ProtocolDaybreak

Everything a game can deal you: the nine traits with every value, the catastrophes, the shelters, the night incidents, the finds, the abilities and the duties. These are the very lists the game deals from, not a retelling.

The nine traits

Every player gets one from each list. The first six are dealt without repeats: you will never see two surgeons at one table.

Profession — 105

• Surgeon
• Cook
• Electrical engineer
• Programmer
• Biology teacher
• Combat engineer (sapper)
• Psychologist
• Farmer
• Plumber
• Actor
• Police officer
• Civil engineer
• Lawyer
• Veterinarian
• Firefighter
• Mechanic
• Pilot
• Sniper
• Agronomist
• Cyberneticist
• Carpenter
• Architect
• Army medic
• Electrician
• Metalworker
• Nuclear physicist
• Radiologist
• Pastry chef
• Geologist
• Industrial chemist
• Journalist
• Long-haul trucker
• PE teacher
• IT specialist
• Emergency rescuer
• Sysadmin
• Aircraft technician
• Drone operator
• Environmental engineer
• Nurse
• Dentist
• Pharmacist
• Paramedic
• Logistics manager
• Warehouse keeper
• Courier
• Private security guard
• Dog handler
• Prison guard
• Writer
• Musician
• Translator
• Smuggler
• Pickpocket
• Mercenary
• Miner
• Welder
• Crane operator
• Train driver
• Deep-sea sailor
• Commercial diver
• Radio engineer
• Meteorologist
• Microbiologist
• Epidemiologist
• Watchmaker
• Gunsmith
• Air traffic controller
• Anaesthetist
• Midwife
• Baker
• Butcher
• Game warden
• Forest ranger
• Tailor
• Children's party clown
• Wedding toastmaster
• Cheese taster
• Vacuum cleaner salesperson
• Massage therapist
• Tattoo artist
• Barber
• Barista
• DJ
• Stage magician
• Florist
• Tiger trainer
• Make-up artist
• Stunt performer
• Shopping mall cleaner
• Tour guide
• Mime
• Card fortune teller
• Mattress salesperson
• Influencer
• Lighthouse keeper
• Sommelier
• Chess coach
• Food delivery courier
• Theme park mascot
• Yoga instructor
• Wedding planner
• Stand-up comedian
• High-rise window cleaner
• Fireworks vendor

Health — 63

• Perfect health
• Asthma
• Type 1 diabetes
• Severe dust allergy
• Chronic insomnia
• Poor eyesight (−6)
• Recurring migraines
• Mild arrhythmia
• Recently got over a cold
• Healthy, but a chronic hypochondriac
• Epilepsy, well controlled
• Chronic back pain
• Prosthetic arm
• Blind in one eye
• Deaf in one ear
• Schizophrenia (in remission)
• Early-stage tumour
• Branded as a mutant
• Congenital heart defect
• Coeliac disease
• Psoriasis
• Broken leg (in a cast)
• High blood pressure
• Panic attacks
• Mild immunodeficiency
• Chronic bronchitis
• Arthritis
• Food intolerance
• A light cold
• Infected with an unknown virus (no symptoms yet)
• A small wound, already healing
• Excellent physical shape, no complaints
• Seasonal pollen allergy
• Athletic build and stamina
• Strong immune system, almost never ill
• Short-sightedness
• Long-sightedness
• Flat feet
• Varicose veins
• Type 2 diabetes (mild)
• Chronic runny nose
• Recent food poisoning
• Mild dehydration
• Chronic fatigue
• Constant ringing in the ears
• Trembling hands
• Partial loss of smell
• A limp from an old injury
• Impaired coordination
• Memory blackouts
• A scar across the whole face
• Prosthetic leg
• A stutter
• Colour blindness
• Wears a hearing aid
• Artificial heart valve
• Cracked rib, still healing
• Chronic gastritis
• Mild anaemia
• Allergic to antibiotics
• Bad knee, aches before rain
• Recovering from surgery
• Kidney stones

