Use Use

Effects Effects

Abuse (d4) 1. disorder Abuse (d4) 1.

2. Exhaustion 3. 2.
delirium 3.
4. Blindness 4.
overdose Heart failure overdose: permanent phobia d6 1.
2. 3. 4.
5. 6.

Use Use
Effects Effects
Abuse (d2) 1. laughing
Abuse (d4) 2. hallucinations
1. Melancholic
2. Happy overdose: Time distorsion
3. Confused
4. Terrified

overdose:
And the dealer is… (d4):
2. Use
toothle
sweetife, stinks ss
1. kn Use
Effects

bite Abuse (d3) 1. Narcosis

Effects
2. Auditive hallucinations
3. scream
Abuse (d3) 1. Paralysed 2. Internal deaf
liquefaction 3. overdose: dark horned man
3. gang e infirm
al pric
Nechrubel

4. ageless spiritu overdose: painful agony

Use
Use Effects
Effects
Abuse (d3) necrosis Abuse (d3) 1. burn 2.
1. 2. catatonic state 3. Partial
3. Blindness
overdose: Possessed overdose:

* : Prices may vary dependng on scarcity, add +1d6s whenever necessary

Mörk Drügs is an independent production by Olivier Delattre and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party Licence.
Abilities and tests Combat
AGILITY Defend, balance, swim, flee INITIATIVE D6:
PRESENCE Perceive, aim, charm, wield Powers
1–3  Enemies begin
STRENGTH Crush, lift, strike, grapple
4–6  Player Characters begin
TOUGHNESS Resist poison/cold/heat, survive falling
individual: Agility + d6
TESTS DIFFICULTY RATINGS (DR)
Roll d20 ± ability equal 6 incredibly simple
to or greater than DR 8 routine MELEE DR12 STRENGTH
to succeed. Creatures 10 pretty simple RANGED DR12 PRESENCE
don’t add any ability, 12 normal DEFENCE DR12 AGILITY
only roll an unmodified 14 difficult
d20 against the DR. 16 really hard
18 should not be possible
CRIT (NATURAL 20)
Attack: ×2 damage, armor/

Adventuring protection reduced one tier.

Defence: PC gains a free attack.

REACTION (2D6) REST FUMBLE (NATURAL 1)

2–3 Kill! Catch breath heal d4 HP Attack: Weapon breaks or is lost.
4–6 Angered A night's sleep heal d6 HP Defence: PC takes double
7–8 Indifferent damage, armor is reduced
9–10 Almost friendly Infection: No healing when one tier.
11–12 Helpful resting. Take d6 damage each day.

MORALE (2D6) ROLL MORALE IF ARMOR TIERS

If you roll over the • The leader is killed 1. light 2. medium* 3. heavy**
creature's Morale, d6: • Half the group is eliminated −d2 −d4 −d6
1–3 Flees • Lone enemy has 1/3 HP left *+2 DR Agility tests
4–6 Surrenders **+4 DR Agility tests (Defence +2 DR)

BROKEN (0 HP) D4:

1 Fall unconscious for d4 rounds,
Powers /scrolls awaken with d4 HP.
2 Roll a d6: 1–5 = Broken or
severed limb. 6 = Lost eye.
AMOUNT PER DAY WIELD A POWER
Can’t act for d4 rounds then
A PC can use their Make a Presence DR12 test. become active with d4 HP.
Powers a total of Failure means the Power doesn't 3 Haemorrhage: death in d2
Presence + d4 times work and the caster takes d2 HP hours unless treated. All tests
per day. Roll the total damage, becomes dizzy for an hour are DR16 the first hour. DR18
amount every day. and cannot use Powers during that the last hour.
time. For fumbles, see page 44. 4 Dead.
 d100 reasons 27
28
29
30
why oh why didn’t you study law?
a sewer rat bites your feet
you hit yourself over the calf
you trip yourself as you stride forward
64
65
66
67
you laugh at their weakness. Try and hit me
is that blood? You spend your turn wiping it off
the enemy parries and turns towards a tougher opponent
the enemy kicks your the shin before you can act

you miss an attack

31 your weapon is suddenly heavy 68 bullseye. If you wanted to hit the wall
32 blocked by a shield, classic 69 the enemy moves at the last second
33 your eye pops out - you spend your turn putting it back 70 a menacing fart from another PC
34 after sprinting forward you suddenly lack air, you gasp 71 you over extend but regain your footing – or do you?
You idiot. 35 you close your eyes and hope for the best 72 you forgot to draw your weapon
36 a chilling sound as your weapon drags across the floor 73 you realize you should have stayed home in the gutter
37 a grueling growl – you are hungry 74 if God is dead, why kill more people?
38 you sweat excessively and have to switch hands 75 a chandelier in the ceiling interrupts your swing
39 you swing widly and accidentially hit someone else 76 you flourish your weapon and catch it upside-down
40 you strike at their legs, they jump incredible high 77 your fathers lack of approval paralyzes you with sadness
41 you hit the enemy with the non-lethal side of your weapon 78 you deliver a fierce and menacing stab. but the enemy moves
Created by Philip Jensen 42 you make an impressive flourish. Incredible! 79 you fumble your weapon but quickly pick it up
43 eye contact. is that empathy? disgust? 80 your horoscope was right. This isn’t your day
If you like it, consider 44 you start debating with yourself 81 your last meal or the lack thereof kicks in, badly
subscribing at philipjensen.itch.io 45 a swing and a miss. This ain’t baseball 82 a looming fog disturbs your vision
46 you hit the ground so hard, you drop your weapon 83 you see double and strike the non-existing enemy
47 after swinging your weapon for so long you’re tired 84 your weapon goes through the opponents chest. They laugh
01 a cold shiver runs down your spine 48 the sound of pottery breaking makes you shiver, mom? 85 your weapon hits right between their body and their arm
02 a classic parry, how underwhelming 49 if the world is ending, why even fight? 86 the enemy drags their nails across a chalkboard
03 pain in your liver. You stop your movement 50 the enemy stops the blade with his hand 87 you step back. Surely the others can finish this
04 you get a sense that someone is horrible at rolling dice 51 the lack of clean air makes you dizzy 88 you decide it’s better to wait out the violence
05 an incredible sound echoes as you hit absolutely nothing 52 you put away your weapon and crack your knuckles 89 your blade hits some furniture. It’s stuck – fuck
06 you cut off a finger, but the enemy just laughs it off 53 a raven intervenes at the exact moment of impact, it dies 90 the enemy’s hair blows as you miss their face by an inch
07 you strike. They parry. You jump back. Defeated for now 54 a kick whirls dirt into your eyes 91 the enemy roars. Their horrible breath sickens you
08 the steel from the enemy’s weapon temporarily blinds you 55 you hit the foul stench in the room 92 a horrifying squeak from a carrion owl startles you
09 you hit the enemy in a mirror, it shatters! 56 you crack your neck and roar something metal 93 sweat gets in your eyes
10 you are tired of being told what to do! Attack? No way. 57 you contemplate your whole life and decide to hold back 94 you slide aggressively. The enemy just steps over you
11 you strike with immense force, but the armor is too thick 58 you stand idle for 10 seconds – like an idiot 95 you swing for the neck and hit, had the enemy been taller
12 maybe your quest giver lied? Why are you even here? 59 as if your weapons is made of rubber it wobbles on impact 96 deja-vu. You stop for a second. Is this real?
13 a chill. You turn to see there’s nobody behind you 60 you hit their armor and strip off a teeny tiny bit 97 a friend is hit and you turn in fear as they scream
14 the sound of silver interrupts you. You start grinning 61 the enemy rips off their arm, and parries with it 98 you swing your weapon and dust whirls. You sneeze
15 you slap the enemy. They laugh at your weak attempt 62 you decide yelling might work best. For now 99 you make a small cut over the enemy’s cheek
16 you swing not once, not twice, but three times and miss 63 trying to toy with the enemy you make an obvious miss 100 your weapon breaks even though you did not fumble
17 a reflection in your weapon blinds you
18 the voices disturb you, and you stab into nothing
19 you swing for the fences
20 blood gets in your eye
21 a lot of air died
22 you try reasoning with the enemy
23 you slip slightly in a pile of blood
24 a foul stench makes you nauseous
25 images from your last kill haunts you
26 voices. Oh the voices!
The world of MÖRK BORG can crush the hopes Want to take away that hope? The event has an
of any wanderer. Need to give your players a optional dark twist on the right of the page.
small bit of hope or respite? Then roll on this table.

1.

shunk
hanged
corpses

desiccated
bats (of no nutritional value)

Why does it taste like ash?

where is their head

Some of them are human.

SCARS AND OTHER
WAYS TO BREAK
Here’s a modification to the way being broken and dying works. It’s inspired by the Scars
table in Cairn by Yochai Gal (which is itself a hack of Into the Odd), which works in a similar
way as being broken in MÖRK BORG. This modification makes MÖRK BORG a little more
forgiving, increasing your chances of survival while also adding in a handful of new ways
for your character to be messed up by their near-encounter with death.
When you are at 0 HP or lower, roll a d10 + your Toughness + your current HP, then look
up the result on the table below. If you take damage while at 0 HP or lower, roll again.
Lasting Scar Roll a d6: 1, neck; 2, hands; 3, eye; 4, chest; 5, legs; 6, ear. You have
10+ a grisly scar there now. Shaken for d2 rounds, then snap back with d6 HP.

9 Knocked Out Fall unconscious for d4 rounds, then awaken with d4 HP.
Disturbed As for Knocked Out, but roll a d6: on a 1–4, gain a new terrible trait; on a
8 5–6, gain a new bad habit.

7 Re-combobulated Roll a d4: 1, Strength; 2, Agility; 3, Presence; 4, Toughness.

Re-roll that ability as if you were creating a new character.
Broken Bone Roll a d6: 1, right arm; 2, left arm; 3, right leg; 4, left leg; 5–6, ribs.
6 A bone in the area is broken. Can’t act for d4 rounds, then resume action with d4 HP.

Infection Become infected; if already infected, become severely infected, which takes
5 twice as much medicine to heal and means d8 HP is lost per day. Squirm for d2
rounds, then grin and bear it with d2 HP.
Mutilation Roll a d10: 1–2, right arm; 3–4, left arm; 5–6, right leg; 7–8, left leg; 9,
4 right eye; 10, left eye. A limb is severed or mangled beyond repair, or an eye is lost.
Writhe in pain for d4 rounds, then push it out of your mind with d4 HP.

3 Hemorrhage Die in d2 hours unless treated. All tests are DR+4 for the first half and
DR+6 for the second half.
Bleeding Out Die in d6 minutes unless quickly treated within the same
2 number of rounds. All tests are DR+4.
1 or
less
Dead Even this generous modification could not save you.

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 What
now?
1. 
1. 
d20
You must kill a living
You
creature daily or you die
come nightfall. A three-
faced cadaver tells you
this in a dream.

2. Y
2.  ou are cursed to always fail.
Whenever you attempt something
for the first time, roll three dice
and pick the worst outcome.
3. Y
3.  ou now trust everyone you meet.
They instinctively know this.
4. 
4.  You cannot see, hear or in any
You
way perceive living creatures
within 5 feet of you.
5. You cannot lie.
5.
6. 
6. Blood seeps endlessly from your
palms and feet. The wounds do
not heal. You leave a crimson
trail wherever you go.
7. 
7. You cannot talk normally, only
scream at the top of your lungs.
8. Slowly but surely, you are
8.
transformed into a giant
cockroach. In D4+4 days,
your body is insectoid, beyond
your control. After 3 more
days, your mind is gone.
9. 
9. Glass shatters violently
in your presence.
10.  Your hands are covered in a
10.
black, tarry gunk that sticks
to everything you touch.
It’s highly flammable.
34
11. Any tool you
use breaks.
12.  Wherever you go,
12.
the ghosts of your past
friends, parents or
mentors follow. They
won’t shut up about how
much of a disappointment
and failure you are. 17. 
17. Your voice is amplified by
the sound of buzzing flies.
13. Unintelligent
13. Unintelligent creatures
In D
In D4+1 days, flies start
always instinctively
crawling out of your mouth.
attack you. Intelligent
creatures dislike you. 18.  You
18. You cannot die. Your body
can still be broken, beaten,
14.  Black mold spreads in
14. crushed, pierced and mauled.
your veins. You must lift And it still hurts. But you are
the curse in D4 + 7 days never released from agony
or die. A ghost tells you until everything blackens
each dawn how many and burns.
remain.
19.  Whenever you lie down to
19.
15.  Wherever you go, black
15. sleep, it feels as if youʼre
cats follow in great drowning. Which you are.
numbers. In 2D 2D6+4 days, Each morning, you vomit
a black goat comes to brine and youʼre not rested.
you in your sleep and
carries you away to 20.  You
20. You cannot feel joy, pleasure
the Void Eternal. or satisfaction. Life is
miserable and pointless.
16. You cannot walk past
16. You amount to nothing.
mud or filth without No one cares about you.
rolling in it like a
Also, now you’re cursed
swine. Washing hurts. with a headache.

