LEVEL 1
Whispers Begin
You hear distant voices, murmuring in an unknown language. They seem to know your name.
CORRUPTION
Void exposure accumulates as Corruption. Every operative has a threshold — cross it and reality begins to unravel around you.
HEALTH
-1 Max Health per Corruption
Operatives with corruption have reduced vigour due to the unnatural changes their body is going through.
MINIMUM
-(Willpower ÷ 2)
High Willpower operatives can hold a negative corruption floor — harder to push over the edge.
LEVEL 15
Character Death
The Void devours you completely. No corpse. No soul. No memory.
REMOVING CORRUPTION
Corruption rarely fades on its own. Two paths exist — both carry risk.
METHOD ONE
Ritual Purging
Requires a Void Sealed Chamber and at least one willing, uncorrupted participant.
1
Uncorrupted Participant
Must pass a Survival check TN 15. On failure, they absorb a fraction of the taint and gain 1 Corruption.
2
Corrupted Participant
Must pass a Void Reading check TN 11 + 1 per Corruption level. On success, all Corruption is removed. On failure, they gain 1 Corruption instead.
LEVEL 2
Things Move When You Look Away
Objects shift slightly out of place when you're not looking.
EFFECT
Disadvantage on Perception checks.
LEVEL 3
Shadow Delay
Your shadow lags behind you, making stealth impossible.
EFFECT
Enemies gain +2 to Hit and Detect you in dim light or darkness.
LEVEL 4
The Walls Are Breathing
Surfaces pulse and ripple like flesh.
EFFECT
Each time you flip a Natural 2/3/4, take 1 Psychic Damage.
LEVEL 5
The Abyss Watches
A presence follows you, just out of sight.
EFFECT
The GM introduces a future consequence.
LEVEL 6
Voices Get Louder
The whispers become screams.
EFFECT
At the start of combat, roll 1d6: on 1–3, you lose your first Action.
LEVEL 7
Unstable Rift
Doors stand where walls were. Things arrive in the wrong order. You've stopped trusting the shape of the room.
EFFECT
Every long rest, make an uncheatable (tn4): on fail, a Void Entity manifests nearby.
LEVEL 8
Reality Shifts
Your shadow arrives before you do. Dropped things fall sideways. The world takes a half-second to catch up when you move.
EFFECT
−2 to Initiative. When you move, make an uncheatable (tn4): on fail, Teleport 10ft in a Random Direction instead.
Initiative
-2
LEVEL 9
Parasitic Presence
There's a second set of hands in here. Sometimes they make decisions before you do.
EFFECT
Each time you cast a VoidCall, flip a card: on a Black Joker, the GM casts it at a Random target instead.
LEVEL 10
Rift-Touched Flesh
Your body flickers between dimensions.
EFFECT
Resistance to Physical Damage. +50% more Psychic and Void Damage taken.
LEVEL 11
Your Reflection Moves on Its Own
Your reflection no longer mimics your actions.
EFFECT
If you stare too long, take 1d4 Psychic Damage.
LEVEL 12
The World is Paper-Thin
You sometimes see what is behind reality — horrible things watching from the other side.
EFFECT
At start of combat, pass a Psychic Defence (TN 15) or suffer Disadvantage on all Mental Defence checks for the encounter.
LEVEL 13
It Knows Your Name
It doesn't whisper. It addresses you — by name, in the part of your mind you thought was private.
EFFECT
Once per long rest, the GM may give you a command. If you refuse, roll Void Instability immediately.
LEVEL 14
Unraveling Flesh
Parts of you begin phasing in and out of existence.
EFFECT
Roll 1d6 at the start of each Turn: on 1–3, you lose your actions as you flicker out.
LEVEL 15
The Void Devours You
You are completely erased from existence. Your body disintegrates into nothingness, leaving no corpse, no soul, and no memory of your existence.
EFFECT
Character Death.