Hobby / skill — 63

• Playing guitar
• Hunting and butchering game
• Programming
• Yoga and meditation
• Cooking
• Drawing
• Martial arts
• Gardening
• Chess
• Driving heavy machinery
• Rock climbing
• Fishing and knot tying
• Archery
• Ham radio
• Carpentry
• Herb and plant lore
• Lockpicking
• Driving tankers
• Hand-to-hand combat
• Wilderness survival
• Calligraphy
• Beekeeping
• Animal training
• Blacksmithing
• Amateur meteorology
• Caving
• Restoring old machines
• Dancing
• Photography
• Board games and strategy
• Speed reading
• Knife throwing
• Parkour
• Wood carving
• Embroidery
• Stand-up and improv
• Acting
• Playing piano
• Foraging mushrooms and berries
• Horse riding
• Scuba diving
• Pottery
• Amateur astronomy
• Land navigation
• Mountaineering
• Electronics repair
• Welding
• Canning and preserving
• Soap making
• Basket weaving
• Learning foreign languages
• Falconry
• Playing harmonica
• Knife fighting
• Home brewing
• Hydroponics
• Sewing and mending
• Rabbit breeding
• Smoking and curing meat
• Cartography
• Book restoration
• Long-distance running
• Swimming

Phobia — 58

• Claustrophobia
• Nyctophobia (fear of the dark)
• Fear of heights
• Aquaphobia (fear of water)
• Social phobia
• Fear of insects
• Fear of blood
• Fear of fire
• Fear of dirt
• Fear of doctors
• Fear of dinosaurs and reptiles
• Arachnophobia
• Fear of crowds
• Fear of being alone
• Trypophobia
• Fear of germs
• Fear of flying
• Fear of sharp objects
• Fear of loud noises
• Fear of mirrors
• Fear of dolls
• Fear of losing control
• No phobias
• Technophobia (fear of machines)
• Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces)
• Xenophobia (fear of strangers)
• Fear of losing memory
• Fear of betrayal
• Fear of deep water
• Ophidiophobia (fear of snakes)
• Ornithophobia (fear of birds)
• Coulrophobia (fear of clowns)
• Fear of surgery
• Fear of public speaking
• Triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13)
• Fear of sudden noises
• Thanatophobia (fear of death)
• Fear of going blind
• Zoophobia (fear of animals)
• Fear of thunderstorms
• Fear of cold
• Fear of hunger
• Fear of radiation
• Fear of needles
• Fear of enclosed vehicles
• Fear of being touched
• Fear of silence
• Fear of smoke
• Fear of locked doors
• Fear of infection
• Fear of falling
• Fear of weapons
• Fear of dead bodies
• Fear of underground places
• Fear of going mad
• Fear of losing contact
• Fear of making decisions
• Fear of being stared at

Personal baggage — 71

• First aid kit
• Crate of planting seeds
• Hand-crank generator
• Guitar
• Survival manuals
• Portable radio
• Crate of canned food
• Tool kit
• Old photo album
• Hunting knife
• Flamethrower
• Water filter
• Emergency alarm
• Compass and maps
• Sleeping bag
• Rope and carabiners
• Solar panel
• Course of antibiotics
• Sewing kit
• Fuel cans
• Crate of ammunition
• Battery radio receiver
• Tent
• Thermos
• Fishing tackle
• A book of scripture
• Spare batteries
• Multitool
• Folding knife
• Lighter and matches
• Wind-up flashlight
• Binoculars
• Wristwatch with a compass
• Wound care kit
• Bottled water in reserve
• Rope ladder
• Fishing hooks
• Folding shovel
• Gas mask
• Veterinary first aid kit
• Fire-starting kit
• Salt and spices
• Paper and pencil
• Warm blanket
• Change of clothes
• Hacksaw
• Duct tape
• Whistle
• Signal mirror
• Water bladders
• Old family photographs
• Hand-crank sewing machine
• Jerrycan of petrol
• Car battery
• Fishing net
• Sack of flour
• Sack of potatoes
• Set of spanners
• Soldering iron and solder
• Dosimeter
• Water purification tablets
• Hunting rifle with no ammo
• Crossbow
• Canning kit
• Portable solar charger
• Notebook of recipes
• Metal detector
• Wire cutters and a coil of wire
• Hand mill
• Crate of soap and antiseptic
• Veterinary medicines

