Into The Bleak – RPG
Ongoing
INTO THE BLEAK is a Pen & Paper RPG or TTRPG (The same style of game as Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder). It is a passion project that will be self-publish someday.
Into the Bleak is set in an original Lovecraftian Alien Steampunk horror setting. Society takes place in a Victorian inspired civilization that just began a technological advancement, developing steampunk technology and advanced metal production.
Alien organic growths began to appear, spreading a mystical illness that turns people into Thralls, mutant monsters with mystical powers.
HUMAN SOCIETY
Style Guide
Mood Boards
ARISTOCRACY – DESIGN SHEET
THE ARISTOCRACY govern all the functioning industry, government, and culture in society. As such they have garnered a great deal of control over the city and are both revered and hated.
They've sought to distance themselves from the lower class by keeping tight control over the distribution of scientific advancement and the organization of law enforcement. They also have done so, more literally, through the use of masks and mechanical stilts.
ALIEN MATTER
Style Guide
Mood Boards
HORRORS – DESIGN SHEET
THE CREATURES OF THE BLEAK are an ever present fear in the world of Into The Bleak. They begin as a tempting sickness that can offer magic power to the infected person. But as the sickness progresses they slowly turn into a Thrall of the Bleak.
The alien designs are inspired by funguses, Lovecraftian based media, and insects. Most designs stemming from distorting the human skeleton.
More to come...