They say one can
help you. Who? d10
1. Ketel-Erg, an eyeless hermit
who once lifted a curse, they say.
2. Hukan II, penniless prince,
once a curse-crafter himself.
Now a wreck lost in malaise.
3. Ulv and Jóte, twin scryers at
Anthelia’s Alliáns court.
4. Tüwold the Red. Former priest
now rotting in King Fathmu’s
dungeons for murdering dozens
one crazed night. Claims to have
been possessed by a devil.
5
.
Hidden in the crypt of Iktin is
a tome, “Souls of Distemper”,
in which various anti-hex
rituals are described. Derkan
the trollkiller knows its
location but will not go there.
6. Belt, young boy whispering
untold, esoteric secrets in
his sleep. Heavily guarded.
7. Völtu, witch of Meadow Death.
She lives in the obsidian mouth
of a lifelike giant statue.
8. Agan-Krit. To summon this
demon, you must first burn an
unclean scroll and inhale the
smoke. There is no known way
to banish it again.
9. Krugan of the Deathless Crag.
This lich is guarded by a
ghastly knight who won’t let
any living being enter the cave.
10. Father
10. Father Calth, High Deacon
of the Basilica of Gorgh.
Will not see unbaptized people.
by Johan Nohr
What is the price d10
for this knowledge?
1. 3d10 silver and a kiss.
2. A dangerous errand in a
dangerous place.
3. A week of hard work.
4. Your darkest secret.
5. A single drop of blood.
6. Your soul. Whatever that means.
7. A human sacrifice.
8. Nothing. Or so they say.
9. Everything you own.
10. You trade it for another curse.
So how do I
get rid of this? d12
1. Coat a mirror in a snake’s saliva.
Pour ash and salt in a metal bowl.
Watch yourself cry into it.
2. Sleep under the full moon wearing
the flesh of a predator.
3. Create a spell-breaking talisman
from a sinner’s skull and the wraith’s
ectoplasm, then have a priest consecrate
it. Carry this with you at all times.
4. For 3 nights, you must share the bed
with an undead. You cannot touch.
5. Create a clay effigy of your mother
and have a troll break it during a
downpour. You must ignore the pain.
6. Go without food for 6 days and 6 nights.
Then eat the heart of a sinner.
7. Murder an innocent in a cruel manner.
Their ghost will haunt you forever.
8. Gather corpseweed, murk nail and
wailer’s leaf; burn them with dried
grass. Stand in the vapors and recite
the Prophecy until you pass out.
9. Walk naked into the deepest, darkest
room of a cursed place and return
unscathed. Take nothing. Leave nothing.
10. Kill
10. Kill a person of royal blood and
befriend one of their family members.
11. Sacrifice
11. Sacrifice three goats and a good dog
to Nechrubel.
12. Swim
12. 35
Swim alone in a dark lake on a moonless
night. A being from Beyond will come and
eat the curse. But whatever you do, do not
 Roll 3d12. Read these tables from A to C. Save the dice.

THE MONSTER
APPROACHES TABLE B d12 TABLE C d12
TABLE A d12 with it’s
1 dragging one limb blood-caked fur, hissing and it cuts like a knife.
2 bent like a coat hanger filthy claws like swords,
bleeding from every orifice.
3 winged and flapping blood-shot eyes, radiating a dizzying magnetism.
distorted, walking shrunken arms, clucking twisted words.
4
on the “wrong” limbs
5 over-endowed in tentacles throbbing exposed glands, fading in and out of sight.

6 shimmering as if unreal acid-wet flesh, crooning disgustingly.

7 ash-grey, wide-eyed a face like a absorbing all sound,

and ghost-gaunt rotting intestine, eerie dead quiet.
8 blindingly white impaling spikes, spasmodically skittering close.
9 crawling like liquid a broad sewer-reeking maw, dying, dead, perhaps reanimated.
10 clearly once-human scabious feathers,
covered in its own spawn.
11 vibrating and steaming
like a kettle protruding bones, leaking sulfuric, corrosive
oil from its bulbous gut.
12 visibly necrotic long, wispy hair, more metal than flesh.

Look at the dice you rolled.

LOWEST D12 DAMAGE
The greatest result is its MORALE. 1–3 d4
The lowest result is its DAMAGE: 4–5 d6
Use the middle or the high result 6–7 d8
for a more powerful creature. 8–10 d10
11–12 d12
Whichever table has the highest
result determines its ARMOR:
Roll the damage die,
Table A No armor doubling the result
Table B -d2 armor to generate its HP.
Table C Odd result: -d4 armor A d8 damage creature
Even result: -d6 armor has 2–16 HP (2d8).

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Now burn the dice
 More than anything, encoun
ters.
it wants to … d20 ns
13. E
l a v e all it
corrido
rs and
o v e r l ifeless l a y e d skin.
1. C
ollect fresh body parts. 14. 
C
w i t h warm
f
roo m s
2. 
Devour every living thing it seizes. Nechrubel.
15. Collect eyes to see
Escape something worse
3. 
(roll another creature). Cook fresh meat in its
16. 
ever-burning hearth.
4. R
evel in fear—mutilates or
traumatizes rather than kills. Be sympathized with,
17. 
petted and cooed over.
5. Find and rule fresh territory. Reacts violently if not.
6. P
raise its obscure god through combat, Make necklaces of fingers.
18. 
constructing idols from the slain.
Become one with another creature.
7.  19. B
uild stitched-skin
Or a PC. dolls stuffed with hair.
ake its way to SHE.
8. M
The bald have no worth.
Die, but not alone.
9. 
20. 
Specifically an
10. Build a treasure hoard of silver, d
permanently trau
iron and blood-stained steel. matize
one survivor in
11. Defend its territory. to
total insanity.
12. Mate, birthing a wondrous
new horror.

10. R
 are-and valuable!
200s (alive)
TERRIBLE TRAITS d20 150s (severed head)
80s (vial of blood).
prays acid every other round.
1. S
Normal damage, but 2-in-6 chance of 11. Extrudes a mist of
reducing armor one tier (additional deadly infectious spo
res.
d4 damage without armor). Everyone in contact rol
ls
a d20, dying on a 1.
2-4. C
an, and will converse.
Attempts to persuade PCs 12. 
Visibly tumescent.
to assist its aim. Explodes in a cascad
e
of boiling blood upo
n
5. C
an speak and humiliates death: d12 damage
equally
the PCs. -2 Presence for distributed among
PCs.
the fight’s duration.
13. M
ultiplies! When taking
Loves choking its victims
6.  exactly 1 damage it splits.
and observing their slow The new creature is
death (-d4 HP/round). weaker (½ HP and Morale,
Test Agility DR10 to avoid, reduce armor and damage
Strength DR14 to escape. die one step).
7. E
xists partly in an anti-arcane 14. Petrifying Gaze
, Breath
dimension. In the vicinity, or Sting. Ever
y 3 rounds
Powers do not work. tries to petrif
y a random
errifyingly fast:
8. T PC. Test Presen
ce DR10 or
Attacks and Defense are DR14. have your soul
forever
enclosed in a
9. R
oll on this table every statue.
3 rounds. Rolled again, 15+ Terrible, but no
t
every second round, etc. in a great way.

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 d86 Otherworldly Summons
THANK THE FUNDERS OF APOCRYPHA FOR THESE SUMMONS. THEY PENNED AND UNLEASHED THEM.

A NEW
CONJURE THESE DOOMED CREATURES, PEOPLE, AND ABOMINATIONS WITH
POWER, NAMED “OTHERWO RLDLY SUMMON.”

► Otherworldly Summon Fissures in space and time allow osmosis. A creature

steps forth which is compelled to help you for one day.

11 Breen A human-looking man, draped in denim. He carries a black

mirror and claims to know the future. Breen relentlessly
drones on in a wooden voice about his quest to erase all
corruption by "slaying the BAD." No emotion ever distorts
his face. HP 8 ꜜ MORALE 10 ꜛ DENIM -1 ꜝ CLUB d4

12 THE MEKANOID ABOMINNON

A creature made of brass and steel. It is ancient, walking
a dead metal world for eons after slaying its creator.
Blades seep and harden from its body at will. Warmongers
built the MEKANOID ABOMINNON for total annihilation.
HP 14 || MORALE — || METAL FRAME -d6 || BLADES 3d6

13 A plucky, short-statured rogue with a biting

pony attitude who's missing his right hand. Ser
Darren was sure that the chest was untrapped, and he paid with
his extremity for the erroneous assumption. Still, he's got
charisma in spades. Wears a filigree copper replica of his hand
and carries a plethora of smoke bombs.
HP 6 ¦ MORALE 5 ¦ NO ARMOR ¦ DAGGER d2 ¦ SPECIAL (SMOKE BOMB)
⎘ Carries 2d6 smoke bombs which obfuscate a large area.

Obsidian 14 REAPER
An automaton made of black obsidian. Fragile but deadly. The obsidian reaper
feels at home in the shadows; only a soft whirring gives away its presence.
It wields an enchanted black scythe that cuts the hardest steel like spoiled
butter, but has trouble with gentle things like feathers and silk.
HP 5 . MORALE — . OBSIDIAN -d2 . SCYTHE d4 (ignores damage reduction)

15 VRÖG THE LESSER

A wizened sage and pariah, clothed in a yellow robe. He scours the land for
forgotten herbs and the blood of goblins. Vrög the Lesser himself suffers
from the dreaded goblin curse, but keeps it at bay with mysterious potions.
HP 5 ⌇ MORALE 5 ⌇ NO ARMOR ⌇ DAGGER d2 ⌇ SPECIAL (POTION OF GROWTH)
Carries d4 POTIONS OF GROWTH. The potion triples a creature's size
and damage dice.
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Bamokut the Enigma

An uplifted tapir. Its eyeless head, with no sockets at all, sees clearly. The
enigma's brutal teeth and claws stand in contrast to its exaggeratedly articulate
way of speech and euphonious, deep voice. The enigma's body fades away when it
dies and only a blurry skull is left behind (it gives the DREAM ability).
HP 13 ⦿ MORALE 8 ⦿ NO ARMOR ⦿ BITE d6 ⦿ SPECIAL (DREAM)
DREAM: Bamokut the Enigma sends a nightmare into a creature's mind. It must
successfully test DR8 Presence or be confused, attacking imaginary foes and
taking d4 damage.

The King of Nothing 21

A doll-entity with the looks of a ten-year-old. They have long,
disheveled hair with a gaunt face and sunken eyes. Only covered with
ragged cloth, bare-footed. In their mouth hides a rusted blade. An
ancient design, and sharp despite the thick layer of oxidized metal. Only
those with a diamond will can lift the King of Nothing's blade.
HP 16 ⧫ MORALE — ⧫ CLAY -d2 ⧫ SWORD d8
22
A steel-clad warrior wielding a cumbersome hunk of a
⧭
sword. Ulcus's gear is pockmarked, rusted, brittle.
Beneath the armor lie painful boils and blisters.
Ulcus's boils burst in a sickening display when an enemy strikes him,
spreading puss and disease, INFECTING the combatant.
HP 12 § MORALE 6 § STEEL PLATE -d6 § GIANT SWORD d12

23 Thespian Carlotta [DIED IN A STAGE ACCIDENT]

This undead diva had her burgeoning career tragically cut short.
She is embittered yet sensitive—to her own needs—playing the victim
in all situations.
HP 6 ⧱ MORALE 4 ⧱ NO ARMOR ⧱ NO WEAPON ⧱ SPECIAL (WORDS LIKE POISONED BLADES)
Deals d6 damage with snide remarks and gives the characters a d4 bonus to all
tests to coerce, persuade or intimidate.

Sarrah the Vexed 24

5'2" (158 cm), yellow hair, pale, almost translucent skin. She
fights with fists, hands wrapped in red bandages.
HP 14 ⦁ MORALE 9 ⦁ NO ARMOR ⦁ FLURRY OF FIST 2d4

An English bulldog with a cursed collar that allows

25 it communication. Devours UNCLEAN magic which
sometimes sends it into an eating frenzy. People, stones, anything.
HP 9 ⦁ MORALE 10 ⦁ NO ARMOR ⦁ BITE d4

SCOM 26
A kobold knight, dressed in mismatched armor. It drags along an
oversized maul, at least for its size, but swings at its enemies'
heads with great precision.
HP 6 ⦁ MORALE 8 ⦁ SCALE MAIL -d4 ⦁ MAUL d6 ⦁ TESTS DR8 TO ATTACK
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 31 Antoinette
A tall, red-headed warrior who hails from an alien world. She is clad
in a dark suit of heavy bio-armor, shimmering purplish-black. The armor
is integrated into her body, never to be removed.
HP 12 ⦁ MORALE 6 ⦁ BIO ARMOR -d4+3 ⦁ DOUBLE-BITTED EXECUTIONER'S AXE d10

HER AXE, VAZERAX, DECAPITATES FOES ON A CRITICAL HIT.

32 CENN CONG—DETH’S HED SKALD

Draped in tattered, flowing robes. Furs once most refined. Cenn Cong
wields an iron hook and bears a sopping sack of severed heads.

HP 10 ¤ MORALE 7 ¤ NO ARMOR ¤ HOOK d4 ¤ SPECIAL (AUGURY)

Cenn Cong pulls one head from its sack and rams it into the iron hook. The
head speaks an augury and falls to dust.

33 Agenat the Plague Bringer

A middle-aged man with rotting, pockmarked skin. He sings of the
glory of the coming plague. Mushrooms of every size grow on Agenat's
body, creating a cloud of spores wherever he walks.
HP 5 ҂ MORALE 6 ҂ NO ARMOR ҂ FLAIL CENSER d4 ҂ SPECIAL (SPORES)
Agenat shakes his censer, spreading spores. Creatures near him
violently cough for d4 rounds and take 1 damage.
34

An alien god of stories. The blue-skinned kabuki warrior wears a

cursed oni mask and wields a smoldering naginata. Ranthalix Nexx
absorbs legends and makes them a reality.

HP 16 ↧ MORALE 9 ↧ LAMINAR ARMOR -d4 ↧ NAGINATA d8

Can damage two creatures next to each other. ↲

35 Bosch Jernsern >>>

A fetid mountain of a beast that might have been human once. In
one hand, rotund Bosch wields a cracked decanter filled with vile,
demonic fluids. In the other, a grotesquely twisted, smoking branch
from which Bosch draws vapors into its tarry lung.
HP 21 ↥ MORALE 5 ↥ NO ARMOR ↥ DECANTER FLUID d12

36 Carrie Diseasez
Vampire, scientist, and witch. Has a flair for the dramatic. Carrie wears a live
chicken as a backpack, which is stuffed with all sorts of potions and poisons.

