Serenissima Obscura

Coming in 2025!
Serenissima Obscura is a setting guide and horror scenario for Venice in 1507.

Below the surface of this most serene of all cities, an old evil has dreamed up a nightmare that seeps into the mundane. The adventurers will face conspiracies, mystical convergences and a realm of unspeakable terrors that threaten to consume Venice and life as we know it.

Serenissima Obscura offers:
▶︎ compatibility with 5e and other systems,
▶︎ a massive setting guide with information about the historical and mystical background of our world,
▶︎ a sandbox adventure consisting of 25+ modules in real Venice as well as in its shadow version,
▶︎ dozens of additional story hooks in the setting guide,
▶︎ setlets to play with consistent groups. 
▶︎ new character classes, like e.g. The Merchant,
▶︎ new species, like e.g. The Children of the Lagoon, 
▶︎ new mechanics for social advancement and the setup of headquarters, 
▶︎ an extra PDF player guide with mechanics, classes and species from The Straight Way Lost, 
▶︎ illustrations by the artists Anton Vitus (Vaesen), Mark Smylie (Artesia), Simone Tammetta and Margaux Carpio.
▶︎ layout by Thorsten Janes,
▶︎ cover by Roena Rosenberger,
▶︎ as well as wonderful street and battle maps by Mark Smylie!

Read more about our progress in our blog.