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Every world reaches a time when it must face crisis.
When it must endure previously unconceived hardships, or perish.
When every inhabitant must face the loss of that which they hold dear.
When people become heroes.

Ours was sooner than we expected.

We've been invaded.
Not by another country - several other countries face the same problem.
Not even by another planet - in fact, powerful starfarers will come seeking our assistance.
The invaders come from another reality -- and they've brought it with them. Several, in fact.
They're not here for our money, or our technology, or our resources, or our women. They're here for our possibilities.
Dinosaurs roam Central Park, and in Seattle reptile-men kill those who don't love life enough.
Dragons fly over Heathrow Airport, and Light and Darkness battle with magic for control of Britain.
A mad scientist restores the glories of ancient Egypt as a power-mad Pharoah, and gangsters, gumshoes and superheroes duel in the streets of Cairo.
France fights back against a half-mechanical Pope in Avignon who calls the faithful to a dehumanizing religion that subordinates soul to cyberware.
Japan struggles not to fight, but to discover the secret dictator whose wealth and influence increase daily.
And in Indonesia, occult monsters horrify colonial invaders and wait for the Gaunt Man to return and rule it all.

Welcome to TORG d20, a structure for roleplaying the Possibility Wars using Wizards of the Coast's popular new system! You will need a copy of one of WotC's core d20 games, such as the Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game or the Star Wars Roleplaying Game. Once you've got that, grab some dice, pick a template, and get out there to save Earth from the High Lords!

The Possibility Wars

Every time someone makes a decision, a new reality is born. Some of them grow, some of them get sucked back into their parents. In some of them, someone discovers how to control the basic unit of energy throughout the cosmverse - the possibility.

With the aid of mysterious objects known as Darkness Devices, these fledgling overlords learn how to harvest and hoard possibility energy from their cosm, or reality. They eventually discover other cosms, and raid them for possibility energy, seeking to amass enough to become the god-like figure known as TORG.

And now the Possibility Raiders have found Earth.

"It is well-known that things from undesirable universes are always seeking an entrance into this one, which is the psychic equivalent of handy for the buses and closer to the shops." - Terry Pratchett

An aeons-old master of horror known as the Gaunt Man was pursuing a vanquished rival when he inadvertantly discovered a cosm containing inconceivable possibilities. He then spent several centuries working out a way to harvest the mother lode that was Earth and become TORG.

Normally, a reality invasion is a tricky thing, requiring careful planning to prevent a cosm's possibility inertia from "washing away" an invader's comparatively small beachhead. The vast reality potential of Earth meant that it would certainly overwhelm any invading force, even the Gaunt Man's unspeakable Ecology of Horror. The Gaunt Man would need help.

The Gaunt Man had established a number of pawns as High Lords in their own right, and contacted a few others, tempting them to his aid with the promise of Earth's vast possibilities. By launching an invasion on several fronts, Earth's backlash to the incursions could be spread out over a wider area and resisted. While one of the seven cosms invading Earth was repelled, six High Lords are now here. They are determined. They are ambitious. And they are nearly unstoppable.

Fortunately, "nearly" isn't "completely." In the wake of the reality storms, people have arisen who can bend reality to their own rules wherever they go. These Storm Knights can face evil on their own terms, and with possibility as their weapon of choice, million-to-one chances are within reach.

Not that it will be easy. The High Lords have numbers, experience and vast amounts of possibility energy on their side. They've stripped countless realms bare of possibility, and it's up to you - a Storm Knight - to make sure that Earth isn't one of them.

Are you ready to ride the storm?

Getting Started

If you're already familiar with the d20 mechanic, grab some friends, pick out templates from the following list, and run through the sample adventure, "Before the Dawn." Otherwise, look through the first few chapters and get a feel for the game.

The following templates are basic 1st-level TORG characters from a variety of realms. The templates detail their backgrounds, occupations, vital statistics and which skills they have bought ranks in, as well as some basic equipment and character history.

  Chapter One