Introduction

Ever-constant rain lightly taps against the window of a dimly-lit studio in some back corner of the city. Against the far wall, a figure sits hunched over a twisted heap of metal. Sparks fly from a welding torch they hold, the room illuminating as though the storm’s lightning has been brought within its walls.

A knock at the door startles the subject of our attention, who halts for a moment before resuming their work.

"U.I.U., open up!”, a voice cuts from the other side.

The figure stiffens, their tools falling to the table. In a flash, they are tearing their welding mask away, revealing a scarred and semi-robotic face twisted in a deep scowl. Grabbing a backpack from the foot of a nearby bed, they race for the back door. There’s one group no Anartist wants to deal with, and they’re currently banging at the door.

Warped World is a standalone tabletop RPG which takes place in the warped, darkly magical world(s) of the SCP body of fiction. This ruleset is designed to be fairly flexible in order to be able to support games in a myriad of different possible settings the SCP 'multiverse' can provide, whether the desire is to run a dungeon-crawl campaign following a Foundation mobile task force, to an Anartist gang causing chaos for the U.I.U. and so much more.

This book is provided for free, forever, online at warpedworldrpg.com. The source for this book is open to collaboration and can be found at github.com/lcyvin/warped-world-rpg. Guidelines for contribution may be reviewed in the contributing section of this book.

Content Warning

This book contains themes relating to distortion of reality, general horror, and mental manipulation. This book contains reference to and discussion of combat and conflict, firearms and other weaponry in the context of game mechanics. Additionally, this book contains occasional use of strong language.

Attribution

Content relating to the SCP Foundation, including the SCP Foundation logo, is licensed under Creative Commons Sharealike 3.0 and all concepts originate from www.scp-wiki.wikidot.com and its authors. Warped World, being derived from this content, is hereby also released under Creative Commons Sharealike 3.0.

A full copy of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license can be viewed at github.com/lcyvin/warped-world-rpg/blob/main/LICENSE.