Another first draft of a new Monsterhearts skin.

Another first draft of a new Monsterhearts skin. Fairly complete except for the How To Play section, which will be included in the final draft. Yes, that one Buffy episode was a big inspiration.

Originally shared by Topher Gerkey

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THE UNSEEN

Last week at the prom, when the captains of the football and basketball teams were making out in the locker room while their girlfriends wondered where they’d disappeared to, none of them saw you.

But you saw them.

Yesterday, when the calculus teacher hid in the supply closet during his prep period and snorted coke until his eyes looked like a doll’s, glassy and shining in the darkness, he didn’t see you.

But you saw him.

Earlier tonight, when the nerdy, sickly kid everyone picks on lured the head cheerleader into a dirty alley, sprouted fangs, and sucked her dry, they didn’t see you.

But you saw them.

Nobody ever notices you. But you can see everything. All the things they do when they think no-one is watching. And maybe it’s time you started taking advantage of that.

NAME

Choose a name:

Billy, Cecily, Griffin, Grover, Jacques, Kitty, Laura, Lyle, Marcy, Sebastian, Sue

A nerdy name, a stuffy name, a plain name, a foreign name

LOOK

Circle one from each list:

Bad posture, peering through bangs, beiges and creams, t-shirt that was popular two years ago, hand-me-downs (…not that anyone pays attention to your look.)

Knowing eyes, translucent eyes, downcast eyes, pearly eyes, forgettable eyes (…but when was the last time anyone looked into your eyes?)

ORIGIN

Circle one:

Invisibility formula, psychic blank spot, cursed to fade away, someone-else’s-problem field, light-bending physics accident

STATS

Add 1 to one of these:

Hot -1, Cold 1, Volatile 1, Dark -1

YOUR BACKSTORY

The Unseen must always declare their backstory second-to-last.

You are beneath notice. Erase all strings that other characters have on you so far.

You watch everyone in their private moments. Take 1 string on everyone else.

Someone inadvertantly showed you some very juicy blackmail material. Take 1 extra string on them.

UNSEEN MOVES

Choose one of these two moves:

✔ She’s Not There – You are unnoticeable. Nothing with a mind can see, hear, smell, or otherwise sense you, or anything you wear or carry. People will alter their paths to avoid bumping into you without being conscious of doing so. Evidence of your presence is ignored – if you are dripping wet or standing in a snowdrift, no-one will notice the puddle or footprints (but someone entering the scene after you have left will notice, and can point out the evidence to others, at which point they can see it). Cameras and other recording devices – anything non-sentient – can still register and record you. If you want to make yourself known to others, roll with Cold. On a 10 up, you can interact with others for one scene. On a 7-9, you stay invisible and inaudible, but you can make yourself noticed indirectly by writing notes or pushing people or furniture around. On a miss, become your Darkest Self.

or

✔ See Through You – You are perfectly transparent. Nothing can see you, including cameras. This only affects your body, not anything that you are wearing or carrying, so to be completely invisible you will need to be nude. You can still be heard, smelled, or felt, and evidence of your presence (footprints, floating patches of paint, etc.) may give away your location. If you want to interact with others normally, you will need to wear bandages or a mask, or cover your exposed skin with makeup. If you are disguised in this way and your true invisible nature is exposed, roll with Cold. On a 10 up, you can retain self-control and beat a hasty retreat, leaving viewers wondering what they just saw. On a 7-9, you are enraged and embarrassed. All onlookers get a string on you. On a miss, become your Darkest Self.

Then choose two more moves:

O  Blackmailer – When you covertly observe someone doing something they’d rather keep secret, take a string on them. When you spend a string to offer someone experience in exchange for doing what you want, keep the string if they refuse.

O  Grand Guignol – When you do something violent, destructive, perverse, or sadistic in order to attract attention, roll Volatile. On a 10 up, mark experience and treat anyone seeing or experiencing your handiwork as if you had used shut someone down on them and rolled 10 up. On a 7-9, treat them as if you’d used shut someone down and rolled 7-9, but also choose one:

~ They gain a string on you

~ You gain the condition Urban Legend

~ One of them (your choice) gains +1 forward (or Advantage) against you

On a miss, your atrocity is blamed on someone else. Become your Darkest Self. If you are already your Darkest Self, gain the condition Enraged.

O  Out of Thin Air – When you are invisible and lash out physically, add +1 to your Volatile roll as your attack comes from out of nowhere. Others take -1 to attempts to lash out physically at you.

O  Threatening Whispers – You can roll with Cold to manipulate an NPC by threatening to expose their secrets.You can shut someone down in this manner as well; add +1 to your Cold roll.

O  Vanishing Act – When you are invisible, you can always successfully run away from someone without having to roll, but choose one:

~ They take a string on you

~ You take 1 harm

~ You gain the condition Urban Legend

~ They gain +1 forward (or Advantage) against you

O  Voyeur – You may spend a string on someone to invisibly insert yourself into any scene that person is in. When you gaze into the abyss about someone you have strings on, spend one of those strings to change a miss into a 7-9, or a 7-9 into a 10 up. 

SEX MOVE

When someone acknowledges your existence through physical intimacy, give up all strings on them and give them three strings on you. They develop an uncanny sense for your presence and will always know approximately where you are when you are in a scene together. This sense lasts until either of you have sex with someone else or until they harshly ignore you.

DARKEST SELF

Such a bland and boring wallflower. You’re not even interesting enough to torment. None of them know you even exist. What will it take to get them to notice you? Something big. Something bloody. Something vile and terrifying and above all, something showy. They won’t be able to ignore you after this. You’ll show them who you really are.

You can escape your Darkest Self only when someone makes it clear that they know you exist, even if only for a moment.

ADVANCEMENT

~ Take another Unseen move.

~ Take another Unseen move.

~ Take a move from another skin.

~ Take a move from another skin.

~ Take the initial move that you did not choose.

~ Add 1 to Hot (max 3).

~ Add 1 to Cold (max 3).

~ Add 1 to Volatile (max 3).

~ Add 1 to Dark (max 3).