What is the Lazlo Society Website?

The Lazlo Society is a fun and clever work of fiction inspired by the Beyond the Supernatural™ Role-Playing Game. A place where role-playing gamers can come and post adventure ideas and interact with one another as “fictional characters” right out of the Beyond the Supernatural™ game world. They can be psychics, paranormal investigators or ordinary people.

The idea is to create an interactive, perpetual adventure idea generator. Only it’s even cooler than that, because all the contributors are in character and can interact with one another, providing additional ideas, twists, turns and story elements (in character) as if it were really happening.

Not exactly online gaming, but a character based (and driven) pool of ongoing topics, discussions and ideas. A great example is the “Dog?” post by PSC27 that sends the reader to an article from Earthfiles.com in which a strange animal – possibly the elusive “Chupacabra” (long believed to be an urban myth) – has been shot and killed in Texas. A Game Master playing Beyond the Supernatural™ could take this and run with it in any number of directions.
1) Could it be a Hell Hound that failed to discorporate properly?
2) Is it some other supernatural creature?
3) Or is it a genetic mutant?
4) Or the work of dark magic that is physically warping the appearance and nature of ordinary coyotes?
5) How many more “whatevers” (Hell Hounds, mutants, etc.) are out there? A live animal was seen running across the road and another one was shot and killed a month or so earlier; clearly there are several of these animals. What are they up to? Are they a small (or large) pack of simple Supernatural Predators or something more? Are they being controlled by a human or inhuman force and, if so, to what diabolical purpose? Or does the presence of the strange beast herald the coming of something worse? Get the idea? Note: And whatever adventure ideas one might get from this strange animal mystery, in this case, it is a GREAT example of how the real world media and authorities respond to the strange and unexplained – mainly they slap an easy explanation on it (“coyote with mange”), and otherwise dismiss and ignore it. The interview with Ms. Stacey Womack clearly illustrates the classic disinterest, runaround, and cavalier attitude of the authorities and the media, and the quick, easy answer from the sci entific community (without an actual investigation). All wonderful fuel for role-playing in Beyond the Supernatural™, and this is just ONE example. Within a few weeks there should be tons of similar fuel for adventures.

Beyond the Supernatural™ is a traditional pen and paper role-playing game that requires the game book, dice and multiple players. If you are not familiar with role-playing games, you might want to go to the Palladium Books® website at www.palladiumbooks.com.

What follows is a brief advertisement description of the role-playing game and upcoming titles.


Beyond the Supernatural RPG

Beyond the Supernatural™

Role-Playing Game, Second Edition

Beyond the Supernatural™ (BTS-2) has all the makings of a smash hit role-playing game. We haven’t seen anticipation for a new game like this since Rifts®.

The setting is our modern world, today.

The heroes – ordinary people and those with the gift of paranormal abilities. Characters drawn into the realm of the supernatural because of their “gifts” or because they have suffered in the clutches of supernatural terror and have chosen to fight back.

Beyond the Supernatural™ is different, realistic, challenging and cutting-edge.

  • Extensive background and lush setting.
  • 14 Psychic Character Classes (P.C.C.s), including the Autistic Psychic Savant, Diviner, Fire Walker, Ghost Hunter, Latent Psychic, Nega-Psychic, Physical Psychic, Psi-Mechanic, Psychic Sensitive and Ordinary People ready to take a stand.
  • 42 occupations, including the Professional Psychic and Psychic Investigator.
  • More than 100 psychic abilities, plus special P.C.C. powers.
  • The Lazlo Society and Lazlo Agency.
  • Victor Lazlo (and others) quoted extensively.
  • Creatures of darkness, Entities and other fiends.
  • Easy to learn and fast playing rules get you started with a bang.
  • Fast modern combat. Perception Rolls.
  • Plausible powers, plausible setting and unique characters.
  • Delightfully weird and wicked supernatural horrors.
  • A role-playing game of subtlety, investigation, horror and suspense.
  • $24.95 retail; 256 pages, written by Kevin Siembieda.
  • Cat. No. 700 – Available now.

    Coming for Beyond the Supernatural™

    Tome Grotesque™: More than a book of monsters, Tome Grotesque™ will present gruesome Supernatural Predators, the most vile of demonic Pranksters, and Ancient Evil as you’ve never imagined it before. Insidious forces of evil, manipulating human pawns and empowering evil humans from the shadows.

  • Demonic beings great and small.
  • Demonic psychic abilities and magic.
  • Cults, dark forces and adventure ideas galore.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda.
  • $17.95, 160 pages – Cat. No. 702. Coming soon.

    Beyond Arcanum™ presents the secrets of magic, ley lines, places of power, ancient artifacts, magic wielding player characters and NPC villains (Necromancers and others). Magic, you see, is a force that can be used for good or evil.

  • The Arcanist and other practitioners of magic.
  • Magic spells specifically designed for the BTS world.
  • Magic rituals and means of supernatural protection.
  • Magic weapons, charms and curses.
  • Final page count not yet determined; 160-192 pages.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda and Todd Yoho.
  • $22.95, 192 pages – Cat. No. 703. Coming soon.

    Other Palladium RPGs

    Nightbane® – A unique game of horror and monstrous heroes.
    Rifts® – Palladium’s popular science fiction game where players are limited only by their imaginations. Film rights optioned for a live action, Jerry Bruckheimer movie, and Rifts® Promise of Power™, the first Rifts® videogame ever, coming Summer 2005 for the N–Gage game deck.
    Rifts® Chaos Earth™ – The end of the world, Rifts® style.
    Splicers™ – A new, gritty sf game of war, insanity and strange organic weapons and technology.
    Heroes Unlimited™ – Comic book style heroes and action adventure.
    Ninjas & Superspies™ – Martial arts characters and espionage.
    After the Bomb® – Mutant animals and global holocaust.
    Palladium Fantasy RPG® – A unique fantasy realm of humans and nonhuman characters, magic and ancient secrets.
    And more.

    Palladium Books® – 12455 Universal Drive – Taylor, MI 48180 – (734) 946-1156 (our order line to get more information, our latest catalog, or help ordering our products). Also visit www.palladiumbooks.com.

    © 2005 Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved, worldwide.
    Rifts®, Megaverse®, The Palladium Fantasy RPG®, After the Bomb®, and Phase World® are Registered Trademarks owned and licensed by Palladium Books Inc. Beyond the Supernatural, BTS-2 and all other names, titles and slogans are also trademarks of Palladium Books Inc. All rights reserved.