NEEDLEPOINT

A FIRST CONTACT CASE FILE FOR CRADLEPOINT

Observation alters continuity.

The Pulse changed the world quietly.

No explosions. No invasion. No apocalypse.

Reality simply stopped behaving correctly around emotional pressure.

Dreams leave residue. Mirrors hesitate. Rooms remember arguments. And certain people — Operators — can feel the Frequencies underneath reality itself.

NEEDLEPOINT is a controlled first-contact experience for CRADLEPOINT: a myth-tech horror RPG where roleplay becomes physics.

Inside this archive:

• Quickstart rules
• Emotional resonance mechanics
• Stability & Misfire systems
• Prebuilt Operators
• GM onboarding tools
• A full first-contact scenario
• Stream-ready one-shot structure
• Frequency bleed sheets
• Printable player materials

No massive lore dump. No encyclopedic prep.

Just enough signal to survive contact.

CRADLEPOINT FEATURES

• Emotional physics instead of spellcasting
• Myth-tech horror & resonance contamination
• Identity pressure & symbolic consequences
• Psychological supernatural investigation
• Collaborative emotional mechanics
• Reality-reactive environments
• Fast onboarding for new players
• GM-light escalation systems

WARNING

This document contains:

• unreality
• emotional bleed
• symbolic contamination
• recursive architecture
• impossible reflections
• operational instability

Proceed anyway.