Dredgeburg? What’s This?

Your Character
Using this Module Character Sheet
Page 2 Page 12-13

On Board the Bone Barge Playing the Game

Page 3 Page 14

City Overview Weapons and Armor

Districts and Navigation Equipment
Page 4 Page 15

District Map of Dredgeburg Mission and Idea Generator

Page 5 Page 16-17

The Gutter Names and Quirks for NPCs

Dawn/Dusk Market What do I find on the Body?
The Tomb Page 18

Greenblight
Judgement Sample Maps
Page 19
The Throne
Page 6-11 Monsters and Other NPCs
Page 20

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This was made as an entry for the “Starter Village Jam” on itch.io which explains why it’s a bit rushed.
But at least I got it done in time!

Special Thanks to:

Linnéa, for your patience, love and support.
Playtesters. Kroken, Kribbe & Jonathan for exploring Dredgeburg with me.
Editing and the idea and initiative to make this into a physical book, Jacob Hurst. www.swordfishislands.com
Core Rule Mechanics. World of Dungeons by John Harper. www.onesevendesign.com
Expanded Rules. Offworlders by Chris P Wolf.
Deprivation Rules. Electric Bastionland by Chris McDowall. www.bastionland.com
Poison Rules. Freebooters on the Frontiers by Lampblack and Brimstone. lampblack-and-brimstone.com
“The 7-3-1 Technique” and “Painting the Scene” by Jason Cordova. www.gauntlet-rpg.com

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Dredgeburg? What’s this? Using this Module
You have died and woken up in the city of Dredgeburg, a dark oasis Start by looking through the parts you find the most interesting.
of sorts, wedged in between the many hells of the Underworld. To get a better idea about the city and setting, check out the city
Dredgeburg is a massive city, where it sits in the middle of a fetid overview (page 4) and the district section (page 6-11).
swamp. It’s populated by lost souls such as yourself, but also a myriad
of creatures such as imps, the undead, witches, warlocks and the If you want to throw the player characters into a pre written situation,
occasional demon. It’s a strange and often dangerous place where check “On board the Bone Barge“ on the following page.
anything can happen and where much adventure is to be had.
I tend to run my games like this: I roll on some of the tables in the
Who are we? What are we doing here? back of the book for ideas to help generate exciting situations I can
throw the PCs into. During the first session of the game, I ask the
Your Player Character (PC) has died and either retained their original
players questions about their PC’s fears, wants, needs, etc. After the
form as a lost soul, or has been reincarnated as an imp. There aren’t
first session, I look through my notes and expand on the players
any specific rules for being a human, imp or anything else, and only
answers, questions and any unresolved events. It’s usually enough for
cosmetic differences between them, so feel free to come up with your
me to just keep one step ahead of the players and to play to see what
own description and character concept.
happens.
Alternatively, the player characters may have ended up in Dredgeburg
by other means, but that’s up to you to come up with. A Note on the Entries of this Module
A lot of the entries in this text are based on two methods of preparing
What’s the game about? and running games, called the “7-3-1 method” and “Paint the Scene“,
respectively. Here’s how I interpret them:
Short answer: It’s about whatever you want it to be about.
Before you run a session, write down seven NPCs, Locations
While Dredgeburg is far from the worst place in the Underworld,
and Events in any combination. For each of them, write a short
it’s not exactly pleasant either. Poverty and desperation reigns in the
motivation. Something they want, need or hunger for.
lower districts of the city, and the upper class demons do terrible
things to increase their wealth and power. However, there are lots of
Then write three short, descriptive sentences that highlight what they
opportunities and riches to be had, as long as you’re willing to risk
look, smell, feel, sound like. Something that makes them come alive.
life and limb to get them. Just because you’ve ended up in hell doesn’t
mean you can’t have fun, right?
Then write one way to characterize them at the table. Perhaps a high
voice, a twitch or posture? Ham it up a little bit! Give them life.
The following pages provide you with tools, tables and ideas for
creating your own version of Dredgeburg. It has everything needed
I’ve also added a question for the players for each entry that they can
to make exciting and strange city based adventures such as heists,
answer. This paints the scene and opens up for more player buy-in.
investigations, and inhabitants to kill, befriend, or kidnap.
Most entries have been written in this way to quickly convey the
You’ll also be provided with a light rule-set, so that you can start
theme and general vibe of a particular area or district and should help
playing straight away.
with bringing the world to life. Use them for inspiration or as-is.

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 Events
On board the Bone Barge Raided by Pirates!
An introductory starter situation for new players. HP: 3 Attack: Lowest of 2d6.
Read through the entries on this page before you start playing and Description: Gunshots ringing out in the distance, Small skiff pulled
think of ways to introduce the different NPCs and events. Start the by large catfish, a wild looking bunch leaning off the sides.
game by asking the players what their characters do and think. Then, Wants: To steal the smuggled goods themselves.
when they least expect it - introduce the pirate threat! Manner: Searching for valuables through narrow eyes.
Ask: “How can you tell that this is their first time pirating?“
Short Introduction
The PCs find themselves on an old steam boat (the Bone Barge) slowly Swamp beast. Attracted by blood in the water.
inching its way through a thick swamp towards a large city. Apart HP: 8 Armor: 1 Attack: Highest of 2d6
from the PCs, there are few other passengers on board. Most of them Description: Dark shape causing waves on the water, something
are human looking, but some have monstrous features. bumps into the boat hard, circular mouth with too many teeth.
Wants: To tear someone apart and go on a feeding frenzy.
In the distance, a huge city reaches up from the swamp. Dredgeburg. Manner: BURSTS up through the surface after a long silence.
Ask: “Something about how it moves unnerves you. What?“
The Bone Barge
The Bone Barge. Dropping off lost souls.
Arriving at the Gutter
The Bone Barge will eventually reach The Gutter, which is the slum
Description: Made from huge bones and driftwood, strangely of the city. Here the PCs can get off and start exploring the city of
beautiful view of an endless swamp, the sound of an engine slowly Dredgeburg. That is unless they joined the pirates, sank the ship or
chugging along and the smell of burnt coal. ended up doing something completely different. Just go with it!
Wants: To safely and slowly carry the passengers to the Gutter.
Manner: A rhythmic chug-chug-chug sound.
Ask: “What do you fear the most about the swamp’s inhabitants?“ The Gutter. Slums underneath the docks.
“What’s the last thing you remember before waking up on the boat?“ Description: Shanty houses and shacks built from driftwood, planks
“The other player characters. How do you know them?” and sheets of rusted metal, Rope-bridges and ladders connecting the
clusters of buildings, the mixed smells of food cooking, stale swamp
water and desperation.
Some Passengers Wants: To start the PCs off at the bottom.
Manner: Emphasize how the people live too close to each other.
Beldon. Seasick undercover agent. Ask: “What do you see in this place that shows you that you’re in the
Description: Burlap sack over his head with a bowler hat on top, bottom of the barrel?”
wears a nice but dirty suit, holding on to the railing of the ship for his
dear life.
Wants: To bust an undercover smuggling ring.
Manner: Glares suspiciously at the PCs while trying to not vomit.
Ask: “What’s something about him that makes you uneasy?“

Hazel. Imp, smuggler and on the run.

