Paranoia XP: The Traitor's Manual

by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

WARNING! TREASON!These files can CORRUPT YOUR MINDThe PARANOIA roleplaying game's many secret societies are illegal. Dissemination of their doctrines in Alpha Complex is forbidden. Therefore, your friend The Computer politely orders you to beware of THE TRAITOR'S MANUAL!This unforgivably comprehensive guide details, for players and Gamemasters alike, all 16 secret societies in the PARANOIA XP rulebook, from Anti-Mutant and the Communists to Psion, PURGE and the Sierra Club. Lengthy individual writeups describe, in appalling depth, each society's feuding factions, devious recruiting methods, code names, loyalty tests, means of advancement and current activities.Oh yes, a crafty PARANOIA player might think it helpful, even fun, to learn specific message-drop points and black market sites, ways to avoid surveillance or sabotage Troubleshooters in rival societies, and even the means to obtain Emergency Bathroom Break Tickets. Citizens of untested loyalty might be tempted to read secrets and scandalous* The Death Leopard Cool Scale (treason scored by Style, Scale, Witnesses, Annoyance and Clearance of Citizen Injured)* The apocalyptic First Church of Christ Computer-Programmer sect, Church of the Impending Reboot* What a Computer Phreak can do with PDC.remcall(ME.fin).ac(04).set=univ.fin(gsbch).acloan(4,notrace,10000,0)* The Romantics' timeline of history ("Very Old Jesus builds Stonehenge. Frodo defeats Voldemort and saves the world. The Great A mighty President arises and conquers the world to save it from terrorists.")But do not be deceived! Exposure to these dangerous ideas may encourage insubordination, sedition, free thought and excessive bathroom breaks. This cannot be permitted!If you fail to comply with The Computer's directive, YOU ARE A TRAITOR! Only a TRAITOR would buy, own, read, study, exploit, extend or propagate THE TRAITOR'S

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First published September 15, 2004

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[Brendan · Rating 1 out of 5]

worst layout ever