Skins for the Skinless

A collection of new Skins for Monsterhearts

by Topher Gerkey
Sex Move
Immediately after you have sex with
someone, you become your Darkest
Self and lash out physically at your
partner. You may then choose to keep
lashing out or run away.
Darkest Self
You are an animal. No trace of your
human body or mind remains, only
your most primal emotions - lust, fear,
anger, jealousy, hatred. You are drawn
to anyone you have such intense
feelings for, but your only means of
interacting with them is to savagely
attack them. If you cant find someone
you know, any target will do. You can-
not escape your Darkest Self until you
take a life.
Advancement
Playing The Beast
The Beast is all about repression.
Youre that kid who bottles up her
They call you frigid. A prude. An ice
passions, whos terrified of intimacy,
queen. Your friends think youre
and whose emotions are so locked
just too uptight, and youd be fine
away that when you do finally let
if youd just loosen up a little. Have
them out, they explode with a
some fun. Let yourself like someone.
horrible, uncontrollable intensity. In
this case, youve got a good reason,
But you know the truth. When you
because your passions turn you into a
let go - when you lose control, even
killer animal.
for a moment - you can feel yourself
starting to change. The terrible
The one aspect of your human
animal in you is always roaring at
personality that never goes away is
you, always trying to claw its way
your emotional connection to others.
out. And when it gets out, people get
It just turns twisted and malicious -
hurt.
when you are your Darkest Self or are
Feral with no impulse control, youll
And the worst part? Sometimes you
go out of your way to hunt and attack
kind of like it.
that teacher who humiliated you, that
boy you have a crush on, or that girl
who flirted with the boy you have a
crush on. When you return to normal,

m Take another Beast move.
m Take another Beast move.
m Take a move from another Skin.
m Take a move from another Skin.
m Youre part of a Bloodline of
Beasts.
m Add 1 to Hot (max 3).
m Add 1 to Cold (max 3).
m Add 1 to Volatile (max 3).
m Add 1 to Dark (max 3).
The Beast
youll probably be horrified - but some
small secret part of you will have
enjoyed it, and cant wait to be let out
of the cage again.
Be careful about taking the Moves
that make it easier to go Feral if you
want your transformations to be rare!
Name Look
Choose a name: Circle one in each list:
On the other hand, if you take moves
that give you extra options while Feral, Blake, Christina, Etienne, pristine, rigid, icy hot, sculpted, exotic
youll likely want to make it easier to Irena, Isabeau, Jivan, Natassja,
gain the condition. Paul, Simone, Tobias intimidating eyes, glacial eyes,
demure eyes, conflicted eyes,
If you take the advancement that gives An exotic name, a sensual name, uptight eyes
you a gang, you will discover a group a difficult name, a regal name, a