Secret — 76

• Once convicted of a minor offence
• Secretly in love with someone here
• Trained in first aid, but hides it
• Terrified of taking responsibility
• Actually lied about their profession
• A born leader, but too shy for it
• Afraid of the dark, but won't admit it
• Keeps a secret recipe from their grandmother
• An undercover intelligence agent
• Hiding a mild infection
• A psychopath with no empathy
• Understands the plumbing and wiring of old buildings better than they let on
• Used to belong to a cult
• Secretly keeps a diary about everyone
• Wanted by the police
• Hiding a second identity
• Knows a place where you could sit it out — but somebody still has to get there
• Can find drinking water where nobody else thinks to look
• Once broke somebody else's property and let another person take the blame
• Works for a surviving corporation
• Lies about their age
• Keeps an unlicensed weapon
• Secretly negotiating with another group of survivors
• Hides having seen a UFO
• Used to be a bodyguard for someone important
• Used to work for a rival faction
• Secretly recording everything on a voice recorder
• Can't actually do what they claim
• Knows someone else's safe code and says nothing
• Trusts animals more than people
• Keeps a private list of people they distrust
• Related to someone here and won't admit it
• Used to be a local celebrity
• Had been quietly prepping for the disaster
• Lived through a similar disaster before
• Keeps someone's secret that could change everything
• Studies survival tactics from old books
• Used to be an informant
• Can't remember parts of the last few days
• Their real profession isn't the one listed
• Hides a private food stash from the group
• Knows who is really to blame for the disaster
• Forged documents to get in here
• Sometimes hears voices and says nothing
• Has killed someone before
• Secretly believes the disaster is a punishment
• Hides that they can't swim
• Promised to come back for someone and never did
• Carries someone else's wedding ring
• In any room, the first thing they look for is the second way out
• Quietly takes medicine from the shared kit
• Hides having been in a quarantine zone
• Keeps score of everyone who owes them
• Abandoned their own group to get here
• Hides being related to the group's dead leader
• Can pick locks but won't admit it
• Understands the language the strangers speak
• Hides a dead friend's diary
• Saw who spoiled the supplies and stays quiet
• Cannot read
• Gambled away somebody else's money and still owes it
• Keeps somebody else's gun in their luggage
• Has already decided who they would leave behind first, if it comes to that
• Once left somebody behind in trouble
• Fixes things they don't understand at all — just gets lucky
• Terrified somebody will find out their real name
• Secretly nicknames everyone and has already named all present
• Cleaned other people's houses before the catastrophe and saw far too much
• Hiding a cat in their bag
• Lies about how they feel every single morning
• Cannot stand being alone and is afraid to admit it
• Believes they deserve a seat more than anyone else
• Can get anyone talking
• Has faked medical exam results before
• Knows the city evacuation plan by heart
• Believes they had a prophetic dream about this group

Biodata

Sex and reproductive status are two halves of one line.

• Male
• Female
• Non-binary
• Undetermined sex
• Android robot
• Alien
• Mutant
• Clone
• Cyborg (human with implants)
• Human-animal hybrid
• Lab-grown
• Sexless organism

• Childfree on principle
• Has grown-up children
• Caring for a small child
• Pregnant
• Cannot have children
• Dreams of starting a family
• Adoptive parent
• Hasn't thought about it yet
• Parent of many children
• Former sperm donor
• Former egg donor
• Has a teenage child
• Lost a child before the disaster
• Spent years in fertility treatment
• Guardian of someone else's child
• Refuses to discuss it

Body

The age is a number, the build comes from a list. Occasionally a special line turns up instead of an age.

