{"product_id":"longwinter-referees-book","title":"Longwinter: Referee's Book","description":"\u003cp\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.\u003cbr\u003e\nDooms and devastations to visit upon a cosy roleplaying setting. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLongwinter is the RPG sandbox of a realm that has broken its vows to Winterwhite and will now pay the cold price. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book contains secret knowledge and mechanics for the referee. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe setting is profoundly close to that of Witchburner (by the same author and artist). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sandbox includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~110 pages of content.\u003cbr\u003e\nsome colour illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\n3 variations of the Brezim map to represent changes as Winterwhite's curse bites harder.\u003cbr\u003e\nfaction trackers for the 5 key factions and over 40 events to represent different groups growing or waning in strength depending on player actions.\u003cbr\u003e\ndetailed weather and event tables to simulate a living setting.\u003cbr\u003e\ndetailed encounter tables for night and day, which grow harsher as Winterwhite's curse grows stronger.\u003cbr\u003e\nseveral more tables to generate corpses, caches, vaults, and memories of summer.\u003cbr\u003e\noptional playing card-based escape mechanic with 54 different locations, challenges and characters encountered in each location.\u003cbr\u003e\nalternatively, the escape section serves as a resource to mine for winter locations, challenges, and characters.\u003cbr\u003e\nBe aware: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a book of factions and winter encounters for the full-fledged mini-setting detailed in the Longwinter: Visitor's Book.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe content is mostly system-neutral. It references some 5E or d20-style conventions, but should work with most low-power systems easily.\u003cbr\u003e\nMany 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\/p\u003e\n","brand":"ASMODEE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56048138158458,"sku":"ZBG-EFP01003","price":16.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/Longwinter-Referees-Book.jpg?v=1760976574","url":"https:\/\/zatu.com\/en-us\/products\/longwinter-referees-book","provider":"Zatu Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}