
Made a cover for my CAIN campaign notes
Drew all of my PCs and the bound sin one of them has :)

Drew all of my PCs and the bound sin one of them has :)
Teto is track, miku is wire, and neru is ardence!!
As it says I have reworked The Fowlers Art so that making traps and effects are far more streamlined and fitting with Cain. I've massively reduced the complexity while maintaining everything i liked about the idea so i hope you enjoy it too as i finish up the last pieces of These Unwashed Masses planning to release on the 20th.
Like the title says. I was looking through some old notes of a game I ran that fell through. Thinking of adding them into my Cain world just working out how they'll fit cause my friends pointed out they might not work.
Here's the basic idea:
Finches are a military division of CASTLE specialized in containing problematic sins that XO's have difficulty defeating and the Virtues aren't available for use. Usually, their Modus Operandi is to take a sin in their weakened state and keep them contained within a Cain facility which they then work to find a use or way to execute it themselves.
While the finches have managed to execute sins the death toll for finches is beyond astronomical and is the reasoning for their creed: Evolve or die. In most cases, being transferred to the Finches is seen as a death sentence with their hierarchy determined by how many sin execution attempts survived. However, this has granted them quite a bit of autonomy within Cain able to determine logistics and purchase out whole facilities for their own operations.
Optional Bright Spot Rule
Once after each rest, the group creates one Bright Spot.
During the next hunt, one exorcist may recall that scene to do one of the following:
- Erase 1 stress.
- Give an ally +1D through encouragement.
- Resist being separated from the team.
- Gain 1 temporary Psyche Burst that cannot increase past the limit
- Calm a frightened civilian.
- Continue acting despite an emotional affliction for one action.
Then erase the Bright Spot and it may not be used for the rest of the hunt
It's mostly a case idea generator/collection of extra Domains and Affections for the core SINs. Here is a little sneak peek at one of those generators. I haven't prettied anything up yet, and might not for a while. This is going slower than I thought. But hey wish me luck and give some feedback if you will.
I have previously posted statblock lists of SINs based off of children´s media (specifically Toads, Ogres, Hounds & Idols). Here comes the next SIN lists for everyone to use, this time tackling Centipedes.
Hopefully you will all like them and if you want to debate anything on these, or if you want to put out a request of a certain character or monster for me to turn into a CAIN SIN. Please comment below, I love feedback.
The Horned King (The Black Cauldron)
Type: Centipede
Form: 2-Post Mortem
Category: 3
Palace: The Horned King´s Castle.
Traces (Infested): Cauldron Born.
Traumas
What are you trying to escape? My failure to conquer the land.
What do you hate the most about humanity? Their ability to resist and disobey me.
What do you regret the most? Not being able to conquer the land, due to having to rely on others.
Domains
Crumbling into the darkling womb.
Gently rolling down the slope of the abyss.
My children crawl quietly. (Gwythaints.)
Mission Complication
The horned king is searching for a magical (psionic) artefact called The Black Cauldron. If he finds it he will use it to increase his power and send out more undead. (Immediately increase time on gently rolling down the slope of the abyss doomsday clock.)
If the XO´s can secure the cauldron without damaging it, then CAIN will reward them each with an extra SCRIPT post mission.
Type: Centipede
Form: 2
Category: 4
Palace: Evernight Castle
Traces (Infested): Grimm
Traumas
What are you trying to escape? My immortality.
What do you hate the most about humanity? Their persistence and obedience to the gods.
What do you regret the most? Killing my children.
Domains
The knights of decay. (Variant Grimm such as Goliath and Megoliath.)
At the core, my rot unfurls. (Curse of Immortality.)
Making friends with the abattoir. (Curse of Immortality.)
Mission Complication
During the mission you will encounter a group of colourful heroes with exotic weapons (stat as various CAT 2 exorcists) who may present an obstacle or an ally if handled correctly.
Type: Centipede
Form: 2-Post mortem
Category: 5
Palace: The Lich´s lair.
Traces (Infested): Skeletons & zombies
Traumas
What are you trying to escape? The oppression of the cycle of life.
What do you hate the most about humanity? They are a part of the cycle of life.
What do you regret the most? I once failed to extinguish all life.
Domains
The heralds of venom. (Dark magic.)