of other Beasts who also suffer from
Skin designed by:
your condition. Sex with another Beast
Topher Gerkey doesnt trigger your Sex Move, which
might sound tempting - but if you
Patrons: are part of a cursed bloodline, theyre
also at least somewhat related to you.
Jerome Comeau They might not care, and may pursue
Teresa Oswald you anyway, if this is a type of subplot
youre comfortable playing out.
Origin
beautiful name
Animal Form Circle one:
Circle one: hexed, drank from a shapeshifters
pawprint, cursed bloodline, deep
big cat (panther, tiger, cheetah, etc),
hypnosis experiment, uplifted
wolf (or coyote, jackal, or fox), bird of
prey (owl, eagle, etc), hyena, alligator,
animal
bear, monitor lizard, gorilla, python
Name:
Stats
Add 1 to one of these:
Hot 1, Cold 1, Volatile -1, Dark -1
m move.
Hot
(Turn Someone On,
Manipulate an NPC)
m intelligence and personality.
Cold
(Shut Someone Down, Hold Steady)
m gered by intense jealousy, anger,
Volatile
(Lash Out Physically, Run Away)
m
Dark
(Gaze Into The Abyss)
Your Backstory
Two of the others have asked you
out in the past, but you turned them
down. Take a string on each of them.
You try not to have strong feelings
about anyone. No one else can start
with more than one string on you.
Carry Forward Beast Moves
You take this one, and choose two more:
l Caged Heat
Whenever you are turned on (especially
as a result of having turn someone on
used on you), your inner beast begins
Conditions
to assert itself. You gain the condition
Feral, and for as long as you have that
condition you may use Hot instead of
Volatile to lash out physically. You can
attempt to hold steady in order to re-
move this condition. Additionally, while
Feral choose two:
} You mostly retain your human
shape.
Notes } You mostly retain your human
} You mostly retain self-control over
your violent and malicious impulses.
m Green-Eyed Monster
Your Caged Heat move is trig-
Harm
or hatred in addition to by being
turned on.
m Scaredy Cat
Your Caged Heat move is triggered
Experience Points:
by intense fear, shame, or sorrow
mmmmm >> Advance
in addition to by being turned on.
Strings Other Moves
m Beauty and...
You can spend a string on someone to
simultaneously turn them on and shut
them down. Roll once and apply all the
results; you may choose whether to
use Hot or Cold for this roll. On a miss,
they choose one:
} They carry 1 forward against you.
} They shut you down as if theyd
rolled a 10 up.
} They turn you on as if theyd rolled
a 10 up, triggering your Caged Heat
m Tooth and Claw
If you are Feral and have lost your
human shape, add 1 to your roll when
you shut someone down by frightening
them or when you lash out physically.
m Fight or Flight
If you are Feral and have lost your hu-
man intelligence, when you lash out
physically and roll 10 up you can pick
two options. You can use Cold instead
of Volatile to run away.
m Predator and Prey
If you are Feral and have lost your
impulse control, carry 1 forward
against anyone who has a string on
you. Take a string on anyone at whom
you lash out physically and inflict
harm.
m Cats Eye
When you look into someones eyes
and gaze into the abyss, on a 10 up add
this option: You know their deepest
fear or secret lust, and add 1 to your
roll when using that information to
shut them down or turn them on.
Sex Move
When you have sex with someone,
treat it as though you had used the
move Casting the Bones (even if you
dont have that move) and rolled a 10
up. Choose three options instead of
two.
Darkest Self
Enough hiding behind a mask of
sweetness and humor. You are Death,
so start acting like it. Youve spent far
too much time teaching others not
to fear death and not enough time
teaching them to embrace its peace
and beauty. Twist your advice; make
them see the unrelenting misery and
futility of their lives and encourage
them to end their pain with their own
hands. You escape your Darkest Self
when someone manages to show you
the beauty and joy of life, or when you
drive someone to commit suicide.
Advancement
m Take another Calaca move.
m Take another Calaca move.
m Take a move from another Skin.
m Take a move from another Skin.
m You have a Skeleton Crew.
m Add 1 to Hot (max 3).
m Add 1 to Cold (max 3).
m Add 1 to Volatile (max 3).
m Add 1 to Dark (max 3).
Skin Designed by:
Topher Gerkey
Patrons:
Jerome Comeau
Teresa Oswald
Stock Art:
http://little-ms-spooky.deviantart.com/
Playing The Calaca
Youre a disarming mixture of cute and
freakshow, a cheerful friend dressed
It really isnt as bad as you might
in funereal blacks, a wise confidante
think. You dont have to watch your
who cant resist telling dead baby
weight, for instance. You can wear
jokes, a poet who writes odes to death
what you want and never get hot or
and decay in a journal festooned with
cold. You never have to pee.
Hello Kitty stickers, a Manic Pixie Dead
Girl (or Boy).
Sometimes you miss getting the
ofrendas, but its cool to help people
Helping the people you care about -
out, push them along the right
especially by giving them wise
paths, without asking for anything
guidance - should be one of your main
in return.
priorities. Your story is the story of
how you made other peoples stories
Better to keep the truth secret,
better. Your meddling may create
though. Your friends can handle
some drama, but thats okay -
you as an oddly perky goth. Youre
especially if its funny.
not sure a walking, talking skeleton
would be quite as popular.
If something bad happens to your
skin, youll need to replace it before
you can pass for human again (unless
you have the Sugar Skull move). The
The Calaca
method for obtaining a new skin is
up to you, but keep in mind that your
human form will look like whoever
supplied your replacement skin.
If you take the Ossuary move as an
advancement, youll need to explain
where the extra bones came from and
Name Look
Choose a name: Circle one in each list:
where you keep them. Once you
actually use the move, the Cal, Catrina, Charity, Grace, skin like porcelain, gothic lolita,
replacement bones will change your Daniel, Frida, Jack, Manuel, deathly pale, painted face, rail-thin
nature somewhat. In addition to Mercedes, Scully
picking a new move, you may want to hollow eyes, gleaming eyes, wise
display new or altered facets of your a Latin name, a nickname, a eyes, vivid eyes, kind eyes
personality. beautiful name, a joyful name, a
Origin
cute name
If you take a Skeleton Crew as an
advancement, youll need to decide if
Circle one:
your gang consists of other Calacas bone elemental, corpse bride, death
like yourself, or if you have a number
spirit, necromantic construct,
of mindless, animated skeletons who summoned ancestor
act as your minions.
Name: Carry Forward Calaca Moves
You start with this one and
choose two more:
Stats Skin and Bones
Add 1 to one of these: You can slip out of your skin and
viscera at any time to reveal your true
Hot 1, Cold -1, Volatile -1, Dark 1 skeletal form. If anyone witnesses this
Conditions process, you each take a string on the
other. While in your true form, you take
no harm from anything that a
skeleton would be immune to (stabbing
or slashing, strangling, etc). You cannot
m turn someone on or manipulate an NPC,
Hot
but you can use Dark instead of Cold to
shut someone down. If your skin is lost
(Turn Someone On, or destroyed while youre out of it, you
will have to obtain a replacement in
Manipulate an NPC)
Notes
order to pass for human again.
m m Casting the Bones
When you are offering wisdom,
Cold guidance, or advice to a friend and you
gaze into the abyss, add the
(Shut Someone Down, following options when you roll 10 up:
Hold Steady) } The visions show what your friend
must do; they carry 1 forward.
m } The visions heal your friend; they
Volatile Harm
may remove one condition.
} Take a string on your friend.
(Lash Out Physically, Run Away) Add the following option when you
roll 7-9:
} The visions are lucid and detailed,
m Connected
In your true form, you can disconnect
and reconnect your bones at the joints,
and retain full control over all your
body parts regardless of whether they
are connected. Only your skull can see,
hear, or smell; your limbs and other
bones are limited to a sense of touch.
You can use this ability to be present
and active in multiple simultaneous
scenes.
m Deadpan
Your cheerful morbidity, gallows
humor, and deathly aura are
fascinating and off-putting. In your
human form, you can use Dark
instead of Cold to shut someone down.
m Morte Alata
In your true form, you have a pair of
bony wings. When not in use they fold
up and look something like an extra
ribcage on your back, but you can use
them for flight despite their skeletal
nature. You may use Dark instead of
Volatile to run away by escaping into
the air.
m Ossuary
You have a small cache of extra
bones. When you take your fourth
harm, you can hold yourself together

