LAST RITES

In the red, wet heaven below the earth, death is only the beginning. If you're willing to spit in the face of god, put the screws to a ghost, or wrestle the single meanest fish that's ever lived, there's always work for you in Heart. But sometimes that work will bring you face to face with the dark fate that awaits us all. Will you grit your teeth and plunge forward? Or cower and die in obscurity?

LAST RITES presents three independent scenarios that work well as one-shot adventures, seeds for a campaign, or as momentary diversions in your ongoing story. Each one presents a unique set of challenges - and a different approach to storytelling, be it linear, sandbox, or something in between.

• In NEXT OF KIN, the world's oldest Incarnadine hires you to kidnap him from his terrible family before he explodes.
• In DEATH MARCH, you're tasked with discovering the secrets of three dead knights by any means necessary.
• In BONE APPÉTIT, a small town mayor asks you to gather ingredients for his last great feast.

Each adventure requires the HEART: The City Beneath core rules to play, and comes with a simple map, landmarks, delves, adversaries, custom fallouts, and suggestions for how things might go.

Best of all, the adventures come with a host of characters your delvers will love to hate, including:

• Twin big-game-hunters who see the delvers as their next prey
• Scuzzy druids that can turn into big honkin' scorpions
• A sorcerer and a blood-witch who are loudly married with one another
• The most tired seneschal in the entire world
• And many more!

Above all, it puts things in your hands to figure out what works best for your group. As in all things HEART, the world is what you make of it.

Content warnings include: Suicide, elder abuse, mass poisoning, animal corpses, body horror, gigantic insects (illustrated)

Written and designed by Brendan McLeod. Art by gryme.

Special thanks to Clayton Notestine, everyone in the Explorers Design community, and all of the playtesters.

LAST RITES was made with the help of the Classic Explorer Template by Explorers Design which is under CC BY 4.0. 

LAST RITES is an independent production by Brendan McLeod and is not affiliated with Rowan, Rook and Decard. It is published under the RR&D Community License. HEART is copyright Rowan, Rook and Decard. You can find out more and support these games at rowanrookanddecard.com