Train to Baikonur

Cults & Clans

There are twelve Cults in Degenesis. Each has its own history, aims, and ways of operating. Then of course, there are the Clanners, who outnumber Cult members nine to one.

Anabaptists

  • Campaign Seeds: Anabaptists – For GMs thinking of running an all-Anabaptist group of PCs, here are three campaign starter ideas: Deviation, Rebirth, and Revenge.
  • How To – Anabaptists – Go beyond the surface of what motivates Anabaptists, GMs and players, in this video from The Pale Bird.

Anubians

  • Campaign Seeds: Anubians – GMs looking to run an all-Anubiann PC group can use use these three campaign seeds as mix and match inspiration: Land of Stories, Secret Journey, and Restless Qabis.

Apocalyptics

  • Apocalyptic Tarot (ZIP) – These are the cards of the Apocalyptic Tarot, suitable for printing.
  • Campaign Seeds: Apocalyptics – GMs interested in running an all-Apocalyptic PC group can use these three starter ideas for inspiration: Sex & Candy, Cause & Effect, and Guns & Ammo.
  • How To – Apocalyptics – This video from The Pale Bird gives the GMs and players a view into the psychology and motivation of Apocalyptics.

Chroniclers

  • Campaign Seeds: Chroniclers – Thinking of running a campaign featuring only Chronicler PCs? Use these seeds for inspiration: Scan and Enhance, Escape and Evade, and Find and Retreive.
  • Chronicler Drafts (JPG) – Drafts won’t buy you happiness, but they will add life to your game.
  • How To – Chroniclers – In this video, The Pale Bird takes it to 11 in his explanation of the Chroniclers for players and GMs alike.

Clanners

  • Campaign Seeds: Clanners – GMs can use these three Clanner-based campaign starter ideas as mix and match inspiration: Fight Back, Turn the Other Cheek, and Go Your Own Way.
  • How to Be a Clanner – For Players and GMs, The Pale Bird lays out what being a Clanner is all about.

Hellvetics

  • Campaign Seeds: Hellvetics - GMs can use these three Hellvetics-only campaign starter ideas as mix and match inspiration: The Leader, Death or Glory, and Career Opportunities.
  • Tips for Hellvetics – Wiktor Jorman lays out how to use Hellvetics, for GMs and players alike.

Jehammedans

  • Campaign Seeds: Jehammedans - If you want to run a Jehammedan-focused campaign, mine these seeds for ideas: Heaven Sent, One Way or Another, and Destination Unknown.
  • How To – Jehammedans – This video from The Pale Bird explores one of the tricker Cults to understand, for players and GMs.

Judges

  • Campaign Seeds: Judges - A Judges-only PC group can have all sorts of adventures, as these campaign seeds demonstrate: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
  • How To – Judges – The Pale Bird dives deep for players and GMs, in his inimitable way, into what makes Judges tick.

Neolybians

  • Campaign Seeds: Neolybians - There are more options for Neolybian-centered campaigns than you might think, as these seeds illustrate: To the Flock, A Failed Mission, and The Call of the Crow.
  • How To – Neolybians – The Pale Bird dives deep for players and GMs, in his inimitable way, into what the Neolybians are all about.

Palers

  • Campaign Seeds: Palers – Weird? Yes? Full of possibilities? Also yes. Here are three ideas for a Paler-centric campaign: Retaking Eden, This We’ll Defend, and The Future is Unwritten.
  • How To – Palers – Perhaps the strangest Cult of them all, The Pale Bird gives the Palers some love in this video for players and GMs.

Scourgers

  • Campaign Seeds: Scourgers – The Scourgers are tailor-made for campaigns in which the PCs are all from the same Cult, as these seeds demonstrate: The Traitor, The Pregnoctic, and The Fearless.

Scrappers

  • Campaign Seeds: Scrappers – Though they tend to operate alone, an all-Scrapper PC group offers many opportunities. Check out these seeds for ideas: From Out of Nowhere, We’re Not Gonna Take It, and A Fine Day to Die.
  • So You Want to Play a Scrapper – The Pale Bird lays it out in his inimitable style.

Spitalians

  • Campaign Seeds: Spitalians - The poster children for Degenesis work nicely in single-Cult PC groups. Here are some seeds that demonstrate this: No More Heroes, Skin Deep, and Men in Black.
  • Prognosis (PDF) – Medic, scientist, warrior: a Spitalian is all of these. He heals and patches the wounds of those that stay on his side, mankind’s side. Prognosis contains six sections dedicated to new rules, items and weapons, secrets, potentials and resources for the Spitalians.