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Raven – A Gothic Horror Roleplaying Game, transports you to an evocative and dangerous fictional world of gothic horror and cursed magic. The precise design of the Maelstrom game s ystem allows you to live your own games steeped in the mystery, curses, passions, despairs, and longings of Edgar Allan Poe-style stories. In Raven, a city threatened by the mist and ruled over by a sinister magic Order, your characters are the stars of the show. You are members of the Corvus family, descendants of the city Founder, and the cause of the curse that looms large over Raven. Raven Core Book includes... A complete gameplay guide: advice for generating atmosphere, rules for the Maelstrom narrative system and techniques for running tenebrous stories. How to create your Corvus Characters and customise your mansion. The magic in Raven: its origins, rules and constraints. The most relevant organisations and NPCs. A detailed gazeteer for the city of Raven and the spectral Other Side: settings, locations, secrets & threats, factions. A double-page colour map of Raven. The threats, creatures and ghosts lurking in the city. Useful hints & tips to develop your own Raven tales. A sample scenario: "Ravens Night". Character records, maps, game sheets and playbooks. Show more