Description: Crows head with stubby horns, small bat wings, wears
cargo shorts and suspenders.
Wants: To continue her smuggling operation while avoiding both the
authorities and anyone else trying to steal her packaged goods.
Manner: Head twitches like a bird.
Ask: “Despite her monstrous appearance, what’s something truly
human about her?“
What happens after this?
After the first session of the game, look at the “Questions for later“-
Miriam. Recently dead, innocent bystander. section. If some of the questions were answered in play, great! Build
Description: Fancy hat, too much perfume, eyes red from crying. on the answers and flesh them out a little more until the next time
Wants: To figure out what she’s doing here. you play. If not, then now is a great opportunity to figure them out.
Manner: Scared, stuttering speech. Remember to play to find out what happens next.
Ask: “What makes her stand out from the rest of the passengers?“

Onyx, Pirate Leader

Questions for later
🌔🌔Who does Hazel work for?
HP: 6 Attack: 1d6.
🌔🌔What agency is Beldon working for? What do they do?
Description: Violently waves a rusty cutlass around, large
🌔🌔Who will the PCs help, if anyone?
blunderbuss slung over her back, stinks of gunpowder.
🌔🌔Will the Bone Barge reach Dredgeburg in one piece?
Wants: To defeat anyone who challenges her in 1-on-1 combat.
🌔🌔When will the Pirates attack?
Manner: Searching for valuables through narrow eyes.
🌔🌔What is Hazel smuggling that’s so valuable?
Ask: “What’s a thing she does that makes her crew respect her?”
🌔🌔How does the pirates know about the smuggling operation?
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City Overview
While it’s totally up to you to make up with your own facts about
Dredgeburg (this setting is yours to do what you want with after all)
here are some of the things that are true in my version of the setting:
Some truths about Dredgeburg
🌔🌔The city is gigantic and houses roughly 20.000 people.
🌔🌔Poverty is widespread, especially in The Gutter.
🌔🌔The Gutter stretches out under the entire city. Over half of the
population live there.
🌔🌔The map (opposing page) is only an abstraction of the city.
🌔🌔There is no official church or religion, but there are many smaller
shrines and temples dedicated to local demons and spirits.
🌔🌔No one rules the city, although beings of great power and
influence live in The Throne, and the City Watch try their best to
keep order, at least in the more well-off districts.
🌔🌔Witches and Warlocks are abundant, their services expensive.
🌔🌔The Dead Walk, although most of them spend their days
working in The Tomb as archivists, scholars and curators.
🌔🌔If you can think of something you want, there’s a big chance
someone in the city has it, or something just like it.
🌔🌔Everything is for sale, for the right price. Everything.
🌔🌔Almost everyone is in a gang, guild or secret society.
🌔🌔A soul is the rarest commodity in Dredgeburg, and only a select
few demon barons are said to possess one.
🌔🌔Death in Dredgeburg is final, although some people claim to
have “remedies“ for just that.
Questions for the Player Characters
🌔🌔What happens to those that die their final deaths here? Are they
lost forever?
🌔🌔Is there an end to the swamp? Can you travel to other cities?
🌔🌔What’s something you’ve heard of the Underworld that you hope
isn’t true, and what’s something you hope is?
🌔🌔What makes it so hard to leave this city?
🌔🌔What causes the undead to rise? What makes them cling on to
their old memories? At what cost?
🌔🌔Are imps, humans and the undead treated differently?
🌔🌔Why are demons so rare here? Why are there only a few around?
Local Color and Impressions
🌔🌔Buildings of all kinds, supported by rickety stilts.
🌔🌔Thick strange vines snaking around wooden supports.
🌔🌔Ladders, support structures, rope bridges all over.
🌔🌔People: imps, humans, the undead milling around everywhere.
🌔🌔The high buildings of The Throne overlooking everything.
🌔🌔A street market, people haggling over wares, the smell of food.
🌔🌔A pub, “The Green Devil”. Sounds of drunks laughing.
🌔🌔An old, blind lady desperately asking for directions. Her crew of
thieving rat-imps hides in the many pockets of her long robes.
🌔🌔Two unholy knights with rivalling beliefs are about to duke it out
on the street. A small crowd has gathered around them to watch.
🌔🌔A short imp, covered in moss and vines, handing out black seeds.
“If you want more, come by Kazad’s Palace in Greenblight!“
🌔🌔Street performers performing the play “A long night at the
Drunken Demon Inn“. During the pause they hand out fliers to
“The Green Devil” bar.
🌔🌔Newly recruited gangers ordered to break into hat shop as trial.
🌔🌔A rare sight: a noble from The Throne is out shopping with their
heavily armed bodyguards.
🌔🌔A deep hissing from a crack in the floor.
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Districts and Navigation
1. The Gutter (page 6)
The slums of Dredgeburg. Home to the poor, wretched and weak. A
good place to lay low and lick your wounds.
2. Dawn / Dusk Market (page 7)
A crowded marketplace where everything is for sale. Relatively safe
during the day, dreamlike, foggy and dangerous during the night.
3. The Tomb (page 8)
A vault of unholy relics, forbidden texts and forgotten tomes, curated
and looked after by undead archivists and scribes.
4. Greenblight (page 9)
Come for the poisons, stay for the drugs. The residents are often more
plant than people and the droning of insects is overwhelming.
5. Judgement (page 10)
Headquarters of the corrupt City Watch, and the location of
Dredgeburg’s notorious prison-arena.
6. The Throne (page 11)
The immense tower district where the demon barons and opulent
elite live and scheme. Heavily guarded and protected against the
rabble of the rest of the city.
Navigation
Traveling through the maze-like districts of Dredgeburg is often a
challenge in itself. Check tables below for inspiration on what might
happen when the PCs are in a hurry to find the nearest route to an
adjacent district. Chances are that the lower you are in the city, the
more dangerous it will be to get around.
Routes
🌔🌔Crowded, single file alleyway.
🌔🌔Rickety rope bridge.
🌔🌔Through someone’s home.
🌔🌔Jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
🌔🌔Climbing up or down a level and moving through.
🌔🌔Sliding down/climbing up the stalk of a great plant.
🌔🌔Boat or Winch-driven Cable Car.
🌔🌔Sewer access. Risk of run in with sentient waste-creature.
🌔🌔Zip-line.
🌔🌔Hole in the wall. Quite possibly still smoking.
🌔🌔Steam powered tram. (The Throne only)
Further Complications
🌔🌔Imminent collapse or other structural failure.
🌔🌔Overcrowded and slow.
🌔🌔Local gang demanding protection money.
🌔🌔Monster going on a rampage.
🌔🌔Dangerous weather or natural Hazard.
🌔🌔Traveling tax collectors with hired muscle.
🌔🌔Open gang war or crackdown by the City Watch.
🌔🌔Parade or celebration.
🌔🌔Route quarantined because of strange fungal disease.
🌔🌔The route-version of a slow bridge-opening.
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The Gutter
This is the city slums, and in many ways the lowest part of the city.
Below the docks, the poor, sick and unfortunate try to make a living,
by swamp fishing, scavenging or doing jobs for the criminal gangs.
The Inhabitants of the Gutter are regularly attacked by the creatures
that lurk in the surrounding swamp and some have made it their
speciality to hunt the things that dwell therein.
Questions for the Player Characters
🌔🌔What do you see that shows how desperate people are to get by?
🌔🌔What’s a clear sign of the dangers that lurk in the swamp?
🌔🌔What’s the name of a local gang you’ve heard of? What do they
look like?
🌔🌔What’s something you see that shows that people still have hope?
🌔🌔When did you realize that the swamp gasses are hallucinogenic?
Some Locations
Izzy’s Tavern. Bar of Ill Repute
Description: The floor is sticky from spilled drinks, haggard regulars
occasionally look up from their mugs, the smoke filled air makes your
eyes sting.
Wants: To get the PCs drunk enough to agree to a bad deal or
dangerous job.
Manner: Someone’s laughs loudly, then starts coughing.
Ask: “What’s a game the regulars play to pass the time?“
The Shanties. Homes underneath the docks
Description: Creaking and dripping, always something or someone
in the way, surprisingly nice smell of grilled shellfish.
Wants: To provide shelter for those in need.
Manner: People hunched over, scurrying past like rats.
Ask: “How do people get any personal space?“

