Old TV Programs

TV programs were revamped on August 30, 2010. This is a list of the old programs - see TV for the current set. (Some of these continue to exist currently.)

Common Programs

Text	Effect
You watch a bit of news and find yourself becoming more and more jumpy. It's a scary world out there.	Gain 1 XP in Perception
The news flickers on. You watch a series of exposes about increasing crime rates and terrible diseases before you finally flip the TV off. Well, if that's not going to make you high strung, nothing is.	Gain 2 XP in Perception Also gain the Programmed Terror skill, if you are very lucky
You catch the tail end of a soccer match. The players are crazy-good. You pick up a few moves from their offense.	Gain 1 XP in Reflexes
Towards the end of your rest, you find an exercise program inspired by the Ultimate Deathmatch Championships. You follow along for a bit, then go back to resting before you pull something.	Gain 1 XP in Strength
You stumble onto the tail end of an Omnitech worker instructional video. It's about five times as boring as it sounds, but you manage to empty your mind and withstand the droning voices until they stop.	Gain 2 XP in Will
You find a rather persuasive infomercial for some Zaibatsu knives. They're amazing, but you manage to pull yourself away at the last moment.	Gain 1 XP in Will
You watch a classic movie, thankfully one of the ones that deserves to be a 'classic.' It gives you a lot to think about.	Gain 1 random XP
For once there are actually enough good shows on that you have to choose. Flipping back and forth at opportune moments, you manage to catch the best part of two shows. Sadly, for most people this would be the highlight of their entire week.	Gain 2 random XP
You find some old-fashioned nature programming. Lions stalking gazelles. Sharks stalking people. People stalking lions and sharks.	Gain 5 energy of Feeling Primal
You catch an interesting show focused on debunking and unmasking silly myths of various sorts. The world makes a lot more sense.	Gain 10 energy of Unbeliever
After a few cycles through the channels you settle on an emergency room drama. Boring, but they're treating a bunch of patients with gunshot wounds, so you pick up some pointers.	Gain extra hit points.
You find an old slasher film. It's not good, by any means, but you think you picked up some good stabbing technique from the main character.	Learn technique: Cruel Slash
You stumble onto a call-in show offering a particularly sweet looking replica sword to the lucky twenty-third caller. You try your luck and actually get it! Lucky day!	Gain replica sword
You stumble onto a call-in show offering a particularly sweet looking replica sword to the lucky twenty-third caller. You try your luck, but don't get it. Ah well, better luck next time.	No effect
You stumble across a strange show on Public Access. A high-strung, thin man speaks rapid fire about the horrors that have befallen Metroplex. He begins with a long intro presenting hazy evidence. Then he launches into a tirade, screaming about "X, Y and Z! It's the end! The end of times!" X, Y and Z are randomly chosen from three of the following: - UFOs over the lake - Lab-bred chimerae - Yetis wandering the forests - Rats that can speak and control terrible powers - Ghosts in the machine - Terrible hell hounds prowling beneath the University - Faeries in the sewers - Flesh-hungry ghouls on the waterfront - Mutant children in the sewers - Terrible winged eyes - Angry spirits forming piles of garbage into a mockery of human form - Maggots the size of your arm - Sea serpents in Metroplex lake - Voodoo zombies from beneath the waves - A dark presence in Southside - Singing fishmen that lure dock workers to their doom	No known effect
You flip through the channels the entire time you're resting and don't find a single thing worth watching. It's almost physically painful.	No effect
There's a classic movie on about the orbital wars. It's hard to watch them now, knowing that nobody actually fought in orbit. It's a shame, the space battles were a great offset to the main tragic plotline.	1 XP each in Perception and Will

Descrambled TV-Only Programs

Text	Effect
You watch a rerun of an ancient TV show where a guy saves the world by staying up all night through force of will and caffeine powder. The story doesn't make a lot of sense, but you think the science might be sound.	Learn recipe for making Caffeine Powder from horrible black coffee
You watch a rerun of an ancient TV show where a guy saves the world after burning through his handcuffs with homemade sulfuric acid. The story doesn't make a lot of sense, but you think the science might be sound.	Learn recipe for making Powerful Acid from sulfur
You watch a rerun of an ancient TV show where a guy saves the world by stunning his captors with a series of tiny capacitors and running away. The story doesn't make a lot of sense, but you think the science might be sound.	Learn recipe for making capacitor array
You watch a rerun of an ancient TV show where a guy saves the world after surviving for weeks stranded on a desert island making food out of seaweed. The story doesn't make a lot of sense, but you think the science might be sound.	Learn recipe for agar powder
	Learn recipe for making targeting circuit
You watch a rerun of an ancient TV show where a guy saves the world by building an autotargeting turret to mow down his captors. The story doesn't make a lot of sense, but you think the science might be sound. (?)	Learn recipe for making Targeting Scope
You watch a rerun of an ancient TV show where a guy saves the world after getting shot in the chest and making an electronic gadget to monitor his vital signs. The story doesn't make a lot of sense, but you think the science might be sound.	Learn recipe for making Biomonitor Circuit
	Learn recipe for making sheet of scales
You watch a rerun of an ancient TV show where a guy saves the world by making liquid nitro out of some sticks of dynamite to blow up a bridge. Which probably would have been easier with just the dynamite. The story doesn't make a lot of sense, but you think the science might be sound.	Learn recipe for making nitro from 2 dynamite
You try to watch some TV but a bizarre animated commercial comes on with a chirping, infectious jingle. You're not even sure what else you tried to watch, but now you'll never, ever be able to forget the phone number for Happy Dragon Asian Delivery.	Gain contact: Happy Dragon
All you can find to watch is a program preaching the virtues of the 'Blind Legion' a cult that's been canvasing this area for years. Eventually, you can't stand their prattling anymore, flip it off like normal, and go about your day.	No effect
Hey, there's a program on the Blind Legion and they're giving away free copies of their book. That'll be way easier than piecing everything together from pamphlets. You give them a call and get your free copy.	Get Walk With the Blind (only if you've read enough Legion tracts to get the special message)
(Blind Legion program when some other condition is met)	Watch the Blind Legion program and somehow be possessed to order a free copy of Walk With The Blind. How strange…
There's a program on the Blind Legion, but you already have their book, so there's not a lot to learn.	No effect
You stumble back on to the informercial for the 'Blind Legion' and their activities. You follow along with your copy of Walk With The Blind. By the time they're done, you feel a bit better about the world. Maybe peace is possible if we just try hard enough. (with the book equipped)	Restore extra hp
You flip past an infomercial for a new line of pep pills. When you get up to get the mail a minute later, there's a sample packet of them. Whether it's coincidence or a marketing blitz, it's still kind of creepy.	Gain 2-4 pep pills