Cult

of the
Blood God
An occult role-playing adventure
Adults only
... AND AS I SIPPED OF THE CONCOCTION PRESENTLY I WAS SHOWN VIVID
SIGHTS OF A BLACK FIELD GROWN FULL OF THOSE SAME FLOWERS I HAD
INGESTED. A GREAT MANY WILD APES OR MEN DID FIERCE BATTLE THERE
UNDER A DARKLY SKY, AND WHERE EACH FELL STALKED A GIANT MAID
MEAGRE AS A CORPSE AND HORRIBLE TO BEHOLD AND PLANTED A TREE
FROM ON WHICH RIPENED ANEW THESE BESTIAL WARRIORS. SO, AS I WAS
UNDERSTOOD, THEIR LIVES MIGHT ETERNALLY FEED THAT GREAT GOD-
MAW IN THE CENTER OF IT ALL. AND FINALLY I KNEW I HAD ENTERED THE
FORGOTTEN DIMENSION OF BLOOD ...
Cult of the Blood God
WHAT IS THIS
Inspiration
In designing this adventure, I tried to stick closely to the excellent advice found in the
Principia Apocrypha by Ben Milton and Steven Lumpkin.
BEFORE YOU PLAY
The idea to have a “mini-map” of each room for quick visual reference of the key events
and items comes from Will Doyle’s Quintessential Dungeon (found on his blog, Beholder
Pie), and Ben Milton’s review of it on his YouTube channel, Questing Beast.
Searching for fonts speaking to themes of black magic and satanic cults, I found John
Coulthart’s post Typefaces of the occult revival (on his blog feuilleton) very inspiring.
The sigil generator application by watabou (on their itch page) would have been immensely
helpful had I only remembered it prior to drawing everything.
Cult of the Blood God is an introductory roleplaying adventure in the
OSR (Old-School Renaissance) style. It is well suited for a “session 0”,
where you introduce the players to basic rules, create characters
together, and launch into adventure. While written to conform to the
ruleset and general vibe of Mörk Borg, it can easily be adapted to
other systems.
The adventure concludes with a thrilling race where the player
characters (PCs) are chased by a horde of monsters. Either print out
the player’s version of the game board at the back of the book, or draw
the board on a big piece of paper, revealing it as the PCs push deeper
into the darkness! You will need meeples, coins or rusty nails to
represent the players, and a single token for the monster horde.

This adventure is typeset in Alegreya for body text and Alstoria for headers. The cover PREPARATION As the game master (GM), it is your responsibility to read through the
photo is Nude Dancer with Aulos by Arnold Genthe. entire adventure and adapt, replace or remove parts which you feel
are not suitable for your group. While it makes sense to memorize the
most important bits of each room, the descriptions are designed to
make it easy to grasp what is going on as you turn the page, so there is
no need to take extensive notes or learn anything by heart.
Principia Quintessential John Sigil MÖRK
Apocrypha Dungeon Coulthart Generator BORG

CONTENT ADVICE Mörk Borg presents a bleak, violent and cruel world, and on the next
Disclaimer and Copyright notice pages you will find descriptions and implications of: cannibalism,
mutilation, drug (ab)use, torture and general violence. This adventure
Cult of the Blood God is an independent production by hexhog and is not affiliated with
Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG leans on themes and tropes of horror, but is not meant to make your
Third Party License. players uncomfortable or afraid. Moderate your atmosphere between
MÖRK BORG is copyright Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell. excitingly spooky and comically, over-the-top brutal as you deem
appropriate for the people you play with.

Created by Research and adopt safety tools as you see fit for your table.
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This is what the end looks like: curled up in a miserable, damp hole, with only the shouts of HERESY 1 Endured light torture (-1 HP, minimum 1), but favored by
the guards outside breaking the monotony of your final morning. At least until the some cavemen god you might or might not have made up (+1
shouting turns to screams and a mangled corpse crashes through the door... omen).

NECROPHILIA 2 It was fun while they lasted. Not a summer activity: you are
resilient to cold, and haunted by a former lover.

