea lit-
tl e problem on a tiny island protectoraten the
middleof the SouthPacific. BI cheerfully ssigns
the Chostbusterr a n c h i s ehi s o b a s a m i s s i o n
adventure,w ith the assertionhat his wonderful
islandvacation s a reward or their recentexcel-
lent f course,C BI doesn't an y
"Just a routine mattet
detailsabout the task -
don't worry your pretty ittle heads."
Th e tiny Pacific sland nation of Ralyehhas a
problem. h e r i b a l e l i g i o nworships h u - t h u ,
volcanic go d which has recently become quite
restlessnd ha sapparently evelopedhe hots or
a few sacrifice s. uesswho will anive us t n time
to perform hi s importantstate unction?
The nation's eaders a scraggly unchof tribal
elders)have earnedall they know about good
government by watching media coverage of
totalitarian ictators nd heir goons.T hey mpro-
viseappropriate ostumesrom materials t hand
(coconuts, alm leaves, eashells,colorful flcnrcrs,
etc.) and do their best to echo the soothing
platitudes he y hear on radio reportsof thriving
banana epublics.
When the Chostbustersdisembark on the
beach,a platoonof gorilla-sized alyehan olice,
fitted out in coconut-shell iot helmets, ea-tortoise
riot shields,and Uzi-shaped lubs carved ro m
driftwood,meet hem, bedeck hem in flcnrcrs nd
escort hem towards he volcano.Th e police ar e
very riendly.They'll answerquestions, ffer part
of their lunch to the Chostbusters, nd be very
nice, all things considered.T hey won't let the
Chostbusterwanderaroundor anything hcmever.
Cheering ow sof childrenan d prettygirls ine he
route o the volcano and make t impossible or
the Chostbusterso run for it.
At first. he Chostbustershould hink that he y
are receivinga royalwelcome.Only after hey start
asking a fe w questions should they become
suspicious.
"Say, are we going to meet your leadersor
something?
"Why should we ? The volcano-god s our
destination."
"But isn't herea ghostor somethingwe'resu p
posed o be busting?"
"Chost?There s no ghost.Clorious Thu-thu,
the voraciousvolcano god, permits no other
supernaturalntities n his island."
"uh..."
The Chostbusters re conducted politely bu t
firmly to the top of the volcano. f throughsome
clever stratagem, they manage to escape the
police, et hem run around he sland or a while,
hike to the volcano lip.
At the volcanq probably much to the Chost-
manage o escapewithin minutes.Bu t us t as he
lastGhostbuster reaksre eof hi s bonds,a gigan-
ti c grinning vaporousapparitionrises rom the
volcano'smouth and comesafter hem. Thu-thu
lookssortof Iike he greenslimer rom the movie
CHOSIBUSIERS, but it is orange-coloredand a
hundred eet all. lt has a Powerof lQ an Ecto-
presence f 2 Q an d zips around i k e i t h a d a
Moves f 3. On e of itsspecial bilities sTerrorize;
as t is zooming around after he Chostbusterst
tries o tenify hem.When a Chost s rolled, ne
characterwill keel over n a faint. At this, Thu-
th u pops he delectablemorsel nto his mouth.
Heaw scene.man.
Well, this could work out in a couple of ways.
First, f the Chostbusters an reduce his Ecto-
Dresenceo zerobefore he ast ictim is consum-
ed , no problem.Second, f all the Chostbusters
get poppeddown Thu-thu'sgullet, hey discover
that Thu-thu'salimentary ract is a little pocket
universe hat containsall the sacrifices e hass,rer
eaten.A t this point, t is hard o missThu-thuwith
a proton pack-beam, nd all Thu-thu can do is
rhumbaaroundand moan a lot.When Thu:Ihu's
Ectopresences reduced o zerc,all swallowed
Chostbusters nd severalhundred bewildered
formersacrificeseappearn... well, somewhere.
I guess hey could all us t return o the island,bu t
wouldn't it be entertaining o have hem return
to find themselvesn Outer Mongolia?Tierrade l
Fuego? n the bridgeof the StarshipEnterprise?
a restaurant t the End of the Universe?
And it couldn't hurt if the Chostbusters et
creati\€ n pacifying huthu. Sincehe'sa volcano
g o d ,c o l d h i n g s h o u l dp r o b a b l y a rm h i m - a
carbondioxidefire extinguishermight be better
than a proton pack.An d maybe he slandersus t
misunderstand hu{hu's needs.Maybe he only
wantsa drink of somethingcool and refreshing,
insteadof those nasry salty humanoids.T hings
Co Better with Coke. we hear.
lf you're a nice gu y an d yo u don't strand he
Chostbustersn s o m ee x o t i c i m e n s i o n ,t might
be nice to give them a real vacationon Ralyeh
after hey take care ofThu-thu - plenty of oppor-
tunities for hot dates with th e grateful sland
beauties...
Icky Things, Occult Mysteries, or Bad Guys to
Whack On: Thu-thu
Action Opportunities: scramblingaround and
z a p p i n gThu-thu
Nifty Problems:making a big comebackafter be-
ing sacrificed o a go d
Neat Characters; he basically cheerful and
f r i e n d l y r i b a l e l d e r sa n d m u s c l eme n trying o
imitate totalitarians nd thugs
Potential Tricky Stuff: keeping he Ghostbusters
going o the volcano op without a big fight (may
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htential TriclryStuff.whipping up the futureand custodyof the spirit o Sharpnose. he best hing Amenhortensehe Vl. Thiscuned creature alked
time travel tory or the doppleganger an exer- for the Chostbusterso do is actuallygive him the the night, seeking revengeon those who had
cise for the apt pupil ghost. f theydo this,Sharpnose'llapidlybecome caused ts early demise. Ancient sorc erors er-
Campaign Hooks: are you kidding? ime travel a disenchanted ith the whole prospect f dealing formed mystic itualswhich temporarily isabled
wiih ghosq as his egalbooksar eslimed,his dog the mummy. n order o set t permanentlyo rest,
go go - with the ime machine he Ghostbusters
is terrified,and ectoplasmic ugarappears n the they swered its eft big toe, which was embalmed
could get into all kinds of trouble, and theft of
ga s an k of his Lincoln. and sealedorever n a tomb.As ongas he mum-
the machine could be even more distressing
lf the Chostbusters tandon principle and try my and toe are kept separate, menhortenseVl
to preventSharpnoserom obtaining he ghost, is no more han dried skin and cloth windings.
ldea 13: let them argue heir caseone more time before
the court. Be warned: egal shenanigans re not
But, if the toe were united with the rest of the
mummy,might Amenhortense l walk the earth
SO SUEME particularlygood adventurematerial shorton
action as heyare unless he spook s brought
again?
The Chostbustersrecalled n to investigatehe
The Chostbusters us t evicteda Class ll Free- in to testify. f the spook gets oose n the court- mysteryand sureenough, he oe walkedout (s o
Roaming Non-Repeater rom a small haunted room, here s plenty of room or funnycharacter to speak) n itsown; a little rail n the dustshows
house n Hoboken or wherever s convenient or stereotypes judge, court clerk, guards, he how it scootedacross he floor; dcrvrrnhe hall, and
yourown franchise).ust s heyanivehome, hey twelve ddballs f the ur y - fountains f slime, out the window. There he trail stops,but the foot-
areserved ith a restrainingrder hem and corruscating ays rom the proton packs.A printsof a largedog can be seen.Yes, he toe has
from putting he ghost n the Containment rid, real ine inal ouch a ghost awyer ppears nd made ts will known to a puppy dog, who now
and they are hit with a lawsuiton behalf of the argues hat Sharpnoses completely ncompetent bears it in the dir ection of the rest of
ghost. t seemsa lawyerand psychic a real irst- to represent pooks,sincehe is n't one himself. Amenhortense.
class ddball HaroldSharpnose,laims o be The judge agreeswith the ghost lawyer, and To complicate matters, he toe has also sum-
in mental contactwith the ghost.The ghost,he remandshe case o a udge and ur y of his peers monedsomedistant elations f Amenhortense
states,has sufferedgrievousbodily and mental - spooks, f course.For urther deas, ee "The (immigrants rom Egypt, natch) o aid it in its
harm from th e abusiveand unnecessary cts of Devil and Daniel Webster." quest.These olk - a cab driver,a fancy clothes
the Chostbusters. ot only that, but the ghost s designer, nd a famoussoccerplayer are now
beingkept prisoner gainstts will (in he ghost Icky Things, Occult Mystefies, or Bad Guys to wandering he city in a daze, seekinga rendez-
trap),and s suing or $50,000,000. he American Whack On: a bad guy lawyer,plus any spook vouswith their mysteriouslyompellingmaster.
Civil LibertiesUnion shows nterest n the case, plaintiffs Professor orspooldoes some quick research
eagertobringup thewhole ssue f the civil rights Action Opportunities: spooks oose n court and discovers hat the rest of Amenhortense's
of ghosts. N fty Problems:ph osophcal/legalquestionof mummy is in the PennsylvaniaUniversity
This s a good puzzlethought problemadven- ghost rights Museum. The prospects f using roadblocks o
ture - not a lot of action, but with some ricky preventa mummy's oe from reachingPhiladel-
intellectual hallengesha t might be fun to fool Neaf Characters:sleazypsychic awyer, un court-
room menagerie phia are somewhat iscouraging, ut a nation-
with, particularly f you set up the problemat the wide toe-hunt s such a charming oncept hat
end of an adventure,ell he playerso think about PotentialTrickySfuff: too much thought and talk, you should do everythi ng ou can to encourage
it betweensessions,hen have he court caseat not enough action it. Tracking t and its servitors th edog should be
the beginningof the next adventure. Campaign Hooks: psychic awyercan become a prettyeasy o find if the toe usesmass ransit) n
What area ghost's egal ights? awhasalways stock nemesis hired by other bad guys or a th e way rom New YorkCity to Phil adelphia ro-
assumed hat dead s dead - but now the dead freelanceexploiter of the hazy legal statusof videsa lo t of opportunitieso r sillyencounters.
show up as sympathetic personalities now paranormal eings The sensiblehing or the Chostbusterso do
what?We don't want to into all the ramifica- is o go o the museum, amp n the vaultwhere
tionsof cnrerturningll historical oncepts f death th e mummy s stored, nd wait or the oe.When
- that's or you and your players. you want to ldea 14: the oe arrives,t is n the company f a big sheep
keep t simple, he Chostbusters an argue hat
ghosts re hardlypeople n any normalsense, nd THE MUMMY'STOE dog and three dazed servitors.Time for a big
actionclimax.Th e oe uses ts ControlMind abil-
that hey can't egallybring a suit against nyone. ity to send he dog and threeout-of-towners fter
An Egyptologist, red Horspool, calls up the
They might claim that the ghostwas respassing
Chostbusters.l fear may have eleased n an- the Chostbusters hile it struggleso reunite tself
inside th e haunted house,so they were within Mummy! Mummy!" the Chost-
cient curseupon an unsuspecting umanity." ast with its mummy.
their egal ights n committing ssault nd bat- busters an faintlyhear n an eerievoice.
month he broke nto a previouslyundiscovered
tery and unlawful mprisonment.We ike he dea And the oe will attack he Chostbusters hen
tomb in Egypt. he only object nside he tomb
that ghostsare unregistered liens rom another th e going gets ough. The toe c an scoot across
was a golden casketholding an embalmed oe.
dimension, nd hat heyshouldbe mmediately
Rather han sharehis discoveries ith the Egyp- the loor quitequickly fastenough o zip into
deported.) But whatever argument he players a mouseholg rack, r space ehinda mummy
tian government, rofessor orspoolsmuggled t
come up with, it's he righton e - th e udge s casebefore he Chostbusters an catch t. lt might
out of th e country.He hoped o study he oe and
convinced,and Sharpnose's uit is thrown out.
find out why it had beenmummified o rwerently. knock something ff a shelfonto a Ghostbuster's
But next week they are hit with another suit. head.Or it might errifysomeoneby wiggling up
But he night after he smuggled t into America,
It seemsMr. Sharpnose emands hat the ghost a trouser eg. But let's ace t, there'snot a heck
he forgetfully ef t th e box top open. When he
be released nto his custody mmediately.This
returnedhe nextmorning, he oe was missing. of a lot an animated oe can do.
time he can'tbe stopped. his ime Sharpnose as
At f irst, he thought thievesmight havestolen t,
gotten a judge sympathetic o hi s plea, and the
and, of course, ince he had obtained he object
judge demands hat the Ghostbustersurn over
illegally, e could hardlynotify he authorities.
However, n reflection,Horspool ecalled he
hieroglyphics nscribedon the toe's casket,de-
picting he entirehistoryof the oe. t seemst was
once part of the horrible animated mummy of

