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The Quick Start Guide covers six classes. The core rulebook expands the options to a full 10 classes. This is just a quick update to spotlight one of these new classes, the Slayer.

Born to Kill. The Darkness has long worked to corrupt, manipulate, or outright destroy humanity. In response to the growing threat, the Powers That Be sought means to combat the Darkness. They instilled in a certain bloodline the tools to do just that. You are born of this bloodline. Darkness takes many forms: snarling monster, sadistic slasher, scheming manipulator. The Slayer hunts them all. This birthright sat dormant within you until your brush with the Darkness awoke it. With virtually no training, weapons became an extension of your limbs. But beyond that, your body responded in miraculous ways. Suddenly, those old kung-fu movies you watched on Sunday morning didn’t seem so far-fetched.  You are a true force to be reckoned with. Single-minded, swift and powerful, the Slayer is someone you’ll want on your side in a battle with unending evil.

The Slayer focuses primarily on melee weapons, but also gain abilities that turn their body into a lethal weapon. Check out the amazing art by Joey Docil and watch for the next class spotlight; The Possessed.

Cheers,
The Dark Council (Mark, Andy, Eric, and Randy)

It has been a busy couple of months since our last update, but we wanted to provide an update on all things Wayward Studios, especially Horror Cinema Classics.

Writing continues, as does the nonstop playtesting. Our goal continues to bring you the best horror RPG our devious minds can imagine. Some of the most exciting features is the inclusion of some new classes; The Profiler, Slayer, Possessed, and Psychic. We are also fine-tuning the rules for Invoking the Darkness. In the coming weeks we'll be doing spotlights on each of the new classes and our Invoke the Darkness rules, now with extra vileness.

We're also happy to announce a new artists that has succumbed to the Darkness, Christopher Tupa. Here's one of his pieces that will be added to the book.

Now for some convention news. We had an amazing time at Gary Con this year. We brought with us a plethora of HCC content to terrify and entertain our players. We ran adventures from the crowdfunding as well as several adventures that will be rolling out in 2027 and beyond. We had a blast running games for both veteran HCC players and those new to us. But it's not all work at Gary Con. We took time to let our hair down and hang out with some great friends.

Finally, We have another crowdfunding over on Kickstarter. We love making content for Weird Frontiers RPG and have another round of zines, including a new class, some short adventures, as well as a full-length adventure. Check it out here. 

Thanks again for all your support!
Mark, Eric, Andy, and Randy

We just wanted to send out a quick update. The Dark Council has just returned from Midwinter Con where we terrorized players new and old. We had the chance to playtest some new adventures, fine-tune some more polished adventures, and flex the boundaries of the game mechanics. Next up for us is Gary Con in Lake Geneva, WI. More on that in a future update.

Work continues on the HCC core rulebook. We've had the pleasure of working with artist, Joey Docil. He's been working on some art for our character classes. Check out his work:


 

But enough about us, for now. Our friends at Dragon Peak Publishing is partnering with the talented Julian Burnick to go where no one has gone before. They are releasing a 10th level adventure for Dungeon Crawl Classics. The 10th Doomstar is launching on Backerkit in a few days. Check it out here and consider following and backing this amazing project. 

That's it for now, friends! Look for us at some of your favorite cons and join us for a scary good time!

Cheers,
The Dark Council (Mark, Randy, Eric, Andy)

Looks like there was an error in the link I attached in the last update. Here's the link to follow the 10th Doomstar by Julian Burnick and Dragon Peak Publishing