It’s known by most as Big Sky. Crows Rest has the most open horizon you’ll see before hitting the coastline and for all it’s dangers it is a beautiful place. Rolling hills divided by streams and hedgerows, the odd tree or low ancient wall breaking up the soft horizon line. For most of the year it is a peaceful place to cross straight out from the Capital and setting you on the path to places like Rainbow Mountain, Icemantle and other far more treacherous regions.

WELCOME TO HILL CAMP

Hey Boxfresh! Make yourself at home, I’m Watch-bear Orion.
Whenever you’re ready you can head down for a patrol.

If you need to rest or fix your gear you can always head back here.

Rest or Repair as many time as you need before heading back out.

REST to regain 1FP – Time Cost: 1 Hour
REPAIR 1 Broken Item  – Time Cost: 1 Hour
Visit the Camps Tuck Shop – Time Cost: Free
- TUCK SHOP -

Grab whatever you need from the store so long as you’ve got the TedCreds.
Make a note in your inventory of anything you buy, erase it or strike it through when used.

stun grenade
cost: 10 tedcreds

Use during combat: Negate all opponent results in a combat roll.

smoke grenade
cost: 10 tedcreds

Use during combat: Negate all combat roll results. You may also successfully flee combat.

cluster bomb
cost: 10 tedcreds

Use during combat: Resolve the current combat roll then (before making the next combat roll) roll three dice that successful hit on 5 or higher, ignoring the opponents combat grid.

flare
cost: 10 tedcreds

Use when making a saving throw: Roll 3 die instead of one and choose a result from them.

fixit tape
cost: 15 tedcreds

Add 2 Repair Kits.

Ration pack
cost: 15 tedcreds

Add 2 First Aid Kits.

hot tip
cost: 20 tedcreds

Use instead of rolling a patrol: You can choose the result you would prefer based on the time of day you use it.

training manual
cost: 60 tedcreds

Add 1 die to your standard dice pool.

STANISS BAR-A1
cost: 30 tedcreds

Sharpest Shot.
At the start of an encounter, before making the first combat roll, you may choose to bench one die and instantly use another die as a hit to your opponent.

STANISS Hotshot
cost: 30 tedcreds

Kickback.
For every successful hit on your opponent during a combat roll you can reroll one of the other dice from that same roll.

- TRANSPORT -

If you are feeling like a change of scenery and you still have the time to spare why not visit one of the other destinations for new enemies and events!
–
We have a Hunchback MK3 Buggy deliver supplies regularly, I’m sure they’ll let you hop on the back!

time cost: 1 hour
whispwood

The darkness beyond the treeline is made of more than just shadows.

time cost: 2 hours
redspine rows

Time to rock and roll. Watch out for falling rocks and rolling creatures!

time cost: 1 hour
ratrun

TTHQ tried to make the way to the desert impassable. It became a labyrinth of horrors.

TIME COST: 1 hour
The capital

If you are out of time you can travel back to the Capital for free to end the Patrols.

Foraging and tracking

The Tedland wilds may be a treacherous place, but it is also willing to aid your journey if you know what to look for.
Whether it’s naturally occurring wadding to heal your injuries, or a track in the dirt or bent foliage that might lead you to exactly what you’re looking for.

FORAGING

– Foraging –

-Time cost: 1 hour –
Roll 3 D10.

If you roll two matching numbers then you discover the relevant wadding below.
Add it to your inventory or eat it straight away.

1, 2 or 3
grain sprouts

Heals 1FP

4, 5 or 6
bullrush heads

Heals 2FP

7, 8 or 9
Cotton flower

Heals 3FP

10
silk worm

Heals 5FP

TRACKING

– Tracking –

-Time cost: 2 hours –
Roll 3 D10.

If you roll two matching numbers then you discover the clue below.
You can go straight to the patrol or encounter results without paying the patrol or additional time costs.

1 - 5
encounter tracks

Choose your target in the encounters section and begin combat.

6 - 9
instant markings

Choose your instant in the patrols section and play it out.

10
clear indications

You may choose any patrol result or encounter.
–
If it is an encounter then you start with 1 successful hit on your opponent before making your first Combat Roll.