HOW IT STARTED HOW IT’S GOING

The PCs are, rightly or not, imprisoned
for heinous crimes (roll on or pick from
the table on the next page) in what passes
for a jail in a nameless hamlet between
Galgenbeck and Schleswig, awaiting
their execution. They have been dragged
down into a cellar by 4 burly hog serfs
playing at militia. These half-wits have an
ulterior motive for claiming this hovel as
their headquarters: it sits on the ruins of
the prehuman temple of the Blood God.
And down in this temple is found a near-
limitless supply of Blood Flower, which
makes an excellent narcotic for personal
use and trade.
The guards spent the morning slamming
nosefuls of ground Blood Flower (see
page 13) until one of them, Garst, finally
goes way beyond his limits and turns into
a berserk killing machine. He slaughters
the others, slams one corpse through the
prison cell door, and runs howling down
into the temple. The PCs are free!
Garst falls into the leech pool in the
Atrium, temporarily saving his life.
Beyond this point, there is a 2 in 6 chance
of encountering him in any (non-secret)
room of the temple (see the Bestiary
section for Garst details).
WHORING 3 You were young and needed the money and besides it’s your
choice. Mild venereal disease, -1 to presence.
WITCHCRAFT 4 Not your fault they don’t know black cat and rooster stew for a
delicacy. Endured severe torture (-1 max HP, minimum 1). A
random unclean scroll is tattooed on your back.
WAYLAYING 5 Wanted in every hamlet from here to Galgenbeck. You
managed to retain a stolen trinket in your anus: roll for a
random treasure (discuss fit with GM).
CANNIBALISM 6 The fleshy bloke you ate was the village idiot: +1 strength, -2
presence. Lasts for the duration of the adventure.

The guards are part of the present-day

blood cult, and, together with assorted ARSON 7 You could have sworn there were no people inside. You can,
scumbags, blackguards and degenerates and will, make fire out of almost anything.
from the greater area, occasionally play-
act violent rituals and orgies in the ruins.
REASONING 8 How is this even a crime? You don’t know, and neither do
these simpletons. Sharp, +1 presence; secular, -1 omen.

Do not apply positive effects and traits if the player chooses to have
been unjustly imprisoned.

