Chronicles of Neverwhere: Rules of the House

As I continue work on my upcoming campaign that will be using The Black Hack Second Edition I have been working on some rules of the house. The Black Hack Second Edition is something I have had to tweak the least so that has been really nice. 

Anyway, without further ado, here is the rules of the house:

I have also decided to use a predetermined item cost list as this game is going to be run online and character creation has happened at different times with players and I losing the price lists I have rolled up. I basically took the price list from Old School Essentials and added black powder weapons. 

Chronicles of Neverwhere: Dhampir

The curse and the White had brought an increase of monsters and other creatures of the night. This increase has led to more interactions between the two. Most of these interactions are negative but some of them have led to the rise of the Dhampir. 

No one really knows exactly how they are created. It seems that every time a Dhampir is asked about their origin they tell a different story. Then again, maybe all of the the stories are correct and their are many paths to the Dhampir existence. 

Some of the stories around the tavern include:

• A pregnant female is fed on by a vampire and process alters their unborn baby
• A strange aspect of the animating force behind the vampires immortal existence allows them to occasionally father children
• In siring another vampire, the process gets interrupted or does not take as it and the process halts half way through
• A rare effect of the curse and instead of becoming twisted, the person transforms into something more sophisticated 
• An ancient blood rite left over from the days of the Titans
• A curse of the Gods for leading a violent life and taking innocent life

The fancy PDF* can be downloaded here

 *This was made possible with the input and amazing formatting skills of Vance A. His blog can be found here. I recommend giving it a read.

Chronicles of Neverwhere: Bladesingers

The curse has effected the Dwarves and the Elves the most. It has left their once great empires in ruins and survivors of these once great peoples are scattered throughout the land. It is sad but the survivors fall into one of two camps. The first camp being the curse has twisted their mind as well as their body and they become cannibalistic tribes that only only exist for the hunt. The second camp of survivors is curse has left them with their sanity (to varying degrees) but in most major settlements the twisted are treated poorly and forces to live in horrible conditions. 

Though, of the Elves that have kept their minds (or at least parts if it) they remember the ancient art of Bladesinging. This memory has created a desperation to make sure their culture (or at least aspects of it) survive the curse and the white. So, these elves set out to train others in the way of Bladesinging. Some of them travel to look for students while others set up "monasteries" in villages or in a dingy back room of some derelict building in one of the major settlements. Some of them even risk the hermit life in the white at let rumors of what they can teach send them possible students and surviving to find them is part of the initiation. 

The fancy PDF* can be found here

 *This was made possible with the input and amazing formatting skills of Vance A. His blog can be found here. I recommend giving it a read.

Chronicles of Neverwhere: The Hunter

In the last couple hundred years various family lines have become known for their ability to hunt the monsters that lurk in the darkness and have turned "hunting" into a family business. Each new generation is trained in the arts of hunting. 

It is interesting to note that beings known as the Watchers have selected people across the lands to become hunters as well. These ethereal beings select those who the deem worthy and imbue them with the ability of the Hunters. 

The PDF* can be found here. 

 *This was made possible with the input and amazing formatting skills of Vance A. His blog can be found here. I recommend giving it a read.