HP 12 ↥ MORALE 6 ↥ NO ARMOR ↥ BITE d4 (a successful attack heals d4 HP)

SPECIAL (CHICKEN SURPRISE): The chicken contains d4 random potions from
the Occult Herbmaster table.
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 41 Fogrim
A creature shrouded in fog and eternal darkness. Razor-talons sprout from
its right claw. The left claw is nothing more than a bony sickle.
HP 12 ¤ MORALE 4 ¤ NO ARMOR ¤ TALON 2d4 + SICKLE d6 ¤ SPECIAL (FOG)
Purple fog obscures the area. Breathing creatures must
successfully test DR12 Toughness or take d4 damage.

42 Hoggite the Horrendous

A pig-man the size of a chunky bear. He wears tattered rags made from the
sewn skin of those unfortunate enough to cross him. Putrid body waste
sticks to Hoggite's fur, spreading the stench of death.

HP 16 ∴ MORALE 7 ∴ NO ARMOR ∴ SEVERED LEG d8

HITS WITH THE LEG SPREAD INFECTION.

43 Arioch Morningstar
A taciturn high elf. His black hair reveals blue highlights in bright
sunlight. Sadly, the sun will never rise again. In his world, Arioch
is the leader of militant druids. He uses his enchanted axe to restore
balance as he sees fit.

HP 8 ∗ MORALE 6 ∗ LEAF ARMOR -d2 ∗ AXE d6 ∗ POWER (BESTIAL SPEECH)

⇹

(deals double damage against unwounded)

Död Rät 44

A traveling hermit. He survives in the hidden places but never stays

for long. Död Rät carries an unopenable book and appears in a wagon
with a jet-black donkey. He wears a dark robe and a permanent scowl on
his ruddy, sharp face.
HP 3 ⊹ MORALE 4 ⊹ NO ARMOR ⊹ SLING d2 ⊹ DISEASED
(knows your horrible truth)

MIZVHO SHIRAISHI 45
A cursed mage who literally lost his luck because of his occult interest
in the otherworld. Mizvho rolls on the ARCANE CATASTROPHES table when he
fails a Presence test to use Powers.
HP 6 ⌈ MORALE 6 ⌉ NO ARMOR ⌈ NO WEAPON ⌉ POWER (ROSKOE'S CONSUMING GLARE)
Carries an unclean scroll of "Xenoglossia". The target must successfully
test DR12 Presence or, for d6 hours, forget all languages, but learn the
cursed language of goblins.

Gaius Baelheart
46

A berserker gargoyle with a lust for blood and quest for vengeance. His
weapons are his claws and fangs—both designed to rip and tear until the
work is done.
HP 18 | MORALE — | STONE -d6 | CLAWS d6 + FANGS d4

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 51 A slightly built, pale, sarcastic woman with a
monocle, dressed in a black doublet, pantaloons, fancy boots, and an
absurd hat with cherries on it. Understands any technology immediately.
HP 6 ⥌ MORALE 7 ⥌ LIGHT MAIL -d2 ⥌ ELECTRIFIED SWORDSTICK d6
CHARGES Thrice per day, the sword deals an additional d4 damage.
⥲ CONDUCTOR Ignores damage reduction of metal armor.

52 "MACABRE" MAX CREEPT

Max has a smirk and a mischievous glint in his eyes. He carries a necklace
with a multitude of tiny, glowing glass vials attached (d6+6). Each vial
contains a VENG EF U L S O U L, which runs free after their prison breaks.
THE SOUL ATTACKS THE NEAREST TARGET: HP 2 ⤬ MORALE - ⤬ NO ARMOR ⤬ TORMENT d2

HP 4 ⤹ MORALE 2 ⤸ PADDED CLOTH -d2 ⤹ RAPIER d4 ⤪ THERIS53

The youngest son of the last-born child of the king. Theris has about
twenty pretenders standing between him and the throne. While being
an utter coward in a fight, he delights in describing in great, gory
detail how he plans to murder each of his unwashed siblings.
USES HIS LUTE STRINGS AS A GARROTE.

54 A reborn bard who was given new life after

⬇

a dissatisfied crowd murdered him during a

performance. Now, Mads wanders. With his face hidden beneath a hood,
he shares grand stories and songs. Then, before history repeats
itself, Mads slaughters the audience.

HP 3 ⨁ MORALE 6 ⨁ LIGHT LEATHER -d2 ⨁ CROSSBOW d8 ⨁ SPECIAL (REQUIEM)

Mads plays a cursed requiem on his lute. Creatures that hear the
agonizing melody take 1 damage.

Andrea of the Black Flames 55

Instead of hair, the corrupted flames of hell dance on her head.
HP 7 ⱡ MORALE 8 ⱡ NO ARMOR ⱡ BLACK FLAMES 4d4 (attack hits on DR5)
Andrea attacks with a torrent of flames summoned from the chaotic abyss.
A missed attack starts a wildfire that reduces everything and everyone
within a mile radius to black ash.

56 Freydis Sigblotsdottir
A woman filled with guttural daring, capable of summoning both fire
and ice, consumed with self-gratifying energy, moving zeal, and
endlessly prepared for great deeds.
HP 14 ¶ MORALE 8 ¶ CURSED PLATE -d6 ¶ FEONDHREBOR d10
>> The greatsword Feondhrebor deals double damage against fiends and the like.

>> The cursed plate robs the wearer of their senses when falling below half maximum HP.

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 61 Tiny Tina

Tiny Tina stands 4 feet tall. Dressed in bright green, tatty clothes,
and a top hat, she resembles a traditional Irish leprechaun. Her ginger-
gray hair drapes in frizzles from her spectacled, aged face. Gold chains
and rings are her jewelry of choice, of which she wears a plethora.
DRAINS PEOPLES' YOUTH AND STEALS THEIR GOLD.
HP 6 ⥌ MORALE 6 ⥌ NO ARMOR ⥌ SHILLELAGH d4 + SPECIAL (CATS!)
Once per day, Tiny Tina pulls d6+1 cats from her top hat and sends them
into combat. They have 1 HP and deal 1 damage.

62 Pontonius the Castilian

A rapier-wielding, skull-cracked skeleton clad in scrap armor.
Pontonius's grim and mocking personality doesn't help him making new
friends, but he is willing to fight for a cause to die again.
HP 3 ⋇ MORALE 8 ⋇ SCRAP ARMOR -d2 ⋇ RAPIER d6

Schmoel Osteen

63
Schmoel is an arrogant, pompous, manipulative, false prophet of the
Two-Headed basilisk. His only redeeming skill is manipulating everyone
around a single cause. He has more money than he could ever spend, yet
still separates others from their coin to grow his wealth.

HP 4 ⊡ MORALE 5 ⊡ TAILORED SUIT (NO AMOR) ⊡ HAMMER: BASILISK TOOTH d6

SPECIAL (FATE TELLING BY IMBUED NAMELESS SCRIPTURE)
A creature must successfully test DR18 Presence or despair after
hearing its fate, taking d12 damage. Only works once per target.

64 The Gorgoreth
A pain-bringer who started her life as a barmaid, eventually becoming
a successful establishment owner. After having it all, she meddled
with otherworldly forces and paid the price. Struts enforce her dirndl
and spiky boots penetrate her foes. Gorgoreth wields a glowing-hot
flail that howls when crushing its victims.
HP 4 ⋄ MORALE 5 ⋄ DIRNDL (NO AMOR) ⋄ HOT FLAIL d8

65 Michael G. Palmer
Average height, athletic build, blue eyes, piercing stare. Armed with a
razor-edged naval cutlass and has a backup knife concealed in his left boot.

HP 6 ⦁ MORALE 9 ⦁ NO AMOR ⦁ NAVAL CUTLASS d6 or KNIFE d2

Thirsty Jonathan 66
An eternal thirst-demon of dust. It sucks the moisture from its
victims and rides a monstrous camel.
HP 23 ⦁ MORALE 5 ⦁ DEMON HIDE -d4 ⦁ DESICCATE d6 (always hits)
65
 71 Boondezdorff
A ruddy-faced, rotund man wearing a stained gray tunic, a faded, red
cloak, and beat-up riding boots. His dented helmet misses its face-plate,
long lost and forgotten. In one hand, Boondezdorff holds a dented tankard
that never runs out of ale. In the other, a human thigh bone that never
runs out of meat. Loves to laugh loudly at his awful jokes.

HP 11 ¶ MORALE 5 ¶ NO ARMOR ¶ THIGH BONE d4 + PEWTER TANKARD d6

Ambiorix 72 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU WILL FIND, UNTIL YOU GO LOOKING.
Appearing outwardly like an old and confused academic of the occult
sciences, this being is dressed in ill-fitting robes and carries
numerous magical tomes. Its eyes are sunken and its pallid flesh barely
clings to neon bones. Human minds cannot fathom the eldritch horror
that lies within this innocuous-looking shell.
HP 16 ⧭ MORALE — ⧭ NO ARMOR ⧭ POWER (NINE VIOLET SIGNS UNKNOT THE STORM)
Ambiorix reveals shifting reality
within its body. A target creature must successfully test DR16 Presence
or be reduced to a babbling, mindless heap for d8 rounds.

A skin-suit filled with butterflies. Wears a cape with

73 Papillo prints of colorful eyes. Carries a bag of salted eyeballs.

Terror HP 9 ¶ MORALE — ¶ LEATHER ARMOR -d2 ¶ POISONED DAGGER d4

74 Petus the Cat

A cat. It is as beautiful as it is annoying.

HP 7 ⧱ MORALE 4 ⧱ SOFT FUR (NO ARMOR) ⧱ DEADLY CLAW d4

SPECIAL (BEAUTIFUL EYES): A target creature must successfully test DR12
Presence or defend Petus from its enemies.

A burly, mustached warrior from a jungle world. Felipe is

a patient warrior who fills his enemies' hearts with fear.
75

His backpack contains a writing kit and his tea service—

Felipe some personal effects needed when the dust settles and
Felipe has time to rest and recuperate.

HP 16 ⨯ MORALE 9 ⨯ LEATHER ARMOR -d2 ⨯ NAGINATA d8 or MACHETE d4

76 Porridge
A hapless guard wearing disgusting leather armor. He carries with him a
femur into which he carves obscenities when bored. Porridge's waterskin is
full of stew that contains molded meats, his favorite dinner.
HP 4 ⌇ MORALE 4 ⌇ LEATHER ARMOR -d2 ⌇ HALBERD d6

66
 81 Götz von Berlichingen
An aged knight of the Holy Empire. With his iron fist raised high into
the air, he led a peasant uprising to dispose of the cannibal emperor.
The peasants lost and died, after which the emperor ate their hearts.
Götz von Berlichingen fled to fight another day.
HP 13 ⧳ MORALE 4 ⧳ PLATE MAIL -d6 ⧳ SWORD d6 and IRON FIST d2

82 Ragnarr Loðbrók
A warrior king and expert sailor. Ragnarr honed his skills during raids
on alien shores. A true explorer, king, and farmer.

HP 8 ⨳ MORALE 9 ⨳ LEATHER -d2 ⨳ AXE d6 ⨳ SHIELD -1 damage

83 NILREM
An immortal mage who has forgotten all about himself and his arcane
powers. Before being summoned into this dying world, he lived a sorry
life in the gutters of a techno-autocracy.
HP 5 ⎊ MORALE 4 ⎊ NO ARMOR ⎊ UNARMED
Regenerates his body and revives himself after 1 hour of death. >>>

>>> To his surprise, learns a random Power when summoned.

84
An aging strategist and quasi-king. Gaius has conquered barbarian lands

Gaius Iulius
and conquered his own people. His summoning came in the nick of time,
shortly before being stabbed to death on the floor of the senate.

HP 9 ⌖ MORALE 10 ⌖ NO ARMOR ⌖ DAGGER d2 ⌖ SPECIAL (INSPIRING)

While on the battlefield, Gaius expertly instructs his allies. Add d4 to
all ATTACK and DEFENCE tests.

85 Christian Eichhorn
An author ill-equipped for combat. He is not too pleased to appear as a
summon, chastising the summoner for their poor choice and bad luck.
HP 2 ⌖ MORALE 4 ⌖ NO ARMOR ⌖ UNARMED ⌖ SPECIAL (RE_WRITE)
Once per day, Christian can rewrite the reality of the past minute.

