Compacts
| Compact | Description | Compact Status | Book | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashwood Abbey | A decadent Hellfire Club dedicated to experiencing everything that life (or unlife) has to offer. | • | Receive the Barfly Merit. | HTV 2e 265 TF 12 |
| ••• | Use local chapterhouse as a Safe Place •• with Home Security, Arsenal, and Escape Hatch. | |||
| ••••• | Receive Contacts among lawyers, vice, arms traffic, and the Abbey. | |||
| Crimson Halo | Sex workers protecting the victimized from supernatural and human monsters alike. | • | Take a free Persuasion or Streetwise specialty. | TF 14 |
| ••• | Receive the Sympathetic merit. | |||
| ••••• | Receive three dots of Allies or Contacts. | |||
| Crossroads Convoy | Travelers who have pledged to keep the roads safe for all. | • | Receive the Back Road Atlas or Direction Sense merits. | TF 16 |
| ••• | Receive two dots of Contacts. | |||
| ••••• | Receive three separate one-dot Safe Places. | |||
| Eden Covenant | A compact divided between those dedicated to helping the families of those replaced by monsters, and an extremist preacher's crusade against monsters who would become human. | • | Take 8-Again on Identification or Profiling Tactic rolls. | TF 18 |
| ••• | Receive the Sympathetic merit. | |||
| ••••• | Receive the Inspiring merit. | |||
| Keepers of the Source | Environmental activists convinced that witches are causing Mother Earth pain by siphoning the Source. | • | Take a free Expression, Occult, or Politics specialty. | TF 20 |
| ••• | Receive the Unseen Sense merit for the Source. | |||
| ••••• | Receive three dots between Allies, Contacts, and Resources. | |||
| Las Guadañas | Criminal syndicate Death cult dedicated to eliminating the dead and undead who have cheated the Lady. | • | Take a free Larceny or Streetwise specialty. | TF 22 |
| ••• | Receive two dots of Resources - crime does, in fact, pay. | |||
| ••••• | Receive the Medium merit. | |||
| The Long Night | Christian hunters who fight to save souls amid what they believe is the Great Tribulation. | • | Receive Evangelism as a free specialty. | HTV 2e 20 |
| ••• | Receive two dots in Allies (Long Night). | |||
| ••••• | Aides serve as three dots of Staff or Retainer. | |||
| The Loyalists of Thule | Paranoid academics haunted by history, hoping to shepherd occult knowledge. | • | Gain extra Willpower from a successful Academics or Occult risk. | HTV 2e 22 |
| ••• | Receive a two-dot Mentor. | |||
| ••••• | Receive Contacts among specialists in three monstrous phenomena. | |||
| Network Zero | Network Zero uses radio, television and Internet resources to publicize monsters to the world. | • | Take a free Computer or Crafts specialty. | HTV 2e 24 |
| ••• | Take two dots of social media Contacts. | |||
| ••••• | Receive a dot of Safe Place. | |||
| Night Watch | The Night Watch protects neighborhoods from things that go bump in the night. | • | Take a free Brawl, Firearms, Streetwise, or Weaponry specialty. | TF 24 |
| ••• | Take two dots of Retainers. | |||
| ••••• | Receive three dots of Allies. | |||
| Nine Stars | A fraternity of police putting their lives and jobs at risk to investigate and stem an upswell of slasher killings. | • | Take a free Investigation or Occult specialty. | HTV 2e 26 |
| ••• | Take 8-Again on Tactic rolls. | |||
| ••••• | Receive the effects of Trained Observer •••. | |||
| Null Mysteriis | Scientists who pursue the supernatural in an attempt to understand it. | • | Receive an Academics, Occult, or Science specialty in the paranormal. | HTV 2e 28 |
| ••• | Receive a dot each of Allies and Contacts among Null Mysteriis. | |||
| ••••• | Raise Academics, Occult, or Science to five dots. | |||
| Recalibrators | Recalibrators cover up evidence of monstrous activity to keep them from the public's eye. | • | Receive the Cover Tracks, Spin Doctor, or Untouchable merits. | TF 26 |
| ••• | Receive two dots of Allies or Contacts you've extorted. | |||
| ••••• | Receive three dots of Retainers or Staff. | |||
| SWORN | Community patrols protecting underserved indigenous neighborhoods. | • | Receive a free specialty in Investigation, Streetwise, or Stealth. | HTV 2e 30 |
| ••• | Receive a two-dot Mentor. | |||
| ••••• | Distribute three dots among Allies, Contacts, and Resources. | |||
| The Union | Ragtag monster hunters from blue-collar labor backgrounds, putting their hands to work to keep their streets safe. | • | Take 8-Again to apply your work experience to Teamwork and Tactics rolls. | HTV 2e 32 |
| ••• | Receive two dots in Allies (The Union). | |||
| ••••• | Receive two dots of Resources. | |||
Conspiracies
| Conspiracy and Endowments | Description | Conspiracy Status | Book | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aegis Kai Doru Relics |
Greek for “Shield and Spear,” the Aegis Kai Doru searches the world for legendary artifacts to harness in its nigh-timeless battle against the forces of darkness. | • | Investigation rolls seeking relics gain +2. | HTV 2e 268 TF 28 |
| ••• | Academics rolls pertaining to relics and archaeology gain +1. | |||
| ••••• | Receive the Gut Feeling Merit. | |||
| The Ascending Ones Elixirs |
Alchemists who carry on a legacy of fighting back the darkness since ancient Egypt. They now struggle to adapt to modern conditions. | • | Once per session, take 8-Again on a roll to recover Willpower. | HTV 2e 34 |
| ••• | Receive two dots of Resources. | |||
| ••••• | Receive an initiate as a three-dot Retainer. | |||
