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'''''The Whispering Vault''''' is a 1993 tabletop roleplaying game designed by Mike Nystul and published by Pariah Press and Ronin Publishing.
Player characters were once human, but no longer. They have become Stalkers, god-like beings serving the entities that rule our plane of existence. For these entities, referred to as Aesthetics, sometimes become so engrossed with the reality they have dreamed into existence, that they abandon their position and manifest into our world, causing mayhem and disaster as they do so. It is therefore the player characters' duty to neutralize such rogue demiurges (referred to as the Unbidden), and to lock them up in a transdimensional prison, from where their corrupting whispers can be heard across the
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** [[A God Is You]]: Natural corollary in this case, at least until you run up against the aforementioned "prey."▼
* [[The Alcatraz]]: The titular Whispering Vault. While very hard to escape, it's possible with the help of [[Unwitting Pawn|foolish mortals]]; Unbidden who managed to escape are possibly the most dangerous foes in the game.
* [[Alien Space Bats]]: The Aesthetics. Especially when they turn into Unbidden, since, if left unchecked, they may cause serious alterations to our reality's space-time continuum, resulting in the creation of a pocket dimension known as a Shadowland.
* [[And Then John Was a Zombie]]: Subverted. Human allies of the Stalkers are those from whom new ones are recruited, but since Stalkers are [[Eldritch Abomination
* [[Apotheosis]]: All player characters are former mortals who have become Stalkers, quasi-divine beings charged with pursuing rogue demiurges (referred to as the Unbidden) damaging reality with their presence, capturing them, and imprisoning them in the titular vault. ([[Ascend to
▲** [[A God Is You]]: Natural corollary in this case, at least until you run up against the aforementioned "prey
* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: Everyone, including Player Characters. Your goal is to keep reality from unraveling, everything else is a (very) distant second. And you're the ones with the most recognisable motivations.
* [[Body Horror]]: A side-effect of the Unbidden's manifestation, but also a deliberate choice of the Stalkers to acquire a monstrous body.
* [[The Corruption]]: The Unbidden gradually distort reality around them, and warp the minds of humans who follow them.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: The Stalkers themselves, as well as certain types of Shadows. One tends to become an extremely protective [[Not-So-Imaginary Friend]] to children (kinda like an [[Eldritch Abomination]] [[Big Friendly Dog]]), another is fascinated by Stalkers and will [[The Cavalry|cross over to reality to help should a Stalker be killed in combat]]. Lots of neutral-ish Shadows can be [[Did We Just Have Tea
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The Unbidden. Stalkers and Shadows as well (in other words, anything not vanilla mortal).
* [[Mooks]]: Shadows often serve this role for the Unbidden. They range in power from cannon fodder to [[Boss in Mook Clothing]].
* [[Place Beyond Time]]: Where Stalkers dwell until called upon to intervene in mundane reality.
* [[Powers That Be]]: The Aesthetics.
* [[Things That Go Bump in
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