Guard room

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 Guard Room
A damp cellar with a caved-in ceiling, hit by a gore tornado: the remnants of up to two
persons are spread on the floor and walls, pieces of furniture are scattered around. Stairs
lead up to the door they dragged you in through. A ragged hole in the wall breathes
darkness ...
RUINS OF FLESH
Working through the entrails, a knife
(d4), a cudgel with the words “world’s
best dad” carved into the handle (d4),a
leather purse with 2d6s and a crude
boiled leather vest (tier 1 armor) can be
recovered. From a smashed clay jar, up to
4 doses of dried Blood Flower can be
recovered (see page 15).
THE SHORT WAY OUT
The door leading outside is locked (Garst
has the key). Outside, the entire village is
having a party setting up the gallows.
Going out there means being seized and
hung immediately.
“Exit”
Atrium
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THE LONG WAY OUT
The hole in the wall leads down to the
temple Atrium. A trail of blood leads into
the cold dark. An occasional howl is heard
from below.
OUR STUFF
A massive wooden chest (unlocked) holds
the characters’ seized equipment. Roll on
the equipment tables. On a result too big
for the chest (donkey cart etc.) award the
character 1d1os and repeat the roll.
Special class equipment and scrolls are
also found here, but no weapons.
Equipment
The Hole
At�um
The crude earth tunnel worms down and ends in a tight chamber walled with black bricks.
A shallow, fetid pond in the center squirms with black leeches. On the far wall gapes the
maw of an artlessly carved skull. To the left, a ramp spirals further down into the earth.
THE POND
Leeches can be collected with a successful
agility test and employed to cure Blood
Flower overdoses. At the bottom of the
pond lies Garst’s short sword (d6).
SLIP & SLIDE
The mouth of the skull relief opens to a
narrow chute slick with moss and slime.
Crawling in there means haphazardly
sliding down and dropping into the ritual
pit in the Arena.
Arena
Guard room
Leech pool
CULT OF THE BLOOD GOD: A PRIMER
The prehuman worshippers of the Blood
God followed a spiraling procession path
down the temple. In this room, the
supplicant would surrender a quantity of
blood to a sacred leech and proceeded
onward to ritually attack the icon in the
Sanctum. They would then attend
sacrificial combat in the Arena, usually
involving a hapless prisoner dropped
through the chute. The victim’s blood
would drip down to the Blood Chapel,
feeding the God Skull, and their flesh
would nourish the faithful after being
butchered in the Abattoir.
The present-day cult manifests but weak
echoes of the ferocities of yore. Its
membership comprises Blood Flower
addicts, shellshocked thugs high on
violence, and degenerate minor nobles,
probing the forbidden in the face of the
end of everything.
Sanctuary
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 Sanctuary
A natural cave teethed with wickedly sharp stalactites. A few dead, stunted trees are
primitively carved with inhuman faces and scenes of slaughter. A frigid, dense mist
covers the floor in ghostly swirls. In the center of the cave, a large figure is tied to a tree,
surrounded by a lush growth of blood-red flowers.
PRETTY PICTURES
The carvings present various scenes from
blood cult mythology: war, battle,
combat, some fighting. Darkly allude to
greater occult machinations, or weave in
hints to puzzle solutions if the players are
stuck.
THE ICON
The mummified corpse of a large
humanoid, wrapped in yellowing
bandages. Spiked with 6d4 weapons like a
nightmare hedgehog. Bound to the tree
with short, rotting pieces of rope.
Unwrapping, untying or otherwise
messing with this display, or pulling a
weapon from the corpse (random type,
shoddy: 3 in 6 chance to break on a
critical hit), constitutes sacrilege.
Atrium
12
A BLESSING
DRIED, SNORTED (A LITTLE)
Sticking a weapon into the Icon makes it
gush blood over the supplicant from a
spontaneously opening orifice. This
blood boon allows for passing of the skin
veil in the Abattoir.
A CURSE
Committing sacrilege makes the Icon
spray scalding black blood (d4 damage).
Repeat offenders invoke the wrath of the
Blood God: a stalactite crashes down on
them. Test agility or take 2d6 damage.
RED HARVEST
This is where the guards got the raw
materials for their Blood Flower fix. Any
number can be harvested. For
consumption effects, see next page.
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EATEN (ONE) Engulfed in the warmth of your own blood. An energetic, red
pulse. Heal d2 damage.
EATEN (MORE) Engulfed in the warmth of your own blood, as vomited forth
after a violent stomach spasm. Suffer d2 damage, -1 strength
for 1 hour.
Is not the brain just another muscle? Lingering hard-on
(regardless of gender). Gain d2 strength for 1 hour.
DRIED, SNORTED (PARTY) As a divine bloom of flesh and sinew, roiling with blood, must
you suffer these weaklings? Gain d4 strength and reduce
presence to -3 for d2 hours. Fight at the slightest provocation,
real or imagined.
DRIED, SNORTED (OD) Become the crimson avatar of the ur-flesh as your soul tastes
the idea of rage itself. Destroy all in sight. Your flesh is laid
bare as you turn inside out 2d6 rounds after consumption.
TEA (A SIP) Everyone’s circulatory system becomes visible to you as a
pulsing red stream, +1 to attacks against the living. Are these
tiny men swimming in their veins? Maybe you can find out ...
TEA (A CUP) In the span of d4 minutes, you experience years of suffering in
the Forgotten Dimension of Blood. Permanent +2 to
strength and toughness, but you are functionally,
permanently, and dangerously, insane.
Lingering consumption effects – except overdosing and a cup of tea –
can effectively be neutralized by judiciously applying leeches.
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 Abattoir A P�soner
Strata of dried blood color the flagstones. A jumble of human body parts in various states LEGLESS LUDOVIG 1 Jester of a nearby barony, cracked the wrong joke. Will
of decay, piled on a slab of stone across from three tiny prison cells. An arched stone smoothly ride on someone’s back. Cackles insanely when he
doorway is covered by a veil stitched from entire human skins. A ramp breathes void-cold sees someone killed: enemies roll morale, players suffer -1
air from deeper recesses of the dungeon. A smell of animal panic. presence for the fight.

