Ewok Guard roleplaying game

David Miessler-Kubanek We are Ewok- children of the GREAT TREE. We protect the Forest that lives between ground an d sky. All of this is a sacred place we share with others, until the Skull Moon appeared above us. That is when the Night Spirit left our dreams to walk among us with fire an d death. Since then, Ewoks from all villages have come together and vowed to fight as one guard against the Night Spirit and all who seek to harm the Forest.

The Ewok Guard RPG Yub Nub! First seen on the big screen during Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in 1983, these relatively unknown and primitive not-Wookie people helped the Rebel Alliance defeat the Galactic Empire. But what about the native peoples after that, or before the Rebels appeared? What indeed. This game explores the time be- fore the Rebel Alliance learned of the second Death Star orbiting the Forest Moon of Endor. This game came to be from Mouse Guard to The Woodlands to Ewok Guard. It uses the Powered by the Apocalypse system set in the Star Wars Forest Moon of Endor of our shared imagination. On its surface Ewok Guard is about playing Ewoks who hunt, and travel, and get on with life pre-Galactic Civil War. However, at its heart is a love letter to stories about underdog communities who must deal with an outside or alien force suddenly entering their world and changing everything. How will your people interpret and respond? Inspiration Reference Notes Who will protect or lead the villages forward Content sourced from and inspired by Front cover art https://dribbble.com/ https://usm.propstoreauction.com/m/ Star Wars Return of the Jedi and shots/10905192-A-bunch-of-ewoks/ lot-details/index/catalog/181/lot/38813/ through the crisis? How do we defeat or drive https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/ attachments away the Spawn of the Night Spirit? Ewok portraits, https://www.deviantart. Ewok/Legends, and Mouse Guard Endor scene inspired by https://www. com/thello77 by Luke Crane, The Woodlands by The Guard is ready. Are you? scrollsawvillage.com/forums/top- Back cover art https://www.instagram. Andrew Medeiros. ic/33899-endor-skyline/ com/audreyestok/ Chief Chirpa (left) and Shaman Logray (below) Ewoks - Children of the Great Tree

Overview operations were situated around the area History making their body look like a clutter of Ewoks are sentient, diminutive, furry bi- near Bright Tree Village. For as long as anyone can recall, Ewoks trinkets. ped mammals native to the forest moon have always lived on the Forest Moon of Endor. They are curious individuals Some Ewoks were removed from the of Endor and were a tribal people who Prominent members of Ewok tribes car- that stand about one meter tall; they are forest planet and taken as pets or slaves. primarily interacted with each other ry totems to symbolize their rank. The omnivorous and use spears, slings, and Others left voluntarily out of a sense of cooperatively. lead warrior wears a headdress made of knives as weapons. For transportation, curiosity. feathers called the “white wings of hope.” they use hang gliders, battle wagons, and The Ewoks also have had contact with The eldest child of the tribal leader’s bordoks. Although extremely skilled in other sentient species on the Forest family wears a headdress called the “red forest survival and the construction of “Lives are like camp- Moon, such as the Yuzzums, Gupins, wings of courage.” The second child primitive technology like gliders and Lizard Warriors, and Teeks. Their wears the “blue wings of strength.” catapults, the Ewoks hadn’t yet pro- fires. Some burn cousins, the swamp-dwelling Duloks, gressed past stone-level technology when were rivals of the Ewoks, and often made Marriage discovered by the Empire. They are quick long, others not,” trouble for them. Unmarried male Ewoks spend much learners, however, when exposed to ad- of their time living alone in the forest vanced technology with simple mechani- Ewok saying building their own small huts near cal processes and concepts. Family enough to the tree city to assist the Ewoks in work. Unmarried females As of approximately 195 BBY, they were Biology and Appearance Tribal Structure leave gifts of food, clothing, or weaponry not represented in the Galactic Senate, They are covered in fur from head to toe, The tribal structure of the Ewoks has on the doorsteps of unmarried males despite being acknowledged as a sentient with brown and black the most common a Council of Elders ruling over each as a sign of their attraction and to tell species. colors. Other Ewoks have near-white or village, headed by a chief. A shaman also how much the village missed them and reddish fur, but red fur is supposedly lives in each Ewok village, a keeper of wished they would come back as part of When the Galactic Empire began the rarest shade an Ewok can get. Most mystical lore, and a healer to the injured. a family and as the female’s mate. operations on the moon of Endor, Ewoks have solid-colored fur, though The warriors of the different tribes wear they dismissed the primitive species as a few sport stripes. Ewoks have large, ragged garments on the head to signi- If the male Ewok decides to take a mate, harmless. However, a botched attempt bright eyes, small humanoid noses, and fy their tribe. The warriors also wear he had to build a family hut in the tree at first contact with Ewoks by some hands that possess two fingers and an wooden chest shields, the jawbones of city where he and his mate could live. Imperial soldiers resulted in Ewoks opposable thumb. Despite their small tiny animals, and sharp teeth. Some dec- The construction of a new hut signaled terrorizing Imperial positions. Many size, Ewoks are physically strong enough orate themselves with ornaments such that the male had decided to take a mate, Ewoks were taken as slaves. Imperial to overpower combat-trained Humans. as feathers, necklaces, and pendants, at which point all of the unmarried females try to woo him. Until his home fires, and storytelling ceremonies. Cliff Village: Some tribes of Ewoks Hunting and Trapping is finished, the male does not decide • Family groups keep their own dwellings make their homes on a rock face beside Ewoks venture to the forest floor to hunt, whom he was taking. The chosen female in clusters on the outlying trees. Separate a spraying waterfall. Ewok engineers using stone-tipped arrows and spears as has the right to refuse the male or the huts are built for unmarried females, create an intricate set of waterwheels, well as elaborate traps to catch their prey. hut he had built. elders, and visitors. A sealed building driven by the force of the waterfall. These Ewoks are often great hunters. higher than the rest of the tree city is waterwheels drive large wooden gears • A single hunter can snare small ani- Children used as the communities’ food storage. that rotate grindstones, operate conveyor mals but an entire Ewok hunting party Ewoks are very closely attached to their • Some Ewoks eschew village life for a belts from one side of the village to the can catch animals as large as a boar- fuzzy children called woklings. An nomadic existence. More traditional other, and run a set of wooden elevator wolf. The Ewoks have effective ways to entire Ewok village fawns over newborn Ewoks refer to them as Jindas, after platforms that move up and down the cliff. hunt these monstrous animals using babies. They always give the children the nomadic tribe of Jindas that lives spears and poison darts. The Ewoks much attention, and they consider the on Endor. first set up a trap with scraps of bloody