{"id":29194,"date":"2025-06-18T17:11:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horribleguild.com\/us\/?post_type=product&#038;p=29194"},"modified":"2026-03-19T04:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:16:53","slug":"vileborn-core-book-digital-edition","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/horribleguild.com\/us\/product\/vileborn-core-book-digital-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Vileborn Core Book Digital Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29194\" class=\"elementor elementor-29194\" data-elementor-post-type=\"product\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f39ab1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f39ab1d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-600ec80d\" data-id=\"600ec80d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cb950ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cb950ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/horribleguild.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/VIL_WEB_Title-Setting-768x140-1-600x109.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horribleguild.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/VIL_WEB_Title-Setting-768x140-1-600x109.png 600w, https:\/\/horribleguild.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/VIL_WEB_Title-Setting-768x140-1-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/horribleguild.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/VIL_WEB_Title-Setting-768x140-1.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"109\" \/><\/p><h1><strong>A perfect storm designed to place you at the center of the conflict.<\/strong><\/h1><p><strong>Five years ago, Darkness appeared in the skies above Egas.<\/strong><br \/>Now, days are barely lit by a sun shrouded in black: it is getting colder and colder, food is scarce, and the Reviled are everywhere. Vampires, Fallen, Werewolves: every creature of the dark has crawled out of their lair, ready to stake their claim to power in this eternal dusk.<\/p><p><strong>You are Vileborn: half human, half Reviled.<\/strong><br \/>You were just children when your corrupted lineage manifested itself, subverting your life and separating you from your loved ones. The Luminarian Church, spiritual guide of the Empire and riding a tide of moral fervor, is now instigating the whole world to hunt and persecute you in the name of faith.<\/p><p><strong>The Empress of Egas wants to transform you into a weapon.<\/strong><br \/>Desperately looking for leverage in the war against the Reviled, the Empress of Egas has issued the Lex Umbr\u00e6, a decree to draft every Vileborn and place them under the authority and protection of the Order of Dusk \u2013 an ancient society devoted to safeguarding the Empire.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/horribleguild.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/VIL_WEB_Title-Setting-768x140aaa-1-600x109.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horribleguild.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/VIL_WEB_Title-Setting-768x140aaa-1-600x109.png 600w, https:\/\/horribleguild.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/VIL_WEB_Title-Setting-768x140aaa-1-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/horribleguild.com\/eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/VIL_WEB_Title-Setting-768x140aaa-1.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"109\" \/><\/p><p>The <strong>VILEBORN<\/strong> core book is a 250+ pages hardcover book with full-color art throughout, sized 160 x 264 mm (6 x 10,4 inches) and printed in high-quality paper. <strong>A code to redeem the PDF version is included.<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>FAST AND MEANINGFUL CHARACTER CREATION<\/strong> with 7 starting dark heritages (each with their own set of gifts and consequences), a comprehensive list of backgrounds, and advice on how to create your character and evolve it throughout the story.<\/li><li><strong>STREAMLINED AND ACCESSIBLE RULES<\/strong> for an easy-to-learn but profound system, designed to be welcoming to newcomers and engaging for RPG veterans.<\/li><li><strong>DOZENS OF READY-TO-USE CHALLENGES AND REVILED<\/strong>, the monsters dwelling in darkness, each with their own art, behavior, actions, narrative suggestions, and target difficulty.<\/li><li><strong>ACCESSIBLE AND COMPREHENSIVE WORLD LORE<\/strong>, full of hooks for adventures and tools to customize your own scenarios.<\/li><li><strong>A SANDBOX FILLED WITH IDEAS, NPCs, CHALLENGES, AND ADVENTURE HOOKS FOR THE THREE ACTS OF THE GAME.<\/strong> It also includes guidance on themes to explore in each act and how to handle character advancement. A toolkit of inspirations to help any\u00a0 DM shape their own Vileborn saga.<\/li><li><strong>ESSENTIAL ADVICE FOR RUNNING THE GAME<\/strong>, including recommended safety tools and tips for shaping your version of the world of Egas.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cddc2d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cddc2d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0646733\" data-id=\"0646733\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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