SANDS OF THE PAST

TERRINOTH SUPPLEMENT

CREDITS
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT COVER AND INTERIOR ART
Chris Markham, but based on the Descent expansion Cover © by Dean Spencer and used with permission.
designed by Guido Hansen (Sadgit), Erik Burigo (Painkeeper), Formatting of cover by Giri Raman “Archellus”
Zaltyre, Marcel Cwertetschka (Morthai), rdh174, Interior art by Dean Spencer and provided by
Pompompidou37, and David Binkley (Ren6175) and other Guido Hansen.
members of the Descent community. Adapted with permission.

PLAYTESTERS
EDITING
Heidi Friedemann, Wendy Markham, Fran Mason, Randall
Chris Markham and Wendy Markham Mason, and Daniel Nicholson

PROOFREADING ART DIRECTION

Chris Markham and Wendy Markham Chris Markham

GRAPHIC DESIGN PUBLISHER

Fantasy Flight Games Genesys Foundry, Gazrok Games via Genesys Foundry
and Chris Markham.

And thanks to Giri Raman “Archellus” and Scott

Zumwalt for additional design elements

I always love coming across new fan-created Terrinoth content (well, new to me). I stumbled upon this community-created

Descent expansion, which is really professionally done. Honestly, to see it, you would think it an official product! I ’m glad to

convert it to the Genesys system for others to enjoy and use in their games.

As always, thanks to my wife for granting me the time to work on these labors of love which started as a mere hobby.

This product was created under license. GENESYS and its logo, and GENESYS FOUNDRY and its logo are

trademarks of Fantasy Flight Games in the U.S.A. and other countries. All Fantasy Flight Games characters

and character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are trademarks of Fantasy Flight Games.

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This work contains material that is copyright Fantasy Flight Games and/or other authors. Such material is used

with permission under the Community Content Agreement for Genesys Foundry. All other original material in this

work is copyright 2020 by Chris Markham and published under the Community Content Agreement for Genesys Foundry.

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INTRODUCTION
This product is a supplement for the R EALMS OF TERRINOTH A NOTE ABOUT LORE
setting. Though the supplement is set in the world of
There are many references in this product that pull from
Mennara, it can be converted for use in your own fantasy
lore previously published in DESCENT (though in this
world. The GENESYS CORE RULEBOOK (CRB) and REALMS OF
case, lore from the community). The setting of Terrinoth
TERRINOTH (RoT), TERRINOTH TALENTS (as new talents are
has existed for many years, and there are numerous
referenced), and either Genesys Dice or the Genesys Dice
products published prior to the REALMS OF TERRINOTH
App are required to use this product.
sourcebook. In all my works, I often take inspiration
from these in an effort to offer new creatures and
SYNOPSIS options for the GM based on previous lore.
This product is a GENESYS translation of information in the CONTENTS
community created DESCENT supplement SANDS OF THE
PAST set in Al-Kalim. This information includes two new
careers: the Psychic, and the Hierophant. These careers are PSYCHIC (Career)...……………………………………..4
presented in the same format as presented in TRADES OF
TERRINOTH and TERRINOTH TALENTS. They include talent HIEROPHANT (Career)……......………………………...5
pyramids and a special ability as given in these products
for each new career. BANDAGED SERVANT (Familiar)……………………….6

One of these new careers, the Hierophant, includes a new MIND’S EYE TURBAN (Magic Item)…………………….6
familiar: the Bandaged Servant.
BURROWING HORROR…………………………………7
A new magic item is also detailed: the Mind’s Eye Turban.
This item is useful to any character with the Psychic skill SARCOPHAGUS GUARD………………………………...7
described in Scott Zumwalt’s ZYNNYTHRYX’S GUIDE TO MAGIC
and TIMMORRAN’s TOME. NEW TALENTS…………………………………………..8

Two additional creatures are also given, described, and NOTE: As this product is based on a previous community
illustrated: the Burrowing Horror and the Sarcophagus effort, it will always be a Pay What You Want product. I
Guards. enjoyed translating this fan-based creation to the
GENESYS system, and I hope all enjoy it.

