Burnt Offerings
FactionTephrotic Nightmares · p.36 · 3p
Open source p.36The caress of death's fever and the flames that consume the city are more alike than you will ever know.
The smoke does not stop pouring from their mountain-cathedral-mortuary, the peaks carved into chimneys, painting the sky umber. None, from the lowest initiate to the Charred Masters, are free of the mark—exposed bone, blacked by flame.
They are heretic necromancers, having found a link between fire and death —where else could they be found? They would ride out the apocalypse
ascharred corpses and rise afterwards, one with a dead world. As with fire, they are always hungry. As with death, they are infinitely patient.
GOAL
Revenge against those who deem them heretics.
OFFERINGS AND RITUALS
Necromantic rituals and teachings, flammable unguents and oils.
The First Burning, allowing a limb to be consumed by flame as a conduit to death.
CHALLENGES
Gathering fresh materials and fuel.
GRUNTS / OFFICERS / EMISSARIES ()
| d4 | Grunts | Officers | Emissaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amund, they would set the world alight to bring them back | Trym, resigned and tired—but when they erupt, it is terrible | Isak, voice ruined by smoke, veiled threats |
| 2 | Elizabet, born to the cult—a rarity | Margot, death-loving fanatic—utterly dedicated | Malfrid, sensual, loud, flirtatious |
| 3 | Sondre, emotionless husk — beyond burnt-out | Jan, quiet, soft-spoken spymaster | Vetle, ever-watchful, cautious |
| 4 | Vibeke, entitled, furious | Ellen, genuine, tender and kind | Åse, inert. Mostly. |
VESSELS
EXPLORING VESSEL
Corpse Raft with Initiates, Devoted, plus 1Pyromancer or Necromancer and a Flaming Oil Slingshot.
WAR VESSEL
Rotten Walker with 1Pyromancer, 1 Necromancer, Nodh, 2 Long Rods, Scapegoat Homunculus, 1Lightning Accumulator.