Dead Reign Death Cults give Game Masters a darker look at zombie apocalypse faction design, belief, fear, and social collapse in Palladium Books’ survival-horror RPG.

In this RPG Die Gest livestream, we read through the Death Cults section of Dead Reign and examine how extreme beliefs, cult behavior, and apocalyptic pressure can make a campaign feel more dangerous and more human. Then we shift to a broader RPG setting discussion: why demihumans, metahumans, humanoids, and other non-human peoples should feel meaningfully different in culture, instinct, role, limitation, and worldview.

If your elves, dwarves, mutants, aliens, or monster races feel like humans with cosmetic changes, your setting may be leaving powerful worldbuilding on the table. Watch as we dig into Dead Reign Death Cults, Palladium Books design, and the deeper value of making non-human characters truly matter.

See Max’s take on fantasy races here.

* Demihumans vs Humans | Racism & Speciesism in Fantasy RPGs | Aug 2018:

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