History TabletopGame / KULT

What can you do in ''KULT''? You can fight evil... or become evil yourself... or simply go mad. [[spoiler:Or outgrow such childish things as Good, Evil, Madness and Fourdimensional spacetime. But don't expect that to be easy.]]

* [[spoiler:AGodAmI: Every human has the potential. And they're ''right''.]]
* AlienGeometries: [[spoiler:Everywhere outside The Illusion.]]

* BlessedWithSuck: Luigi Cantorre is an extremely powerful death magician [[spoiler:because he's the incarnatation of Death Angel Togarini. He's possibly the most powerful incarnate of the Angels of Death, and is described as being more of Togarini's mobile citadel. He has to be, for the real citadel disappeared when Astaroth crushed Togarini for the latter failed rebellion. Without the citadel, Cantorre become sole avatar of Togarini, and to kills him is to destroy Togarini for real as well.]]

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler:Quite unavoidable for any character who has high enough mental balance or truly accept the truth about the world.]]
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: What can happen when your mental balance plummets low enough.]]
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Possibly the only inversion. It seems every other eldritch horror broke it's arm trapping US in the illusion, and it seems inevitable that we will eventually break out]].

* [[spoiler: CosmicHorrorStory: It's difficult to judge whether this setting or the CthulhuMythos are more horrific.]]
** Well, at least here, [[spoiler: there's a chance of escape...]]
* CrapsackWorld: Even most horror settings have at least one faction who are not pure evil, even if it's just the mundane police. Not so in ''Kult''. [[spoiler: All the governments, religions, and armies of the world are puppets of the lictors or the Angels of Death, who want to keep mankind ignorant.]]

* DarkWorld: [[spoiler:In the forms of Metropolis and Gaia, representing urban and natural landscapes respectively.]]
* TheDragon: Golab and Hareb-Serap, [[spoiler:two Angels of Death that're most loyal to Astaroth. They hate each other, but will ignore that for time being.]]
* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination: Almost everything that exists, but most notable are the Forgotten Gods, who remain dangerous and beyond our understanding even after we awaken. They're so powerful that the whole power conflicts between Archons and Inferno are no concern of them.]]

** In Inferno, [[spoiler:Thaumiel, Togarini and Gamaliel rebel against Astaroth, with various degree of success. Chagidiel also wants to join them, but doesn't have the courage to oppose Astaroth yet.]]

* FightingAShadow: Subversion. [[spoiler:Archons and other superbeings can have multiple incarnate avatars and it take less than one day to create a replacement when one is destroyed. However, getting killed ''hurts'' and if several incarnates are killed in short period, the pain can actually kill the being.]]

* [[spoiler:GeniusLoci: The cathedrals of Archon and Angel of Death are the true self of their owner.]]

* GodIsDead [[spoiler: God is dead, and the Devil is the only one who wants him back. Also, God is dying retroactively, being dead further and further back in history.]]
* GodIsEvil: [[spoiler:Humans were immortal superbeings before he took all our powers away and made us what we are]]

* HappyPlace: One could say, in the world of ''KULT'' most humans are there

* [[spoiler: HaveYouSeenMyGod: Even Astaroth is looking for him, since the Demiurge is the only one who gave his existence a meaning.]]
* {{Hell}}: [[spoiler: Inferno. Nowaday, most souls end up in [[IronicHell Purgatory]] instead. Catch is, Astaroth no longer gives a damn about the place and lets his subordinates manage Inferno as they please, so you can get punished for sins you never committed. And with less souls coming to Inferno, they will give you some extra ForTheLulz.]]

* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Lictors and Razids, and every other monster that can appear human. Also, humans themselves, when they Awaken]].
* HumansAreBastards: [[spoiler:Despite being embodiments of evil, Angels of Death found the darkness in humans' hearts surpasses theirs.]]
* [[spoiler:HumansAreCthulhu:]] [[spoiler:Humans are immortal superbeings, they are just slumbering and are unaware of their power.]]

* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:The Demiurge.]]

* MechanicalLifeforms: [[spoiler:The Techrones, actually every piece of machinery can be one, including the monitor you're looking at.]]

* MoralGuardians: Kult was and is, a very controversial game in Scandinavia thanks to two specific incidents: A teenage murder in the south of Sweden perpetrated by two boys who were alleged to have played Kult, and an incident in Norway were a teenage boy commited suicide mid-game. As a result, some stores removed the game from the shelves, and the Swedish parliament voted to cancel funding for roleplaying youth communitys.
* [[spoiler:NeurodiversityIsSupernatural: Schizophrenia is actually the ability to see behind the veil covering mundane reality. Mental illness in general is one of two roads to supernatural mojo (sainthood is the other one, but power-wise they're mutually exclusive).]]

