Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts is a 128-page expansion for the Blades in the Dark roleplaying game — containing a treasure trove of lore, setting material, and alternative mechanics John Harper developed over the years for use in Blades campaigns.
The lore goes deeper, your crew cuts harder in this exciting expansion for Blades in the Dark – available in print for the first time!
Outside, Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts features the high quality, premium quality you’ve come to expect from Evil Hat: a gorgeous matte hardcover with spot-varnish finishing touches, a comfy and portable 6″x9″ format, and a clean, crisp layout for maximum readability.
Inside this 128-page expansion you’ll find intriguing new details about the scheming city of Doskvol, including:
- 27 factions, providing new lore and crew opportunities
- Over 100 heritage and background packages to flesh out the characters and the setting even more
- 13 new innovations in technology to reflect ongoing industrial-age advances, including new rare and restricted technology for nefarious Scoundrels to get their hands on
Plus “catalysts” — world-shaking events that expand and alter the setting of the game, providing new avenues for intrigue and adventure!
Deep Cuts also includes new rules and new ways of doing things, such as:
- More flexible and impactful Harm & Trauma rules
- A modified Advancement system to customize the rate at which characters progress
- A new diceless Downtime system helps you manage Vice, Healing, Crew Development, Debt, and more!
- A modified approach to Load keeps things streamlined while still tied to the fiction
- An alternative Action system empowers players even more and speeds up play.
The whole book is packed with tons of lore, gameable details, plug-and-play systems, GM tools, crew opportunities, and new artwork to take your Blades in the Dark games to the next level.
