{"product_id":"longwinter","title":"Longwinter: Referee's Book + PDF","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe snows are alive. A soft, cold spirit courses through them. Her lace threads the world; watching, drinking, listening, stroking, soothing, killing. Her touch is soft and icy. She is Winterwhite, the daughter of the Waterdrinker and the Northwind, and she is a terrible god. An avatar of ice and hunger, of visions and death.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDooms and devastations to visit upon a cosy roleplaying setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eLongwinter\u003c\/em\u003e is the RPG sandbox of a realm that has broken its vows to Winterwhite and will now pay the cold price.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book contains secret knowledge and mechanics for the referee.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe setting is profoundly close to that of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.exaltedfuneral.com\/products\/witchburner\" title=\"Witchburner\"\u003eWitchburner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (by the same author and artist). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sandbox includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e~110 pages of content.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esome colour illustrations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 variations of the Brezim map to represent changes as Winterwhite's curse bites harder.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efaction trackers for the 5 key factions and over 40 events to represent different groups growing or waning in strength depending on player actions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edetailed weather and event tables to simulate a living setting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edetailed encounter tables for night and day, which grow harsher as Winterwhite's curse grows stronger.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eseveral more tables to generate corpses, caches, vaults, and memories of summer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eoptional playing card-based escape mechanic with 54 different locations, challenges and characters encountered in each location.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ealternatively, the escape section serves as a resource to mine for winter locations, challenges, and characters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBe aware:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is a book of factions and winter encounters for the full-fledged mini-setting detailed in the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.exaltedfuneral.com\/products\/longwinter-visitors-book\"\u003eLongwinter: Visitor's Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe content is mostly system-neutral. It references some 5E or d20-style conventions, but should work with most low-power systems easily.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMany of the encounters, and particularly the escape, will not work with characters resistant to cold, capable of flight, or otherwise able to avoid the environmental challenges. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinally, thank you for considering running Longwinter for your players. It is a bit of a tribute to the mountains and myths I've walked and heard over many years, and I hope you will find fuel for many adventures and good memories herein.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt has also been a challenging project to prepare. Many people helped make it as good as it is. The fault for all errors and typos is my own.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Luka, December 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\nART \u0026amp; WRITING COPYRIGHT © 2020 by Luka Rejec\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e LAYOUT: Luka Rejec \u0026amp; Anna Urbanek\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e EDITING: Fiona Maeve Geist and Jarrett Crader\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e PUBLISHING\n\u003cp\u003eExalted Funeral Press, WTF Studios\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 978-1-951419-08-0-52000 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e114 pages, A5, softcover perfect bound book, full color. Includes PDF.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WTF Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47687155548456,"sku":"EFRPG487","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6832\/0296\/files\/longwinter-referees-book-pdf-book-894911.jpg?v=1708714366","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.exaltedfuneral.com\/products\/longwinter","provider":"Exalted Funeral Wholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}