VEIL OF SKIN
The gateway to the Blood Chapel ramp is
blocked by a curtain stitched from whole
human skins. Only recipients of a blood
boon (from the Sanctuary or Arena) may
pass. The mask found in the Vestry parts
the veil for all.
CELL 2
Bars bent open. Illegible markings and
loose bricks on the right wall. This wall
can be broken down to reach cell 3. The
floor is strewn with a large number of
human teeth, presumably removed with
a pair of black-iron tongs (d6, as club).
GOVERNOR 2 Highly intelligent ape. Will abscond with the Berserker knife
in the Blood Chapel and dash down the underground river,
unearth the warhammer, trigger the rockfall, and get crushed.
(see the Death Race section for details).
BRIGID “PAIN” BLEITZKEN 3 Crusader of a rival war cult. Will ask for a weapon. Will face
down the Berserker Horde in the Blood Chapel. If armed,
delays their advance for one round. Gets destroyed either way.

BUTCHER BLOCK
Amid a jumble of rotten body parts, find a
chipped butcher cleaver (d6) and a
random treasure.
CELL 1
Locked (the Vestry key fits). A prisoner
(roll to see who it is on the next page).
CELL 3
ELISABETHA
Locked (the Vestry key fits). Under a thin
layer of sand, a chipped flagstone can be
lifted to access the crawlspace to the
Mining Tunnel. Very hard to find unless
given a hint.
4 Quite animate corpse missing her skin and sense of undeath.
Can pass the veil of skin no problem. Bleeds all over the place,
can reveal the Vestry door by accident (1 in 6 chance). Can’t
leave the underground temple.
THE FLASH 5 Glib wickhead assassin. Their flickering head functions well as
a torch. Gladly joins any fight (5 HP, shiv d2). If at the last
place in the Death Race, will charge ahead and hamstring the
next character to serve as Berserker bait.

MORDBLUT VAN HAVN 6 Hopelessly beautiful bon vivant, in dire straits. Falls in love
with several characters. Intermittently surfaces a rabid
personality, courtesy of a botched séance. A swirling lower
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 Mini� Tunnel
Dead end. As dead as the guy dangling from a blackened crossbar. The far end of this short
tunnel is sealed by a rockfall. The spiteful hiss of water is heard from beyond.
Arena
The air in this circular chamber reeks of old violence. Statues line the walls, half-men
holding bowls and slitting their own throats. From the wetly shining branches of a tree
bursting through the floor near the left wall dangle bulbous, fleshy fruits the size of fat
pigs, ready to drop into a shallow pit in the center of the room.

FINAL ESCAPE THE PIT STRANGE FRUIT

The rope on which the escaped prisoner A shallow crater around 10m in diameter,
hangs can be liberated (15m). The escapee surrounded by runic scrawls. A black-
has swallowed a bag of baubles, faintly iron morning star (d6+1) beckons in the
visible through a rotting abdomen: 2d8s, center. The chute from the Atrium would
a vial of red poison, and an additional drop anyone foolish enough to fall
random treasure. through here. In the center, a fist-sized
hole bores down to the Blood Chapel,
thirsting for sacrificial blood. Killing
someone here grants a blood boon,
RED ROCKS
allowing for passage of the veil of skin in
The rockfall blocking the far end of this the Abattoir.
tunnel is the Dead End location of the
Death Race. The reddish rocks are readily
identifiable by anyone having been here.
THE TREE
If anyone enters the ritual pit or
sufficiently messes with the cocoons
dangling from the black branches, d4 of
them burst and birth Protoberserkers
(see the Bestiary section).
A SECRET
Upon close inspection, one of the statues’
bowls is crusted with old blood. Filling it
with a hefty quantity of viscera reveals
the secret passage to the Vestry.

The tree bursting through the floor has

its roots in the Blood Chapel. The trunk is
slick with blood. Climbing down safely is
only possible with a rope. Anyone foolish
enough to attempt to free solo down falls
for 1d6 damage (half on a successful
agility test).
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 Vestry
A smell of burning herbs emanates from a coal brazier inundating this room in a bloody
glow, outlining primitive runes hacked into the black rock walls. A gruesome display of an
impaled corpse keeps watch over a table with a carved wooden box. Crumbling stairs
wind down into the black depths.
Blood Chapel
An impossible black tree, growing out of a field of red flowers, bursting through the
domed ceiling; a massive demon’s head carved from a black boulder, mouth agape at a
fist-sized hole in the dome’s apex; the rush of a dark river, heard through a collapsed
portion of the wall; taste of iron on the tongue, a red haze. Are these figures, dancing?

