The Signs of Satanism

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Home VHS: The Signs of Satanism

General

Category

Entertainment

Encumbrance

0.1

Effect

Boredom

-5 per line

Technical

Item ID

Base.VHS_Home

Media ID

RM_b38ece86-2649-4f4d-b0c3-55383b891d4f

The Signs of Satanism is a unique VHS providing some lore.

Overview

The player can reduce boredom by -5 for each line of dialog when in the vicinity of a television playing the VHS.

The VHS can be used with an appropriate television to play the dialog of Edward Stack.

Transcript

Edward Stack:

Hi, I'm Edward Stack. You probably know me from my TV series, Strangely True.
But today we're going to talk about something much realer than ghosts or aliens.
The 1990 census lists almost 2000 Satanists in America.
Hundreds of thousands more are suspected to live across America.
As loyal Americans, it is our job to report signs of Satanism to the police.
These signs include the following:
Houses which contain inverted crosses, red robes, and daggers.
Dead animals on bloody altars in forest clearings.
Children who refuse to say grace or the pledge of allegiance.
Citizens with bloody clothes, or who constantly smell strangely.
People who listen to rock music played backwards.
Cannibalism.
Adults who play violent computer games.
<bzzt>

Location

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

VHS_Home distributionShow / Hide

Effective chance calculations are based off of default loot settings and median zombie density. The higher the density of zombies in an area, the higher the effective chance of an item spawning. Chance is also influenced by the lucky and unlucky traits.

Containers

Building/Room	Container	Effective chance
livingroom	shelves	10.78%

This VHS will only spawn once and only in living room shelves, making it incredibly rare.

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\newitems.txt

Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

item VHS_Home
    {
        DisplayCategory = Entertainment,
        Type				= Normal,
        DisplayName			= VHS-Home,
        Icon				= Cassette3,
        Weight				= 0.1,
        MediaCategory       = Home-VHS,
        WorldStaticModel = VHSBox3,
    }

Trivia

• This message is a reference to Satanic panic which was happening throughout the US between the early 1980s and late 1990s, originating from the publication of Michelle Remembers. Messages like these were commonly seen on TV or radio during that time.
• Edward Stack is one of the hosts in the Strangely True television series.

See also

• VHS