86

Verhu, Avatar of the Basilisk

The head Verhu couldn't figure out what the SCVM are rushing around and
dying for, so he decided to experience it himself. He fashioned a human
avatar from clay and blood to walk the land. Upon the avatar's destruction,
HE manifests in all HIS glory to eat the offender. Gorgh doesn't care in
the slightest and spews insults.
HP 15 ⍟ MORALE — ⍟ CLAY -d4 ⍟ MORNINGSTAR d6
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 THE TABLETS OF
OCHRE OBSCURITY
Sells for 100 silver. Counts as a normal-sized item. Breaks on a fumbled attack/
defense. Wielder must have at least Presence +3 or be a Forlorn Philosopher.
1. Dream Theory
The target begins to doubt
it is real. Attacking and
defending against it are DR-2
(DR+2 for affected PCs).
2. Total Matter Comprehension
Mends or breaks a normal-sized
item, mundane or otherwise,
including armor (increase/
decrease one tier) and weapons.
3. Ping the Shared Subconscious
You sense the presence of
living creatures within 70
feet, even in adjacent rooms.
4. Logical Prognostication
Using Pure Logic, you can
deduce the nature of any
traps or mechanisms within
30 feet or of any Powers
used within 60 feet.
5. Carno-Organic
Speleophagy
Transmogrifies a child-
sized rock into burnt,
chewy meat. Feeds d4
famished people.
6. Time-Locked Pneumotoxin
This cracked tablet can be crushed to a coarse
powder. If strewn upon a creature, it takes d6
damage-on a 6 it chokes and dies. The tablet
reappears each morning in its owner’s possession.
This Power’s Presence test is harmless to the
wielder, instead determining whether or not the
powder finds the target.
7. Induced Irrelevance
This tablet’s code literally removes a creature’s
essential meaning for d4 rounds. During this time,
enemies will not attack it, even if it attacks them.
8. Structural Cryo­condensation (Freezing Moon)
Water freezes from the air, forming a 15-foot-long
bridge; or all water within 150 feet (unfortunately
excluding that within living creatures) freezes.
9. Meta-Alchemy 10. Memetic Cognitive Palpitation
The user may transform a Near-imperceptible body
container of liquid one shifts transmit a simple
of the following ways: mind-plague that causes one
Transmute it into
@  creature to dance madly for
two doses of red or d4 rounds. They may neither
black poison. attack nor defend during
Create The Loathing
@  this choreomania.
of Vulark. The imbiber
rolls a DR16 Toughness
test or jumps from
great heights.
Transform poison to
@ 
water or wine.
Man? Woman?
Lost souls all.
d6 d8 Name
1 1 Aerg-Tval
d10 occult treasures
2 Agn
3 Arvant 1. Ash-grey ring a finger-­ 7. This torch burns for an
4 Belsum width wide. All that passes immortal hour. Hold it and
5 Belum through is obliterated. live. You can lose limbs and
6 Brint 2. The keening music of this enter negative HP but won’t
7 Börda small, vile flute animates die unless you drop the
8 Daeru a fetus-sized meat golem in torch or it burns out.
a nearby corpse. 8. Silver bird cage slays
2 1 Eldar whatever is placed behind
2 Felban HP 5 Morale - No armor
Bite d4, immune to Powers. its bars, slowly, over one
3 Gotven long night. That which is
4 Graft 3. A note explains: one taste killed reanimates twice
5 Grin from this Famine Spoon means as strong, as a raging
6 Grittr death from slow starvation. ­uncontrollable undead.
7 Haerü 4. The image of a being in this 9. Black Crown of the Crippled
8 Hargha malevolently-accurate mirror King. Wearing this crooks
shows only the shameful your body as you become
3 1 Harmug truth of their soul. aware that you and every
2 Jotna 5. Vampiric phurba. Heals you creature within 100 yards
3 Karg as it harms your target (d3), gain +10 to your rolls but
4 Karva but beware: after stealing your maximum HP is halved.
5 Katla a total of 6 HP, test Rolls modified to go above
6 Keftar Presence DR14 or become 20 count as crits. The
7 Klort addicted—you must then worn crown can only be
8 Kratar test Presence DR12 daily. removed in the pale light
Fail and you must stab of a full moon.
4 1 Kutz someone with the knife 10. Anyone wearing this ancient
2 Kvetin before next sunrise. blindfold becomes invisible
3 Lygan Or wither to ash and die to those who breathe though
4 Margar as the sun rises. the undead attack them
5 Merkari 6. 
A black pearl. If dropped obsessively and nearby
6 Nagl in darkness it rolls towards corpses awaken in moaning,
7 Niduk the nearest exit to day. unholy wrath.
8 Nifehl
5 1 Prügl
2 Qillnach
3 Risten
4
5
Svind
Theras
Traps and Devilry d12 Weather d12
6 Therg 1. Well dressed corpse, booby trapped 1. Lifeless grey
7 Torvul 2. Wall-holes shoot poisonous arrows 2. Hammering rain
8 Törn 3. Bells and marbles on the floor 3. Piercing wind
4. Scorpion-filled basket poised to fall 4. Deafening storm
6 1 Urm 5. Fish hooks hanging at eye level 5. Black as night
2 Urvarg 6. Chest marked with explosive runes 6. Dead quiet
3 Vagal 7. Lock trapped with vial of poison gas 7. Cloudburst
4 Vatan 8. Jewel removal leads to roof collapse 8. Soup-thick mist
5 Von 9. Slanted floor, translucent oil, pit 9. Crackling frost
6 Vrakh 10. Snake-cages on collapsing ceiling tiles 10. Irritating drizzle
7 Vresi 11. Evil urns release cold ghosts 11. Roaring thunder
8 Wemut 12. Coins coated in grime and poison 12. Gravelike cold
Corpse plundering d66
11-16: The remains of something worthless crumbles in your hands.
21. P ot filled with extremely 41. M  ap to a place 51. B
 lack Kergüs
potent itching ointment. that cannot ­dagger. 2d4 damage.
22. Necklace of human teeth. ­possibly exist.
23. B ag of angry, venomous moths. 52. Labelled ­poison
Test Toughness DR6 or die. 42. Unmarked bottle bottle. Test
with a liquid that T
­oughness DR12
24. Pocket full of broken glass,
shifts between red or lower random
PC takes d2 damage.
and green. ability by d4.
25. Mad manifesto. If read,
43. Bond. A local The ability can
test Presence DR12 or lose
potentate owes be increased when
1 Presence permanently
the holder a your character is
from confusion.
­sizable amount. improved.
26. Key to nearby locked door.
Stolen. 44. Death mask of 53. Scalp with long
31. Map to a weak but wealthy one of the PCs. black hair.
family’s house. 45. The ‘Water of 54. Golden ball with
Life.’ Heals d8. an ­invisible seam,
32. A hopeless amount of spiders.
Test Toughness twists open.
33. Metal cylinder with gun­powder
DR10 or go blind. 55. Bloodstained
and fuse. Roll a d6. 1–2 you
Highly alcoholic. knuckle-duster.
lose a hand. 3–6 3d10 damage
wherever it lands. 46. There was something 56. Two weighted dice.
very wrong with
34. Known and liked/despised
this one. Hands
witch-hunter’s face. Flayed. 61-66:
covered with
The result
 ote with PC’s names.
35. N something lukewarm,
in silver.
One is crossed out. brown and acidic.
36. T
 ortured pixie Take d2+1 damage
with torn-off and smell terrible
wings and gouged for d4 days.
out eyes.
 MÖRK BORG CULT: FERETORY

Would you prefer the select menu? (4s) (d6)

1. B
raised chicken with dangerously
alcoholic wine-drenched apples.
2. S
piced rutabaga swede from dark
Sarkash soil, a delicacy.
3. G
algenbeckian stew with whole
embryonic boars. Delicious!
4. T
veland yam-hash with sliced
pungent tomb-truffle.
5. M
igol’s pie (blackened venison
and chicken bone broth jelly).
6. B
lack soup with baked hog face.

Ah, I see, you lack funds. (2s) (d6)

1. Watery femur soup. The femur is
large. It’s been there a while.
2. Thick Ooze soup! At least one chunk.
The Ooze is Pure, I assure you!
3. Sour celery pudding with a side of
Compressed-Last-Weeks-Meat.
4. Gloomberry Mix. (Toughness DR12
to avoid explosive diarrhea).
5. “Goblin’s Gall,” famous mud-swamp
broth. Sourced from local swamps!
6. B
aked Staring-Pig-Head with filled
Whispering-Lips. Most won’t touch it.

Why is the Innkeeper Twitching? (d10)

orat-Tug’s rowdy gang were recently
6. J
atleen “the Castrator” Keen, the
1. K
bandit Queen, is hiding in the loft. reanimated by... something. He’s too
Thinks you are the Lokr cult who
2.  scared to tell them they are dead.
promised to come in disguise and bury Old man Agar is exhibiting his
7. 
them alive (the cult is already here). infectious ulcers. Soon he’ll start
hree different children from three
3. T popping them to a jaunty beat.
different guest families vanished in One patron is clearly a disguised
8. 
the night without a sound or trace. necromancer. (Nearly all are, that
They say the Two-Headed Basilisks are
4.  one is just bad at disguises).
at large and searching for heathens. lear and audible scratching from
9. C
udging by the droppings, something
5. J the cellar hatch. Everyone else
has gotten into... well, everything ignores it.
(Toughness DR12 or lose d4 HP heir caged bird has stopped singing
10. T
vomiting.) and started speaking prophecy.

Patron traits (d20) sometimes also the patrons nickna

me
1. Filth. 6. Stinker. 12. Nags-a-lot. 16. No Nose.
2. Boozehound. 7. Braggard. 13. Archbishop 17. Tongueless.
3. One Eye. 8. Nosey.
4. Gum Rot. of Mockery 18. Oily Boy (Fancy
9. Hook Hand. (smirk ing bully).
5. Fancy Boy (half 10. Slurper. Boys half-brother).
14. Catastrophic Cough. 19. Trauma Dreams.
brother to Oily Boy). 11. Ag gro.
54 15. Hysterical Tears. 20. Acid Face.
 MÖRK BORG CULT: FERETO
RY
d4 gambling dregs want to play

Three Dead Skulls

Bet a minimum of d6×10 silver.
Even more
score a winning combination or
Roll 3d6 and
your lose your bet.
lost souls
Name the innkeep,
h Bet an extra 10-30s to reroll any number
this to the tota of dice adding the treacherous
l bet. You can do this only once gamblers and the
.
h You can use a “coward” to reroll once more other patrons.
d6×5 silver whic . Put aside
h are not added to the total bet Or your new PC.
returned if you win. but
d4 d8
h If you do not score a combination, you lose 1 1 Skelh
If the lowest the bet.
die shows a 1 someone saw you
cheat and the gambling dregs want trying to 2 Burder
a fight.
Roll another d6: on a 1 you are
stabbed to death. 3 Jaurk
4 Thron
Winning combinations 5 Tarvl
6 Yvtuk
1 1 1 1 2 3 7 Urkin
2 2 2
Bet ×1.5 back Bet ×1.5 back 8 Gretil
Bet ×1.5 back
2 1 Lirk
3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 Galt
Bet ×2 back Bet ×2 back 3 Oren
Bet ×2 back
and a sword! and d4 doses 4 Morgar
life elixir 5 Fegan
4 5 6 6 6 6 6 Wakta
other straights 7 Sunn
Bet ×2 back Bet ×3 back (2-3-4 etc):
and a hardy 8 Gaust
and a Zweihänder Bet back
tame rat and d4 hardy 5–6 on d6: you are
tame rats. accused of cheating. 3 1 Gravuld
The gambling dregs 2 Krangel
want to fight!
3 Gneth
Gambling Dreg
4 Kluvrist
HP 5  Morale 7  Layers of rags
−d2 5 Mardul
Dull knife d2, one has a Sword d6
6 Qift-Mol
7 Klovan
Hardy Tame Rat
8 Dölun
HP 3  Morale –*  Shaggy fur −d2
Bite d4 (1-in-6 chance of biting the
4 1 Vükkan
carotid, instantly fatal)
2 Loga
*Unreliable animal that only obeys 3 Senkil
provided ½ a day’s food daily. 4 Domn
Each feeding there is a 1-in-6 5 Herkavul
chance it leaves. The rat feels it 6 Kathan
could do a lot better elsewhere. 7 Drugel
8 Schlefzum
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 Forty city events
d4 d10 What filth does the city vomit?
1 1 Exhausted corpse-carter heading for the graves with a full load.
2 d4 nobles promenading, beating people beneath them with gilded clubs.
3 Travelling weed-merchant asking for directions to the Seer’s.
4 Urchin painting “LISTEN!” with goat’s blood on a wall.
5 Passing wastecart/barge. The stench is unbearable.
6 Melancholic melodies from a broke, starving gutter bard.
7 There’s a dead body in the street. Not even the dogs seem to care.
8 Poor child crying in a corner. Lost, cold and alone.
9 The sudden cacophony of wings and croaks. A murder of crows.
10 Heavy rain. The streets are cleared as people seek shelter.

2 1 Fishmonger trying to fend off a pack of stray cats.

2 Procession of masked flagellants. Cursing and screaming.
3 Decadent acrobats, high and witless. Almost break their necks.
4 Family desperately trying to rebuild their burnt hovel.
5 Old man slumped against a wall. Panting, grabbing his heart.
6 Hopelessly depressed farmer stares at the sky. Has lost everything.
7 Heartbroken young fool seeking comfort in alley-found dregs.
8 Huge load of trash and waste splashes down, thrown from a window.
9 Old woman lying in the gutter. Someone stole her crutch.
10 Drunken clerk stumbling, falling. Scrolls and maps everywhere.

3 1 Rags-clad people fighting over bread. Guards watching. Placing bets.

2 Peglegged sailor stops the PCs to brag about the Angloarfish.
3 Laborers carrying a boat-size casket to an anonymous priest.
4 Penniless carpenter (so they say) trying to sell a worn crutch.
5 Patron violently escorted from a pub. Then robbed. Then stabbed.
6 A chittering wave of a hundred rats scurry across the street.
7 Group of ragtag scum playing Three Dead Skulls with weighted dice.
8 Suddenly, a crossbow bolt hits a nearby door. Someone is practicing.
9 Around the corner, a giant tree with a dozen hanged heretics.
10 Twenty people keeping warm around a bonfire. One is a Grift spy.

4 1 People keeping distance from a rabid dog rummaging in the trash.

2 Three hardened mercenaries pull a dead troll across the street.
3 Severely hungover chaplain cursing the state of things.
4 The smell of dry snuff, herbs and hash from a crowded market.
5 Two monkeys eating what’s left of a dead raven.
6 Explosion! Smoke and screams from a ruined alchemist’s workshop.
7 Demagogue yelling about prophecy falsehood. Guards on their way.
8 Devastated, eyeless peasant in a pillory. Begs for water.
9 Well-used, rusty guillotine being repaired and cleaned.
10 Occultist placing copper coins in intricate patterns.
MÖRK BORG CULT: FERETORY THE DEATH ZIGGURAT

Navigating the Ruins

D10 RUIN TYPES
1. Unholy chapel
2. Intact tower
3. Cracked dome
4. Underground shrine
5. Fountain plaza
6. Walled garden
7. Black monolith
8. Overgrown ziggurat
9. Demon statuary
10. Basalt mausoleum
D10 SEARCHING THE RUINS (15 MINUTES)
1. Feeling of being watched
2. d3 frozen corpses
3. As 2, one has minor treasure
4. Trap! Test Agility or d6 damage
5. Fall into crypt, d3 damage
6. Roll random event (d6)
7. Roll random event (d10)
8. Minor treasure in the open
9. Minor treasure stashed away
10. Major treasure

D12 RANDOM EVENTS, ROLL ONCE PER HEX

1–2. Nothing happens. Yet. Eerily quiet. Cold.
3. Clouds drawn into the fog cloud, thunder roars.
4.  Clouds open up, revealing a weirdly colorful galaxy spiraling
around a massive black center. Is it getting bigger?
5.  Sudden arctic cold, lasting a few moments. Everything freezes.
6.  Discovered by d6 moaning undead that attack.
7.  d4 rot-priests approach carefully.
8.  d4 confident rot-priests with 2 horn beasts.
9.  Stalked by Sarku, who accidentally makes some noise before
hiding in the shadows. Easily discovered.
10.  Approached by Sarku, curious.
11.  Akünh, kneeling on the ground, resurrecting two corpses.
12.  Akünh approaches, wanting to know what these strangers are
doing here.

