Sootwyn Barrow ☉ the Grit System Remix

“Cursed to be unsanguine;
lords of an unholy cemetery;
a Stain on the soil…”

From the combined brainpower of Borough Bound and the Stillfleet Studio… this standalone fantasy-horror venture, originally written and illustrated by Borough Bound, is the first non-science fiction module using the Stillfleet Studio’s hallmark Grit System.

Welcome to “Sootwyn Barrow.”

The concept is simple: a roguelike/roguelite run through a haunted town broken up into three “stages.” Every night, you awaken, alive; every night, you die—until you either discover the secret of the Barrow Lords or finally waste away. There is no escape.

The story by the brilliant Will Savino offers all of the detail and inspiring worldbuilding you’d expect from the city-makers at Borough Bound. The BB team’s excellent city-design brings a fun dose of spooky urgency and physical eeriness to the narrative structure. The mechanical conversions by Wythe Marschall allow fans of Stillfleet to jump into and explore a fantasy setting without having to learn entirely new rules. And a few new pieces of key art by Ethan Gould lend the story into a darker, weirder tone.

We invite you to kick the tires of this collaboration and let us know what you think. Are you interested in Grit System modules and settings beyond the super-future of Stillfleet?

And if you enjoy the maps and writing of Borough Bound and aren’t already a patron, subscribe! We can’t get enough of Will Savino’s worldbuilding, not to mention his haunted-sounding RPG tunes.

This mini-venture includes:

• 4 full (and we mean full) encounter statblocks
• 2 spooky maps by Borough Bound
• 9 pre-generated characters for running fantasy games using the Grit System
• “Vampires,” skeletons, beast-people, and more!

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Sootwyn Barrow ☉ the Grit System Remix
A Stillfleet × Borough Bound mini-venture
Version 1.0 ☉ October, 2023
By Borough Bound and Wythe Marschall
Art by Borough Bound and Ethan Gould
Maps by Borough Bound
Design by Wythe Marschall
Layout by Wythe Marschall

© 2023 Borough Bound and Stillfleet Studio