Bible Black TOC

This Table of Contents is a work in progress, and will be filled in as Bible Black is completed throughout 2026. This page is intended for Keepers; and contains numerous spoilers for players!

I. Introduction

Title Page
Table of Contents [You are here!]
Credits and Dedications
Scenario Introduction
Period & Setting: Nebraska 2025

II. Keeper’s Information & Scenario Background

Scenario Background
Background—The Nemesis Theory
Assigning Player Characters
Player Character Secrets and Development

III. Factions and Monsters

Factions
The Church of Invisible Frequencies
The Nemesis Team
The Mi-Go
Mi-Go Technology

Monsters
Sentinel Orb
Gray Homunculus
Mi-Go Watcher
Mi-Go Technician
The Samantha Thing

IV. Locations

Great Plains Cruciform Array
GPCA Overview
Antennas & Workshop
Administration Building
Annesley-Ross Tower
Dormitory
Swezey-Minnich Observatory

Hayden
Ballantine Gas
Brunner’s Groceries
Carrie & Stan’s House
Close Encounters Motor Lodge
McCaine County Courthouse
The Hidey Hole
Iron Horse Saloon
Maisie’s Market
Red Cloud Auto
The Buzzard
Wagon Train Diner

V. Scenario Text

Prelude—Character Vignettes
Chapter 1—March 15 Saturday
Chapter 2—March 16 Monday
Chapter 3—March 17 Monday
Chapter 4—March 18 Tuesday
Chapter 5—March 19 Wednesday
Chapter 6—March 20 Thursday
Chapter 7—March 21 Friday
Chapter 8—March 22 Saturday
Chapter 9—March 23 Sunday
Chapter 10—March 24 Monday

Asynchronous Encounter 1—The Phantom Head
Asynchronous Encounter 2—The Mystery of Room 207
Asynchronous Encounter 3—Interviewing Stanley Arnold
Asynchronous Encounter 4—Finding Leo Sawyer
Asynchronous Encounter 5—Visiting Jay Osman
Asynchronous Encounter 6—Slayer Ranch
Asynchronous Encounter 7—Mi-Go Encounters
Asynchronous Encounter 8—Cowell’s Confession
Asynchronous Encounter 9—Devil’s Tower Amusement Park
Asynchronous Encounter 10—The Point of No Return
Asynchronous Encounter 11—Random Encounters

VI. Auxiliary Materials & Systems

New Skills
New Spells
Song of Ghroth
Drugs, Intoxicants, and Poisons
Firearm Rules
Science Primer
Bible Black Tables

VII. Player Character Profiles

Cast Sheet
Nick Castro
Deputy Cal Mortenson
Dr. Rose P. Rines
Dr. William Snow
The Grad Student
The Local

VIII. NPC Profiles

Saxon Conan Cowell
Sheriff Randy Kaufman
Gerald Neal
Carl Tecumseh Guest
Harlan Bennett
C. Diane Mancini
Freddie Pike
Mason Dauterive
Jay Osman
Jackie Bernard-Wu
Jenny Hooper
Leo Sawyer
Ruth Swann
Allen Noyes
William “Wild Bill” Crane
GPCA Support Staff (Group)
Hayden Locals (Group)
Generic NPCs (Group)
Mi-Go Agents (Group)

IX. Handouts

News Articles
2025-02-22 News—Unprecedented Tornadoes Wreak Havoc in McCaine County
2025-03-15 News—Ethiopian Quake
2025-03-19 News—Devastating Earthquake Shakes Nebraska

Items
The Wreckage of Deep Impact
The Horoconic Projector

Texts
Crow Woman 18 to Castro 13 January 2025
Carrie’s Tarot Journal
Phantom Head Sidebar from “Space Year 1991”
Ruth Swann’s Police Report
Excerpts from “The Tugging”
The Lolth Report

The Swann Report
Memo from Ruth Swann
OPEN ME FIRST
Report Draft 2.6
Trash File

Firearms
Beretta M9
Charter Arms “Chic Lady”
Colt 1903
Colt 1911 .45 ACP
Colt Python
Colt Target Python
Glock G19 (I)
Glock G19 (II)
Mossberg 500-ATI Tactical
Mossberg Patriot .22-250
Remington 870
Ruger Marlin 1895
Savage Arms 93 FXP
SIG Sauer MCX-Spear
SIG Sauer P230
Smith & Wesson Model 340PD
Smith & Wesson MP15 Axe
Smith & Wesson MP15 SBR 556
Stevens 235 Shotgun
Taurus 856 Defender
Weatherby Mark V Apex

X. Maps

McCaine County
Hayden
GPCA Exterior
GPCA Interior Maps
“The Bermuda Triangle”

XI. Sounds

Starless Tracks: “Al Azif” and “Byakhee”
Jay Osman’s “Lizard Person Oscillator” File
Nemesis Sonifications
Mi-Go Speech Samples

XII. Endnotes

Timeline
Speech Samples
Bibliography

XIII. Appendices

“The Music of the Spheres” Original 1992 Scenario (copyright Chaosium)

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Author: A. Buell Ruch
Last Modified: 6 September 2026
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