Handiwork Games has announced the first print supplement for their standalone horror game FiveEvil, and released the cover.
FiveEvil: Netherworlds
Down into the basement to confront the nightmare man…
Creeping into the sewers to face the laughing killer…
Sneaking into the carnival to find the missing girl …
It’s the moment of supreme dread: when you muster your courage and step into the horror’s ultimate domain: the netherworld. A place of enormous danger and continual threat, where you will be pushed to the limit and never able to lower your guard.
Can you survive? Can you conquer what waits here for you?
This book shows you how to bring netherworlds into your FiveEvil games. Learn how to design netherworlds that can give your players nightmares, and find out how to run them for maximum terror.
Don’t let the realms of horror you imagine turn into tedious dungeon adventures at the table. Use these techniques to harness the full terrifying power of netherworlds, and lead your players places they will never forget.
Contents:
- Why netherworlds are special. A discussion of how to make exploration scenarios work well for the horror genre.
- Complete guide to netherworld design. A fully detailed step-by-step guide to designing a netherworld, from a scary basement to an entire country overrun by horror. Develop its purpose and identify denizens, special qualities, and random encounters.
- Exploration round by round. A procedure to follow that handles everything you need to manage when your characters venture into a netherworld.
- Five ready-to-use netherworlds. Discover a twisting sewer, a ruined space colony, a city under the spell of nightmare, and more horrific environments. Each netherworld is fully described using the rules in this book, and comes with extensive advice on how to build your own scenario around it and which horror suits the netherworld as the ultimate threat.
- Campaign scenario “A Lament”. A short campaign in duet mode, or easily adapted for a group. Your Dad married someone you’ve never met, and moved to a town you’ve never heard of, and then you found out he’s really sick. That’ why you’re here, in this weird town in the mountains, trying to work out what’s what. First, you’ll make sure he’s okay; and then the real work starts. This place has secrets, and you aren’t going to leave without finding out what they are.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT FIVEEVIL: https://handiwork.games/fiveevil
