Read the Bends Update Changelog HERE!

BËNTHIC is a deep-sea delving TTRPG, based on the rules of Mork Borg. Players control divers, descending an ancient alien trench to uncover the dark secrets that lurk within. This is that game with just the rules, no weird layout and all extra fluff taken out, made before the full version of the game and released for free. This book contains the following content:

Contents

• A Full Translation of the Mork Borg ruleset to an underwater environment
• Complete rules for creating your diver
• Eight PC Classes, the Vengeful Mariner, Disgraced Shipwright, Cleansed Researcher, Naval Rachis, Deep One, Tired Admiral, Enlightened Spider Crab, and Scouring Tide.
• Random tables to customize your characters
• 100 new features for improvement: The Bends
• AUVs and Submarines
• Fish
• Shrines, a form of magic bound to a specific place
• Underwater Foraging
• 17 locales within a deep-sea trench
• 57 Monsters
• 64 Magic Items, 4 for each locale in the Trench
• A Full Album Commentary for the BËNTHIC Original Soundtrack

Soundtrack

The game also features a full original soundtrack of instrumental electronic music, clocking in at 2 hours and 40 minutes, including music for each locale in the trench. It can be purchased on Bandcamp here or streamed on Spotify here!

Adventures

The first of 17 point crawls that will be in the full core book, the Fractured Reef, is available now for free! The second, the Glacial Undertow, is also out now!

Credits

Game Design and Text: Thomas Zitkevitz

Layout: Thomas Zitkevitz

Cover Artwork: Federico Marroni

Soundtrack: Thomas Zitkevitz

BËNTHIC: Scoured Edition is an independent production by Thomas Zitkevits and is not affiliated with Ockult Örtmästare Games or Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the MÖRK BORG Third Party License.