• Tall and lean
• Short but sturdy
• Average height, athletic build
• Very tall (over 195 cm)
• Petite build
• Heavyset
• Athletic build
• Thin, nearly emaciated
• Stocky and low-set
• Model looks and height
• Below average height
• Above average height
• Large build
• Frail build
• Muscular build
• Plump but nimble
• Lanky
• Solidly built
• Slender build
• Giant, almost two metres
• Wiry and tough
• Stooped but surprisingly strong
• Broad-shouldered, heavy-boned
• Light and quick
• Average height, noticeably underweight

• Doesn't remember their exact age
• Flatly refuses to give their age
• Looks younger than they are
• Looks older than they are
• Age classified even from themselves
• Claims to have lived over a hundred years
• Papers burned — age is only their word
• Counts their age in winters survived
• Same age as the disaster
• Their passport has the wrong age

Orientation

• Heterosexual
• Homosexual
• Bisexual
• Asexual
• Pansexual
• Demisexual
• Demiromantic
• Polyamorous
• Graysexual
• Fluid orientation (changes over time)
• Romantic asexual
• Hides their true orientation even from themselves
• Xenosexual (drawn to the non-human)
• Autosexual
• Objectophilia (in love with inanimate objects)
• Sapiosexual (attracted to intelligence)

Combinations are checked by 70 rules: a pregnant android, a surgeon afraid of blood or an illiterate lawyer will never turn up.

Catastrophes

One per game. It decides which incidents come up at night.

• A nuclear exchange wiped out the major cities. The surface is contaminated with fallout.
• An unknown virus killed 90% of the planet's population in three weeks.
• An asteroid struck the atmosphere and triggered a global winter lasting years.
• A supervolcano buried an entire hemisphere under ash.
• A hostile alien intelligence invaded — first contact ended in war.
• A tear in time: a collider experiment threw the planet back into the Jurassic. Predatory dinosaurs roam right outside the shelter.
• A chrono-anomaly: time loops around the shelter, washing up objects from different eras.
• AI uprising: automated combat drones destroy everything alive on the surface.
• A massive solar flare burned out all electronics and most of the ozone layer.
• Nature's revolt: mutant plants have overrun the cities at terrifying speed.
• A water world: melting glaciers have drowned 98% of the land.
• An invasion of alien parasitic fungus that takes over the minds of the infected.
• A pole reversal has torn apart the Earth's magnetic field.
• The ground gave way: a tectonic shift dropped whole cities into underground caverns.
• A classic zombie apocalypse: the infected have flooded the streets.
• A chemical plant disaster: a cloud of toxic gas covers the region and keeps creeping outward.
• Acid rain has fallen for three straight months, eating away everything left uncovered.
• A colossal sandstorm has buried the cities — the sun hasn't been seen for weeks.
• The crust has split open: poisonous fumes and rivers of lava pour from the fissures.
• A gravitational anomaly: everything on the surface loses weight and drifts upward.
• An electromagnetic pulse of unknown origin burned out communications, navigation and every surviving machine.
• A mass die-off of insects collapsed agriculture — a worldwide famine has begun.
• The ocean has bloomed with toxic algae and the coastal cities are choking on the fumes.
• An ancient pathogen escaped the thawing permafrost, and nobody has immunity to it.
• An invasion of giant mutant insects: they swarm above the ruins of the cities.
• Nuclear winter after a series of underground tests — the temperature has dropped twenty degrees.
• A cascading failure of the global power grid: the cities went dark, and riots and looting followed.
• Meteor showers come in waves — the sky burns every night.
• A rift in reality: creatures no science can describe have poured into the world.
• Total infertility: not one child has been born on the planet in two years, and the world is quietly losing its mind.
• The dust storm has not stopped for three years: the air outside cuts the lungs and the fields have turned to dunes.
• The world's water has gone bad: any open source blooms with a poisonous film within a day.
• Darkness without explanation: the sun rises but gives no light, and the plants die one after another.
• Sound: a low hum runs across the whole planet, and people stop sleeping and slowly lose themselves.
• The machines took the cities: factory automata kept working without people and are finishing something of their own.
• The glacier began to move and covered half the continent in two winters.

Shelters

Also one per game. Each has its own bias: a military base is better defended, a hospital has more medicine.

