Sigil & Shadow: A Roleplaying Game of Urban Fantasy and Occult Horror, Hardcover/R. E. Davis

An urban fantasy roleplaying game of ancient nightmares and modern terrors. Set in a mirror of our own world, Sigil & Shadow is a roleplaying game of urban fantasy and occult horror in which players take on the roles of illuminated heroes and shadowed monsters to face the rising tide of supernatural forces. Ancient nightmares lurk behind the closed doors of board rooms, entities from beyond time prowl the city streets, forgotten rituals are reborn as viral memes. Do you take a stand against the encroaching shadows? Or do you seek their power for yourself? Powered by d00Lite: Sigil & Shadow uses a modified version of DwD Studios' versatile d00Lite rules. More choice, less complexity: Sigil & Shadow and the d00Lite rules are highly accessible, with the focus squarely on the story rather than the mechanics -- who the characters are and what they do, not how they do it. A thousand stories: A Sigil & Shadow campaign can be built around a wide range of plots - a paranormal investigation team, a cell of monster hunters, a cabal of occultists, a secret society of monstrous misfits, an uneasy alliance of enemies united against a common foe... A toolkit for your nightmares: Ask ten people to describe their favorite vampires, werewolves, or zombies and you'll probably get a dozen different archetypes. Sigil & Shadow is designed to accommodate all these and more - a GM can develop character templates that fit their own mythos, or players can build unique creatures from scratch. What's old is new: The setting offered in Sigil & Shadow sees a modern world buffeted by the tides of supernatural power. Beings of myth wake from their slumber while modern cults sacrifice to pop-culture gods and ancient cabals pursue their age-old schemes into the digital age. About author(s): R.E. Davis hails from a college town in Texas, where he grew up exposed to a weird mix of old-fashioned living and big-city dreaming. Always one for the weird, he spent much of his youth playing fantasy games, listening to scary music, and reading dystopian fiction and occult literature. His adulthood hasn't changed that. He has worn many labels: office IT guy, gas station clerk, costume shop manager, game store owner, communications major, and now father and husband. He is also the resident grumpus of the ChaosGrenade game blog.