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Welcome To St. Julian's
Welcome To St. Julian's
JULIAN’S
A LIMINAL HORROR MODULE
BY KYLE TAM
INTRODUCTION
02
The Blackcoat’s
Daughter
TOUCHSTONES
Shake, Rattle, And
Roll
Blair Witch
The Wishing Stairs
My mother’s stories
of her time in
Catholic school
The ravages of WW2
on the Philippines
Roman Catholicism
A History of St. Julian’s
37 AD
St. Julian the Hospitaller is swayed by
The Tempus Below to kill his parents. 38 AD
St. Julian encounters a pilgrim. The
pilgrim reveals himself as an immortal
13TH CENTURY AD wanderer, bound to protect the world
St. Julian is canonicalized. from evil. St. Julian binds himself to The
Saint’s Sword as penance, in order to
15TH CENTURY AD destroy this “devil”.
Worship of St. Julian the Hospitaller
spreads across the world. 1822
1862 St. Julian’s Catholic School is founded
by the Italian Fr. Damasco Bernardino.
Fr. Bernardino makes a deal with The This stirs waves of displeasure from the
Tempus Below to sacrifice students in existing engankto who resided on its
exchange for immortality, serving as grounds.
the eternal Headmaster.
1863
A rash of students disappear from the
1892 school. The story is quickly buried.
The first sightings of the Luxatis Hora
are reported as harmless illusions or
ghosts of previous students. 1942
St. Julian’s Catholic School acts as a
1948 battleground during WW2, eventually
burning down during the “Battle at St.
Fr. Bernardino returns in the guise of Fr.
Julian’s”. Fr. Bernardino is missing,
Bernard Damaso. The school is rebuilt.
presumed dead.
1967
The first of the Luxatis Dies are spotted,
terrorizing students who stay late. 2012
St. Julian enters the school as Mr. Julius
Castro, the new music teacher.
2022
The 200th anniversary celebration of St.
Julian’s Catholic School is set to begin,
with students, parents, and teachers
alike staying overnight to prepare. This
module begins at Doom 1.
DOOM CLOCK
DOOM 1: Preparations are underway for the
200th anniversary of St. Julian’s.
They are agents, willing or unwilling, of the They are a secret knighthood sworn to the Holy See,
Tempus Below. Their purpose is to create tasked with eliminating all threats to the Church. Their
further rifts in time so as to breach reality. purpose is to cleanse the school of all unholiness.
ACTIONS: Flush out that which would threaten this hallowed land, protect those who still adhere to the old ways.
BASE: The Balete Tree
FACULTY
Teachers who are nominally in charge. They are trying to find a way out of the school, protecting their students and themselves.
ACTIONS: Try to find exits, evacuate students, make sure everybody keeps calm and doesn’t panic.
BASE: Teacher’s Lounge
ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE
Go-getter students who want to make sure that the party goes off without a hitch. They are trying to make the anniversary
actually happen.
ACTIONS: Setting up the anniversary celebration, inclusive of games, performances, meals, and a fireworks show.
BASE: Auditorium
LUXATIS DIES
6 HP, 11 STR, 12 DEX, 11 CTRL, Ghostly Strike (D6),
Phantom Bullet (D8)
LUXATIS SAECULUM
8 HP, 12 STR, 10 DEX, 12 CTR, Strike From Beyond (D8),
Primordial Ooze (D8)
Formed of what could-haves and what may-bes
Limitless, endless, distressing
Want to find a place where they belong, or to destroy where
they cannot
Critical Stress: Begins the process of turning the affected
into one of their ilk.
LOCATIONS - 2022 02
TEACHER’S LOUNGE
Mismatched chairs and half-filled coffee
adorn the many desks.
Mr. Castro’s desk contains hymnal music
and prayers to St. Michael the Archangel.
Ms. Escaler’s desk has a sketch of the
Tempus Below. Take d6 Stress if you stare
at it too long.
There are scattered invitations and half-
written plans for the anniversary.
All the clocks have ceased moving.
OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES
ENGLISH CLASSROOM
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A dog-eared copy of Rampage can be
found on the teacher’s desk.
Faintly, the sounds of hymns can be heard.
MATH CLASSROOM
Home to rulers, protractors, calculators, and
angles.
An overhead projector plays and replays
footage of the school’s history.
There is the smell of fire. The sound of
screams.
Two students are hiding beneath the desk.
Past Doom 5, they are Luxatis instead.
CAFETERIA
Smells of tepid stew and steamed white
rice waft over the tables.
Cling wrapped platters of barbecue, pancit,
and lumpia adorn the tables.
Knives and forks are easily found, strewn
across tables or in drawers.
The spirits of the dead are more likely to
converge where food is found… or burnt.
GUIDANCE OFFICE
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The room smells faintly of lavender,
chamomile, and clay.
A hidden passageway behind the
bookshelf leads towards the chapel, behind
the candles.
SCHOOL FIELD
Pennants fly over the well-trod grass, goals
and netting on either side.
Familiar and unfamiliar footprints criss-
crossing betwixt and between each other.
Who are the attackers? Who are the
defenders? Anito lurk among the bleachers.
Markers drawn in field chalk, dividing one
side of the world from the other.
CHAPEL
A place for prayer and quiet
contemplation, lit by eco-friendly bulbs
and cheap candles.
The confessional waits to the side for those
carrying guilt in their chests.