care of their children a shared respon- • Bright Tree Village, where the tribe ruled Music meat from a previous hunt and then sibility. Woklings have few rights, and by Chief Chirpa lives, is a typical exam- The Ewoks enjoy singing and playing they set a vine net on the forest floor. the children have to learn many rituals ple of an Ewok tree village. music during celebrations, festivals, and When the wolf runs towards the meat, and legends that will serve as moral rituals. Ewoks also believe that music en- it gets caught in the net. Then, from the guides throughout their lives. When the Ground Village: Some Ewoks from the hances their work. Ewoks are resourceful underbrush, the Ewok warriors charge Ewok comes of age, he or she attends the Bright Tree Village tribe moved away to and tend to make use of everything they at the trapped wolf. One of these boar- Festival of Hoods. This festival marks the live in isolated huts on the forest floor. can get their hands on, so they use a wolves would provide enough meat to transition from wokling to Ewok. However, some of these Ground Villages variety of drums, horns, flutes, and other feed an Ewok village for days. have become victim to attacks by the simple instruments in their music. • Smaller game is killed with small sling vicious Sanyassan Marauders. nets. When a creature steps into a loop Villages it set off a pressure trap. A pinned Most Ewoks live high among the trees of Lake Village: Ewoks also build homes Language sapling would break free and fling the the forest moon, in villages built between on shallow, placid lakes. The lake Ewoks The Ewok language is known as animal into the nearest tree. the closely spaced trees. The basic design build their villages on stilts out in the Ewokese. It was related to many others • Tek swee is a trap whose name translates of a tree village has a “Central Village” of water. The surrounding water protects the on Endor, including the Yuzzum lan- into Basic as “head hitter.” This trap is thatched-roof huts on the primary limbs. Ewoks from large predators. These Ewoks guage, which is recorded from off-world a common defense against the Gorax. These huts are high enough above the get most of their food by setting wicker Yuzzum colonies and programmed into When a Gorax attempts to raid a Ewok ground to be out of reach of predators. Sus- traps to catch fish in the lake. The older certain models of protocol droids. These village, the Ewok warriors let loose a mas- pended bridges connect the gaps between Ewoks spend their time harvesting marsh relationships allow Ewoks to commu- sive log roped onto trees. The log swings trees, adjoining distant huts. Knotted rope grasses and drying them in the sun. They nicate relatively easily with many other into the Gorax like a giant battering ram. ladders allow access up or down. then take these dry grasses and make beings on Endor. Ewok physiology allow • Ewok are omnivores who make due • In most tree cities, the village Elders or- them into mats, clothing, baskets, and them to learn and speak most other lan- with whatever is available, plant, fun- der the largest huts built directly on the decorative tapestries. The young Ewoks guages as well, including Galactic Basic gus, and animal including insects. trunk of the tree. These central build- love to splash in the water and dig in the Standard. • Another food source for the Ewoks are ings belong to the chief of the tribe. The mud for buried shellfish. These Ewoks mattberries that they squeeze for juice. chief uses the largest open areas for also build wooden sailboats and oars. These juices are mixed with water and village gatherings, meetings, council fermented into a bitter brew. Recreation bows and arrows, and sometimes even shaman. Shamans are the tribal healers, The Broken Skull The “Tribal Games” are a series of games neurotoxins from rare sources. They also usually relying on vile-smelling herbal The Broken Skull is the second Death Star that Ewoks from scattered tribes come to utilize a pit trap that they often lured their medicines. Many types of fungus, lichens, in orbit. It is the origin and destination for play. There is much dancing and storytell- enemies into by running away and thus roots, berries, flowers, epiphytes, and bark the Spawn’s undead birds (shuttles) which ing, but there are also far more dangerous triggering the traps to have them impaled are used, with varying medicinal effects. transport warrior and others. events. Tree-jumping is a popular game by stakes fixed to the ground. among young Ewoks. The Ewok climbs the highest lifetree and leaps off the high- Soul Trees The Spawn est limb. They have to catch themselves Religion The Ewoks call the massive coniferous These are the personnel from the Empire on the lower limbs until they descended For the forest dwellers, the surrounding trees that filled the forest moon “Soul who occupy and cause trouble for Ewoks, all the way to the ground. An Ewok who giant trees play an important cultural role. Trees” or “Life Trees.” The Ewoks have including officers and stormtroopers, as misses could be seriously injured. These hunter-gatherers are a deeply spir- a deep religious connection with these well as the mechanized vehicles. itual people. They believe themselves to trees. For every wokling born, a seedling Ewoks were sometimes known to smoke be descendants of the Great Tree, a sacred is planted by the village. Throughout that combustible substances in pipes, for recre- tree in the forests. The Ewok religion is Ewok’s life, he or she is linked to their The Lair ational or spiritual purposes. based on nature worship. Many religious totem tree. When the Ewok dies, it is be- This is the shield-generator base where ceremonies are arranged to please various lieved their spirit would go to live inside the Empire primarily works from while gods of weather, trees, the hunt, engineer- their own totem tree. on the Forest Moon of Endor. There are Festivals ing prowess, and fertility. Darker spirits smaller temporary stations beyond, but Throughout the year, Ewoks hold ex- symbolize the dangers of the forest. The In times of crisis, the village shamans all report back to this base. As a result of travagant festivals of the rain, the sun, Ewoks hold magnificent festivals of rain, attempt to contact the ancient spirits that the repulsorlift field emitted by the SLD- springtime flowers, fruits, and love. sun, spring flowers, and fruits. live within the oldest trees for advice and 26 planetary shield generator to keep the These involve tribe and family groups guidance. The shamans insist that it is a Death Star in a stationary orbit, Endor is coming together to feast, sing, dance, private ritual. The Ewoks never question prone to earthquakes, tidal imbalances, and generally have a good time. They Shamans the sacred advice brought back by the and other geological disturbances. also have certain “Dark Rituals” involv- Every village appointed its own mystic shamans, though they had never heard ing bloody sacrifices. These are held at or shaman. The shaman was sometimes these ancient voices before. night under the light of smoky bonfires, simply the village con artist, who makes The Gas Planet of Endor into which the Ewok shamans toss the up answers about what the gods want This pinkish-blue swirling gas giant is far leaves of hallucinogenic herbs, to cause and how they could be pleased. Others The Night Spirit from its moons yet remains important the Ewoks to have vivid dreams to see have genuine abilities, sometimes show- The Night Spirit has always been part of for the Ewok who consider it a guide star. the future