Dept. 23 Campaign Planning Form
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Inspired by Paranoia™. Tainted with Cyberpunk. Redolent of Judge Dredd, Transmetropolitan, and any number of other dystopian fictive milieu.
Basic Information
Campaign name: Dept. 23
Starting year: 1.1
Genre: Conspiracy
Realistic or cinematic? Realistic cinematic realism.
General theme of campaign: CLASSIFIED
Are there multiple planes of existence? Theoretical physics has long supported the idea, but actual existence of other universes has not been demonstrated. Besides, you have enough things to worry about in this universe, don't you?
Campaign Background
Campaign’s base city, nation, empire, or planet: The City.
Society/government type: Cybercracy (see. GURPS Basic, p. 510)
Control Rating: CR6
- Exceptions to general CR: Ordinary citizens (Infrared clearance) are forbidden to own or possess any type of weapons.
Tech level: TL10
- Exceptions to general TL: CLASSIFIED
Brief description of important neighboring powers, political/economic situation, etc.: The City is a nearly 150-square mile metropolitan complex located in the middle of a vast desert wasteland. Outside the City the world has become uninhabitable, a combination of war, disease, and environmental devastation having decimated the population and rendered much of the surface hostile to life. Survivors of the destruction long ago located themselves in centralized urban areas that were adapted and refitted over the decades to become self-contained city-states. Citizens are tagged with an identity chip, usually located in the palm of the left hand, which contains personal information, including bank accounts and security credentials.
Information for PCs
Background: Player characters are Troubleshooters, Orange-level agents of Dept. 23.
Starting point value allowed for PCs: 100
Disadvantage limit (including Quirks): -50 Includes -20 in required disadvantages (see below)
PC races allowed: Human
Starting wealth: $50,000
Starting Wealth levels allowed: 0
Starting Status levels allowed: 0
Languages available: English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian. A polyglot of these is spoken among the denizens of the Flats.
Cultural Familiarities available: Alpha Complex, The Burbs, The Flats.
Basic Requirements
Required Attributes (minimum): ST 10, DX 10, IQ 10, HT 10.
Required Advantages [20]: Security Clearance (Orange) ("Need to know" access to a broad range of secrets) [10], Legal Enforcement Powers 1 [5], Legal Immunity 1 [5].
Required Disadvantages [-20]: Duty (Troubleshooter), (Quite often (12 or less), Extremely hazardous, Involuntary), [-20].
Basic training requirements for Troubleshooters consist of 30 points total expenditure in the following skills:
- Everyman Skills [4]: Area Knowledge (The City), Computer Operation, Current Affairs (Headline News), Housekeeping.
- Combat Skills [12]: Beam Weapons (Pistol), Bolas, Fast-Draw (Pistol), Guns (Pistol), Brawling, Boxing, Judo, Karate, Net, Throwing, Tonfa, Wrestling.
- Operations Skills [14]: Armoury (Small Arms), Criminology, Detect Lies, Electronics Operation (Security), Electronics Operation (Surveillance), First Aid (Human), Hidden Lore (Conspiracies), Interrogation, Propaganda.
Special Abilities Allowed for PCs
Exotic/supernatural traits: None.
Cinematic skills: None.
Unusual Background cost(s) for these abilities: N/A
Legal or social restrictions on these abilities: N/A
Rulebooks and Resources
Rules and Character Creation
GURPS Basic Set 4th edition (standard). For character traits and basic rules.
GURPS Ultra-Tech 4th edition (standard). For equipment and other technological considerations.