Experience Points:
m but your friend takes a string on you. just long enough to get to your stash
and rebuild yourself with your spares.
Dark mmmmm >> advance
When this happens, clear all your
harm, mark experience, and trade this
(Gaze Into The Abyss) Move for a different Calaca move. You
may take this move again as an
Other Moves Advancement.

Your Backstory Strings m Sugar Skull

In your true form, you retain some
of the features of the living. You have
Someone saw you slipping out of your humanlike hair, eyeballs, a nose,
skin. Each of you take a string on the lips, and ears. Your face and hands
other. look like those of a beautiful human
- albeit one with skin like fine bone
You gave someone advice that china. You may roll to turn someone on
or manipulate an NPC, but if any part
changed their life for the better. Take of your body aside from your face and
a string on them. hands is exposed, you must use Dark
instead of Hot.
Sex Move
When you have sex with someone,
each of you takes two strings on the
other. Give yourself the condition
Hopeful, and for as long as you have
that condition they gain +1 ongoing
toward any attempts to manipulate,
hurt, or betray you.
Darkest Self
Nobody loves you. Nobody ever
will. Its all pain and loneliness and
watching other people from the
outside, and it will never change. They
only pretended to like you so they
could hurt you even more. Theres
nothing left for you here but revenge,
so burn it all down. Smash everything
to pieces. Rip their secrets out and
make them dance like dolls for your
amusement.
Playing The Fury
A desperate longing to be accepted and
the rage that accompanies being rejected
You never wanted this. You never
are the central themes for the Fury. Futile
wanted to be different or special or
Hope is like the engine that makes you go:
a freak. All you ever wanted was to
You will need to put yourself out there,
fit in. To be liked. To be accepted.
willingly trusting and believing in people
Maybe even to be loved. Was that
even though you know you shouldnt, and
so much to ask? Youre not a bad
be ready to massively overreact to their
person.
inevitable betrayal. Your fellow players will
have an incentive to be nice to you and
But they wouldnt let you fit in.
then dump you, since that allows them to
They hurt you. Taunted you. Called
build up strings on you and then clear off
you names. Exploited you. Betrayed
any strings you have on them. Go along
you. They pushed and pushed and
with it! Being Betrayed is to your advantage
PUSHED and PUSHED.
since it powers up all your Fury moves and
provides lots of grist for the drama mill.
Theyre all going to be sorry when
you start pushing back.
Think carefully when choosing your moves
about what kind of walking megapsychic
catastrophe youd like to be. Firestarter
doesnt need to imply pyrokinesis; its just
a name and can represent any ability that

To escape your Darkest Self, you must
be confronted by someone who has
never hurt, excluded, or betrayed you,
or be shown an act of kindness that
seems genuine.
Advancement
Take another Fury move.
Take another Fury move.
Take a move from another Skin.
Take a move from another Skin.
You belong to a Psychic Gestalt.
Add 1 to Hot (max 3).
Add 1 to Cold (max 3).
Add 1 to Volatile (max 3).
Add 1 to Dark (max 3).
Skin Designed by:
Topher Gerkey
Layout by:
Matt Strickling
causes chaos and destruction. Some of the
moves are more themed around telepathy
or clairvoyance than the others, which
might be an interesting and more subtle
variation for you to try.
When you are your Darkest Self, be sure
to go all out with your descriptions. Your
moves can affect crowds and radically alter
the environment when youre in a full-on
rage, so cut loose and enjoy your revenge.
Taking a Psychic Gestalt gang as an
advancement changes the theme of
the skin somewhat. Instead of being
completely alone in your trust/abuse cycle,
your whole clique consists of social misfits
and rejects. You can find some solace
in each other, but the added power of a
gang makes the temptation to strike back
against the beautiful people that much
harder to resist - and your new buddies
want revenge just as badly as you do.
The Fury
Name
Choose a name:
Alice, Bea, Cam, Carrie, Charlie,
Kim, Jill, Joe, Robin, Will
A diminutive name, a nondescript
name, an unpopular name, a
victims name
Look
Circle one in each list:
raggedy, unfashionable, nerdy,
nervous, beneath notice, frightened
desperate eyes, brittle eyes, teary
eyes, resentful eyes, twitchy eyes
Origin
Circle one:
genetic mutation, government
program, confluence of bloodlines,
abused child, experimental
psychotherapy