Dean Spencer

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PSYCHIC

Starting Gear: Same as a Mage, except instead of a

The Psychic is classified as a Mage career. The Psychic
uses their magic to damage foes without attacking,
assisting their allies, or controlling the minds of their
enemies.
The Psychic magical skill is described in Scott Zumwalt’s
ZYNNYTHRYX’S GUIDE TO MAGIC.
The Psychic counts the following skills as career skills:
Charm, Cool, Divine, Knowledge (Forbidden), Knowledge
(Lore), Leadership, Melee (Light), and Negotiation. Before
spending any experience during character creation, a
Hierophant may choose four of their career skills and gain
one rank in each of them.
magic wand, gets a psychic crystal (which has the same
effect) (RoT, page 71)
Special Ability: (Optional) Mental Assault: Any
adversary within Short range is considered “Linked”.
When the character spends 2 strain for another Psychic
spell, your character can choose any one linked target
and it suffers an amount of damage equal to the
character’s ranks in the Psychic skill (it cannot be
soaked) (This can be the same target as the spell).
Suggested Heroic Ability: Hard to Kill, Paragon,
Miraculous Recovery (RoT, pages 76, 76, 76).

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HIEROPHANT
The Hierophant is a high priest or priestess. They often
serve as an advisor for the Caliph or other court figures.
Though they serve, they are not mere lackeys, but
respected advisors. The only true master of a Hierophant is
the Al-Kalim deity of Atar, who represents both the life-
giving aspect of the sun and its smiting, scorching power.
An expert of death rites, they can magically embalm and
anoint a corpse to serve and protect the priest and their
allies. While classified as a Healer career, the Hierophant
specializes more in damage reduction than healing.
The Hierophant counts the following skills as career skills:
Charm, Cool, Divine, Knowledge (Forbidden), Knowledge
(Lore), Leadership, Melee (Light), and Negotiation. Before
spending any experience during character creation, a
Hierophant may choose four of their career skills and gain
one rank in each of them.
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Starting Gear: Same as a Disciple (RoT, page 70)
Special Ability: (Optional). Embalming Ritual: A
Hierophant can summon their Bandaged Servant once
per scene to do his or her bidding (costs 2 strain). The
Bandaged Servant is a specially embalmed follower of
the faith who has volunteered for service to provide for
their family after they had passed. If ever destroyed, the
Hierophant must spend a day preparing a new servant
(and explain themselves to the church if they lose too
many). The servant is kept in the custody of the church
and manifests by the Hierophant when summoned.
Suggested Heroic Ability: Hard to Kill, Paragon,
Miraculous Recovery, Signature Weapon (RoT, pages
76, 76, 76, 77).
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BANDAGED SERVANT (MINION)
The Bandaged Servant is created when a faithful follower
of the church is near death and volunteers for the
procedure after dying, in exchange for a stipend paid to
their family. Each Hierophant embalms a Bandaged
Servant as part of their final training. It is possible that
other additional servants come to the priest’s aid, (the
servant of another), when called.
Skills: Melee (Light) 2
Talents: None
Abilities:
Silhouette 1
Equipment: Sickle. (Melee (Light); Damage 6; Critical 3;
Range [Engaged], Vicious 1).
MIND’S EYE TURBAN
The Mind’s Eye Turban is often used be spellcasters,
though technically any character can make use of it.
While colors vary, they are often made of the finest silk
and secured with a bejeweled brooch in the center of the
forehead, to hold it in place.
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BENEFIT
If you ever use all of your strain, at the beginning of
your next turn, you recover 2 strain.
ENCHANTMENT PROCESS
(similar to those given in TERRINOTH TREASURES)
The secrets of making these turbans are fairly common
in Al-Kalim, but rare in other lands.
Skill needed to enchant: Psychic. One needs to be
trained in this skill to attempt this enchantment.
Encumbrance: 0
Price: 6000 retail (2000 to make in materials). This
represents the expense to the caster of purchasing (vs.
finding) the needed materials.
Rarity: 6 (No Experience Needed)
Enchantment Time: 7 days
Skill Check Difficulty: Hard ( )
MATERIAL COMPONENTS
The first step to enchanting a Mind’s Eye Turban is to
obtain a finely made turban from giant spider silk. In