and talk with ancestors while ing abilities similar to Force-sensitives. the Ewok way of life in one form or an- hoping to avoid the Night Spirit. For the shaman’s services, the village other. However, recently the Night Spirit give the shaman anything he or she has manifested outside of dreams, dark- The Forest Moon of Endor want, including crystals, shells, polished ness, and shadow as a broken skull in the Also known as the Sanctuary Moon—is Weapons and Equipment skulls, and other treasures the shaman sky that sends undead birds to deliver covered in dense woodlands, tall moun- The Ewoks use a variety of weapons that finds interesting. Many shamans wear terror and torment into the Forest. tains, and savannas, and home to the include knives, stone spears and axes, large animal skulls on their heads. In sentient Ewok, Dulok, and Yuzzum species. volcanic glass knives, slingshots, and Bright Tree Village, Logray serves as the It contains a breathable atmosphere to hu- mans and 8% surface water. It also has two Species to shamans and other mystics. Some Teeks, however, do not think of themselves suns: Endor I and Endor II. Some of Endor’s Dulok religious leaders have the ability to as dishonest; they always leave something trees reached more than 1,000 meters in Sentient use the Force via totem magic, and many behind that they feel is of similar value to height. The forest moon is home to the Ewoks. of these succumb to the temptations of whatever they had taken. However, Teeks The four other native sentient species are the dark side. The Duloks worship a deity find value in things where most others do Endor is also known for the vast amount the tall and timid Yuzzums, the ro- known as the Night Spirit. not, meaning that their victims are rarely of sentient species it supports, from dent-like Teeks, the amphibious Gorphs, satisfied with the trade-off. baseline to exotic. This is largely due to and the Ewoks’ mischievous and treach- In contrast to the Ewoks, Duloks have the unusually large number of ship- erous genetic cousins, the Duloks. a reputation as greedy, foul-tempered Yuzzum: Members of the species are wrecks Endor experienced; it’s compared barbarians. Their culture is aggressive generally humanoid, with round bodies to a “desert island” in space. Duloks: These sentient species are native and warlike. They are rapacious hunters, covered in thick fur and long, spindly to the Forest Moon of Endor. Unlike their and they make frequent raids on nearby limbs. Nevertheless, the species shows Geology distant relatives, the Ewoks, they are tall settlements, armed with spears, axes, a great deal of genetic diversity. Some The mantle of the moon consists largely and lanky with long ears, sharp teeth, and and other simple implements. Despite have wide, toothy mouths, while others diorite and feldspar, although Endor is a eyes that range in color from white to red. acknowledging kinship with the Ewoks, have fangs. Their eyes range from black volcanically active planetoid with several Duloks are covered in fur that comes in Dulok bands are particularly keen to to yellow in color. Yuzzum feet are hotspots. dull shades of brown, gray, and green; the conquer Ewok villages and thus pose a also variable, with some groups having coat is of a uniform length except for tufts major threat to some Ewok tribes. hooves, some having pawlike feet, and Terrain and climate at the top of the head and the tip of the others claws. Some Yuzzums have long, Endor’s terrain is largely covered by tail, as well as manes and beards in some Gorphs: Sapient amphibians native to the pointed ears, while others had no ears to massive, tightly-knit pine and redwood individuals. Duloks typically wear little Forest Moon of Endor. They live in a cave speak of. Most Yuzzums are quite tall. forests. However, the Forest Moon also more than bone and feather decorations, known as the Gorphs’ grotto. They are contains vast dry deserts and grassy and they burn, carve, or paint symbols known for their exceptionally long tongues, Semi-Sentient plains, small oceans, secluded lakes, and on their fur. Members of the species are which they use to catch their food. A number of semi-sentient species are mountain ranges. The moon’s low axial tilt often unkempt and infested with insects. also indigenous to the moon, including and regular orbit of its gas giant primary The Duloks are capable of communicat- Teeks: Intelligent species of rodent who Kagles, the fairy-like Wisties, the predato- helped ensure a comfortable climate. The ing with the Ewoks through that species’ have a colony on the forest moon of Endor. ry Grass Trekkers, the Gorax, and plant- Forest Moon is temperate and mild, with language, Ewokese. They have a scruffy appearance, with thick like beings known as Dandelion Warriors. polar caps regulating the sea levels. Flora white fur covering their entire body; only life includes Cambylictus trees and other Duloks tend to live in swampy regions their face and hands are devoid of fur. Due Fftssfft: Also known by the Ewoks as large plants, thriving with many types of on the Forest Moon. Their villages are to their fast metabolism, Teeks can run ex- “dandelion warriors,” are a semi-sapient fruit including the Grava berries. Endor is made up of rotting logs and dark caverns, tremely quickly, and are often seen as a blur. botanical species characterized by their the second moon of the gas giant it orbits. which they furnish with structures of thicket of sharp yellow quills. They grow bone, mud, skin, and wood. The species is Teeks are extremely unpopular with in a meadow on the surface of the Forest Cave System divided into clans and tribes headed by a sentients of Endor—especially the Ewoks, Moon of Endor, east of the moon’s Great An intricate sprawling subterranean chief or king. The strongest Dulok present who view them as pests. Expert thieves Forest. Like all vegetal species, the fftssfft cave system exists which may have been usually assumes this role and rules by and scavengers, Teeks are known to horde have roots that convey water and nour- home to now extinct creatures or under- cowing the others into doing his bidding. the various trinkets which they had taken ishment to the rest of their bodies, but ground river corridors. Duloks are religious, so some power fell from animal nests or Ewok dwellings. they are also able to move about. They protect their grasslands with great feroci- kept in a hanging cage in a Gorax lair as The lives in harm’s way. Protectors come ty—when they detect movement on their pets. Luckily for the Ewoks, Gorax are not from all paths of life and they often territory, they use their quills that covered a common species, with fewer than two maintain a strong lifelong bond with their heads by hurling them at trespassers. dozen estimated to reside on Endor. Guard those under their care. Their reason for killing, however, is purely Bright Tree Village is the home of the territorial, and the fftssfft usually remain Grass Trekkers: Semi-sentient predatory Ewok Guard and it is considered to be The Sage: The Sage commits their life to immobile in the absence of intruders. mammals native to the forest moon of one of the most important trade hubs of understanding and using the world around Endor. They were aggressive and warlike, all the Ewok villages. them for the benefit of villagers. The Gorax: A species of behemoths found on attacking any groups with whom they wisdom of the natural world coupled with the forest moon of Endor who frequent- came in contact The Guard was created to help villages innovative approaches makes a Sage in- ly prey on Ewoks—are humanoid