Impressions Some Events

🌔🌔A claustrophobic maze of narrow alleys between shanty houses.
🌔🌔Something strange from the swamp is being barbecued.
🌔🌔A fisherman standing on tall stilts far out in the swamp.
🌔🌔People sitting around a small fire inside a ruined shack.
🌔🌔The glow of candle light from inside a shabby tavern.
🌔🌔A mad scream in the distance. Then a laugh.
🌔🌔Children wrangling a strange eel, covered in mud.
🌔🌔Twisted shark-like jaws mounted on the wall of a small hut.
🌔🌔Fishing nets hanging between stilts crawling with pale crabs.
🌔🌔A hushed conversation that stops when the PCs gets too close.
🌔🌔The shape of something large swimming in the waters below.
🌔🌔Tattered clothes hanging on racks between stilts.
🌔🌔An old, blind woman smoking a pipe in a rocking chair.
🌔🌔A narrow passage, covered in mushrooms and spores.
🌔🌔A rope ladder leading up to “Swirble’s Curiosity Shoppe“.
🌔🌔A beggar king whispering to his young disciples.
🌔🌔A down-on-his-luck Imp sleeping behind a crate.
Ambushed by the Rat-Gangers
HP: 6, Damage: d6. Never forgets a perceived injustice.
Description: Rats running past the PCs, Gang members with facial
scars and matching jackets with gang logo, sharp knives glisten.
Wants: To intimidate the PCs into paying tribute.
Manner: Gestures with a very sharp knife.
Ask: “What have you heard about their initiation ritual?“
Afflicted by Spore-Cough
Description: Someone coughs up a cloud of smoke. A dead body
covered in mycelium. A body in the water starts to move.
Wants: To spread.
Manner: Long coughing session. Mumbling to itself. Shambling gait.
Ask: “What’s a measure the people take to get rid of the bodies, before
they rise again and continue to spread the disease?“

Some NPCs
Grik. Small Imp, Big Ambitions
Description: Wears oversized jumpsuit, breath stinks of smoke,
stubby tail waggles when excited.
Wants: Help with expanding his drug-running operation. “Just have
to get rid of the competition...“
Manner: Just as easily excited as a small dog.
Ask: “What’s something truly terrifying about him?“

Burrows. Swamp Monstrosity

HP: 10, Armor: 1, Damage: Higher of 2d6.
Description: Bulbous, unblinking eyes, barnacle covered, scaly skin,
toothy maw stinks of death.
Wants: To separate them, drag them down, take them to their lair,
then eat them slowly.
Manner: Hissing speech in a low, grumbling voice.
Ask: “What surprises you about their behaviour?“

Moor. Beast hunter

Description: Crooked posture, moves with surprising speed on her
stilts, smells of fish guts.
Wants: To catch the beast that ate her lover.
Manner: Keeps looking towards the swamp, as if expecting an attack.
Ask: “What does she carry that is an obvious memory of her lover?”
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Dawn / Dusk Market
Thriving market during the day, place for shady deals and dark
activities during the night. Whenever you visit, you’ll find something
interesting. It’s said that anything can be found here, as long as you
know where to look. Just make sure to hold on to your purse.

Questions for the Player Characters

🌔🌔What smells so good?
🌔🌔What’s something for sale that you didn’t expect?
🌔🌔What measures do you take to keep your purse safe?
🌔🌔What do they do with thieves to set an example for everyone?
🌔🌔What’s something you’d like to buy that you can’t afford?
🌔🌔What is said about the Dusk market that makes it so dangerous?

Impressions, Dawn Market

🌔🌔So many shops, stands and people that it makes your head spin
🌔🌔The smell of a thousand spices and herbs.
🌔🌔Someone walking past with delicious food in their hands.
🌔🌔Loud and angry haggling.
🌔🌔Someone displaying impressive looking weapons and armor.
🌔🌔“You there! Care to try some delicious spikefruit? Only 3 coin!“
🌔🌔A large block of ice with a frozen imp inside.
🌔🌔A merchant selling fruit off the back of a wagon.
🌔🌔Strange animals on display next to a sign that reads “Get-a-Pet!“
🌔🌔“Hey thief! Stop!“
Sample Locations
Impressions, Dusk Market Runhilde’s Tonics. Small tonic shop. Dawn Market
🌔🌔A thick fog obscures everything. You can only see a few feet. Description: Strong chemical smell, shelves filled to the brim with
🌔🌔People milling around, keeping a good distance from each other. strange brews, animals parts, small imps in jars.
🌔🌔Gang members whispering and nodding towards the PCs. Wants: To make the PCs curious and willing to spend money.
🌔🌔“Psst, hey you! Interested in a little pick-me-up, eh?“ Manner: Squinting behind thick glasses.
🌔🌔More and more street kids, watching the PCs from a distance. Ask: “What’s the strangest specimen in a jar you see in here?“
🌔🌔Black tent with sign that reads: “Fortune Teller”.
🌔🌔Imp selling poison in vials from a small cart. Big smile.
🌔🌔Street performers playing sombre music. An undead crying.
The Viper Pit. Animal fighting ring. Dusk Market
Typical Beast. HP: 8, Damage: Highest of 2d6.
🌔🌔Something scuttling past, just out of view.
Description: Sweaty hole-in-the-wall, busy looking bouncer, excited
screams echoing out on the street.
Some NPCs Wants: To show that there are no limits, as long as coin can be won.
Manner: The snarling of wild animals, whimpering.
Wolrick. Body builder and caravan guard Ask: “What do they do to keep the animals in check?“
HP: 10, Damage: Higher of 2d6.
Description: Bulging biceps, curled moustache, nostalgic smile.
Wants: To one day start his own trading company.
Sample Events
Manner: Large smile, booming voice. Wild animal on the loose.
Ask: “What about him shows you that he hates his job?“ Spine-Beast HP: 10, Damage: d6. Covered in long, nasty spines.
Description: Sudden crash and screaming, a body run through with
spines lying next to a broken cage, a wild beast trying to escape.
Flinky. Dirty child, hungry cutpurse Wants: To make the PCs sympathize with them and to be free.
Description: Crawls on all fours under market stalls, hollow eyed and
Manner: The beast curls up when cornered, growling and scared.
starving, smells of vinegar.
Ask: “What are the signs that this beast has been mistreated?“
Wants: To steal enough food to sustain her sick brother.
Manner: Snarls like wild animal if confronted.
Ask: “Does she remind you of yourself? Why?“ Performance gone awry.
Description: Performer on small stage asking for volunteers, tries
to get a random PC up on stage to help in magic trick involving
Moluk. Spider-Merchant fake gun, blindfold and rigged melon, during the performance the
Description: Large selection of wares hanging in a massive web,
performer is shot by someone in the crowd (jealous ex-partner).
wears a black top hat, the click-click-clicking of mandibles.
Wants: For the PCs to take the blame for dead/injured performer.
Wants: To please the customer.
Manner: Loud theatrical voice.
Manner: Suspiciously nice to the customer, always smiling.
Ask: “How do you feel about being on stage?”
Ask: “What’s the oddest thing they sell?”
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The Tomb
Dusty shelves, echoing hallways, ancient relics and twisted
specimens; The Tomb truly is the domain of the undead. Here they
work tirelessly on studying obscure tomes, forbidden scrolls and
maddening rites. Here they dwell, in their mausoleums and crypts.
If you’re after ancient wisdom or mighty artifacts, this is the place
to visit. Not all of the undead have been able to retain their human
intelligence and some are nothing more than shambling horrors.

Questions for the Player Characters

🌔🌔What do you find especially unnerving about the undead?
🌔🌔What’s a powerful relic that’s rumoured to be hidden somewhere
deep within The Tomb? What makes it so powerful?
🌔🌔What’s a method the undead use to keep grave robbers away?
🌔🌔Why do you think most people avoid The Tomb?
🌔🌔An extremely powerful undead creature lurks somewhere inside
The Tomb. What do you think it is?

