Hallowed

  2003 Timeline (Chronological Order) January January 16: Columbia space shuttle launches January 23: North Korea withdraws from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty January 30: Phil Spector arrested for murder February February 1: Columbia shuttle disintegrates over Louisiana and Texas February 19: Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island  March March 1: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed captured  March 12: Elizabeth Smart found alive March 19: Invasion of Iraq begins March 23: "Mission Accomplished" banner declared prematurely March 31: Charlize Theron begins shooting Monster (Oscars later) April April 1: "Freedom Fries" stunt gains media attention April 21: Nina Simone dies May May 3: New Hampshire’s “Old Man of the Mountain” collapses May 15: Paul McCartney performs in Red Square May: Finding Nemo released June June: 2 Fast 2 Furious released June: 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ dominat...

Fall semester, 2003—two years before Hurricane Katrina will devastate New Orleans. The city is alive but tired: post-9/11 anxieties, budget cuts in public schools, a sense that something big is coming. No smartphones—students use Nokia brick phones, disposable cameras, and burned CDs. The internet exists (AIM, early MySpace, forums), but no one’s constantly online. Teachers and administrators are more likely to look the other way or bury problems to avoid scandal. Mood: A place stuck between centuries: old folklore still clings to life, but modernity is creeping in. Everyone knows the levees are in bad shape—just not how bad. The city feels haunted in more ways than one.

  Cypress Grove High School Cypress Grove High is a sprawling, timeworn school in the Garden District of New Orleans. The building itself is a patchwork of old and new: The original redbrick main hall dates back to the early 1900s, its architecture somewhere between elegant and oppressive . Over the decades, additional wings and portable classrooms were grafted on to handle overcrowding, giving the place a maze-like layout nobody fully understands. The ceilings in some corridors are stained from ancient leaks. The old gym has been condemned “pending renovations” for as long as anyone can remember, its doors chained shut and the windows blacked out. Faded murals in the cafeteria depict idealized, smiling students that no one recognizes anymore. During daylight, Cypress Grove looks like any other underfunded public high school: Lockers jammed with textbooks and half-finished art projects. Posters peeling off the walls—school spirit campaigns, anti-drug PSAs,...

Hallowed is a modern take on urban fantasy. Its tone is grim, dark, and occasionally tongue-in-cheek. Players will help shape the world through their characters’ backgrounds and ideas, making the setting truly collaborative. Most of the creatures’ abilities in the game are drawn directly from real-world folklore rather than recycled pop culture tropes, lending the supernatural a fresh and unsettling authenticity. When it comes to where you play, the sky’s the limit. Hallowed works in nearly any modern setting, whether you prefer the flickering neon of a decaying metropolis or the quiet menace of an isolated town. Here are a few ideas to inspire your campaign: New York City — The city that never sleeps is teeming with hidden cults, cursed relics, and old spirits haunting the cracks between skyscrapers. Los Angeles — Beneath the glamour lies a network of occult power brokers, abandoned film sets crawling with revenants, and ancient forces vying for influence. New Orleans — A city steeped...

 Bean Sidhe 18 Point Quality +1 CON or DEX. +1 INT +1 WILL Faerie Banshee 3 (6) Emotional Influence (Grief) 2 (4) Supernatural Senses(The Sight) Contacts(Supernatural) 1 +2 Occultism +2 Attractiveness Innate Magic Regeneration(CON per hour) Immortal Mild Faerie Arrogance Vulnerability(Iron - Minor) Faerie Compulsion(Can't cross running water)-2 Obligation(specific bloodline) -3   Vetala 19 point quality +2 STR +3 DEX +2 CON Fortune Telling (5) Body-Switching (13) Youth Drain (3) Regeneration (Con per hour) 1 Immortal Innate Magic 1 Antisocial Impulses(Violence) 3 Antisocial Impulses(Deceit) 3 Unique Kill(Fire) -3 Faerie Compulsion(Tell Riddles) -2 Semblance of the Beast -5 The Vetala is a fearsome creature from Hindu folklore, often likened to a vampire but far stranger and more unsettling than its European cousins. Unlike the pale aristocrats of Western myth, the Vetala is an unquiet spirit that inhabits and puppeteers corpses. It haunts cemeteries, charnel grounds, and place...

  Angel 44 point quality +4 to three attributes Possession (15) Regeneration(Con per Hour) (1) (Gains no Attractiveness levels at character creation.  Can purchase Attractiveness levels past human maximum) Winged Flight 3 (6) Unique Kill(Destroy the Eyes) (5) Immortal 0 Fast Reaction Time (2) Supernatural Attack (Holy Smite) - Major (7) (30 points of fire damage) Innate Magic (7) Limited Use(Holy Smite - Evil beings only) -1 Adversary (Hell) -3 Obligation(Heaven) -3 Archaic(Ancient) -2  Severe Zealot -2 Nephilim 18 Point Quality +4 to 3 attributes Regeneration(Con per hour) 1 Unique Kill(Destroy the eyes) 5 Immortal Fast Reaction Time Supernatural attack (Holy fire) 4 (20 points fire damage) Limited Use(Holy Fire - Evil beings only) -1 Adversary(Heaven and Hell) -6 Biblical Demon 26 Point Quality +3 STR +2 DEX +3 CON Hard to Kill 3 Possession (15) Immortal (0) Supernatural Senses(The Sight) (3) Regeneration(con per hour) (1) Innate Magic (7) demons are unable to enter hal...