History TabletopGame / Infernum

''Infernum'' is an RPG produced by Mongoose Publishing, using the "D20 system" created and poularized by the third edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. It is a game in which you do not ''fight'' the LegionsOfHell... but, by default, ''play'' as them. Most heavily based on ''[[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]'', its list of inspirations also includes ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', the various comics of Creator/AlanMoore (most prominently ''Promethia'', ''Comicbook/SwampThing'', ''From Hell'', and ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''), Creator/NeilGaiman's ''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Sandman]]'', [[Creator/MikeCarey Mike Carey's]] ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'', ''ComicBook/{{Slaine}}'', ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'', Creator/ChinaMieville's ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation'', Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, ''Foucault's Pendulum'' by Umberto Eco, ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Film/EventHorizon'', and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

* InherentInTheSystem: Several mechanics in the system exist to help the amoral and wicked gain power over the more scrupulous, as the nature of Hell rewards conquest and brutality. Also, even demons who try to be honorable and good-natured are still creatures who have to survive by feeding on the pain souls, [[PayEvilUntoEvil albeit damned ones.]]

* InherentInTheSystem: Several mechanics in the system exist to help the amoral and wicked gain power over the more scrupulous, as the nature of Hell rewards conquest and brutality. Also, even demons who try to be honorable and good-natured are still creatures who survive by feeding on the pain of damned souls.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: demons are more like "Always NeutralEvil".

** [[SubvertedTrope Subversions]] of this tend to be ''extremely'' scary.

* UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution: The Free Cities are an {{Expy}} of Revolutionary France.

''Infernum'' is an RPG produced by Mongoose Publishing, using the "D20 system" created and poularized by the third edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. It is a game in which you do not ''fight'' the LegionsOfHell... but, by default, ''play'' as them. Most heavily based on ''[[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]'', its list of inspirations also includes ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', the various comics of Creator/AlanMoore (most prominently ''Promethia'', ''Comicbook/SwampThing'', ''From Hell'', and ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''), Creator/NeilGaiman's ''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Sandman]]'', [[Creator/MikeCarey Mike Carey's]] ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'', ''ComicBook/{{Slaine}}'', ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'', Creator/ChinaMieville's ''PerdidoStreetStation'', Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, ''Foucault's Pendulum'' by Umberto Eco, ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Film/EventHorizon'', and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

''Infernum'' is an RPG produced by Mongoose Publishing, using the "D20 system" created and poularized by the third edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. It is a game in which you do not ''fight'' the LegionsOfHell... but, by default, ''play'' as them. Most heavily based on ''[[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]'', its list of inspirations also includes ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', the various comics of Creator/AlanMoore (most prominently ''Promethia'', ''Comicbook/SwampThing'', ''From Hell'', and ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''), Creator/NeilGaiman's ''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Sandman]]'', [[MikeCarey Mike Carey's]] ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', ''ConanTheBarbarian'', ''[[ComicBook/TwoThousandAD Slaine]]'', ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'', Creator/ChinaMieville's ''PerdidoStreetStation'', Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, ''Foucault's Pendulum'' by Umberto Eco, ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Film/EventHorizon'', and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

''Infernum'' is an RPG produced by Mongoose Publishing, using the "D20 system" created and poularized by the third edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. It is a game in which you do not ''fight'' the LegionsOfHell... but, by default, ''play'' as them. Most heavily based on ''[[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]'', its list of inspirations also includes ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', the various comics of Creator/AlanMoore (most prominently ''Promethia'', ''Comicbook/SwampThing'', ''From Hell'', and ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''), Creator/NeilGaiman's ''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Sandman]]'', [[MikeCarey Mike Carey's]] ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', ''ConanTheBarbarian'', ''[[ComicBook/TwoThousandAD Slaine]]'', ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'', Creator/ChinaMieville's ''PerdidoStreetStation'', Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, ''Foucault's Pendulum'' by Umberto Eco, ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Film/EventHorizon'', and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

