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C CHAPTER THREE: HUNTER ORGANIZATIONS
The Warehouses members know, able to mass-produce such implants. The
They’re not always actual warehouses (though in bigger small production scale does allow some personal relationships
cities, they are). Some are small caches or storehouses. Some to form between surgeons and operatives; some teams even
have their own “sawbones” to help build and graft new im-
are steamer trunks or abandoned champagne caves. Whatever plants in the fi eld.
the form, the result is always the same: a hoard of artifacts
always the same: a hoard of artifacts
actual Relics, and if they are, nobody’s
that may or may not be actual Relics, and if they are, nobody’s T he H a r
The Harvest Market
e hell they do. Obviously, the agents of

figured out just what the hell they do. Obviously, the agents of Ch ei ro n is c l e ar a b o ut t h i s: i t do
Cheiron is clear about this: it does not use black-mar-
on’t just throw any old thing into the
the Shield and Spear don’t just throw any old thing into the ket organs, limbs, blood, any of that. That’s the official line.
ket or
ans, limbs, bloo
of that.
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y
d, an
g
that it has potency. All the objects in
warehouse on the hope that it has potency. All the objects in That’s the end of that, right? Wrong. They damn sure do use
T
T
s the end of that, right? W
hat’
rong.
a warehouse are suspected by in-the-know hunters to have the black market, and in specific, they pump clandestine
cted by in-the-know hunters to have

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k
some level of power, but that power at present is contained funds and requests to an unoffi cial and unconnected network
ut that power at present is contained
unds and requests to an unoffi
f
cial and
and hidden and nobody’s been able to draw it free in dem- of hunters who act as procurers, buyers and sellers of such
dy’s been able to draw it free in dem-
rocurers, buy
e
p
of hunters who act as
s looking for a specifi
onstration yet. Hunters looking for a specific Relic or a spe- gross medical wares (and these hunters tend to have one dot
c Relic or a spe-

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here, if they play their cards right. Of

cific ability may find it here, if they play their cards right. Of in Status within TCG and are often themselves fitted with
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course, this involves research and testing. But anybody with gutter-level Thaumatech). Most Cheiron agents don’t know
search and testing. But anybody with
-level Thaumatech). Most Che
utter
g
ir
Status in the conspiracy is allowed access to the list of ware- about this, or if they do, it’s something veiled in suspicion.
y is allowed access to the list of ware-
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s somet
in
house locations, and actually coaxing a Relic to power can But a hunter who knows how to ask the right question, work
ctually coaxing a Relic to power can
th
But a hunter who knows how to ask
provide a boost to one’s standing within the group. the streets a little, and maybe pad the right hands with some
s standing within the group.
p
ad the
he streets a little, and maybe
r
t
research and experimentation, the
R&D: Through research and experimentation, the Euros could gain some phone numbers. Once you’re in, you’re
ers.
b

one num
gain some p
ld
h
Euros cou
hunter may use one of these “dormant” Relics as his new En- in. If you know the Perun boys who are good at getting bags of
these “dormant” Relics as his new En-
y
in. If
ou know the Perun bo

s who are
y
bonus to the Endowment Equation or
dowment. He gains no bonus to the Endowment Equation or strange blood and wraith-plasm, then you now know the City
lasm, then y
strange bloo
o
p
d and wraith-
Experience cost, but he does gain an
to a lowered Practical Experience cost, but he does gain an 17 cell that has a preternatural talent for harvesting zombie
as a preternatura
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at
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17 ce
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tatus (Aegis Kai Doru) if successful.
automatic free dot in Status (Aegis Kai Doru) if successful. parts. parts.
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Hunters fi
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rst have to som

A Voyage of Horror and Mystery R&D: Hunters first have to somehow uncover and gain
Horror and Myster
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f
ts
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h
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access to t
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Here’s the thing. Some Relics necessitate Herculean (or access to the purveyors and “merchants” of the Harvest Mar-
ome Re
l
(
ics necessitate Hercu
all so
r
ket. Once the
y
do, the
y
can bu
y
nd: a cell gets trapped in the cata-
to fi
Sisyphean) adventures to fi nd: a cell gets trapped in the cata- ket. Once they do, they can buy all sorts of off-the-wall stuff,
t
though usually at a cost that goes well beyond money. Using
hough usually at a cost that goes well
ld
combs beneath a Syrian prison; a hunter enters an old silver the Harvest Market to develop new Thaumatech earns the
rison; a
l

