Witch's Wood
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SURVIVE THE NIGHT You're on a road trip through the Blue Ridge mountains¸ but you've lost reception and your GPS gave up the ghost. An hour of trying to make sense of the gas-station map you bought has led you deeper and deeper through the wooded hills¸ along unnamed roads... So begins your journey through the eldritch prison of the grove. What begins as a harmless drive through the country will take you through a gauntlet of horrors and present you with the ultimate question of what awaits you in the dark woods¸ and what will it take to survive it? Witch's Wood is the newest installment in the line up of Survive the Night¸ a one-shot survival horror RPG with simple rules that focuses on narrative and gameplay. The 30 page scenario book offers more varied endings¸ deeper lore¸ and more terrifying monsters than any game to date. The added complexity and many branching paths of the story provides the players and the Narrator a more advanced play through¸ and vast replayability. As with our previous release¸ we aim to deliver on solid story and a low barrier to entry. This entry does not include the core rules for the game¸ but rather extensive scenario notes for a story that can be run in our simple d6 system. Within the pages of this book you will find: 30 pages of narrative content to run the Witch's Wood scenario step by step from its ominous beginning to its myriad harrowing conclusion. 7 new images from both new and veteran artists to the Survive the Night team Twisted characters that include a seducer of men and eldritch powers¸ an imprisoned soul with a taste for making deals¸ a monster of cannibalistic persuasion¸ and a good man doomed to spend his days laboring for one he loves. Lore of the witch¸ Mavis ¸ and her many deals made in the dark beneath the trees. Your players will witness her menagerie of horrors first hand¸ and you will know how they came to be there. Spells accessible to the player characters for the first time in Survive the Night's history. Several methods for fallen players to join the antagonists and up the stakes for the remaining players to survive! If you enjoyed Survive the Night and are looking for a new installment¸ or have a different system you prefer to use and are looking for a deep and frightening tale to apply it to¸ then you're in the right place.