Editing Afterschool Activities (section)

=== The Teacher ===
The Teacher is a [[NPC|DNPC]] ally for the players.  The Teacher could be a groundskeeper, guidance counselor, or school nurse, but always (starts as) a trusted authority figure at the school. The Teacher has a working flashlight, keys to almost every door in the school, physically stronger than the players, somewhat smarter, and familiar with both the student areas and off-limits areas of the school. 

Teachers usually have high marks for their school subjects, but not all teachers have "A"s across the board. The Teacher may have an "A+" mark in a subject, giving them a +3 bonus (automatic success). The Teacher does not lose Wakefulness over time as students do, but they could still lose Wakefulness from being terrified, or pass out due to circumstances.

The Teacher is a crutch for implementing plot armor for the characters while the players get settled into the horror scenario. The GM is expected to incapacitate, kill off, or subvert the Teacher early in the story. The loss of the Teacher should be a severe and frightening thing, like the loss of the only adult in a crisis situation to a bunch of children SHOULD be. It shouldn't happen too early as you want the PC's to feel somewhat dependent on the adult... but not too late as you want the children PC's to gain responsibility for their actions for most of the game. When the players lose their Teacher, that's the GM signalling "the training wheels are off, all aboard Mr. Bone's Wild Ride."