with deal with the new and growing threats. valuable for healing and problem-solving. adult Gorax usually over six meters tall. Non-Sentient Below are common roles within the Guard. Some specimens have been recorded up The following are just some of the indig- The Woodcutter: The Woodcutter is to 30 meters in height. Their bodies are enous creatures that make up the Forest The Cub: The Cub is new to being a Guard. someone who knows the Forest and tress covered in thick, matted fur, which was Moon of Endor’s wildlife: Bark lizard, Blasé They may be young in years or in rank especially. You were found by the last black, brown, or sometimes gray. Their tree goat, Blurrg, Boar-wolf, Bordok, Ca- within the Guard as well. For example, a Woodcutter and have learned how to hairless faces are dominated by protrud- ranak, Endorian chicken, Churi, Condor Cub may have never served the Guard be- manage the woods from life to death for ing lower jaws and heavy brows. Inex- dragon, Ferret, Geejaw, Gib, Goat, Guapa yond their home village due to personality, your village and help other villages with plicably, some Gorax have hoof-like feet, (Ewok Pony), Gurreck, Korrina, Kurn- capability, or external circumstances. pests, fires, and more. while others have long toes, and either a beast, Lantern bird, Llama, Mouse, Muny- long, narrow heel, or a backward-point- ip, Octucor, Owl, Pulga (Horse), Quarf, The Scout: The Scout is always out there, The Warrior: While many Ewoks may be ing fourth toe. Though they are omnivo- Rabbit, Rakazzak beast, Rearing spider, often deep in the Forest exploring all the called warriors, the Warrior as a role is rous, their pointed teeth are well adapted Rugger, Sheep, Temptor, Vulture, Yayax hidden areas, curious for what might be a senior member of the guard who work to eating meat. They have wide, long, over the next branch. Scouts help villages with village chiefs and shamans to coor- and pointed ears that are highly sensitive by locating valuable foods, medicines, dinate Guard duties. They often handle to noises made by small animals. Their Visitors lost pups, predators, and unusual things training and patrol assignments. eyesight is weak and bright light pains The moon’s history is constantly being in the Forest. them, making them nocturnal hunters. shaped by starships crashing on the back- The Chief: Chiefs are village leaders water satellite, introducing new species The Hunter: The Hunter is not afraid of and have a say in the governance of the Powerful but primitive, they are limited to and technology which are integrated into getting their hands dirty for the good of Guard. They often work with their village simple items such as clubs, stone axes, and the local politics and ecosystem. Known the village. They see life and death every Shaman and Warriors to keep the peace animal-skin clothing. They communicate crashes include Sickly Tremor prior to day. They know their prey and what ev- and safety for all in their care. by making grumbling noises. Gorax are 1100 BBY (introducing Phlogs and Gorax), ery part can be used for, and what losing solitary creatures, but they do domesticate a Starhunter menagerie ark in about 800 a hunt means. A hunter is always close to The Shaman: Shamans are village lore boar-wolves (usually by killing a mother BBY (introducing Gupins, Teeks, and tree skin, blood, and bone. keepers and healers. They work with boar-wolf and stealing a newborn pup). goat), the Free Enterprise in 130 BBY (in- their village Chief and Warriors to pro- They also raid Ewok villages, where they troducing Jindas and Tulgahs), and a stolen The Protector: The Protector is someone vide guidance for agriculture, hunting, smash through walls to capture Ewoks. ship in 100 BBY (introducing Sanyassan who serves the greater good of villages and religious needs. Gorax take Ewoks both for food and to be Marauders and the witch Charal). through vigilance and putting their own Basic Moves Set Out Into the Wilds Trust Your Instincts Strike at an Enemy Convince Them (-2 while Starving) (-2 while Angry) (-2 while Injured) (-2 while Demoralized) When you and your fellow guards Set When you Trust Your Instincts and what When you enter the fray and Strike at an When you hold leverage over someone Out Into the Wilds, decide who will be they’ re telling you, roll + Nature. On a hit, Enemy, roll + Focus. On a hit, you trade and try to Convince Them to do some- the Trailblazer (Courage), Navigator you learn something new and useful about blows. On a 10+, choose 2. On a 7-9, thing, roll + Wisdom. For NPC’s: On a (Wisdom), and Lookout (Nature), and your current situation, and you take +1 choose 1: 10+, you manage to convince them but each of them rolls with their assigned forward to acting on it. On a 7-9, what you • You inflict terrible harm they’ll want something small in return. station and stat. On a 10+, you perform learn is dangerous or unsettling. • You choose the Condition you have to On a 7-9, you convince them but they your duties exceptionally well and add suffer want something more substantial in 1 to the Guard Pool. On a 7-9, you have Get Your Bearings • You expose or create a weakness return. For PC’ s: On a 10+, choose both. a hard time keeping up, the MC will tell (-2 while Sick) • You take something from your opposition On a 7-9, choose one: you how this affects you or the journey. When you take a moment to Get Your • Add 1 to the Guard Pool • If they agree to do it, you’ll owe them On a miss, you’ve blundered right into Bearings, roll + Wisdom. On a hit, ask a favor and add 1 to the Guard Pool danger, brace yourselves! the MC any 2 of the following questions. Stand Your Ground • If they don’t agree, they must mark a On a 7-9, you’ve found yourself deeper (-2 while Sick) Condition Read Other Animals in trouble than when you started, the When you Stand Your Ground and (-2 while Angry) MC will tell you how. protect a person, a place, or a thing from Help Out When you spend some time Reading • What should I be on the lookout for? harm, roll + Courage. On a hit, you (-2 while Tired) Other Animals, roll + Wisdom. On a • What’s happened here recently? succeed, suffering in its place; mark a When you Help Out another character 10+, hold 3. On a 7-9, hold 2. Spend • What’s the best way ____? Condition. On a 10+, choose 2. On a 7-9, after they’ve rolled, say how you’ re helping your hold to ask an animal’ s player or • How can I best get my friends out of choose 1: and then either spend 1 from the Guard the MC one of the following questions this situation? What’s my greatest • You suffer the Condition of your choice Pool or roll + Courage. On a hit, they add 1 throughout the scene. opportunity here? • You inflict a harm back onto your to their roll. On a 7-9, you expose yourself • What is your animal feeling right now? When you act on the answers given, take attackers to fire, danger, retribution or cost. If you • How could I get your animal to ____? +1 forward to your roll • You see what you’re defending to safety spent from the Guard Pool, treat it as a 10+ • What does your animal think about • Your efforts inspire or frighten others without having to roll. Multiple Guards ____? Brave The Elements • Add 1 to the Guard Pool can Help Out a roll, but you can’ t help • Is your animal being honest with me? (-2 while Tired) someone who’ s helping. • What is your animal really afraid of When you dare to Brave The Elements, Do Something Dangerous here? roll + Nature. On a hit, you find shel- (-2 while Injured) • Can I trust your animal to ____? ter or endure the worst of it. On a 10+, When you Do Something Dangerous, choose 2. On a 