COAT RACK A KEY AND A LETTER HEAD AWAKENING

An embalmed human corpse, impaled on
a stick, wears a ceremonial apron made
of dubious leather (tier 1 armor) and a
horrifying gimp mask (will part the veil
of skin in the Abattoir). In one hand, it
holds a ritual spear (1d6, double if it has
drawn blood recently, breaks on a
fumble).
DESCENT
A narrow flight of stairs leads down to
the Blood Chapel. It ends at a secret door
behind the altar that can only be opened
from this side.
In a box on the shoddy table, a bronze
key (opens the cells in the Abattoir), a red
gem worth 100s, and a letter: “Grobfried,
this is the last time I wish to remind you of the
sausage recipe: 2 parts belly, 1 part thigh, the
pickled eyes I gave you, sage, thyme. Do not
fuck up the next meat delivery, or find yourself
to be an ingredient. - I.”
Ritual garments
The gaping mouth of the God Skull opens
to the Forgotten Dimension of Blood.
Dropping down means oblivion.
ALTAR
On the far end of the room, an altar of
black rock. On it, a Black Metal Berserker
Knife (d4, attack twice but -4 to defence).
Behind it is the secret door to the Vestry,
which can not be opened from this side.
TREE
The crown of the tree bursts through the
Arena floor. It is slick with blood and can
not be climbed (unless a rope has been
lowered down). An abundant growth of
Blood Flowers covers the floor around it.
The barely-substantial forms gyrating
around the God Skull are Berserker
Inquisitors. They are summoned if the
skull is fed blood, usually from a corpse
left in the Arena fighting pit, but also
upon any other heretical transgression:
picking flowers, taking the knife off the
altar, hell, even harboring a non-violent
thought!
No matter the reason, 8 Berserkers take a
hot minute to messily manifest in this
dimension, whereupon they immediately
take exception to the characters being
alive. If the players are wise enough to
flee via the underground river, proceed
with the Berserker Death Race. Fleeing
back up the temple eventually results in
the PCs being squeezed between the
Berserkers and a mob of violently drunk
peasants and bloodthirsty cultists
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 Be�erker Death Race
Rules
PREPARATION Lay out the game board or a big sheet of paper for everyone to see.
Put the character meeples on field 2 “PC start” and a token for the
Berserker Horde on field 1 “Berserker start”. The race is played in
rounds, like combat.
MOVEMENT Each round, PCs go first and move d6 + agility fields. Once all
PCs have completed their movement and actions, move the
Berserkers ahead 3 fields.
When a PC reaches a numbered location field, they normally have
the option to dash through, preserving their momentum, or stop
and attempt an action. One action can be performed or attempted
per round (in addition to movement).
GETTING CAUGHT When a PC is caught by the Berserker Horde, they must engage in
at least one round of combat. Roll a d6 to determine the number
of Berserkers that can attack in parallel in the narrow tunnels.
After one round (or immediately if using an omen), the PC can
attempt to break free with a successful strength or presence
test. If the PC succeeds, they can move normally.
For each PC the Berserkers kill, their movement increases by 1!
A LITTLE HELP PCs can use an omen to move 2 extra fields; attempt a second
action on an event field; or automatically flee if caught by the
Berserkers, even in the first round. They can forfeit any action and
movement to cheer on stragglers within 6 fields: they add +2 to
their movement this round.
Snorting “a little” Blood Flower increases movement by 1.
If Brigid Bleitzken is with the PCs and has a weapon, she will
delay the Berserkers for 1 round at the beginning of the race
before being torn to shreds.
Be�erker Death Race
Locations
BERSERKER START 1 Place the Berserker Horde token on this field at the start of
the race. The horde moves 3 fields per round. If delayed by
Bleitzken, they skip their movement on round 1.
PC START 2 Place all PC tokens on this field at the start of the race. Each
PC moves d6 + agility fields per round.
RIVER RAPIDS 3 The river rapids tear at you. Black rocks like axe blades break the
surface of the frigid water.
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Dash through: Test agility. If you fail, you stumble and fall.
Something in your knee cracks. Move to field 4, but your
movement is reduced by 2 next round (minimum 1).
Action: You slow down and carefully navigate the treacherous
rapids. Move to field 4 and continue normally next round.
LIVING WALL 5 A gauntlet of soot-black corpses, growing out of the tunnel walls,
cackling madly, clawing for living flesh.
A PC who was rightfully accused of necrophilia is reverently
ushered along: dash through and add 1 to movement.
Dash through: Either roll attack to hack at the corpses, or
defend to dodge their groping hands. If you fail, you are held
until you manage to break free.
Action: Test strength to break free of the corpses’ grip and
move. If someone assists you, you succeed automatically.
Action: Assists a held PC in breaking free of the corpses’ grip.
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 MUSHROOM 6 Shelves of giant fungi line the walls of this cave. The air is thick MONSTER SKELETON: HEAD
with faintly glowing spores.
Dash through: Test presence -6 or suffer a spore-induced
vision (d8).
Action: A sane character can get the idea to stop and ignite the
mushrooms, which burn like hell: everyone in the room, or
passing through, including all Berserkers, suffers d4 damage.
A character rightfully accused of arson must do this, but can
avoid taking damage.
MONSTER SKELETON: BELLY
Action: Apply leeches, if at hand, to a vision-afflicted character
