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Dying Gods
dying gods—ironically, inquisitors most of all.
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test PRESENCE DR .
e HP) or
of ongoing fear when you experi
from a source of the above ef
ence one
Pain and
fear are fects,
largely su remove TOUGHNESS+6
bjective! pstress.
Roleplay
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Chinese prisoners being subjected to torture. Recolored. Wellcome Collection (CC BY 4.0).
Dying
O n a n Isl a n d God s
of
Somewhere off the coast of
Grift, inquisitors form cvl
ts
worshiping dying gods.
Cultist of
Blygueh
Always lurk
ing, always
uncountabl watching,
of Yesu e, and they seemingly
Cultist
es, love to cr
ad languag HP 4 af t things.
rite de
d w me aning. Morale 9
No armor
d an true
Can rea en t he ir Eldritch po
forgott wer One ra
but has No armo
r
For as many
ndom scroll
M orale 8 stars If th
HP 5 test, d4+2 ey pass th
eir Morale
n more appear
ar d6 es agai
Longspe n k il led, ris y
he onl
ction W ounds (
Resurre f ter three r
HP a
with 1
e once)
usabl
Cultist of Hooba
of Ninevah
Quite stanky, but also have an eerie Cultist/Eye ts, and love to
calm, making them unpredictable. wi th gain ing conver convert.
Obsessed get them to
DR+2 to avoid. an d to rt ure others to
capture
HP 3 Morale 7 Morale 8 No armor
Stoic resolve -d2 HP 6 pled
16 or be grap
Dagger or shortstaff d4 em br ac e Test STRENGTH DR
Divine each round of
ey es op en At the end of
Force th e
pstress
ed, gain d2
being grappl ture to reac
h its
ut h If it causes a crea on a 1–2
See the tr converte d
li mi t, th e creature is
pstress
I do ls of a D a rk F or t
T rv e bu t O ft Fo rg ot te n
They agree that there are better ways to
die than in a dungeon or by a dragon.
Cultist of Dʒi’ɛm
Each has a unique voice, and they say they
Cultist of Ohwessar
can see your stats—whatever that means.
They are many and would rather convert by
HP 2 Morale — Plot armor -d6 (tier 1)
the word than always rely on the sword.
No armor Quill d2 + lose d2-1 omens
HP 3 Morale —
Fudge Can be eaten to dictate the outcome
Dreihänder d12 (unwieldy, DR-2 to avoid)
of a die roll not in their favor
on
ist of the Polyhedr
Cult and knuckl
ebones with
ered st on es
Cultist of Pelh Carry numb ent shapes
.
an in vari ous differ
them in -d2
Obsessed with bu
rning books as ra le 6 Resin-y sk 2
will help bring they believe it HP 4 Mo mbles on 1–
about the apocal
ypse. ce d6 + defense fu
l ma die, roll
HP 5 Icosahedra
Morale 9 Bloody shield -1 a pl ayer drops a HP
Die, die,
die If that many
Cursed bloody sw
ord d6 + 1 per e ch ar acter loses
d th
have transpired two Miseries th
at the die an
Goat-head helm
Any fumble by th They pr
GM should roll e cultist means efer to
to see if a Mise the
ry is activated players torture
rather
charact than
ers.
M u ri c an P an th e on F a ls e Gods
of
The fvcking worst.
led the
om a twisted realm
Visions of idols fr Dream.
inquisitors to beli
eve in the Murican
of Fah
Cultist who di sagree a
nti-Fah;
of those s.
Call all oyishnes
of pride and b -d2
full cuirass
7 Leather e
Mora le cks twic
HP 5
s sbo w d8 + atta
ro
omatic c
Semi-aut
Ġeolurēad
Cultist of sessed with saying
that
ods and ob revelation
s.
Wear red ho e fake Cultis
ophecies ar t of K
Verhu’s pr +d2 yuwana
Thin skin Waitin
hn
HP 7 Morale 5 g for
t
ames d ivine h eir go
d2 from fl infected
storm d to g
Torch d4 + DR14 or be HP 4
of rec
koning
ive th
em a s
OUGHNESS
ugh Test T Morale has co ign th
Plagued co 6 No arm
m e. at the
Mad ra or
mbling
Test P
RESENC
E DR1
2 or g
ain d4
-1 pst
ress
Cultist
of Kapi Cultist of the MacJester
Will pa talizm
y othe rs to t
10s if orture Pockets full of strange half-cooked
you mak themsel
HP 3
e yours
elf bro ves: meat, and they want you to love it.
Morale ken.
8 No armo HP 6 Morale 9 No armor
Pouch o r
f coins
d4 Whip d4 Damnburger If ingested, test PRESENCE
DR14 or suffer an arcane catastrophe
as if the damnburger were a scroll