7-9, choose 1: roll + Focus. On a 10+, you do it with • You guide others to safety along with you little to no cost. On a 7-9,it’ s going to You make an unexpected discovery cost you, the MC will offer you a worse • You add 1 to the Guard Pool outcome or a hard choice. • You don’t have to mark a Condition Secondary Moves Guard Pool Requisition Supplies The Hunt Is On Listen to the Trees When told to add 1 to the Guard Pool, When you requisition supplies from The When the Hunt Is On to track and capture When you take time to be one with the you’ re granting yourself and your fellow Guards or shop in a marketplace for some- your prey, roll + Focus. On a miss, the prey Forest, roll + Nature. On a hit, the MC tells guards an advantage in the near future thing specific, roll + Focus. On a 10+, you gets away or is ready for you when you find you something new and interesting about (a useful piece of equipment or informa- get your hands on what you’ re after and it. On a 10+, choose 2. On a 7-9, choose 1: the current situation, and might ask you a tion, a morale boost, a tactical advan- add 1 to the Guard Pool. On a 7-9, what For Tracking... question or two; answer them. On a 10+, tage, etc). You can spend points from you’ re after is within reach but has serious • Shorten the distance the MC gives you good detail. On a 7–9, the Guard Pool to help each other out strings attached. • Know its next destination the MC gives you an impression. If you when you most need it (see Help Out for • The prey takes the Tired Condition already know all there is to know, the MC more). At the beginning of every session, Reconnect with Another • Find something it dropped will tell you that. On a miss, be prepared the MC will refresh the Guard Pool to 1. When you need to find or meet with For Capturing... for something bad. someone important to you, roll + Wisdom. • Take –1 Harm Recuperate On a 10+, you locate them and are on good • It is disarmed End of Session When you have the needed time and sup- terms +1 Forward from your meeting. On • It is bound At the end of each session, the MC will plies and to and try to recuperate from a 7-9, it takes time and they may be able to • It is unable to call for help ask the following questions: ...... Starving, eat a really good meal and help you but it will cost you. On a 6–, you • Did we conclude the current mission? roll + Nature did not part on good terms and pray the Deal with the Night Spirit • Did we save someone from certain ...... Tired, sleep it off and roll + Wisdom Great Tree will help. When you Deal with the actual Night death (or worse)? ...... Angry, find a way to blow off some Spirit vs. its Spawn, make it clear what’s at • Did we learn something new and im- steam and roll + Focus Lead an Army Into Battle stake for you and what you want them to portant about the world? ...... Demoralized, talk to someone about When you Lead an Army Into Battle do. Roll + Courage. On a 10+, they have to • Did we learn something new and im- what’ s bothering you and roll + Courage against another army or large predator, roll choose: portant about one of the Guard? ...... Sick, take some medicine and roll + + Courage. On a hit, you inflict a Con- • Abide by the bargain struck to give you If you get one or two “Yes” answers, mark Nature dition on them and you and your army want you want after you pay them. one experience. If you get three or four, ...... Injured, get help from someone capa- receive one in return. On a 10+, choose 3. • Leave and not return to torment you mark two. ble with healing and roll + Focus. On a 7-9, choose 2: until at least the next New Moon. On a hit, you feel better and can remove • Your group doesn’t suffer a Condition On a 7–9, they can choose 1 of the above, the Condition. On a 10+, you also add but you still do or 1 of the following which will last for a 1 to the Guard Pool or can remove a • Your group inflicts two Conditions day and a night: second Condition. On a miss, you can instead of one • Torment another who is close to you. still remove the Condition, but someone • Your group seizes or keeps hold of a • Bar the way to something desired when unrelated goes wrong. vital position needed most. • Your group avoids collateral damage • Give you something they think you want, or tell you what you want to hear. • Remain just out of full sight and speak of things which may happen. The Protector

The Protector is someone who serves the The Protector’s Moves Advancement greater good of villages through vigilance and Choose two: At the end of the session, if you’ve done any putting their own lives in harm’s way. Protec- Stalwart: When you Stand Your Ground in of the following, mark an advance tors come from all paths of life and they often defense of others, roll with Wisdom instead • Take charge and give your team orders maintain a strong lifelong bond with those of Courage. • Share words of wisdom with someone under their care. who needs it Battle Tactician: When you lead your team • Keep a secret from someone for their own into battle against a predator, roll with good Stats Wisdom. On a 10+, hold 2. On a 7-9, hold 1. • Become Tired and complain about it Get Courage: 0 Nature: +1 Spend your hold 1-for-1 during the battle to +1 to Courage do any of the following: • Get +1 to Focus • Choose the Condition someone is about to Focus: 0 Wisdom: +1 • Get +1 to Nature suffer instead of the MC • Get +1 to Wisdom • Give someone +2 to their roll (choose • Get a new Leader move Relations before rolling) • Get a new Leader move • Suffer a Condition in someone’s place • Get a move from another playbook About My Family and Village: Name: • Expose a weakness in the enemy’s tactic • Get a move from another playbook Name Meaning: On a miss, hold 1 anyways, but there’ s a nasty surprising waiting for you. These are available after 5 advances: How the Name Was Earned: • Get +1 to any stat United We Stand: When you Help Out, you • Get +1 to any stat Totems add +2 to their roll instead of +1. • Switch to a new playbook Voice of Reason: When you advise caution to • Get promoted to Warrior Headdress (describe): Season someone that you fear is about to act foolish- • Or retire to safety to create a new Guard Choose from: ly or rashly, roll with Wisdom. On a hit, they • Spring (Child or Learner) Weapon: Battle Spear (long, strong), and ... choose 1. On a 10+, you take +1 forward with • Summer (Adult or Mentor) Shield (strong) or Hammer (strong) them. Conditions • Fall (Heads of Family or Leader) Symbol: Village Braid and Pouch with Ashes • They listen to you and stand down • Starving (-2 to Set Out Into the Wilds) • Winter (Elder or Advisor) of the Fallen • They attack you • Tired (-2 to Brave the Elements and Help • They ignore you and take -2 forward (or Out) Look get themselves hurt if they’re an NPC) • Angry (-2 to Trust Your Instincts and Read Another Animal Demoralized (-2 Circle as many as apply: The Protector’s History On a miss, they do what they want and you take -1 forward with them. Convince Them) Fur: red, dark brown, light brown, gray, ______and I go way back. I keep trying • Sick (-2 to Stand Your Ground and Get Your black, white to teach ______but they’re slow to learn Hidey Hole: When the twigs are down, you Bearings) Body: stocky, slim, athletic, bulky, stringy certain things. ______is an old rival, but can declare that you’ve hidden away a few • Injured (-2 to Strike at an Enemy and Do Eyes: young, old, naive, gentle, stern, haunted, we’ve put that all behind us, mostly. I take key supplies nearby and roll with Nature. On Something Dangerous) piercing advice from ______regularly. a 10+, everything is right where you left it. On Demeanor: friendly, aggressive, daring, distant, [With Forest] a 7-9, something is missing or you encounter volatile, meek, playful, suspicious trouble on the way, your choice. On a miss, the supplies are gone and you’ re left Demoralized! The Scout

