Mist City Handbook Ceremony Mistress Toolkit

ANCIENT STORIES, MODERN CRIMES

In this City, anyone can be a hidden legend. King Arthur, Alice in Wonderland, or Tlaloc, the Aztec rain god, live inside ordinary people. While millions of unaware individuals traverse the City, legends hide behind the veil of the Mist. Among the few who have become Rifters – cracks in the veil – many use their fantastic gifts to commit vile crimes.

City of Mist is a cinematic detective role-playing game set in a dark city of ordinary people and legendary powers. As the Master of Ceremonies (MC) you are the showrunner of your own series. You create mysterious cases and dark crimes waiting to be uncovered by your crew. You portray villains, monsters, and lost souls, and push the main characters to discover who they really are.

To fully utilize the game's potential, the Player's Guide is also essential, which helps create vivid, intriguing characters for your players.

What you will find in this manual:

• Chapter 1: What the city says – describes the four main districts of the City along with sample locations and local Rifters, as well as additional districts and locations on the outskirts of the city.
• Chapter 2: Behind the scenes – is a detailed breakdown of MC roles and a step-by-step guide on how to run sessions, containing many tools to help make the game more cinematic, as well as an in-depth introduction to creating your own cases and designing campaigns based on the Iceberg model.
• Chapter 3: This is MY City! – is dedicated to villains. It contains rules for creating Threats and information on how to deal with them, as well as a catalog of Threat Profiles with dozens of ready-to-play Threats. There is also an extensive guide about Avatars and their organizations, along with four sample Avatar organizations, and a special section on creating and using special moves with templates and examples.
• Full case: Playing with death.