A noir steampunk detective tabletop RPG about revolution and survival in a desolate world where the number of credits is valued more highly than human lives.
Fate is determined at birth, but what should you do if you no longer want to draw lots?
Alternate 20th Century, Greenland. A port metropolis transformed into an oil industrial zone. The environment is in decline: the snow has melted, and clean air has become a luxury. The city is heated by a central boiler plant.
The streets are filled with public unrest amid the appearance of a mysterious broadcaster. He is called the people’s messiah. The atmosphere between social classes is heating up.
At midnight, you meet an acquaintance and find his body. Next to the body is a note: «You are next, » and in his pockets is a city map. Through notes on the map, you realize that the central heating boiler is scheduled to explode in four hours. Discover who is behind the murder and if it is connected to the messiah before death catches up to you.
Society is divided into three classes
Elite
The highest class, possessing all the benefits and privileges, including massive bank accounts and ownership of the city’s industrial enterprises.Proletariat
The middle class, working in factories and communicating with the other two classes with confidence due to their neutrality.The Poor
The lowest class, living in the city’s disadvantaged districts amid industrial fumes. They are deprived of property and credit and live in groups.The distinction between the classes is reflected in the characteristics and the number of credits for the characters. The poor, who wander through the city, possess excellent knowledge of the area and navigate it easily. The proletariat has better grit due to hard labor at the factory. The elite think better than anyone else, preferring not to get their hands dirty.
Messiah believes that every class harbors sins, so societal division is merely prejudice held by the wealthy. The oppressed deserve better! Murders, mirroring mortal sins, are appearing in the streets.
The Game of Seven Deadly Sins
Wrath, Lust, Despair, Envy, Pride, and Greed. Each possesses unique properties.Heroes can emulate these sins and gain an advantage from them, but their use affects the regret meter.The Guilt Scale is a measure of the characters' sense of shame for past and present sins. The higher it is, the more unscrupulous you are.
Initially, the meter is half-full. Characters can succumb to a sin and utilize its advantage, but this suppresses feelings of guilt, and the meter grows.For example, a proletarian with the sin of «wrath» gains a bonus on a d6 check for oratory. This pleasant bonus causes the meter to rise, and the character begins leaving trails that lead the messiah’s trackers.
Encountering the People’s Messiah — The Climax of the Game
Encountering the antagonist reveals his true motivations. The Messiah is a fallen elite. Humiliated and offended, he decided to exploit the weak points of the lower classes and incite a revolution, positioning himself as its leader. Your dead comrade stood in his way, and paid the price with his life. The Messiah wants to make the classes hate each other. However, you and your teamwork stand in opposition to his ideology.
Your journey from the beginning to the end of the game influences the conclusion: the locations you visited, the items you found, the murders you investigated, the sins you emulated—all of this will become a determining factor in the confrontation with the Messiah.
The confrontation will determine the future of society: after defeating the messiah, the fate of the enraged mob is in your hands. What will you do?
