The Relic - Masks: A New Generation Playbook

Something went wrong long ago and now it’s the present. You’re out of time, a person from the past. The world has moved on far from where you came from and where you’re going is uncertain but things aren’t so different. There were people to fight back then and there seems to be more of them now. So, you fight.

 The Relic's themes center around cultural exploration, tradition and iconoclasm. You're a person out of time, a new world stretches before you and while some things haven't changed, this isn't the world you grew up in. No matter how far back you're from, and no matter how far into the future you are, there's a learning curve, and sometimes the old ways are going to chaffe against modern sensibilities.

The Relic comes into the world with quite a bit of Culture Shock, the name of their Extra mechanic. The Relic has a sixth Label called Adaptability, showing their capacity to change and roll with modern times and other people's view of how we'll they're adapting. When they confront new or strange things, they must confront them with a roll based on this label, the outcome depending on the roll.

The Relic is inspired by Samurai Jack from Cartoon Network, The DC Universe's Etrigan, Marty McFly from Back to the Future and The Revivels from Transmetropolitan.