D8 MINOR TREASURES D6 MAJOR TREASURES

Worth 3d20 silver
1. Blasphemous idol
2. Charcoal black chalice
3. Bracelet of teeth
4. Curved ritual dagger
5. Poisoned brooch
6. Blood-stained coins
7. Obsidian rod
8. Iron devil mask
Worth 30+2d20 silver
1. Demonic figurine with eyes
that seem to follow
2. Void-black ring, heavier
than it should be
3. A handful of gemstones
4. Mummified prophet’s head
5. Crystal ball
6. Unclean scroll

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d66 surprises when looking for almost anything else
11. Naked human practicing their cartwheels. They don’t want any trouble.
12. Pale one, endlessly hungry. Serves you if you provide them with a week’s worth of food daily.
13. Pile of rocks vaguely shaped like one of the players themselves.
14. Music box with a figure of a dancing animal inside. No song ever plays.
15. Dozen freshly-baked sweet-rolls. A praise-hungry aspiring chef watches from afar.
16. Pile of d66 strange coins. They moan at your touch.
21. Strange lantern. Its flame changes to the color of the carrier’s eyes.
22. Bottle filled with an opalescent liquid, sitting on a rock. It’s only poison if the drinker thinks it isn’t.
23. Bedroll stained with crusty bodily fluids. Nearby, d3 days’ worth of rations also sullied.
24. Plot hook that the GM has been meaning to work into the session somehow.
25. Human halfway changed into a goblin. They beg to be killed.
26. Silence. Test Presence DR16 or d4 scum get the drop on you.
31. Hole. About arm-sized. Reach in and find a pouch of eyeballs—probably from goblins.
32. Wickhead as still as a statue. They attack if you stare for too long.
33. Overwhelming smell of urine and a femur.
34. Jabborgmörky (see page 15) comes your way, whiffling and burbling!
35. Recently-filled grave. The one buried is still alive.
36. Decrepit skeleton, bloody sword, bloody shield, and a goat’s head. Seems familiar somehow.
41. Human that says they want a hug. They really just want to vomit on you.
42. Some kind of mutt. Very friendly, actually. Can’t die unless named.
43. Two goblins fighting over a golden ring. Something muttered about a birthday present.
44. Group of 2d4 cultists (see pages 18–27) torturing d4 non-believers.
45. Random weapon covered in a mold equivalent to d6+1 doses of black poison.
46. Quantum elixir, d3 doses. Drinking it does whatever the GM wants it to do.
51. Still-burning fire. Test Presence DR12 or d4 berserkers get the drop on you.
52. Coffin with your name on it. If the one named gets in and closes the lid, they can’t ever be revived.
53. Sounds of a crying child. A blood-drenched skeleton is the source. Nearby, a bloody teddy bear.
54. Corpse just waiting to be plundered. Re-roll a corpse-plundering result of 11–16.
55. Porcelain doll worth 80s. Really an undead doll that will try to kill you in your sleep.
56. Last item you remember losing. Test Agility DR14 to grab it before it winks back out of existence.
61. Patch of grass that gives off strong ultraviolet light. Beware burns and blindness.
62. Spoiled monkey meat. d4 days’ worth. Test Toughness DR14 or be infected.
63. Electric lamppost from an odd faraway land. It doesn’t work, but it’d make a nice heavy maul (d8).
64. Earthbound making a hot drink out of bean juice and goat milk. It’s tasty and energizing.
65. Puddle of pink goo. d3+1 portions. Lapping up a portion restores 1 HP. Tastes like human flesh.
66. Roll twice more. Use both, use the better one, whatever.
d12-ish curses for weapons d8 liches
When you wield the curséd thing... 1. Tälvig. Can spend d3 HP to
1. Attacks and defences also fumble on a natural 13. create a blood-drenched skeleton
2. Reaction rolls are made with -2. under its control.
3. Powers used near the weapon also fumble on a natural 19. 2. Wravyn. Wields a cursed flail
(d8+1) that can channel its
4. Morale rolls are made with -2.
paralyzing touch.
5. Lose 1 additional HP when you take damage.
3. Ksamenla. Always under the
6. Tests of Toughness are DR+4. effect of the Power Metzhuotl
7. It screams profane and heretical absurdities. Blind Your Eye.
8. You cannot use Omens nor can they be used on you. 4. Urzön. Roll a d8 for an Arcane
9. It melds to your body permanently. Catastrophe; can afflict another
10. Your carrying capacity is halved. with it once per day.
11. Deal half damage to a nearby ally when you fail an attack. 5. Mbuzua. DR+4 to hit as it slips
12. Undead are drawn to you, even at great distance. between worlds, but attacks
against it also crit on a natural 19.
13. Die.
6. Istika. Half of the damage blocked
by its necro-barrier is reflected
d12-ish odd oddities back against the attacker.
1. Always-damp rope. When completely soaked in blood, it 7. Gotgha. Can attack twice per
becomes as rigid as steel. Very strong putrid odor. turn, but tests to defend against
each attack are made at DR-2.
2. Black ring. If one dies while wearing the ring, they return
as a wraith. As a wraith, nothing can restore their HP. 8.Sveratün. Cannot be harmed by
metal weapons, but necro-barrier
3. Ugly locket. If a chunk of one’s flesh is placed inside, said is only -d2.
one makes Reaction rolls at +2 toward the wearer.
4. Glass skull. When shattered, it screams the tortured wails of someone being brutally murdered.
5. Bangle of twisted iron. Instantly kills the current wearer, but instantly revives the previous wearer.
6. Spectacular spectacles. Looking through the spectacles shows a rabid troll rushing straight at the
viewer. If the viewer keeps watching, the troll will slam them for 2d6 damage. There is no troll.
7. Strange bottle of liquor. Smells alright, tastes pretty good. Instead of the liquor eventually passing
out of the body, an equal amount of blood is passed in its place, permanently halving HP.
8. Stone egg. Hatches into a fully-grown grotesque in d12 days. Driven to kill the first thing it sees.
9. Pickled troll phallus. In a jar, of course. Consuming it cures any infections or diseases, but test
Toughness DR14 to keep it down. If vomited back up, infections and diseases instead worsen.
10. Silver candle. When extinguished, the extinguisher permanently loses 1 Presence, and the most
recent lighter permanently gains that 1 Presence. Happens once, then the candle is a normal candle.
11. Statuette of a fat bald man. If placed inside the body of a recently deceased creature, the body stirs
once more and begins to dance an awful jig. Only stops when the statuette is removed.
12. Mirror-polished shield in the shape of a tear. If one looks into the mirrored surface, a reflection of
them forms, but they are always smiling in the reflection and are surrounded by any lost loved ones.
13. Obsidian cross. If placed upside down, roll to see if a Misery occurs.

Where do you wander? (d12)
1 On the barren fields of Kergüs
2 In the centre of Alliáns
3 On a beach not distant from Grift
4 On a dirty Schleswig street
5 In the poor Wästland countryside
6 At the city wall of Galgenbeck
7 In the untamed wilds of Tveland
8 Near the Valley of the Unfortunate Undead
9 Pretty much lost in Sarkash
10 At the Bergen Chrypt tree line
11 Onboard a ship on the Endless Sea
12 In a forgotten part of Graven-Tosk
Adventure spark (d100)
1–2 The undead-riddled Valley awaits
3–4 Thirteen priests are missing
5–6 Wrongly imprisoned for murder
7–8 66 sacrifices are needed
9–10 Children missing at Lake Onda
11–12 Sinkhole swallows half of Schleswig
13–14 Sabotage an unholy alliance
15–16 The count goes insane at night
17–18 Hunted by bloodthirsty death-cult
19–20 Trapped by an earthquake
21–22 Verhu’s prophecy is false!
23–24 Rumours of a cursed treasure
25–26 Kidnapped blood-wizard
27–28 A dead demon is resurrected
29–30 Every grave is emptied one night
31–32 Enormous cave system near Grift
33–34 The dead refuse to stay dead
35–36 PCs are selected for ritual sacrifice
37–38 Anthelia falls severely ill
39–40 PC dopplegangers go berserk
41–42 Take part in a holy mass burial
43–44 The entire kingdom has nightmares
45–46 Something has infiltrated the court
47–48 Artefact must be destroyed
49–50 Map the land in the west
WHO (OR WHAT) CONTACTS YOU? d20
1 One-eyed woman who rules the thieves
2 Bureaucrat with enemies and no honor
3 Badly burned priest
4 Noble child said to see dark visions
5 Warrior that switched loyalties
6 Faint whispers from the crypt
7 Remorseful hangman
8 Tortured traitor
9 Reccuring vision in a horrid nightmare
10 Hermit mocked by the other cave-folk
11 Demented elder
12 Sacrifice who escaped a death-cult
13 Monk who was bitten at night
14 Unshaved mystic at The Paunchy Swine
15 Devastated mother dressed in white
16 Sailor too long at sea
17 Scoundrel covered in ulcers
18 Drunk seeress with no teeth
19 Restless soul by the name of Ghast
20 Terrified soldier with broken knees
51–52 Talk of an unexplored island
53–54 Gain the trust of a dangerous hermit
55–56 Find the way to Cube-Violet
57–58 Stop a Grift suicide-cult
59–60 Pardon a mad mass-murderer
61–62 Defend a fort from the undead
63–64 Steal a sarcophagus from a caravan
65–66 A fire threatens to devour Sarkash
67–68 Go to the land of the dead and back
69–70 HE demands a gift. See it delivered
71–72 Powerful elixir needs ingredients
73–74 Slave revolt in Galgenbeck
75–76 Mystical ruins are unearthed
77–78 They’re coming out of the walls!
79–80 Three assassinations each night
81–82 Alchemist needs a living goblin
83–84 A strange ship ran aground
85–86 A weirdness leaves Bergen Chrypt
87–88 Seven women with black eyes
89–90 The icon’s eyes have been stolen
91–92 The beast beneath the bridge
93–94 Movement in a black star’s crater
95–96 Light from broken sewer gate
97–98 Children hum forbidden songs
99–00 Newly discovered path in Sarkash

One of the many
bedeviled
dungeons
WHAT IS IT CALLED? roll d12 twice
The ...
1 Slaughter pit
2 Death church
3 Night temple
4 Hadean tunnels
5 Hell crypt
6 Plague
7 Sin
grave
fort
8 Doom ziggurat
9 Dark den
10 Murder maze
11 Torture house
12 Slave waste
STATUS (D6)
1–2 Still active
3–6 Inactive, because (d4)
1 The place was invaded
2 Everything ended in disaster
3 It was no longer needed
4 A Misery was fulfilled,
roll to see which one (p. 17)
Imminent danger d10
1 Is slowly flooding with:
(d4) 1-2 oil
3-4 water
2 Berserkers are appearing
3 Is about to collapse
4 Senses are being distorted
5 Underworld emissions of
poisonous spores
6 A hunted cult intends it
to be their new hideout
7 A terrible, dormant curse
about to be unleashed
8 Fire is spreading from
the deepest chamber
9 The gate will shut and seal,
and not open again until
seven days have passed
10 A lethal mechanism is
about to activate
Who or what dwells here now? (d12)
1 Animated suits of armor battling goblins
2 Nechrubel-worshipping lich with a skeletal court
3 Heretic cult lead by a possessed 11-year old
4 A vengeful cabal of undead porcelain dolls
5 Desperate thieves guild dying slowly of cholera
6 A meaty mass of slime, larvae and spider legs
7 Wickheads running from foreboding darkness
8 A Bark-Witch and her root-children
9 Four-legged pale gremlins stinking of dirt
10 Tergol’s escaped experiment
11 Disease spreading ochre-beetles
12 Dissident courtiers dedicated to the occult
Distinctive feature d12
1 Portal to the land of the dead, soon ready
2 Lab where corpses are assembled into golems
3 Black prism which twists all Powers
4 300 emaciated, mutilated prisoners
5 Blind hermit, firmly rooted in the ground,
spreading his vile corruption
6 Bony remains of the Basilisk’s spawn
7 Obelisk that separates body and soul
8 Rooms move around the dungeons center
9 High ceilings, whispers in the upper dark
10 Artwork affecting the surroundings
11 Ensnaring, intelligent plants
12 Giant pools of boiling tar
Draw or find a map. Around 10 rooms is enough for one night’s session.
d4 d6 SAMPLE ROOMS
1 1 Inscriptions, the motifs are (d6)
2 Bloodied beds
3 Flooded
4 Leaning 1 Vomit-inducing
5 Stinks 2 Terrifying
6 Fire damage 3 Hypnotic
4 Childish
2 1 Obvious traps
5 Teleportation
2 Full of blood
causing
3 Torture chamber
6 Ugly and
4 Sooty walls
pointless
5 Freezing draft
6 Creaking doors
3 1 Compact darkness
2 Locked sarcophagi
3 Shelves with (d4) 1-2 obscure literature
4 Abyssal pits 3-4 rotting food
5 Mirrors everywhere
6 Ungodly yet exquisite chandeliers
4 1 Utterly silent
2 Full of debris
3 Sacrificial altar (d4) 1-2 cracked
4 Remains of a throne 3-4 fresh blood
5 Smoke-filled
6 Bonfire in the center
 …
TRAPS
You triggered the trap by …
not leaving the room in time.
… stepping on the wrong floor tile.
… touching a damned doorknob.
… pushing an alluring button.
… turning the key.
… discussing a foul inscription.
… stealing a prized item.
… talking too loudly.
… taking a torch.
… opening a box/sarcophagus.
… treading on the trip wire.
… rattling your weapons.
… drinking Elixir Vitalis in a cursed room.
… lighting a lantern where gloom reigns.

