Skin Deep
A downloadable game
Skin Deep offers ten new Skins to Monsterhearts 2, three new Small Towns, new rules for death and dying, and alternate Harm rules in case the game gets too dangerous!
The skins you will be getting are as follows:
The Bakeneko Awkward, counterculture, confusing, and idiosyncratic. The Bakeneko is about not fitting into the mold and not really trying to.
The Bedlam Cunning, dreamy, heroic, and novel. The Bedlam is someone more afraid of growing up to wear business casual than being eaten by a giant spider.
The Devil Devious, enthralling, giving, and dependent. The Devil is about having favors to call in at the right moment - whether they were given willingly or just owed.
The Dragon Tempting, seductive, and popular. The Dragon demands attention wherever they go - good or bad.
The Fomorian Alienated, terrifying, powerful, and unyielding. The Fomorian knows the world isn't fair and plans to tip the balance in their favor.
The Immortal Wise, lonely, and sophomoric. The Immortal likes to think they're grown up, that they've seen it all, that they know everything. This is patently untrue.
The Leshy Noble, wild, arrogant, and unsure. The Leshy rules over a world most people overlook or take for granted daily.
The Prometheus Smart, weird, focused, and a little bit on edge. The Prometheus knows just enough to be dangerous and not enough to be safe.
The Siren Seductive, charming, spoiled, and needy. The Siren is a diva-in-training with a voice that can't be ignored.
The Veela Dramatic, haughty, sultry, and manipulative. The Veela is a wannabe TV star with enough clout to back up their views.
Update: Several Skins are getting quality of play updates. Currently the Bakeneko, Dragon, Fomorian, Immortal, Prometheus, & Veela have been updated. Changes coming to the Leshy & Siren soon.
Purchase
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Skin Deep is a supplement pack for Monsterhearts 2, primarily focusing on a set of new skins.
It's 30 pages long, with great layout and snazzy art.
Content-wise, the Bakeneko skin feels a little bland (most of their kit orbits around being aloof and critical of others,) and the Prometheus sort of turns into the Jigsaw Killer when they darkest self, but the Bedlam is ridiculously flavorful and charges straight into trouble in a way that somehow outdoes the MH 1 Mortal.
Other standouts include the Devil (a bargain-broker who calls everything in when they Darkest Self,) the Dragon (who gets exp if other people brag about having hooked up with him,) and the Leshy (aquaman who can hold court with a bunch of abandoned television sets, and fighting him involves trying to cram a pair of shoes onto his feet.)
Also included in the book are a few sample settings. They run a nice spectrum from mundane mortal politics to high-octane supernatural pulp, with Lodestone standing out as an intense (and extremely compact) mini-campaign. To go with this are some rules about mitigating unplanned mortality in high-conflict games.
Overall, I think Skin Deep is a ton of value for a Monsterhearts group. The new skins are solid, everything is easy to use, and there's a lot of great flavor.
Minor Issues:
-Devil's Gift Horse is *really* easy to trigger, and theoretically spammable. This is less a concern in MH than other systems, but it still stood out.
-Page 15, Heart Of Gold, "string" isn't capitalized