Story

New York City. The Big Apple. Specifically, Manhattan. Twenty-three square miles of city, from the glowing lights of Broadway to the manicured lawns of Central Park. And it's a bit different than you would remember.

The Hudson River, curling around the west side of the island, has a rather unusual habit of changing people who are brave enough to go for a little swim. Walk the streets of the city and you'll see a woman with hair made of snakes, a man roasting chestnuts on the corner with flames from his bare hands, a teenager check the clock and with a shriek of alarm, turn into a pigeon and fly off.

Not everyone tries their luck in the river. A little less than half the population think it's not worth the risk. Everyone knows someone who was "gifted" with acidic saliva or the tendency to burst into flame when excited or any number of equally unpleasant things. But, for most people in Manhattan, being Altered is a basic fact of daily life.

And so it has been for as long as anyone can remember. Very recently, the river has been learning new tricks. It's started spitting out people, from other places, both fantastical and mundane. Odd occurrences are taking place on land as well. Only time will tell what these changes mean for the city and the people that inhabit it.

Altered States is a panfandom and OC-friendly roleplaying game set in an alternate version of Manhattan. We are prose based, backtag-friendly and have a strong emphasis on character relationships and plot, both moderator and player created