Bloody & Breathless
A downloadable RPG
This rules-light, BREATHLESS system vampire TTRPG seeks to provide an accessible and compelling way to tell stories of tormented night creatures and the political machinations they weave.
BLOODY & BREATHLESS interprets common modern vampire lore and urban fantasy tropes into a system that challenges powerful creatures by demanding that they feed and give in to their dark cravings in order to maintain their strength and power - complicating their existence and drawing them deeper into the dangerous webs they weave.
FEATURES
- Quick to learn, easy to master system with swift character creation.
- A novel interpretation of the core Breathless rules that pushes players to think like a vampire and make deliberate choices - embroiling them in the dichotomy of strength and fragility; human and beast.
- Powerful but easily adjudicated versions of familiar vampire powers.
- Assets and backgrounds that are "consumable" and must be recovered primarily through player-motivated story direction.
- New and familiar vampiric curses that encourage players to complicate the story rather than penalize rolls.
- Sample challenges comprising common foes for a coven of young vampires.
- A starting adventure to draw your disparate vampires into a revenge-fueled coven.
PRINCIPAL TOUCHSTONES
- Both the ‘Masquerade’ and ‘Requiem’ flavors of the most popular and well known vampire RPG out there.
- The work of Anne Rice.
- The first Underworld film (which is really just invoking the first entry again).
- Marvel’s Blade films. And Hell, Morbius too, I guess.
- Urban Shadows by Magpie Games.
LICENSE:
This work is based on BREATHLESS, product of Fari RPGs (https://farirpgs.com/), developed and authored by René-Pier Deshaies-Gélinas.
This product is licensed under the ORC License available online at various locations including www.azoralaw.com/orclicense. All warranties are disclaimed as set forth therein.
Purchase
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Your vampiric lords are not without their generosity, sweet mortals. Come, my children of the night, take of what you need!
Development log
- Bloody & Breathless is Live!Nov 26, 2023
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Is it nitpicking to say that "Premier" has no trailing "e" when what you mean is "the best" or "the most well known"?
Not at all! I honestly did it because it LOOKED to have more gravitas, and that felt very "World filled with Darkness." I'll probably nip that in a future edit : )
Thank you so much for the community copies. I plan on purchasing next month, when my financials aren't so desperate.
Absolutely! I always appreciate a purchase of course, but knowing that folks are reading, playing, or (best option) playing and enjoying my games is the biggest reason for doing this. [Little praise hands emoji]
Interesting work, we think alike. I also made a game similar to this recently. Cheers.
This sounds amazing, but there is no purchase or download link!
I’m wrapping up the character sheet this evening, and the game will go live for sale shortly.
thanks for your patience - the page is a bit of a preview at this point 😅