Necromunda is in disarray after an assassination attempt on Lord Gerontius Helmawr. His successors scrabble in a power vacuum that is rapidly filling with bitter conflict, while a mysterious prophet has led a massive pilgrimage to Temenos with explosive results.
If that all sounds like a bad time for your gang, you’re probably right. Much safer to build a raft out of junk and shove off into the sump seas to hunt for giant spiders with eyes like diamonds. Yes. That sounds much safer. Here’s Owen from the Necromunda design team to tell us more about Spiders of the Sump, the latest free download for Necromunda – which has rules for boats.
Owen: In this instalment of the Apocrypha Necromunda, we delve into the deepest depths of the underhive and set sail on the vast Sump Sea. Created from factory runoff, hive city sewerage, and toxic waste, this midnight realm is home to horrors uncounted – including the giant sump spiders, prized for their diamond eyes!
After Sump City was overrun by crazed followers of the Dark Gods, the Escher gang leader Jelena and her Carrion Queens, along with a ragtag band of survivors, escaped on ships into the expanse of the sump. Lost in the darkness for days, at last the beleaguered flotilla saw a light on the horizon, and perhaps salvation, though would soon have to deal with a new horror of deep…
In addition to a new scenario, Midnight Sea, in this month’s download you will find rules for creating Sludge Barges and Scrap Skiffs for sump-borne battles. These are in addition to the Sump Seas environment, which turns the battlefield into a toxic ocean.
Cheers Owen! You’ll be able to leash together your very own skiff or commandeer a sump barge and set sail for glory on the turbulent surface of the sump with the free download below.
