A moon later, as it sinks and is born anew, an adventure awaits in the streets of Kanrath. A night of hysteria, a night where every second weighs heavier than time should bear.
In 2022, Bloodpunk dragged your table into the rusted veins and haunted alleys of Kanrath and Cyherested, cities where blood burns like coal and despair seeps through every cracked brick. Now, we'd like to return you to the cursed streets of Kanrath with a 150+ pages adventure
Lose yourself once more in blood-soaked lamps, choking fog, and a night where every heartbeat must be borrowed.
Night Before the White Wake is designed for a party of 3rd to 7th level detectives. The campaign is set in the crimson city of Kanrath, a dark Victorian metropolis shaped by vampire supremacy, political decay, and centuries of fear. The story unfolds across multiple interconnected investigations.
The 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th level adventures take place in the weeks and months leading up to the Night Before the White Wake. These earlier cases explore the factions, gangs, and syndicates that will later define the city’s descent into chaos.
The Night Before the White Wake itself is a 7th level adventure. It takes place over a single night, following a crime so severe that every power in Kanrath moves at once. Old alliances fracture, opportunists strike, and the city teeters on the edge of collapse. Everyone wants something from the night that follows.
You are detectives of the Kanrath Bureau of Homicide and Major Crimes, sworn to uphold the law in a city that has long forgotten what order means. Each of the earlier mini adventures is directly tied to the events of the White Wake. At least one detective from the main White Wake party appears in each of these cases, while the rest of the group may consist of other detectives or members of the main party.
The outcomes of these earlier investigations have lasting consequences. Decisions made and crimes left unresolved will directly affect the main adventure. Encounter difficulty, available locations, notable NPCs, and even faction behavior may change based on what came before.
So... The book contains at least five distinct storylines and five playable adventures, all feeding into the Night Before the White Wake. This number can expand further through stretch goals, adding new cases, factions, and paths through Kanrath’s darkest night.
As the White Wake begins, you will see the streets go feral, blood in the gutters, screams from the rooftops, whispers in the alleys, a city devouring itself while you try to hold it together. What waits for you in the dark will be the consequences of your actions. This is the night where Kanrath shows you the horror you helped build.
You will explore five major locations, each in a different area of Kanrath, from the city lighthouse to forgotten warehouses. Every step brings the detectives, you, closer to the truth, or deeper into the city’s corruption. The adventure includes. • 5 new monsters born from Kanrath’s darkest corners, • 2 new organizations fighting for power during the White Wake, • Morally heavy decision points that can change the night, • A full, unfiltered Bloodpunk experience meant to showcase the world at its most violent and broken.
New monsters introduced by the Night Before the White Wake.
Most 5e stories place you far from the systems that break the world. Here, you live inside them. You do not arrive to save Kanrath. You work for Kanrath. You enforce laws written by vampires. You protect citizens who may not deserve protection. And when the city erupts, you are the ones ordered to clean the blood from the streets. Night Before the White Wake places players in the role of city officials forced to confront the horrors they may ignored, enabled or simply endured. It is harsh, atmospheric and deeply personal, pulling players into the moral weight of their choices.
For those who have missed the previous project of Bloodpunk and is wandering what it is; here's a quick introduction to what we have provided before.
For those of you brave enough to adventure in the gruesome lands of Tolia, Bloodpunk offers plenty of options: 20 archetypes ranging from Veinscripter Wizards to Blood Knights and Bounty Hunters, 3 races, and 11backgrounds and 26 feats to further customize your character.
Bloodpunk features 30 thematic magic items with striking, detailed illustrations. They work with the same magical means with which we’re all familiar from 5E, along with some new developments made possible by the angst crystal. Although many of these items have reached a level of use that challenges the place of magic itself, magic is still a force to be reckoned with in Tolia.
Use of the angst crystal and blood has foreseen some of the greatest innovations in all of Tolia’s history: bloodwork weapons and angst weapons. The industry of war alone has altered completely thanks to these unique inventions that utilize the reaction between the angst crystal and blood.
Bloodwork Exosuit
Angst weapons have veins made of angst crystals embedded within as the name suggests, which are activated when fed with blood; yours or that of your enemy. There are many different types of angst weapons, but all work with this same basic principle.