Impressions
🌔🌔Cracked marble slabs covered in dust.
🌔🌔A scroll hanging in the middle of a titanic spider web.
🌔🌔Echoing sound of skittering.
🌔🌔A skeleton with a book in front of it. Suddenly it turns a page.
🌔🌔An old man with a long, white beard, closely studying an ancient
sword through the lens of a magnifying glass.
🌔🌔A spectral visage, floating above the ground. It fades out of
existence with a faint giggle.
🌔🌔The sounds of claws scraping against stone in the distance.
🌔🌔A couple of ghoul-slaves carrying a necromancer in a hammock.
🌔🌔A small chamber filled with scrolls in long-dead languages. A
lone mummy translates and collects the text into a giant tome.
🌔🌔A ravenous ghoul being held at bay by two skeletal knights.
🌔🌔A chattering skull sitting in a dark nook: “Wanna help me find
my body? I’ll help you find what you’re looking for!“
🌔🌔A nervous imp “Just here to drop off a package”.
🌔🌔A grave that leads to a subterranean tavern.
Some NPCs
Elder Graus. Forgetful Necromancer
Description: Black, torn robes, fat bundles of scrolls under their
arms, smells of embalming fluids and spiced oils.
Wants: To find someone to try out their “Invincibility“ elixir on.
Manner: Grins with an open mouth. Says “Yeeees, YEEEES!“ a lot.
Ask: “What about them shows you how ancient they are?”
Skitters. Ravenous but intelligent ghoul
HP: 6, Damage: Higher of 2d6. Paralysing touch.
Description: Black eyes, yellow fangs and teeth, smells like a grave.
Wants: To eat the warm flesh of the newly dead.
Manner: Hissing speech in a low, grumbling voice.
Ask: “What surprises you about their behaviour?“
Some Locations
The Main Archive. Gigantic Library
Description: Undead assistants sorting documents, piles of papers,
scrolls and books everywhere, large fireflies provide illumination.
Wants: To provide the PCs with information at a snails pace.
Manner: “I think I saw that book in section 163... Or was it 276?“.
Ask: “What’s so special about their archive system?“
Necropolis. Sprawling undead apartment complex.
Description: Hive-like network of low tunnels and rooms dug into the
earth, cold enough to make breath visible, too quiet for comfort.
Wants: To contrast against the otherwise vibrant city.
Manner: Low, whispering voices in the distance. Very quiet.
Ask: “What do you think lies buried at the bottom of this giant tomb?“
Some Events
Burrowing Grave Worm
HP: 10, Damage: Higher of 2d6. Retreats back to hatching chamber
with snatched victim.
Description: A faint tremble getting stronger, a crack in the wall
growing larger and larger, a huge, pink worm spills out.
Wants: Attracted by the living, wants to gnaw and nibble.
Manner: Wet smacking with toothless gums.
Ask: “What evidence of riches does it bring with it?“

“Would you kindly read to us?“

Visirian Van Wrack. Head archivist and vampire
Description: Emits cold vapour clouds, eyes glow faintly red, rare
smiles show sharp teeth.
Wants: Help with courting a noblewoman who lives in The Throne.
Manner: Nervously avoids eye-contact. Has a slight stutter.
Ask: “How can you tell that he has really low self esteem?”
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Description: Pale ghoul-kids approach PCs, holding a large tome
bound in what looks like human flesh, pointing to a specific chapter.
They beg the PCs to read them their favourite story.
Wants: To trick the PCs into reading a forbidden passage aloud,
summoning a dark trickster spirit.
Manner: “Please-please-please“ followed by undead-puppy-eyes.
Ask: “What was your childhood like? Did you have a favourite story?“
Greenblight
Creeping vines, swaying leaves, thorny bushes and gnarled roots. The
ever-growing Greenblight is a strange and dangerous place, even by
Dredgeburg standards. The winds that blow through here bring with
them clouds of mind-altering pollen. Strange insects, grown fat from
their steady diet of nectar, lazily fly from flower to flower.
Questions for the Player Characters
🌔🌔What’s do the inhabitants do to keep the insect swarms at bay?
🌔🌔What causes the inhabitants to turn into plants?
🌔🌔Do the insects bother you at all?
🌔🌔What are the benefits of turning into a plant-person?
🌔🌔What scares you the most about the encroaching growth?
🌔🌔What do you think lies at the core of the forest?
🌔🌔Have you started seeing things yet?
🌔🌔How do you know that you’re not tripping right now?
Impressions
🌔🌔Swollen plants covering everything.
🌔🌔Some of the trees have sad faces.
🌔🌔The sweet smell of honey.
🌔🌔A giggling man with a small tree sprouting from his head.
🌔🌔The constant droning of insect wings.
🌔🌔A bee-keeper tending to her bee hives.
🌔🌔A small gathering of plant-folk praying to the life giving sun.
🌔🌔A large carnivorous plant suddenly chomps down on a rat.
🌔🌔Spine covered vines completely covering a small house. The
bodies inside have been drained of all bodily fluids.
🌔🌔A large tree slowly stands up and walks away, revealing a hidden
path deeper into the forest. I mean city. (Is this real?)
🌔🌔A warm wind filled with glittering pollen.
🌔🌔A rope-bridge completely overgrown by vines and roots.
🌔🌔A garden filled with sunflowers. They slowly turn to look at you.
🌔🌔A bumblebee the size of a pig slowly flies by above the PCs.
🌔🌔A mushroom man offering free samples of narcotic spores.
🌔🌔City Watch patrol dressed in spore-proof armor. They are about
to torch a building completely covered in mushrooms.
Some Locations
The Black Apiary. Boarded up and overgrown
Description: Bees swarming around a giant hive suspended in the
ceiling, the sweet smell in the air makes everything feel sticky, a lone
bee-keeper carefully collecting honey into jars.
Wants: To protect the giant hive queen, no matter the cost.
Manner: An angry, constant BZZZZZZZZZzzzzz.
Ask: “What do you think makes the bees so large?“
The Stalk. Abandoned dwelling of elusive Warlock
Description: A tall tower completely covered in vines, thick plant-
stalk snaking around the tower, a faint light flickering at the top.
Wants: To lure adventure seekers in.
Manner: Wind tugging at the PCs clothes, as if trying to make them
fall. The higher they get, the more the building sways and creaks.
Ask: “What treasures have you heard are located at the top?“
Some Events
A Message in the Noise. Insect Cult
Description: A random PC starts hearing voices in the constant drone
of insects, they get directions to a secluded building located deep
within Greenblight, a cult of insect worshippers, all talking in unison
inside of their place of worship.
Wants: To awaken the dormant hive-queen they all worship.
Manner: Talks with a buzzing undertone.
Ask: “What are the voices promising you?“
The Jaws of Death. Carnivorous Plant
HP: 12, Damage: Higher of 2d6. Snapping jaws and sticky tendrils.
Description: A scream for help coming from an overgrown alley, a
small girl dragged away by a black tendril, suddenly massive jaws
open up all around the PCs.
Wants: To lure prey into it’s deadly jaws.
Manner: The screaming seems to move deeper into the alley.
Ask: “What’s so beautiful about this particular flower?“

Some NPCs
Grimleaf. Poison Merchant, half man/half tree
Description: Thick, black bark, legs turned into roots, reaches for
strange fruits from the branches above.
Wants: An extremely rare pollen to cross pollinate his coming flowers.
Manner: Talks with a very slow, monotonous voice.
Ask: “What sort of insects are crawling all around him?”

Monstera. Leaf-covered imp

Description: Vines instead of arms, grass-like fur, smells of herbs.
Wants: To make a non-plant friend and see the rest of the city.
Manner: Always smiling, very excited, naive.
Ask: “This imp reminds you of an old friend. Who and why?“

Shellrick. Beetle-steed merchant

Description: Armor reinforced with beetle carapace, feeler-like
moustache, sits mounted on top of a massive, purple beetle.
Wants: To convince the world that a beetle steed is the only way to
travel.
Manner: Holds a dog sized pillbug bug that he pets enthusiastically.
Ask: “Do you think that giant versions of other animals exist here?”
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Judgement
This is where the City Watch is based. Like most of Dredgeburg there
are Residential buildings, shops, taverns and the like here, but you’ll
also find an abundance of barracks, jails and armories. The two most
prominent buildings are the High Court and the Prison-Arena, both
situated in the middle of the district, where those who have been
taken in by the City Watch are processed and judged. Petty criminals
are often let off with a stern warning or a fine, but repeat criminals,
murderers, kidnappers and the like are more often than not sent
straight to the Prison-Arena, where each day is a fight for survival,
much to the glee of the paying and betting audience.

