Darkreach — Overview
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Hunters of Darkreach is a TTRPG system designed by Braxton (one of Kaleb’s D&D group GMs). It is a dark fantasy setting with a custom d10 dice pool system.
Kaleb is a player in this game, not the designer.
Setting Summary
Darkreach is a world shaped by the collapse of the Shattered Empire — a fascist regime of conquerors whose scientists accidentally opened a gateway to other realms through a substance called The Haze. A malevolent force called The Ravaging entered through it, forcing both imperial and rebel forces to flee into the Haze and arrive in Darkreach.
The native people of Darkreach are the Stam-Dwall, a collection of clans and tribes who have inhabited the land since its earliest days. War broke out between the invading Shattered Empire and the Stam-Dwall; it ended in an uneasy peace treaty, though skirmishes continue.
The World
- The Haze — iridescent fog that serves as interdimensional travel between worlds
- The Echo — a warped mirror of Darkreach; realm of dreams, nightmares, and the lingering dead
- The Underworld — where souls go to be judged by Ljos before passing to Hel, Valley of Rest, or Lodge of Legends
- The Second Sea — a massive inland sea created when Vir’Drinkte flooded ancestral Stam-Dwall land
- The Ravaging — a malevolent force from beyond that transforms creatures caught in its storm into eldritch horrors
Key Files
| File | Contents |
|---|---|
lore/history.md | Full history — the Empire, the Stam-Dwall, the War |
lore/gods.md | All six gods of Darkreach |
lore/outer-planes.md | The Echo, The Haze, The Underworld |
lore/homelands.md | All nine homelands (Dominescus, Rahnim, Halama, etc.) |
lore/factions.md | All factions — Shattered Empire and Stam-Dwall |
mechanics/core-mechanics.md | Skill tests, dice pools, Intrusion Clock |
mechanics/character-creation.md | Skills, Knacks, Bloodlines, Origins, Paths |
mechanics/combat.md | Initiative, AP, Momentum Round, GM Round |
mechanics/harm-health.md | Harm types, health pools, Last Breath, Scars |
mechanics/statuses.md | Full status reference |
mechanics/npcs.md | NPC rules, stat template, monster/animal/people types |
characters/dante-marr.md | Dante Marr — character lore, House of Marr, backstory |
fiction/the-room.md | In-world prose — Dante’s punishment scene |
fiction/forest-path.md | In-world prose — Dante and Kit in the forest |
Last updated: 2026-04-06