The Lost Citadel Roleplaying Game

Seven decades ago, there were cities upon cities,kingdoms and nations. Cultures at war and at trade. Humans, dwarves, elves,andothers. So it remained for millennia, through two vibrant ages calledascensions.

Until the world ended. Nationscrumbled. Magic sputtered. Nature sickened. Civilizationsdied.

The deadwoke.

Some say the doors to the Underworldflew from their hinges. Others believe that the god of the dead went mad.Whatever the cause, across the lands of Zileska, the dead have become the Dead.Whether human, elf, dwarf, or monstrous ghûl, all must survive the horrorof this world overrun by death, where all that's left of civilization hasgathered behind the walls of the world's last bastion of theliving...

The city ofRedoubt.

The Lost Citadel is a transmediasetting that exists simultaneously as gaming, art, fiction, music, and more. TheLost Citadel Roleplaying is Green Ronin's full-faith effort to bring theworld of The Lost Citadel into the newest edition of the world's mostpopular roleplaying game. Welcome to a dark fantasy gaming experience unlike anyother. Welcome to The Lost CitadelRoleplaying.

In this setting, you play one ofthe only remaining souls alive after an undead apocalypse has broughtcivilization to a dark and bloody end. This beautifully illustrated game bookprovides everything you'll need to experience The Lost Citadel through thelens of the world's most popular roleplayinggame.

Inside this book, you'llfind:

The once-proud history, races,religions, and cultures of the world of Zileska. And how theyFell.
Detailed coverage of the inner workings,factions, politics, and geographical locations of the Last City. Each districtcomes with its own Adventure Hooks sidebar.
Newclasses, feats, items, and rules for use with 5th Edition, including a newsub-system called Woe.
A host of new undead withwhich to test your characters' wits and will. Will they face down thehorror of a grim aggregate, the terror of a forlorn child, or even the power ofa mighty Malevolent, itself?
A full-colordouble-sided poster map of Redoubt and its surrounds, courtesy of giftedcartographers Andrew Law and JaredBlando.
Original fiction by award-winning darkfantasist Elizabeth Hand.

Will you pledgeyourself to the noted foresters and venture bravely beyond the safety of thecity walls? Would you risk an outbreak just to improve your station in asociety run entirely by the privileged elite? What mark will you leave on aworld that may be spooling out its final hours? The answers liewithin.

NOTE: Requires the 5E core rules toplay.