In bloodwork weapons, blood is stored in high-pressure canisters, which react with the angst and create a combustion. This pressure then pushes projectiles through a barrel, sending the ammunition to the target with a speed and momentum greater than that of crossbow bolts. Needless to say, both are bound to bring a distinctively violent flavor to your game!
Players will get to meet the memorable NPCs of this land like no other, and GMs will have information on the backgrounds and motives of all of them in great detail. 13 NPCs with exciting stories await your arrival in Tolia.
Professor Junkheart - The Fourth Child - Bronze Bureaucrat - One-Eyed Nardahr - Aziz Eshref Celebi
These are a selected collection just from Bloodpunk: A Guide to Tolia. You will find new monsters, NPCs, items, locations within the first adventure Heritage of the Damned and the short adventure Bloocrima's Ascent.
Here are the pledge levels provided for this project. Whether you are diving into the world of Bloodpunk for the first time or expanding your collection, you will find options for digital and physical rewards alike. From VTT modules and PDFs to hardcovers, accessories, standees, posters, maps, and even plushies and dice, each pledge tier is designed to let you experience Bloodpunk in the way that suits you best. Choose the level that matches how deep you want to go into the setting and unlock the stories, tools, and extras prepared for this campaign.
This campaign features new items for the world of Tolia, along with the fan-favorite original Bloodpunk edition for anyone who missed the previous crowdfunding run. You can get them as additional add-ons. Their standalone prices are listed below.
Night Before the White Wake: Night Before the White Wake is an adventure built around a terrible crime that shakes Kanrath to its core. While the enforcers scramble to uncover the truth, the gangs of Kanrath seize the moment, using the chaos to push their own agendas and drag the streets into deeper violence. The characters will face ruthless factions, brutal choices, unspeakable crime on the streets, and shifting loyalties as they fight to restore Kanrath to its old, twisted balance. With deadly paths and morally demanding decisions at every turn, the adventure branches based on the choices your table makes.
A Guide To Tolia: This book, made for both Game Masters and players, opens the doors to a world powered by blood itself. Inside, you’ll find Tolian races, archetypes, backgrounds, feats, monsters, NPCs, and countless story tools shaped by a long and bitter conflict between the Crimson City and the City of Deceit. Whether your table serves the oppressive regimes or joins the rebels fighting against them, Tolia is ready to challenge you, tempt you, and change you. A Guide To Tolia VTT: A Guide To Tolia is now fully available on Roll20 and Foundry VTT, revised, updated, and ready to play.
Heritage of the Damned: Experience the brutal world of Tolia in Heritage of the Damned, a 250+ page adventure that begins with your party being wrongfully accused in the vampire city of Kanrath. What follows is a journey through railroads, mountains, and dark politics as you uncover a conspiracy that could reshape both Kanrath and Cyherested. Designed for four 1st-level characters, who level up all the way to the 12th, this 5E adventure throws ordinary mortals into a struggle between cultists, rebels, royal vampires, and powerful sorcerers. After execution and an unexpected return, the party must chase the truth across Tolia, facing dangers and secrets far beyond mortal limits. Heritage of the Damned VTT: Heritage of the Damned is now fully available on Roll20 and Foundry VTT, revised, updated, and ready to play.
Bloocrima's Ascent: Bloocrima’s Ascent is designed for a party of three or four 3rd-level characters who are detectives of an investigator squad led by Ethan Ward. This adventure, set in Kanrath and Cyherested, is a short noir mystery of Bloodpunk 5E. Ethan Ward is a key NPC in the Heritage of the Damned; a depressed detective who crosses paths with the characters. Bloocrima’s Ascent takes place five years before the events of the Heritage of the Damned and it tells the story behind Ethan’s grumpy, melancholic nature.
Ethan Ward - A chilling night in Cyherested
Rijkhoff & Eternity: Get ready for a Shakespearean tragedy set in the grimdark world of Tolia, masterfully written by acclaimed author Steven Savile. This haunting tale is a love story shaped by loss, carried by cruel fate, and destined for an inevitable farewell. Against a backdrop of blood-powered city, crumbling morality, and gothic despair, two souls struggle to hold onto hope in a world that devours it. In Tolia, love is not a salvation but a defiance, burning brightly before the darkness inevitably closes in.