What’s the trap and its effect? Who or what built the trap?
1. 
Shimmering, bile-yellow poisonous gas. 1. A slow, calculating grotesque.
Test Toughness DR18 or die. 2. An death-sentenced Uguth† mine-thrall.
Test every minute. 3. A simple goblin.
2. 
Poisonous darts shoot from wall-holes. 4. A forgotten berserker king.
D2 damage. Test Toughness DR16 or die. 5. A deranged shadow being.
3. 
Giant marble falls from the ceiling 6. A bitter necromancer.
or from a ramp in an adjacent room. 7. A dying troll mourning its mother.
Test Agility DR14 or die. 8. A spiteful child from a torched village.
9. A slumbering, nebulous daemon.
4. 
Cruel creature is released from a
hidden chamber. 10. A catacomb creatorʼs executioner.
Varying. 11. An inveterate nail collector.
12. A cunning, crafty skeleton.
5. 
Sharpened pole hits you from the side.
13. A bewildered wickhead.
Fate decides. Roll a die:
14. A sickly, blind demigod.
an odd result is d20 damage.
15. A group of terrified goons.
6. 
Falling net. Something approaches. 16. A mindless death-cultist.
Presence DR16 to escape. 17. A witch lost in Labyrinth Lecht.‡
7. 
A Power affects you. 18. A bored, teeth-counting hermit.
Varying. 19. A sadistic graveyard architect.
8. 
A pit opens under your feet. 20. An anxious undead doll.
1-in-6 chance of impalement (instant
death). Otherwise, d6 damage per 10’.
9. 
Doors lock and water fills the room.
Better find a way out.
10. 
Alarm goes off; something awakens.
Varying.
†

A huge, no … ho-ha-MEGA-catacomb
11. 
The walls are closing in.
in Bergen Chrypt.
Better find a way out. 1-in-6 chance ‡

A mental labyrinth occasionally
that the walls get stuck …
brought to semi-physical form by
if you’re lucky.
a creature’s prolonged pondering
12. 
Burning oil pouring from a ceiling or mourning. Real enough for its
cauldron.
traps and tricks to actually harm
Fate decides. Roll a die: an odd
the creature.
result is d12 damage.
 d100 Encounters
ALL DOOMED PEOPLE ARE CONJURATIONS OF THE MINDS OF FILTHY DONORS.
MAY THEY SERVE AS PREY, FOOD, AND ENTERTAINMENT.
¶ Roll for a damn encounter whenever you feel like it.
01 Benvenuto Gesufal
โ
The most deadly assassin ever known.
The characters have screwed up. Somebody
put a price on their heads and Benvenuto has
come to collect. Disguised as a merchant, he
approaches with a wide smile, talking about god,
the world, and his treasured daughter Patricia at
home. Isn’t she adorable?
Benvenuto offers to travel with the
†
characters. He strikes when they sleep.
HP 16 ◌ Morale 5 ◌ No armor | Poisoned blade 4d4
02 A flash in the sky, a red tear crosses the
heavens. A nearby meteor impact knocks the
characters around and burns them.
Vipünen
03
A man birthing a horror from beyond the veil.
The characters find a huge man writhing on
the ground, screaming in pain. He is dressed
in funerary robes and has scratched his
stomach and throat raw—blood drenches
his dirty garb. Vipünen cries out in agony
between heaving bouts of dry retching. He
had thought himself peacefully dead before
awaking in an unmarked grave.
"Something crawled into my stomach. It's
torturing me from the inside! It asks of
magic from beyond the veil of death. Endless
questions and pain. Help me, I beg of you."
After 10 minutes, or after cutting Vipünen
open, a little man emerges. It looks like its
father but has translucent skin. It dreams
of arcane fire and death.
HP 32 Morale 10 No armor | Bite d2
Special: Death Magic
Roll a d6 at the start of baby Vipünen's
turn. On a 6, it casts Death!
4
for overland travel in
ravaged lands.
04 A giant, floating eye appears. It shoots
purple beams of light from its pupil,
dealing immense damage. The bodies of
the fallen hover nearby. The eye takes the
corpses and flies away.
tary pitfall trap.
05 Leaves cover a rudimen
At the bottom, wooden spikes and
ZOMBIES wait for careless travelers.
Every other day, a necromancer arrives
to empty the pit and take the new
workers home.
06 The Wailing Wretch
A devouring horror.
A long, long time ago, when the sun still rose and
flowers bloomed, a girl, fair as the crisp morning,
would skip through the fields. She lived a simple life
and knew nothing of pain. She married young and
grew old. Her children skipped as she once did.
As Nechrubel grew in power, and the earth lay sun-
dered as we know it today, the scum came and left
the mother nothing but child corpses and solitude.
Some say she wanders the roads in search of the
deviants who robbed her of her blood. She wails into
the night. Sometimes appearing as a young woman,
others as an old hag. Her anger and pain have
mutilated her soul and birthed a monster, dealing
unjust vengeance upon unsuspecting travelers.
The characters encounter a wailing crone. If
they talk to her, she attacks:
Wailing Crone
HP 20 Morale — No armor (DR14 to Hit)
—Special: Suffocation
Each turn, the crone casts
.
Daemon of Capillaries
07
A pile of beating hearts lies in the
characters’ path. They follow the
characters, rolling and bouncing.

08 Blub Chubber
The hungry, hungry BERSERKER.
Blub Chubber is a BERSERKER. He
weighs in at almost 400 lbs (that’s
180 kg in proper units.) Blub is
always talking, always hungry. As a
self-proclaimed hunter of giants, he
attacks anybody who is larger than
him.
"Well, well, well, what do we have
here? A damn giant I'd say. I feel a
RAGE coming. A mighty, mighty RAGE!"
Only death or mouth-watering mutton
chops can calm Blub Chubber's RAGE
once he goes off the handle.
09
A mutated shroom-boar attacks the characters.
One hit is all it takes. The creature explodes
and spreads spores, infecting the characters
with chanterelle-leprosy.
↬
(one week to live, painful mutations, shrooms)
10 Heavy rain.
The world grows colder. High chance
of coming down with a fever. Rivers
overflow, a bridge buckles under
the floods.
Atramento 11
A withered husk of a person. At a glance,
impossible to discern their sex. The
garb is threadbare, a faded black. Robes
stained with ink. A vial of ink, strapped to
their hip, a quill tied to their side. Their
hands clutch a leather tome, dirty and
splattered. More ink.
The characters encounter Atramento,
the rotten archivist. Without so much
as speaking a word, the creature jots
down each and every sin in their tome.
What secrets does Atramento know?
Atramento’s quill scratches.
► Atramento is a wraith with 77 HP.
► The book is worth 250 silver.
► A curse lies on the book which
slowly kills its owner.
12
A corpse lies on the ground.
Flies buzz around. A message
with an address and name is
stuffed into its mouth.
“Bring me there, a reward is
waiting for you.”
13 An Overgrown Graveyard
The characters chance upon a burial in
progress. People grieve, people bawl. The noise
makes skeletons go wild. They quietly leave
their graves to kill the mourning—to restore
dead silence.
A headless horse trots by. 14
15 Gregorik Samsa
As Gregorik Samsa awoke one morning from
uneasy dreams he found himself transformed
in his bed into a gigantic insect.
A stag beetle as large as a donkey stands
in the characters’ way. Its mandibles clatter
with excitement. It tells the characters of its
predicament. They understand if they are
privy to the Bestial Speech.
“I bid a good day to you, travelers. My
name is Gregorik, and I find myself in a
predicament. Do you know of a way to
restore my humanity?"
Gregorik continues on his way if the characters
don't react. Killing Gregorik in his stag beetle
shape reverts him to his original (dead) form.
HP 23 Morale 4 Carapace -d4
Pinch d6 + Special: Lacerate
A target that tests 5 or lower for Defence
takes an additional 2d6 damage as the
beetle cuts out a chunk of flesh.
16
The characters find a sea of blood.
It is slowly and steadily growing.
Never before seen fish swim
inside, the water plants that grow
here are utterly alien.
5

A wooden chest lies abandoned at the
17 roadside. It is locked with six bolts, six
parchment wards, and six wax seals. It
contains a MISERY. As long as the seals
remain intact, the world cannot end.
Guard it well.
18 Carrie Diseasez
Tales from the flamboyant plague witch.
A swarm of bats approaches. Hundreds of
wings flutter, hundreds of larynges produce
ultra-sonic screams. The beasts bundle up
to form a boisterous vortex. Carrie Diseasez
steps forth from the spectacle.
"Wanderers in my domain? A bland day
just improved by leaps and bounds. Now,
tell me, how can you entertain me?"
If the characters don't at least try to
entertain Carrie, she kills them. Good
riddance, the world needs fewer killjoys.
HP 44 Morale 7 No armor | Wand d4
Special: Frog Breakfast
A creature Carrie touches with her wand
¶ must successfully test DR10 Presence or
is turned into a plague-ridden frog for
¶
24 hours.
19
A memorial stands in the center of a
crossroad. Barely legible, it lists
the dead and missing of a long-
forgotten war. Overgrown by moss, the
characters find their names engraved
into the stone.
20 A Curse-Struck Ruin
The characters pass by an old ruin. A derelict
farmstead, of which only the foundation and a
single door remain. The door stands firm in its
frame, which is attached to a crumbling wall.
Opening the door reveals the inside of a lively
and intact house.
Those who step through the door are cursed
to live through a bandit attack during which
the family of farmers died by sword and fire.
Dying here results in DEATH. Saving the family
releases their trapped souls.
6
Glissando
21
(Glissando)
A handsome rake who keeps his body
and teeth immaculately clean. In
the villages Glissando visits, he
charms the ladies with a confident
smile. In fact, his teeth are his
pride and joy. They are in perfect
condition and Glissando has an
unsettling number of them. Too
many to count, in several rows.
PLAGUE CARRIER
The characters happen upon
Glissando while he rests and
enjoys a roasted quail. Characters
who interact with Glissando, for
example by eating his food or by
exchanging bodily fluids, contract
The Purple-Boiled Death
Glissando is immune to the
disease. He spreads it
deliberately.
22 Three guards string up a bandit. Pull!
And the wretched robber goes another
ell’s length up in death’s direction. A
silent plea for help or mercy is written
in his bulging eyes.
23 An expired fire. Three starved peasant
corpses and a starving child lie close to it.
Artres
24
Most Undead Minstrel
The wind carries atmospheric black metal to
the characters’ ears. On the tunes’ heels follows
Artres, the undead minstrel.
In this decaying world, Artres has but one
desire—to set Nechrubel on fire. To achieve
his goals, Artres is looking for more (undead)
members to deck out his band.
If the characters are not interested in joining,
Artres at least plays a breath-taking solo for
them, hoping they spread the word.
If a talented musician is among the characters,
Artres follows them to poach the member.

