Delta Green: The Roleplaying Game AGENT’S HANDBOOK Beta Playtesting Excerpts ! ! ! ! Updated 13 OCT 2014. Written by Dennis Detwiller, Shane Ivey, and Greg Stolze, © 2014. Some !elements are Open Gaming Content. We’ll specify those upon publication. Published by Arc Dream Publishing in arrangement with the Delta Green Partnership. The intellectual property known as Delta Green is ™ and © the Delta Green Partnership, who has licensed its use here. The contents of this document are © the authors, excepting those elements that are components of the !Delta Green intellectual property. This manuscript is intended for private use in playtesting by arrangement with Arc Dream Publishing and the Delta Green Partnership. Please do not post it online or give it away without permission. For !more information contact [email protected]. ! ! ! ! WWW.DELTA-GREEN.COM ! ! ! ! Page !1 of !73 ! ! Page !2 of !73 CONTENTS! AGENT’S HANDBOOK ................................................................................................................................1 Contents .......................................................................................................................................................................3 Dear Cind .....................................................................................................................................................................8 Overview ........................................................................................................................................9 The World of Delta Green ..........................................................................................................................................9 The Unnatural in the Modern Era ............................................................................................................................10 What Is Delta Green? ................................................................................................................................................10 The Fundamentals of a Delta Green Operation ....................................................................................................10 Investigation and Uncertainty ........................................................................................................11 Suspense and Horror ......................................................................................................................11 Violence and Moral Choices ..........................................................................................................11 Sanity and Comprehension ............................................................................................................11 Keeping Secrets ...............................................................................................................................11 Personal and Professional Consequences ....................................................................................11 How The Game Is Played .........................................................................................................................................11 Your Agent in the Game ...........................................................................................................................................12 The Case Officer ........................................................................................................................................................12 In the Back Seat .........................................................................................................................................................13 Agents ..........................................................................................................................................14 What Makes an Agent ..............................................................................................................................................14 When, Where, Why ...................................................................................................................................................14 Agent Creation ..........................................................................................................................................................14 Detailed Description: Statistics ...............................................................................................................................15 Detailed Description: Attributes .............................................................................................................................17 Detailed Description: Profession ............................................................................................................................17 Option: Previous Profession ....................................................................................................................................18 List of Professions ......................................................................................................................................................19 Anthropologist or Historian .....................................................................................................................................20 Author, Editor or Journalist ......................................................................................................................................20 Computer Scientist or Engineer ..............................................................................................................................20 Criminal ......................................................................................................................................................................20 Federal Agent ............................................................................................................................................................21 Firefighter ...................................................................................................................................................................21 Foreign Service Officer .............................................................................................................................................21 Page !3 of !73 Intelligence Analyst ..................................................................................................................................................22 Intelligence Case Officer ..........................................................................................................................................22 Lawyer or Business Executive ..................................................................................................................................22 Nurse or Paramedic ..................................................................................................................................................23 Physician ....................................................................................................................................................................23 Pilot or Sailor .............................................................................................................................................................23 Police Officer .............................................................................................................................................................23 Scientist ......................................................................................................................................................................24 Soldier or Marine ......................................................................................................................................................24 Special Forces ............................................................................................................................................................24 Option: Building a New Profession ........................................................................................................................24 Detailed Description: Skills ......................................................................................................................................25 Skill List .......................................................................................................................................................................25 Using Skills in the Game ...........................................................................................................................................32 Using Language Skills ..............................................................................................................................................32 Finding Information ..................................................................................................................................................32 Fighting and Fleeing ................................................................................................................................................33 Covering It Up ...........................................................................................................................................................33 Improving Skills .........................................................................................................................................................33