Bloodpunk GM Screen: A beautiful GM screen featuring atmospheric Bloodpunk art, essential tables, and reference content. Includes mechanics like Blood Degeneration and Bloodwork Weapons to streamline play in the Tolia setting, keeping your campaign running smoothly while immersing your group in gothic dread. Illustrated by Ender Coşkun.
Heritage of the Damned Dungeon Maps: Ten large A2 battle and dungeon maps designed for tense encounters. Use these grids to elevate combat, exploration, and investigation scenes across the blood-soaked cities of Tolia, enhancing tactical play and immersion for every table.
White Wake Dungeon Maps: Ten large A2 battle and dungeon maps designed for the Night Before the White Wake, similar to the maps of Heritage of the Damned. The design will be changed as the adventure takes its shape.
Region Map: An expansive A2 region map of Tolia, capturing its dark terrain, rail lines, and imposing city-states. This artistic cartographic piece lets players visualize travel, plot locations, and geographic tension in the blood-powered world at the heart of the campaign.
Posters: Four A2-sized, high-quality posters depicting iconic art, or thematic scenes from Bloodpunk. Ideal for decorating gaming spaces or inspiring sessions.
Random Encounter Card Deck: A shuffleable deck of tarot-sized cards that describes 30 different encounters. From eerie street scenes to sudden combat, this deck helps GMs enrich exploration with dynamic events, flavor, and narrative twists.
design may change
Monster Standees: A set of full-color standees that includes Twenty Five Monsters. Lightweight yet detailed, these standees bring visual focus to encounters and exploration scenes, enhancing tactical play without needing intricate miniatures.
Custom Character Sheets: A beautifully laid-out 4-page character sheet tailored for Bloodpunk. Designed with clarity and style, it captures all core stats, abilities, equipment, and notes, making gameplay smoother and keeping players focused on adventure instead of paperwork. A pack contains 4 character sheets.
Murder Mystery Game: An interactive tabletop mystery designed to be solved by players through clues, crime scene reports, and deductive reasoning. Perfect for one-shots or integrated story arcs, this game challenges the players to unravel motives and secrets in a tightly woven narrative. Plushie: The living blood engine in its softest form. The plushies are inspired by the iconic metal-folks of Bloodpunk, Bloodwork Automatons. This cuddle-friendly collectible brings a touch of whimsy to your tabletop world while celebrating the unique aesthetic of Tolia. Bloodpunk Dice Set: A custom set of dice forged to match the theme of Bloodpunk. This dice set adds a touch of flavor and excitement to every roll, making it perfect for character creation and immersive storytelling. The design may change. Blood Drop Pouch: A custom Bloodpunk dice set is completed with its own crimson velvet pouch. Deep red fabric and a blood-drop charm give it a dark, gothic feel straight out of Kanrath, both practical and perfectly on theme.
We put a lot of thought into our stretch goals, designing them so we can give our backers the best possible content in the best possible form. Before the project launched, we asked you what you wanted to see. Some of those requests made it straight into the core project, and others we set aside to be unlocked as stretch goals. We would love to include everything from the start, but we also have to keep our production budget in mind. With your support, we believe we can push this project to the best version it can possibly be.
Bloodpunk: Night Before the White Wake will be produced in collaboration with our China-based printing partners, following industry-standard manufacturing practices. Once production is complete, the items will be transported via freight vessels to our in-house warehouse in Turkey, where the assembly process will be carried out internally by our team.
After placing the products into specially manufactured boxes created for this project to be durable, we will partner with the most suitable shipping providers to deliver rewards to our backers worldwide.
Below, you can find the estimated shipping costs for the Bloodpunk: Night Before the White Wake hardcover book. Estimating the weight for some items in the Full Collection pledge is currently challenging due to the large number of components included. Once we are able to make a more accurate assessment, we will share an update with estimated shipping costs for our highest-tier pledge as well.
Digital fulfillment will be handled through DriveThruRPG and our VTT partners. As a result, products that already have completed PDF and VTT versions will be delivered digitally shortly after the campaign ends.
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