A defiled shrine sits next to the road. An
25 incorporeal voice asks the characters to
clean the blood off the suffering structure.
26
The corpse of a courier, torn into a
hundred pieces, lies in the middle
of the road. The mailbag contains
undelivered letters and an ivory
statuette with ruby eyes.
~ offered food.
27 SIR BRENDAN
A nefarious horse racer in plate armor. ↯ HP 23 Morale 5 Demon hide -d4
Sir Brendan, the Red Rider, approaches
at a breakneck pace. His frothing horse
Wendy loves the wind cutting through her
mane. The roman numerals "CV" adorn
her flank.
"Listen up, rabble! I challenge ye to
a race. What say ye. Yay or nay? For
death and glory!"
If the characters don't own a horse, Sir
Brendan rides away laughing. To entice
the characters to race him, Sir Brendan
promises them his holy sword as a prize.
During the race, Sir Brendan is up to
every trick. Throwing sticks between
his opponent's horse's legs, giving his
opponent trouble with his whip, and
forcing the opponent off the road.
28 Jeebus ‡The sad, cast-out jester.
The characters encounter a scruffy jester.
His moth-eaten hat hangs flaccidly over his
unshaven face. The motley jacket is barely
recognizable as such under a crust of grime and
dirt. Around his neck, Jeebus wears a wooden
board with letters spelling "Be creative!"
Jeebus tells the characters
that an envious advisor “Can you
to the king stole his help me get
mojo. Not a day later, my mojo back?
Jeebus found himself on I’ll dance and sing
the street, fighting with for you!”
dogs and rats for scraps
of food.
⦔
29 SUPERSTITIOUS STEVE
A black cat sits beneath a tree. A man
in the treetop shouts to the characters,
warning them of the threat. It’s Steve
Mickelberg who wants to avoid any
contact with the animal. The cat is a
disguised cat demon named Narx who
enjoys tormenting Steve. Narx turns into
its true form and attacks if the characters
attempt to remove it—or follows them if
CAT DEMON
Claw d6 + Special: Hell-Burn
Roll a d4 each time Narx attacks. On a 4,
its claws ignite and deal an additional
4d6 damage.
30
Boff Aldo the
Upside Down Dwarf
A scraggly, diminutive man who had his head twisted
upside down by dark magicks. His mangled spine
causes him chronic, excruciating pain.
(not a dwarf, just short)
A partly shattered glass coffin lies in a road
ditch. The unconscious Boff Aldo lies next
to it, buried beneath bloody shards. He
needs medical attention to regain his senses.
"Thanks a lot for your help. You won't believe
what just transpired. I bought a fresh corpse to
make some soap. On my way home, a scoundrel
ran me over and took off with my property!"
⥅ Hoofprints lead toward the culprit.
31 A sullen army marches by.
They are off to storm the
castle of a rebellious count.
All are sure to die.
An old well lies next to the road. 32
Several iron chains fixed to the
well lead down into a dank grotto
below. The chains move and clank.
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 Ravin Seer
33
Your torch struggles to pierce the veil of
night. As if the darkness itself fights it back,
unwilling to compromise more than it must to
the monochromatic light of day. The dim light
reluctantly creeps around the oak trees and
branches looming ahead.
When dirt roads split and decisions
must be made, that is when the Ravin
Seer approaches.
A creature awaits you. As its beak breaks the
tree line before you, your torchlight delicately
lifts the darkness from its face. In the black
shimmer of onyx feathers, you see your cloudy
reflection upside down in its mirror-like eye.
The ground shakes as the bird shuffles into a
comfortable position. You are but a worm.
Ravin asks if it should reveal the characters'
future. Only those of strong will can receive
the truth. When the great bird’s mouth opens,
a cascade of repeating images of its head within
its mouth echoes into eternity. Do you find
the answers you seek? Or will you waver and
receive only untruths?
► Depending on Ravin Seer's mood, only its
disembodied, floating head appears.
► A feather from this creature helps a wanderer
see the truth in its reflection, but only once
before it turns to dust.
► The characters must test DR14 Presence. On
a success, Ravin Seer truthfully answers one
question.
34 A swarm of locusts assails the
characters. Millions of the beasts tear
on the characters' flesh and devour
their supplies.
A wraith trapped inside a hollow
35
tree. Inscribed ropes wrapped
around the trunk keep it locked
away. The wraith promises riches
for its release.
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36
Cagax the
⤁
Monochrome
Occultist
Sees the world in 666 shades of gray.
(loves licorice, hates strawberries)
⦁
Cagax’s goal in life is to become a
lich. To further his dream, Cagax
captured a handful of goblins. Why?
A figure in black with a raspy voice
suggested as much. The beasts are
safely locked away in the back of his
wagon, on which he travels across the
countryside. When the characters first
encounter Cagax on the road, they
hear scratching and whimpering from
inside his wooden wagon—the goblins
are hungry. Cagax pretends to hear
nothing and wants to move on.
37 Motar
Motar is a minotaur who enjoys human
flesh. Any flesh really, but humans are
the easiest to capture. The characters
find the creature roasting a torso. Since
Motar has just hunted and is looking
forward to its supper, it advises the
characters to flee. Otherwise, they’ll
become its dessert.
“I eat now. Yummy ‘uman. You run
away, no time to hunt. I say go away
or I put you in belly too.”
Motar possesses the Crystal Eye of
Eschalon, a sacred relic he stole from a
temple. Motar also ate the clerics. With
the eye, one can peer through walls.
HP 76 Morale 9 Demon fur -d4
Greataxe d12 + Special: Heads Must Roll
When Mortar rolls a 12 for damage,
the target must successfully test DR12
Strength or is decapitated and instantly
dies. Mortar quickly eats the brains and
heals d6 HP.
 38 Dan Coronado
A slumlord for a dying world.
Dan Coronado’s richly decorated carriage
speeds along the road. Dan is driving the
vehicle. The original driver is slumped
in his seat next to him, arrows sticking
from his chest. A band of scum chases the
carriage, trying to get their filthy hands
on the silver inside. A chest containing
500 silver, tucked away inside the cabin,
rings and jingles.
When Dan Coronado sees the characters, he
flings two bombs (d10) at them and yells:
“You filthy animals won’t take me alive!
Suck on these balls, mongrel scum.”
If the characters defeat the SCVM chasing
Dan Coronado, despite the explosive
greeting, he rewards them richly and
wants to recruit them as muscle.
39
A naked, exiled philosopher sits by
the roadside. He debates passersby
about the meaning of decay and how
a better world will rise from the ashes
of this trash heap.
A vendor in a small market stall sells 40
boiled spider eggs. The eggs aren’t
*crawl*
wl*
*cra boiled. The small spiderlings hatch
inside the guts and crawl out of each
*crawl* and every available orifice.
wl*
*cra
41
A skirmish! Two enemy robber baron
dynasties fight it out. The old Morgoth
clan versus the up-and-coming
Kinstrop family. Unless the characters
fight for one or the other side, the
fight is inconclusive. The soldiers
collect their dead and wounded and
retreat to their respective stronghold.
A bush catches fire. 42
43 Brin Logus
A journeying battle monk.
A ragged monk. Rough around the edges.
Carries a speck of nobility. Brin Logus seeks
enlightenment through combat, a fleeting
endeavor he fears will ultimately fail. He has
resigned himself to a never-ending journey.
When the characters encounter Brin, he
takes a bow and asks for battle. However,
not to the death—he must continue after all.
HP 38 Morale 11 No armor (DR15 to Hit)
Barehanded beating d4 (fists) + d6 (legs)
Special: Combat Meditation
At the start of Brin’s turn, roll a d4. On a 4,
Brin closes his eyes, recovers d12 HP, and
characters must test AGILITY DR14 to
defend against his attacks this turn.
44 A bronze statue depicting one of the
characters walks by.
A flattened corpse in a crater. It has
45
antennae, green blood, and gray skin.
or
A talking dog. 46 A sentient stool.
Both named Melvin.
47 Porridge
Porridge. A man who left his secure position as
a guard in a cannibal cult to see the world. He
wields a femur that has the names of his friends
carved into it.
When the characters encounter Porridge, he is
fighting off some bandits (prowlers). After the
enemies lie dead, Porridge carves the best bits
from the corpses and invites the characters to
supper. Food is scarce, after all, and we have to
make do with what we've got.
48 A volley of arrows hits the ground right
in front of the characters.
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Rose // Michen
Rose // Michen is an enchantingly
beautiful, dark-skinned woman.
She is, however, plagued by
various detrimental dispositions.
A d3 decides today’s mood:
[1] Sullen. She answers to Rose.
Rose refuses to help or lift
a finger. Snappish remarks
remind one of her presence.
*Michen: HP 12 | Morale 5 | No armor | Manic claws 1 damage, attacks 2d6 times
[2] Manic. She answers to Michen*.
Unless calmed down, Michen
attempts to run, attacking
those who try to stop her.
[3] Lucid. She answers to Michen
or Rose. Rose // Michen is
calm and helpful. She can cast
Grace for a Sinner d4 times.
Three greedy knights pursue her.
A bounty on Rose // Michen's head
⥩
promises 100 silver—dead or alive.
Knight
HP 13 Morale 6 Harness -d4 Sword d4
>
50 The mural of a six-winged
angel adorns a ruined wall. An
unattended collection bag on the
ground contains 13 silver.
51 A barrel containing nothing but
hair of different colors stands
in the middle of the road.
52
Saul Saul the Merchant
(hates his parents for his given name)
Saul Saul is a traveling merchant. He and
his horse Shamburger defy death every day.
Whenever the characters meet Saul Saul, he
has overstocked on a random item type and
offers it for half the regular price.
Saul isn't the brightest, but he has a nose for
business. He often follows dangerous people to
collect the spoils left behind.
10
A woman on horseback flees from a burning
53
wagon. The vehicle contains several crates filled
with magnesium powder, all about to explode.
54 Järntänder Jenny
With lank, greasy hair that hangs limply over
her face in graying rat’s tails, this stinking,
shambling figure is often mistaken for a
beggar. However, those getting too close to
her see a hungry gleam in her eye and the
gnashing iron teeth that fill her mouth. Her
filthy rags are slick with gore and stained with
the marrow that dripped from the bones of her
previous victims.
The characters find Jenny sitting on a
stone. She picks out her next victims.
HP 44 Ξ Morale — Ξ No armor
Iron teeth d8 + Special: Iron Breaker
When Jenny hits a target, roll a d4. On
a 4, Jenny either destroys the target's
weapon or reduces its armor by one tier
(her choice).
55
A sudden, foul mist obscures
the world. Dark magic spirits the
characters away. They vanish and
appear in a different place, further
away from their destination.
56 A donkey, a dog, a cat, and a
rooster walk along the road,
singing and dancing.
57 The Surgeon
A hodgepodge of different people, held together
by thread and needle.
In his mobile store, the Surgeon travels
between graveyards and battlefields to
collect "components." The stink of death and
embalming fluids announce his impending
arrival. The Surgeon offers his skills and wares
to the maimed and dying. Liver transplants, a
new pair of legs, all but a question of price.
When the characters first encounter the
Surgeon, an enraged customer (prowler)
assaults him. One of his arms is child-sized.
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58 Captain Braxton Bragg A green fire burns in an abandoned
(officer of a long-forgotten army) church. The haunting light shines through
Captain Bragg, the last to remember a the broken windows. Inside, three
forgotten war. After all these decades, wrinkled herbmasters plot and scheme.
he still wears his navy blue jacket, lined HP 18 ▒ Morale 5 ▒ No armor ▒ Dagger d2
with double rows of engraved silver
Special: Potent Brews
buttons, matching pants, tall black
Roll on the Occult Herbmaster table d4
boots, and his officer's rapier. A patch
times to determine what potions the
over his left eye and a white goatee
wrinkled herbmaster carries.
hide the scars of relentless battle.
you
“Let’s make this quick. I challenge 64 Dermot Ezekiel Makepeace
dea dly. I’ll
to a duel. Fair, but mayhap
by you r cond uct and The jack-of-all-trades who takes the
judge your worth
On jobs nobody else will. Ragpicking,
composure at the tip of my sword!
t." gravedigging, to the occasional thief-
my honor, I throw down this gauntle
taking. If the price was right, then he
was the man for the job—and the
HP 36 * Morale 9 * Breastplate -d4
price was always right. For routinely
Rapier d6 + Special: Counter-Attack underbidding them, his competition
If Bragg is the target of a melee attack, considers Dermot a dirty blackguard.
roll a d4. On a 4, Bragg makes a rapier
attack against the attacker. His few friends call him Derry. He is
good in a scrap and has passable
59 The ground melts and becomes skills as a fingersmith and cracksman.
a corpse-filled swamp. The While his moral compass is cracked
characters have entered the he wouldn’t take any jobs hurting
HUNTING GROUND of Quruak’la. women or children. With pleasure, he
HP 48 Morale 7 Chitin body -d2 dispatches those who do.
Bite d10 + Special: Swamp Power When the characters encounter
A creature Quruak’la sees must Dermot, he defends refugees from a
successfully test DR12 Toughness bandit attack (scum). Dermot hollers:
or a random extremity withers
"Kill 'em all. Let God sort 'em out."
and becomes useless.

60 A peasant militia guards a field of mush-
rooms. They are antsy, having much of
their harvest stolen by vagrants.
A C O M E T ! R O L L A D IE :
61
A barrel filled with poisoned wine
65
stands next to a cold fireplace.
The discolored corpses of a wedding
party litter the ground. The bride is not
among them.