to immediately heal them.
SPORE VISIONS 1. Tiny gods of lust, with softly sucking mouths ... You
spend the next round frozen in place, blissfully
enraptured. A PC with venereal disease from whoring is
immune to this effect.
2. They look so tasty. You eat some mushrooms and puke
your guts out, -2 movement next round (minimum 1). ROCKFALL
3. Reborn as a golden god of war! Gain d6 temporary HP
and d4 strength for 1 hour. You move towards the
Berserkers next round.
4. Take a deep breath. You fill with air and float for the next
d2 rounds. Unless someone pushes you along, you lazily
drift d2 fields per round until you noisily deflate.
5. You forget what legs are and walk on your hands for d2
rounds, -2 movement (minimum 1). You lose all handheld
weapons and items, such as a torch.
6. One with the blackness. You comprehend the tunnel
down to the last pebble. You kick a spot on the wall and
cause a rockfall which crushes d4 Berserkers.
7. A quite trivial theorem of topology! You slip into a fold in
space and emerge d4 fields away. Toss a coin for the CEILING COLLAPSE
direction you move in.
8. So slow man. Time dilates as you move with d10 +
agility for d2 rounds. Everyone you pass slows down to
d2 + agility as you syphon their personal time.
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7 The bones of a huge prehistoric worm-beast block the tunnel, the
maw of the malformed skull slammed shut!
Dash through: (Jaws open) If someone currently props the
jaws open, you can continue moving.
Action: (Jaws shut) Prop the jaws open with a strength
check. If several characters try this, it automatically succeeds.
Move forward next round, or hold the jaws open for
stragglers.
8 A jumble of bones and rusting armor.
Move along normally, or spend an action to search through
the debris, unearthing a bronze warhammer (d6+1; knocks
down locked doors in one hit. Wielder is compelled to hammer
down every door in sight). If Governor comes here first, he
steals the hammer.
9 Heavy boulders precariously held in check by rotten beams black
with mold.
If Governor comes here first, he collapses the ceiling and is
crushed. All stolen goods can be retrieved from his corpse.
Dash through: (Beams intact) Do nothing or hack at the
beams running, collapsing the ceiling. If the Berserkers are
here, they all suffer d6 damage. They are delayed by 1 round if
the ceiling has collapsed.
Action: (Beams intact) Collapse the ceiling in a controlled
manner. Add +1 to the consequences roll (d4).
Action: (Ceiling collapsed) Test strength to clear the rubble
and move normally next round. If more than one PC attempts
this action in parallel, they automatically succeed. A successful
test also frees buried Pcs and as Governor’s corpse (and loot).
1. Buried. Suffer d6 crushing damage. Dig yourself out with
a strength -2 check if you survive.
2. Hit by some debris, but otherwise you are alright! Suffer
d4 damage and move normally next round.
3. Escaped, but to the wrong side of the rockfall.
4. Dodged a rock there. Move normally next round.
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 FORK 10 A junction. The rocks down the left tunnel have a reddish tint. To
the right, blackness.
If the PCs have been in the Mining Tunnel, they recognize the
red rocks. Hold off on describing fields 11 and 12 until all
characters have made a decision here. Move on normally.
DEAD END 11 The corpse of another grand decision maker leans against a pile of
boulders blocking the tunnel.
This is the other side of the rockfall blocking the Mining
Tunnel. There is nothing to do but turn around. Unless you
take a look at the corpse, you need not stop here.
Action: Loot the corpse for a longsword (d6, really sharp:
critical hit on 19+), 54s and a random occult treasure.
ESCAPE 12 The tunnel opens to a spacious cavern. The water is thick with
scum and reaches to your waist. There is no exit here, but you feel a
strong underwater current.
There is an outlet just below the surface. If the characters dive
through, they emerge in the village inn’s latrine.
Gasping for air, you burst through the surface of what turns out to
be a latrine. Thankfully it is so full that the crossbar is within
reach! You pull yourself clear of the muck and emerge from the
outhouse of the village inn. Everyone is still at the gallows
celebrating your upcoming execution – as if born anew, you flee
into the forest ...
�e End
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Bestiary
GARST A tower of muscle, covered in squirming black leeches.
Bloodshot eyes burning with rage and pain.
HP 9
Morale – (Blood Flower overdose killing machine)
Armor Blood-bloated leeches, -d2
Attack Large rock or human femur, d4
Special Wildly attacks twice per round, +2 to defence. If
attacked with fire, the leeches fall off and he dies messily in d2
rounds.
Location 2 in 6 chance of encountering him in the Sanctuary,
Abattoir or Arena. If never encountered, his broken body is
found at the foot of the tree in the Blood Chapel.
Loot Wears the front door key and a leather sack with d4
colorful stones each worth 20s around his neck.
PROTOBERSERKER Blindly raging half-life. A scrawny, rending ape-thing with
large jaws. Inhuman howls, jerky movement.
HP 6
Morale – (gravely insane)
Armor –
Attack Rending claws or bite, d4
Special Manically attacks one target until they kill or are
killed. Always wins initative, but spends the first round
uncurling from the burst blood fruit.
Location Arena.
Loot A liter of blood 1s, jaws 5s. Killing one inside the ritual
circle grants a blood boon, allowing for passage of the veil of
skin in the Abattoir.
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 BERSERKER INQUISITORS In a fucking rush to purge all heretics.

