Name:
Leon Carter
Profession:
Paramedic
Status:
Active Investigator
Favoured Ability:
Mental
Fear:
Being buried alive
PHYSICAL
d8
mental
d12
technical
d6
social
d10
psychic
d4
senses
d20
Abilities
YOUR INVESTIGATOR
ORDINARY PEOPLE
EXTRAORDINARY
INVESTIGATIONS
Create the modern Investigator you want to play, shaped by who they are, what they can do and what they fear.
“I watched a man with no pulse sit up
and ask me why I'd stopped trying to
save him.”
your investigation
Every story
could be true
Ghost stories, strange encounters, forgotten folklore and modern urban legends all have one thing in common: somebody believes they happened. In Beyond the Veil, you get to find out why.
Ghost Stories
Haunted houses, restless spirits and encounters with those who should be gone. Follow witness accounts, photographs and disturbances to discover what is keeping the dead from moving on.
Supernatural Tales
Creatures, curses and forces that exist beyond the limits of the natural world. Investigate strange attacks, impossible transformations and ancient threats to uncover what is hiding behind the stories.
The Unexplained
Strange lights, missing time, impossible events and encounters that resist any simple answer. Gather evidence, compare accounts and decide whether the truth is stranger than the theories built around it.
Folklore & Urban Legends
Old warnings, local myths and modern stories often preserve more truth than anyone realises. Trace their origins, follow the people who still believe them and discover what may be hiding beneath the legend.
Fairy Tales
Familiar stories can conceal older, darker meanings and forgotten warnings. Investigate the truths behind enchanted places, impossible creatures and tales that were never as harmless as they first appeared.
Ghost Stories
Supernatural Tales
The Unexplained
Folklore & Urban Legends
Fairy Tales
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RECORD FOUND
FRAME:
01 | 05
SPS ARCHIVES
entity classification
Know what you are facing
The Veil conceals many things. Our field guides classify known entities to help you identify, understand, and survice encounters.
SPS ENTITY DOSSIER
SPS-PAR-001
PARANORMAL
Paranormal entities are manifestations associated with death, consciousness and forces that exist beyond ordinary physical explanation. They may be bound to a person, place or event, appearing as spirits, apparitions or other unexplained phenomena. Some simply repeat fragments of the past, while others appear capable of awareness, communication and deliberate interaction with the living.
known examples
GHOST
BANSHEE
SPECTRE
subject:
class:
SPIRIT
PARANORMAL
the wrenegade system
Built for the unknown ready for anything
Built specifically for Beyond the Veil, the Wrenegade System gives investigation, discovery and the unexplained a mechanical foundation without getting in the way of the story.
The same flexible framework can take you far beyond the supernatural. Change the setting, genre or tone and use it for mysteries, science fiction, fantasy adventures or whatever story you want to tell.
1. INVESTIGATE THE UNEXPLAINED
With an emphasis on discovery and resolution, explore folklore, myths and legends, investigate the paranormal or create mysteries entirely your own.
2. UNCOVER MODERN MYSTERIES
Bring traditional stories into the modern world, launch into science fiction, travel between planes or combine genres to create something unexpected.
3. CHOOSE FEAR OR FUN
Build around immersion and suspense, enjoy the shared experience of telling a story together. Make Beyond the Veil as frightening as you want it to be.
4. EASY TO PLAY SYSTEM
Bespoke mechanics provide enough structure and crunch to make games easy to run, while remaining simple and flexible enough to give players freedom in how they approach the unknown.
Wrenegade system overview
Core mechanics
Physical
Social
mental
psychic
technical
senses
ASSIGN ONE DIE TO EACH ABILITY
d4
d6
d8
d10
d12
d20
Reality checks
Roll your Ability Die & add Skill Ranks. Compare the total to the target value.
5
10
15
20
25
30+
Easier
Harder
fortune
maximum roll?
upgrade your die!
E.g D8 ➡ D10
Fortune favours the bold!
start your first investigation
everything you need to begin
The Beyond the Veil Prologue is a 76 page free introduction to the game, giving Players and Overseers the essential rules, guidance and tools needed to begin investigating the unexplained.
This free digital edition is designed to help you and your group start playing quickly and with confidence.
create your investigators
Build Investigators with distinct Abilities, Skills, backgrounds and motivations.
learn the core rules
Learn Reality Checks, Fortune, Fear, Vitality and the essential mechanics that drive investigation and danger.
run an investigation
Follow the Investigation, Entity and Resolution phases as clues, danger and discoveries unfold.
guidance for the overseer
Use practical guidance to prepare mysteries, set challenges, build tension and keep the investigation moving.
Core mechanics
Character
Creation
Character
sheet
Interactive Digital PDF
76 pages
FREE DIGITAL EDITION
INTERACTIVE PDF
REAL PEOPLE / UNEXPLAINED PLACES / EXTRAORDINARY STORIES
start investigating
get the free
prologue
BEYOND THE VEIL: PROLOGUE
FREE DIGITAL EDITION
Start playing Beyond the Veil with the free digital Prologue, containing the essential rules and guidance needed for Players and Overseers to begin their first investigation.
Delivered as an interactive PDF for easy navigation at the table or on screen.
76-Page Prologue
Core Rules
CHARACTER CREATION
INVESTIGATION GUIDANCE
FREE
digital download
FREE INTERACTIVE PDF · DIGITAL DOWNLOAD
You'll receive your download link by email.
Equip your investigation
beyond the veil resources
Character sheets, reference tools and downloadable resources designed to make preparing and running your investigations easier.
random character generator
create your own investigator
Answer a few quick questions to create a unique Investigator for Beyond the Veil, or skip the questions and generate one completely at random.
Your Investigator is built using the Beyond the Veil character creation rules and come with a ready-to-use character sheet.
Editable and print-ready character sheets included.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
TAKE BEYOND THE
VEIL FURTHER
You’ve uncovered the first clues. The Prologue has opened the door. Now the full investigation awaits.
Beyond the Veil is heading to Kickstarter, expanding the game with deeper rules, a richer supernatural world and more mysteries to investigate.
THE COMPLETE GAME
Expanded rules, character options and everything needed to take your investigations beyond the Prologue.
A WORLD BEYOND THE VEIL
Discover hidden organisations, strange locations, deeper lore and the Entities lurking behind the ordinary world.
MYSTERIES YET TO SOLVE
Take your Team into new Investigations, continuing stories and mysteries where the truth may be stranger than you think.