• Underground bunker — an old civil defence bunker, sealed shut on one side
• Abandoned military base — a garrison with its barracks and stores still intact
• Sturdy country house — a two-storey house with a cellar, ringed by a high fence
• Emptied village — a few solid cottages off on their own, far from any main road
• Abandoned hospital — an old hospital building with a single surviving wing
• School — a school building hastily converted into living quarters
• Old lighthouse — a lighthouse on a rocky shore with the keeper's cottage attached
• Industrial warehouse — a warehouse complex with thick concrete walls
• Abandoned supermarket — a shopping centre with its entrances barricaded
• Church on the hill — an old church with a solid stone crypt
• Secret research complex — a classified research station with self-contained life support
• Abandoned metro — a stretch of subway between two collapsed tunnels, cut off from the city
• Ski lodge — a mountain lodge with solid log cabins and a woodpile
• Beached decommissioned ship — a cargo ship washed ashore with its holds and cabins intact
• Maximum security prison — an emptied prison with concrete blocks and a self-contained perimeter
• Water tower — a concrete tower with an intact reservoir and a service floor
• Abandoned factory — workshops with thick walls, a repair bay and a heap of useful scrap
• University campus — a teaching block with laboratories and a surviving canteen
• Farm complex — a farmstead with a barn, greenhouses and its own well
• Underground communications station — a comms hub cut into rock, with its own power and a blast door
• Small hydroelectric station — a river station with a working turbine and a service building
• Former sanatorium — a main block with a treatment wing, a boiler room and an overgrown park
• Military fuel depot — a fenced depot with fuel tanks and a guard tower
• Cave system — a system of dry karst caves with a single narrow entrance
• Railway siding with a stranded train — an abandoned train in a siding: boxcars, a flatbed and a tanker
• Metro: a deep-level station — a platform and a dead-end tunnel under a hundred metres of rock
• A river barge at the mooring — a cargo barge with living quarters, moored at an old landing stage
• A weather station on the pass — a weather crew's hut with a generator, an aerial and a stack of firewood
• A walled monastery — an old cloister with a stone wall, a well and vegetable plots
• A shopping centre — a hypermarket box with a generator on the roof and a glass front

Night incidents

One comes up each night. In brackets: what it calls for, and what the third task is called that night.

• A horde of the infected is rolling toward the settlement — if it isn't driven off, the shelter falls. Fight back · Fight back
• A sudden storm damaged part of the structures — without repairs the next night will be far harder. Act · Emergency
• Scouts spotted an abandoned convoy nearby — a quick haul of supplies, but a risky one. Scavenge · Watch
• A fever is spreading among the survivors — it needs both medicine and a pair of skilled hands. Act · Emergency
• In the night someone — or something — is trying to breach the perimeter. They must hold until morning. Fight back · Fight back
• A warehouse has been spotted nearby, apparently untouched by looters. Scavenge · Watch
• A critical system in the shelter has failed — without repairs the next night gets far more dangerous. Act · Emergency
• A gang of strangers is demanding tribute and slowly surrounding the shelter. Fight back · Fight back
• Strange sounds come from the nearby ruins — the source is unknown, but something is definitely there. Act · Fight back
• Scouts report rich but dangerous ruins a couple of hours' walk away. Scavenge · Watch
• A pack of feral dogs has taken to coming far too close at night. Fight back · Fight back
• A marked map has turned up — something valuable is out there, but going is frightening. Scavenge · Watch
• A pipe has burst: water is draining into the ground and the reserve is vanishing before their eyes. Act · Emergency
• Three strangers have come to the gate asking to be let in for the night. Act · Fight back
• The generator died in the night, and someone is walking the corridors in the dark. Act · Fight back
• Looters made off with some of the supplies and will surely be back — they know the way now. Fight back · Fight back
• There's a smell of burning in the vents: somewhere inside, wiring is smouldering. Act · Emergency
• Scouts found a pharmacy beyond the pass with its stockroom untouched. Scavenge · Watch
• A section of wall has collapsed — the gap has to be sealed before dark. Act · Emergency
• Rats have got into the food and are breeding in the cellar. Fight back · Fight back
• A wild crop has come up in the field by the road — it can be harvested, but the place is far too exposed. Scavenge · Watch
• A wounded man has reached the shelter and is begging for help. Act · Fight back
• A column of smoke on the horizon: someone is burning fires very close by. Scavenge · Watch
• The cables outside were cut in the night — that was definitely no accident. Fight back · Fight back
• The cold has snapped in hard, and there isn't enough warmth for everyone. Act · Emergency
• The well water has developed a taste — drinking it is dangerous now. Act · Emergency
• A hardware store in the next block has survived intact. Scavenge · Watch
• Someone from outside is marking the ground around the shelter with signs. Fight back · Fight back
• A stalled truck with a full load stands by the road — it has to be unloaded fast. Scavenge · Watch
• Predators have come right up to the perimeter and haven't left for three nights. Fight back · Fight back
• Somebody knocked on the door in the night and called out names — names of people who are not here. Fight back · Fight back
• The water filters have silted up: what comes out of the tap is no longer drinkable. Act · Emergency
• Mould has taken hold in the stores and has already reached half the supplies. Act · Emergency
• Smoke from a chimney a couple of blocks away — somebody lives there and keeps a stove going. Scavenge · Watch
• The wind has torn off part of the roof and it is pouring into the living quarters. Act · Emergency
• Somebody left a crate of supplies at the gate and walked away without showing themselves. Act · Fight back
• A scouting party found an intact railway carriage stuck in a tunnel. Scavenge · Watch
• Tracks appeared along the perimeter overnight — large ones, and not human. Fight back · Fight back
• The batteries hold half their usual charge: the lights are flickering all over the shelter. Act · Emergency
• A greenhouse survived in the building next door, and something is still growing in it. Scavenge · Watch
• Two strangers are offering a trade: they have medicine, they need water. Act · Fight back
• Someone inside has gone down with an unexplained rash, and two more slept beside them. Act · Emergency
• Someone left a chalk mark by the far entrance — a fresh one, and definitely not yours. Fight back · Fight back
• The well wall has caved in and the water is draining into the sand before your eyes. Act · Emergency
• There are untouched fuel tanks on the roof of the warehouse next door. Scavenge · Watch
• Three armed people have come up to the shelter and demand to be let in until morning. Fight back · Fight back
• Something large has been walking on the roof for a second night, trying the hatches. Fight back · Fight back
• A pack of mutant rats has gnawed through the storeroom wall and is getting inside. Fight back · Fight back