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ldea 1Z This s called n plot bi z your basic eversal

instead f spookelimination he Chostbustersre
Nifty Problems:scaringan un-scare-able uy
Neat Characters: he Malificents
T H EU N I N V I T E D supposedo bring a fe w loadedghost raps nto
the houseand et he spirits oose.Th e ech-types PotentialTricky Sfuff using he Addams' Family-
Have yo u ever seen he old televisionshows ma y have o do a few modifications o existing stylegagswithout slowing he paceof th e puzzle-
"The Munsters" r "The AddamsFamily?" hi s heavy,action-lightplot
devices like wh o ever ried to take a spook out
scenario hould esemble ne of thoseshows. he o f a c o n t a i n m e n t rid?), h i c h m a yc a u s e om e Campaign Hooks: the Malificentscan be usedas
Chostbusten et a phonecall.A hollcnv ransylra- fu n when the modifieddevicesdon't work right. characters,nformants, nd consultantsn other
"Vee haffa prob-
nian voicecomesover he ine. Fo rexample,while extracting spook rom th e adventures, xperts hat heyare n the occulq they
lem.Ca n yo u h e l pu s s , l i s s ? " he Chostbusters containment rid,a coupleothersmightge t oose also probablyhavemany riendsof a lessbenign
arrive t a creepyEdwardian ansionwith a spike and raisehell with J a n i n e ' si l e s . nature "Oh, yes, he Von Choulohs a charm-
topped ence,dead rees, minous-looking ver- in g couple, but a bit eccentric n their gustatory
[JANINE:E CON!Cet this evolting h i n go u t o f
growth,a n d h e n o i s eof clanking h a i n s n th e preferences,ou know...")
my invoicesat oncell
background. Workingat he ence s a cadaverous
gardenerw ith a patchwer one eye, ank, cobrrcbr T h i s c e n a r i o h o u l d ea lot of un.Th eM a l i f i -
b y h a i r ,an d l o n g ,claw-like i n g e r n a i l s . centsoffer a few of their third-floorguest ooms ldea 18:
As the Chostbusters ra w nearet heysee hat to the Chostbustersor the duration of their ser-
th e gardener asa file. He'ssharpeninghe spear v i c e .The Maleficents ill be as helpfulas hey KING FORA DAY
pointson the iron fence.When he catches ight can.Keep hrowing n littled e t a i l s o a m a z e h e
.l n he mail the Chostbusterseceive package
of the Chostbusters e givesa visible start, he n Chostbusters. ne runningga gyo u can use s o
containing an odd ring coveredwith little in-
walks over o them and lets hem in. He never n e v e retthe Chostbusters eetJunior. e m i g h t
d e c i p h e r a b l ec r i b b l i n g sn dcabalistici g n s . he
speaks xc ept o emit gutturalm oans. he house's be staying ver at a friend's houseone night, be
note enclosedexplains, My dear wife is under
ill with the flu and forced o stay n be d another
doorbell has he sound of a woman shrieking.
the unfortunate elusion hat his hing s haunted
The door is opened by the lady of the house, night, and so forth. They might seeMrs. Malefi- - silly,of course,bu t to humor her, 'd like yo u
Mrs.Maleficent.Sh estands bout six feet al l in cent knittinga three-armed weateror Junior, r
to takecareofde-ghostifyingt. Please en da real
Mr. Maleficentmight boastof J u n i o r ' s c h o o l
her sli nky black dress, a s pastywhite ski n, a
official-lookingdocument certifying your pro-
B+ in Uglification,A - in CemetaryAd -
marked widow's peak, and black lipstick. She grades:
fessional ervices n eliminatinga n y s p e c t r a l
invites hem inside.Her hunchbackh u s b a n d , ministration, + in Helmintholog y. hat'smy presenceswithin th e ring."
Fritz, soon shows up. He looks ike an escapee boy!"
Uncle Fergshould prove o be a real pest - The ring s actuallysentby the resident-occult-
froma Frankenstein o v i e .B e h i n d i m o n a d o g
bad-guy f y o u r campaign. t r e a l l y s h a u n t e d .
leashwaddles n eight-foot lligatornamedFido. quitedifficult o remove.N othing seems o scare
Anyonewho sees t feelscompelled o pu t it on.
A clock suddenlvstrikes hirteen and a little him verymuch, no matterhow honific t is.Once
After putting it on, he finds out that every im e
mechanical uckood a n g l i n gro ma g i b b e tp o p s it seemsclear hat the soooks he Chostbusters
he el.ls omeoneo do something, eor sheobeys
out, croaking he hour. n a bird cage n the cor- ca n providedo little o erodeFerg'sheerful om-
without question. f he says Co fly a kitei that
ner squeak nd luttera pair of cutevampirebats. placency, he Malificents will beg the Chost- persongoes o the nearest oy store,buys a kite,
By no w the Chostbusters houldhavegotten he busterso i m p r o v i s eomethingo g et i d of him.
and does us t that. He'd better be carefulnot to
i d e a .Ham t up somem o r e , f y ou l i k e .M a k i n g Theycan experimentw ith weird science, ribery
sa y "Drop dead!" Soon after discovering his
up ghastly ventsn thishousehold eems atural. o r s i m p l e i n t i m i d a t io n ,b ut nothing azes h e
power have everal musing hingshappenwhile
TheMaleficents'problems hat UncleFerg as unwelcomeguest.
wearing he ring),he also discovershat the ring
The secret s that Ferg s reallya very low-key
come to stay.He's scaring he piranhas n th e
exactsa toll. Every ime he uses ts power,he
decorativepool, tells MaleficentJr . rightening demonsummoned oy ittleJunior sa high school
becomes xactlyone inch shorter n height.An d
bedtimestorieswhich keep him awakeat night, scienceproject.Sooner r later he Chostbusters
he can't take off the ring.
an d persists n trying to fix squeakingshutters will tumble o his paranormal ssence hen their
PK Emeters rigger n his presence, r when they S o h e ' l l h a v e o e i t h e rgo aroundn " u " r , h i n g
which bange l e g a n t l yn the wind.
se ehim through heirectovisors hile he s sneak-anyonewhat to do, or keep on shrinking away.
As you've probably guessed,U ncle Ferg s a
The best, hough most drastic,a nswermight be
normal-looking uy .Maybe oo normal.He wears in gdcnvnstairst night or somecookies nd warm
to amputatehi s finger.Jewelers xpress maze-
l o u d i e s ,pinstriped uits, asa b i g brassy mile, blood. Fergcan either be evitted with applica-
mentatthe u n n a t u r a l u r ab i l i t y f h e r i n g ' s u b-
and a loud cheeryvoice.He doesn't eeanything tionsof protonbeams, r he mayvoluntarily eave
'A little un- fo r greenerpastureswhen his cover s blown. stance all attempts o cut it off fail. And...
spooky houth i s c o u s i n ' s ouse
p e r h a p sh e personw i l l d e c i d eh e ' d u st a ssoon
down, maybe, ut l'll have t all fixedup in a iffy. And of course ittle u n i o r s g o n n ag et t when
keep the ring.
Justyo u watch. Ho, ho!" He tells bad okes in - hi s parents in d ou t what he's been up to. Poor lf th e player tarts businghi s power likegoing
cessantly nd is impossible o faze.The Malifi- littleguy.An d guesswho he'll come o visit when
he runs away from home? Aw gee, guys, he to political allies nd orcing mportantmembers
cents want to rent a few spooks from the
of his easffavorite olitical party o performamus-
