Karcass Mons

Karcass Mons is a dungeon crawling game in which players explore and map the sprawling ruins of the city of Karcass Mons, the body of the titan that lives in death. The cities that once teemed in the Karcass are now long passed, but much of what they left behind remains. Now, the only cities remaining are Capitus and Dextra, but the endless spaces deep within the Mons are being populated by strange new denizens - creatures who have stumbled through the desert or wriggled through the cracked rock to get here, drawn by the promise of foeter and decay.

Karcass Mons is partially populated - a fraction of rooms have settlements where players can exchange equipment or treasure for gear, a place to rest, and meals to eat. The essential gameplay loop is entering new rooms, exploring them, finding treasure, and transporting that treasure back to rooms with settlements that will buy it. The current edition includes a mostly-complete short sample dungeon.

Karcass Mons uses one deck of standard playing cards, character sheets, and item cards. There are no dice and no stats. A character is defined by the ways in which they can play and draw cards.

This is an early access playtesting document, and has not been illustrated or laid out yet, and most of the material is subject to change.