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Symbols
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credits
writing: Yubi Coates, Verity Lane, Dominik Parisien, Jordan Richer, illustrations: Camille Alquier, Rodrigo Gallo Arias,
T.R.Rowe, Ashley Warren Isabeau Backhaus, BWusagi, Justin Chan, Natalie Chenard,
editing : Misty Bourne, Verity Lane, T.R.Rowe, Jay Jackson, Kayla Cline, Jason Engle, Veronika Fedorova, Gaston Garcia,
Dominik Parisien, Serena Langton, Zoë Weiss Diego Gil, Liam Gregg, Patrik Hell, Valeria Ivanova - bouncytuna,
game design: Ashley Warren, Ryan Servis, Patricia Kelen Takahashi, Sam Key, Priscilla Kim, Felix Klaer,
Jordan Richer, Christopher Pinch Daarken, Diogo Lopes, Anneliese Mak, Oriana Menendez,
Julia Metzger, Felix Miall, Derek Murphy, Alexander Ngo,
project management : Jordan Richer, T.R.Rowe
Conor Nolan, Kathleen O’Hara, Michael Okoroagha,
concept: Ricardo Evangelho, Jordan Richer, Andrea Bruce Nikita Orlov, Victoria Pascual, Svetoslav Petrov, Dominique Ramsey,
art direction: Ricardo Evangelho Marina Rey, Pablo Rivera, Henrik Rosenborg, Audre Schutte,
cover illustration : Justin Chan Jacob Walker, Lauren Walsh
concept illustrations: Jason Engle, Daarken cartography: Hugo Bernardo Solis Miramontes, Samantha Rustle
disclaimer: Heckna! is a horror campaign setting and contains graphic design: Rajaa Al-Subairi, Ricardo Evangelho,
themes and subject matter that some players and GMs may find difficult. Rosemarie Halim, Meredith Smallwood
These themes include death, body horror, insects and spiders, torture gobbledygook language: Jay Jackson
and clowns. This campaign setting is not suggested for children younger additional contributions: Matthew Gravelyn
than 13 years of age. For more details about the horror themes of Heck-
special thanks: Emily Beckett, Ryan Burns,
na! and how to incorporate them safely into your game, please refer to
Graeme Fotheringham, Victoria Jeffrey, Allie MacAlister
Themes (pg. 13).

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Appendix i: Symbols
All around The Revelia are small symbols, scratched into wooden beams Alterations
or scorched into fabric. The symbols originally started as a way for Heckna Symbols can be scratched out and altered, but they should always be
dissenters to mark out safe or dangerous places without Heckna himself truthful. They are a mystery to Heckna and those loyal to him, and shouldn’t
knowing. Now the symbols are an important navigational network for those be used to trick or mislead the players. Symbols are a great way to reward
trying to survive, and escape, The Revelia. After the destruction of the train, players making Investigation or Perception checks.
the Toymaker [they/them] realized the importance of the symbols and began
encouraging those they believed strong enough to stand a chance against Symbols in Use
Heckna, or those who’ve survived The Revelia and remained staunchly Covertly, the Toymaker was also able to use their own magical abilities
anti-Heckna, to expand the sparse network of symbols. to create and imbue two symbols—akin to magical runes or glyphs. They
use these symbols—Forget for and Remember r—to suppress or bring forth
Creating a Symbol memories. These are the only two magical symbols in The Revelia. The
During the adventure, the party will be encouraged to create their own Toymaker places them on would-be allies, to ensure their personal safety in
symbol, which they can leave around The Revelia. The campaign includes their quest to stop Heckna and escape The Revelia. Using these symbols
the placement of symbols important to the narrative, but you can deploy is part of the reason The Toymaker has been able to remain undetected by
additional symbols throughout The Revelia as best fits your campaign. For Heckna for so long, avoiding his suspicion. Anyone captured or interrogated
example, you might want to put Danger d on Felix’s Elixirs, or Favorite f if by Heckna or his laughtenants who has enough information on the Toymaker
Felix [he/they] is the current favorite vendor. to be considered dangerous has their forget symbol activated, leaving them
unable to implicate the Toymaker in any treachery.
Cartouches
A cartouche is an oval frame containing a collection of symbols separated
from other individual symbols. Cartouches are used to indicate places or
concepts by combining multiple symbols, allowing the small number of
symbols to represent many things without each needing its own symbol. For
example, the symbolic name for the Fun House is made up from the symbols
Heckna he, Rest re, and Danger d within a cartouche. Additional symbols
outside the cartouche can add more information or be later additions or
corrections. The symbols on the door to the Boring Room denote that this
door can be used with keys to enter the Fun House and consist of Entry
en, Key k, and then (Heckna he, Tricks tri) within a cartouche next to it
providing the meaning ‘Entry with Keys to the Fun House’.

