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◆ TABLE OF CONTENTS ◆
CHAPTER I: Expert Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Havoc Conjuror ..................... 61
BOOK OF MORTALS Abbot............................. 35 Hexer ............................. 62
Alienist............................ 36 Howling Marauder................... 63
LIBER MORTALIUM . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Armiger ........................... 37 Infernal Saboteur .................... 65
Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Artillerist .......................... 38 Jackdaw............................ 66
New Archetype Tables................ 16
Barnstormer ........................ 39 Kinslayer........................... 67
Apostle............................ 17
Bladedancer ........................ 40 Maestro ........................... 68
Blitzballer.......................... 18
Butcherpriest ....................... 41 Minister Of Rot..................... 69
Cadet ............................. 19
Burgomaster........................ 43 Mootwarden........................ 70
Convict............................ 20
Caravan Mystic...................... 44 Natural Philosopher.................. 71
Fence ............................. 21
Chamberlain........................ 45 Oathkeeper......................... 72
Forger............................. 21
Chevalier .......................... 46 Occult Magician..................... 74
Henchman ......................... 22
Condottiere ........................ 47 Opener Of The Way.................. 75
Messenger.......................... 23
Courtesan.......................... 48 Outlaw Chief ....................... 76
Nomad ............................ 24
Cult Leader ........................ 49 Physiker ........................... 77
Pamphleteer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Dirgesinger......................... 50 Rime Maiden....................... 78
Pioneer............................ 27
Ecstatic Celebrant ................... 51 Rune Jarl........................... 79
Quacksalver ........................ 28
Exorcist ........................... 52 Sanguine Legionnaire................. 80
Quartermaster....................... 29
Fanatic ............................ 54 Sharpshooter........................ 81
Reaver............................. 30
Fell Knight......................... 55 Shipmaster ......................... 82
Rustler ............................ 31
Friar .............................. 56 Shopkeeper......................... 84
Skald.............................. 32
Grand Master....................... 57 Sirocco Prophet ..................... 85
Stevedore .......................... 33
Grey Vivimancer .................... 58 Skinwalker ......................... 86
Undertaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Grognard .......................... 60 Sworn Sword ....................... 87
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Vampire Hunter..................... 88 Wytch-Science..................... 145 Danziger Eckhardt.................. 282
War General........................ 89 Miscellanea Obscura................. 150
CHAPTER VIII:
Witch Doktor....................... 90
CHAPTER V: BOOK OF MYSTERIES
Expert Professions Addendum . . . . . . . . . . .92
BOOK OF DEMONS LIBER OBSCURUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
CHAPTER II: LIBER DAEMONUM . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Running A Conspiracy............... 285
BOOK OF WEAPONS
On The Nature Of Daemons .......... 159
LIBER ARMORUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 CHAPTER IX
Order Denied: Daemonic Aspects...... 159
THERE’S SOMETHING
Settlements & Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Daemons ......................... 161
ABOUT MARIÉ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
New Materials In Craftsmanship........ 99 Daemonic Gifts .................... 169
New Weapons ..................... 101 Plot Synopsis (The Conspiracy) ........ 295
CHAPTER VI:
New Armor ....................... 110 Dramatis Personae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
BOOK OF SHADOWS
New Shields ....................... 112 Part I: Lloyd’s Beacon ............... 301
LIBER UMBRARUM . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
New War Machines................. 113 Part II: Arrival In Minuet ............ 304
Covenant Magick................... 183 Part III: Morning In Minuet . . . . . . . . . . 307
CHAPTER III:
Magick Format..................... 183 Part IV: Showdown ................. 313
BOOK OF VEHICLES
Rituals ........................... 210 Epilogue.......................... 318
LIBER VEHICULORUM . . . . . . . . . 117
Rewards For Completion............. 318
CHAPTER VII:
Fantastic Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 The Knavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
BOOK OF EVIL
Creating Bottled Lightning ........... 117
LIBER MALUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 APPENDIX
