“Endgame”
As if things weren’t dark enough…
We start with love letters in the form of hospital charts. Chloe desperately tries to stave off damnation just a bit longer, but that puts Mara in the crosshairs. The rest of the cast are blindsided – they know they have to do something, but what?
So yeah, this was my first attempt at love letters. And yeah, I joke about them making less work for myself, but the truth is it took a lot longer to put those together than you might think, AND I really wish I’d had more time to work on them. You of course can’t see it in the podcast, but I put on a labcoat with a fake Nametag/ID, and each PC’s love letter on a fake Hospital Patient Record Charts.
I figure people might be interested in the full love letters, so I’ll post those below (minus the Hospital charts), but I encourage you to listen to the episode before reading these.
Monsterhearts Love Letters:
Chassidy
When the pack calls, you answer. In the forest south of town there is a pack of wolves, several of whom are Weremen. Don’t laugh, it’s actually kind of sad when they change, every new moon. Worse a group of Cyprians (a sort of bloodthirsty Satyr) is in the area and stole one last month, that can’t happen again.
(Roll + Volatile)
10+ You and the rest of your pack changed and ran with the wolves. As a new member, how did the wolves react to you? What happened when they changed? 3 Cyprians showed up with sickles and nets. You and yours won, but tell us about the fight.
7-9 As above, but Buck (one of your pack, not the wolves) died in the fight.
6- Buck fared no better than 7-9. The Cyprians made off with one of the weremen during the fight, and your pack blames you. What happened?
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Chloe
When the car came out of the centerline ditch and into the other lanes of traffic, well it’s a miracle you survived. Well, miracle might not be the right word. There were a lot of injuries, and half a dozen deaths in the ensuing pileup. You were in a coma for a bit there, and you dreamed.
(Roll + Dark)
10+ In your dream you visited a hellish utopia. Tell us about it. Eventually you met a servant of Raz who gave you a task. It was terrible but you completed it; what was it, and how did you do it? The next night a different servant had another task for you. This servant seemed less frightening, why was that worse? In all you’ve completed 3 tasks and been given a 4th. (Raz might have a few less strings on you!)
7-9 As above, but you’ve only completed 2 tasks and received a 3rd.
6- As 7-9 above, but you tried and fucked up the 3rd task.
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Gabe
Before I tell you the prognosis, there are some details missing on your chart. After you set fire to the old house you went on alone into the hills to the North, searching.
You found something, I want you to tell us what.
(Roll + Volatile)
10+ You spotted a fireman’s hat, and after that the trail was easy to follow. You found a cave, maybe THE cave, and the possessed spilled out in force. There was a fight, maybe some of the police, firemen and/or paramedics recovered. Anyway, you were found (and maybe some of the others?) on the edge of the hills near the highway, dehydrated, hungry and battered. But you’re a hero. Or not so much, depends on who you talk to and how things went.
7-9 Same as 10+, but they found you well before you got near the cave.
6- It didn’t take long before you realized you were lost, but then you spotted the paramedic. He came to (as himself) a few hours after you beat him up, but he was disoriented, and as lost as you. Tell us how you survived without food or drink for several days and eventually made it back to civilization.
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Mara
You’ve been, let’s not put too fine a point on it, stalking Dr. Fein for the last few days. He’s got dirt on you, it’s only fair to have dirt on him right!? How’d that work out for you?
(Roll + Cold)
10+ You’ve mostly kept tabs on him outside of work. Who does he have coffee with at a different Starbucks each day before going home. What do you think that’s about? The hot new nurse he ditched your mom for is spending a lot of time with someone else. Maybe that could be leveraged? Why were you following her around anyways?
7-9 Basically as above, but you decided to snoop around at the Hospital. Surprisingly it’s easier to get in then out and you had to spend a night there. Where did you stay, and what happened? You think Dr. Fein may have seen you.
6- As 7-9, but you ended up stuck in the morgue. There were a bunch of relatively fresh corpses. They wouldn’t miss one or two, am I right? Where did Dr. Fein see you?
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Robin
Your new gender and look has created quite a stir in the school. Gym class was certainly awkward. You’ve started a trend, but is anything ever smooth sailing? Tell us how the last week has been.
(Roll + Hot)
10+ You got some unwelcome attention on Monday, tell us about that. By Wednesday several other students had followed your lead in one respect or another which led to a decrease in the bullying. Now there’s talk of starting a roller-derby club.
7-9 You got some unwelcome attention on Monday, tell us about that. By Wednesday a few other students had followed your lead in one respect or another, so at least all the bullying isn’t directed at you. Staff got wind that you were going to be leading a secret roller-derby club.
6- Monday was shit (why?), and Tuesday twice as bad(why?). You almost ditched the new look but gave it a 3rd go and after the fight (what happened w/ Principle Sienna?) you got a bit of respect and some of the other kids said they we going to follow your lead (and did.)
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