The Midnight Generation: Superheroes of the Supernatural
A campaign inspired primarily by the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series. Uncover supernatural mysteries at the darkest hour.
$30.00
/ Session
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Weekly / Tuesday - 12:00 AM UTC
Session Duration / 3–4 hours
0 / 6 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Players take on the roles of teenagers living double lives. By day, they deal with school, expectations, relationships, and social pressure. By night, they explore the Midnight World — a cognitive realm shaped by the collective unconscious of humanity — where human emotions, fears, and desires manifest as dangerous Shadows. Some individuals can awaken supernatural Facades, manifestations of their true selves, and use that power to confront the horrors born from the human psyche. Others, overwhelmed by trauma or obsession, may become Shadows themselves. Tone: mysterious, thrilling, surreal, adventurous, dark humor, existential dread Themes include: - Identity and self-acceptance - Internal conflict and emotional repression - Adolescence under impossible expectations - Cosmic horror through psychology rather than gore - Conspiracy, secrets, and hidden truths - Balancing ordinary life with supernatural responsibility Touchstones: - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series - Jungian psychology - Psychonauts - Xenosaga - Real-world myths and legends This campaign emphasizes character drama and emotional stakes. Character creation focuses on emotional tension, relationships, and growth. The Midnight World & Hawthorne The Midnight World is a distorted reflection of human consciousness. Within it exist Palaces, domains ruled by powerful Shadows known as Rulers, each embodying unresolved desires or obsessions. The campaign is set primarily in Hawthorne, a city in the far northwest grappling with: - A hidden supernatural history - A dangerous cult - Political and social tension - The pressures of teenage life Your actions in the Midnight World have consequences in the real one and vice versa. Safety & Table Culture This campaign uses safety tools to support intense emotional and psychological themes: - Session Zero alignment - Lines & Veils - Open door policy - Check-ins and breaks - Stars & Wishes feedback 🌈 This is a queer-affirming table and we belong here.
Game style
Puzzle / Mystery Focused
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Rules as Written (RaW)
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(27)
4 years on StartPlaying
385 games hosted
Highly rated for: Inclusive, Creativity, Storytelling
About me
Greetings, Dears and Darlings! I'm Gabriel Caetano, pronouns she/them, a professional Role-Playing Game Facilitator (aka GM) from Brazil. I am Queer and neurodivergent, and I am a proud Global South TTRPG creator. I specialise in Fiction-Driven Adventures for Passionate Role Players. Together I we will create and visit wondrous worlds in a variety of genres, from fantasy to sci-fi, experiencing adventures full of comedy and drama, struggle and joy, losses and victories.
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Creating your character
You don't need to know the game rules. To create your Hero, you choose a playbook, a form of character sheet that has a character arc, themes, and tropes baked in. Playbooks have individual and group questions: you can go ahead and define somethings about your character but the group questions can only be answered during session 0 (or later sessions if you join the game later). I'll share the playbook files with all players and each player must pick a unique playbook that someone else didn't pick. Before session 0 I'll make them available to you so you can chat beforehand about which kind of character you want to play and there are no doubles. Late comers: past Session 0, I will help you through the process before your first session to make sure we can fit you into the game with the already existing PCs as smoothly as possible.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
We are going to need: - a computer that can run FoundryVTT on the browser - a stable internet connection; - a quiet location; - an ok microphone so that everyone hears you nicely; Recommendable, but not essential: - a webcam; - writing implements for your own notes (digital or physical, whatever you prefer).
What Gabi Caetano brings to the table
Me, the books, and guidance to play the game! - years of experience facilitating games; - a deep pool of resources in creating and facilitating games; - access to game books, core and supplemental; - a nice VTT game room, play aids, and occasional fun little tidbits; - a living world with intriguiguing plots; - NPCs that matter, embracing PC hooks and plots.
Equipment needed to play
Computer
Internet
Computer or Mobile Device
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Gabi Caetano creates a safe table
As a Queer, Neurodivergent Game Facilitator from the Global South I strive to make my tables welcoming to players of all backgrounds, especially from marginalized groups which includes making accommodations for individual player needs and kicking out bigots and fascists from my table (then reporting them). 🌻♾️🏳️🌈 All players are required to join Session 0, where we will discuss mutual interests, goals, and play styles, as well as establishing our lines and veils and other safety tools. We begin our first gameplay scene at the end of Session 0. Our biggest ally is the Check In: use it liberally! ✅ The game includes themes of inter-generational conflict and comic-book. 🔴 Default lines: - Ableism; - Child abuse - Homophobia; - Transphobia; - Racism, fantasy racism; - Sexual violence/harassment; - Player-on-Player gaslighting and bullying; - Player-on-Player TRASH (transphobia, racism, ableism, sexism, homophobia) behavior; 🟡 Default veils: - Child endangerment; - Xenophobia; - Gaslighting; - Fatphobia; - Eating disorders; - Police violence; - Sexual interaction/descriptions; - Spiders; - Bullying.
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Safety tools used