Ghostbusterso put a properscare nto Uncle Ferg o n l i e s t h i n g i n th e whole world I want is to
ing antics n front of all the delegates),hen the
and they want the Chostbusterso hang around becomea real, iveChostbuster."nd maybe he
r i n gs h o u l d a l lo f f h i s i n g e ra n d ge t ost if the
and supervisehe project, us t n case he rented ki d ha sa certain gift - though his three-armed
p l a y e r e m a n d s n e x p l a n a ti o n ,e ll him tha t he
j u m p s u i t sw i l l h a v e o be custom-made.
spook ge t a little out of hand.
h asshrunk o much h at he rings i m p l ys l i p p e d
Icky Things, Occult Mysteries, or Bad Guys to of f his finger.An d the Chostbusters tart o read
Whack On: Uncle Ferg,originally a mundane, reports n the newspaper f strange ccurrences
then later revealed s a paranormalp est - explainable nly by he hypothesishat he ring
Action Opportunities: settingghosts ooseat the h a s a l l e n n t o h e h a n d sof someunscrupulous
Malificents, he n rounding hem up afterwards; person. he Chostbusters' ob ?To ind the Incredi-
maybea little roughhousewhen Ferg s revealed b l e S h r i n k i n gBad Guy...
to be a demon And if the playermanageso keep he ring,hint
that somedevice might be designed o reversehe
effect of the shrinking.Of course, hat device

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Thisnew device,which th e scientist-player an vanished.Now they'vegot a thost haunting heir

Icky Things, Occult Mysteries, or Bad Guys.!9 "hyper- house and that wasn't n th e bargain!
Maxwell's call whatever he pleases we suggest he
Wiack On mad scieritist nd stooge, ln a matterof days, he bottom dropped out
Demons soastical rombifier") s attached o a ghost ra p
of the Chost Cubes market. Seems he hyper-
holding an entrapped pook.The hyperspastical
Action Oppottunities: city-wide war on air- crombi-fier ums, lashespretty ittle lights, and sDastical rombifier producesa field that decays
conditionerspossessed y Maxwell's Demons gives a little burp. After th e burp, it spitsout a over ime, releasinghe
ghostwhen th e field col-
goofy physics; microscopic lapses. illions of these ubeshavebeenpurchas-
Nifty Prohlems: imall (about2 incheson a side)brightly-colored
ed all over he nation. And they're al l starting o
demons plasticcube.Th e ghost rap s ound o be empty
lvan, th e - in fact, he hapless has been buried n- decay... before the warranty expires, worse yet'
Neaf Characters: mad scientistand
side he small plastic ube!The color of the cube And quesswho has o go clean up th e mess?
maYor i lly calls up an d reads he contract in e
varieswith th e particular ghost caught.Thus, a Louis
Potential Tricky Stuff: playersdon't get he Max- green ghost has a greencube, a banshee has a print concerning he "mission-adventure'" Of f go
well's Demons oke (make hem take a physics tartan cube, and so forth. ihe Chostbusters n one of the messiest aranor-
course or somethinS) The cubes can bounce and move around on mal mop-ups n history. magine a depa-rtment
f Chost
Campaign Hooks: mad scientist; microscopic their own, like Mexican umping beans,but are storeor shoppingmall where hundreds
demons-could evelopmegalomania,m ilitary completeiy harmless.A smart Chostbusterwill Cubesdissolved t once....
technology,and economic theory then vo w to soon realize hat he cubes become This s a blanket xcuse or turning oosean y
Rule he World hot noveltv tems. kind of ghost ou can devise n anysettingwhere
,drug
Cetting a multi-milliondollar te m ik e Chost noreltiesmight be sold,shipped, r stored
sales equires stores, ime stores, irport concourses,. allroao
Cubes o proper distribution and
ldea21: lots of wheeling and dealing by th e players' he cars,warehouses
hould have o run throughone or are ncn heir
or where th e proud owners
purchases. ven he President's
THEGHOSTCUBES
Chostbusters
tw o Bureaucracyoutines,m eetup with a shyster wife ha sone...
"Youfr&%+ 1/4*$lUV $-&/&/lll l' m gonnasue lawyeror Evo,and generallyhave.fu.nrying.to lf the Ghostbusterso some irst<lass igh-tech
keep from getting cheated out of their sock' design and come up with a device o return he
v ou or'amillion dollars!!'m gonna ake ou or (Remember: awyersar e boring. Don't get to o spooks o cube form - permanently I hope
everything you Eotl!$/+[&you! Youcan't.getaway thev ar e smart enough his time to make a deal
involved n this stuff.)
witfr this!"!!' Sound f phoneslammed own') with CB I before hey reveal he design secret'
As soonas CBI getswind of this new develop
Uh oh . pro-
ment, hey step n and claim al l rights o th e lcky Things, Occult Mysteries, or Bad Gltvs to
Al l Chostbusterranchises hould nclude at an d giveseverybody Whack On You name it - any sPooK ever
players on't have cess.Louis Tuily showsup
leastone mad scientist. f your
a certificate f merit. GBI markets he Chost Cubes encountered, n yort own campaign,or by any
at eastone Egon-type mong hem,-hls scenarlo
more difficult o run' One and makes megabucks. The franchise gets of th e other Chostbuster ranchises
*ill ptou" significantly
omesacross.an doodly-squat. klion Opprtunities: blasting spook everywhere
day, he residentmad scientist
possibilitywhile testinga new varlatlon The'ChostCubescatchon. They'rebeing sold
-*no]ti-."t.hing device o return
amazing hey'll be sold natio-n- Nifty Problems:well, maybe
on equipment' Doubtless he all overManhattan.Soon the spooks o cubes, bu t mostly hi s is supposed
hriek- wide. f there's fly in theointment, t is hat here
iomEs ushingmadly out of hi s aboratory EurekalAl l I aren't enough ghosts o go around. Any Chost- to be an unrestrained hootout
ing ln.otpr""ttensible ibberish'
busterwhose Coals ncludeMoney should be Neat Cllaracters: pick a stereotype/ any
ne"ededo do was cross-mogrify he abernastical
.. . Bingol ' th e psychozoic heart-broken. stereotype sort of an All-Starevent or your
ectoploid-eopplernd of incredible ommer- favorite characters
lasm!You Then,after a fe w months
cuUoiA ad'iantegaveoff a hyperthustic phonecall
cial success,he Chostbusters et Potential Tricky Stuff: not real subtle; main trick
seewhat that means?We can transconvertne llD- his scenario dea. Then they
of a paleowestolotic ab- which introduced is to build from simple spooks o a final large-
tlreommetty by means
set anotherphone call' Thenanotherone.When spook or a large but manageable quadron ot
batitron!" Or something ik e that'
ihe Chostbusters heck into these calls, hey'll
What he has discovered s a means o store them
use of th e protection discover hat al l th e callershad bought a Chost
ehostssafely without th e
he cube, Campaign Hooks: if the technology alls nto bad
t Cube.Several av safter hey bought
Eria. ni t saves reatly n th e electric il l an d guy l'"nlt, we have he potential or.time'delay
i"au."t th e daiger that th e grid will someday spookcapsules, r spookSrenacles; t a n occulr
overflow and blow uP. master oughta whole shipload f ghost ubes'
he no w ha i a ready-made pirit egion at hi s
command