Name:
Stats
Add 1 to one of these:
Hot -1, Cold -1, Volatile 1, Dark 1
m replace Hopeful with Betrayed, and roll
Hot
(Turn Someone On,
Manipulate an NPC)
m
Cold
(Shut Someone Down, Hold Steady)
m structures like buildings.
Volatile
(Lash Out Physically, Run Away)
m Betrayed and roll 10 up, also mark
Dark
(Gaze Into The Abyss)
Your Backstory
You have a secret crush on someone.
Take a string on them.
Someone has been bullying you. Give
them a string on you.
Someone was kind to you once. Give
them two strings on you.
Poltergeist
Carry Forward Fury Moves You can lash out physically using
You get this one, and choose two more: telekinesis instead of physical attacks,
and your victim must roll to hold steady
zzFutile Hope
Whenever someone acts kind or
before attempting to run away. If you are
Betrayed, do 1 extra harm when you lash
accepting toward you, you each take
out physically.
a string on the other, and you get the
Conditions
condition Hopeful (which replaces
Betrayed if you have it). If someone you
Push
You can roll with Volatile to turn someone
trust betrays or hurts you while you
on by using empathic projection to fuck
are Hopeful, lose all strings on them,
with their head. On a 10 up, in addition
to giving you a string, they must follow
with Dark. On a 10 up, trigger your
one short-term command of your choice.
Darkest Self. On a 7-9, choose one:
On a 7-9 also give yourself the condition
} Give them an additional string on
Creepy. If you are Betrayed, also give them
you.
Notes
the condition Enthralled.
} Take 1 harm from psychic feedback.
} Trigger your Darkest Self.
When you are your Darkest Self, your
Scanners
Roll with Dark to invade someone else's
Fury moves are amplified. You can
mind. On a 10 up, gain a string on them,
effortlessly affect groups of victims
and they must honestly answer one
in the immediate area, and your
question. On a 7-9, gain a string on them
destructive powers can affect large
and choose one:
} They gain a string on you.
Harm The Eye } You gain the condition Creepy.
} You each take 1 harm.
When you gaze into the abyss, add 1
On a 6 or less, they must answer one
to your Dark roll. On a 10 up you can
question with a plausible lie and you
choose all three options. If you are
must believe it. If you are Betrayed, do 1
Experience Points:
harm to them in addition to any other
mmmmm >> advance
experience. If you are Betrayed and roll
7-9, choose one of the 10 up options
results.
instead of one of the 7-9 options.
The Shining
You can roll with Dark to manipulate an
Firestarter NPC or shut someone down via telepathy
Roll with Volatile to summon jets of instead of speech. If you are Betrayed,
Strings flame, unleash destructive telekinetic add 1 to your Dark roll and give them the
blasts, instantly freeze the air, or condition Headache.
otherwise psychically attack your
tormentors. On a 10 up, do 2 harm Other Moves
and give your victim an appropriate
condition (Burned, Frostbitten,
Concussed, etc). On a 7-9, do 1 harm,
give them an appropriate condition,
and choose one:
} Give yourself the same condition.
} Take 1 harm.
} Trigger your Darkest Self.
If you are Betrayed, you may also carry 1
forward against them.
Sex Move
When you have sex with someone,
make them your new subject (even if
they dont meet the criteria), and both
of you mark experience. Your new
subjects experience counts toward
triggering The Sickness. Carry 1
forward toward inflicting Harm on
your old subject.
Darkest Self
Youve become desperate now - It is
closing in, and your mask isnt working
to hide you like it should. Youll do
anything to save yourself, and you
know what It wants. Find someone
close to your subject and offer them
up - either kill them yourself in Its
name, or offer them up to It directly
(which may leave them dead, memory-
wiped, or another Proxy like yourself).
You may only escape your Darkest Self
when you have successfully sacrificed
someone else in your place, or when
your subject catches you on video and
prevents you from harming someone.
Advancement
m Take another Proxy move.
m Take another Proxy move.
m Take a move from another Skin.
m Take a move from another Skin.
m You belong to a Secret Cult.
m Add 1 to Hot (max 3).
m Add 1 to Cold (max 3).
m Add 1 to Volatile (max 3).
m Add 1 to Dark (max 3).
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Skin designed by:
Topher Gerkey T h e
Stock Art from:
Raven Cornelissen
(http://birdsistersstock.deviantart.com/)
Playing The Prxy
You are both villain and victim. You
want to survive, and if that means
adding to Its list of targets, thats
what youll do. On a conscious level,
you may be unaware of the actions
you take when wearing your mask. In
any case, your main goal is to torment
and tantalize your subject, drawing
them further into Its grasp. Use your
strings on them to offer experience for
investigating your clues, taking trips
into the woods or abandoned houses
at night, or carrying around a
camera; then use The Sickness to
force them to take Proxy moves when
they advance.
If you take Cryptic Bullshit, try to
describe your notes, videos, or voice-
mails as disturbingly and puzzlingly as
possible. If you can inflict a condition,
its a good idea to go for something
like Obsessed and then dangle some
experience to get them to focus on
deciphering your meaning. For
inflicting conditions in general, Hazy
Memories is also a good choice.
Dont feel like It has to be the Slender
Man. You can be stalked by the Rake,
or Zalgo, or an abomination of your
own design. The important thing to
remember is that It needs to be both
malevolent and unknowable. It takes
or kills people, or messes with their
heads, but you dont have a clue as to
Its actual motivations. It doesnt really
communicate with you; most of your
actions should be based on guesses
and observation of Its behavior. Your
MC will occasionally have It spend
strings to offer you experience, but
the actions It wants you to take may
range from the horrific to the
nonsensical.
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whatever the fuck it is, out there at the