Questions for the Player Characters

🌔🌔What’s something illegal you’ve done and gotten away with?
🌔🌔What’s something about the City Watch that shows their
inherent corruption?
🌔🌔Have you ever been to prison?
🌔🌔What have you heard about the most notorious fighter in the
Prison-Arena? What’s so special about them?
🌔🌔Would you be willing to fight for coin and glory in the Arena?
🌔🌔What’s something that shows how understaffed the City Watch
are? How do they make up for it?

Impressions
🌔🌔Ragged looking men and women “on display” in the stocks.
🌔🌔Scalper selling tickets to an upcoming fight in the Prison-Arena.
🌔🌔Two City Watchmen carrying a badly beaten imp.
🌔🌔City Watch parade being led by an Officer in pristine uniform.
🌔🌔Newsboy shouting about an upcoming trial-of-the-century.
🌔🌔Two City Watchmen eating pastries bought from a local bakery.
🌔🌔Line of miserable looking people waiting to be processed.
🌔🌔Escaped criminal desperately looking for help.
🌔🌔Bells ringing, followed by City Watchmen jogging towards the
area of reported crime.
🌔🌔New recruits being trained by no-nonsense drill instructor.
🌔🌔Poster that reads “Join the City Watch, for a Safer Tomorrow”
Some NPCs
Waester Gris. Undead City Watchman on patrol
Description: Custodian helmet, spinning baton around finger, dusty
wrinkled uniform.
Wants: To prove to his peers that he’s still got it, despite his age.
Manner: Always panting.
Ask: “What about him shows you that he takes his job seriously?“
Diggz. Private Detective
Description: Smoking a cigar, smells of booze and sweat, face of a
bloodhound.
Wants: To find clues helping him find a missing person.
Manner: Always squinting.
Ask: “What about him defies the private detective stereotype?“
Some Locations
The High Court. Giant tower-like courthouse
Description: Filled with detained criminals, tired City Watchmen
everywhere, like a police station in a 90’s buddy-cop movie.
Wants: To show how strained the system is.
Manner: A sudden shout as someone tries to break free, only to be
smashed into the ground by too many City Watchmen.
Ask: “Why is everything taking so long?“
The Prison-Arena. “Self sustained” prison
Description: A massive pulley-elevator leading down into a large
cistern-like area, a maze of corridors and cells, people howling for
incoming fresh meat.
Wants: To punish the weak and celebrate the strong.
Manner: The shrieking of“Fresh Meat! Prepare to fight!“.
Ask: “What do they use as currency down here?“
Some Events
Prison Riot
Description: The gangs in temporary alliance, thick smoke in the air, a
distant rumble of screams and voices growing stronger.
Wants: To cause as much chaos as possible.
Manner: The BANG of loud crashes and general violence.
Ask: “How do you think the City Watch will deal with this?“

Vuulth. Prison-Arena gladiator Jail Break-In

HP: 8, Damage: Higher of 2d6. Has a knack for choking victims.
Description: Sharp horns, long, black teeth, reeks of blood.
Wants: To break out of this miserable place and get revenge!
Manner: Smiling just before they choke you out.
Ask: “What trophies do they keep from every defeated opponent?“
Description: Someone needs to extract a valuable prisoner, a detailed
blueprint of the Prison-Arena is obtained, a high reward is offered.
Wants: To get an innocent prisoner out in one piece, so that they can
help in the second stage of the plan...
Manner: High stakes, high reward, high tempo and high pressure.
Ask: “What’s so valuable about the prisoner?“

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The Throne
The Throne is the highest situated district in the whole city, where the
upper class can literally look down on the rest of the city. The district
is relatively safe for the “finer“ folk, and strict measures are taken
so that only those “deserving” are let in. Here the rich and powerful
scheme and mingle in their lavish residences, expensive ballrooms
and exotic gardens.
Questions for the Player Characters
🌔🌔What have you heard about the Demon Barons that live here?
🌔🌔What measures do the City Watch take to make sure that
undesirables are prevented from entering?
🌔🌔What ridiculous fashion is the latest trend this week?
🌔🌔Who is the richest person in The Throne?
🌔🌔What’s something that can only be bought here?
Impressions
🌔🌔Nobles in a park, playing a game of croquet with golden balls.
🌔🌔An imp couple out shopping with their many servants.
🌔🌔Someone is posing for an artist who is making a sketch for an
upcoming statue.
🌔🌔The sound of a steam-tram whistle in the distance.
🌔🌔Sunlight being reflected through beautifully colored glass panes.
🌔🌔A perfume merchant, offering two young women free samples.
🌔🌔Small imp walking their master’s many dogs. The imp is about to
lose control of the dogs and the situation in general.
🌔🌔A large demon baron being carried by lavishly dressed, undead
slaves. A large crew of bodyguards are keeping people away.
🌔🌔A large brass bell rings out in the distance. It makes a clear,
wondrous sound.
🌔🌔A group of nobles cheering while betting on a winged-snake
fight. The beautiful animals sorrowfully fight to the death.
🌔🌔Drunk people outside a trendy nightclub.
🌔🌔Gold painted chariot being pulled by skeletal horses.
Some Locations
The Purple Room. Decadent Nightclub
Description: Dim lighting, everyone wears expensive masks, people
doing god-knows-what in secluded areas.
Wants: To push the limits of excess, flesh and spirit.
Manner: Smiling and whispering behind a mask.
Ask: “What are the signs that this place is dangerous?“
Papaver Gardens. Poisonous park
Description: Beautiful and well organized, rows upon rows of sweet
smelling and deadly flowers, nobles out on strolls, laughing.
Wants: To show off their power by exposing themselves to danger.
Manner: A mild breeze that brings an intoxicating scent.
Ask: “How do the gardeners protect themselves from the dangerous
plants?“
Some Events
Duel in the Streets. Duel-by-proxy
Description: Two young nobles in a heated argument, exaggerated
offence, offering coin to anyone who’ll can fight in their place.
Wants: To gain back lost honor by having their champion draw first
blood in a street duel.
Manner: Arrogant tone implying that anyone can be bought.
Ask: “How can you tell that neither of these two have been in a fight?“
Attempted assassination
Description: A person of power is the target of an assassination, this
takes place during a public spectacle, a random PC sees suspicious
activity just before the assassin strikes.
Wants: To show that people here plot against each other.
Manner: Someone looks around nervously, about to strike.
Ask: “What clue or evidence do they leave behind?“

Some NPCs
Claara Cicks. Rich adventure seeker
Description: Long brown braided hair, toned down but still very
expensive clothing, a flowery smell.
Wants: To be smuggled out of The Throne to be able to experience
something truly exciting (and dangerous) in the Gutter.
Manner: Unable to hide her excitement if they’re in a dangerous
situation.
Ask: “What about her shows you that she’s completely unafraid?“

Althazar. Eccentric inventor

Description: Scrawny build, messy hair, sleep deprived eyes.
Wants: To find a (new) crew willing to test drive the experimental
Golden Bat, a prototype flying vessel (and possible death-trap).
Manner: Never makes eye contact, but instead jots down notes and
calculations in an old notepad when in a conversation.
Ask: “What do you think happened to his former assistant?“

