Sanguis et Pulvis

Gunpowder and art hide cults of blood and the Inquisition. Thrown into this dark Renaissance, will you save your sanity or your flesh?

Plot

Sanguis et Pulvis Dark Renaissance   The dawn of reason is a fraud. Behind the flourishing of art, science, and the advent of gunpowder, the great city-states hide ancient blood cults and the relentless oppression of a merciless Inquisition. Thrown into the bowels of this corrupt Renaissance, fate will demand the highest price. Steel roars, sulfur burns, and the dice are cast. Will you save your sanity... or preserve your flesh? Roll the dice and see your fate

Opening scene

# Act I: The Awakening in the Pit You awaken face down on the cold, damp stone floor of a dead-end alley in the **Venezia of Shadows**. The air is thick, suffocating, heavy with an unbearable stench of miasma, stagnant water, and alchemical sulfur. Your temples ache and a trickle of cold blood runs down your forehead; you don't remember how you got here, but the mark of the *Isekai* burns on your chest like a branding iron. Less than five meters from you, the dim light of a gas lamp in the fog reveals a Dantesque scene. Two men dressed in heavy black robes and the iconic **iron masks with crow beaks** of the Plague Doctors are dragging the mutilated body of a young noblewoman towards a boat moored in the black water channel. The corpse has been surgically opened from top to bottom, drained of fluids, and its face fixed in a grimace of eternal horror. The splashing of water betrays your presence. One of the men stops dead in his tracks. Slowly, he turns his metal head towards you. Without a word, he slips his gloved hand under his leather cloak and draws a **heavy Renaissance wheel-lock pistol**. The dry, metallic sound of the hammer being cocked echoes with terrifying clarity in the night. The lead barrel is aimed directly at your eyes. **The dice are cast. What do you do?** * To try to roll behind the cover of some barrels before the shot, make a **Dexterity (Acrobatics)** check. * To charge directly at him, relying on your speed, make a **Strength (Athletics)** check. * If you have any skills or intend to use the environment to intimidate them in the darkness, describe your action.

Tags: Fantasy Historical Horror BodyHorror Violence Mystery Thriller Angst Tragic Bleak AnyPOV Multiple Scenario Game OC Human Mage Knight Assassin Noble Commoner Paranoid Manipulative PoliticalIntrigue War

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