The Scout is always out there, often deep in the The Scout’s Moves Advancement Forest exploring all the hidden areas, curious Choose two: At the end of the session, if you’ve done any for what might be over the next branch. Hunter-Gatherer: When you forage for food of the following, mark an advance Scouts help villages by locating valuable foods, or medicine, roll with Nature. On a hit, you • Set off on your own to do something medicines, lost pups, predators, and unusual find enough food for a good meal or medi- • Make an important Forest discovery things in the Forest. cine for you and your patrol, your choice. On • Abandon a fellow Guard for the sake of a 10+, you find plenty of both. On a miss, you the mission find it but stumble right into trouble. • Showcase your extensive skill in the Stats wilderness Courage: 0 Nature: +2 Dauntless Guardian: When you Stand Your • Get +1 to Courage Ground from a superior position, roll with • Get +1 to Focus Nature instead of Courage and choose an Focus: 0 Wisdom: 0 • Get +1 to Nature additional option from the list. • Get +1 to Wisdom Like the Back of My Paw: When you act as the • Get a new Explorer move Relations Trailblazer while Setting Out Into The Wilds, • Get a new Explorer move • Get a move from another playbook About My Family and Village: you treat a miss as a 7-9 and all others get +1 Name: • Get a move from another playbook Name Meaning: to their rolls. Sniff ‘Em Out: When you follow tracks These are available after 5 advances: How the Name Was Earned: through the wilderness, roll with Nature. • Get +1 to any stat On a 10+, you are able to follow their trail, • Get +1 to any stat Totems identify who and what they are, and learn • Switch to a new playbook something interesting about your quarry. On • Get promoted to Warrior Headdress (describe): Season a 7-9, it’ s hard work; mark a Condition. On a • Or retire to safety to create a new Guard Choose from: miss, you can follow the trail but some thing’s • Spring (Child or Learner) Weapon: Sling and Stones (reload), Stone waiting for you at its end. • Summer (Adult or Mentor) Knives (x12, short), and ... Blowpipe (medi- Conditions um) and Darts (tired, reload) or Boomerang Any Port In a Storm: When you enter a vil- • Fall (Heads of Family or Leader) • Starving (-2 to Set Out Into the Wilds) (medium, multiple) lage, you can declare you have a friend who • Winter (Elder or Advisor) • Tired (-2 to Brave the Elements and Help Symbol: Talisman of Protection lives there. You, and any Guards with you, Out) take +1 ongoing with them for the duration • Angry (-2 to Trust Your Instincts and Look of your stay. Read Another Animal Demoralized (-2 Circle as many as apply: Convince Them) Fur: red, dark brown, light brown, gray, The Scout’s History • Sick (-2 to Stand Your Ground and Get Your black, white ______just gets in my way; I wish they’ Bearings) Body: stocky, slim, athletic, bulky, stringy d keep their space. I have a lot of respect for • Injured (-2 to Strike at an Enemy and Do Eyes: young, old, naive, gentle, stern, haunted, ______and their skill set. ______Something Dangerous) piercing is the best of us, and knows it. I’ve saved Demeanor: friendly, aggressive, daring, distant, ______‘ s life on more than one occasion. volatile, meek, playful, suspicious [With Forest] The Hunter

The Hunter is not afraid of getting their The Hunter’s Moves Advancement hands dirty for the good of the village. They Choose two: At the end of the session, if you’ve done any see life and death every day. They know their Hunter’s Cry: When you charge headlong into of the following, mark an advance prey and what every part can be used for, and a hunt or dangerous situation, shouting out a • Get a wager going with someone what losing a hunt means. A hunter is always cry, clear Tired or Demoralized and take +1 • Tell a hunting story around the fire close to skin, blood, and bone. forward. • Become Injured and Angry! • Tell someone what you really think Champion of Many Hunts: When you success- of them Stats fully Strike at Prey or Stand Your Ground, • Get +1 to Courage Courage: +1 Nature: 0 choose an additional option from the list • Get +1 to Focus Throw Your Weight Around: When you Con- • Get +1 to Nature Focus: +2 Wisdom: –1 vince Them by using threats or violence, roll • Get +1 to Wisdom with Focus instead of Wisdom. • Get a new Hunter move • Get a new Hunter move Relations Sharpen Your Teeth: When you share a • Get a move from another playbook rousing speech with your patrol before an • Get a move from another playbook Name: About My Family and Village: upcoming hunt, choose 2: Name Meaning: • Anyone able may mark Angry to clear These are available after 5 advances: another Condition • Get +1 to any stat How the Name Was Earned: • Add 2 to the Guard Pool • Get +1 to any stat • Anyone Demoralized can clear the condition • Switch to a new playbook • Get promoted to Warrior Totems Crafty Bugga: You practice a trade, such as • Or retire to safety to create a new Guard Season Headdress (describe): weaving or pottery, choose what it is. When Choose from: you have the time and supplies and set to • Spring (Child or Learner) Weapon: Bow and Arrows (long, reload), and make something special with your craft, roll Conditions • Summer (Adult or Mentor) ... Spear (medium) or Axe (short) with Focus. On a 10+, choose 2. On a 7-9, • Starving (-2 to Set Out Into the Wilds) • Fall (Heads of Family or Leader) Symbol: Hunting Trophy and Horn choose 1: • Tired (-2 to Brave the Elements and Help • Winter (Elder or Advisor) • It can help your team; add 1 to the Guard Out) Pool • Angry (-2 to Trust Your Instincts and • It’s a masterpiece; durable, beautiful, or Read Another Animal Demoralized (-2 Look The Hunter’s History pristine Convince Them) Circle as many as apply: ______and I have been friends for a • Whoever you made it for loves it • Sick (-2 to Stand Your Ground and Get Your Fur: red, dark brown, light brown, gray, very long time. I keep butting heads with • It doesn’t cost you much to make Bearings) black, white ______despite my best efforts ______On a miss, it costs you dearly or you fail to • Injured (-2 to Strike at an Enemy and Do Body: stocky, slim, athletic, bulky, stringy and I are from the same village; they under- complete it, your choice. Something Dangerous) Eyes: young, old, naive, gentle, stern, haunted, stand my ways better than most.______piercing has a lot to learn about fighting. Demeanor: friendly, aggressive, daring, distant, [With Forest] volatile, meek, playful, suspicious The Woodcutter

