Doomsong

Doomsong: A Roleplay Macabre

Doomsong is a Roleplay Macabre set in a world on the cusp of a Biblical apocalypse. The dead are being turned away at the gates of Heall, giving them no choice but to return to the world above. Inspired by medieval folkhorror, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and European mythologies, these two beautiful hardback books are filled with artwork by the incomparable Moritz Krebs.

Doomsong: Lord Have Mercy Upon Us puts tense horror at the heart of everything it does, giving GMs and party members alike an unforgettable experience. It is a system that prioritises player choice: will you brave the horrors of combat, parley obscene enemies into tenuous allies, or employ profane powers to twist the world about you? No choice is without risk, and you must weigh your strengths against the frailty of your mortal frame. 

In Doomsong, you play as members of a guild, some of the oldest institutions in Painyme. Your organisation is duty-bound to accept anyone: highborn and low, from those skilled in swordsmanship to the very dregs of society. The corebook contains advice for creating custom guilds as well as lore for pre-existing ones. Creating characters is also simple AND fun. You start by discovering your character’s Origin—the social strata into which you were born—and then proceed by following the Life Paths that appear before you. Along the way, you make hard choices and suffer the whims of fate. 

In Lord Have Mercy Upon Us, your players join the Gravediggers' Guild—your job is to subdue the unquiet dead, no matter how they feel about the arrangement. If that task wasn't enough, your characters find themselves whisked off to the borderkingdom of Lethe, a realm stolen by a blasphemous entity of untold power: Father Plague, Lamentide of Pestilence. This is a full campaign full of story hooks, including 3 main storylines that span an entire map and countless smaller encounters, interesting characters, dangerous creatures and mysterious locations. Will you defeat Father Plague? Or will you find yourself forever lost in the plaguescape.

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