THE SUNLESS EPOCH - A DAGGERHEART COMPATIBLE CAMPAIGN FRAME

THE SUN DID NOT SET. IT BLINKED.

The Golden Age ended three centuries ago. The sun vanished, replaced by the Iris—a colossal, violet eye that stares down from the frozen sky. It does not provide heat; it only watches.

Welcome to The Sunless Epoch, a survival-horror campaign frame for Daggerheart.

In this world, the oceans have frozen into Slush-Fields, forests have mutated into neon Spore-Seas, and the remnants of humanity cling to failing heat-lamps in rusted iron cities. You are not heroes of legend; you are Lantern-Bearers—scavengers and survivors fighting to keep the light alive for one more day.

Inside this Module:

• A Complete Campaign Frame: Explore the history and lore of the world lost to the dark in a 42-page booklet (PDF format).
• Setting-specific Ancestries & Communities: The dark has changed you. Create unique characters with new options tailored to the Epoch.
• Two Introductory Sessions:
  • "The Song of the Slush": This narrative arc takes you from the belly of a dying Leviathan to a high-stakes standoff on the ice. Navigate the politics of rival captains, survive the crushing pressure of the Grinding Gullet , and decide the fate of the Arclight Core. 
  • "The Dying Light", a high-tension train ride through the freezing wastes. The party wakes up in total darkness with a single, failing light source. They must scavenge for warmth, fight off Gloom-Moth Swarms that eat illumination, and escape the freezing dark before their lantern dies.
    
• A Broken World: Explore three fully detailed regions: The Mirror-Glacier, The Spore-Sea, and The Iron Graveyard.
• New Mechanics: Manage the Lantern Die—a dwindling resource that tracks your light and your hope.
• The Environmental Atlas: The world is an antagonist. Survive 10 unique hazards, from the Killing Wind that scours the skinto the Iris Threshold where gravity fails and reality uncoils.
• The Bestiary: Face 18 new adversaries, from the light-eating Gloom-Moth Swarms to the reality-warping Iris-Herald.

Light is not just a utility. It is your lifeblood. Do not let it go out.