The Elephant & Macaw Banner: Player's Guide
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WINNER - ENnie Awards 2019¸ Judges' Spotlight prize
Containing the first two chapters of The Elephant & Macaw Banner Roleplaying Game!
This PDF has everything you need to play your first sessions in this fantastical setting¸ exploring 16th-century Brazil and its monstrous and magical secrets.
The Elephant & Macaw Banner is an award-winning fiction series that tells the adventures of the Dutchman Gerard van Oost and the Yoruba Oludara during their travels through a fantastic version of sixteenth-century Brazil. These stories¸ based on Brazilian history and folklore¸ have been enjoyed by readers around the world.
Now it's time to immerse yourself in this world of Brazilian fantasy¸ a setting full of adventure¸ magic and monsters¸ in which you will find endless opportunity to invent new stories. C reate your own heroes and have your own adventures in this magical world!
What you'll find in the Player's Guide:
- The Elephant & Macaw Banner Roleplaying Game's basic system
- Character creation
- Skills¸ crafts and professions of 1576 Brazil
- A surprisingly large collection of period musical instruments
- Battle Resolution: an easy-to-use yet engrossing combat system
- Magical & miraculous powers: three forms of supernatural power¸ namely the Divine Graces given to devout followers of the Church; the Powers of Breath mastered by native shamans; the Powers of IfḠused through techniques of divination and mysticism from West Africa.
- Brazil in the Year 1576: a guide to the land¸ its people¸ wildlife and more
- A lot of full-colour¸ breathtakingly beautiful artwork