Monkeywrench! Pentex

Monkeywrench! Pentex is a supplement for Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Mind's Eye Theatre. Unlike many of the typical game books, this is not so much as a game guide as a collection of artifacts, tools, and memos about the evil Pentex corporation that Storytellers can use in their campaigns.

Summary[]

From the White Wolf catalog:

Dirty Money

Pentex is the vilest corporation on the planet – and the most powerful tentacle of the Wyrm. Through its various subsidiary companies, Pentex attempts to taint the world by destroying the environment and brainwashing humankind. What Garou can stop this pervasive onslaught?

Dirty Work

The Monkeywrenchers can! These savvy and clever Garou hit Pentex from the inside – by hacking into its computers and infiltrating its puppet companies. Monkeywrenchers hit Pentex in the least expected ways, and they hit hard! Crashing computers, practical jokes, eco-guerrilla raids – whatever it takes to bring Pentex to its knees.

Monkeywrench! Pentex includes:

Dozens of player handouts.
Details on PANACEA, a Pentex company ripe for Monkeywrenching.
Pentex propaganda brochures and comic book.

Contents[]

Storyteller Information[]

A summary of the book, the story behind each artifact, and suggestions for using it in a chronicle.

Blight Children - Stats
Fomori - Stats
First Team - Stats

New Fomor Powers:
- Acidic Touch
- Alacrity
- Death to the Dead

Handouts[]

Abbot's Letter
The Werehacker Files
Post-it Note
While You Were Out
International Pharmaballistics
Newspaper Clipping
Pentex Employee Dossiers
Persephone's Letter
Hines' Letter
Security Memo #A 2112-93
Buck Racer Comic
Transcript of Hardigan Interview
Stillson Memos
Pentex Executive Bulletin
Satellite Photos
Doggy Diner Placemat
PANACEA Blueprints
Endron Brochure

Background Info[]

Three of the entries in this book were the creations of winners of the Pentex Board of Directors contest held at Gen Con '93: Francesco (Francesco Santora), Enzo Giovanni (Shawn Carnes) and Kathryn Mollett (Susan Durham).
A photo of a Garou cosplay costume by Mike Davis from Gen Con '93 is used in the book for Shadow Walker.
This book was reprinted in Werewolf Chronicles Volume 2.
Word from the White Wolf Studio mentions that Henry Higginbotham's name was left out of the art credits for Werewolf Second Edition.

Memorable Quotes[]

"If only those darned environmentalists would just lay off!"
—Buck Racer

Characters[]

Thomas Abbot - Finder of the "WereHacker" files, steward to King Jacob Morningkill
Harold Hines - President of Pentex's Magadon, Incorporated, "Doc Frankenstein"
Cindy Hines - Harold's current wife
Ben Stillson - Chief Corporate Security officer of Magadon.
Persephone Tar-Anis - A Malkavian and Pentex's North American Security Chief.
Max Carson - President of Endron, Kinfolk of the Black Spiral Dancers
Francesco - Black Spiral Dancer and Lupus Board Member of Pentex
Enzo Giovanni - A Giovanni and Board Member of Pentex
Kathryn Mollett - Mortal Board Member of Pentex, CEO of Alliance Industries
Shadow Walker - Wendigo Ragabash attempting to bring down Pentex from the inside.
WereHacker - Mysterious Garou who heads the Monkeywrenchers
Diogenes - Nosferatu vampire, online ally to Werehacker
Bob Forthrite - Black Dog Game Factory developer of Zombie: The Putrescence, Fomor
Frank - Bob's cousin, Fomor
Mr. Zygote - Revenant Ghoul, Panacea
Cyrus Kurtz - Mars Electronics, Pentex, deceased
Aeneas - Camarilla Ventrue elder investigating Pentex
Max Stirner - Glass Walker Monkeywrencher Theurge
"Spider" Hardigan - Fomor, First Team Member
Harold Zettler
Buck Racer - Member of Pentex's Alpha Team
Ol' One Eye - Member of Pentex's Alpha Team
Peter Culliford
Adrian Newberry
Maximillian Toner - CEO of Ouroborous Distributions
Eliza Davidson - Director of Corporate Security, Magadon
The Missing Sysop - Glass Walker Monkeywrencher
Rev. Zedikiah Firestone - Human
Kelvin Fahrenheit - Monkeywrecher, died
Trixie - Human
David van der Lindea - Police spokesperson
Benjamin Rushing
Charles Babbage - Son of Ether Mage
Yamazaki
Elliot Meiche - Killed by Shadow Walker
Robert Allred - Killed by Shadow Walker
Frederick Kromrich - Killed by Shadow Walker
Lady Carcassone - Mentioned by Thomas Abbot
Major Mojo - Online Handle, Vampire
Worker - Online Handle
Rough Beast, "Jil" - Monkeywrecher
Crismus Bonus - Monkeywrecher
People Eater - Monkeywrecher
D. Natrix - Monkeywrecher
Bill Sweely - President of O'Tolley's
Ms. Goodwrench - Online Handle, Monkeywrenching tips
Baker - Online Handle
Cojack - Online Handle
Dave Michaels - International Pharmaballistics
Ed Helpern - International Pharmaballistics
Sanchez - First Team Leader
Donna - Iliad Agent, First Team Member

Terminology[]

Abhorra, Alliance Industries, Alpha Team (First Team), Atlas Power Plant, Australia, Bane Antenna, The Berserker Serum (aka "Super Serum"), Black Dog Game Factory, Board of Directors, Buck Racer of the First Corp. Comic, Camarilla, Deep Umbra BBS, Doge Klypse, Doggy Diner, Earth-Fist (Environmental Group), Endron International, Experiment #4, Fathers Against Degeneracy (Group), Ferectoi, First Team, Fomori, Fury across Florida (Z:TP Sourcebook), Gaia Research Company (Endron), Glass Walker Realm, Good House Paper, "Green Team" (Endron), International Pharmaballistics (Safari Accessories, Ltd.), Irish Eyes Enterprises, Ltd., J. R. Spears (Retail Store), Magadon, Incorporated, Mahsstrac, Mars Electronics, Milwaukee, Monkeywrenchers, Nastrum Enterprises, Nosferatu, Obertus, Omega Plan, OmniTV, O'Tolley's, Ouroborous Distributions, Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Pentex, Planet Fund (Pentex), PlanetMan Eco-Hour (Show), POW Comics, PowerGoggles, Pseulak, Sabbat, Slaughterhouse Video, S-Mart (Retail Store), Society of Socrates (Cabal of Pentex academics), Sunburst Enterprises, Tellus Enterprises, Umbral Shift, Vermont, Vesuvius, Inc., Wisconsin, Zombie: The Putrescence,

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