* [[spoiler:PossessionBurnout: There is a kind of bodystealers who will indulge in orgies of sex, drugs and violence after possessing a human body, with the result that said body really won't last very long.]]

* {{Room 101}}: [[spoiler:The Abyss, the great chasm where Demiurge's citadel once was. Only Astaroth has ever been known to get in there and return, but only barely alive. And he refuses to speak about anything inside that place.]]

* WarIsHell: Hareb-Serap [[spoiler:the Angel of Death and personification of meaningless battle. According to ''Metropolis'' sourcebook, Netzach as well.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Malkuth's servants kidnap humans and perform wild experiments on them. ([[spoiler:She actually wants to free all humans from the illusion.]])

* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:The Techrones]]

* [[spoiler:TheLegionsOfHell]]
* [[spoiler:LesbianVampire]]

''Kult'' is a Swedish DarkFantasy/Splatterpunk (self-description) RolePlayingGame by authors Gunilla Jonsson and Michael Petersén. It takes place here and now, in the reality of today. But reality is not what we think. Around us the world is dark and dangerous and nothing is what it seems to be. Our reality is [[spoiler:an illusion, created to keep us captive. We are imprisoned since the ages past by a dictatorial creator.]] The true world, invisible to us, is ruled by creatures who dominate the false facades, our prison wardens and torturers. And if your characters happen to steep too far into Evil, they might actually [[spoiler:turn into monsters physically]].

''Kult'' can be used for any kind of horror game, from "splatter the attacking zombie hordes" to "solve the occult mysteries of the universe" to more subtle paranoia and conspiracies. Players play characters who somehow came into contact with darkness - whether purely theoretical, like students interested in the occult, {{Mad Scientist}}s or {{Mad Artist}}s; in reality, like [[IntrepidReporter muckrakers]], [[PrivateEye private detectives]] or Series/{{Cops}}; or actively fighting it, like soldiers, gang members or street fighters.

What can you do in ''Kult''? You can fight evil... or become evil yourself... or simply go mad. [[spoiler:Or outgrow such childish things as Good, Evil, Madness and Fourdimensional spacetime. But don't expect that to be easy.]]

* BodyHorror: What can happen when your mental balance plummets low enough.

* CosmicHorrorStory: It's difficult to judge whether this setting or the CthulhuMythos are more horrific.

* EnemyCivilwar: Since [[spoiler:Demiurge's disappearance...]]

* {{Hell}}: Inferno. [[spoiler: Nowaday, most souls end up in [[IronicHell Purgatory]] instead. Catch is, Astaroth no longer gives a damn about the place and lets his subordinates manage Inferno as they please, so you can get punished for sins you never committed. And with less souls coming to Inferno, they will give you some extra ForTheLulz.]]

* NeurodiversityIsSupernatural: Schizophrenia is actually the ability to see behind the veil covering mundane reality. Mental illness in general is one of two roads to supernatural mojo (sainthood is the other one, but power-wise they're mutually exclusive).
* OffOnATechnicality

* BlessedWithSuck: Luigi Cantorre, an extremely powerful death magician [[spoiler:for he's incarnate of Death Angel Togarini. He's possibly the most powerful incarnate of the Angels of Death, and descripted as being more of Togarini's mobile citadel. He has to be, for the real citadel was disappear since Astaroth crushed Togarini for the latter failed rebellion. Without the citadel, Cantorre become sole avatar of Togarini, and to kills him is to destroy Togarini for real as well.]]

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Possibly the only inversion. It seems every other eldritch horror broke it's arm trapping US in the illusion, and it seems only inevitable for us to eventually break out]].

** First [[spoiler:the Archons start fighting each other. Hod, Yesod, Chesed and Chokmah were destroyed. The remaining Archons aren't get along too well either. With Malkuth being enemy of the rest, except Tiphareth, who working on both side.]]
** In Inferno, [[spoiler:Thaumiel, Togarini and Gamaliel rebel against Astaroth, with various degree of success. Chagidiel also want to join them, but doesn't has courage to oppose Astaroth yet.]]

* ExtremeDoormat, {{Hikikomori}}: Nahemoth [[spoiler:the Death Angel of apathy.]] Nobody care about him except [[TheRival Malkuth]], and that mean [[spoiler:she want to kill him.]]

* {{Hell}}: Inferno. [[spoiler: Nowaday, most souls end up in [[IronicHell Purgatory]] instead. Catch is, Astaroth no longer give a damn about the place and lets his subordinates manage Inferno as they please, so you can get punished by the sin you never commit at all. And with less souls coming to Inferno, they will give you some extra ForTheLulz.]]

* WarIsHell: Hareb-Serap [[spoiler:the Angel of Death and personification of meaningless batlle. According to ''Metropolis'' sourcebook, Netzach as well.]]

