GLAM - Global Agents of Mayhem

now: the second half of the twentieth century. the powers that be are locked in a tense nuclear standoff, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance. away from the watchful eye of national intelligence, a cadre of exceptional misfits is assembled. these soldiers of fortune are uniquely equipped for covert and unusual operations. some of them are also rock stars.

in these exciting times, the lines between science and superstition, reality and imagination, and mundane and spectacular have been shattered, and new technologies have created infinite possibilities. you, or your associates, may be faced with weapons, tactics, and actors unlike any you have ever seen. for a price, those exceptional rock star misfits can help.

when you’re all out of options, it’s time to bring the…

WHAT IT IS

GLAM (Global Agents of Mayhem) is a supplement for FIST that gives players the tools to be powerful, strange, and deadly rock musicians from the late 70s through early 80s and gives referees the tools to send those GLAM agents on missions in between playing gigs at sold-out stadiums across the world.

You can see the table of contents in the screenshots, but here's what's inside:

• 8 new roles
• 36 new traits
• 15 instruments that are also weapons (plus rules for making your own)
• a new damage type: sonic
• how to play gigs and earn fans
• a new enemy faction, THE PRODUCERS, including 12 challenging minibosses
• an entire campaign that will pit your players against the clock to solve a mystery and try to win GloboVision '82
• downloadable and printable character sheet (free!)
• downloadable, printable, and form fillable world map sheet for the campaign

There's also a free teaser version you can find in the links below that's just the roles and traits! That's 44 new things to use in your FIST games without having to pay even one dollar.

Here's a sneak preview of some of the traits (which again, you can download for free!):

DEVOLUTIONARY: adaptability is overrated, you have eschewed the modern world and all of its comforts since the development of agriculture and your return to base nature activates your hidden potential within. none of your attributes may ever be above -1. when you roll 10+ on an attack, add +1D6 DAMAGE.
- caveman club (1D6+2 DAMAGE, two-handed), +1D6 MAX HP

HALE: you are perhaps the healthiest and hardiest person alive. your physical form is a Frank Frazetta painting come to life. you have never fallen ill, your metabolism is godlike, and athletic feats are trivial for you. you are also as dumb as a bag of hair (of which you have lots!), but in an endearing kind of way. when you succeed on a melee attack, if you rolled 10+, add an additional +1D6 DAMAGE.
– double headed ax (melee, 2D6-2 DAMAGE; on a failure, you deal damage to yourself), +2 FORCEFUL, -2 TACTICAL, +1D6 MAX HP

MOTLEY: nothing about you is cohesive. you seem to be made of multiple different, competing components that are barely held together by solid stitching and sheer force of will. it is hard for you to speak in coherent sentences. When you roll the minimum on a damage roll, roll 2D6: choose 1 of those dice to deal as damage and the other to regain that much HP.
– jester’s hat (0 ARMOR), +1 TACTICAL, +1 REFLEXIVE, -1 FORCEFUL

T-REXTASTIC: you tap into your jurassic core to enter a trance state that turns you increasingly into a dino-force. when you roll the same attribute for the second time in a row, you may choose to decrease another attribute by 1 to increase the one you’re currently rolling by 1. you can repeat this process for the third time in a row that you roll the same attribute. on the fourth and fifth times, increase your damage on that roll by +2. on the sixth time you physically transform into a dinosaur: 8 MAX HP, 2 ARMOR, can’t use items or speak, bite: 2D6+2 DAMAGE. rolling on another attribute breaks the streak and drops you out of your trance state.
– hydra tooth necklace, +1 FORCEFUL

HOW IT WORKS

It's a supplement, so you'll need a copy of FIST to run it. Everything in it should also mesh nicely, or with minimal fuss, to use in other compatible-with-FIST products.