Beneath grey skies of falling ashes, corpse-like denizens beckon for scraps of flesh, kneeling in filth and ecstasy before their slumbering god-kings. Wasteland tribes fight against the armies that come to take them as cattle. Witches are hunted and bred to serve as psychic slaves to sorcerers at war, and things of nightmare are birthed from the cracks in the earth, where reality is twisted into... [click here for more]
Agony is an optional set of rules that adds mechanical depth to combat in the Strain Basic system.
Players will have to balance their actions between offense and defense, bandage their bleeding wounds, and deal with permanent injuries. Players will also find equipment to be more meaningful, with armor and weapons gaining ratings based on their design, size, and material. Adversaries have statistic... [click here for more]