Manufacturer: Monte Cook Games
Estimated Release Date: January 2025.
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The World is in Ruins. Now What?
Barren, crater-pocked wastelands roamed by biker gangs and giant scorpions. Crumbling cities that are lush, overgrown gardens by day - and haunts of the undead by night. Dark ruins patrolled by conquering aliens or mechanical minions of the AI overlord.
Whatever your apocalypse, Rust & Redemption is your tool for building it into a vivid, compelling Cypher System campaign. Explore the full breadth of the genre with a deep dive into the many ends our civilization might face (from zombies to climate collapse to supernatural invasion); the tropes and themes of the genre; and adventure ideas, set pieces, and creatures. Special rules cover scrounging for food and ammunition; kitbashing devices from scavenged technology; dealing with radiation, exposure, and mutagens; and other topics unique to this compelling genre.
Inside this book, you'll find:
• A full exploration of the post-apocalyptic genre, examining the many possible whens, wheres, and hows your world ended; themed of survival, despair, and hope; practical campaign-building advice; and set pieces and plot ideas.
• Loads of characters options, including new character foci, descriptors, and abilities.
• Special rules for scavenging, repairing, exposure, mutations, and more. Plus apocalyptic artifacts and cyphers - use a scavenger subtle cypher to find just the item you need to survive.
• GM resources exploring the effects of nuclear winter, the dangers of radiation, and the shelf life of common goods.
• Creatures such as the terrifying radioactive bear and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Plus radioactive craters, voracious nanobots, and loads of other end-of-the-world threats.
• A complete campaign setting - the Radio Quiet Zone - plus multiple adventures and Cypher Shorts. Experience the apocalypse itself in "Safe Zone," a perfect a adventure for launching your campaign!
Hardcover
224 pages
A copy of Cypher System 2E RPG: Rulebook is necessary to use the contents of this book.