Finds

They surface during the selection. The night council picks one of two options for each, and both cost something.

• One of the dead coordinators managed to hide that the shelter is only rated for a couple of years — after that they will have to go outside regardless.
  Start preparing to leave — Some of the people and materials go into preparation. The perimeter weakens, but the community has something to aim for.
  Tell nobody about it — Carry on as before. The rumours will spread anyway, and trust will not survive them.
• The Geiger counter by the entrance has spiked over the last day — outside is even more dangerous than it seemed.
  Seal the ventilation — It gets safer and cleaner inside, but runs for supplies have to be cut back.
  Leave it as it is — Change nothing and hope the spike is temporary.
• Old records mention another, far larger shelter nearby — but there is no contact with it.
  Send out a scouting party — Two people go looking. Fewer hands on watch, but the community gains hope and a route.
  Go nowhere — Your own shelter beats someone else's note in an old folder.
• Some of the supplies are marked "command reserve — do not open" and breaking into them without orders is strictly forbidden.
  Break into the reserve — Noticeably more food and water. The weapons crate behind the same seal has to be left open.
  Leave the seal alone — Rules are rules. Maybe the order will still come.
• A fragment of someone else's transmission came through the radio: unknown voices claim the disaster was no accident.
  Look for those behind it among your own — Checks and watches. The perimeter holds better, but now everyone at the table is sizing everyone else up.
  Let it go — A stranger's voice on the air is a poor reason to turn on each other.
• A hidden door to a service room has been found — the building was evidently used for more than its stated purpose.
  Force the door — Behind it are a backup panel and a generator. And something else best not thought about before sleep.
  Weld it shut — Whatever is in there stays in there.
• Ampoules labelled "experimental compound" were found in the medical kit — with not a word about what they are or what for.
  Put them to use — The sickbay gets something it never had. Nobody knows how it will turn out.
  Destroy them — An unknown medicine is worse than none. At least there is nothing left to argue about.
• Sensors picked up a faint but constant signal from inside the walls — the source was never identified.
  Open up the wall — You find an old power line the builders never knew about. And a hole in the perimeter.
  Mute it and forget — The signal is there — let it be. Sleep comes harder.
• It has come out that one of the settlement's founders moved a large sum into an account nobody knew about just before the disaster.
  Demand an accounting — The inquiry restores order and ruins relationships.
  Forget it — money means nothing now — Outside it is paper. Inside, who talks to whom matters more.
• An inscription was found on a utility room wall, written long before the disaster: "Do not open door number 7".
  Open door number 7 — There is a store room and a backup circuit. And the reason the warning was written.
  Do not open it — Somebody wrote that for a reason. The door stays shut.
• A crate of weapons nobody knew about turned up in the back room.
  Hand them out — Calmer at the door and tenser at the table: everyone is armed now, including the one you do not trust.
  Lock it and leave it — One person keeps the key. Which one is up to you, and that is a conversation too.
• A dog has taken up by the vent — skinny, but alive, and clearly somebody's pet.
  Keep it — One more mouth, but now something with real hearing sits by the door. And people breathe easier.
  Drive it off — There is nothing to feed it with. Afterwards nobody can look that way.
• A page in the duty log was torn out and slipped back in upside down.
  Read the entries out loud — It comes out who left their post and when. More order, less trust.
  Close the log — Whatever happened before you can stay there.
• An old tank turned up under the storeroom floor — full, but of what nobody knows.
  Open it and check — Inside is water, stale but usable once boiled. That takes a lot of fuel.