Edge of the woods, watching me. al-
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The Proxy
Name Look
Choose a name: Circle one in each list:
Aimee, Alex, Emi, Evan, Jessie, Baby face, carrying a camera,
Kevin, Noreen, Tim, Tyler, Xakk clinging briars, gangly, sickly, shifty
A familiar name, a modern name,
a kids name, a unique name Angry eyes, dead eyes, paranoid
eyes, sorrowful eyes, veiled eyes
Mask
Origin
Circle one:
Circle one:
An animal-head mask, a burlap bag
with eyeholes, a comedy or tragedy
mask, a gas mask, a Guy Fawkes
mask, a plague doctors mask, a
Stalked since childhood, delved too
far, created a hoax that
became true, student filmmaker,
porcelain mask, a Venetian carnival cult member
mask, a wooden tribal mask
Name:
Stats
Add 1 to one of these:
Hot -1, Cold -1, Volatile 1, Dark 1
m
Hot
(Turn Someone On,
Manipulate an NPC)
m
Cold
(Shut Someone Down, Hold Steady)
m inserting scenes, frames, audio, or
Volatile
(Lash Out Physically, Run Away)
m hold steady before they can attempt to
Dark
(Gaze Into The Abyss)
Your Backstory
You have been recording video
footage of everyone without their
knowledge. Take one string on
everyone. Take two extra strings on
your subject.
Youve also been obsessively recording
yourself, and someone has discovered
and watched some of your footage.
That person takes a string on you.
It starts with five strings on you.
Carry Forward
Prxy Moves
You take this one, and choose two more:
l The Sickness
Choose one character to be your
subject. You may change which
character is your subject at any time,
Conditions
but you must have least three strings
on your new subject. After the fifth
time your subject accepts experience
from you when you spend a string, they
ygg must use their next advancement to
take a Proxy move.
dra m Am I Interrupting?
Notes sil You can spend two strings on some-
one to gain complete access to their
home and identity. You have full
access to all their social media
accounts (e-mail, Twitter, YouTube,
G+, etc) and may make irreversible
changes to those accounts. You can
also edit your targets uploaded videos,
text, either obviously or subliminally.
Harm You may enter their home with
sufficient stealth as to record video
of them sleeping, without triggering
security, being discovered, or leaving
Experience Points:
accidental traces of your presence.
mmmmm >> Advance m Cryptic Bullshit
You can use Dark instead of Cold to
shut someone down, but only indirectly,
through sending them a written or
Strings
video message. This can consist of
mysterious but meaningful images,
phrases written in ciphers, or recurring
symbols. Add +1 to the roll if its against
your subject.
Other Moves
wmaetching Fear the flo
m The Collective
When you gaze into the abyss about
your subject, if you roll 10 up, gain a
string on them and do 1 harm to them.
If you roll 7-9, choose one:
} Gain a string on them, but It gains
a string on you.
} Gain a string on them, but take 1
harm.
} Do 1 harm to them, but take 1
harm.
} Do 1 harm to them, but It gains a
string on you.
If you roll 6 or less, It gains a string on
you and you take 1 harm.
m Distortion
You can cause distortion in any
photographic, video, or audio
recordings of yourself. The distortion
may range from mild static to severe
interference. Anyone viewing or
listening to the distorted recordings of
you must roll to hold steady; results of
6 or less give the viewer the condition
Fascinated.
m Masky
When you are masked, others must
turn you on, shut you down, or lash out
physically at you. If they roll 10 up they
may make the second roll normally.
If they roll 7-9, they may make the
second roll at -1. If they roll 6 or less,
give them the condition Hazy
Memories and they may not attempt
the second roll.
m Path of Black Leaves
Unless you allow it, you cannot be run
away from. You will always be around
the next corner or hiding behind a
nearby tree, or your victims will find
themselves repeatedly passing through
the same hallways and doors without
actually getting anywhere. You may
release your victims at any time.
od
Sex Move
When someone acknowledges your
existence through physical intimacy, give voyeurism, and the temptations we give in
up all strings on them and give them
three strings on you. They develop an
uncanny sense for your presence and will teachers literally dont know you exist. In
always know approximately where you
are when you are in a scene together. This have to go to class if you dont feel like it,
sense lasts until either of you have sex
with someone else or until they harshly and learn what they do in secret. If you
ignore you.
Darkest Self
Such a bland and boring wallflower.
Youre not even interesting enough to
torment. None of them know you even
exist. What will it take to get them to
notice you? Something big. Something
bloody. Something vile and terrifying and you have Blackmailer, youll also rack up
above all, something showy. They wont strings, and you should be very free with
be able to ignore you after this. Youll
show them who you really are.
You can escape your Darkest Self when
someone makes it clear that they know
you exist, even if only for a moment,
because of something terrible you did.
Advancement
Take another Unseen move.
Take another Unseen move.
Take a move from another Skin.
Take a move from another Skin.
Take the initial move that you did
not choose.
Add 1 to Hot (max 3).
Add 1 to Cold (max 3).
Add 1 to Volatile (max 3).
Add 1 to Dark (max 3).
Skin Designed by:
Topher Gerkey
Layout by:
Matt Strickling
Playing The Unseen
Last week at the prom, when the captains of the football
and basketball teams were making out in the locker
The Unseen is about being overlooked,
room while their girlfriends wondered where theyd
disappeared to, none of them saw you.
to when nobody is watching. If you chose
Shes Not There, your classmates and
But you saw them.
some ways this is very freeing - you dont
Yesterday, when the calculus teacher hid in the supply
closet during his prep period and snorted coke until
and its easy for you to spy on everyone
his eyes looked like a dolls, glassy and shining in the
