Every job pays. Every job costs.
Blades in the Dark puts you in the boots of a crew of scoundrels clawing out a living in Doskvol — an industrial city under eternal electric night, walled off from a wasteland of ghosts by lightning and nerve alone. Pull a job, spend the coin, dodge the law, and try not to become one of the things you’re running from. Below: everything you need to build a scoundrel, run a score, and keep the city’s rules straight at the table — player cheat sheet, character creation, GM guide, and a primer on Doskvol itself, standard rules and the Deep Cuts expansion both covered.
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