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Monster of The Week Playbooks and Teambooks Menu
HUnter playboOks
Hunter playbooks have been given indic-
You have studied monsters and the occult
all your life. Now you are more of a mentor
You work for an official monster-hunting
agency. Good at directing and supporting
You lost everything important
to monsters and seek revenge
ative ratings (from 1 to 3) in: and supporter to the team than a front-line the team. by killing them all. All about desperate
monster hunter. Action Story action.
಄ Action: How effective they are with
stunts and fighting. Action Story Mystery Team Action Story
Mystery Team Odd Mystery Team
Mystery: How effective they are
at research, talking to people, and Odd Odd
Snoop
generally figuring stuff out.
Flake You are a journalist who investigates the
ભ Odd: How much they get weird powers
and strange stuff going on with them.
You believe and research the strangest side supernatural. All about finding the facts. Tome of Mysteries
of the paranormal, and rely on intuition Action Story Gumshoe
ҝ Story: How much the inclusion of more than facts. Mystery You are a detective or private eye with a
this playbook will influence the whole Team
game. Action Story Odd connection to the supernatural, and a code.
Mystery Team (Note: new in hardcover edition, also avail- Great at solving mysteries.
ย Team: How much you help the team
as a whole succeed. Odd able from Generic Games or Evil Hat websites) Action Story
Icons in this document were provided by Initiate Spell-slinger Mystery Team
game-icons.net under a CC-BY license. You are part of an ancient monster-hunting You are a wizard, trained and with a paid Odd
secret society. Wide range of abilities. up membership. Great at casting spells. Hex
Monster of the Week Action Story Action Story A trained witch who can codify her spells
so they are more predictable. Excellent at
Chosen Mystery Team Mystery Team
You are the chosen one. You have the Odd Odd magic.
potential to stop the end of the world, but Monstrous Spooktacular Action Story
you aren’t ready for it yet. Mystery Team
You are a monster—or half-monster—on You were part of the crew in a mystical
Odd
Action Story the side of good. Wide variety of abilities carnival. You’re good socially and have
Mystery Team depending on building your monstrous access to useful magical skills. Pararomantic
Odd breed. Action Story You have a deep emotional bond with
Crooked Action Story Mystery Team a monster. The relationship gives you
You have an occult criminal past, but now Mystery Team Odd insights into the mystical.
you hunt monsters. Brings old friends and Odd (Note: new in hardcover edition, also avail- Action Story
enemies into the story. Mundane
able from Generic Games or Evil Hat websites) Mystery Team
Odd
Action Story You are the regular person without any Spooky
Mystery Team powers. Good at supporting the rest of You have strange, dark mystical powers Searcher
Odd the team (often by getting into trouble). that tempt you to do bad things. Great at You had an encounter with the unknown
Divine Action Story weird dark magic and angst. that left you on a quest for answers.
You are, or have been imbued with, a godly Mystery Team Action Story Action Story
power. This causes many problems, but you Odd Mystery Team Mystery Team
are formidable. Odd Odd
Action Story
Mystery Team
Odd
The Last Survivors
Other approved playboOks
Check the Generic Games website for links to
Quick Ideas
಄I want action! Look at: Chosen,
Team PlayboOks
These are rated from 1-3 by:
The team survived a terrible, apocalyptic
event and just managed to stop it. Now
and/or downloads of these playbooks. Divine, Expert, Spell-slinger, Wronged, they try to prevent the next one.
Constructed Constructed, Exile, Hard Case, ભ Odd: How far they take you from the
Summoned.
game’s “default” assumptions. Odd Story
You are an artificial, made person. Powerful
but troubled. I want mystery-solving! Look at: ҝ Story: How much they direct the League of Double Lives
whole game to be about the team’s The team balances monster hunting
Crooked, Expert, Flake, Mundane,
Action Story background. against their real identities as important
Mystery Pararomantic, Professional, Snoop,
Team Spooky, Gumshoe, Searcher, Meddling people in their town.
Odd
Exile
Kid. Codex of Worlds Odd Story
ભ I want weird powers and magic! Look Agents in Black Mercenaries
You were transported from the past in at: Divine, Monstrous, Spell-slinger, The team works for the agency that defends The team are freelance monster hunters.
pursuit of a monster, and must learn to Spooktacular, Spooky, Hex, Pararo- Earth from aliens and weird science.
live in the modern world. mantic, Constructed, Curse-eater, Odd Story
Odd Story
Action Story Exile, Summoned. Mystery Club
Mystery Team ҝ I want to be the centre of the story! Always on the Road The team are cartoon-style monster
The team travels from one monster lead to
Odd Look at: Chosen, Divine, Initiate, hunters, more slapstick and jokes than
Wronged, Pararomantic, Curse Eater, the next, each mystery a new place. horror.
Hard Case Exile, Meddling Kid, Summoned. Odd Story
You are a tough as nails fighter. Odd Story
ย I want to support the team! Look The Chosen One & Entourage
Action Story at: Expert, Initiate, Mundane, Profes- The Night Shift
Mystery The team comprises a Chosen and their
Team sional, Sidekick. The team works the night shift at a place
Odd friends and supporters.
that draws weirdness.
Odd Story Odd Story
Meddling Kid
Jinkies! Time to figure out if it really is old Guardians of the Suburban Watch Group
man Smithers under that mask! Borderland The team defends their home neighbour-
The team look after an area where the
Action Story borders between worlds are thin.
hood from the dangers of the occult.
Mystery Team Odd Story
Odd Odd Story
Touring Band
Sidekick I.M.P.S. The team is a band. Wherever they go,
You are the star-struck sidekick of one of The team is an elite international monster there always seem to be monsters there.
the other hunters, striving to be like them. hunting squad. Lots of support and gear,
mysteries can be anywhere in the world. Odd Story
Action Story Whistleblowers
Mystery Team Odd Story
This team has discovered their organisa-
Odd Interdimensional Crisis Team tion is using the supernatural for evil, and
Summoned The team is a multiversal troubleshooting have decided to fight back.
You were summoned to end the world, but squad, dealing with monsters from many
worlds and timelines. Odd Story
you don’t want to do that any more. You
might start the apocalypse by accident. Odd Story Wild Hunt Fugitives
Forced to become part of the Wild Hunt
Action Story of myth, but they escaped. Now the Hunt
Mystery Team is after them.
Odd
Odd Story
Codex Stretch Goals
Hunter PlayboOks Team PlayboOks
Curse-eater An Army of One
You can take curses and evil magic into The team are all different versions of the
yourself and then use them, although you same person. Clones, alternate timeline
risk corruption. variants, quintuplets—the choice is yours!
Action Story Odd Story
Mystery Team Back To Square One
Odd The team were once veteran monster
hunters, but have lost all their powers.
Odd Story
Doomed World Exiles
The team survived an apocalypse in a
different world or timeline, and washed
up here.
Odd Story
Monster Revelations Show
The team are journalists investigating the
uncanny.
Odd Story
Storied Hunter Lineage
The team are members of a long surviving
monster hunting family, who know many
secrets but also draw the attention of
powerful enemies.
Odd Story
Thrill Seekers
The team hunts monsters for the pure
adrenaline excitement of it all.
Odd Story