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AUTHOR, GAME DESIGN AND CREATIVE DIRECTIONT. GLENN BANE

EDITORSGINA FARAGO, ROMAN DRUM

INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONT. GLENN BANEGUSTAVE DORE

ASSORTED ILLUSTRATIONS ARE FROM PUBLIC DOMAIN

SPECIAL THANKS TO“TEAM CASTLE”

AARON BRINKMAN, ROB BUTLER, BEN HERMAN, DARRYL RICHMOND, TOM SHIMINSKY,KELLY WITTY, PAUL WITTY,

AS WELL AS TERRY BANE, BEN HENLINE, JIM HUGGINS, DOYLE HUNTER, AND DAN YORK

I would like to dedicate this book to those gamers who have continually lent their support toScaldcrow Games in the good times and the bad but most of all to my Father-in-Law Ame deo Falcone.

—T. Glenn Bane

The Dark Fantasy of Sundrah, Scaldcrow Games, Scaldcrow Games logo, The Dark Fantasy ofSundrah logo and all characters and locales original to The Dark Fantasy of Sundrah are trade-marks of T. Glenn Bane. This material is protected by the copyright laws of the United States ofAmerica. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of this material or artwork contained herein isstrictly prohibited without express written permission. This product is a work of fiction. Any

similarity to actual people, organizations, places or events is purely coincidental. Copyright © 2010 T. Glenn Bane.

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Introduction 6

Contours 7

Black Witch 7

Darkseed Mage 8

Demonbeast Fighter 9

Holy Reckoner 10

Occult Scholar 11

Twisted Wretch 12

Race 13

Cambion 13

Karkexis 14

Paegsus 15

Skills 16

Cold Reading 17

Flatter 17

Language Skill: Drumming 17

Language Skill: High Infernal 17

Lore Skill: Cults 17

Lore Skill: Deities 17

Lore Skill: Demonic Lords 18

Lore Skill: Famous Artifacts 18

Lore Skill: Infernal Hierarchy 18

Lore Skill: Infernal Psychology 18

Lore Skill: Omens 18

Lore Skill: Superstitions 19

Negotiation 19

Regurgitation 19

Taunt 19

Personality Traits: Player 20

Good and Evil Traits 20

Magic College 20

Corrupted Deiform 20

Dark Craft 23

Library Spells 26

Allotiophagy 26

Blasting 26

Hanon-Trap 26

Items 27

Balefire Brazier 27

Bind Rune Gem 27

Black Grimoire 29

Blasting Rod 30

Devil Trap 30

Witch Bottle 31

The Hierarchy of Demons for Use in

Your RPG 32

Defining Infernal Creatures 35

Daejus 35

Demon 35

Devil 35

Djinn 35

Infernal Hierarchies 36

Infernal Abodes 36

Infernal Personalities 36

Demonic Good and Evil Traits 36

Offhand? 36

Infernal Abilities 37

Additional abilities of Djinn 37

All Infernal Limitations 37

All Infernal Skills 38

Infernal Creatures 39

Agathodaemon 39

Animal Weird 39

Cacodaemon—Infernal 39

Charkarron Demon—Infernal 42

Daejus, Basic 42

Demon, Greater 43

Demon, Lesser 43

Devil, Greater 44

Devil, Lesser 45

Djinn, Pure Spirit 45

Djinn, Shade 46

Imp 46

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Intimidator Devil 46

Lady-in-Waiting—Daejus 47

Madame White—Daejus 48

Mbulu—Devil 49

Oni—Demon 50

Rakshasas—Djinn 51

Ravenna—Demon 52

Semnai—Daejus 53

Shadow Demon—Infernal 54

Shaitan—Djinn 55

Shiqq—Djinn 56

Succubus/Incubus—Infernal 56

Tengu, Greater Demon 57

Tengu, Lesser Demon 58

Yaksas—Devil 59

Town 60

Hagride 60

History 60

The Wicked Truth 60

The City Today 60

Rulership 61

Strife 61

Crime 61

Basilisk 61

Chosen Few 61

Empty Cup 61

Ragmen 61

Scarlet Hand 61

Hagride Statistics 62

Other Places 62

Forbidden Ruins 62

Cursed Cliffs 62

Iron Asylum 62

Hagride Story Hooks 63

Do the right thing 63

Iron Safari 63

Amber Alert 63

Deal Breaker 63

Map Key 63

Map 72

Personality Traits: GM

Good and Evil Traits 74

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Infernal Realms

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The dancing candlelight went out with a faintly audible

snap, leaving the cellar captured in deep shadows and

thick darkness. With the light gone, Cross Rainey

became suddenly aware of how alone and defenseless he

was as he sat naked in the mystic circle.

The smell of brimstone began to penetrate the air,

carried by the lingering smoke of the now spent candle as

it seemed—he imagined—to drift between this world

and another place. The reality was he was not alone,

that wasn’t really the truth, or at least not the whole

truth. Something was coming. He summoned it and it

would not fail to answer his reckless invitation. If he

were clever and very, very lucky, it would not carry him

back to its torturous, infernal realm.

Demons, devils, pacts, quests, curses, revenge,

heroism and many other themes are common to

stories involving infernal powers. Join me as

Scaldcrow Games explores the infernal realms and

the monsters that inhabit them—monsters that

define evil itself.

This book is intended to be used with The Dark

Fantasy of Sundrah and other Scaldcrow Games

adventure products.

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The warhorse strode into town with a confident gait,

head swaying back and forth as it casually fought the

reins and bit. It wore rigid leather with veteran mail and

tattered red and black trapping that billowed and

bounced with each resounding stride as it emerged from

beyond the town, beyond the light from whatever mad-

ness dwelled there. Its rider sat straight in the saddle,

posting up as he scanned the streets and alleys, occasion-

ally pausing to take in a long slow breath, searching for

something in the still, night air.

At once the great axe held at his right side became

engulfed in a white pulsating fire, its light radiating out-

ward and penetrating the deeper shadows behind him.

There in that darkness, elves adorned in worn battle-

bathed armor scattered out to the left and right side of

the street. They drew blades and bows as they took cover

to support the rider. Whispered incantations wound out

of the shadows, quickly disappearing as elusive as

smoke. Their spells were being bolstered in place. The

rider, supported by his elven company, turned and looked

toward the scribner’s window, locking eyes with the man

that peered back from its dark corner.

Cross Rainey shuddered and dropped beneath the

window, clutching his robe to his chest for security. It was

too late, he had been seen. The Holy Reckoner was com-

ing and a company of Black Witches trailed behind

him.

In a world where evil abounds, there are heroes,

villains, and professions that spring forth to face

challenges in the riptide between good and evil.

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