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Routines
Some things seem to happen a lot in SectionB
CHOSIEUSIfRS adventures car chasesand SectionC
courtroom scenes, or example.We don't want to 1. Lightchanges nexpectedly.Make a Movesor l. Passengers nauseous rom th e ride: each
gire pu elaborate ules or hov to deal with prob Drive roll to avoid accident. Failure:Y ou'reout must make a Muscles oll to avoid hrowing up.
lems ike his,but we thoughtwe'd providea few of the race unlessyou get a taxi (SuccessfulMcrves Failure: A mess; go to D. Success; Cet io b
ideas. roll). Success;C o to C. promptly without soiling ECIO-1.
Belor,v, e have routines" for three such prob. 2, Quarry elusiveor traffic hick. Make a Moves 2. Sportscar enthusiast ro m th e Soviet U.N.
lems car chases, btaining permits, nd going or DriveVehicle oll to stay n sight.Failure:You're delegationpulls alongside nd wantsyo u to race
to court. The way heseare supposed o work is out of the race or arrive late; go to C. Success: againsthis capitalistCorvette;makea Cool roll
this: each routine is divided into four steps, go to C. to refrain rom racing. Failure: Co to D. Success:
Iabelled "A:' "B:' "Ci' and "D." There are six 3. Short-cut vailable. ak ea Brains r Guess ol l Co to D sedately.
possibilities n eachstep.When the playerswant
to remember t. Failure:go to C. Success: o to D. 3. Obnoxious ittle kids throw cans and bottles
to do something or which there s a routing you
roll a die, and ind th e possibility rintedwith the 4. Policecar behind:Movesor See oll to notice at he car and shoutbad words.Makea Cool roll.
samenumber n sectionA. When )ou've inished it beforeyo get a ticket. Failure: ose ime and Failure;Stupidlystopand chase hem on foot, los-
with that,you roll againand go to sectionB, and chooseagain rom this stagd. o next in g time; stay n this stage.S uccess..Coo D and
so on . stage. seethe.
Bu t you don't have to do things that way. 5. Enginebegins o overheat.Make a Movesor 4. Policecar signals o pull over.Make Movesor
Instead, ou ca n us t readover he routines, nd Balance ol l to crawl out, open hood, and tape See roll against difficulty 5 to notice. Failure:
think of th e "possibilities"as interestinghings up.water osewhile Ectomobile areenshrough Brainsor LibraryScience gainst ifficulty25 to
that can happen o your Ghostbusters. hen, pu'll traftic. Failure: Stop and make repair; repeat B; keep them from discoveringyour outstanding
be prepared o pull one of thesepossibilities n arrive at C late.Success;Go to C promptly. parking tickets. Failure:go to D very late anJ
your playerswheneveryou like. 6. Crid lock. Make a successfulMusclesor Run broke.Success; successful ool, Bluff or Con-
Incidentally, ome of the possibilities ave wo roll to catchup to quarryor get o destination n vince roll lets morrcment ontinue with no change
partl labelled Success"and "FaiIurei'Whenyou foot. Failure:Co to C latg exhausted, nd irritable. in situation;go to D promptly.
use one of these, he Ghostbustershave o make Success:G o to C promptly.
a Trait r Talent oll, generally f difficulty 0 (more
or lessat your discretion) o use he "Success" fu,
part. Otherwise, he "Failure" part comes into
effect. ,tl f
Car Chase/Vehicular $s'
RaceAgainst ime
SectionA
1. Car starts perfectly. Co to B.
2. Car startsperfectly,but needsgas.Cet gas, hen
go to B.
3. Can't ind car keys.Make a BrainsTrait oll to
find them. Failure:Us e a taxi and go to B. Suc-
cessj Startcar and go to B promptly.
4. Engine tarts, ut backfires nd smokes.C o to
B, but increase ikelihood of failure.
5. Car starts, ut big truck blocks ntersectionor
a moment. Make a Cool roll (difficulty 15) to
maneuver through pedestrians on sidewalk.
Failure:Hit bi g truck and deal with police. Suc-
cess:Co to B.
5. Car won't start.Make a Brains oll to quickly
find troubleand repair t. Failure:Finda taxi and
go to B. Success:Co to B promptly.

