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NEW BLOOD is a supplement for HEART: The City Beneath, the award winning rpg of doomed delving in a horrible cursed nightmare realm, by Rowan, Rook, and Decard.

Featuring three new character classes - the MYCO-ALCHEMIST, a living alchemy lab and walking fungal infestation; the PACKRAT, who steals from the rich and gives to the vermin; and the SPLINTERHEAD, who stuck a crystal in their brain and has the worst headache of all time.

Version 2 has been updated with four new callings! The DOPPELGANGER lets you play as a copy of someone else, venturing into the depths for answers about their original; or you can lose yourself to HATE, and delve in the cause of total annihilation, yours or the Heart's; perhaps you have come here in search of a MIRACLE, and have given up everything and thrown yourself into the hands of fate; or maybe you know the true blessing of the Heart, and have come to be changed, in the cause of TRANSFORMATION.

Version 2.1 has been updated with two new ancestries! Read about the REPTILIANS, who chase their departed god across the world, and the WOOD ELVES, phytofacsimiles and heirs to the demideities of the great forests.

Version 3 includes a campaign frame! Investigate a bizarre biohorror monster mystery that will lead you to the depths of the Heart (and perhaps even beyond). Inspired by The Southern Reach series, BorneRoadside PicnicAlien, and Frankenstein.Inside are 9 new Landmarks and 10 new Delves, with campaign- and location-specific beats to offer players, as well as new adversaries and fallouts.

Version 3 also includes 6 new Extra Advances, new "classes" for players to discover as they explore the Heart. Become a STUDENT OF CHALCEDONY by uncovering the secrets of the Obelisk, or study with a SURGEON PRIEST OF CONQUEST in their city inside a worm. Pledge your service to the Centipede God and earn the powers of a CENTIPEDE CULTIST, or submit to the fungal superorganism and serve as a ROYAL TASTER, in its quest to render the whole world edible. The other two are so secret that I won't spoil them here!

NEW BLOOD is an independent production by Ben K. Rosenbloom and is not affiliated with Rowan, Rook and Decard. It is published using the RR&D Community License

HEART: The City Beneath is copyright Rowan, Rook and Decard. You can find out more and support these games at rowanrookanddecard.com

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NEW BLOOD v3.1 spreads.pdf 240 MB
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Good stuff, I liked a lot the writing and tone. Myco-Alchemist and Splinterhead are my fav parts. Habilities are creative, don't add to much mechanics/resources to track and seems very balanced. Congratz.

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Thanks so much! I'd love to hear about it if you wind up with the Myco-Alchemist or Splinterhead in a game.