Cloud 9 (rpg)
Cloud 9 is a role-playing game based on The Umbrella Academy (TV series). It is set in England in February 2019 and follows the remaining members of the Cloud 9 through their travels.
Prologue[edit]
On the 12th hour of the first day of October 1989, 43 women around the world gave birth. This was unusual only in the fact that none of these women had been pregnant when the day first began. Nine such children were gathered under the auspices of the Government department known as the Section (soon to become more widely known as the Spookshow). Raised in Scotland at the Glen College the children are tutored by the stern Miss Trunchbull, where their powers are strenuously bloomed and they undertake a harsh, almost military upbringing in the wake of the draw down from the Cold War, and the new challenges following that in the Gulf. Overseen by the rarely present Mr Harcourt and Mr Pendleton the project is now termed Cloud 9. The events of ‘9/11’ in 2001 see demands made upon the pair, and against their better judgement the most promising of the children are revealed to the public, Peter, Ed, and Eustace. Making an immediate splash the three lads are darlings of the media, feted as celebrities, release a hit single, appear regularly on Saturday Wow, and the Smash Hits cover story regarding the ‘Fun Boy Three’ is the highest selling UK periodical world wide. A number of staged interventions by the Fun Boy Three only raise their profile, until on the 7th July 2005 the Fun Boy Three vanish. Two years later Wikileaks releases parts of the footage (shot as part of what was to have been another staged event) showing the brutal deaths of the Fun Boy Three at the hands of another, previously unknown gifted young man. The footage ends with the masked figure declaring that he is Jedekiah, and that the world now belongs to the ‘Tomorrow People’. The remaining, more-widely unknown members of Cloud 9 react in different ways to the deaths of Fun Boy Three, but for the most part the Spookshow loses what remains of its already waning dominion over six the young adults.
In February 2019 one of the remaining six, Sparrow (now Member of Parliament for East Cheam) convinces, forces, or tricks the other five survivors of Cloud 9 to gather. For she has dire news.
Point system[edit]
You have 50 points
Stats[edit]
These four are rolled on 2d6, needing equal to or lower than the number given.
Fighting 0+
Sneaking 0+
Tricking 0+
Charming 0+
Qualities[edit]
Qualities are your powers.
Quality (Free) (Physical or Oddity)
Second Quality (Physical or Oddity) (10)
High Quality (from Quality) (10)
Rounders[edit]
Round out the character, who they are, what they’ve gained, what they can do more generally since the wikileaks reveal of the deaths of Fun Boy Three.
Important (MP/Pop Star/Actor/Business Leader) (5)
Rich (5)
Super Science (one object) (5)
Friends (5)
Authority (Allies) (5)
Press (Allies) (5)
Anonymous (5)
Feared (5)
Lucky (5)
Each of these rounders can be taken again, for the same cost, to be especially potent.
Characters[edit]
Main[edit]
- Peter, NPC, the most likely for success, the Number 1 of the group
Power of Leadership
Stats unknown
Previous Leader of The Fun Boy Three
Jedikiah
Temporal Commission
- Edmond Harcourt, NPC, second most likely for success, the Number 2 of the group
Power of Gateways
Stats unknown
Previous member of The Fun Boy Three
Jedikiah
Mr Harcourt
Temporal Commission
- Eustace, NPC, third most likely for success, the Number 3 of the group
Power of Transformation
Stats unknown
Previous member of The Fun Boy Three
Jedikiah
- Sparrow (MP), PC (Ruth), after the top three there was no assigned likeliness for success, but still, the Number 4 of the group.
Power of Future visions
Stats mostly unknown, Important
Member of Parliament
- Dexter, PC (Jacob), the Number 5 of the group, smelly
Power of Night Vision
Super science, Anon, Feared
DEFINITELY NOT THE MASK
- Xavier, PC (Cerys), the Number 6 of the group, gay (but not ott gay)
Power of Mind Reading/Control
Important, Luck
Grunge rock player
- Marius Bradley, PC (Harvey), the Number 7 of the group, pan
Power of Time Lense/Looking back in time
Allies (press+authority), Luck
Police
- Ace-Whiley, PC (Rowan), the Number 8 of the group, camp gay
Power of Notice Me
Important (x2), Rich (x2), Luck
Drag Queen, Veronica Toe
Actor(/ess)
- Vanessa, PC (Fae), the Number 9 of the group
Power of Ghost/Reaching through walls
Luck (x2)
Standard person
Thief
Secondary[edit]
- Miss Trunchbull
- Mr Harcourt
- Mr Pendleton
- Henry Sausageman/Mr Chicken Skin/Ms Crabcake
- George William Tully
Side[edit]
- Shiraz waitress
- The Roux
- Arthur Tully/Sixpence
- Ghosts
- P.R. Smedley
- The Spidercrab
- Football Fans (Liverpool vs Everton)
- Ace Town residents
- X's
- The Vanessas
Episodes[edit]
| Episode 1 | "There you are" | Wed, 10th April 2019 | Synopsis: We meet the main characters and start our journey |
| Episode 2 | "Backwards" | Fri, 16th August 2019 | Synopsis: Ghostly encounters in Green Lane Station and an array of dangerous tasks for Ace and Z |
| Episode 3 | "Battle of the Nine Armies" | Sat, 17th August 2019 | Synopsis: A feast just arrived at the Liverpool World Museum, but Liverpool itself looks completely dishevelled |
| Episode 4 | Warpies or Ace's Camp (tbd) | Tue-wed 27-28th October 2020 | Synopsis: |
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References to Media/life[edit]
Characters[edit]
Miss Trunchbull -Matilda, Roald Dahl
Jedakiah -The Tomorrow People, Judith Merril
Peter, Ed and Eustace -The Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis
Mr Harcourt and Mr Pendleton - Edge of Darkness, Troy Kennedy Martin
Henry Sausageman (and co.) -(not directly) Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
George Tully -Saphire and Steel, Peter J. Hammond
(irl people) McElroys, Feffles
General[edit]
Qualities/tattoos/etc -Umbrella Academy, Gerard Way
"Backwards" -Saphire and Steel, Peter J. Hammond
The world museum/Shiraz/eat for less/etc -Liverpool, real life
References[edit]
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