Bestiary

DHS agents who pursue “paranormal domestic terrorists” find that they can’t talk openly with one another without management finding out and quashing their investigations. As a result, an anonymous agents set up the Watch List, an email group that DHS hunters can use to both discuss what they’ve encountered and to find ways to couch their investigation in bureaucracy-friendly terms.

Discussion on the Watch List is circumspect at the best of times. The list automatically sends out monthly reminders that users should never disclose personal information, and that the list itself is probably compromised — both by paranormal elements and DHS management.

The following Merits and Flaws cover specific situations that may come up with hunter characters working for government agencies. All the following Merits and Flaws are subject to Storyteller approval.

Too many years in the intelligence business means that you know that it’s only paranoia if they’re not out to get you. You’re suspicious of everything and everyone — you’d call for backup, but how can you be sure that they’re not in on it too? You pick up on innocuous details, each one providing more evidence for the conspiracy against you. Add one to the difficulty of all social interaction rolls.