JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE DEAD, DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE OFF THE CLOCK.

You are a Reaper, Ferryman First Class, an agent of the Lord of Death themselves. Trapped between afterlives in a twisted Underworld of the far future, filled with savagery, sorcery, super science, and the rogue spirits of the damned. You serve in penance for misdeeds you can no longer remember. That memory stripped from you, along with all the rest, when you entered Death’s service. Can’t have your pesky old life distracting from your duties, can we?

1. Your job: To hunt rogue spirits fleeing eternal justice.
2. Your tools: Wits, Grit, Magic and Guns.
3. Your reward: A single copper coin.

WELCOME TO THE UNDERWORLD

GRAVEHEART is a gonzo-grimdark campaign frame set in the distant far future of the Underworld, land of the dead. The afterlife has seen many changes over the tens of thousands of years since mankind’s collapse in the living world, and has turned into a strange land where sentient machines, mutants, aliens, and more have seeped in. Transforming Hades into a melting pot of souls, all waiting for an eternal reward that grows more and more doubtful it will ever arrive.

You work for what’s left of the “management”, hunting down rogue souls which seek to break the bonds of death, all in service for crimes you don’t remember. It’s a hard job, and a harder afterlife, but somebody’s gotta do it. Unless, of course, you choose to go Rogue yourself…

GRAVEHEART INCLUDES:

1. 5 New Communities
2. 7 New Ancestries
3. 66 New Weapons
4. 20 New Sets of Armor
5. 71 New Items & Consumables
6. 35 New Powerful Fettered Items
7. 43 New Adversaries & Environments

NEW RULES FOR THE DEATHLESS WORLD

SHROUDED FORMS

1. A “body” in Graveheart is called a Shroud, made from a cthonian material called Pathos, and forged into unlife by a spark of Promethean Fire and the strength of your will. As a Reaper you will have the ability to reform your Shroud, anytime it is destroyed, making you effectively immortal. Assuming you don’t lose your mind, or your soul.

FETTERS

1. Fetters are a new type of item that is powered by the spirit and beliefs of the character using it. They have an inherent spirit of their own, which grows over time alongside its wielders. Those who have bonded with and wield Fetters can attempt to “Awaken” hidden powers inside them.

NEW DEATH & REST MOVES

1. Playing a Deathless character means whole new options for Death Moves, and Resting in the Underworld. Going out in a Blaze of Glory takes on a whole new meaning, when you know you will eventually reforge your body in Promethean Flame.

BONDS

1. Reaper Crews spend more time together than the usual team. Over hundreds or even thousands of years, they form deep bonds that go beyond mere connections, often acting with an instinctual understanding of each other and the world.

EXISTENTIAL DAMAGE

1. Graveheart introduces a new damage type, Existential Damage. While physical and magic damage attack from the outside, existential damage attacks from within, tearing at the psyche.

RISKY MOVES

1. As a general way to spend Fear, the GM may decide that a move is riskier than normal, engaging the player in creating more tension around their choices.

DEATHMARKS

Each time a Reaper forges a new Shroud, Promethean Flame burns a mark permanently into them. Deathmarks twist and change your character permanently, in strange or unusual ways, adding both a cost and a boon each time your PC chooses to be reborn in fire.