Hi All! This little bit of horror is brought to you by the letters 
     "e", "v", "i", and "l" and the number 6. My wife found a really 
     terrifying doll at our local Toys R Us, and for some unknown reason we 
     bought it. It's supposed to be modeled after those collectable 
     porcelain baby dolls, but the guy who designed them obviously indulged 
     in too much coffee, too many Hammer horror films and way too little 
     sleep. Some of our friends have nicknamed it "My Little Vampire", and 
     boy does the name fit. We stuff it in its box at night before we go to 
     sleep, just in case dolly decides to go for "walkies" after-dark. So 
     without further adieu, may I present...The Sweet Possessions line from 
     ToyCorps:
     
     Copyright 1996 by Michael Smith
     Msmith@mfi.com
     
        ToyCorps of San Jose, California is a peculiar little company that 
     makes a peculiar little product. The "Sweet Possessions" line of 
     porcelain dolls. Beautifully crafted figurines, hand painted by the 
     many immigrant workers that the company employs. Up until six months 
     ago, the company was doing very poorly with it's "Soldier Sam" series 
     of action figures and its line of dismal games like "Pocket Frog" and 
     "Blindsies". Until they hired toy designer, Hermann Kleinheimer. 
     Hermann was an overnight success with the owners of ToyCorp, and had a 
     charming and winning way with all of the other ToyCorp employees. He's 
     been described as a cross between Jepetto and Santa Claus. He quickly 
     began work redesigning their toy line. Despite the somewhat eerie 
     expressions and unusual features of his toys, they began to sell 
     phenomenally well, one could almost say, unusually well. Oh, there was 
     some complaint from parents and parents groups about the appearance of 
     the dolls, but it was nothing they could pin down besides "creepy". 
     Regardless, the children wanted them...almost, needed, them. Some 
     children then began to exhibit marked shifts in personality and 
     behavior, exhibiting cruel behavior, developing odd habits, and 
     spending far too much time in their rooms playing with "dolly". 
     Sometimes things would get worse, parents were unable to deal with 
     their growing fear that "something was not right", and a brave few 
     "knew" what was the matter. But then, so did the dolls. Several 
     parents died in horrible accidents, others killed themselves in 
     terror. Children were passed on to other relatives or government 
     institutions. But they all brought "dolly" with them, no matter where 
     they went.
        And while it is rather tragic, all those children having to get on 
     without their parents, at least they have their "Sweet Possessions" 
     dollies to keep them safe at night.
     
     Game Mechanics:
     
        The "Sweet Possessions" dollies appear to be simple, hand crafted 
     baby dolls, dressed in a variety of old world clothing, seemingly 
     plucked from faery tales. Their faces are exquisitely painted, yet 
     something about them does not seem quite right. Anyone over 10 must 
     make a fright check to avoid a momentary panic attack whenever they 
     look directly at the dolls eyes. Oddly, the dolls have the opposite 
     effect on children, who develop the insatiable urge to have mommy and 
     daddy buy them one...NOW!
        Once you get the evil thing home, the problems begin. The new doll 
     immediately takes the place of any other toys the child has, becoming 
     the focus of the child's attention. It becomes the child's "special 
     friend", empathically drawing the child into its world. The children 
     begin to become darker in personality, a normally happy child will 
     become sullen when taken away from the doll's influence, and a sullen 
     child will become cruel and venomous. The child will start lying and 
     being abusive on a regular basis. The effect on the parents is worse, 
     little fears become outright paranoia, basically any mental 
     disadvantages become more and more pronounced. This continues until a 
     breaking point is reached, and someone snaps. When this happens, the 
     doll can act, using illusions and telepathic suggestions to cause 
     mayhem to erupt, and deaths to occur. The doll can at this point use 
     the children and the parents as vessels to carry out it's evil will. 
     Good sane people turn into psychos and serial murderers. 
        Only magical forms of detection will reveal the doll for what it 
     truly is, a focus for some form of phantasmal demon. It can only act 
     through illusions, hallucinations and empathic suggestions. The dolls 
     are fairly tough to destroy, requiring either someone with True Faith 
     or magical powers to fully break the powerful binding spells that hold 
     the demon to the porcelain form.
     
        ST: n/a
        DX: n/a
        IQ: 14
        HT: 20
        Move/Dodge: n/a
        PD/DR: 2/4
        Damage: n/a
        Size: <1
        -Suggestion; subconcious and through dreams
        -Hallucinations and Illusions
        -Requires magic or True Faith to destroy it