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AUTHOR, GAME DESIGN AND CREATIVE DIRECTIONT. GLENN BANE
EDITORSGINA FARAGO, ROMAN DRUM
INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONT. GLENN BANEGUSTAVE DORE
ASSORTED ILLUSTRATIONS ARE FROM PUBLIC DOMAIN
SPECIAL THANKS TO“TEAM CASTLE”
AARON BRINKMAN, ROB BUTLER, BEN HERMAN, DARRYL RICHMOND, TOM SHIMINSKY,KELLY WITTY, PAUL WITTY,
AS WELL AS TERRY BANE, BEN HENLINE, JIM HUGGINS, DOYLE HUNTER, AND DAN YORK
I would like to dedicate this book to those gamers who have continually lent their support toScaldcrow Games in the good times and the bad but most of all to my Father-in-Law Ame deo Falcone.
—T. Glenn Bane
The Dark Fantasy of Sundrah, Scaldcrow Games, Scaldcrow Games logo, The Dark Fantasy ofSundrah logo and all characters and locales original to The Dark Fantasy of Sundrah are trade-marks of T. Glenn Bane. This material is protected by the copyright laws of the United States ofAmerica. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of this material or artwork contained herein isstrictly prohibited without express written permission. This product is a work of fiction. Any
similarity to actual people, organizations, places or events is purely coincidental. Copyright © 2010 T. Glenn Bane.
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Introduction 6
Contours 7
Black Witch 7
Darkseed Mage 8
Demonbeast Fighter 9
Holy Reckoner 10
Occult Scholar 11
Twisted Wretch 12
Race 13
Cambion 13
Karkexis 14
Paegsus 15
Skills 16
Cold Reading 17
Flatter 17
Language Skill: Drumming 17
Language Skill: High Infernal 17
Lore Skill: Cults 17
Lore Skill: Deities 17
Lore Skill: Demonic Lords 18
Lore Skill: Famous Artifacts 18
Lore Skill: Infernal Hierarchy 18
Lore Skill: Infernal Psychology 18
Lore Skill: Omens 18
Lore Skill: Superstitions 19
Negotiation 19
Regurgitation 19
Taunt 19
Personality Traits: Player 20
Good and Evil Traits 20
Magic College 20
Corrupted Deiform 20
Dark Craft 23
Library Spells 26
Allotiophagy 26
Blasting 26
Hanon-Trap 26
Items 27
Balefire Brazier 27
Bind Rune Gem 27
Black Grimoire 29
Blasting Rod 30
Devil Trap 30
Witch Bottle 31
The Hierarchy of Demons for Use in
Your RPG 32
Defining Infernal Creatures 35
Daejus 35
Demon 35
Devil 35
Djinn 35
Infernal Hierarchies 36
Infernal Abodes 36
Infernal Personalities 36
Demonic Good and Evil Traits 36
Offhand? 36
Infernal Abilities 37
Additional abilities of Djinn 37
All Infernal Limitations 37
All Infernal Skills 38
Infernal Creatures 39
Agathodaemon 39
Animal Weird 39
Cacodaemon—Infernal 39
Charkarron Demon—Infernal 42
Daejus, Basic 42
Demon, Greater 43
Demon, Lesser 43
Devil, Greater 44
Devil, Lesser 45
Djinn, Pure Spirit 45
Djinn, Shade 46
Imp 46
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Intimidator Devil 46
Lady-in-Waiting—Daejus 47
Madame White—Daejus 48
Mbulu—Devil 49
Oni—Demon 50
Rakshasas—Djinn 51
Ravenna—Demon 52
Semnai—Daejus 53
Shadow Demon—Infernal 54
Shaitan—Djinn 55
Shiqq—Djinn 56
Succubus/Incubus—Infernal 56
Tengu, Greater Demon 57
Tengu, Lesser Demon 58
Yaksas—Devil 59
Town 60
Hagride 60
History 60
The Wicked Truth 60
The City Today 60
Rulership 61
Strife 61
Crime 61
Basilisk 61
Chosen Few 61
Empty Cup 61
Ragmen 61
Scarlet Hand 61
Hagride Statistics 62
Other Places 62
Forbidden Ruins 62
Cursed Cliffs 62
Iron Asylum 62
Hagride Story Hooks 63
Do the right thing 63
Iron Safari 63
Amber Alert 63
Deal Breaker 63
Map Key 63
Map 72
Personality Traits: GM
Good and Evil Traits 74
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Infernal Realms
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--IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn
The dancing candlelight went out with a faintly audible
snap, leaving the cellar captured in deep shadows and
thick darkness. With the light gone, Cross Rainey
became suddenly aware of how alone and defenseless he
was as he sat naked in the mystic circle.
The smell of brimstone began to penetrate the air,
carried by the lingering smoke of the now spent candle as
it seemed—he imagined—to drift between this world
and another place. The reality was he was not alone,
that wasn’t really the truth, or at least not the whole
truth. Something was coming. He summoned it and it
would not fail to answer his reckless invitation. If he
were clever and very, very lucky, it would not carry him
back to its torturous, infernal realm.
Demons, devils, pacts, quests, curses, revenge,
heroism and many other themes are common to
stories involving infernal powers. Join me as
Scaldcrow Games explores the infernal realms and
the monsters that inhabit them—monsters that
define evil itself.
This book is intended to be used with The Dark
Fantasy of Sundrah and other Scaldcrow Games
adventure products.
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The warhorse strode into town with a confident gait,
head swaying back and forth as it casually fought the
reins and bit. It wore rigid leather with veteran mail and
tattered red and black trapping that billowed and
bounced with each resounding stride as it emerged from
beyond the town, beyond the light from whatever mad-
ness dwelled there. Its rider sat straight in the saddle,
posting up as he scanned the streets and alleys, occasion-
ally pausing to take in a long slow breath, searching for
something in the still, night air.
At once the great axe held at his right side became
engulfed in a white pulsating fire, its light radiating out-
ward and penetrating the deeper shadows behind him.
There in that darkness, elves adorned in worn battle-
bathed armor scattered out to the left and right side of
the street. They drew blades and bows as they took cover
to support the rider. Whispered incantations wound out
of the shadows, quickly disappearing as elusive as
smoke. Their spells were being bolstered in place. The
rider, supported by his elven company, turned and looked
toward the scribner’s window, locking eyes with the man
that peered back from its dark corner.
Cross Rainey shuddered and dropped beneath the
window, clutching his robe to his chest for security. It was
too late, he had been seen. The Holy Reckoner was com-
ing and a company of Black Witches trailed behind
him.
In a world where evil abounds, there are heroes,
villains, and professions that spring forth to face
challenges in the riptide between good and evil.
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