Third-Party License
THIRD PARTY MODULE CREATION GUIDE
Sickest Witch should be a grounded and relatable folk-horror game. It takes inspiration from movies like The VVitch, Hereditary, and The Green Knight, as well as comic books like Hellboy and Somna. This is a paranoid and dirty world where Witches are reclaiming their bodies and minds from the clutches of a few powerful oligarchs.
In a way, this system is a metaphor. In most modern societies, bodies are treated as commodities. You are forced to use your body for labor. Your attention is commodified through advertising and social media ad revenue. Sickest Witch is about reclaiming bodies back from their oppressors.
No Witch should ever become wealthy or too powerful. They find fulfillment in community and aiding strangers. The harder you punch down, the higher you rise up.
What You Can’t Do
You cannot use the title Sickest Witch in the title of your book or module or project. This is to differentiate official Severed Books projects from third party projects.
Only books and ebooks are allowed for third party licence so no cards, minis, dice, or other such things.
You cannot publish the art, writing, or rules from the Sickest Witch core book or other Severed Books publications.
You cannot use AI (artificial intelligence) to make artwork, design, or writing. Sorry, we have a no AI policy.
What You Must Do
Include the Compatible with Sickest Witch logo on the cover and inside of your book or ebook. There is a high resolution version at SickestWitch.com
Place this disclaimer on the inside of your book or ebook:
[Your project title here] is an independent production by [your name or company here] and is not affiliated with Severed Books. It is published under the Sickest Witch Third Party License. Severed Books is not creatively affiliated or liable for any content within this book.
What’s not in a Sickest Witch Module
High fantasy. Dragons, fairies, orcs, horned human-whatever, overly-powerful spells, legendary weapons, time travel, teleportation, “classic monster”.
What might be in a Sickest Witch Module
Demonology, peasants, dark magic, paranoia, colonialism, exploitation by the powerful.
If you have any questions, please email Justin at SeveredBooks@gmail.com
Justin is also open to commissions if you need artwork.