HP 13

Morale 11 (fanatics)
Armor Hardened skin -d2
Attack Weapon (special)
Special Attack twice per round, +2 to hit them. Toolbox
Urkahn (leader)
Giant warhammer d10.
Aura of blood, regenerates 1 HP for each successful attack. ADVENTURE PROGRESSION There are several ways for the PCs to reach the Blood Chapel:

Zu’rul Passing the veil of skin in the Abattoir after receiving a

Chaos flail d8. Roll a d6: on 1, hurts himself, on 6 deals double blood boon, either in the Sanctuary or by killing a
damage. Protoberserker in the Arena ritual circle.

Chhgh Unlocking the secret door to the Vestry and descending

Razor chain d6. 1 in 6 chance to entangle: strength test to the stairs, or using the mask to part the veil of skin.
break free, else take automatic maximum damage.
Rappelling down the tree in the Arena, possibly by using
J’d’b’th the rope liberated in the Mining Tunnel.
Unholy Poker of Death d2. Test toughness or die.

No-rrl
Barbed axe d8. Bleed for d4 rounds, 1 HP per round,
cumulative.
Ha A Cwn
Spiked club d8. Deals maximum damage with the second
attack if it hits.
(Sound of skin tearing)
Double hatchets d6. Attacks a third time if both attacks hit.
Xfffh
Meteorite metal club d10. Ignores all armor.
Location Blood Chapel / Death Race
Loot Bodies and weapons are sucked backed into the
Forgotten Dimension of Blood when they are killed, leaving
behind their lower jaws as trophies: worth 50s to an alchemist
or cult fanatic.
ALTERNATIVE ENDING The PCs can hunt down Garst and use his key to walk out the
front door. If you feel this is a satisfying ending for the
players, allow them to sneak past the mob, or play out a
thrilling escape.
ALTERNATIVE BEGINNINGS If a PC dies before reaching the Blood Chapel, there are
several options to introduce replacements:
Chained to the wall in cell 2 of the Abattoir. Knows of the
crawlspace.
Strapped to the table in the Vestry, wearing a gimp suit
(tier 1 armor).
Hiding in the branches of the tree in the Arena, starving
(1 HP, but knows of the Vestry door).
Crashing through the chute down from the Atrium,
wielding a large, random weapon.