h
ver
p
n
unter enters an o
si
op new
th
e Harvest Mar
k
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et to
d
eve
T
h
spi
mine and is besieged by gas-mask-wearing Nazis with spiders hunter a -1 discount to the Endowment Equation.
-wearing Nazis wit
k
ers
gas-mas
y
d
hunter a -1 discount to the Endowmen
t
s
for faces; the group must break into an alarmingly well-guard-t break into an alarmingly well-guard-
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l
aye
pl
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ed casino or museum to steal a prominently displayed piece New and Inspiring!
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stea
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n
New a
of antiquity. Th e W o rl d of Dar kn ess is h ome to
The World of Darkness is home to a number of creatures
ters devote at least one chapter (game
c
R&D: If the characters devote at least one chapter (game that can be categorized in some fashion. Cheiron has little
rized in some fash
hat can be cate
t
go
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n
ew Re
l
ic to
h
l
rocuring t
h
at Re
p
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session) per dot in the new Relic to procuring that Relic, they interest in these. Certainly, they need large numbers of such
ic, t
nee

h
t
d
ese. Certain
interest in t
l
ey
y,
h
ey
e En
owment Equation. T
h
earn a -2 discount to the Endowment Equation. They have to monsters for broad applications, but what they really want
h
ave to
d
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w
roa
ications,
b
m
a
b
pp
ut
onsters for
d
risk life and limb at least once, though — some even say that, is something new, something to inspire their surgeons (some
s
t once, though — some even say that,
, somethin
pi
ew
g
n
to ins
re
ng
is somethi
attention
as
h
abstractly, some Relics know when such attention has been of whom consider themselves artistes). A tree whose bark is
h
k
b
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w
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no
en suc
w
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.
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ves
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ti
id
he
a
er t
r
of w
ho
m cons
ste
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e
given to them, and they only work for those willing to pay the etched with human faces and that weeps bloody sap when
l
on
h
for t
ing to pay t
ose wi
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k
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wit
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uman faces an
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at w
d
price to fi nd them. wounded? An actual, honest-to-God true fairy? A real Yeti?
wounded? An actual, honest-to-God t
Procuring something truly singular and off the books is a good
Procuring something truly singular and
gy
gy
umatechnology
way to get a spectacular implant: poss
Thaumatechnology way to get a spectacular implant: possibly something pulled
R&D off the unique creature itself.
R&D
off the unique creature itself.
R&D: When developing Thauma
R&D: When developing Thaumatechnological Endow-
ig
h
h
er
eiron Group agents are eit
Ch
h
Implants given to Cheiron Group agents are either high- - ments of four or five dots, bringing in a new creature for har-
ments of four or fi
ve dots, bringing in a

ly experimental or already failures. The Group is after market-dy failures. The Group is after market- vest allows the hunter to spend three less Practical Experi-
a
vest allows the hunter to spend three
y for t
e consumer
h
l
es,
i
p
rimari
able medical technologies, primarily for the consumer health- - ence on that Thaumatech.
h
l
t
h
ea
ence on that Thaumatech.
b
o
ngoing
d
ut
care market. There are ongoing defense-oriented projects, but
d
efense-oriente
projects,
mp
they’re low priority compared to the lucrative open market. Scraps
en market.
p
ared to the lucrative o
l
d
h
Simply put: farming werewolves (and their prodigious heal- Some Cheiron agents get the experimental stuff, but at
l
(
h
d
ing abilities) to treat cancer is where the big budgets go, not least the limbs and bile and blood come from a reputable or
equipping three guys with acid blood. The synergy between trustworthy source. Sometimes, though, Cheiron is glad to…
the two (acid-blooded guys corralling werewolves) is what get creative with parts that maybe spent too long out in the fi eld
keeps Thaumatech coming down the pike to the hunters. before coming into the office, or bits that have proven trouble-

Hunters are both test subjects for the more military- some in the past but, hey, they have a few lying around in the

oriented Cheiron projects and the field agents who acquire freezers. If a hunter is willing to utilize these scraps and truly
sample parts. The Cheiron Group is not, as far as any cell spare parts, they’re likelier to give him greater access to R&D.
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