Tenebrous Publishing

Welcome to the publishing page for Soot: Tales of Tenebrous!

Soot is no longer available on itch.io you can buy it on drivethrurpg here:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/441496/Soot-Tales-of-Tenebrous?affiliate_id...

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Soot is an in-depth noir style table top system where Players can explore and investigate the mysterious Tenebrous in a world much like our own.  GM's can set their campaign in any age of the world; from the ancient world to a future yet to come. Players can explore and investigate myths, legends and their own personal stories in the world of Tenebrous!

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What if life as we know it wasn’t all there was on Earth? If somewhere, hiding in the shadows of the world, intelligent and strange life grew alongside our own? A life which thrived only because of its own will to persist; a life that could change the very fabric of reality with its desires. Where humanity embraced technology, this life sought refuge in mysticism and magic.

Would humanity strive to work together with this life, putting aside its differences and daring to trust, even if that meant embracing the strange and unknown? Or would humanity seek to protect itself from the threat of something alien to them? Should humanity dare to explore the hidden depths of the world or seek safety in the light?

These are the stories of that world, where the hidden reveals itself in a tangled web of mysteries, life and death hang in the balance of a single choice, and the clash of violence can lead to either safety and refuge or despair and annihilation.

This is the world of Soot, and the Tales of Tenebrous.

A full 400+ page core rule book (that can be picked up and played quickly in around 35 pages!) for a modern (2023) Tabletop Roleplaying game. Soot fluidly combines and adapts to investigative, horror, pulp and action settings. Created in tandem with its own setting, Tenebrous- told in short stories with its own rules section, which can be used by GM's to create their own unique plots, stories, hero, villains and monsters!

• Simultaneous rounds of combat in Firefights using an innovative Manoeuvre system, where players can counter their foes’ Manoeuvres by predicting their enemy’s strategy.

• Functional and considered Stealth system with extra rules if it becomes the focus of a scenario.

• An Investigation system which encourages interactivity and helps a GM avoid dead ends.

• A Social system which works for both active roleplayers and those that prefer to outline what their characters say.

• Build cases with Knowledge which characters can improve by learning important Clues or Casing an area.

• Pick up new Skills or Specialisations without having to spend XP with the Short Term Memory system, or use XP to learn those skills permanently.

• Switch to a medical mystery or drama with rules for Maladies and Injuries, and keep your character healthy by trying to avoid Stress and Strain.

• And if all else fails, use Hand to Hand combat to: throw people across bars or disarm, takedown and counterattack opponents. Use clever Combos and create dynamic brawls by using the Combat Advantage system.