''Infernum'' is an RPG produced by Mongoose Publishing, using the "D20 system" created and poularized by the third edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. It is a game in which you do not ''fight'' the LegionsOfHell... but, by default, ''play'' as them. Most heavily based on ''[[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]'', its list of inspirations also includes ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', the various comics of Creator/AlanMoore (most prominently ''Promethia'', ''Comicbook/SwampThing'', ''From Hell'', and ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''), Creator/NeilGaiman's ''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Sandman]]'', [[MikeCarey Mike Carey's]] ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', ''ConanTheBarbarian'', ''[[ComicBook/TwoThousandAD Slaine]]'', ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'', ChinaMieville's ''PerdidoStreetStation'', Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, ''Foucault's Pendulum'' by Umberto Eco, ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Film/EventHorizon'', and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

It is five hundred and sixty five years since the last of the First Fallen was slain, and Hell is in turmoil once again. The Tenth House, House Lictat, has arisen after three hundred and sixty seven years to claim the position held by the destroyed Ninth House, House Jelac. The Free Cities Heresy, a rebellion against the very laws of the Infernum, has arisen and claimed multiple cities across Hell, forcing the other eight Houses to accept House Lictat in order to focus their attention on this new threat. The Hellgouts are swallowing larger and larger groups of mortals. Fallen angels are plummetting into the Pit more frequently then ever before. This year marks ninety eight years since the Knights of the Harrowing plunged their mountain-fortress of Outremer into Hell to lead a crusade against demonkind. The possibilities for the brave, the cunning, and the lucky, are infinite.

In addition to demons, players can also play humans and Fallen Angels, younger, less potent versions of the First Fallen.

** TheKnightsTemplar: The Knights of the Harrowing. Invaded Hell ''on purpose'' with the intention of killing all demons.

* SevenDeadlySins: most of the Houses embody at least one of these, and sometimes more. Zethu and Astyanath are Pride, Riethii is blatantly Lust, Sturrach obviously has strong ties to Wrath, Lictat is implied to be Envy, Carthenay is Avarice, Haimon is Sloth, and Oblurott is predominantly Gluttony. (Glabretch is the odd one out, but then that happens a lot with them.)

* SevenDeadlySins: most of the Houses embody at least one of these, and sometimes more. Zethu and Astyanath are Pride, Riethii is blatantly Lust, Sturrach obviously has strong ties to Wrath, Lictat is implied to be Envy, Carthenay is Avarice, and Oblurott is predominantly Gluttony, with a side-order of Sloth.

''Infernum'' is an RPG produced by Mongoose Publishing, using the "D20 system" created and poularized by the third edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. It is a game in which you do not ''fight'' the LegionsOfHell... but, by default, ''play'' as them. Most heavily based on ''[[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]'', its list of inspirations also includes ''ParadiseLost'', the various comics of Creator/AlanMoore (most prominently ''Promethia'', ''Comicbook/SwampThing'', ''From Hell'', and ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''), Creator/NeilGaiman's ''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Sandman]]'', [[MikeCarey Mike Carey's]] ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', ''ConanTheBarbarian'', ''[[ComicBook/TwoThousandAD Slaine]]'', ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'', ChinaMieville's ''PerdidoStreetStation'', Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, ''Foucault's Pendulum'' by Umberto Eco, ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Film/EventHorizon'', and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

''Infernum'' is an RPG produced by Mongoose Publishing, using the "D20 system" created and poularized by the third edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. It is a game in which you do not ''fight'' the LegionsOfHell... but, by default, ''play'' as them. Most heavily based on ''[[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]'', its list of inspirations also includes ''ParadiseLost'', the various comics of Creator/AlanMoore (most prominently ''Promethia'', ''Comicbook/SwampThing'', ''From Hell'', and ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''), NeilGaiman's ''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Sandman]]'', [[MikeCarey Mike Carey's]] ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', ''ConanTheBarbarian'', ''[[ComicBook/TwoThousandAD Slaine]]'', ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'', ChinaMieville's ''PerdidoStreetStation'', Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, ''Foucault's Pendulum'' by Umberto Eco, ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Film/EventHorizon'', and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