The Woodcutter is someone who knows the The Woodcutter’s Moves Advancement Forest and tress especially. You were found by Choose two: At the end of the session, if you’ve done any the last Woodcutter and have learned how to Legend in Your Own Time: When you meet of the following, mark an advance manage the woods from life to death for your someone important (your choice), roll with • Show yourself as capable outside your village and help other villages with pests, Wisdom. On a hit, they’ve heard of your chosen specialty fires, and more. exploits and will give you comfort, respect, or • Become Tired and complain about it aid; according to their nature. On a 10+, take noisily Stats +1 ongoing with them during the scene. On • Share with someone at story of the Forest a miss, they know exactly who you are and or the Great Tree Courage: 0 Nature: 0 have been looking for you; an old mistake has • Display your code of honor for others to finally caught up with you! see Focus: +1 Wisdom: +1 • Get +1 to Courage Old Tree, New Roots: When you try to follow • Get +1 to Focus the example of a younger animal, roll with • Get +1 to Nature Relations Focus. On a hit, you get one of their playbook • Get +1 to Wisdom moves to use right now. On a 10+, you can • Get a new Woodcutter move About My Family and Village: Name: use it once more in the near future. On a • Get a new Woodcutter move Name Meaning: miss, you can still use the move now, but if • Get a move from another playbook you do, you’ ll have to mark a Condition. • Get a move from another playbook How the Name Was Earned: Cut to the Quick: When you Strike at an En- These are available after 5 advances: emy with choice words or precision violence • Get +1 to any stat Totems with Wisdom on a 10+ they take a Angry • Get +1 to any stat Season Headdress (describe): or Injured Condition. On a 6– you take a • Switch to a new playbook Choose from: Demoralized Condition. • Become a Mentor for the next Woodcutter • Spring (Child or Learner) Weapon: Sacred Axe (sharp, strong, blessed), If This Axe Could Talk: When you talk about • Retire from duty to relative safety and • Summer (Adult or Mentor) and ... Axe (short) or Simple Staff (strong) one of your old possessions like an old friend create a new Guard • Fall (Heads of Family or Leader) Symbol: Woven String of Seeds and share a parable, roll with Wisdom. On a • Winter (Elder or Advisor) hit, you and anyone listening intently clears Conditions off Demoralized or Angry. On a 7-9, only • Starving (-2 to Set Out Into the Wilds) Look The Woodcutter’s History they get to clear off the Conditions, not you. • Tired (-2 to Brave the Elements and Help Circle as many as apply: I was friends with ______‘ s parents. On a miss, your message is misinterpreted, Out) Fur: red, dark brown, light brown, gray, ______is distant from the Forest, I will mark a Condition. • Angry (-2 to Trust Your Instincts and black, white learn them. I keep catching ______going Solid as an Oak: When you recuperate, roll Read Another Animal Demoralized (-2 Body: stocky, slim, athletic, bulky, stringy through my things.______reminds me of with Focus instead. Convince Them) Eyes: young, old, naive, gentle, stern, haunted, myself when I was their age. • Sick (-2 to Stand Your Ground and Get Your piercing [With Forest] Bearings) Demeanor: friendly, aggressive, daring, distant, • Injured (-2 to Strike at an Enemy and Do volatile, meek, playful, suspicious Something Dangerous) The Sage

The Sage commits their life to understanding The Sage’s Moves Advancement and using the world around them for the Choose two: At the end of the session, if you’ve done any benefit of villagers. The wisdom of the natural Healer: When you tend someone wounds of the following, mark an advance world coupled with innovative approaches or sickness, they treat a miss as a 7-9 result • Help someone who is hurt or sick makes a Sage invaluable for healing and prob- when Recuperating from Injured or Sick. • Accomplish something meaningful using lem-solving. intellect or wisdom Wilderfriend: You have a faithful companion • Slow down your team because you’re less who you’ve trained: a large insect, a lizard, frog, capable or distracted by something Share a Stats bird or mammal; choose one. When you Do story of home with someone Courage: 0 Nature: +1 Something Dangerous or Brave the Elements • Get +1 to Courage with their help, roll with Wisdom instead. • Get +1 to Focus Focus: –1 Wisdom: +2 Innovator!: When you consider an uneasy • Get +1 to Nature situation and how you can fix it using academ- • Get +1 to Wisdom ics or innovation, roll with Wisdom. On a hit, • Get a new Sage move Relations the solution presents itself and you take +1 to all • Get a new Sage move • Get a move from another playbook About My Family and Village: rolls toward fixing the problem. On a 7-9, you’ Name: • Get a move from another playbook Name Meaning: re missing a key and hard-to-find component. On a miss, the solution still comes to you but it’ These are available after 5 advances: How the Name Was Earned: s going to be extremely dangerous to pull off. • Get +1 to any stat In Your Element: When you research some- • Get +1 to any stat Totems thing in a archives or speaking with others • Switch to a new playbook about history and beliefs or , roll with Wis- • Get promoted to Shaman and reassigned Headdress (describe): Season dom. On a 10+, choose 2. On a 7-9, choose 1: to a different village Choose from: • You find what you were searching for • Or retire to safety to create a new Guard • Spring (Child or Learner) Weapon: Ornate Staff (impressive), and ... • Add 1 to the Guard Pool • Summer (Adult or Mentor) Obsidian Dagger (sharp, fragile) or Blowpipe • You unlock clues to a new mystery Conditions • Fall (Heads of Family or Leader) (medium) and Darts (tired, reload) • You find a rare volume or story that you • Starving (-2 to Set Out Into the Wilds) • Winter (Elder or Advisor) Symbol: Something from beyond Endor know someone was searching for • Tired (-2 to Brave the Elements and Help On a miss, someone inconvenient has been here Out) Look before you and removed what you’ re looking for • Angry (-2 to Trust Your Instincts and Read Another Animal Demoralized (-2 Circle as many as apply: or learned of it already, but you can tell who it was. The Sage’s History Convince Them) Fur: red, dark brown, light brown, gray, ______is smart and I enjoy our long Pack Rat: When you set off on a new mission • Sick (-2 to Stand Your Ground and Get Your black, white chats by the fire. I think ______will ben- with your team, hold 3 for its duration. Spend Bearings) Body: stocky, slim, athletic, bulky, stringy efit from my constant wisdom. ______your hold 1-for-1 to go into your pack and do • Injured (-2 to Strike at an Enemy and Do Eyes: young, old, naive, gentle, stern, haunted, is clueless when it comes to science, I don’ one of the following, but only once per scene: Something Dangerous) piercing t know what to do with them. I don’ t think • Add 1 to the Guard Pool Demeanor: friendly, aggressive, daring, distant, ______likes me very much. • Pull out exactly what someone needs volatile, meek, playful, suspicious [With Forest] Spirited: When attuned with surroundings, one/scene, roll: Courage to +1 Forward; Focus to postpone a Condition; Nature to summon a creature; Wisdom to see through a deception. The Cub