Vehicles & Steeds Expanded . . . . . . . . . . . 120
APPENDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Chariot & Wagon .................. 122 Creature Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Fancy Coach, Stagecoach, Creature Creator Overview ........... 223 Taints Of Chaos Addendum .......... 326
And War Wagon ................... 123 Step I: Influences & Classification...... 223 Creature Size & Risk Factor Expanded.. 340
Vehicle Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Step II: Creature Size................ 224 Creature Traits & Risk Factor . . . . . . . . . 342
New Actions In Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 Step III: Risk Factor & Notch......... 225 Creature Profile .................... 354
Movement Actions.................. 128 Step IV: Primary Attributes........... 226 NPC Profile....................... 356
Attack Actions ..................... 130 Step V: Role....................... 228
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Perilous Stunts ..................... 130 Step VI: Skill Ranks................. 237
Special Actions..................... 131 Step Vii: Bonus Advances ............ 238
Reactions ......................... 131 Step VIII: Traits.................... 240
Expanded Guide To Vehicle Combat . . . . 132 Step IX: Attack Profile............... 253
Step I: Positioning .................. 132 Step X: Final Considerations . . . . . . . . . . 258
Step II: Make The Attack............. 132 Non-Player Character Creator . . . . . . . . . .260
Step III: Other Vehicle Evades ........ 134 NPC Creator Overview .............. 260
Step IV: Roll Damage ............... 134 Step I: Determine Approach .......... 260
Step V: Determine Vehicle Condition... 135 Step II: Persona & Identity ........... 261
Step VI: Determine Mishap........... 135 Step III: Age Group & Ancestry ....... 264
Repairing Structural Integrity.......... 138 Step IV: Appearance & Social Class .... 265
Healing Dray Horses ................ 138 Step V: Motivation.................. 268
Using Steeds In Place Of Vehicles...... 138 Step VI: Archetype & Alignment ...... 270
Step VII: Primary Attributes .......... 272
CHAPTER IV:
Step VIII: Risk Factor ............... 273
BOOK OF ALCHEMY
Step IX: Skill Ranks................. 273
LIBER ALCHEMIÆ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Step X: Bonus Advances ............. 276
Ætheric Fluid...................... 141 Step XI: Talents.................... 277
Decoctions & Prima Materia.......... 141 Step XII: Additional Options ......... 280
Mutagenic Potion................... 144 Step XIII: Trappings ................ 280
Void Salts......................... 145 Step XIV: Final Considerations........ 281
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Beneath the cobbles of Kahabro lies the Pit, a tortuous prison of unforgiving stone fashioned from the fallow caverns in
the earliest days of the city. Graven in an age before memory, a sprawling labyrinth of tunnels and caverns descends into
the vestiges of a once-great and terrible dominion. For all its misery, the Pit is but a threshold teetering on the edge of a
vast, roiling tenebrosity. Here, in this provenance of the profane, the aberrant ways of Daemons are revered by Kahabro’s
stygian inhabitants. Only the most iniquitous offenders, deemed unfit for the mercy of execution, are cast into its gaping
maw to suffer and die.
and i, Danziger Eckhardt, was among the worst ever to be thrown into the pit.
It was in these
depths I learned that there are things far worse than death. Now if you’ll keep your mouth shut, I’ll tell you what
desperate men are willing to do to survive.
My abduction was swift and severe – a rough burlap sack thrown over my head from somewhere in the shadows, and a
flurry of clubbing blows raining down from all sides. I was overcome with vertigo, and then, save for the soft scraping of
i was dragged down into true darkness.
my worn boots,
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within, i was stripped, starved and drugged.
In the Pit, time lost all meaning. Consciousness came in fits and
starts. The foul odor of the charnel, the strange symbols scrawled across the stone walls, the impregnable iron manacles,
the small bowl of putrescent black liquid from which I was forced to slake my thirst – these became the totality of my
existence. For days, perhaps weeks, my mysterious captors remained hidden from sight. But their ministrations were
unmistakable proof of their presence. Betwixt a drug-fueled haze, there were passing moments of clarity. Piercing pain
demarcated etchings upon my flesh, runes intricately carved all over my body. Dark ichor oozed from these scarred
with every festering spatter, i sensed the
adornments, a foul fluid staining the cavern floor, drip by drip.
erosion of my humanity.
I prayed for death, but it would not come to pass. In its place, a terrible deliverance was
to be had.
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