In Death

Welcome to the Afterlife

In Death is a tabletop roleplaying game about what becomes of the deceased. Play as ghostly Shades traversing the Afterlife, from the Dusk - a mysterious reflection of the World of the Living - to the Underworld - a desolate wasteland where the spirits of ancient beings rule over the souls of mankind. Haunt the Living, converse with the Dead, clash with cruel demons and negotiate with callous angels.

When all seems lost, you are gifted one final chance to set things right – what will you do with your Afterlife?  

The PDF version of this book contains everything you need to play In Death, with over 240 pages of rules and lore, including:

• Rules for creating recently deceased characters
• A guide to the Afterlife campaign setting
• Over 50 unique powers and magicks
• Over 20 mythical relics reimagined for play
• Over 50 stat blocks for tortured spirits, ancient beings, infernal demons and divine entities

Explore the Afterlife

Characters will explore the many layers of the Afterlife. The Dusk is where the World of the Living and Dead overlap, where they may yet reach out to the world they have left behind to resolve the missteps of their life. Deeper still is the Underworld, a graveyard of Mankind's history lorded over by ancient entities that once ruled the world, now dismissed as myths and legends. The truly unfortunate might even find themselves dragged to Hell itself while in search of the Heavens. In Death's setting draws from beliefs and myths about death and the Afterlife from various cultures around the world.

Wield Ghostly Powers

In Death features three unique and different classes of powers, each with their own individual purpose:

• Hauntings, used by the Dead to reach out to contact the Living,
• Miracles, gifted by ancient deities to fend off the horrors of the Afterlife,
• Sorceries, the forbidden magicks of the gods themselves, powerful enough to tear apart a mortal Shade...

Live Your Afterlife

In Death is a character-driven system in which each journey is deeply personal. Characters will explore themes of grief, legacy, repentance, mortality and acceptance. Characters will explore worlds that challenge them to persist and persevere in the face of insurmountable odds. Will you seek to rest forever in the Heavens, drown your sorrows in the River Lethe, or find new purpose in the Afterlife?

About In Death

In Death uses Chaosium's d100 Basic Roleplaying System and placed as a finalist in the 2024 Basic Roleplaying Design Competition. The game uses unique mechanics such as a shade's Flesh and Soul to determine their strength in the Afterlife and their ability to reach out and affect the Living. With three unique power types: Hauntings, Miracles and forbidden Sorceries, explore the Afterlife, meet shades from eras gone by and the powerful, extinct beings dismissed by the Living as mythology.

 In Death is a roleplaying game designed for character-driven stories which tackle mature themes, with built-in flexibility for genre play. From solving your own murder, to cutting a path through the Underworld to find a place of rest - In Death can tell stories of all kinds - but only if you're dead.

Contact

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