Stuck to the wall of the Mining Tunnel with sticky black

strands, rambling about spiders. Wears a heavy robe (tier
1 armor, -1 movement in the Death Race).

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TEMPLE EVENTS You can roll on this table every time the PCs enter a new
room to set the mood (d10).
1 What looks like a human capillary system wobbles
through the room and disappears through a wall.
2 A crash and a blood-curling scream, followed by the
sound of someone running. Towards you? Not sure.
3 The walls start to ooze warm blood. Soon the floors are
slippery.
4 The clamor of a large-scale battle is heard. You itch for
violence.
ADVENTURE HOOKS
5 In the dark, a large, thin figure holding a spear is seen.
But there is no one there.
6 Wood splintering, angry shouts. They broke into the
prison! How long until they find you down here?
7 A blood-red glow is seen in the depths beyond. But as
you get there, only cold darkness awaits.
8 A vision of the ceiling dissolving into a mass of roiling
black clouds, shot through with red lightning. Did the
others also see this?
9 A misshapen mass of flesh the size of a small dog crawls
on the floor. Left alone, it dies and dissolves into a
puddle of blood.
10 You feel burning hot, as if from a sudden fever. Tons of
earth and layers of rotting bodies press down overhead.
You are going to die down here.
TRINKETS One or two of these low-value items can be found whenever a
PC searches for them (d12).
1 A pickled human eyeball. Delicious.
2 Several iron fangs. Can be used like nails.
3 A vial of spicy vinegar, makes rotten meat palatable.
4 A monkey mummy sewn into a sheep’s stomach.
5 A coin, edges whittled to razor sharpness.
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6 A serrated spoon (for removing brain matter).
7 A scroll with meticulous instructions for flensing legs.
8 A boot with a vicious rat living inside (1HP, 1 damage).
9 A twisted flute producing death rattles when blown.
10 A tongue of a large animal, tattooed with runes.
11 A black metal box with 2 doses of Blood Flower dust.
12 A suspicious dried sausage, wrapped in bloody cloth.
You can run this adventure as a one-shot, or make it part of a
larger narrative or campaign. Here are some ideas:
Instead of in the latrine, the PCs emerge in the dungeons
of an old foes’ fortress! How did this villain get involved
with the cult, and which sinister powers did they obtain?
The Berserkers keep hunting the PCs day and night.
Which crimes will they have to commit to escape their
wrath?
A local warlord is unhappy that the PCs have discovered
his drug supply. How will they get rid of him to take over
business?
A hedge witch offers a large reward for being led back to
the temple. What secret Blood Flower recipe does she
know?
In far-off Allians, spreading Blood Flower addiction
causes an epidemic of madness and violence. Where is
the source of the baleful plant?
The PCs’ actions have torn a rift to the Forgotten
Dimension of Blood. The Berserker hordes spill through,
blanketing the lands with war. Is this the End?
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Red rocks left, darkness right.

rockfall 9
9 Collapse the ceiling, stragglers be damned.

monster skeleton
Force open the jaws or lose valuable time.
mushroom 8
8 Test presence -6 or experience a vision.

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Attack or be held by the corpses!

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A risky agility test to keep going.

The Great Berserker Death Race

Rules cheat sheet
PCs move first, Berserkers second.
pc start 2
Move once and take one action per round. 2 PCs move d6 + agility fields per round.
If caught, fight d6 Berserkers for one round, then test
strength or presence to flee.

Spend the round cheering a straggler: they add 2 to

movement. berserker start 1
1 Berserkers move 3 fields per round.
Use an omen to add 2 to movement; attempt a second
action; or immediately escape the Berserkers.