Citizens of Kanrath,

The Night Before the White Wake is reaching its final stretch. We have only 8 days left, and the streets are hungry. To keep the blood flowing and celebrate the momentum you’ve given us so far, we’re releasing new free content for the campaign:

Street Encounter Map
A grim, rain-soaked Kanrath street designed for ambushes, investigations, and sudden violence. Perfect for patrols gone wrong, midnight chases, or vampire hunters!

Experimental Vampire Hunter Subclass
A new, brutal take on hunting the undead. This subclass is raw, dangerous, and still experimental by design, since it is a sublass for all.

We believe the next stretch goals are achievable, and every new backer pushes us closer to more content, more art, more horrors, and more Bloodpunk goodness added to the final release.

If you’ve been waiting, this is the moment. If you’ve already backed, now is the time to spread the word.

We have a surprise for you today, and we truly believe it’s a pleasant one. The Free Content Spree continues with an OST sample.

As the campaign continues to grow, we strongly believe we will pass the OST Stretch Goal by the end of the campaign with your support So instead of waiting until the very last moment, we decided to do what we do best in Kanrath: prepare early. That means we officially started our preparations for the original soundtrack, and today, we’re giving you the very first taste of it.

We’re excited to share Track #1, and it came in three different versions. Whether you want something more subtle and loopable to keep playing in the background, or something that feels like it crawled out of Kanrath’s streets at a snowy midnight… We wanted you to have options. The other versions will be available soon.

Enjoy.

The White Wake keeps rising. We’re keeping our promise, so welcome to Free Content Spree #2. This time, we’re bringing you something straight from the Blood Church itself.

The Blood Church Militant is a paladin trained to protect the Blood God’s followers in the most brutal way possible. They are disciplined, unquestioning, and chosen by blood and vision. When the Church declares an enemy, the Militant does not hesitate.

And for GMs… We’re also dropping the Blood Church Militant Headquarters map, so you can throw your players right into the heart of the Church’s operations. Whether it’s a raid, an interrogation, a desperate escape, or a bloody oath-taking, this place is ready for play.

The Free Content Spree, is only getting started. Stay tuned for more and thank you for being here, for backing the campaign, and for walking the crimson streets with us. 

See you in the Night Before the White Wake.
DRS Team

We have to start with a huge thank you for all your interest and support with Night Before the White Wake. This is our second project for Bloodpunk and it was funded in less than half a day! We owe this project to you. Now, we’re quickly approaching our first stretch goal: More art! 

A few years ago, when we were on the drawing board for a new setting, we had a lot of ideas. Few of those never saw the day of light, others developed and became future projects. But there was one idea so striking, something that truly clicked with us: Bloodpunk. It clearly clicked with so many of you too as we’re releasing our second major adventure for Bloodpunk. 

It’s always a dream for us to tell complex and grim stories. Stories where there is no clear line between good and bad. The Industrial age and steampunk were of course big inspiration points for us and a great backdrop for gray stories. We wanted to create a new genre, a new punk setting inspired by what we love, but one that goes beyond it. 

It took a lot of brainstorming. We explored ideas like arcanepunk, and we even rediscovered concepts like biopunk, but none of them felt quite right. Then came the golden egg. Blood. Why not fuel things with blood? It’s already an essential part of our bodies.

What’s beautiful about this is the evolving value of blood. What makes our body tick also powers machines, weapons and tools. This opened the gates for a complete new set of social, economic and cultural shifts. Hence came Bloodpunk. 

We take great pride in this setting and want to expand it as long as we can share it with you. Bloodpunk has always been urban focused. Contrast between Kanrath and Cyherested is also an important aspect. We took a difficult but rewarding approach with Bloodpunk. With music and novels, Bloodpunk became more than a game setting. It’s a living and breathing world.

We hope to expand these two cities further and make new additions to the area as we go. There is much more to explore in Tolia and we aim to provide new factions, settlements and many, many (many) player options. 

We’d like to thank you for being part of this incredible journey. Your support and love for the setting is what made us push through sleepless nights and bring together this incredible setting. 

- DRS Team