''Infernum'' is an RPG produced by Mongoose Publishing, using the "D20 system" created and poularized by the third edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. It is a game in which you do not ''fight'' the LegionsOfHell... but, by default, ''play'' as them. Most heavily based on ''[[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]'', its list of inspirations also includes ''ParadiseLost'', the various comics of Creator/AlanMoore (most prominently ''Promethia'', ''Comicbook/SwampThing'', ''From Hell'', and ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''), NeilGaiman's ''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Sandman]]'', [[MikeCarey Mike Carey's]] ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', ''ConanTheBarbarian'', ''[[TwoThousandAD Slaine]]'', ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'', ChinaMieville's ''PerdidoStreetStation'', Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, ''Foucault's Pendulum'' by Umberto Eco, ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Film/EventHorizon'', and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

** The Book of the Tormentor has, as a sample mortal, a "Newcomer Marine", who represents a survivor of one of the "many military bases and mercenary encampments prone to being dragged into Hell". Between his quote, and his primary weapons being a shotgun and a chainsaw, he's pretty obviously supposed to be a {{VideoGame/Doom}}guy expy. [[TheyLive He also comes with a packet of bubblegum.]]

* MightMakesRight: Most Houses don't honor this in theory to the degree that they do in practice, as the social structure of the Infernum tries to protect the principles of feudalism and Covenant as an alternative to complete anarchy. House Lictat, on the other hand, laughs at this; they have the right to be a Great House because they've taken it, and to the spawning pits with anyone who says otherwise.
* NobleDemon: About as nice as a demon can realistically get.

''Infernum'' is an RPG produced by Mongoose Publishing, using the "D20 system" created and poularized by the third edition of DungeonsAndDragons. It is a game in which you do not ''fight'' the LegionsOfHell... but, by default, ''play'' as them. Most heavily based on ''[[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]'', its list of inspirations also includes ''ParadiseLost'', the various comics of Creator/AlanMoore (most prominently ''Promethia'', ''Comicbook/SwampThing'', ''From Hell'', and ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''), NeilGaiman's ''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Sandman]]'', [[MikeCarey Mike Carey's]] ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'', ''ConanTheBarbarian'', ''[[TwoThousandAD Slaine]]'', ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'', ChinaMieville's ''PerdidoStreetStation'', Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, ''Foucault's Pendulum'' by Umberto Eco, ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Film/EventHorizon'', and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

* {{Hell}}: where the game is set.
* {{Hellfire}}: an energy type native to the setting, alongside the "traditional" [[DungeonsAndDragons D20]] energies of Acid, Cold, Electric, Fire and Sonic. Described as greenish-black flames that are fuelled by hate, rage and misery, explicitly called the "anti-iliaster".
* HermeticMagic: the default magic system of the game closely follows this idea, which really stands out compared to the [[DungeonsAndDragons typical D20 setting]].

''Infernum'' is an RPG produced by Mongoose Publishing, using the "D20 system" created and poularized by the third edition of DungeonsAndDragons. It is a game in which you do not ''fight'' the LegionsOfHell... but, by default, ''play'' as them. Most heavily based on ''[[DivineComedy Dante's Inferno]]'', its list of inspirations also includes ''ParadiseLost'', the various comics of Creator/AlanMoore (most prominently ''Promethia'', ''Comicbook/SwampThing'', ''From Hell'', and ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''), NeilGaiman's ''[[Comicbook/TheSandman Sandman]]'', [[MikeCarey Mike Carey's]] ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'', ''{{Dune}}'', ''ConanTheBarbarian'', ''[[TwoThousandAD Slaine]]'', ''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'', ChinaMieville's ''PerdidoStreetStation'', Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy, ''Foucault's Pendulum'' by Umberto Eco, ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Film/EventHorizon'', and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

* TheFrenchRevolution: The Free Cities are an {{Expy}} of Revolutionary France.

Their intention was to use these creatures to conquer Heaven, but they failed to redict the intelligence and rebelliousness of their "children". Even laying upon them the Covenants, forcing demons to obey anybody to whom they swore loyalty or gave their word, did not prevent them from managing to seduce half of the surviving First Fallen into supporting their desire to remain in Hell and forget about Heaven. Lucifer's faction called for a confrontation, and each faction simultaneously ordered the demons to obey them. Knowing that they would either be destroyed once Heaven was claimed or remain slaves to their AbusivePrecursors, the demons [[TakeAThirdOption chose their own path]] and attacked both angelic factions while their Covenants were stretched to breaking point.