Night, Eternal

For 50 years, twelve clans have protected the cold country of Oster from the vampire Count Starost Noth, who wages a perpetual war against humanity. Last week, that war was lost. From within the morphing halls of Castle Noth, Starost unleashed an eclipse to darken the world.

With nowhere left to run, your caravan of survivors have taken refuge in secret crypts below Castle Noth. Here, in your enemy’s own kingdom, you offer prayers to the clans' patron saints as you prepare to venture forth into the castle...

About this game

Castle Noth is a roguelite TTRPG module where you delve into a deadly, semi-random castle. If you fail, you try again armed with new knowledge, weapons, and secrets. One player serves as the Game Moderator (GM) who narrates how the world reacts to the other players’ characters and choices.

Characters who survive the day can learn new clan secrets while retaining their current level, stats, and gear. Dead characters are replaced by successors who start fresh, while retaining access to their predecessors’ skills and knowledge. Can you reach the top of the castle, face Count Starost, and end the ritual of Night, Eternal?

Contents

A 90-page A4 PDF in both single-page and spread layouts, with player rules confined to the first half for easy separation.

• 16 pages of player rules covering character creation and gameplay, as well as the players upgradeable base in Saint's Rest. Choose from the 12 clans of Oster and arm yourself with an array of weapons, armor and gear.
• 74 pages of GM rules covering Starost's schemes, castle randomization, and hand-crafted content to populate the castle with: 5 floors, 80 rooms, 100 encounters, and a fully-illustrated bestiary of 25 NPCs and 61 monsters.

Tools

3 online tool URLs are also included to make running the game faster:

• A custom-built, fully searchable GM database with all game content. Supports many ease-of-play features like random tables, floor generation, and monster tracking.
• A pair of template Google Sheets that can be cloned and used during play. One lets players easily manage their items and accumulated knowledge. The other contains all GM data pre-formatted for fast sharing.

System

Castle Noth’s game rules are based on Mausritter’s, mixed with elements of Knave and Mythic Bastionland. All the rules needed to play are found in this book.