ARCHETYPES

Archetypes are universal character patterns, such as The Hero, The Rebel, or the Caregiver. Psychologist Carl Jung believed these patterns live in all of us, shaping the stories we tell and the roles we naturally fall into. In this game, your archetype is your character's role in the story. It answers questions like: How do they see the world? How do they treat other people? How do they relate to their own power? Most archetypes come with a premade character you can check out in the Premade Characters section, which is a great way to see exactly how that archetype plays at the table.

BASE GAME

The Pretender

The outsider trying to belong.

The Pretender is non-psychic or unconventionally skilled. Where others use powers, you use cleverness. You get a +1 bonus whenever you’re faking it, bluffing your way through, or solving a problem in a way nobody expected.

Your Weakness tags often involve trust or people trying to find out who you really are.

The Vessel

Housing multiple identities or psychic intrusions.

The Vessel is unpredictable. Your power shifts with your internal state. When things destabilize (failed rolls, emotional crises, Strangeness spikes), you unlock abilities others can’t access.

Your Weakness tags often involve control.

The Conduit

Power tied directly to feelings.

The Conduit surges in high-drama moments. Emotional scenes, relationship stakes, and big confrontations are when you’re the strongest. Your power is volatile, and it spikes under stress.

Your Weakness tags often involve keeping it together when you’d rather fall apart.

The Doppelgänger

Fractured identity, mimicry, and transformation.

The Doppelgänger adapts by becoming. You’re the strongest when you’re reflecting someone else back at them through mirroring.

Your Weakness tags often involve authenticity.

The Architect

Shaping systems, minds, or reality.

The Architect is the one with the plan. High-level psychic influence, manipulation, and control, but always at a cost. You’re strongest when you’ve had time to set things up.

Your Weakness tags often involve the ethical weight of what you’re willing to do.

The Caretaker

Holding people and themselves together.

The Caretaker is the emotional glue. Support powers, defensive abilities, and emotional awareness. You absorb a lot, both from enemies and from your team.

Your Weakness tags often involve your own needs being last on the list.

THE GREEN ROOM

The Bandleader

The steady rock everyone leans on.

The Bandleader holds the beat when everything else is chaos. You don't need the spotlight to matter! Your power comes from reliability, timing, and showing up exactly when you're needed. You get a +1 bonus whenever you're keeping a scene from falling apart or covering for someone else's mayhem.

Your Weakness tags often involve being taken for granted or resenting the quiet spot you've chosen.

The Sidekick

Fierce loyalty wrapped in self-deprecation.

The Sidekick amplifies everyone around them. You're strongest in a duo! This could be feeding off the other's energy, taking the hits, and making someone else look brilliant. Your power grows the longer you stay in someone's orbit, but fades fast when you're cut loose on your own.

Your Weakness tags often involve being underestimated, including by yourself.

The Showman

Big, self-aware, a little desperate for the room's love.

The Showman needs the audience and knows it. You draw power from attention. This could be through performing, escalating a situation, or even turning a bad moment into a bit before anyone can call it a failure. Your power spikes on a stage or in front of a crowd, real or improvised.

Your Weakness tags often involve what's left when the lights go off and no one's watching.

THE ROOMMATES

The Schemer

The frontman who can't play or sing.

The Schemer runs on nerve, not skill. You're strongest when you're improvising your way into rooms you don't belong in, spinning a plan on the fly, or talking someone into believing you know what you're doing.

Your Weakness tags often involve the plan collapsing in front of everyone, or being exposed as unprepared.

The Enabler

Real talent, permanently on hold.

The Enabler is the one who could actually carry the group, if allowed to. Your powers are strongest when used in support of someone else's scheme, stepping in to save what's about to fail.

Your Weakness tags often involve loyalty overriding your own judgment, and resentment you won't say out loud.