20XX Carrier

The world is made of things connected by secrets upon secrets. Even the most broken piece of junk can hide a wonder that may bring awe and terror. You have learned that and now you search for these wonders and horrors. Entangled in the past and future of relics that are as strange and familiar as the world can be. And yet you search for more. Because they shape and change who you are. And there’s always more to find at the unknown places that lurk just around the corner.

This is a hack of Jason Tocci's 2400 that focuses on searching for strange and mysterious things. Or in other words, this is me glorifying the hoarding of weird stuff.

Because i love doing that.

From Ursula K. LeGuins Carrier bag theory of fiction to Chris McDowalls Into the Odd there's a lot of interesting material that touches on the topic of collecting things. Things that hold miraculous secrets, even if it doesn't seem so at first.

The ones that influenced this module the most were the following: 

• Primeras armas a short story from Angelica Gorodischers' Kalpa Imperial, that tells of a curiosities dealer named Drondlann who, among many strange things, comes into the possession of a boy with an unexpected ability.

• Some of Jeffrey Fords short story collections, especially Crackpot Palace and The Natural Hystory of Hell. I don't know. Something about his writings style, makes reading his stories like finding strange objects at unexpected places.

• Mushishi by Yuki Urushibara. Every chapter contains its own secret and they are all equally strange and wonderful.

Because they both focus on gathering things, but from different perspectives, this module is written as a twin to IXX Kalpa. And they both can be easily combined to explore different strange details of a setting.

But in general this module works with every game or setting where inspiration for strange objects is needed.

So, have fun hoarding things. Go and turn your mind into a curiosities shop!