| Asclepeion Enkoimesis |
Medics gifted extraordinary powers of healing by Asklepios, which they use to support other hunters. | • | Receive a one-dot safe space with the Infirmary feature. | TF 30 |
| ••• | Treat failed rolls to preform emergency medical care as having a single success. | |||
| ••••• | Receive three dots between Allies or Contacts among other hunters. | |||
| Campion Wildlife Services Animal Control Kit |
A wildlife control service that focuses on the subdual, capture, and euthanization of animalistic monsters. | • | Receive a free specialty in Animal Ken, Occult, or Science. | TF 32 |
| ••• | Receive two dots of Custom Gear Broker, or increase your existing rating by 1. | |||
| ••••• | Receive three dots between Allies, Contacts, and Resources. | |||
| The Cheiron Group Thaumatech |
An international medical conglomerate that secretly finances a Field Projects Division to capture and render monsters for active ingredients. | • | Receive a free specialty in Academics, Computer, or Investigation. | HTV 2e 36 |
| ••• | Receive two dots of Allies within the Cheiron Group. | |||
| ••••• | Receive three dots of Resources. | |||
| The Council of Bones Perispiritism |
A secret society of spiritualists safeguarding an ancient reaper's mark. They gather in secret to silence their enemies and cleanse death of the undead. | • | Receive a free specialty in Occult or Investigation. | HTV 2e 38 |
| ••• | Receive two dots of Contacts among other conspiracies. | |||
| ••••• | Receive a three-dot ghostly Retainer. | |||
| Enigmatics Inspiration |
Artists chasing wonder and inspiration in the shadows | • | Receive a free specialty in Crafts or Expression reflecting your favored artistic medium. | TF 34 |
| ••• | Receive two dots of Allies, Mentor, or Resources reflecting a patron. | |||
| ••••• | Receive the Inspiring merit and gain the ability to use it through art, substituting Crafts for expression. | |||
| The Lucifuge Castigations |
Descendants of infernal bloodlines who wield the darkness against itself. | • | Take a free specialty in a particular type of supernatural creature. | HTV 2e 40 |
| ••• | You may call on two extra dots of Resources by requisitioning tools for the Vigil. | |||
| ••••• | Take the Lady Lucifuge as a four-dot Mentor. | |||
| Malleus Maleficarum Benedictions |
In the Middle Ages, the Malleus Maleficarum wielded the power of the Catholic Church against vampires. Even today, the order still carries on its secret war against Satan's children. | • | Receive a free specialty in Occult, Investigation, or Streetwise. | HTV 2e 42 |
| ••• | Receive a free dot of Status (Malleus Maleficarum). | |||
| ••••• | Receive three dots of Resources. | |||
| Operation Nebula Xenotechnology |
Hunters who know the truth is out there - aliens have invaded. Most hunters don't take them seriously until they generate a cloaking field with a power cell pulled from a cryptid's corpse. | • | Receive a dot in the Alternate Identiy merit. | TF 36 |
| ••• | Receive the Natural Tinkerer merit. | |||
| ••••• | Receive three dots of Contacts representing experts in fields. | |||
| Survivors Club The Horror Within |
Survivors of Slashers who channel the darkness within themselves to save others. | • | Receive a free Academics, Investigation, or Occult specialty. | TF 38 |
| ••• | Receive a two-dot retainer reflecting another club member. | |||
| ••••• | Receive three dots between Allies, Contacts, and Touchstone. | |||
| Task Force: VALKYRIE Advanced Armory |
This covert government anti-monster brigade draws from both military and intelligence communities. VALKYRIE agents are dispatched to control extranormal threats and suppress public knowledge. | • | Receive a free Weaponry specialty. | HTV 2e 44 |
| ••• | Receive two dots of Allies in VALKYRIE. | |||
| ••••• | Receive Contacts among high-level experts in three classified fields. | |||
| Vanguard Serial Crimes Unit Teleinformatics |
The agents of VASCU assist police investigations and apprehensions of supernatural killers, using specially induced psychic abilities. | • | Receive a free psychic specialty in Occult. | HTV 2e 46 |
| ••• | Receive a free dot of Status in government or law enforcement. | |||
| ••••• | Receive the effects of the Tactical Insight Merit. If you possess the Merit, you may reroll a Tactic once per session. | |||
| Watchers Lives Remembered |
Reincarnated hunters preparing for the next Time of Monsters after living through the last one in a past life sixteen centuries ago. | • | Receive a free specialty in any skill. | TF 40 |
| ••• | Receive two dots of the Library merit. | |||
| ••••• | Receive three dots between Allies, Contacts, and Retainer. | |||
| White Hare Society Infusion |
Explorers of alternate dimensions who know how to alchemically infuse themselves with their power. | • | Receive an Academics or Occult specialty in your favored otherworld. | TF 42 |
| ••• | Receive the Direction Sense merit and a Lucky Charm. | |||
| ••••• | Take 8-Again to apply tactics in your favored otherworld, or when instructed by another explorer in theirs. | |||
| Notation Legend | |
|---|---|
| Dot of a Trait Rating (Skills, Merits) | • |
| Power Trait Point (Vitae, Mana) | ● |
| Willpower Point | ○ |
| Activation Damage | B/L/A |
| Special/Other Activation Cost | ※ |
| Alternate Costs | ●/●●● |
| Costs per Item | ●/item |
| Optional Costs | (●) |
| Cost Ranges | ● to ●●● ●●+ |
| Combined Notation Example | ●(○) ●/item, 1L |