Heckna Symbol Font

Cartouches are frequently used in sending secret messages to convey If you’d like to create your own messages and cartouches using the
new ideas. For example, if the players wanted to send a message to the symbols in this appendix, you can download the custom Heckna symbol
Toymaker, setting up a meeting at the Shattered Station to discuss the items font at Heckna.com.
needed to escape by train, they could write: Toymaker to, Meet me, Your
Party’s Symbol, (Escape es, Safe s), (Train tr, Items i). Both you and
your party can use cartouches to create new messages with the existing
symbols.

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SYMBOLS
*The highlighted characters in the name of the symbol indicate what you need to type to conjure that symbol in your word processor of choice.

a
a nimalgamation
ararachne
bbad food
ba
ba loon
bo
bomb
br
bribe
c cicero
dd anger

didi sguise
do
do not enter
e
e nemy
en
entry
es es cape
f
favorite
fifi ght
fofo od

for
forget
fr friend
g game
gi
gi ft
h
healing
he
he ckna
hi
hidden
hu hu nter

hun hunt i k ke l m ma
(conrad)

Booth

hunter hunt er items k ey ke y needed locke m agic ma rker

me n no p po pr r re
(marlowe) (dr. stella)

me et no/not/none no se poison po ster prison remember re st

rev
revellers
s s afe
se
se curity
sh
sh are food
so
sophie
su
su rprise
t
t atler
th th ralls

t
tickets
to
to ymaker
tr train
tri
tricks
v
vehicle
w
watching
wawa ter
we
weavers

CARTOUCHES
Several areas have set cartouches denoting their names. More symbols and cartouches can be found in the Jamboree than the Dismaydium, as it’s easier
to access, and Heckna’s ability to keep revelers out of the Dismaydium makes it more difficult for the average reveler to leave a symbol there. Below is a list of
places where a cartouche can be found. The Toymaker uses these to remind and warn their allies of what can be found inside these locations, and they are not
just a symbol for the location itself.

ent
Entry Gates
tic
Tic ket Booth
ho
Ho stile Hostel
sw
Sweet Suite
lo
Lo st and Found
mi
Midway
Pi
Pi n the Flail on
boa
Boa t Blaster 9000
pop
Pop
the Donkey Goes the Clown

du
Du nkin’ Do Not
hit
Hit -Me-Heckna
de
De ad Ringer
sou
Souvenir Shop
foo
Food Court
bab
Bab’s Meatery
can
Candy’s
fe
Fe lix’s Elixirs
sec
Sec urity
Candy Emporium Building

na
Na ughty Corner
pe
Pe tting Zoo
fl
Flop House
hou
Hou se of Wax
fu
Fu n House
tu
Tu nnel of Love
car
Carpe Colossus
hec
Heckna’s Eye
un
Under
Construction

bi
Bi g Top
mis
Mis ery-
sha
Sha ttered
tra
Train Parts
heck
Heck -Yeah-Tron
Go-Round Station

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