CREATOR: Developed by Cullen Bunn with design and illustration by Jeremy D. Mohler.
CATEGORY: TTRPG AGE RANGE: Teen+
VIBES: Role-playing games, quick play, old school, storytelling, adventure, fantasy, dungeon crawl, killer dungeon, super dungeon
IN SHORT: Daemonrot is a meat-grinder super-dungeon - and this is your chance to explore it through a SOLO RPG!
WHAT’S IT ABOUT:
Despite the warnings…
…despite the horrifying legends…
…despite the night terrors that plagued your sleep…
…you and your brave band of compatriots ventured deep into the twisting tunnels of a forbidden and sinister cave system filled with fell creatures and fiendish traps. Your lust for fortune and glory drove you onward despite the dangers you met. You made it deeper into the catacombs than most. Maybe your early success brought about overconfidence.
And overconfidence brought about your downfall.
Creeping down a flight of natural, uneven stairs, you and your adventuring compatriots entered a vast, flooded cavern. Great, slime-covered stalagmites rose from the murk. Jagged, dripping stalactites cascaded from a ceiling lost to the dark. The stone features gave the cave the resemblance of a toothy maw, just waiting to chew you up.
And then… in a way… it did.
Your attackers surged shrieking from the darkness.
Ferrin the thief screamed as he was dragged into the black, never to be seen again.
Solworth the ranger felt the searing sting of a dozen barbed arrows before he fell, squirming and twitching, into the fetid water.
Aramel the sorcerer tried to utter a spell to turn your enemies away, but a blade across his throat silenced his incantations forever.
And you—staggering back, splashing through the muck, flailing about wildly with your sword—had but one thought before the fathomless emptiness swallowed you whole.
We were fools to ever set foot in the Daemonrot!
And, yet, this is just the beginning of your adventure.
The beginning of your nightmare.
In ALONE AGAINST THE DEATH LORDS OF DAEMONROT you play the lone surviving member of a party of adventurers that delved too deeply into a death-filled maze of torment and horror. Lost, alone, and faced with a fate worse than oblivion, you must muster every ounce of courage in order to challenge seemingly insurmountable odds stacked against you in your attempt to escape the dungeon with your life!
This will not be easy.
And it most certainly won’t be pleasant.
Good luck.
You’ll need it.
Cullen Bunn - Creator, Writer, & Game Designer
Cullen Bunn is a writer of comic books, prose, film, and TV. He has written stories for some of the most well-known characters in the world. His work for Marvel and DC includes titles such as UNCANNY X-MEN, X-MEN BLUE, DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, MAGENTO, SINESTRO, and many others. His creator-owned work includes THE SIXTH GUN, HARROW COUNTY, THE EMPTY MAN, BONE PARISH, BASILISK, and many others. His website is www.cullenbunn.com.
