#Secret World

[evans-endeavors]

NECROSE

(he/him/they/them)

Ex-Orochi scientist who became filth infected. Lillywhite has managed to maintain some lucidity as he fights to free the Dreamers. But even as he works for them he destroys and assimilates their pawns.

Perhaps he's trying to usurp them by stealing strength from those he devours.

[toxinfox]

You know something's a problem when the Illuminati, Templars, and Dragon work together to deal with it. And yet, this unlikely scenario is exactly what's happening as Tristan d'Eagan (Illuminati), Alexandra Bishop (Templar), and Carlos Hernandez (Dragon) find themselves driving down a dark desert highway and pulling up to an infamous hotel...

Daunting as the prospect of dealing with the spectral glue trap that is the Hotel California is, however, Carlos packed a secret weapon.

(A short Secret World Legends comic that I've been meaning to do for a while, finally made real as a bit of gift art for @paint-lady , with a hefty cameo from her character, Maru. Done in Photoshop.)

[0crooked-arcade0]

{{Like, all of five people are going to know, let alone take intrest in what I'm gonna say but hear me out.

Does anybody here remember or still actively play, Secret World Legends? The Fandom on here is kinda small, but I've been thinking about the tie in game 'The Park' that got played by a bunch of people on YouTube and shit. It was supposed to be a precursor to the update patch for the game that made tweaks to the Atlantic Island park questline but it kinda just, fizzled out.

The player base had pretty meh opinions about it because the majority assumed it was a one off indie horror and therefore didn't have the incredibly dense lore of the parks origin to refrence back to-

Like....like guys-

Guys it's not JUST, a commentary about post partum depression, it's not a cheap ass, "It was all a dream", type story.

Guys-

The antagonist isn't a hallucination, that's the bogeyman. In SWL he's a real person. He's not a metaphor, this is a "The trope is alive and trying to kill you " situation and it's done SO WELL.

That bastard is a menace and arguably one of the most influential horrors in the cryptid power bracket. His boss fight is a literal nightmare and we don't even know if he's gone for good.

GUYS YOU GOTTA LISTEN IM SO FUCKING CONVINCED FROM THE CONTEXT CLUES WE GET IN 'THE PARK', THAT HIM AND LORRAINE ARE CANNONICALLY EXS.

THIS ASSHOLE ISNT WITHOUT A CAUSE, IM ALMOST CERTAIN THIS ENTIRE DYNAMIC IS THE MESSIEST BREAKUP IVE EVER SEEN BECAUSE I HAVE RECEPTS THAT CALLUM COULD BE ONE OF THE BOGEYMANS BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN-}}

[slowandsweet]

Everybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world, I mean everybody — no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside. Inside them, they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds... Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands, maybe.

― Neil Gaiman

[kidnichols]

Eye 👀

[arsene-inc]

Quick thoughts about the TSW/SWL TTRPG

So we just received a text only pdf of the Secret World TTRPG. 456 pages long, no formatting, no layout

After a quick read/glance through, here are my thoughts :

The game is set in our time, a decade after 2012 where the events of the game occured. Some, especially in Kingsmouth, don't have memory of this decade, weird. It also means some of the game story happened while others are a mystery.

The NPC have aged. This means I can't legally adopt Carter anymore.

Reading through a text only with no layout is rough

We have some more locations, not a lot but some news like Paris. (And I am still infuriated that I can't see the "Paris of the Alchemists" themed visit because i chose the wrong time to vacation there)

Character creation : Well this is indeed a 5th edition game, and you will need the books for the spell effects

The class are named based on decks from the mmo

Only One class, no multiclassing. BUT, secret archetypes that everyone can have regardless of the class, you can have as many as your proficiency, will give you the liberty to better fine tune your character ( I miss the Wheel)

A summary of 5th rules adapted to a modern world, Good.

GM section: I can't say a lot on this. Having advices on themes is appreciated.

The missions are not all destroy creatures, on the contrary the differents types of missions from the mmos are there. Will they work with dnd rules ? we'll have to see.

Adventure seeds ? Good. No fully written adventure ? Not good ( there is a 8 pages one for backers but not in this pdf, not there yet)

There's not enough juicy secrets from the original lore that I wished for when backing this game.

[thelongestway]

on a separate note i did not expect to find an Orochi facility in FFXIV

massive 7.1 spoilers

look at this place

all i need is "hello chuck. its john" now

oh there he is i guess

dead researchers and everything

who wants to bet that's faygo

Alphinaud do you know what a volunteer is in the context of Orochi :P

actual clone tanks

look at these damn cubicles

baby hacker lizard is everything that i needed

but no, kiddo: your mom having "administrator of experimental treatment research logs" is in no way a good sign

oh shale

i did good writing that VA story about you :P

[reverie-muse]

"Verdant"

The color of arms that parted for us

as you chased me through the greenery. 

The color of grass beneath our feet 

that left no trail for others to follow. 

The color of ivy hiding the door 

to our secret world no one else knew. 

The color of water lilies and the pond

where you and I once bathed together.

The color of your eyes as you spun me around,

not wasting a precious second. 

The color of her face if she saw

where our lips and fingers met.

The color of the sky and the world around us

as you found your peace inside me. 

Our love was verdant. 

-Reverie

[evans-endeavors]

FACTION RECRUIT

SWL faction recruit from the agent network.

Part of an art trade with @elswere-1

[punkrockmixtapes]

Secret World — “Living Less” (Official Audio)

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Frances Kennett - How To Read Your Dreams (Golden Hands series) - Marshall Cavendish - 1975

[umbrastag]

Our Main Character, just some sketches and me working things out. He's an older fellow in his late middle age, 6/4, snowy white hair! Thomas Fredrickson...Is he a hero...A bee? No... Pre-Slag ( pre-Filth essentially)

[toxinfox]

Years ago, I used to get my kicks digging around on Polyvore, looking for clothing pieces I could assemble into outfits for the various factions in The Secret World/Secret World Legends. I forgot about them recently, but I still love them, so here they are again, in case others get a kick out of them, too. 

First, the Illuminati. 

[dandelioninajungle]

Mildly obsessed with this one hedge where I live.

It hides a secret world.