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6. RightOffice: they say heir calculationswere
in error.The ranchise'ov,rres ine imesmore han
they thought, and they are placing a lien on all
corporationassets. ool, Bluff, Bargain, r Con-
vince roll. Failure:T hey'reserious, nd you have
to pay.Success: he exorbitant um returns o it s
original amount. And congratulations.
GoingTo Court
SectionA
1. Lackinganotherplace o park, iou leaveEC|OI
in one of those "Don't even think of parking
here!" zones.When yo u come back, it's been
towedand, when yo u ind it in the municipal ot ,
there s a $150parking icket on the window as
well. Youcan pay,or protest he to w and fine in
court (i n which case go to B).
6r,?
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52 Ghostbustersperations anual
2. While racing o the scene of a severeecto-
plasmicdisturbance, ou avoida aywalkingpoo-
dle wearing $5000 jewelled collar, but
th e doggy is frightened by the inci dent and its
millionaireownerand an armyof shysterawyers
sue you for everything you've got. Co to B.
3. You remove a ghost from a mansion at the
behest of the son of the ghost. The ghost's
daughter s distraught, nd sues o force you to
return he ghost. f you do so , he ghost's on sues
you fo r acceptinga fe e and failing o fulfill your
obligations.Eitherway, go to B.
4. A stateprosecutorhas you arrestedas con men
preyingon the superstitions f the public. (Every-
one knows ghosts on't exist,after all.) Co to B.
5. YourGhostbustersranchises sued or damages
in excess f what s properand reasonablen th e
pursuitof and he capture f ectoplasmic ntities.
Go to B.
6. The $18,000 heckwith which your as tclient
or hisde-ghosting as bounced.On the
phone, he cacklesand says, So what! Sue me!"
You do. Co to B.
SectionB
1. You need a lawyer.On the recommendation
of a friendyou makean appointment ith the i rm
of NasryDull, Brutish nd Short. hey isten tten-
tively,and seem o ask he right questions.Attempt
a Mo/es or a See oll. Failure:Y ouhire he shysters.
Co to C. Success: ousee hat all that hey have
written on their pads are dollar signs n various
sizes,and the word "Tahiti." Tr y B again.
2. You want a lawyer.On the recommendation
of a friend yo u make an appointmentwith the
seniorpartnerat Bossy,M ossy,Martin, and Fuss,
Aftorngn-at-Law. he istensattentirely,and seems
to ask he right questions. ttempta Brainsor a
Psychoanalysisoll. Failure:You hire he shyster.
C. Success: ou understand hat most of
the personalbookson her shelveshave o do with
fabulouslydrawn-outand expensive ivil cases.
Try B again.
3. You know a lawyer.He or she ask you if you
really want to devotea lot of time and effort o
something ot at all connectedo catching hosts
and serving humanity. Attempt a Brains or a
Bureaucraticsoll. Success; ouwork out a com-
missiondeal with the lawyer hat etsyou of f th e
hookwith a mere2Gminuteaffidavit. he routine
is over.Failure:Youse tyour aw grimly. Nobody
will get he bestof you. Take em to couft! Cb to C.
4. Youdecide o represent ourself.You read hree
or four bookson court procedures, nd one very
helpful one titled StrangeProceedings: uriosa
From the New York State Appellate Courts. Roll
your Cool. Success: ouaccidentallv hooseset-
tlements which have been reinforced as
precedents y later proceedings.Co to C. Failure:
Youselect udicrous ines of attackand defense,
lessening y two dice any rolls called for i n th e
later stages f this sequence.Co to C.
5. You hink hardabout he matterand decide hat
a lawsuit s inappropriate. ou call up the other
principal and suggest compromise.Roll your
Cool, Blufi or Convince.Success:Cet a quick set-
tlement out of court . The routine s ower. ailure:
You both becomeso angry hat nothing and no
one can keep yo u from court. Co to C.
5. You get LawyerTom, the socially-conscious
public interestawyer, o help you out. He agrees
to defendyou at no fee but you get he sinking
feeling he'll call on yo u fo r a favorsometime n
the future. Probablya big {avor.Co to C.
SectionC
1. The morningof the rial, you graba cup of cof-
fe e and a hot dog. In the crushof the commute,
you must makea Movesor Balanceof difficulty
10 o avoidstaining our clotheswith mustard nd
coffee.Success;G o to D. Failure:Roll Cool or
Bluff o avoid dioticallyholdingyour handsover
the spots or he restof the day. f you ai l hi s ro l ,
any Cool roll yo u make for the rest of the trial
routine s reducedby one die. In eitherevent,go
to D.
2. lf you havea lawyer,hi s or her Brains rait is
4. Roll it to convince he opposition o avoid a
jury trial. lf you haveno lawyer, oll your Cool or
Bargain against difficulty 15 to convince the
opposition hat a jury trial is not necessary. uc-
cess:Lor,verny inal udgment against ou $r half.
Failure: oubleany inal udgmentagainst ou .
3. The bailiff excitedly onferswith th e udge or
severalm inutes, hen the udge callsyo u or your
lawyer o a quick conference. omeone orgotor
neglected o fill out an important orm, and by
mistake a court form from another case was
inserted.The udge throws up his hands pro-
cedurecannot be violated without creatingsure
grounds or appeal.The casemust be started gain
from the beginning go to B.
4. A fight suddenlybreaks ut in the court room,
as a weirdlydressed pectator eapsup and shouts
that all Chostbustersre n leaguewith the devil.
A guardquickly restrains im, but not beforehe
splashes ou with a foul-smelling ed dye, ruin-
in g your clothes.Roll your Cool or Orate against
difficulty 7. Success: ou make a brief, seemly,
pitying speech which ingratiates ou with th e
judge (and ury ifany). Co to Q and add one ex-
tr adie to any oll you make or he restof the rial.
Failure: You whine about being poor and
misunderstood hile judge and ury stareat yo u
contemptuouslynd decide hatyo u haveno right
whatsoevero win this rial.You oll one die fewer
than normal n any roll you make or the restof
the trial. Co to D.

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A Cast of Dozens
ere we provideyo u with a whole bunch Coal: Money
of normal, eccentric characterswhom the Chost- Brains 3 Remember he
Cood Old Davs Always chomping on
busters an encounter n the courseof an adven-
cigar.
ture. Feel ree to have any of these guys pop up Cool 2 SaveYoungster rom
whenever hey can advance he action or you a Life of Crime 5 Scooter MacBurnie
otherwise feel like it. lf you like a particular
2 Whack Hoodlum Cab Driver
character, ou can havehim show up a lot, as a
with Nightstick
help or hindrance o the Chostbusters. ecurring Scooter s from Jamaica,and speak in th e
characters end continuity to a Chostbusters Muscles 3 LoadDrunk Into distinctiveiltingaccent f that sland.He knows
campargn. Paddywagon nearly nothing about New York geography nd
Feel free, of coursg to introduce recurring can't get you anywhere,but he takesyo u there
characters f your own. Coal: ServingHumanity
so pleasantly hat yo u won't mind until you end
Distinctive Mannerism: Distrustsanvone in a up at the wrong address.f you manage o make
leather acket.
-cops- th e misunderstandingclear,e'll urn offthe meter
and drive around New York orever n a fruitless
George Smith and Mike fones attempt to get you where you want to go.
FBI agents
RealTough Detective Who Has TakenThe Law
B ra in s 2 Voodoo
lnto His Own Hands FBIagentsalways ravel n pairs.They are al l
thirty-fiveyearsold, dress n off-the-rack uits grey Cool 5 Misunderstand
A tight-l pped, steely-eyed,bloodth rsty ki er, P la inEnglish
Westtree s happiestwhen pushinga punk's ace or black), wear black leather shoes,drive late-
model Plymoutht and nsist n shcnvingou heir 2 Dance
through a plate-glasswindow or pumping si x
badgeswhen you first meet hem. They all love
bullets from a .44 Magnum into th e guts of a Muscles3 Swim
working for a huge,soulless overnment gency
reputed crime boss. lf he tangles with th e
which lets hem carrygunsand ap phone ines Coal: ServeHumanity
Chostbusterse will pound hem nto hamburger
and other neat stuff. Smith (o r Jones, forget
rather han deal with the paperwork nvolved n Distinctive Mannerism: Staresat you expres-
which) is white; Jones or Smith) s black.
arrestinghem. He hates obs involvingghosts sionlessly,ala Yes,mon,yesi'and bobshis head
he can't kill them. Brains 3 Claim Federal in tune to the reggaemusic he plays ncessantly
Jurisdiction on his radio.
Brains 2 Justify ct sof Un-
believable rutalitv 5 Cool 3 BlameTheir Conrad
Mistakeson Local Hot Dog Vendor
Cool 6 Narrow Eyes
Law-Enforcement
Menacingly
Agencies Conrad s on th e street ay and night. His buns
Moves 4 Shoot .44 So That are always oggy,his onions are old and volatile
Moves 3 FireHandgun
Blood and Core - hi sstand an be racked or block $r the smell
Splatters Everywhere Muscles 3 Kick Door Ooen of onion on the breeze.H e sees verything: hat
Muscles 5 BustHeads happens,Conrad knows.Bu t he'll only tell yo u
Coal: Serve he FBI
if you buy a dried-outhot dog, eat t right here,
Coa/: TeachThose Punksa Lesson Distinctive Mannerisms:None and lie that it was very very good. Elaborate ews
Distinctive Mannerism: Face never changes requiresEvo or more hot dogs and a Muscle roll
exoression. InformationSources& againstdifficulty 10 o refrain rom gaggingand
spoiling he deal.
lohn MacClannahan rPetty lrritantsr Brains 1 Cook Hot Dog
Cop On The Street
Cool 6 Borrow
A kindly ol d duck in his ate ifties, oh n ha s Cab Driver
beenwalkinga beat or 34 years nd ik es o think Moves 2 Cossip
he knows everything hat is happening on th e Ernie s your ypical New Yorkhack. He knows
al l the short-cuts; rives recklessly, wiftly, and Muscles 3 Lift
street.He doesn't. n fact,John'sbrain urned off
true;always eepshis meteron; complains bout Coa/; ServeHumanity
somewherearound 1955,and he is blithely ig-
hi swife and hisdigestion; nd always mells ik e
norant of all that hasoccurred since.John tries D st inctive Manne sm Alwaysviolently clean-
mustard.He works all the time exceptwhen it
hard,but he has an uncanny knack or arresting ing out an ear with his finger.
rains then he can't be found. He likes o pick
the wrong personand letting he bad guy get away.
up passengerst MadisonSquareCarden,not far
from Chostbustersnc., so th e playersmay en-
counter him frequently.