  Weld it shut again — Safer that way. For us and for the tank.
• The radio picked up a recording: a woman's voice reading coordinates on a loop and asking people to come.
  Answer and give your name — Now they know about you. Somebody will come — the only question is who.
  Listen in silence — The coordinates are written down and you gave nothing away. And you think about it every evening.
• One of you found a stranger's key to an inner door among their things — and does not remember where it came from.
  Change the locks — Half a day's work and a quiet night's sleep. The key is still unexplained.
  Leave it and keep watch — Let whoever planted it think it went unnoticed.
• Half the painkillers are missing from the medicine cabinet, and only two people had the key.
  Ask about it in front of everyone — Nobody owned up, but the taking stopped. It was a hard evening.
  Say nothing — Everyone decided for themselves who it was. And remembered.
• A crate of vacuum-packed seeds turned up — no telling if they will sprout, but the packaging is intact.
  Give the beds the best corner — Warm and lit, which means taken from something else. In a month you will know.
  Save them for later — Seeds do not spoil. People do.
• It turns out the emergency exit opens straight into somebody else's basement — and it is not locked.
  Brick up the passage — One escape route fewer, but one hole in the perimeter fewer too.
  Keep it and post a watch — A hidden way out is worth a lot. Somebody will have to stand there every night.
• A working tape player and a box of old music tapes turned up in the attic.
  Play it in the evenings — It eats power, but the evenings have stopped being all the same.
  Trade them when the chance comes — Tapes are goods. Silence stays silence.

Abilities

Two each per game. The rare ones (listed separately) turn up at most once per game.

• Recon — Reveal one hidden trait of a chosen player to everyone.
• Secret informant — Learn one hidden trait of any player — for your eyes only, nobody else sees it.
• Redeal — Replace one of your own still-hidden traits with a new random one from the same pool.
• Vote strike — During voting only: cancel one player's vote already cast this round. It only works on votes ALREADY cast: if your turn comes first, there is nothing to cancel yet.
• Shield — Protect yourself in the next vote count — votes against you will not be counted.
• Delay — During reveals only: delay the move to voting by one more round. The round is taken from one of the later cycles — it adds no extra cards to the game.
• Double recon — Reveal two random hidden traits of a chosen player to everyone at once.
• Mass surveillance — Pick a category — it is revealed for every living player who still has it hidden.
• Double informant — Learn one hidden trait from each of two players — for your eyes only.
• Card swap — Swap one of your hidden traits with the same hidden field of another player.
• Sabotage — Quietly replace one hidden trait of a chosen player with a new random one — to everyone else it looks like nothing happened.
• Double shield — Shield both yourself and one chosen player in the next vote count.
• Vote redirect — During voting only: change who an already-voted player voted for this round. If nobody has voted before you, there is nothing to change.
• Full amnesty — During voting only: cancel every vote cast this round at once.
• Long night — During reveals only: delay the move to voting by two full rounds. Those rounds are taken from the later cycles — they add no extra cards to the game.
• Second wind — Reveal one extra hidden trait of your own, on top of your normal turn.
• Stash — Find one more personal item — adds a second, separate entry to your baggage.
• Cover tracks — Hide one of your already revealed traits again — for everyone else it becomes a secret once more.
• Others' secrets — Quietly force two OTHER players to swap one hidden trait — you take no part in the exchange yourself.
• Full file — Learn every remaining hidden trait of one chosen player — for your eyes only.
• Break the shield — During voting only: cancel an already-activated shield on a chosen player before the votes are counted. If nobody has raised a shield yet, it cannot be used.

