CRADLEPOINT HANDLER CORE

Run pressure. Track clocks. Let the room answer.

Cradlepoint Handler Core is the core Handler-facing release for The Cradlepoint Archives: a mythpunk horror TTRPG where emotional pressure becomes physical consequence, attention changes consequence, and scenes are driven by pressure, clocks, observation, and response.

Operators survive the room.

Handlers make the room answer.

You are not here to explain the world.

You are here to track pressure, follow the signal, escalate with intent, and let reality respond.

Cradlepoint does not run on lore dumps.

It runs on state, attention, consequence, and aftermath.

Handler Core gives you the tools to run Cradlepoint from behind the screen: scene states, pressure clocks, Attention, entity loops, recovery beats, aftermath, case management, and the Handler-side control surface for first-contact play.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Full Handler Guide

The main Handler-facing rulebook for running Cradlepoint.

Includes:

• scene states • pressure procedures • clocks • attention tracking • entity / zone loops • consequence logic • recovery and aftermath • case construction • campaign operations • Handler procedure and quick reference material

Handler Toolbox

Print-ready and table-ready runtime tools for play.

Includes:

• control sheets
• clock sheets
• attention trackers
• thread trackers
• runtime aids
• quick reference tools
• scene flow support
• aftermath logs

Field Dossier

An in-world VeilCorp ontology guide shared across the line.

Useful for understanding the Operator-safe language of the Archive and what your table knows before the room starts saying worse things.

Operator Handouts

Table support materials for use during live play.

Includes reference-facing documents, trackers, and shared table aids useful during sessions.

Needlepoint 001: The Broken Mirror Chamber — VeilCorp Intake

The first paid/core intake case from the Handler side.

A mirror chamber has started returning the wrong reflections.

The Operators experience the room.

The Handler controls the pressure behind it.

Includes escalation logic, anomaly tracking, reflection hazards, live-case control surfaces, and aftermath structure.

Printer-Friendly Versions

Every major book in the pack includes printer-friendly versions for cheaper physical use at the table.

PACKAGE CONTENTS

• Pretty PDFs
• Printer-Friendly PDFs
• Runtime tools
• Table support materials
• QR assets
• Extra art assets
• Handler-facing control documents

START HERE IF YOU WANT TO

• Run Cradlepoint for your table
• Control scene pressure instead of improvising everything from scratch
• Use clocks, attention, and consequence as a live horror engine
• Move beyond the Operator side and take control of the Archive
• Run first-contact cases with real structure, escalation, and aftermath

THIS PACK DOES NOT INCLUDE

• Monster Manual
• Systems Metaphysics
• Handler Expansion
• Myth-Tech / Epic Lotus
• Fiction archives
• Deep hidden canon beyond core release boundaries

Those are separate release lanes.

TONE

Cradlepoint is contemporary mythpunk horror.

Expect mirrors and reflections, surveillance pressure, identity instability, emotional horror, blood and hunger themes, memory contradiction, impossible architecture, occult-tech interfaces, trauma-aware table procedures, and ordinary life becoming unsafe in small, specific ways.

Handler Core focuses on the control layer behind those experiences.

POST-PLAY DEBRIEF

Completed exposure?

Submit a debrief. Tell the archive what happened at your table, what confused you, what landed, and what should be preserved.

Public excerpts may be redacted before release.

Submit Post-Play Debrief: Submit Debrief

CONTENT ADVISORY

Cradlepoint deals with horror, stress, body pressure, memory instability, surveillance, blood, identity pressure, grief, emotional vulnerability, and supernatural intimacy themes.

Use table calibration. Respect limits. The Archive can wait.

DOWNLOAD ORDER

1. Start with the Handler Guide.
2. Review the Handler Toolbox.
3. Read the Field Dossier.
4. Use Needlepoint 001: The Broken Mirror Chamber — VeilCorp Intake to begin play.
5. Print the printer-friendly files and runtime aids for table use.

The Veil is not static. Neither are you.