Igg-Vuurmax. Demon of the Sixth Order

Description: Surrounded by a thick cloud of flies, too many gold rings
on their claws, long, black tongue that flicks in and out.
Wants: To break the seal, escape into reality. To rule all.
Manner: Voice like a million flies crawling inside your head.
Ask: “When do you notice that your nose and eyes are bleeding?“
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Your Character Background
Roll d6 two times, once for the top row and once for the left row, to
find your background, reflecting what the character used to do for a
Attributes living, before they died.
Roll 2d6 for each attribute, one by one. On a 2, assign -1 to an
attribute. On a 3-6, assign a 0. On a 7-9, assign +1. On a 10-11, assign a When you attempt something in game and have an applicable
+2. On a 12, assign a +3. You may swap the value of two attributes. background, you get to re-roll one of the dice.
BRAWN: Fighting, Fortitude, Raw Strength, Toughness. 1-2. 3-4. 5-6.
MOVE: Shooting, Athletics, Stealth, Reflexes. 1. Acrobat Cutpurse Herbalist
WEIRD: Using Magic, Perception, Personality, Discipline. 2. Charlatan Tinkerer Beggar
3. Hunter Diplomat Alchemist
Choose a Class 4. Tracker Performer Farmer
Gore. Violent and Mighty. HP: 10 + Brawn. Roll d6 for ability: 5. Athlete Street Urchin Cultist
1. Signature Weapon. You have a named weapon. Describe it.
6. Surgeon Navigator Noble
When you use this weapon, you always deal +2 damage.
2.Tis but a Scratch. Once per battle you may re-roll a damage roll.
Starting Coin
3. Underdog. When outnumbered in combat, you have advantage. You start the game with 2d6 x 10 Coins that you can use to buy
4. No Mercy. Once per battle, when you kill an opponent, you may equipment.
immediately attack another within reach.
5. Maniac. When you get into a dangerous situation without regard Name, Description and Death
of your personal safety, you have advantage and gain +1 armor. Give your character a name and short description and lastly tell the
6. Weak Spot. Once per session, in combat, you may ask the GM other players the last thing you remember before you died.
about an opponent’s weakness. They must answer truthfully.

Dreg. Crafty and Cunning. HP: 8 + Brawn. Roll d6 for ability:

1. Prepper. Once per session you may “remember“ that you have a
small but useful item packed away somewhere.
2. Pet. You have a useful and loyal pet. Name and describe it.
3. Reflexes. You may always act first, and can react when surprised.
4. Devil’s Luck. Once per session you may treat the result of a roll
as one higher.
5. Shadow. If you keep completely still in a hiding spot, no one will
be able to see you.
6. Slippery. If you can describe how, once per session you may slip
out of your bonds or escape from a dangerous situation.

Witch. Weird and Mysterious HP: 6 + Brawn. Roll d6 for domain.

You may optionally come up with your own domain, just ask the GM.
1. Fire & Shadow 4. Fear & Secrets
2. Air & Illusions 5. Dreams & Portals
3. Stone & Plants 6. Language & Death
A witch begins play with the ability to summon a familiar. It has a
name, an appearance and a domain of power. A witch may command 🌔🌔Did we learn something new about who we are and how we got
the familiar to perform a single magical effect that falls within its
domain, but be careful! Familiar spirits are often mischievous and
cruel, and might ask for something in return.
A magic attack normally does 2d6+level damage, or 3d6+level damage (Each advancement may only be taken once.)
if particularly suited to a situation (using fire against ice, etc.)
To use a spell you know, you require 1 hour of uninterrupted ritual
or a dose of a mind altering substance. If used more times than your
level per day, you risk addiction, poisoning or worse.
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Self Improvement
At the end of each session, answer the following questions as a group.
For each question answered with a “yes”, get 1 XP.
🌔🌔Did we do something crazy that we all enjoyed?
🌔🌔Did we discover something new about this place?
🌔🌔Did we overcome a difficult challenge?
here?
During downtime, XP can be spent to level up on the following:
Pick a new class ability
⬜ 10 XP ⬜ 10XP ⬜ 20 XP
Increase one of your attributes by 1 (Max +3)
⬜ 10 XP ⬜ 10XP ⬜ 20XP
Playing the Game
This text assumes that you have an understanding of role-playing
games and how to play them. A knack for improvisation and coming
up with interesting situations on the fly won’t hurt either. If you feel
like a rule is missing, make a ruling on the spot and keep the game
going.
You’ll also need a couple of six-sided dice (d6), papers, pencils and a
few friends to play with. I’d recommend 3-4 people in total.
Rolling the Dice
When a PC tries to do something risky or wants to avoid something
dangerous, roll 2d6 and add the relevant attribute to the result to
see what happens next. No matter what happens, a dice roll always
changes the situation. Nothing never happens.
On a 6- you miss!
You don’t get what you want, and things get worse. The GM will tell
you what happens. The player then Marks +1 XP for their character.
On a 7-9, you get what you want, but...
You’ll also suffer an added complication, cost or trade-off. You draw
unwelcome attention to yourself, you put yourself in a bad spot, you’re 7-9: Injured, but still alive!
separated, you lose or destroy something valuable, you have to make a Permanently lower an attribute score by one, and describe the
difficult choice, etc. The GM will tell you what it is.
On a 10+ you! You get what you want.
Describe how!
Advantage and Disadvantage
If you are in an advantageous or disadvantageous situation add a d6
to the roll and pick the highest or lowest two, respectively.
Combat
When in a combat situations, the players roll dice either to attack or
avoid being attacked by their opponents, much like the rest of the
game.
When players deal damage, they inflict damage as indicated by the
type of weapon they’re using. Enemies and hazards deal damage
against the PCs in the same way. Subtract the result from the PCs
health.
Hit Protection
Hit Protection, or HP, is a measure of a characters ability to avoid
life threatening injury. When an NPC reaches 0 HP they are out of
action, either dead, critically wounded or unconscious.
Death and Dying
When a PC reaches 0 HP, they must roll 2d6 without modifications on
the table below to see how they fare.
6-: Horrifying, bloody death!
The PC gets to carry out one last action, then the player describes how
their character dies once and for all. The more gruesome, the better!
resulting injury. You’ll at least have a cool scar.
10+: Down, but not out!
You are down for now, but after some rest, you’ll be back on your legs.
Armor
Armor subtracts its score from the damage rolled against the wearer.
No one can have more than 3 armor.
Ammo Dice
To keep track of ammunition for bows, guns, rifles, ammo dice are
used. Ammo Dice are an abstraction of the amount of ammunition
you currently have. After a combat where ammo has been used, roll
all your ammo dice. Each ammo die that shows a result of 1-2 is
considered spent, and is removed from play.
This method is used to illustrate the chaotic nature of combat, where
keeping track of every single arrow and bullet is hard to do, but is also
used to prevent bookkeeping.
For simplicity’s sake, different ranged weapons use the same ammo
dice, although some groups might prefer to have individual die pools
for arrows, bullets, cannon balls, etc.
Recovery
A few minutes of rest and some chow or something to drink recovers
d6 lost HP. Resting wastes time and might attract danger, depending
on the situation.
A full nights rest in a safe and location recovers all lost HP.
Certain substances may recover more HP quicker, but these are
usually expensive, addictive or hard to come by.
Those deprived of a crucial need, such as water, food, an addictive
substance etc., can’t recover lost HP.
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Weapons & Armor Equipment
Weapons 2 Coins Each
Unarmed attacks. Punches, kicks, head-butts. One ammo die, 30 ft rope, Iron Spike, Bucket, Candle, Chalk, Nails,
Damage: Lower of 2d6. Parchment, Flint/Steel, Torches (5), Tent, Dice, Caltrops, Bag of
Marbles, Bandages, Rations, Waterskin, Wineskin, Mug of warm ale,
Light Weapons. 10 C. d6 damage. jar of sour wine, A night’s rest in a flea-ridden bed.
Daggers, Hand Axes, Short-swords.
Special: Easy to conceal. Can be wielded as secondary weapon,
allowing you to re-roll damage once per combat.
5 Coins Each
Crowbar, Hatchet, Animal Trap, Lockpicks, Pen & Ink, Fishing Pole,
Shovel, Grappling Hook, Pickaxe, Pole, Manacles,Backpack, Quiver.
Medium Weapons. 30 C. d6+1 damage.
Ice-cold ale, Fine wine, A night’s rest in a comfortable bed.
Swords, Axes, Hammers, Spears, Clubs, Maces, Rapiers
Special: Must be wielded in main hand.
20 Coins Each
Heavy Weapons. 40 C. d6+2 damage. Mirror, Lantern, Spyglass, Hourglass, Fancy Clothes, Fancy Shoes,
Zweihänders, Battleaxes, Pole-arms, Scythes. Fancy Cane, A night’s rest in a luxury suite, including room service.
Special: Two handed, heavy and cumbersome. Causes messy injuries
and often collateral damage.
Fire Oil
Shortbows. 10 C. d6 damage. 20 C per flask. Sets an area on fire, dealing d6+1 damage per round for
Also. Slings, Slingshots. 3 rounds unless extinguished. Fills a lantern 10 times.

