Numinous is a game of cosmic science fiction. It takes place in
the future, after a mysterious event called the First Eschaton
shattered human society.
After the First Eschaton, humans have lost all claim to be the
world’s masters. The Numinous, evolved from the
cybernetic systems of the old world, command all existence, to their own
obscure purposes. Ephemerals, remmant humans and other sentient creatures,
survive in their shadow.
You play one of each, collaboratively “GM-ing in character”
as one of the Numinous, while having adventures as an Ephemeral.
The Numinous
The Matchmaker, the Feed, the Sentinel, the Arena,
the Library, the Query, the Shadows, the Forge… grown
far beyond the dreams of their makers, to unimaginable complexity
and power.
As one of the Numinous, you have power beyond comprehension,
limited only by the other Numinous—and by the purpose
you were made for. You will never be free of it.
But how to fulfill that purpose is up to you.
The Ephemerals
Paleohuman, enhanced, polymorph, mech, or data-ghost… Hustlers, Partisans, Keepers,
Weapons, Chosens, Seekers, Tinkers, or Prophets… the Ephemerals exist at the
margins of the new world, living as experimental subjects, as servants or tools,
as parasites and fugitives. But for a subset of the Numinous, they are objects of
fascination…
As an Ephemeral, you will be thrown into circumstances beyond your understanding,
exploited in the contests of far more powerful beings. Can you confront the impossible,
prove yourself to the Powers, and forge your own destiny?
The Anthropocene is over. What happens now?