Beschreibung
Five years ago, Darkness appeared in the skies above Egas. Now, days are barely lit by a sun shrouded in black: it is getting colder and colder, food is scarce, and the Reviled are everywhere. Vampires, Fallen, Werewolves: every creature of the dark has crawled out of their lair, ready to stake their claim to power in this eternal dusk.
You are Vileborn: half human, half Reviled. You were just children when your corrupted lineage manifested itself, subverting your life and separating you from your loved ones. The Luminarian Church, spiritual guide of the Empire and riding a tide of moral fervor, is now instigating the whole world to hunt and persecute you in the name of faith.
The Empress of Egas wants to transform you into a weapon. Desperately looking for leverage in the war against the Reviled, the Empress of Egas has issued the Lex Umbræ, a decree to draft every Vileborn and place them under the authority and protection of the Order of Dusk – an ancient society devoted to safeguarding the Empire.
You are the first Vileborn enlisted into the Order of Dusk.
You are at the center of a rift between Church and Empire.
You are aware that the adults around you don’t have all the answers.
You are at odds with your nature; you are feared and despised by all.
Every character starts with a background and a dark heritage that will provide you with inspiration to create multifaceted Vileborn, each with a unique story to tell, untapped potential to unleash, and inner conflicts to resolve. Backgrounds speaks of your past. Each one suggests something about your roots, giving you unique ways to approach challenges and providing intriguing stimuli to develop your Vileborn's psychology, intertwining with your dark heritage. Dark heritages speaks of your connection with darkness. Each dark heritage is more than a mere collection of powers and abilities; it represents our darkest urges and offers a way to explore them throughout the game.
Vileborn is a TTRPG that evokes a coming-of-age fantasy story, biting and adventurous. Players assume the role of Vileborn, young half-blood heroes forced to face the darkness of the world and brave enough to embrace their own.
The game features typical themes of dark fantasy stories as metaphors for the path from adolescence to adulthood. While playing, you will narrate the most iconic aspects of coming-of-age hero journeys: the hard and rigorous training, the conflicting relationship with mentors, the exploration of your dark heritage and the fear associated with it, the camaraderie and the bonds that are forged in adventures in a perilous world.