darkness, he didnt see you.
took See Through You, you might conceal
your condition with makeup - which leaves
But you saw him.
you as ignorable as ever - or cover yourself
with bandages, claiming burns or skin
Earlier tonight, when the nerdy, sickly kid everyone picks
disease, which carries its own sort of social
on lured the head cheerleader into a dirty alley, sprouted
problems.
fangs, and sucked her dry, they didnt see you.
Try to be invisibly present in as many scenes
But you saw them.
as possible (Voyeur helps here), to increase
your knowledge of everyones secrets. If
Nobody ever notices you. But you can see everything. All
the things they do when they think no-one is watching.
And maybe its time you started taking advantage of that.
spending your social leverage since you
The Unseen
retain the strings if your mark refuses to go
along with your wishes. Remember that if
you have Shes Not There youll need to roll
to become audible before you can flex your
extortionist muscles.
Give in to the temptation to do all sorts of Name Look
naughty things since nobody can see you.
Choose a name: Circle one in each list:
Youre not accountable to anyone, after all.
Billy, Cecily, Griffin, Grover, bad posture, peering through bangs,
As your Darkest Self, go all out: display the
Jacques, Kitty, Laura, Lyle, Marcy, beiges and creams, t-shirt that was
chess team in the library with their fingers
Sebastian, Sue popular two years ago, hand-me-downs
cut off. Paint the cafeteria with kittens
(...not that anyone pays attention to
blood. Set the boiler room to explode. Come A nerdy name, a stuffy name, a your look.)
up with the most horrific spectacle you can, plain name, a foreign name
and bask in the attention. You may develop knowing eyes, translucent eyes,
a reputation - if an anonymous one - around downcast eyes, pearly eyes, forgettable
the school. Attention paid to The Cell eyes (...but when was the last time
Phone Blackmailer counts as attention paid anyone looked into your eyes?)
to you, so you may even encourage your
urban legend status.
Origin
Circle one:
invisibility formula, psychic blank spot,
cursed to fade away, someone-elses-
problem field, light-bending physics
accident
 Unseen Moves
Name: Carry Forward You get one of these two:
Shes Not There
Stats You are unnoticeable. Nothing with a
mind can see, hear, smell, or otherwise
Add 1 to one of these: sense you, or anything you wear or
Hot -1, Cold 1, Volatile 1, Dark -1
carry. People will alter their paths to
Conditions
avoid bumping into you without being
conscious of doing so. Evidence of your
presence is ignored - if you are dripping
wet or standing in a snowdrift, no-one
will notice the puddle or footprints
m roll Volatile. On a 10 up, mark experience
(but someone entering the scene after
Hot you have left will notice, and can point
(Turn Someone On, out the evidence to others, at which
Manipulate an NPC) point they can see it). Cameras and
Notes other recording devices - anything non-
sentient - can still register and record
m } They gain a string on you.
you. If you want to make yourself
Cold known to others, roll with Cold. On a
10 up, you can interact with others for
(Shut Someone Down, Hold Steady) one scene. On a 7-9, you stay invisible,
but you can make yourself noticed by
m whispering, writing notes, or pushing
Volatile people or furniture around. On a miss,
Harm become your Darkest Self.
(Lash Out Physically, Run Away) or
See Through You
Experience Points:
m You are perfectly transparent. Nothing
Dark can see you, including cameras. This
mmmmm >>advance only affects your body, not anything
(Gaze Into The Abyss) that you are wearing or carrying, so
to be completely invisible you will
need to be nude. You can still be
heard, smelled, or felt, and evidence
Your Backstory Strings of your presence (footprints, floating
The Unseen must always declare their patches of paint, etc.) may give away
backstory second-to-last. your location. If you want to interact
with others normally, you will need
You are beneath notice. Erase all strings to wear bandages or a mask, or cover
that other characters have on you so far. your exposed skin with makeup. If
you are disguised in this way and your
You watch everyone in their private true invisible nature is exposed, roll
moments. Take 1 string on everyone else. with Cold. On a 10 up, you can retain
self-control and beat a hasty retreat,
Someone inadvertantly showed you some leaving viewers wondering what they
very juicy blackmail material. Take 1 extra just saw. On a 7-9, you are enraged
string on them. and embarrassed. All onlookers get a
string on you. On a miss, become your
Darkest Self.
And choose two more:
Blackmailer
When you observe someone doing
something theyd rather keep secret,
take a string on them. When you spend a
string to offer someone experience, keep
the string if they refuse.
Grand Guignol
When you do something violent, perverse,
or sadistic in order to attract attention,
and treat anyone seeing or experiencing
your handiwork as if you had shut
someone down and rolled 10 up. On a 7-9,
treat them as if youd shut someone down
and rolled 7-9, but also choose one:
} Gain the condition Urban Legend.
On a miss, your atrocity is blamed on
someone else. Become your Darkest Self.
If you are already your Darkest Self, gain
the condition Enraged.
Out of Thin Air
When you are invisible and lash out
physically, add 1 to your Volatile roll.
Others take -1 to attempts to lash out
physically at you.
Threatening Whispers
You can roll with Cold to manipulate
an NPC by threatening to expose their
secrets. Also add 1 to your Cold roll to
shut someone down.
Vanishing Act
You can always run away from someone
without having to roll, but choose one:
} They take a string on you.
} You take 1 harm.
} You gain the condition Urban Legend.
Voyeur
You may spend a string on someone to
insert yourself into any scene that person
is in. When you gaze into the abyss about
someone you have strings on, spend a
string to change a miss into a 7-9, or a 7-9
into a 10 up.
 For the MC
Under the Beasts Skin
