Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts

Sharpen Your Blades, Scoundrels

Blades in the Dark: Deep Cuts is a collection of expanded settings elements, alternate mechanics, and new play techniques for Blades in the Dark.

Inside, you'll find:

• 13 new innovations in technology, to reflect ongoing industrial-age advances in Diskvol, as well as scientific and political initiatives by the Imperium at large.
• 25 factions, including 15 that were mentioned in the Blades, but not given full treatments - like the Cyphers, Rail Jacks, and the Path of Echoes - plus 12 new factions, like the Unchained: a group of hulls who have gained their freedom.
• Over 100 heritage and background options to give you more choices when creating your character, as well as adding new bits of lore about the wider world of the Shattered Isles.
• A catalyst, introducing a world-shaking event that expands and alters the setting of the game, along with dark secrets to explore and opportunities for scoundrels to exploit.
• A modified advancement system, which slows the rate of character and crew advancement, so longer series maintain room for growth even in the later game.
• Revised harm and trauma systems, which are more flexible and impactful in play.
• A diceless downtime system with tweaks to elements like payoff, Heat, vice, and crew deployment.
• A new action system, which overhauls and streamlines the action resolution mechanics to empower players even more and speed up the process of play.