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LEECH

A saboteur and technician

From Blades in the Dark Rulebood Copyright © 2017 John Harper. All rights reserved.

The world is built on industry, and the underworld is no different. Leeches are the scoundrels who distill the drugs, refine the arcane essences, build the bombs, bandage the wounds, and forge the tools of the criminal trades—and knowing how to make things also means knowing how to break them.

When you play a Leech, you earn xp when you address a challenge with technical skill or mayhem. Duskwall is a city full of industrial machinery, spark-crafts, plumbing, and electrical systems for you to bend to your purposes or sabotage. Get out your tools and get your hands dirty.

The extensive training that makes a Leech is rare and strange among the disenfranchised underworld class—how did you learn your arts? Which side of the coin do you prefer, the side of creation and restoration, or the side of mayhem and destruction?

STARTING ACTIONS

OO Tinker
O Wreck

Starting Builds

If you want some guidance when you assign your four action dots and special ability, use one of these templates.

Doctor. Consort +1, Finesse +1, Study +2. Physicker.

Sapper. Study +1, Survey +2, Wreck +1. Saboteur.

Viper. Prowl +2, Sway +2. Venomous.

Witch. Attune +2, Study +2. Alchemist.

Clever Friends, Rivals

  • Stazia, an apothecary. Perhaps a former scoundrel turned to legitimate alchemical business, or perhaps the other way around?
  • Veldren, a psychonaut. Perhaps an addict too poisoned to ever return to lucid thought, or perhaps an explorer of psychedelic realms beyond mere mortal experience?
  • Eckerd, a corpse thief. Perhaps a good source of “raw materials”?
  • Jul, a blood dealer. What other strange clients do they have?
  • Malista, a priestess. To what forgotten god does Malista give her service?

LEECH SPEICAL ABILITIES

LEECH ITEMS


Character Playbooks


Articles under LEECH

Alchemist
Generic article | Sep 20, 2020

When you invent or craft a creation with alchemical features, you get +1 result level to your roll (a 1-3 becomes a 4/5, etc.). You begin with one special formula already known.

Artificer
Generic article | Sep 20, 2020

When you invent or craft a creation with spark-craft features, you get +1 result level to your roll (a 1-3 becomes a 4/5, etc.). You begin with one special design already known.

Bandolier
Item | Sep 20, 2020

A strap worn across the body, fitted with specially-padded pouches to hold three alchemical agents or spark-craft bombs. When you employ an alchemical or bomb from a bandolier, choose one from the list at right (or one of your custom-made formulas).

Blowgun & Darts, Syringes
Item | Sep 20, 2020

A small tube and darts that can be filled from alchemy flasks. Empty syringes.

Fine Tinkering Tools
Item | Sep 20, 2020

A finely crafted set of tools for detailed mechanist work. A jeweler’s loupe. Measuring devices.

Fine Wrecking Tools
Item | Sep 20, 2020

A specialized set of tools for sabotage and destruction. A small, powerful drill. A mallet and steel spikes. A prybar. An electroplasmic battery, clamps, wire. Vials of acid. A spark-torch cutter and fuel tank.

Fortitude
Generic article | Sep 20, 2020

You may expend your special armor to resist a consequence of fatigue, weakness, or chemical effects, or to push yourself when working with technical skill or handling alchemicals.

Gadgets
Item | Sep 20, 2020

You may create gadgets during downtime by Tinkering with tools and materials.

Ghost Ward
Generic article | Sep 20, 2020

When you Wreck an area with arcane substances, ruining it for any other use, it becomes anathema or enticing to spirits (your choice).

Physicker
Generic article | Sep 20, 2020

You can Tinker with bones, blood, and bodily humours to treat wounds or stabilize the dying. You may Study a malady or corpse. Everyone in your crew (including you) gets +1d to their healing treatment rolls.

Saboteur
Myth | Sep 20, 2020

When you Wreck, your work is much quieter than it should be and the damage is very well-hidden from casual inspection.

Venomous
Generic article | Sep 20, 2020

Choose a drug or poison (from your bandolier stock) to which you have become immune. You can push yourself to secrete it through your skin or saliva or exhale it as a vapor.


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