Catacombs of Virga

Adriel, 
This message is a curse. 

It will fester and infect every part of your precious catacombs. It will eat away at you until you are nothing but bones and ichor. It will tear your flesh and rend your skin and nothing will ever be able to fix you. There is nothing I or anybody else can do to stop this.

And all for what? Because you thought me a mere toy to toss aside at your convenience? We could have been something great together, Adriel. You invited me to your throne, promised me we would do grand things together. That we would reshape this world. And then you discarded me. You chose this fate for yourself, long before I even thought of something like this. This curse that you put in me. 

Count your days, darling Adriel, for me and mine are coming for you. Your precious catacombs will be mine as promised and there is little you can do to stop me. The Spark itself couldn’t stop me if it tried. You will fall before this year ends. 

With all my love, 
Your faithful servant

Catacombs of Virga is a dark fantasy dungeon-delving ttrpg where you play a descent, a group of intrepid delvers, exploring a dungeon that changes its configuration each time you return to its foreboding halls. Meant for 4-5 players, including a DM. Inspired by games like Elden Ring and Dark Souls, but also Slay the Spire and Castlevania. 

To play you'll need a handful of six-sided dice (d6) and a standard 52-card deck of playing cards. The game is meant for longer form play, taking place over a handful of 2-4 hour sessions.

Features within this game include:

• A collaborative card-based system for creating the rooms of your dungeon between exploration-focused scenes;
• 4 character professions such as the waxen and studious Carver  who uses alchemy to twist their body and the world around them, or the tough and steadfast Warden who wields steel and folkloric rites in equal measure to protect others;
• Group mechanics for making your descent unique and ensuring its efforts have a meaningful impact on their expeditions;
• A Rumour Phase that lets everyone at the table introduce magical Relics, dangerous monsters and the factional scheming after each expedition into the dungeon;
• A foe-making system tuned for quick and easy creation of custom enemies for yourdescent to face off against;
• Tools for creating your own setting and dungeon to play in;

Since it's a novel system, we're open to hearing how it works for you. If you or group have feedback, you can send it to witchbreak.rpg@gmail.com.