3 Find Addresses
Cool 2 Street alk
6 Drive Vehicle
Muscles 1 Brawl

54 Chostbustersperations anual
 

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Father ferry di Lucca Sexv Lucia

Ihe Street Priest She/ter Operator Papa oe's daughter
Father uigi s at least20 0 yearsold and looks Young, idealistic, religious. Incredibly hard- She'sa sul try Sicilian beauty,but anyone all-
it. His favorite aying s "l f I ain't crazy, should working he prcrvidesood for hundreds of peo- ing in love with her is asking o r plenty of trou-
be." He is. pl e too weak,phpically or emotionally, o do fo r ble. Daddy knows she can do no wron g.
themselves.D oesn't ake care of hi mself;needs
Brains 3 Theology a woman's ouch, but too busy saving ivesan d Brains 4 Plotting
Cool 3 Orate souls to find her. Everyonesays he's a saint: Cool 3 Bluff Daddy
probablyhe is.
M ov es 2 A tt ra ct A ft en ti on Moves 5 Seduce
'l Bra in s 5 RaiseFunds
Muscle Jump Muscle 2 Dance
Cool 3 Convince
Coa/: ServeHumanity Coal: Sex
4 Aftract Converts
Distinctive Mannerism:Peers t things as if he Distinctive Mannerism: Runs a pearl necklace
vwre going blind (he'snot). Muscles 4 Lift Canned Coods 7 acrossher front teeth, betweenher lips, etc.
Coa/: ServeThe Poor Mean
SleazyLady Distinctive Mannerism: Speaks with clasped Papa oe's on
hands in a "Mr. Rogers" voice: soot hing and
Sh edoesn'tmeananyonean y harm,an d hat's boring. fu sexy sLuciassultryhe s hemost srious
hor,v he'sgotten he "heart of gold" appellation, Italiann thecity.Somedayapa oewill want o
bu t she's azy and without much principle: h e dumphim n he iver, utMeanVic sPapa'son.
lets her into doing what she rMafia Familyr Brains 4 Convince
knows she shouldn't do. A good information
sourceabout disreputablegoons. Papa
Cool 2 Bluff
Codfather
B ra i ns 4 Waste Time Moves 5 Seduce
Elaborately Papa oe s strictand watchesover "his people"
Muscle 3 Intimidate
well. He's always olly, an d only orders errible
Cool 4 Bargain things like arson,assault,and murder out of a Coal: Power
Moves 3 Attract Attention senseof duty to his family. He has scruplesof a
sortan won't touch one type of criminalactivi- DistinctiveMannerism:Alwap standswith hands
Muscles 2 Crapple ty (u p to yo u whether h is is prostitution, rugs, on hips, hips thrust forward.

Coal: Money extortion. or whatever).

Freaky Nick
Distinctive Mannerism: Constantly wringing B ra in s 6 Plo tti ng Enforcer
hands n available lothing hers r anyone lse's).
Cool B Bargain wh o Papa oe keeps Nick on a chain in the base-
't1
could refuse?) ment. He only letshim loosewhen there's ome-
Bottlecap
Wino Moves 2 Dodge one Papa s really, eally angry at.

Eddy s incrediblymalleable ecause e only Muscle 1 Fisticuffs Brains 1 Attempt Coherent

cares bout securing oozg shelter, ndpersonal Speech
Coa/: Money
safetyn thatorder.B ribablgbut unlikely o come Cool 8 Frig hten i ctim 11
through becausepersonalsafetycomes n first. DistinctiveMannerism:Speak with an ltalian ac-
cent; sits in a relaxedposition. but with hands Moves 1 Attempt Clear Vision 4
Smellsbad; self-righteou s; as enlargedAdam's
appre. clenched. Muscle B Break humbs 11

Brains 2 Calculate iquid Mama Stella Coal: Meanness

Ounces Papa Joe'swife Distinctive Mannerism: Babbles, creams, nd
Cool 3 l gno re n sul ts She s a good Catholican d goes o Massevery drools.
2 Open PopTop Cans day of the year,praying or her husbandan d son.
Liftle Paulie he Brain
with Teeth 5
Brains 3 lgnore Family's Bag Man
Muscles 2 Drag Self o Shelter 5 CriminalActivities 6
This guy is he friend of one of the Chostbusters,
Coal: Find Pipeline rom Brewery Cool 2 Orate and he'll let hem know what'sg o i n g on in the
DistinctiveMannerism: ellspeoplenotto shout, Moves 2 Pratl city.But he won't crossPapa oe .No way.Paulie's
even f they whisper. a smart ittle weasel,who takes handouts rom
Muscle 5 Dragging runk both sides.He lives n an abandonedwarehouse.
Spouseo Bed He also likes it that way.
Coal: ServeHumanity Brains 3 Accounting
DistinctiveMannerism:Wails about her familv
Cool 5 Bluff
and fondles a rosary.
3 Listen
Muscle 1 Bite

Coal; Money
Distinctive Mannerism:Always has a cold.

56 Chostbustersoerations anual
 

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lgor fessica Newman Mbwana Mobuto, O.B.E.

Unqualified Handicapped5clence Assistant Snootyl M sta en Woman Reporter BearerWho Used o LiveWhere They'reCoing
Need more be said? Though he goes long o g et swell tories, he An intelligentbloke, he passed own from
rarelywritesanything, e i n g o o busymisunder- Oxford but has sweetlyagreed o tote 120 pounds
Brai ns 2 FindWrong Brain standingFrankArmstrong se e bove), unbathing on his head across200 miles of indifferent
Cool 1 Bluff alone, wimming n crocodilepoolswithout ,vear- hospitaliry fterdinnereachnight,h e annotates
in g a bathingsuit, breaking he RiverRat's a w several ifferenteditionsof Tennysonn prepara-
Moves 1 Torture elpless
for his UntowardManner,aftracting he attention tion for his definitivevariorumedition to be
Victim 15
of the wrong sortof nativeor native reature, nd published years rom now
Muscle 7 Climb being kidnapped.
B ra i ns 4 An th ro po lo gy
Coal: ServeMa d Doctor Bra ins 4 Journalism Co ol 6 ContemplateClass
DistinctiveMannerism:Walla with a shuffle,al k Cool 2 FlareNostrils Standing
like PeterLorre. Contemptuously 3 Hurl Spear
Moves 5 Scream
Muscles 4 Lug Stuff
Muscles 2 Stretch odhpurs
Expedition reparingor Coal: Succee d o Family Throne
Coa/: Fall n Love
fourney o Uncharted DistinctiveMannerism:H olds head aloof in
Distinctive Mannerism: PerfectE nglishspeech.

tsland/Lost ity/Scene f snooty way.

