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HAbIbTI MA

track suspects when specific clients come to the Habibti Ma for With three dots, you have been initiated into the
help, and they are always on the lookout for injustice. More more secretive aspects of the compact. You may
and more, it has become necessary for the Watchers to study gain some knowledge about the supernatural
the more esoteric aspects of the world as they uncover increas- entities Habibta Ma has encountered, provided it
ing supernatural activity behind the crimes they seek to uproot. relates to your current job. You may also receive
Good Sons: Practically speaking, the Good Sons are the small advances to ensure your work is successful.
heavies the Habibti Ma employs to do the hardest work of all. Add three dots between the Mentor and Allies
They may be physically adept thugs or highly-trained experts Merits, to reflect these relationships.
sent in to break up cults and kidnap victims for deprogram-
ming. The Good Sons work hand-in-hand with psychological At the pinnacle of Habibti membership, you have
experts who perform the painful task of deprogramming bro- access to any of the compact’s resources you need
ken minds. MACA members, as well as Watchers, are often to either perform your current job or prevent a
called in to assist and work alongside the Sons when it becomes future catastrophe from happening. You may
necessary; the primary difference is that the Sons tend to be request backup, loans, or other information as a
specialists while the MACA and Watchers are not. valued member of this compact. Gain four dots
and divide them any way you choose between the
Status Mystery Cult Initiation and Retainers Merits.

Status in the Habibti Ma defines levels of access to the Stereotypes
compact’s money, influence, and other members. To operate
efficiently, the compact must remain clandestine and secret The Ascending Ones: I can certainly appreciate what they
from the world at large to avoid being turned into a target by do, and find it parallel to our own work, but their mantra is
sophisticated cults. To this end, low level grunts performing wrong. They are not saving the sons and daughters of Egypt.
smash-and-grabs are given little information along with their They are only stemming the tide by focusing on cults.
paychecks, while higher tiered members gain trusted and valu- Ashwood Abbey: They come, often fresh from a trip to
able information about the occult. Dubai, and expect that they can lord their money about and
At this level of influence, you gain access to buy whatever sordid pleasure they want. The victims of their
Habibti Ma’s connections in order to acquire desire are often brainwashed slaves to cults, even if they are not
your orders. The information you receive is religious. How are these monsters not hunted like the rest?
typically a time, date, and location. Show up, Network Zero: It’s true that citizen journalists are Egypt’s
and you get paid. Gain two dots and divide them only hope. That said, it’s strange they pay so much attention
between your Allies and Contacts to reflect your to fuzzy pictures of human monsters. What a waste of pixels.
connections within the compact. Surely there are better — bigger — threats to record and expose.

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