The Beast is constantly struggling to repress
her passions. In order to make that fun and
dramatic, youre going to have to put her in
situations where shes really tempted to give
in. Dont just constantly throw in NPCs who
spam turn someone on at her; it will be much
more rewarding to give her genuine reasons
to like and be attracted to someone. Get her
invested enough in another character and
turn someone on might not even be necessary!
If the player chooses the Green-Eyed Monster or
Scaredy Cat moves, shes signaling to you that
she wants to go Feral more often. Be sure to give
her plenty of opportunities to get jealous, angry,
terrified, or depressed by bringing in rivals or
bullies to push her buttons and trigger her moves.
Be careful with the Bloodline of Beasts gang, as the
subject matter may be triggery for some players.
If you think it might be an issue, work with the
player to define her gang as random people who
also suffer from her curse, rather than actual
relatives; alternately, just remove the having sex
with another Beast doesnt trigger your Sex Move
clause to avoid the subject entirely.
Monsterhearts isnt a game that pays a lot of
attention to things like movement, so if the Beast
turns into an owl and wants to fly, or turns into
an alligator and wants to swim, or turns into a
cheetah and wants to run really fast, just let them
do whatever sounds cool to everyone and makes
sense in context. Remember that they dont get any
special bonus to actual moves (like run away) for
being in an animal form, unless they have a Beast
move that says otherwise.
Under the Calacas Skin
The Calaca is often focused on being a good
friend or mentor, so an easy way to engage
her is to threaten the people she cares about
(whether fellow PCs or NPCs). Give her the
chance to advise, direct, or intervene in her
friends lives, then push back by bringing
up unexpected consequences. You can also
engage her more directly by playing up the
way other people react to this cheerfully
death-obsessed kid.
There are no specific rules for how a Calacas skin
and flesh might be damaged or destroyed (or lost
or stolen), so just use your best judgment and do
what makes the most sense. The permanent loss
of a skin is a very hard move, so use it wisely. If she
wants to replace her skin, shell need to acquire
and basically fillet a human body. You can make
this especially horrific or keep it off-screen; keep
in mind the comfort levels of your playgroup while
deciding on the specifics. The same advice goes for
a Calaca who decides to acquire some extra bones
and take the Ossuary move as an advancement.
If the player chooses the Connected move and
wants to be in multiple scenes at once, make sure
she tells you her plans in advance. This isnt an I
was retroactively there all along move. She should
also let you know exactly which body parts are
where, so you can MC the scene accordingly.
Calacas with the Morte Alata move can fly. Again,
use your best judgment as to what this means and
how the player can take advantage of it. Special
movement shouldnt be an I win button!
 For the MC
Under the Furys Skin
Youre going to want to play along with the
Furys cycle of acceptance and rejection, but
be judicious about it. When its time for her to
catch a bit of a break or have some downtime,
and if another player hasnt already jumped
in, have an NPC befriend her or at least be
nice to her so she can pick up the Hopeful
condition. Let her run with it for a while and
build up momentum - maybe this time things
will be different! Then when theres room in
the narrative for a big dramatic moment and
the player is ready for some spotlight time,
bring the whole thing crashing down with a
cruel rejection or revelation of treachery. And
now that shes Betrayed, give her the time she
needs to use her amped-up psychic powers
and cause a little mayhem - or if shes her
Darkest Self, a LOT of mayhem. When it feels
right, start the cycle again.
The Fury puts lots of conditions on herself and on
others. Be sure to take advantage of conditions
like Hopeful, Betrayed, and Creepy, and remember
to play out your NPCs appropriately if they are
Enthralled, Burned, have a Headache, or what have
you.
Let her play to her strengths. If her powers are
mostly outward-facing (like telekinesis), set up
scenes that are about physical confrontations.
If she chose more inward-facing powers
(like telepathy), choose scenes about social
manipulation or hidden secrets. Once in a while,
switch things up and put her in a tough spot where
her psychic abilities wont help her out and let her
squirm.
Under the Proxys Skin
You dont have to be a Slender Man expert to
help the Proxys player have fun, but it doesnt
hurt. Take a little time to browse YouTube for
a bit and watch some videos (Marble Hornets,
TribeTwelve, and EverymanHYBRID are all good
choices) to pick up the proper mood - or just
go hog wild with the alienation, paranoia,
voyeurism, and hopelessness.
Work together with the Proxys player to create
his eldritch stalker. Come up with a basic sketch
of Its qualities and behaviors, then every once in
a while in play, have It brutally deviate from those
qualities and behaviors just as a reminder that It is
inhuman, inscrutable, and inescapable. Spend Its
strings on the Proxy to offer experience in exchange
for acts ranging from grafitti to animal mutilation,
from kidnapping to obscene phone calls, from
befriending a certain person to murder. Never let
the Proxy know whats coming next or why.
Frame scenes that will allow the Proxy to share
some screen time with his subject both as his
normal self (possibly a friend, acquaintance, or
even lover of the subject) and as his masked stalker
self. Dont blow his cover unless the scene calls
for a very hard move, as much of the point of
the playbook is that the other characters dont
know exactly who the masked creeper is. Join the
Proxy in encouraging his subject to accept offered
experience and trigger The Sickness; suggest that a
subject with one or more Proxy moves who wants
to switch to a new skin choose to become a new
Proxy.
 For the MC

