Raven RPG Core Book

Description

Inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven transports you to an evocative and dangerous fictional world of gothic horror and cursed magic. The precise design of the Maelstrom game system allows you to live your own games steeped in the mystery, curses, passions, despairs, and longings of E. A. Poe-style stories.

Set in a fictional world centered in the ancient aristocratic city of Raven, that bears a certain resemblance to 19th-century North America. Its streets are shrouded in an eternal mist and plagued by specters. The city of Raven is a great mystery itself, harboring many secrets that date back to its founding… and before. Raven is essentially a game about…

• Dark stories and ghosts, providing players with a classic horror setting of haunted mansions, fascinations with specters and curses from beyond the grave, all accompanied by Poe’s poetic and sinister tone.
• Hidden mysteries and cursed ruins that harbor the long-forgotten history of Raven — the eerie Lodge and its destruction, the curse of the mist, the sinister protector Order and what it is hiding, your family, its doomed blood inheritance, and your sinister mansion full of secrets.
• Ancient Conspiracies  that are very much alive and are threatening to destroy the city, the Order and your family, the Corvus family.

This corebook includes:

• A complete gameplay guide: advice for generating atmosphere, rules for the Maelstrom narrative system and techniques for running tenebrous stories.
• How to create your Corvus Characters and customise your mansion.
• The magic in Raven: its origins, rules and constraints.
• The most relevant organisations and non-player characters.
• Detailed descriptions of the city of Raven and the spectral Other Side: settings, locations (and their secrets and threats), factions and a double-page map.
• The threats, creatures and secrets lurking in the city.
• Useful hints and tips to help you develop your Raven tales.
• An adventure to get your games started: “Ravens Night”.
• Character records, lists, maps, game sheets, character books and other material for your games.

Technical aspects

• US letter hardcover book
• Full color interior
• More than 260 pages
• Free PDF

Credits

• Author: Daniel P. Espinosa
• Illustrators: Andrés Sáez, «Marlock» and Abigail Larsson.
• Game system: Maelstrom.