addition, a bejeweled brooch must be part of the turban.
These components must cost at least 800.
An additional material needed for this item (and any
other permanent magical item) is a suitable amount of
powdered Starstone. This bluish-black stone has innate
magical properties and can only be found in the Starfall
Forest. For the turban, the cost of this powdered stone is
1200 (200 x the rarity) and it is sprinkled over the item
during the enchantment ritual.
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ADVERSARIES
BURROWING HORROR (RIVAL)
These nasties are thought to have died out generations
ago. However, recently they have begun to reappear in the
deserts of Al-Kalim. These terrifying arthropods are all
covered in a thick chitinous exoskeleton, protecting it
against the heat and dehydration. Being able to burrow
through sand, earth, and rock alike, they can easily
ambush the unwary from below. Besides mandibles
capable of snapping small trees, Burrowing Horrors
possess the ability to spit acid into the eyes of their prey.
Skills: Brawl 4, Ranged 3
Talents: None
Abilities:
Silhouette 2
Burrowing. (It may spend a maneuver to burrow
underground or emerge from beneath the ground. A
burrowing horror treats underground travel as normal
terrain).
Ironskin. (Immune to Pierce. Treat any pierce rating as if it
didn’t exist).
Equipment: Mandibles (Brawl; Damage 8; Critical 2;
Range [Engaged], Vicious 2). Acid Spit (Ranged; Damage
4; Critical 3; Range [Short], Burn 2, target must make a
Hard ( ) Resilience check of be Blinded). Chitinous
Shell (+2 soak and +2 defense)
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SARCOPHAGUS GUARD (RIVAL)
Sarcophagus Guards are former guards of influential
nobles who were sealed within tombs to guard valuable
burial objects and the bodies of their lords. Ancient magic
not only increased their size and strength, but also
renders Sarcophagus Guards far sturdier than many
other undead creatures. These monsters do not care who
disturbed the peace of their protected tomb, and they will
not cease until whoever is defiling it is put to rest.
Skills: Melee (Light) 3, Brawl 3, Athletics 3
Talents: None
Abilities:
Silhouette 2
Sure-Footed (Treat any difficult terrain that isn’t watery
as normal terrain)
Undying (After being slain, it will rise up and perform
one last maneuver and attack, and then fall).
Equipment: Sickle. (Melee (Light); Damage 7; Critical 3;
Range [Engaged], Vicious 1). Shield.
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NEW TALENTS
MIND OVER MATTER
Tier: 5
Activation: Passive
Ranked: No
To choose this talent, your character must have the Mental
Assault special ability. When your character makes a
Brawl or Melee attack against a Linked target, they may
use their Intellect or Willpower score in place of Brawn.
In addition, the character now ignores any penalties for
difficult terrain.
Source: This talent is converted from the Psychic class in
the community-created DESCENT expansion: SANDS OF THE
PAST
POSSESSION
Tier: 3
Activation: Active (Incidental)
Ranked: No
To choose this talent, your character must have the Mental
Assault special ability. When your character uses the Mind
spell, they can add the Dominate effect for only one
additional . (See Scott Zumwalt’s ZYNNYTHRYX’S GUIDE TO
MAGIC (page 18, for details of the Mind spell).
Source: This talent is converted from the Psychic class in
the community-created DESCENT expansion: SANDS OF THE
PAST
If you’d like to see the original Descent expansion, click.
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ROYAL GUARD
Tier: 4
Activation: Active (Maneuver)
Ranked:
A character with the Embalming Ritual special ability’s
summoned Bandaged Servants add to their attack
rolls and adds +1 to soak. In addition, your character
can spend 2 strain and your Bandaged Servant may
attack as if using your character’s weapon (or another
ally’s within Short range).
Source: This talent is converted from the Hierophant
class in the community-created DESCENT expansion:
SANDS OF THE PAST
SANDS OF VENGEANCE
Tier: 2
Activation: Active (Maneuver)
Ranked: No
When a character with the Embalming Ritual special
ability’s summoned Bandaged Servant attacks, your
character can spend 2 strain and the Bandaged
Servant’s attack can affect all foes within Short range.
(this manifests as fists of sand or earth coming out of the
ground and hitting the foes).
Source: This talent is converted from the Hierophant
class in the community-created DESCENT expansion:
SANDS OF THE PAST
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