Bows. 20 C. d6+1 damage. Boats and Rafts

Also. Crossbows, Rifles, Muskets, Pistols. Rowboats, Rafts, Canoes
Price: 50 C each.
Heavy Bows/Guns: 50 C. d6+2 damage.
Arbalests, Cannons.
Special: Two handed, loud as hell, fired from mounted position. Healing
10 C per dose or use. Crutch, Bandages (5), Antitoxin, Healer’s Kit,
A visit to the Butcher (per day)

Drugs
Lotus Opium (Vivid Dreams), Hell-Cap (Strongly Hallucinogenic),
Bone Dust (Euphoria), Howling Witch (Laughing Fits), Spiderbite
(Sedative), Swamp Kush (Relaxation), Scarab (Adrenaline Rush)
Price: 5 times d6. It’s all about supply and demand.

Poisons
A poison has an effect and a speed. Multiply the cost of the effect with
the speed to see how much 1 dose costs. Describe the effect.

Effect: Minor (10 C), Moderate (20 C), Major (30 C), Fatal (100 C)
Speed: Slow (x1), Fast (x2), Instant (x5)

Roll d6 on the table below to determine the form, application and

name of the poison. Or roll three times and combine the result for
something really wild.
Form Application Name
1. Dust Sprinkled on Devil Mist
2. Herb Ingested Snake’s Embrace
3. Liquid Injected Witch’s Cough
Armor 4. Smoke Breathed In Fire High
Shields. 10 C. +1 Armor
5. Pill Swallowed Lizard’s Feast
Light Armor. 30 C. Armor 1 6. Powder Snorted Demon’s Lament

Full Armor. 60 C. Armor 2

Special: Always has a helm. Makes it hard to run, climb, move silently, Please note: The above lists are in no way exhaustive. Feel free to
swim, jump etc. invent your own things for sale using the above prices as guidelines.
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 Mission Type
Mission and Idea Generator 1-3 4-6
Use the following tables to generate clients, names, places, ideas, and 1 Steal Kidnap
jobs the PCs can do to earn some coin. Just roll on the tables and use 2 Deliver Escort
the results as inspiration for missions, adventures and events.
3 Sabotage Kill

Districts, Clients and Targets 4 Switch Out Disguise

5 Explore/Find Bribe
1. The Gutter
6 Ally Intimidate
1. Slum-Lord 4. Squatter
2. Smuggler 5. Swamp Cultist Objects
3. Gang Leader 6. Beast Hunter 1-3 4-6
1 Crate or Barrel Magical Device or Object
2. Dawn Market (1-3) or Dusk Market (4-6)
2 Magic Weapon Treasure
1. Arms Dealer 4. Cut-purse
3 Drugs or Spices Plan, Blueprint or Map
2. Blacksmith 5. Foetid Ghoul
4 Disease Vector or Cure Monster Part or Specimen
3. Brewmeister 6. Whispering Shadow
5 Expensive Pet or Beast Weapon Shipment

3. The Tomb 6 Evidence or Ledger A Soul

1. Archivist 4. Curator of Relics

2. Translator 5. Scribe
3. Librarian 6. Aspiring Necromancer

4. Greenblight
1. Chemist 4. Herbalist
2. Fruit Merchant 5. Man/Plant Hybrid
3. Sentient Plant 6. Fungal Colony

5. Judgement
Motivation
Motivations for Clients, targets or anyone else involved.
1. Corrupt Official 4. Judge
1-3 4-6
2. Torturer 5. Retired Pit Fighter
1 Wrath Jealousy
3. Guard Captain 6. Executioner
2 Feud Heritage
3 Desperation Hunger
6. Throne
4 Lust Greed
1. Diplomat 4. Imp Tourist
5 Sloth Wrath
2. Dishonoured Royalty 5. Demonic Politician
6 Envy Pride
3. Upper class Imp 6. Demon Baron

Complication
Things that can go wrong before, during, or after the mission.
1-3 4-6
1 Set-up/Framed Weather
2 Monster Disease
3 Witness Rival Agents
4 Environment Envy
5 Target/Client Missing Innocent Bystanders
6 Meddling Demon Baron The Guard has been tipped off
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Specific Locations Risk and Reward
Use the tables below for inspiration on rewards. The riskier a job is,
1. The Gutter the bigger the reward should be.
1. Shanty House 4. Small Island
2. Dingy Bar 5. Below the Docks 1. “I owe you one!“
3. Destroyed Building 6. Collection of Rafts

1-3. Low Risk

2. Free food and lodgings for a week
2. Dawn / Dusk Market
3. Stolen tools worth 100 C
1. Merchant Tent 4. Fortune Teller Wagon
4. Barrels of wine worth 150 C
2. Fountain 5. Tower Rooftop
3. Warehouse 6. Black Circus Tent 5. Small chest with drugs worth 200 C

3. The Tomb 6. Barrel of gunpowder worth 300 C

1. Hidden Passage 4. Damp Chamber
1. Rejuvenating elixirs worth 500 C

4-5. Medium Risk

2. Dusty Attic 5. Relic Display
2. Bag of valuable spices worth 600 C
3. Specimen Room 6. Occult Library
3. A fine instrument worth 750 C
4. Greenblight
1. Overgrown Plaza 4. Vine Choked Tower 4. The Mystery Box...

2. Spore-ridden Crypt 5. Fungal Garden 5. Occult Materials worth 1000 C

3. Plant-folk Colony 6. Spice Farm
6. Map with location of treasure hidden in the swamp
5. Judgement
1. Dangerous but powerful relic
1. Jail Cell 4. Judge’s Personal Quarters
2. An extremely rare caged animal. 2500 C
2. Torture Room 5. The Prison-Arena
6. High Risk

3. High Official’s Tower 6. Study for Ancient Rules 3. A powerful relic or spellbook

6. Throne 4. Audience with a Demon Baron

1. Lavish Quarters 4. Impressive Garden
5. Information on the whereabouts of a Soul
2. Exquisite Restaurant 5. Decadent Nightclub
6. An actual Soul.
3. Bathhouse and Spa 6. Demon Mansion

Idea Spark Table

Roll 2-3 dice on the table below and combine the words and
themes to spark your imagination.
1. Eye or Sphere 4. Fungi or Mold
1-2

2. Worm or Moth 5. Bell or Boat

3. Tentacle or Ink 6. Snake or Dragon
1. Dream or Sleep 4. Mist or Time
3-4

2. Abyss or Soul 5. Waterfall or Lake

3. Spire or Tower 6. Old warrior or Priest
1. Ancient Weapon or Tool 4. Portals or Doors
5

2. Maelstrom or Twister 5. Leeches or Vampires

3. Crimson Sky or Blood 6. Gnarled roots or Swamp
1. Corpse or Ice 4. Lovers or Mating
6

2. Fire or Smoke 5. An angel or Trumpet

3. Disease or Acid 6. Poison or Death
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Names and Quirks for NPCs What do I find on the body?
Need an NPC in a pinch? Roll two d6 below for a quick name and First you kill them, now you’re going to loot their corpse? Roll 2d6:
quirk or description.
2-6. Nothing but pocket lint
Name Quirk or Description 7. d6 coins
8. 2d6 coins
1 Annabell Always tired 9. 3d6 coins
2 Davius Eager to please 10. d6 coins and a special item
1. Humans

