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The Uncanny Highway can be a lonely place – so make some friends. Sure, they might be secretly plotting to bring about the end of the world, but at least its something you can do together!

These tables define the Archetypal NPCs that seem to inhabit every fictional American town of the Seventies, such as the “Most Beloved Person in Town” and the “Town Bully”. Tables 1 to 9 (presented in Part I) give you a general overview of the town. Tables 10 to 13 (in part II) define the predominant people and culture of the town. Tables 14 to 19 (in Part III) take you “around town” to define it’s businesses, establishments, and locations. Tables 20 to 22 (in part IV) define the town’s major organizations and social institutions. Finally, Tables 33 to 38 (in the final Part VI) generate the encounters that PCs will have if they spend time wandering the streets.

Table 23: The Wealthiest Person in Town

d6

The person who can buy their way out of anything is…

1

the owner / president / commander of the Main Industry.

2

the patriarch of a family with roots back to the American Revolution.

3

an expatriate European with no visible means of support, but seemingly endless supplies of cash.

4

an old widow who seems to own half the town.

5

a gangster who lives in a fortified compound.

6

a wily, self-made millionaire whose plain-speaking ways mask deep dishonesty and ruthlessness.
  • The Wealthiest Person in Town has always committed at least one Secret Crime which has been covered up by the authorities.

Table 24: The Most Beloved Person in Town

d6

The person who seems to embody all the town’s hopes and dreams is…

1

the Homecoming Queen.

2

the Quarterback of the High School Football team (or the Captain of the Dominant Varsity Team).

3

the Coach of the High School Football Team (or the Dominant Varsity Team).

4

a former Olympic athlete.

5

a war hero who saved all the men of his platoon.

6

a former Beauty Queen.
  • 25% chance the Most Beloved Person in Town will be murdered while the PCs are in town, by either the Wealthiest Person in Town, or the Town Bully.

Table 25: The Town Conscience

d6

The person who will always try to stand up for what right is…

1

a local teacher.

2

a local Union leader (or organizer).

3

a fearless reporter or journalist.

4

a local mother, active in the P.T.A.

5

the daughter of the Police Chief or Sheriff.

6

a Vietnam vet who is also a martial arts master.
  • 50% Chance the Town Conscience knows the Secret Crime of the Wealthiest Person in Town.
  • 75% chance the Town Conscience has already had a dangerous and/or violent encounter with the Town Bully.

Table 26: The Town Bully

d6

If there’s trouble, it’s probably being caused by…

1

the son of the Wealthiest Person in Town.

2

the son of the Police Chief or Sheriff.

3

the High School Quarterback (or the Captain of the Dominant Varsity Team).

4

a Police Sergeant who leads a gang of dirty cops.

5

the son of the most prominent preacher.

6

the leader of an Outlaw Biker gang. 25% chance the gang is actually made up of women.
  • The Town Bully can simultaneously be the Most Beloved Person in Town, in which case most people simply look the other way at their horrible acts.
  • 50% chance the Town Bully is working directly for the Town Mastermind.
  • 10% chance the Town Bully is also a Werewolf.

Table 27: The Town Scapegoat

d6

When troubles occurs, the person who will get blamed first is…

1

a High School student who listens to Hard Rock and Heavy Metal music.

2

a follower of a disliked Guru.

3

the oldest son from the poorest family in town.

4

a recently paroled man, who had been imprisoned on false charges.

5

a local Psychic.

6

a free-thinking Hippie Chick that everyone thinks is a witch. 25% chance she actually is a White Witch, who uses her powers only for good.
  • The Town Scapegoat is always innocent of whatever evil accusations are made against them.
  • 50% chance the Town Scapegoat suspects the Dark Secret of the town.
  • 50% chance the Town Scapegoat suspects the plans of the Town Mastermind.

Table 28: The Town Jezebel

d6

The women the other women hate, and the men desire, is…

1

a divorcee, and single mother, who just moved to town.

2

a stripper who works out on the Highway.

3

the new teacher or librarian from The Big City.

4

a bartender, who knows how to flirt and keep the tips coming.

5

a pretty, but clueless shopgirl who is constantly making unintended double entendres.

6

a wealthy widow, whose husband died mysteriously.
  • 50% chance the Town Jezebel knows something scandalous about the leader of the Dominant Organization in town.
  • 50% chance the Town Jezebel has the unwanted attention of the Town Bully.

Table 29: the Town Lothario

d6

All the husbands in town try to keep their wives away from…

1

The singer (or guitarist) for the best bar band around.

2

the son of the Wealthiest Person in Town.

3

the postman. He always has a “special delivery” for the ladies!

4

a smooth-talking real estate agent, who really knows how to work a leisure suit.

5

a former High School Quarterback – aging now, but still handsome.

6

the door-to-door salesman, who has got just the thing to make your day!
  • 50% chance the Town Lothario is the Father, Uncle, or Brother of the Most Beloved person in Town.

Table 30: The Town Drunk

d6

The person who is always to be seen drinking on the street is…

1

a Vietnam Vet who saw too much in the war.

2

a once wealthy man who lost everything gambling.

3

a former cop who was run out of the police department for trying to expose corruption.

4

a man who claims his family was abducted by strange creatures.

5

a man who was horribly burned in the fire that killed his family.

6

a man injured while working at the town’s Main Industry.
  • 75% Chance the Town Drunk knows the Secret Crime of the Wealthiest Person in Town.
  • 75% chance the Town Drunk knows the plans of the Town Mastermind.

Table 31: The Town Weirdo

d6

The person who is dismissed as crazy, but knows what’s really going on is…

1

a U.F.O enthusiast, who knows the government is hiding something.

2

an obsessive occultist, looking for an infamous grimoire.

3

a Psychic tormented by dark visions of the future.

4

a paranormal researcher, piecing together the truth behind local legends.

5

a folk artist who makes sculptures out of trash.

6

the cat lady, who says that her pets tell her secrets.
  • The Town Weirdo always knows the Dark Secret of the town, but may be reluctant to tell the PCs at first.
  • 50% Chance the Town Conscience knows the secret crime of the Wealthiest Person in Town.

Table 32: The Town Mastermind

d6

The person with large-scale, nefarious plans for the town is…

1

also the Wealthiest Person…

2

also the Town Bully…

3

also the leader of the Dominant Organization…

4

the Mayor…

5

the Mayor’s spouse…

6

a local religious leader…

d12

…who plots to…

1

destroy / shut down the Main Industry in town. Even – or especially if – they own it!

2

bury toxic waste in town.

3

close down the place where all the teens gather, so luxury housing can be put up in its place.

4

help Satan father the Antichrist and begin the Apocalypse.

5

drive the crime rate up so developers from The Big City can buy the land cheaply.

6

kidnap townspeople and sell their organs to wealthy foreigners.

7

kidnap babies and sell them to childless couples from The Big City.

8

subject people to mind-control experiments, with the goal of creating an army of brainwashed followers.

9

replace the women (or men) of town with androids.

10

subvert all the churches and religious organizations in town to create a cult around themselves.

11

establish the town as a permanent extraterrestrial base – the first step towards an all-out alien invasion.

12

create a secret base of Soviet troops on American soil!