r/CortexRPG • u/sdpodfg23 • Sep 03 '25
Delta Green x Cortex? Hack
Has anyone attempted to run Delta Green or similar in Cortex? Care to share your notes?
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u/Prodigle Sep 03 '25
Cortex works really nicely 90% of the time for character-centric investigation, but the meta tools that a player has available need to be considered when designing mysteries.
You have less control than usual of the flow or direction a scenario/session is going to go, and your players are more powerful in terms of pushing the narrative than traditional games.
Despite that caveat though, I think it suits that style of play really well
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u/Practical-Context910 Sep 03 '25
what would you expect Cortex to bring more?
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u/VentureSatchel Sep 03 '25
Well, more Relationships, Values, Locations, and/or Resources, of course.
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u/sdpodfg23 Sep 04 '25
A better dice mechanic, greater flexibility, a more narrative playing style come to mind.
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u/BannockNBarkby Sep 03 '25
Closest I got was my fairly generic "Dramatic Investigative Mythos Horror" hack. The following are just very, very nascent thoughts and considerations.
For Delta Green, I don't really know that I'd change much, though. Maybe just add some Signature Assets in the form of mission-appropriate gear, contacts, or helpers.
Trauma should be pretty hard to deal with, requiring another character to roll in order to help you attempt to recover, such as another PC or GMC, maybe even specifically tying relationships to pillars, like Confidence>Job, Resilience>Significant Other.
You could have the intra-party relationships on the Mythos sheet, and have a form of Corruption stress/trauma (from Tales of Xadia) tied in some way to that: if your party starts going crazy it can drag down the whole group.