Fiasco In Doskvol

Credits
A fan-made Blades in the Dark playset for Fiasco Classic by Jason Morningstar, and published by
Bully Pulpit Games. Bully Pulpit Games, Evil Hat, and John Harper are in no way affiliated with its
content. For more information, see https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/license/

FIASCO™, the FIASCO™ logo are trademarks of Bully Pulpit Games LLC. All rights reserved.

If you want to turn this into a playset for the newer card-based version of Fiasco, pick your favorite
elements and go nuts. Check out the license link above for a graphical template.

Written by Mikey Hamm

Layout by Sam Dunnewold

The Score
Tell standalone stories of mishap in Duskwall, start a campaign off in shambles, or end your Blades
campaign in a shocking final chapter of big moves, bad luck, betrayal and comeuppance. (If used
in this way, you may be able to skip the setup phase entirely, or use the items below more loosely,
since you’ll already have a lot of details established.)
RELATIONSHIPS...
Professional / Criminal Romantic
Members of the same crew Current spouses

Gang boss and lackey Former spouses

Hitman and client Former affair

Paid informant and investigator Demonic lust

Drug dealer and supplier Fraught courtship

Con artist and mark Pure love in a hardhearted city

Family Vice
Cousins Bartender and regular

Siblings Patrons at the same drug den

Parent and child or stepchild Sex worker and client

Identical twins Cult leader and follower

Shared heritage Ticket-holders at the same theater

Unrelated, but close as blood Gambler and debt collector

Friendship Troubling
Drinking buddies Vampire and thrall

Childhood friends Only ones who know a dark secret

Bound by shared guilt Hunted by the same people

Bitter rivals The ones who found the bag

Former cellmates Came here in the same crate

“I owe you my life, bud” Routinely possessed by the same spirit

...in scenic doskvol

NEEDS...
To get out...
…of Doskvol, before they realize
you took it.
…of Doskvol, to escape family.
…of a demonic contract, before it
finds out your trick.
…of crushing debt come due.
…of your crew, before they suspect.
…of the body you possessed, before the
Spirit Wardens find you.
To get even...
…with a fellow crew member.
…with the elites who look down on you.
…with a persistent investigator.
…with a cult, for straying from the path.
…with your greatest nemesis.
…with this town, for what’s it done to
you.
To get respect...
…from a lover, by showing some
backbone.
…from your family, by going straight.
…from the old criminal you always
looked up to.
…from yourself, by finally doing it.
…from the Inspector trying to put you
in Ironhook.
…from the higher-ups, by turning
on your crew.
...in scenic doskvol
To get some answers...
…from your boss, about the job that
went wrong.
…from a crooked politician, about a
bad deal.
…from a killer, about why they did it.
…from a priest, about what’s really
out there.
…from a ghost, about how they died.
…from a vampire, about ancient
secrets.
To get rich...
…through political back-scratching.
…by making a deal with a demon.
…with your first legitimate business.
…by blackmailing someone.
…by keeping something hidden.
…with one last score.
To face the spirit world...
…and lay someone to rest.
…and reunite with someone lost.
…and fight the devil.
…and sneak into a forbidden place.
…and defeat death.
…and make things right.
LOCATIONS...
Scary
A small boat on the Void Sea.
Bellweather Crematorium in Charterhall
A haunted mansion in Six Towers
Mistshore Park in Six Towers
An abandoned sickhouse in The Lost
District
A neglected eelerie in Dunslough
Isolated
A quiet library in Charterhall University
A gondola floating in a dark canal
A shadowy part of Ankhayat park in
Silkshore
A secluded street in Six Towers
The Old Rail Yard in Coalridge
A solitary cell in Ironhook Prison
Seedy
The Red Lamp brothel in Silkshore
The fighting pits in Dunslough
The boxing rings in the Docks
The Leaky Bucket tavern in Crow’s Foot
Catcrawl Alley in the Docks
A smokey drug den with many stories
...in scenic doskvol
Domestic
A well-kept flat in Barrowcleft
Stratmill House orphanage in Crow’s
Foot
Among the sheets in Charhollow
An expensive new townhouse in
Nightmarket
Above the Harrowmaze rat farm
A luxury Bowmore apartment in
Brightstone
Crowded
The Arms of the Weeping Lady soup
kitchen
The Spark Grounds in Silkshore
The twisting back streets of Ink Lane
in The Docks
Tangletown in Crow’s Foot
The mess hall in Ironhook Prison
The row houses of Brickston in
Coalridge
Fancy
The Centuralia Club in Brightstone
The silken interior of an expensive
carriage
The best table at The Golden Plum
in Six Towers
The Doskvol Academy in Whitecrown
Private Booth at The Veil social club
in Nightmarket
A path through the toxic trees of
Jayan Park
OBJECTS...
Evidence Occult
A forgotten deed to a piece of property A spark-craft hull

A small leather-bound ledger of debts An angry efreeti in a bottle

A contract thought destroyed The last element of a summoning

ritual
A piece of powerful blackmail A demon’s contract

A highly-sought murder weapon A way into the ghost field

A newspaper story that hasn’t gone A vampire in chains
to print yet

Valuable Dangerous
A bag of Tycherosi gemstones A dozen kegs of black powder

A gondola full of ransom money A bottle of odorless poison

A retired scoundrel’s hidden stash A gatling gun

A priceless item down someone’s A well-hidden blade
digestive tract
A canister of leviathan blood A rabid dog
A reserved bottle of wine from Lady Something dredged up from The
Freyla’s collection Mire in Dunslough

Illegal Personal
A cellar full of bootleg spirit essence A memento from the last job

Bricks and bricks of sniffing powder A cherished photograph

Someone tied up in a wagon A journal confessing everything

Treason recorded on a wax cylinder A wedding ring

An illegal firearm The last item in a collection

A dead body in a trunk A kidnapped family member

...in scenic doskvol

A Daring Quick-Start
Relationships
For three players...
* Vice: gambler and debt collector
* Family: identical twins
* Troubling: the ones who found the bag
For four players, add...
* Friendship: former cellmates
For five players, add...
* Troubling: routinely possessed by the same spirit

Needs
For three players...
* To get some answers... from a vampire, about long forgotten secrets.
For four or fve players, add...
* To get rich... by blackmailing someone.

Objects
For three or four players...
* Dangerous: a dozen kegs of black powder
For five players, add...
* Personal: a wedding ring

Locations
For three, four, or five players...
* Troubling: a small boat on the Void Sea