''Kult'' can be used for any kind of horror game, from "splatter the attacking zombie hordes" to "solve the occult mysteries of the universe" to more subtle paranoia and conspiracies. Players play characters who somehow came into contact with darkness - whether purely theoretical, like students interested in the occult, {{Mad Scientist}}s or {{Mad Artist}}s; in reality, like [[IntrepidReporter muckrakers]], [[PrivateEye private detectives]] or {{Cops}}; or actively fighting it, like soldiers, gang members or street fighters.

* BlessedWithSuck: Luigi Cantorre, an extremely powerful death magician [[spoiler:for he's incarnate of Death Angel Togarini. He's possibly the most poserful incarnate of the Angels of Death, and descripted as being more of Togarini's mobile citadel. He has to be, for the real citadel was disappear since Astaroth crushed Togarini for the latter failed rebellion. Without the citadel, Cantorre become sole avatar of Togarini, and to kills him is to destroy Togarini for real as well.]]

* ExtremeDoormat, {{Hikkimori}}: Nahemoth [[spoiler:the Death Angel of apathy.]] Nobody care about him except [[TheRival Malkuth]], and that mean [[spoiler:she want to kill him.]]

* CosmicHorror: It's difficult to judge whether this setting or the CthulhuMythos are more horrific.

* EnemyCivilwar: Start after [[spoiler:Demiurge's disappearance.]]
** First [[spoiler:the Archons start fighting each other. Hod, Yesod, Chesed and Chokmah were destroyed. The rest aren't get along too well either.]]

* LightIsNotGood [[spoiler:Or even "Good is Evil": Forces of "good" tend to fight to keep everyone mentally balanced - and this is a setting where "mentally balanced" = "to be blind and trapped in hell forever".]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Malkuth's servants kidnap humans and perform wild experiments on them. [[spoiler:She actually wants to free all humans from the illusion.]])

* LightIsNotGood [[spoiler:Or even "Good is Evil": Forces of "good" tend to fight to keep everyone mentally balanced - and this is a setting where "mentally balanced" = "to be blind and trapped in hell forever".

* LightIsNotGood [[spoiler:Or even "Good is Evil": Forces of "good" tend to fight to keep everyone mentally balanced - and this is a setting where "mentally balanced" = "to be blind and trapped in hell forever". {{YMMV}}, SquarePegRoundTrope.]]

* LightIsNotGood [[spoiler:Or even "Good is Evil": Forces of "good" tend to fight to keep everyone mentally balanced - and this is a setting where "mentally balanced" = "to be blind and trapped in hell forever". {{YMMV}}, SquareTropeRoundHole.]]

* LightIsNotGood [[spoiler:Or even "Good is Evil": Forces of "good" tend to fight to keep everyone mentally balanced - and this is a setting where "mentally balanced" = "to be blind and trapped in hell forever".]]

** [[spolier: Technically, I'd say Balance is not good rather. It's because to stay balanced BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil a person will either have neither good nor evil qualities or a balance of them.]]

'''''KULT''''' is a Swedish DarkFantasy/Splatterpunk (self-description) RolePlayingGame by authors Gunilla Jonsson and Michael Petersén. It takes place here and now, in the reality of today. But reality is not what we think. Around us the world is dark and dangerous and nothing is what it seems to be. Our reality is [[spoiler:an illusion, created to keep us captive. We are imprisoned since the ages past by a dictatorial creator.]] The true world, invisible to us, is ruled by creatures who dominate the false facades, our prison wardens and torturers. And if your characters happen to steep too far into Evil, they might actually [[spoiler:turn into monsters physically]].

''KULT'' can be used for any dark kind of game, from "splatter the attacking zombie hordes" to "solve the occult mysteries of the universe". Players play characters who somehow came into contact with darkness - whether purely theoretical, like students interested in the occult, {{Mad Scientist}}s or {{Mad Artist}}s; in reality, like [[IntrepidReporter muckrakers]], [[PrivateEye private detectives]] or {{Cops}}; or actively fighting it, like soldiers, gang members or street fighters.

What can you do in ''KULT''? You can fight evil... or become evil yourself... or simply go mad. [[spoiler:Or outgrow such childish things as Good, Evil, Madness and Fourdimensional spacetime. But don't expect that to be easy.]]

* AbandonedHospital

* [[spoiler:AliensAndMonsters]]

* AxCrazy: Sathariel
* BedlamHouse: Most asylums are like that, and the doctors and wardens there are at least as mad as the inmates.

* BodyHorror

* CosmicHorror
* CrapsackWorld [[spoiler:And it gets worse the more you learn.]]

* FreakLabAccident

* NotVeryPrettyNowIsHe

* MagnificentBastard: Lots of them, but Tiphareth stands out most.