11. 2d6 coins and a special item

3 Edgar Depressed and sad 12. 3d6 coins and a special item
4 Friede Slow moving, fast thinking
5 Bixter Keeps picking at scab
Special Items
Roll d66 on the table below. The first die indicate tens, the second
6 Wrank Scared, easily startled indicates units. For example, a result of 3 and 6 results in 36.
11. Expensive piece of cheese worth 100 coin.
1 Hana Muscular and scarred 12. Small, sleeping mouse. Transfers dreams with telepathy.
13. Smoke Bomb. Fills a room with thick smoke.
2. Humans

2 Andrik Nursing a hangover

14. An actual “Get out of jail“-card.
3 Hugust “Anyone for some tea?“ 15. Ticket to Madame Sneer’s Show with a special message written on
the back: “See you after the show, big guy!“
4 Iva Has a pet mouse
16. Vial with beverage that heals 2d6 HP and causes slight buzz
5 Antonin Soft voiced Ex-gladiator 21. Devil Mask. Wearer takes on the appearance of someone they
choose. 1-in-6 chance of permanent change of appearance.
6 Dobrek Drools a lot, doesn’t notice 22. Incense that puts those who inhale the smoke to sleep. 2 doses.
1 Barnabus Covered in dust 23. Map to hidden stash of valuables in random city district.
24. Crimson Sword Hilt. When activation rune is read aloud (on the
2 Sigwief Trembles
3. Undead

bottom) a black flame rises from the top, like a blade. 2d6 damage.
25. Animated Rope. Performs commands in an annoyed way.
3 Androniette Unblinking eyes
26. Monkey Paw Candle. Lighting one of the fingers will reveal the
4 Hughuster “That reminds me of when...“ deepest desire of everyone the light hits. 2 uses left.
31. Black Mirror. Anyone who looks into it will struggle to look away.
5 Vilk the 4th Easily distracted 32. Small bag of Sweetleaf. Causes Laughing Fits and mild paranoia.
6 Stanhild Hard of hearing 33. Handwritten directions to a secret book section in the Crypt.
34. Bottle of fermented Stinkslug. A true delicacy!
1 Hazel Always smoking something 35. Necklace of mini iron-maiden with finger inside. Worth 200 coin.
36. An urn containing a nest with spectral cockroaches.
2 Fern Calm in any situation
41. Bottle of Salamander Urine. Gives the drinker the ability to
4. Imps

3 Grix Grin reveals sharp teeth breathe fire for a minute. Damage like Fire Oil.
42. Small pug embroidered on a small rug. Worth 150 coin.
4 Broom “Wanna bet?“ 43. Assassin business card. Contact details and all.
5 Yug-yug Barks when excited 44. Small bell shaped like an crocodile. By ringing the bell, a loud,
crocodile like roar is heard.
6 Hariel Yellow, glowing eyes 45. Blood Apple Seed. Feeding it a drop of blood grows a large Blood
Apple tree overnight. It will wither and die if not regularly fed blood.
1 Bokkiraks Long black tongue hanging out
46. Small spirit in a bottle. Swears service in exchange for release.
5. Demons

2 Stygg Large eyes blink out of sync 51. Ring with Jewel that looks like an eye. Once per day you can have
one of your eyes float out of your skull and see what it sees.
3 Woe-is-Me Breath makes plants wither 52. Imp Whistle. Drives imps and gremlins absolutely nuts.
4 Verminux Makes you eyes tear up 53. Vamp-Straw. Sucking blood through this straw heals d6 damage,
but there’s a 1-in-6 chance of craving more blood after use.
5 Agg-Huth One big bulging eye, lidless 54. Incriminating love letter between slum dweller and rich noble.
55. Angler-fish Lure. User can make someone that sees the lure come
6 The Disease You start to itch like crazy to them. d6 charges left.
1 Gut-Drencher Slurps and hisses 56. Bolt-Gun. Shoots bolts of lightning. Damage: 3d6. d6 charges left.
61. Gravity Bong. Inhaling smoke from this bong gives the user the
6. Monsters

2 Soul-Spiller Screeches and tears ability to fly for 10 minutes. d6 doses left.
62. Small cage with messenger bat. It’s hungry but otherwise fine.
3 Death-Stinger Slops and squirms
63. Permanent Ink. It’s really permanent! 3 doses.
4 Shadow-Thirst Moans and laughs 64. Septum Ring. Wearer can burst through a wall without taking
damage, but will then go into an uncontrollable rage for 10 minutes.
5 Yellow-Fang Moves by phasing in and out 65. A small vial of extremely potent poison.
6 Lurks-Above Chitters endlessly 66. Scroll with instructions on how to summon a powerful spirit.
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Sample Maps
Use the Mission Generator in combination with one of thee maps
to quickly come up with an adventure location, or use these maps
by themselves as inspiration for your own designs. Feel free to mix
and match, or even throw them together as larger and more complex
3. Infected
adventure location. Warehouse

3. Cult
Hideout

1. Docks

2. Flooded
Basement
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Monsters and other NPCs
Coming up with NPCs such as monsters, creatures, opponents and
allies is fairly easy. Often, the most important thing about an NPC is
making them memorable. A name, short description and a drive will
make an NPC easier for everyone to remember and relate to.
There are already a few NPCs sprinkled throughout this text that you
can use for whatever situation you see fit, but for inspiration on how
to make your own, use the guidelines below.
NPC Templates
Shopkeepers, Goons, Ordinary People, Vermin.
HP: 1-3 Armor: 0 Damage: Lower of 2d6
Hired Guards, Thugs, Wild Animals
HP: 3-6 Armor: 0 Damage: d6
City Watchmen, Bouncers, Monstrous Creatures
HP: 6-8 Armor: 1 Damage: d6+1
Elites Guards, Powerful Monstrosities
HP: 8-15 Armor: 2 Damage: Higher of 2d6 (+2)
Huge Monsters, Demon Barons, Warp Spawn
HP: 15-20 Armor: 3 Damage: 2d6-3d6
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NPC Powers
By giving an NPCs special powers, you can make them more
challenging and memorable for the PCs. See below for inspiration.
Web-spinner. Catch them in a sticky web.
Gaping Maw. Swallows someone whole.
Acid Blood. Splashes acid around when injured.
Voider. Phases in and out of existence.
Razor sharp claws/teeth. Successful attack cuts of limbs.
Horror-gaze. Causes someone to panic.
Swarmer. Swarms around and devours someone.
Camouflage. Blends into the environment.
Fire-breath. Spews forth flames.
Paralyse. Paralyses someone with a touch or bite.
Reality Breaker. Breaks the rules of reality.
Drown. Pulls someone down into the depths below.
Stone-Stare/Saliva. Turns someone to stone, limb by limb.
Mimic. Hides in plain sight, disguised as something else.
Parasite. Leeches off of someone’s life force.
Winged. Flying. Snatches someone up and drops them from above.
Magma Skin. Burns those who come too close.
Stalker. Skulks around without making a sound.
Ghost. Can’t be damaged by non-silver or non-magic weapons.
Infectious. Successful attack spreads disease.
Divider. Splits into two smaller versions when injured.
Regeneration. Regenerates 1 or several lost HP after each minute.
Eldritch Powers. Can cast ancient, powerful spells.
Hive-Mind. Many creatures acts as one.
Weak Spot. Can only be injured when weak spot is revealed.
Explosive. Explodes upon death, causing damage to everyone close.
Mind-Control. Mental power forces someone to act against their will.