Light a candle and you may see a vision of
the future - take D4 Stress to perceive these
truths.
Praying in the pew, two of the Luxatis
intermingle with fearful students and
teachers.
OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES
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Here lie the unfortunate and frightful,
unwilling and unable to take destiny into
their own hands.
You hear the incessant ticking of time’s
progression, the walls of the temporal
bleeding into each other. When the Doom
Clock hits 4, the path to the Tempus Below
will be opened.
02
HEADMASTER’S OFFICE
A gnarled balete tree of indeterminate age.
Protected and necessary.
Centrally located - the school is built
around it.
Gives off an air of occupancy, that it should
be left well alone.
Equipment is decently maintained - a
swing set, a slide, monkey bars.
Home to the Nuno sa Punso and Tikbalang.
Keeping the school rooted in this reality -
uprooted at Doom Clock 7.
OUTDOOR RESTROOM
Cracked porcelain tiling and leaky faucets,
ACTIVITIES
dripping away from second to second.
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bathroom stall alongside a phone number.
If any character calls that number, they will
receive a single piece of advice from a
deceased loved one and take D4 Stress.
LOCATIONS - 1942
OUTDOOR BARRICADES
Made of overturned desks and shelves
ACTIVITIES
hastily stacked together.
Pockmarked with bullet holes and spatters
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Spirits of the living and the dead grapple
with each other for the right to this land.
FIELD SURGERY
Cots filled with groaning and frightened
soldiers.
Everywhere, the stench of unguents and
blood.
No one will notice a missing scalpel or roll
of gauze.
The dead are not likely to stay dead, and
those on the edges of time slip in easily.
INFIRMARY
Most here are clinging to life by a thread,
suffering in a way few could understand.
Death seems to lurk around every corner…
though that could also be St. Julian’s
shadow.
The personal effects of the dead and the
dying can be rifled through, if you are
desperate.
A little crystallized prophet sits in an
alcove for the taking.
STOCKPILE
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All sorts of books and crafts material can be
scrounged from here.
A dog-eared copy of Rampage can be
found on the teacher’s desk.
Faintly, the sounds of hymns can be heard.
WAR ROOM
Officials tap out the rhythms of battle on an
unfolded map.
The eyes of God and gods watch the scene
unfold, familiar faces echoing across time.
They treat you as if you are welcome, so
long as you are willing to play this game of
life and death.
If you change what happens here, what
would the world be like should you return?
MESS HALL
All around you, soldiers grab and jostle for
what few morsels they can - a boodle fight,
a miniature war.
Spam, rice, limp vegetables, and scraps are
laid out for the enterprising to snatch up
with their hands.
The spirits linger, for those who have the
ears to hear and the eyes to see.
People start and stop in place, or move
twice as fast as they need to.
HOLDING CELL
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they know fragments of the evil below this
place.
NOTE: This room can be removed as
needed.
02
BATTLEFIELD
Here, the fields are stained with blood.
Here, the world is haunted by war.
Bullets and bombshells fly as fires blaze all
around. Deaths are replayed ad infinitum.
You can pick up true weapons from here.
Guns and bullets are in abundance, should
you be brave enough to scavenge them.
There are bodies of those you know, and
those you do not. Sometimes, the bodies
wake.
OUTDOOR CHAPEL
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ACTIVITIES
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Speak your sins to the confessional, and
you may find your penance more severe
than the crime.
02
ALL-PURPOSE HALL
Chairs are stacked side by side with each
other.
Battle maps are stuck to walls, soldiers
jostling each other for a glimpse of what is
to come.
Fatigues are side by side with school
uniforms, peers and playmates shifting
between that time and this.
OUTDOOR BATHROOM
Less a bathroom and more a collection of
ACTIVITIES
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BETWEEN ERAS
1. Scholarship Student
2. Popular Kid
3. Shameless Gossip
4. Bully
5. Part-Time Streamer
6. Rich and Flashy
7. PTA Member
8. Vocal Atheist
9. Arts Enthusiast
10. Absentee Parent
11. Jaded Former Student
12. Teacher-In-Training
13. Guidance Counselor
14. Disgruntled Educator
15. Devout Teacher
16. Nun
17. Monk
18. School Administrator
19. Custodial Staff
20. Alumni Committee
THE ABYSS STARES
BACK
What was your first encounter with the
unknown?
1. Jocks
2. Drama Club
3. Bible Study Group
4. Nerds
5. Cool Kids
6. Student Council
7. Faculty
8. Administration
9. PTA
10. School Board
CHARACTER TRAITS
(FASHION)
1. Preppy
2. Goth
3. Bohemian
4. Sporty
5. Glam
6. Conservative
7. Basic
8. Trendy
9. Retro
10. Cutesy
CHARACTER TRAITS
(BEST SUBJECT)
1. Math
2. History
3. Home Economics
4. Catechism
5. Science
6. Language Arts
7. Drama
8. Information Technology
9. Music
10. Art
EQUIPMENT
Traditionally, weapons and tactical gear are frowned upon in schools.
Particularly Catholic schools. This is why those undertaking
adventures on the grounds of St. Julian’s will be required to utilize
improvised and creative weaponry. Efficacy cannot always be
guaranteed.
WEAPONS [D20]
1: Musical Instrument
2 - 7: Sports Equipment
8 - 17: Semi-Sharp Blade (Cutter, Scissors)
18 - 19: “Borrowed” Gun
20: Magic