Cook With Tricky Monkey
r Weird Happenings Cap'n Wjszkclzsk
A cranky ellourwith a heartof gold, he is ussy
Experienced,R eliable SeaCaptain
about ood, indifferent o cleanliness, nd hates
River Rat Who Drinks Callons of Whiske y An ancientYankee alt rom Poland r Rumania things ike placesettings,lc,vters,andles, r food
with moustache ho eitherownsa well-insured which knives an cut. His helper,he monkey,s
Though hi s resume ooks great,not only does tramp freighteror leases t
on very good terms, both more intelligenta nd more social, a nd
this weak-chinned,ll-shaven uy do something because e doesn'tb l i n k when sh e goesdown understands omplex eyebrowcommands like
to almost ge t the expeditiondestroyed, ut hi s "untie me quicka nd go or helpdownrivero
at the end of the irst eelor is nearlyswamped th e
breath s awful n the mornins. during he climactic olcaniceruption. Legionnairest Fort Massif."
B ains 2 FussOver Brains 4 IncidentalH istory B ra i ns 2 H al ve Re ci pe
Documents of StrangePlaces Cool, 1 Accept Praise
Cool 1 Bluff Cool 6 SteerCorrectCourse Moves 2 ThrowCutlery
4 Hide Whiskey With EyesClosed 9
Muscles 4 Drop FlourSack
Muscles 3 Crab Heroine n Moves 4 W ie ld M ar li ne sp i ke On Monkey
UntowardManner 6
Muscles 3 Fisticuffs
Coal: Self-Bastinghili
Coal: Failure Coal; En.ioy dventure DistinctiveMannerism:C onstantlv ic k his nose.
Distinctive Mannerism: Uses sweepingar m DistinctiveMannerism:Combs his moustache
gestureswhen speaking. with his ingers. Zolatu
Evil Witch DoctorlSorcerer/Asent f Unfriend-
Frank Mortimer ly Power
Handsome Hunterlsoldie r FortuneWhose Aged or Sickly Ma n with TreasureMa p
FirstMarriage Ended Badly This sly fellow deceives people wh o have
Sometimeshe atherof the heroine, ometimes knownh im al l his ife n exchangeor half-baked
A stern, happy-go-lu cky uy wh o has hidden s i m p l y r u e l l y i s p a t c h e dy h ev i l l a i n s promises rom foreign provocateurs r whispers
arly n
himself n th e ungley'desert/Antarctic
nd hereby th e game, hi s ellowha sa quickeye or
trustwor- of impendingpower rom idle gods wh o don't
met many ycoonswho considerhim remarkably th y people likeArmstrong, e eabove) hom he have o meet payrolls.H e usually tages murder
steady, ur hero s ruggedly exyan d has ittle o instinctively nowswill settle ll his affairs, ct in reelone or a coup in reel wo. Persistentlysk s
do with women except he snooty reporter se e
asexecutor f his (often ast) state, ct honorably to hold vour rifle while vo u take a shower.
below). by hi sdaughter,n d ge t hose irtydogswh o di d
him n. B a i n s 1 Not Believe
B r a i n s 5 Cuess
Anybody or
Cool 3 Ba rgai n r a i n s 3 Accounting Anything
4 Dodge Cool 4 Look Death In Eye 7 Co ol 5 Bluff
Muscles 5 Crapple 3 TellStories y 4 Throw Dagger
Campfire Muscles 4 Grapplewith Hero
Coal: UnexpectedlySettlingDown
Muscles 2 Lift dol or Hero Surrosate 7
Distinctive Mannerism:Never showsemotion
facially, ut canverbalize t (" 1 ee la certain ense Coal: Accept mminentDeath Coal: BecomeChief,King,E.P.A. dministrator,
of trepidation, ohnson," e saidwithout betray- Distinctive etc.
Mannerism: alksn a feeble, uiver-
ing emotion.) ing voice. DistinctiveMannerism: hillinglypolite.

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Melissa H e i n r i c hR e i c h , l l , M . D . contempt for doctors, nurses,orderlies,a nd

Young, deal stic,CompassionateNurse Psvchiatrist patients.H appiestwhen he can chargea n i n -
s u r a n c e o m p a n y 2 0 p e r a d m i n i s t e r e ds p i r i n
T he perfect urse tireless,nthusiastic,ntel- Dr. Reich s the Head of Psychiatryt St. Pit- or makedogs cringe.
ligent, edicated, eautiful. ixmaledoctors nd falz.Lots f Chostbusterlrentsmightprofit ro m
nurses an t o marry her,and one will in three his services.He puts great stock in Orgone Brains 4 Accounting
monthsor less, eaving he Head Nurse o rule Therapy. plit personality: y night he assumes
Cool 3 Sneer
the floor. hi s alternate ersona f Mad Scientist.
MOVCS 5 Steal
Brains 4 Medicine Brains 7 Ask lntimate
Muscles lntimidate
Cool 3 Cive Emotional Questions bout
Support Personal ife 10 C o a l :B e c o m eO n l y H u m a n n U n i v e r s e
Moves 5 Dispense Cool 6 C a l m l yC o n f r o n t D st i ctive Manne sm A wavs vh st l ng, espe-
Medication LOOney c i a l l yw h e n o t h e r s r e s p e a k i n g .
Muscles 4 Massage Moves 2 Stee pleFingers
M u s c l e 2 S t i ff ar m o o ne y
Coa/: ServeHumanity
DistinctiveMannerism:Ha s a "gosh" attitude Coals:RicherSex Life or All ThingsMan Was Not
about ife. Distinctive Mannerisms: ften cackles or n o
apparent eason.H as shiftyeyes.
r Meant To Know
Dr . W e ' r eof two mindsabout his,actually. irstly,
Young, dealistic, Compassionate octor JohnGluteus, .D. Chostbusters re scientists,'h ere s nothlng man
Libidinous octor wa s not meant o kn ow. No k nowledge s forbid-
T he perfect octor tireless,nthusiatic,n tel- den; ndeed, edicating neself o the relentless
ligent, edicated, andsome. ix emale octors A mediocre doctor who wo rks in a large pursuit f Knowledges he highesta skone can
a n d n u r s e s a n t o m a r r yh i m , a n d o n e w i l l i n hospitalpartly o cover up his own mistakes. undertake n this life. t makespedectsense ha t
threemonthsor less. he YoungNurse se e bove) M e d i c i n e h a s l o n g s i n c e s t o p p e db e i n g i n - humanitynteracts ith h espiritworldby he use
will. of course. e theone who catches im. teresting. his cad thinks more about student of complex echnological evices, ather han
n u r s e sh a na b o u th i s p a t i e n t s . primitive uperstitiousitual; fter ll, echnology
Brains 4 Medicine
is what permits umanity o master theraspects
Cool 2 Cive Emotional Brains 3 Use nfluence of nature, nd if paranormal henomena xist,
Support LOOI 4 lgnore nnuendo it is technologyhat will permit us to master t
Moves 5 Dispense as weil.
Moves 5 Seduce
Medication So we don't hink hereought o be any imits
M u s c l e s 3 L i f tM a r t i n i on thenaturalnquisitiveness f he human pir it...
Muscles 5 Massage On the otherhand,some hings andestroryr ou r
Coal; Lurid Fornication
campaign.Those of vo u rvho'vegamemastered
Coal: ServingHumanity Distinctive Mannerism:Always alking about Other Came-\lknolv what we're alkingabout;
DistinctiveMannerlsrn:H as a "gosh" attitude nurses' hysical nributes. remembervhen ne of yourcharactersot a ring
about ife. of unlimited ,r'ishes?r the ime he mutant ar-
Dr . oseph rustworthy nivorousribbles ot oose nddestroyediviliza-
RonnyNapolitano FatherlyDoctor tion? f the characters evelopsomething oo
Smart-AlecOrderly powerful,1,ou os e control of the game.
Ha sbeenmarried o samewoman or 40 years, Ho w can hishappen n GHOSIEUSIfRS?
ok - W ell,
Apparently ithoutcare, lwaysaughing, perfectlyhapp1,,ontented, entle,belovedby ail
suppose gon evelops device hat permits ravel
i n g , an d playing practical okes, he secretly who knowhim, butstrangelyersistsn hiring he
a l o n gan1,oi heeleven or maybe welve) imen-
dreamsof being a great doctor/pianist/military craziest,m ostbizarrely ncompetent taff n any
sional xes. h isdevicepermits ravel n time,as
h stori nl lumberjack/martial rti t/theol gian, but h o s p i t a lh i ss i d eo f a H a m m e r i l m . well as o an nfinite umber f other universes"
hasn'tquite got started.Bu t any day now. - th eChostbusteBan go o Oz, or a worldwhere
Brains 5 Cuess
B r ai n s 5 U ns ys te ma ti c the Nazis von, or even he world of your Other
Cool 7 Talk Camet|campaign.
Reading
S y m p a t h e t i c a l l y 10 T h a tsounds e al nteresting,ut et's ace t -
Co ol 2 N u r s eC r u d g e you're no t playing GHOSIEUSIERS ny more.
MOVES 2 \Valk With Cane
Moves 4 Se e You're lal,ing om ekind of transtemporal ultiver-
Muscles 1 Shake ist sa l game.
Muscles Lift
Coa/:Cive People nothei'Chancean danother, So how' d o vo u stop this? Here are some
Coal; Know Why He' s Here and another...) s u g g e s t ni :
DistinctiveMannerism:Laughsat things that Disttnctrve annerism: landly ssumeshe best
aren't unny. of everyone. ften eclines ith hishands ehind CrusaderK oalasFrom Bevond
his head. Space nd Time
When he Chostbustersave nvented device
Dirk or stumbledonto somethingwhich poten-
Evil Administrator tiallywreckyour campaign, Crusader oala
PK Emetersma ydetectghostly ccountbooks showsup. The stubby ittle marsupial ays,n a
a n dc a l c u l a t o r sh a i n e do h i s e l l o w . e s s l i m
and well-dressed, nd somehow always has
enough money even though St. Pitfalz Boes
through egular inancial rises. ascomplete