Rare powers

• Complete dossier — Pick one category and learn its value for EVERY player — for your eyes only.
• Right of veto — During voting only: the next count eliminates nobody — the round is void and the group returns to reveals.
• Hijack — Take one of the chosen player's unused abilities and keep it for yourself. You will be able to use it from your next turn on: only one ability may be used per turn.
• Forgery — Quietly replace three hidden traits of a chosen player with new random ones.
• Deep cover — A shield that holds through the next two vote counts instead of one.
• All-seeing eye — Reveal one random hidden trait of EVERY living player except yourself.
• Reserve — Gain a third random ability and one extra use beyond the normal limit.

Duties

Once the extra people are voted out, the rest divide these up. Who took what decides the ending.

• Food and water — Runs food and water rationing, the kitchen and the filters.
• Repairs and power — Looks after the generator, the ventilation and the shelter's machinery.
• Medicine — Gives first aid and watches over the group's health.
• Security — Controls the perimeter, the weapons and order inside the shelter.
• Future of the community — Responsible for morale, teaching and the community's future for years ahead.

Life outside

An outcast picks a stance once per game, and a task within it every night.

Help the shelter

Work for the people who threw you out. Their defence holds better, and if one of them dies you have a chance to return and take the empty seat.

• Leave supplies — Leave whatever you scavenged at their gate.
• Watch the approaches — Spend the night in ambush and meet the threat before it reaches the doors.
• Repair from outside — Patch up what cannot be reached from inside.

Harm the shelter

Work against them. The shelter weakens and you can never come back inside — but they may not make it to daybreak either.

• Wreck their gear — Quietly break the thing they are counting on.
• Lead strangers in — Show the way to people who should never have found it.
• Raid the stores — Take what lies outside and is badly guarded.

Look for your own refuge

Neither help nor revenge: look for a second refuge. Find one and on the last night you call every outcast there, and your side gets an ending of its own.

• Scout the block — Walk the area and mark everything that looks like shelter.
• Dig through rubble — Break through where nobody managed before you. Faster, but more dangerous.
• Fortify a hideout — Don't look for new ground — dig into what's already found. Slow, but safe.

Personal goals

A rare card rather than another line in the dossier: the goal goes to one person out of the whole group, or two from seven players up. Everyone can see how many are in play; nobody knows whose they are until the dawn screen, and no reveal mechanic ever shows a goal. A dark goal only turns up with six players or more and is always the only one — it comes with a night button nobody else has.

• A place of your own down there — Be among those who see the dawn from inside the shelter.
• Not alone — See the dawn inside the shelter together with this person:
• One mouth too many — Make sure this person is left outside the shelter doors:
• Your own job — See the dawn having taken on this duty:
• Nobody dies — See the dawn with nobody in the shelter dying across the three nights.
• Your own road — Meet the dawn outside, in the refuge the outcasts find for themselves.
• A score to settle — This person must not live to see the dawn: dark
• Let it all burn — The shelter must not hold: by dawn the colony must be doomed. dark

Night moves of the dark goals

• Arrange an accident — One loosened bolt, one hatch left unlocked. Tonight everything goes wrong for the chosen person — and nobody will be able to prove a thing.
• Spoil the shelter's stores — Water in the tank, an extra turn of the valve, a package torn open. By morning the shelter will be short of a great deal, and the search for a culprit will take a long time.