Red Death

The second adventure for Harper's Quest. For a basic tutorial of that game, please check out this video.

The Red Death has swept across your homeland. Death surrounds you and your townsfolk. This plague kills without mercy. Its victims can feel fine when they rise, and by mid-afternoon gasp their last breath. Blood pours from their mouths and eyes as the fever overtakes them. Most die by choking on their own blood and vomit. The style of death has led to the illness being named Red Death or Blood Fever.

You are a serf.  Your Lord, Cryptic the Younger fears for his life and begins to take drastic measures. Your family, while out for an errand finds itself captured by the cowardly Lord. As you plead for their release, Cryptic sends you, and you alone, on an errand to seek out a rare herb said to prevent the worst of the Red Death.

Rescue your family. Avoid the Red Death.

**Please remember to download the Combat and Other Rules PDF too! It has the basic mechanics for combat, blade locking, casting spells and more.**

• New locations and landmarks to explore. 
• An Infection mechanic that adds weight to each decision as you seek the rare herb and gold requested by Cryptic the Younger.
• Optional dungeons, using original Harper's Quest rules, within the game to add variety and power up your character immediately.
• Uses a d20 combat system. If the roll is greater than the enemy AC, it is a hit. Roll your damage die and subtract that from the monster’s HP. 
• Hand-drawn art by JoyPeddler Games, HODAG RPG and woodprints from Hans Holbein’s Dance of Death (1523–5).

Content Warnings

This game includes themes of death, gore, decay, disease and family members being imprisoned. Violence and deceit occurs frequently.