EVEN : A g o o d o m e n . T h e c h a r a c t e r s e a c h
g a in a lu c k y d 8 t h e y c a n a d d t o o n e t e s t . 66 The characters pass by a river. They
see small paper crafts floating down
ODD: A b a d o m e n . T h e c h a r a c t e r s c a n ’t u s e the lazy stream, all carrying burning
O M E N S fo r d 6 d a y s . candles. Some of the boats catch fire
62 and quickly burn to cinders. Every
time, a hollow scream cuts across
A screaming person falls from the sky the water.
and dies on impact.
*squelch*
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67 Captain Bartog Asher
► Captain of the guard in Schleswig (retd).
► Is now on the “Quest of a Lifetime!”
to find the perfect mug of ale.
♦ ♦
The flavor of this ale is said to be
like the nectar of the Old Gods.
Heady, clean, perfect in all ways.
♦ ♦
Does Captain Bartog (retd) plan to
drink it? Maybe, if the mug survives
first contact with the captain’s trusty
weapon:
² Hammer of the Forge ²
² ²
² This red-hot hammer is ² doesn’t stop. After an hour,
² ²
² indestructible. It retains ²
the heat of the forge and
² ²
² deals d12 damage, igniting ² 72
² flammables with every hit. ² A field of carnage, covered in
² Its wielder is immune to heat ² feathers. Some white, most blood-
² ²
² and fire. The hammer only ² asking for a kill of mercy.
² accepts a new wielder after ²
² the previous died. ² The characters hear the sound of
The captain leaves lots of fires in his
wake, but he tries to be careful about it.
More often than he likes, his clothing or
bedstead catch fire. Rumor has it that if
doused in the perfect ale, the hammer’s
heat will dissipate long enough for the
wielder to be freed from their “bond.”
Captain Bartog (retd) is attempting to
prevent a forest fire when the characters
encounter him. He's thankful for any
help—with the fire and the quest for ale.
Several earthen mounds form on
68 the ground, popping up like giant
molehills. They produce smoke
that burns the lungs, leading to a
bloody cough.
A wagon with a red lantern
69
in the window nears. Nice.
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70
The characters pass by a pyre. A figure
stands on top of the wood heap, tied to a
stake. A burlap sack covers the sacrifice's
head. The pyre is not lit yet, but an
armed man approaches with a burning
torch. A dozen solemn bystanders watch
the ceremony. If the characters stop
the executioner, the demon-possessed
bystanders attack.
DEMON-POSSESSED PEASANT
HP 9 ¶ Morale 9 ¶ Demon skin -d2
Wields (d4) 1. Lit torch (d4)
2. Pitchfork (d6) Ω 3. Scythe (2d4)
4. Demon-skull club (d10)
71 It starts snowing. It
snow dunes over-tower the
characters. The cold bites.
stained. A dying angel calls out,
73
hammers and saws. They find a family
building a gigantic wooden ship,
speaking of a coming flood.
74
The Profaned Knight
SIR STREFAN RASK
Sir Strefan Rask wears stained ivory plate mail.
Ink-winged birds dot the armor, the chest
flaunts an eye in an inverted triangle. The
knight’s white hair is braided into a crown. He
wears a somber expression, so stern that his
lips are stained violet from pressure. When Sir
Strefan Rask notices the characters, he raises
his hand in greeting and speaks:
v
“I am on a holy mission, a quest to reignite
my forsaken self with glorious purpose. I
seek Saint Hesper to undergo the Trial of
Redemption. Have you heard of Saint Hesper?
Can you point me in the right direction?”
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C.C. Tinsley - PI
A fast talker who seeks justice for the
lesser among us. Dresses like a 1930’s
detective from EARTH.
The characters pass by a quaint inn named
The Purple Wart. They hear an altercation
from inside the building.
C.C. Tinsley interrogates a suspect in a
murder case. The suspect, only known as
the Skin Man was found wearing the skin
of the former owner of The Purple Wart.
The Skin Man claims to have found the
owner already skinned and tanned—he only
disguised himself to keep the inn running.
OBJECTION!
The characters can search for evidence like
the Skin Man's diary, cursed knives, and
vast skin collection to convict him.
76 The characters pass by a menhir. The stone
rips itself free of its foundation and starts
floating. It is the Stone of Kyz. A successful
DR16 Presence test allows a character to
decipher the alien inscription and learn a
new Power:
Woven Mind of Kyz
For 1 hour, up to four target
creatures share one mind. They
read each other’s thoughts. For
Presence tests, they use the
highest modifier among them.
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The ghost of a person the
characters killed appears
before them.
A green-glowing stone lies on the ground.
It deals 1 damage per hour to the person
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A house-sized anthill made of wood
82
and bone. The soldier ants attack.
HP 10 Morale — Chitin body -d2
Bite d4 + Special: Acid
Up to three target creatures that stand
near each other must successfully test
DR14 Agility or take d4 damage.
83 Star Mourner
A person encased in a suit of
impeccable steel armor. The
metal is too clean for this
world, reality-defying. Their
face is forever hidden behind a
cold and lifeless helmet which
portrays a distorted face of
terror and dread. Not even the
eyes—gazing through the mask—
are made of flesh. They are
starry voids in which those lose
themselves who stare too long.
To revive a long-dead celestial,
Star Mourner births a cult of
the VOID. When the characters
encounter STAR MOURNER, the
cosmic entity demands a pledge
of eternal servitude. Otherwise,
it's violence.
ϯ
HP 55 Morale 11 Heavy plate -d6
Maul 2d6 + Special: Void
A creature hit by a maul
attack must successfully
test DR10 Presence or vanish
into the maul until the end

of Star Mourner's next turn.

who carries it.
79
A traveling dog breeder sells d4 trained dogs
on the cheap (15 silver).
80
A famished horse and a skeleton
strapped to the saddle sway by.
A disembodied voice speaks:
"Maggots and marrow, catch and eat a sparrow."
Probably.
Good things happen after.
The target reappears in an
unoccupied space close to
the maul.
A burlap sack filled with kittens 84
hangs on the branch of a tree.
85 A leper sitting on the roadside
81
invites the characters to a
game of chess. They have to
move his pieces also, alas, no
fingers or toes are left.
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 Bookkeeper
86
A human before the CURSE struck.
Now, an unfathomable, eight-limbed
spider monster with the head of
a human clerk. In the recent past,
the Bookkeeper moved like an ape,
mimicking his old human self. Now,
its ink-bloated spider abdomen
makes it harder each day.
The ink must flow, the ink must go
on paper—the Bookkeeper must
write. Letters and numbers appear
on parchment. What is the purpose
of its labor? Only Nechrubel knows.
Met outside its cavern, the
Bookkeeper might help, guide,
ridicule, deceive, or prey on
unsuspecting travelers. Ferreted out
in its lair, the encounter always ends
in death.
"What do we have here, little
humans? Aren't you droll. What
leads you here, are you seeking
help or death?"
HP 18 ʢ Morale 5 ʢ No armor
Bite d10 + Special: Curse
A creature bitten by the Bookkeeper
must successfully test DR15 Toughness
or turn into a spider after d6 days. To
revert a target, the Bookkeeper must die.
87 A gaudy parade comes the characters'
way. They offer wine, meat, and dance.
They are on their way to die by jumping
into a rocky fissure, consuming their
last supplies during the journey.
88 The Macabre Circus put down their
tents on a clearing the characters
cross. They have eaten most of their
animals, but curiosities like the
embalmed head of Anuk Schleger
(fake), the terrible Yotun (fake), and
the Sleeping Lich (genuine) still
attract many customers.
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89
Flaming clouds bathe the world in
red. A burning chariot flies across
the sky, followed by a flock of
winged demons. Embers rain down to
earth, igniting trees and meadows.
90 The Shadowy Apothecary
A fleeting shadow. Glowing white eyes.
Pointed ears on top of its head. Parents
tell their children to behave, else they
sell them to the Shadowy Apothecary.
Bone dust, liver juice, potent bile—all
ingredients the apparition seeks. They
are not wrong.
The Shadowy Apothecary is on the
hunt for a secret ingredient. To philter
a forbidden brew, the apothecary
employs street rats and corrupted
druids, all scouring the world in search
of the elusive condiment.
The characters spot a shack at the
top of a tall, red-barked tree. It is the
home of the reclusive apothecary. It
buys whatever rare ingredients the
characters carry and sends them out
to find more. The silver is good.
ʘ ʘ
PRICE LIST
Liver 2s Poppy 1s
Brain 3s Digitalis 1s
Pancreas 5s Valley Lily 1s
Testicles 2s Belladonna 2s
Gall 5s Bloodflower 3s
Kidney 1s Pokeweed 1s
ʘ ʘ
An owl lands in a tree. It turns its head six
times. The head comes off and falls to the
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ground. The now headless owl flies away.
The characters stumble upon a starving
village of forest spirits. They look like
miniature people, clothed in bark and
hay, and live in tiny mushroom houses.
The spirits plead with the characters to
hunt them some game. They are evil
and know dark magic.
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 Assassin 93 Fredlig Död
A hooded blighter. Always hides his
narrow, mournful face which is framed
by long and greasy hair.
¶ Lanky, unobtrusive, observant.
¶ Skilled poisoner, backstabber,
garroter, slayer of the unwary and
wary alike.
¶ Follows an obscure code and
will not assassinate the innocent.
Sadly, there are none left.
The characters encounter Fredlig with
drawn knives. He stands on a mound
of fresh corpses. Blood drops from the
blades. Slowly, he cleans his weapons
with a stained cloth. In silence, Fredlig
gestures the characters to move on.
HP 26 Morale 9 Leather -d2 Dagger d4
Special: Storm of Blades
Difficult to Defend against (DR15).
When Fredlig hits a target, he can
make another attack.
94 Scintillating Stars
The stars in the sky burn brighter than
usual. They start moving, ever quicker,
like a swarm of fireflies.
Eventually, they calm.
FOREVER CHANGED.
ƒEach character gains d4 OMENS.
95
An egg lies on the ground. It glows
white-hot. Touching it barehanded
deals d4 damage. It ignites flammable
substances like wood or cloth and brings
water to a boil after a few minutes. After
2d12 days, a PHOENIX hatches—if
it survives that long.
HP 44 | Morale 11 | No armor | Firebreath d12
The characters enter an area filled
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with salt statues of different people.
They look surprised, shocked,
terrified. A torrential rainstorm
approaches that dissolves the statues.
97 Snakes.
Snakes rain down to earth.
A veritable hail of snakes.
Plop, plop, plop, go the snakes.
None die, all slither away to bite.
The journey becomes difficult indeed.
98
The smell of pie travels on the wind.
A young woman named Chrysanth uses
her last flour, sugar, and butter to bake
rhubarb pie. She is happy to share.
99 CANNIBAL ARMY
T he feared "Schlachthaufen" descends upon you.
A cannibal army plows and devours the land.
Not a general, but hunger leads it into battle.
In a matter of hours, the host conquers
and consumes entire towns and cities. The
characters hear demented screams from far
away, the heralds of doom.
"We hunger!" "Feed us the tender!"
"Not far now, I smell flesh!"
Cannibal Army "Soldier"
HP 3 | Morale 5 | No armor | Bite d2
> They eat the characters who don't run.
100 Champion of Nechrubel
The four-armed Champion of Nechrubel
approaches. A pestilence riddled,
indiscriminate slaughterer. Whatever is
trapped inside the riveted, soot-covered
plate armor—human, animal, or else—is
the incarnation of the APOCALYPSE.
HP 100 ◊ Morale — ◊ Godplate -d8
Vierhänder 2d10 + Special: Ω
(Once per Turn)
All creatures within 30 feet lose d4
HP. The champion heals the total
damage dealt. Additionally, all targets
must successfully test DR14 Presence
or lose one Omen.
15
SEEDS
OF A CVLT
Its name
1 Eternal
2d12
(forbidden to utter aloud)

Dawn
The cult is...
1–2. 
almost annihilated,
d10

2 Children of Knife Blood desperate for aid.

3 Reach for Deathcrush 3-4. 
thriving, or would
Pipes of be if only …
4 Devastation
5. 
enormous, official,
5 Holders of Burned Bones
legitimate, protected.
6 Unholy Unsacred Signs
6-7. 
secret and unknown.
7 Ruins of Nechrubel Legend. Lies. Myth.
8 Embrace Rusty Razors 8. 
scattered in cells. Should
9 Night of Sarkantha they find a way to work
10 Førlørn Black Gates together, all will tremble.
Hateful Lost Chants 9-10. i
n absolute turmoil.
11
Warring and destroying
12 Temple of Dark Thrones itself from within.

KEY MEMBER, PERHAPS THE LEADER? 3d10

1 Demented … … Elder, full of keys 1
2 Narcissistic … … Pastor, covered in rings 2
3 Charming … … Poet, masked and stoic 3
4 Unseen … … Shadow creeper, followed by black cats 4
5 Stone-faced … … Executor, broken and wasting 5
6 Lip-sewn … … Thought-whisperer, loved by all 6
7 Cannibal … … Caretaker, back from the grave 7
8 Black Disk’s … … Child, who water cannot touch 8
9 Mocking … … Prisoner, afraid of daylight 9
10 ‘No one’, … Carpenter, arm- and legless 10
cult-hating …

Headquarters
d10
5. 
Bonfire camps 6. A
 granite Bergen
in the coldest Chrypt peak piercing
Kergüs crevices. the dying skies.
1. 
Dim Schleswig sewers.
7. 
A Graven-Tosk murder-maze mausoleum.
2. A
mong the oldest, most
8. 
In the murky 9. A
t the spell-
obscure Grift temples.
bog where Lake dead center of
3. M
eadows of Strange Onda merges with the Valley of the
Mist in Sarkash. Targ-Dungel. Unfortunate Undead.
4. B
eneath the Beneath
in Galgenbeck. 10. 
The blackest of Alliáns cathedrals.
 IN ORDER TO REACH
THE SHIMMERING
FIELDS, ONE MUST ... d20
1. b ake Blutday bread
They Truly Hate...
with a bipedal’s blood.
2. in strong trees, hang living
corpses upside down.
3. lock strangers in torture
catacombs where no one dies.
4. wear nothing but the
hair of strangers.
5. completely numb all
senses to know the Truth.
6. build portals with the
bones of 77 humans.
7. have servants erect
the Tallest Tower.*
8. kill the youngest one
in an unknown party.
9. set all clothes ablaze.
The gods of the stars must
see you in the flesh.
10. n ever speak aloud the
name of a living soul.
11. g
ive all silver to the
deep well of underworlds.
12. t
alk only in riddles.
Come night, you can
speak clearly again.
declare all Omens to
13. 
the Nech-a-bebul Oracle.
Hate those who refuse.
14. never hurt monkeys and
always ride with donkeys,
for they are holy.
15. e
very week, sacrifice
the oldest member and
recruit two new ones.
16. dig deep pits and keep
undead (and a few
living) prisoners.
17. keep a diet of herbs,
meat and drugs.
18. walk barefoot and feel
the mesmerizing strings
from below. Some accept
sandals.
19. n
ever do honest work
during the time of day.
20. tie the legs with itching
ropes and always walk slowly.
* many cults claim to have built the tallest one
1. 
an outsider’s wise,
d20
condescending words.
2. t
he Two-Headed Basilisks,
brutes and false prophets all.
scrolls. Living Words of Power
3. 
imprisoned in pathetic parchment.
4. Verhu claiming to be the head
of Truth. All hubris and pride.
5. bright light and loud
voices. SHUT UP!
6. a nearby life cult constantly
threatening to occupy this area.
7.  intruders hesitant to embrace
the one trve cvlt.
8. all kinds of birds; wings give
the cult an inferiority complex.
9. a nyone of noble or, worse
yet, royal lineage, AKA
blasphemous blue bloods.
10. t hose not obsessed with
tribulation. You waste
such good suffering.
11. a nyone carrying pitiful
signs or sigils. (Only the
cult’s are worthy.)
12. b ragging, boastful words.
We, on the other hand,
never boast.
13. l istening to stories
from the world outside
this true one.
14. a  face unsinged, too
good for the flames.
15.  those who care
for children.
16. a lcohol, smoke and
prepared meat.
17. i ntruders hesitant
to embrace the one
trve cvlt. (yeah, same as 7)
18. s pineless deserters
and filthy gutterscum.
19. p ale ones, earthbound
and weird wickheads
unpierced by spikes.
20. n othing, really … or maybe
funeral fog and a freezing moon.
This is a place of harmony, love
and kindness. Come, join the
Circle of Euphoria. And rejoice!
Your nails all got chewed off.