Under the Unseens Skin

If the Unseen takes Shes Not There,
emphasize the idea that nobody has any clue
that she exists. Go out of your way to describe
other people interacting with one another in
the way that no-one does with her, walking
around her without noticing in the hallway,
having conversations through her, and
completely ignoring her speech and actions.
Her only respite from her ostracism will be
indirect contact - phone calls, scribbled notes,
video mail, etc. If she uses this kind of tactic,
you can have an urban legend spring up
around her at the school, so that she is known
of, if not actually known.

If she takes See Through You, shes just invisible,

not unnoticeable. Shell be expected to go to
classes and other people will be aware of her - but
thats no guarantee theyll interact with her. If
she wears makeup to look normal, shes one of
those invisible kids who are neither popular nor
victims, simply ignored by almost everyone. If she
wears bandages or a mask (perhaps claiming a skin
condition, burns, or deformity) then the ignoring
will be much more conspicuous - shes outcast
because shes presumed to be grotesque. In this
case, any urban legends around her will be as a
result of her invisible activities, and not associated
with her actual identity.

Be sure to give the Unseen lots of blackmail fodder!

If she has Voyeur, ask her if she wants to be in
scenes if something scandalous is going on. If she
has Blackmailer or Threatening Whispers, those
are also good signs that her player is interested in
being a collector and abuser of secrets.