Crumbling into the darkling womb. (Dark magic.)
At the core my rot unfurls.
Mission Complication
SEER has concluded that during the mission, The Litch will attempt to find an ancient magical book called "The Enchiridion" recently placed inside the basement vault of a local museum. If the XO´s can acquire it and give it to TEMERITY they will get a bonus to their next mission.
They will get an extra experimental training session from their handler, who will have been instructed to do so based on information TEMERITY extracted from the book. (They will start their next mission with one extra Psyche Burst. Note: Admin´s choice on how long this bonus applies.)
Hi there!
I just published version 1.0 of my first homebrew sin, the Snail! A sin that arises from a person’s inability to resist their compulsions or to change their harmful habits, with general themes of obsession, addiction, and parasitism.
I hope you'll like it! If you have any feedback or questions, feel free to leave a comment, reply here, or drop by the CAIN Discord :3
Art is by Sib_Phi, everything is listed on Itchio!
Hi! I'm new to CAIN and was curious about a few things that I didn't quite understand yet about this Blasphemy.
For Ardence's Inner Furnace:
1.) When / how does the Unstable Power hook fill up? Does it just fill up immediately upon using the passive?
2.) When Inner Furnace increases the CAT of a power, does that also add an extra dice to that roll since your CAT is +2?
Yo, I'm really into lancer and have been finding new ttrpg's since finding lancer, and I really like Cain's concept but im really confused because online its shown to be like chainsaw man and jjk, buuuut I don't really see that? I can only see the persona inspiration. I cant really find info on cain as much so I have a question. Is cain Investigation and then a boss, or is it investigations alongside fighting underlings leading up to the boss?
Hello! New player here. I’ve recently been getting into CAIN and I’ve been wanting to run a game with some of my friends after our old DM for a D&D campaign seems to be busy with college stuff.
After listening to Zaktact (What is CAIN?) and Rolls of Engagement (HOUND HUNT - TERMINUS), I’ve been getting an idea for our possible Exorcist’s first SIN.
The idea is that a Lord spawned from… a gamer. Like, a couch-potato, basement-dweller, hand-brace kind of gamer. It’d have to be CAT 1–maybe 2–since this will be the first Sin our exorcists will face.
Unfortunately, I am new, and not quite comfortable with rulings and how Sins work to a tee. What are some ways I could perhaps run a session of the sort? Or should I try and do another Sin as a better starter?
A quick look at some of the rebuilt mechanics for untouchables as i was able to finally revisit these unwashed masses for a final passover. Hopefully this simplifies and makes running untouchable more practical as I'll also be adding a small system to make playing as an untouchable simple as well.
I haven't played much CAIN but I can always tweak everything later.
So far I have made 4/5 virtues and i dread the day I end up making my own SINS, if yall have any tips to help ease my terror and keep everything within the CAIN vibe ill be forever grateful.
[REDACTED] (known as "eleven" by his peers) is an exorcist raised by CAIN since he was a child, taken from a remote village in rural China after manifesting his blasphemy during a village ritual. "Mary" was once a goth clubgoer from Berlin who, upon manifesting her blasphemy, went through religious psychosis. She now believes she is the reincarnation of the biblical Mary, and that her blasphemy is a blessing from God.
I am currently making myself a battlejacket. And I had to include Cain there in some way. So here is my U//H patch. It ks specifically based on the U//H under Don Obelisk from Glory unto Them (amazing Supplement, check it out). All in all not as clean as I had hoped, but still rly cool :)
In harpocrates dossier theres a section with xk blasphemys, once this 66 slash talisman is filled the end of times begins, the book gives some examplea of what this could be but what have you done for your players, or if you have any ideas id love to hear them.
Hey all, I recently discovered CAIN and I am super excited! Planning a short introductory adventure for my players that will hopefully turn into a longer campaign. I've read through all the rules and looked at all the Games for Freaks supplements, and now I'm wondering about other helpful resources that might be out there. Tables or charts that help summarize the information? I'm particularly worried about how many options are available for Sin reactions... attacks, complications, afflictions, threats, etc. I don't know if I'll be able to keep it all straight.
I'm also curious about advice on running it in general. My group comes almost exclusively from DnD, so I don't have a ton of experience running anything too different from that. Any tips or things to focus on?
Thanks in advance