The Cub is new to being a Guard. They may The Cub’s Moves Advancement be young in years or in rank within the Guard You get this one: At the end of the session, if you’ve done any as well. For example, a Cub may have never Protégé: Choose another player’ s animal to of the following, mark an advance served the Guard beyond their home village be your mentor, someone you look up to and • Learn something new from your mentor due to personality, capability, or external teaches you what being a guard is all about. • Prove yourself capable in a crisis circumstances. When your mentor gives you instructions • Be Injured in the line of duty and you follow them, you take +1 ongoing • Show your friends just how much you have Stats to doing it. You can change your mentor yet to learn when appropriate, but no more than once per • Get +1 to Courage Courage: +2 Nature: 0 session. • Get +1 to Focus • Get +1 to Nature And choose one more: Focus: 0 Wisdom: 0 • Get +1 to Wisdom Eager to Please: When you Set Out Into the • Get a new Recruit move Wilds and are assigned a role, add 1 to the • Get a new Recruit move Relations Guard Pool regardless of your roll. • Get a move from another playbook • Get a move from another playbook Name: About My Family and Village: Young and Reckless: When you Strike at an Name Meaning: Enemy, before rolling you can choose to suf- These are available after 5 advances: fer a Condition to treat your roll as a 10+. • Get +1 to any stat How the Name Was Earned: • Get +1 to any stat Untapped Potential: Get +1 to any stat of your • Switch to a new playbook choice (Maximum of +3) • Leave the Guard for good Totems Small and Quiet: When you do something in • Or retire to safety to create a new Guard Season Headdress (describe): secret, roll with Nature. On Choose from: a 10+, no one notices what you’ re doing. On a • Spring (Child or Learner) Weapon: Spear (medium), and ... Stone 7-9, no one see’ s you, but something unrelated Conditions • Summer (Adult or Mentor) Knives (x12, short) or Axe (short) goes wrong. On a miss, the wrong eyes catch • Starving (-2 to Set Out Into the Wilds) • Fall (Heads of Family or Leader) Symbol: A Teek Tooth Necklace you in the act. • Tired (-2 to Brave the Elements and Help • Winter (Elder or Advisor) Out) • Angry (-2 to Trust Your Instincts and Read Another Animal Demoralized (-2 Look The Cub’s History Convince Them) Circle as many as apply: ______is my Mentor, I respect • Sick (-2 to Stand Your Ground and Get Your Fur: red, dark brown, light brown, gray, them.______made me feel welcome when Bearings) black, white I joined the Guard. I think ______has a • Injured (-2 to Strike at an Enemy and Do Body: stocky, slim, athletic, bulky, stringy lot to teach me, but they don’t seem to notice Something Dangerous) Eyes: young, old, naive, gentle, stern, haunted, me much. ______doesn’t strike me as a piercing very good Guard. Demeanor: friendly, aggressive, daring, distant, [With Forest] volatile, meek, playful, suspicious The Master of Ceremonies • Respond with adversity and intermit- • Take away their stuff Agenda tent rewards • Offer an opportunity, with or without Decision Making • Make Ewok Guard feel dangerous and • Be a fan of their characters a cost In order to play to find out what hap- heroic • Think off screen too • Turn their move back on them pens, you’ ll need to pass decision-mak- • Fill their lives with adversity and • Sometimes, disclaim decision-making • Make a Threat move ing off sometimes. Whenever something friendship • After every move: “what do you do?” comes up that you’ d prefer not to decide • Play to find out what happens next by personal whim and will, don’ t. The Your Moves game gives you three tools you can use The Principles • Separate them Don’t Forget to ... to disclaim responsibility: you can put it • Scale everything down to their size • Put them together • Turn questions back on the asker or in your NPCs’ hands, you can put it in • Address yourself to the characters, • Reveal an unwelcome truth over to the group the players’ hands, or you can create a not the players • Expose them to nature’ s wrath • Digress occasionally, but not too often countdown. • Make your move, but misdirect and never • Capture someone • Elide the action sometimes, and zoom speak its name • Expose a dangerous secret to the in on its details other times Names • Give your villains a sympathetic side wrong person • Go around the table, make sure every- https://www.fantasynamegenerators. • Name everyone, make everyone • Put someone in a spot one gets their spotlight com/sw-ewok-names.php real; and showcase their culture Ask • Trade Conditions • Take breaks and take your time provocative questions and build on • Announce off-screen or future badness the answers • Inflict a Condition The First Session Opening Questions

• What natural or animal-made feature Guard? What’s that relationship like? Map It keeps predators from easily accessing • What recent crisis did your patrol 1. Draw the map of the known Ewok 4. Same, but for a shipwreck from years Ewok villages? deal with? villages in the Forest in relationship ago that a village dealt with strangers • What is one of its obvious weaknesses? • What village did you help? to the Great Tree, including Bright from off Endor. • With Bright Tree Village as the seat • What village is your patrol not wel- Tree Village where the Guard is head- 5. Repeat this, but instead indicate of power for the Guard, name a few come in? Why? quartered. where sightings of the Night Spirit interesting traits. • You lost a fellow Guard during a mis- 2. Have each player, including the MC Spawn are (i.e. Imperial Stormtroop- • What are your relationships with sion sometime ago, who were they? add some important natural feature, ers, walkers, and the like). Chief Chirpa and Shaman Logray How did you lose them? such as a grove, river, hillside, etc. 6. Update this map during play with who are both in charge of Bright Tree • Where did your patrol encounter a Include a few common travel trails, locations, creatures, and other points Village and the Guard? Spawn of the Night Spirit (Imperial hunting grounds, and sacred areas. of interest. • Which Warrior Guard member does patrol) and what was it doing that 3. Note where some non-Ewok species your patrol directly report to in the alarmed you? are located in relationship. Th reats Countdown Segments Confronting Threats To create a Threat, do the following: Choose one to six segments for each Threat, these act as • When a character makes significant progress toward • Choose its type (predator, disaster, weather, etc.) the barriers the characters face to stopping the Threat. stopping a Threat (a physical attack, circumventing a • Choose one to five Threat moves The more segments it has, the harder the Threat will be hunter, any successful move really), mark a segment • Choose how many countdown segments it has for overcome. Surviving a forest fire is a truly epic feat on the Threat clock (5-6 segments), solving a mystery is much easier (2-3 • When a Threat runs out of segments, it has been segments), and so on. soundly defeated; what that looks like it up to you. Threat Moves • 1 segment: Barely a challenge • Decide beforehand or in the moment what happens Choose one to five moves that the Threat can bring to • 2 segments: A bit of a struggle when specific segments are reached; a change of bear. Threat moves are fictional actions that take place • 3 segments: An impressive challenge scenery, a hard move from an enemy, etc. within the story, write them as specific and evocatively • 4 segments: A danger to many animals • When you need to come up with something for the as possible. “Harm people” isn’t very exciting, but “Strike • 5 segments: A true threat to the Woodlands Threat to do, look its moves without warning and from a place of security”is much • 6 segments: A catastrophic danger to the Forest • An Threat can give up or be defeated before running more interesting; strive for moves that make sense and out of segments if you choose allow you to create strong moments in the story. • Threats can clear a segment if it takes the appropri- ate action to do so

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Threat Moves: Threat Moves: Threat Moves: Ewok Guard A tabletop RPG about defenders of the forest moon of Endor

Play a member of the courageous Ewok Guard. Help wayward visitors survive. Navigate challenging terrain on quests for villages. Survive internal division and politics. Fight dangerous predators far from home. Protect your people within the sacred Forest from the Night Spirit and prevent it’s ruthless Spawn from destroying all, including the Great Tree at the heart of the Forest.