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T he Ghost of Colonel Parkins- CIyde Th e Ghost of the Baldwin Theater-

DeceasedDoberman Pinscher
ColonelCenld Parkins, \€teranof the Spanish When Timor Development,nc.,demolished
AmericanWar, pentmostof hisdeclining ears In ifeClydeguardedMarty's ll-American er - th e BaldwinTheater n Broadwav nd 41stStreet.
dozing in an armchairbefore he fire at the vice Station, rotecting he ga s tation rom bums, the eliteof New York'sheatrical ommunity am e
M i e n i m Club,Manhattan's o stdisti guished criminals nd riffraff f all sorts.C lyde gave h e to protest he desecration.h e Baldwinwa so ne
gentleman's ociety.There,he would drink port best en years f his if e o Marty ruiningh is of the city'soldest n d grandest layhouses,n d
and alk o hiscronies boutarmy ife and com- h e a l t h t a y i n g p a l l n i g h ta n d s l e e p i n gn g a s i n its day had been a major contributor o th e
plain this generationim ost whom, fumesal l day.Then Marty boughta new dog - legend f the CreatWhite Way.Here, oe s& Janes,
in hisopinion,"deserveda good hrashing." ince an dwithout o muchas a "thankvou" ha dClvde North Pacific, umpin' Jehosephatsnd the im-
hi sdeath n 1936, olonelP arkins'ghosta s cca- pu t o sleep.Needlesso say,C lyde's host oesn't mortalStarzapoppln ad heir Broadway remier.
sionallymanifested sa form sleepingn hi so ld like Marty very much. The New York Timescalled ts demolition " a
armchair. he members f the club,charmed y Norru lydehauntsMarty'sAll,{merican Service tragedy"; oe Papp aid, Ne w Yorkhas ostan
this in k with the past, eft he old gentleman's Station. e ikes o SneakUp behindMartvwhen old friend."
ghostalone. Marty s operating eavymachinery r working A megalth c of f ce-and-l xury-apartment om -
Recently, new city ordinance has orced he under car, ar k o u d l yan dChompMartyon the plex, Viola Tower, oseon its site. Th e architec-
Millenium to open its membershipo women. seat f th e pants.M arty sn't tanding p so good ture wasuniformlydamnedby criticseverywhere,
ColonelParkins, ho spent o manyhours n the to th e pressure. but the $500,000apartments completewith
companyof crustymalecompanions,s outraged. sauna nd patio n everyunit)sold ike wildfire.
Several imes, he h as manifested o Argue with Power: But now the ghostof the Baldwinappears very
women members; nce,he Thrashed ith a ghost- S p e c i a l b i l i t i e s : C h o m p ;S n e a kU p da ya t 1 p.m. no matinees n Sunday) nd every
ly riding rop not he womanwhosepresence nightat B within Viola Tow,er'savernousobby/
annq,edhi m - bu t her malecompanion he's oo Ectopresence:
s h o p p i n gm a l l .C h o s t l y h o r u s i n e s , i v a s n d
much of a gentleman o beata woman).Several Coal: DriveMarty l e a d i n gm e n r o t h e b o a r d s i t h i n h e g h o s t l y
Crazy
femalemembers ave omplained f harassment, Baldwin, elting ut ghostl.v usical umbers
a n d h e T h r a s h e dn d i v i d u a ls s u i n s h e c l u b . amid ghostly aughter iolaTower'sesidentsin d
Tammanung the din appalling.
Power
lndian W ar Chiei Co-op alesn the Torver re plummetting, nd
S p ec i al b i li t ie s A rg ue ;Thrash he Sol Timor,owner of the complex, s furious.
YoungBlighters T h r e ecenturies go ,Tammanung'sribe (pick
a n I n d i a n r i b ew h i c h u s e d o i n h a b i t o u ra r e a ) Power: f
Ectopresence
wa sambushed nd brutallvmassacredv a ri val S p e c i a l b i l i t i e s : S i n g& D a n c e
Coal: Restorehe Millenium to an Exclusively tribe who coveted heir rich, ertile and. Every
hundred ears n theanniversaryf he massacre Ectopresence
Male Membershio
T a m m a n u n ge t u r n so t h e s i t e f h i sv i l l a g e . e Coal:Pu tO n T he BestDarnShowThisBurgHa s
hauntshe area ora week, riving he nhabitants EverSeen
Nick away or, f theydon't leave, estroyinghem.
LateD ug-CrazedMotorcycle Man ac Tammanung anifests s a 25{oot all Indian
dressedn leather reeches, occasins, n d u ll
N i c k , t o n e d u to f h i sm i n d ,w i p e do u t w h i l e headdress. e carriesa tomahawk,bow and
Art Director
doing 95 MPH on the New York Thruway n a arrows,an d spear.He speaksonly his tribal
thunderstorm. ince henhe ravels u r Nation's language. L u i g im e t h i s e n d a t t e m p t i n go m e e ta t i g h t
Highways nd Byways y night,poppingwheelies, Tammanung'sc 'r'ersreawesome he ests nd deadline.He was ound buried undera oil e of
making obscenegestures t police cars, and gathers i sstrengtho r a hundred ears etween rubber-cementedalleys drowned n a cup of
frighteninghe witsout of nuns n station agons. manifestations); h e Chostbusters ould be well coffee.
Th e Chostbustersare hired by the Highway a d v i s e do s e e k h e h e l p o f a n I n d i a ns h a m a n L u i g i ' s p i r i tn o w h a u n t s h e a r t d e p a r t m e n t
Authority o eliminate his supernatural enace b e f o r ea c k l i n g i m ( i f h e y a n i n do n e w i l l i n g where he met his final deadline.He wanders
to safemotoring. to helo). a b o u t h a i n m o k i n g ,i l l i n g h e o o mw i t h e c t o -
Eliminating ick is no bowl of Nachos, ow- smokea nd ghostlycigarette utts.At nig ht he
ever.Nick nevergets of f hi s bike, and once hit Power: completely eorganizeshe artdepartment, iding
by a proton beam will zoom awaycursing, eav- Special bilities: WeaponUse;T e r - important ork n drawers,nd gathering upplies
in ga trailof ectoplasmickid-marksehindhim. rorize;RainDance and books and stacking hem in boxes n th e
T he Chostbusters ill have o chaseNick down middle of the floor.By the time the employees
the highway t speeds reaterha nwould normal- Ectopresence:
sorteverything ut, he da y s shotand no work
ly be considered safe - or sane. (Picture a Coal: Reclaim getsdone.
AncestralH omeland
Chostbuster linging o ECIOI's roof-rack nd at- Luigi eaves trailof rubber ement wherever
tempting o proton-packNick as they scream he goes. e constantlyibbers,Slapit
a l o n gat 95 MPH... Pretty arn exciting, o?) ge t t outi as he works hi s destruction.
Nick sstilla lousy river, nd must oll against
his Powero keep rom wiping out when aftempt- Power:
in gdangerous,tupid tunts n hisb i k e .But ook Special bilities: Slime Rubber
at it this wav: he'salreadv ead.What's he worst Cement, ctually);
that could happen o him? Poltergeist
Power: Ectopresence:
Special bilities Z i p o n B i k e Moves Coal: Revenge
at speedof 9)
Ectopresence:

Coal: Die BeforeHe CetsOl d (already chieved)

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