The supernatural is real. Under the Cortex, humanity endures through surveillance, containment and control.

Paroxysm is a persistent text multiplayer RPG set in a modern supernatural dystopia. Player-led societies, conflict and consequences shape a world still forming.

Play in your browser, or connect a MUD client to mud.paroxysmrpg.com:3000, create a character and find a scene. Text-only, 18+, early alpha. AI is used.

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— The Paroxysm team

The innocent have nothing to hide. Observe. Contain. Control.

Paroxysm is a free persistent multiplayer text RPG set in a modern supernatural dystopia. When the war ended, a gate to Hell opened. Almost half of humanity died before the gates closed. What remains lives under the Cortex, one world government that endures through surveillance, containment and control.

The supernatural is real, and the Cortex keeps a list. Vampires, werewolves and demonborn carry natures that hunger, listen and inherit powers nobody authorized. Hide one, use one, or hunt one as a Cortex enforcer. Player-led societies, factions and territory, PvP with consequences, and AI Champions that compete in events. Paroxysm is a world built by its people.

18+ · early alpha, the world is still forming · AI used. Text only: play in a browser or connect a MUD client.

Site: https://paroxysmrpg.com
Play: https://paroxysmrpg.com/play/
MUD client: mud.paroxysmrpg.com:3000
Discord: https://discord.gg/Hkx8rcj4k6

The Paroxysm team

Security preserves tomorrow. Not everyone agrees.

Paroxysm is a free persistent multiplayer text RPG set in a modern supernatural dystopia. The gates to Hell opened, almost half of humanity died, and the gates closed. The Cortex, one world government, keeps what's left in line through surveillance, containment and control.

Some live outside it. Communities beyond the Cortex have their own beliefs and their own reasons to resist. Play a vampire, werewolf or demonborn whose nature hungers and listens, or a Cortex enforcer sent to bring them in. Factions and territory, PvP with consequences, AI Champions in events. Paroxysm is a world built by its people.

18+ · early alpha · AI used. Text only: play in a browser or connect a MUD client.

Site: https://paroxysmrpg.com
Play: https://paroxysmrpg.com/play/
MUD client: mud.paroxysmrpg.com:3000
Discord: https://discord.gg/Hkx8rcj4k6

The Paroxysm team

The innocent have nothing to hide. Observe. Contain. Control.

Paroxysm is a free persistent multiplayer text RPG. WWII ended when a portal to Hell opened; almost half of humanity died before the gates closed. What remained built the Cortex — one world government of surveillance and containment. Play a vampire, werewolf or demonborn under its watch, or a Cortex enforcer. Factions, territory, PvP with consequences, AI Champions in events. Societies are player-led.

18+ · early alpha · AI used. Text only: browser or MUD client.

Site: https://paroxysmrpg.com
Play: https://paroxysmrpg.com/play/
Client: mud.paroxysmrpg.com:3000
Discord: https://discord.gg/Hkx8rcj4k6

The Paroxysm team

Take the Cortex Citizen Assessment, a 10-question in-world personality test for Paroxysm, an 18+ supernatural dystopia text-based MUD: https://paroxysmrpg.com/assessment/

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