HEAD OUT ON PATROL

– TIME Cost: 1 hour –

1. Head out on patrol by first checking the time of day on your “time spent” section. If the next available segment has no moon then you are about to go on a Day Patrol. If there is a moon then you are about to go on a Night Patrol.
2. Spend the 1 hour patrol cost and roll 1 D10.
3. Check the result to see what you found and follow its instruction, spending the additional time cost if there is one.
(If you spent your last time slot on the patrol cost you may ignore the additional time cost in the result, enjoy!)
4. Once the scenario has finished you may return here to patrol again or head to the camp for repairs so long as you have the time to spend.

DAY PATROLS

1

BOARFROG STAMPEDE.
Encounter.
(Additional Time Cost: 1 Hour)

It starts as a low rumble in your ears, though twisting a stubby finger into it doesn’t seem to clear out the noise. It grows louder until, squinting into the darkness of the surrounding fields, you see a migration of Boarfrog thundering towards you. You are out of time to move and they are not showing signs of diverting. You ready your weapon!

–
Face off against the Boarfrog Stampede in the Encounters section.

2

CAMP..?
Instant.

The region by torchlight is unrecognisable. Old familiar paths seem to criss cross and change. You spot a ruin with a dim light on the near horizon and try a shortcut to investigate but as you step over the low crumbling wall you are met by Watch-bear Orions bemused smile.
“Going well is it Boxfresh?”

You sigh, frustrated, as you realise you’ve just lost an hour going in circles.

3

SILVER SWARM.
Encounter.
(Additional Time Cost: 1 Hour)

Down at a river crossing you begin to hear something through the winds and the babbling water. Something rustling fast through the tall grass. Heavy yet spry. You know exactly what is coming as you take a defensive stance and raise your weapon. The Silver Swarm launch out of the reeds like hungry lions!

–
Face off against the Silver Swarm in the Encounters section.

4

BLEEDING DOLLS EYE.
Instant.

You wonder into a small patch of intriguing looking flowers. On closer inspection they look like porcelain eyes arranged like berries on a short, branch-like stem, and most uncomfortably they appear to follow your gaze and begin to weep a thick red fluid,
As you turn to leave you knock one of the plants and it instantly puffs out a thick cloudy spray of red noxious gas.

–
Roll 3 D10.

You plug your nose and squeeze your eyes closed, backing out of the patch.
You escape the patch of flowers and return to the Encampment.

You breath in some of the red mist and immediately suffer searing pain as the spores begin to dissolve your fluff from inside.
Take 2FP damage and re-roll all the die.

5

CROWS!
Encounter.
(Additional Time Cost: 1 Hour)

Crossing through a clearing of tall grass you hear some commotion nearby. A ruffling and click clacking, pecking sound. You scan the large clearing and spot two large shapes shoving and butting at one another as if fighting over something on ground between them. It takes a moment to make out what it is as you edge closer when finally one of them flusters two great black wings in a show of intimidation to the other. Crows! You take a step back straight onto some dry bracken.
SNAP
Such a cliché that a twig would give you away and yet here you are. Both the crows heads snap around to spy your position and they take off at once, circling you ready to strike.

–
Face off against the Giant Crows in the Encounters section.

6

SLIPPERY SLOPE.
Instant.

You spot a small blue floating light disappear around a hillside. By the time you reach the corner you spot it entering a small cave. As you rush to catch up to it you lose your balance at the caves loose rocky entrance and fall into a pit of branch, bone and rock.
The floating light appears to chuckle cheerily before extinguishing. Leaving you to tend to your wounds.

–
Take 2FP damage.

7

FALLEN TED.
Instant.

Something took a considerable chunk out of a bear strewn in some long grass. Only legs and arms remain which suggests it was a strike from above. The bite is too rounded and clean for a crow though. Looks like the DragonMoth is at large.
On the belt kit you spy one repair kit and one smoke grenade. It’s of no use to them any more.
–
Gain 1 Repair Kit.
Add 1 Smoke Grenade to your Grenade Belt.
You spot that the fallen ted is a Frontier Class, if you are also a Frontier Class you also gain a Staniss Hotshot Sidearm (You knew where to look).

8

BURIED TREASURE.
Instant.

You follow a small floating light into a dark cave, a few blind corners and you lose sight of the light, but it seems you have stumbled on some kind of treasure horde.

–
Roll 2 Loot!

9

SHRIEEEEEEK!
Encounter.
(Additional Time Cost: 1 Hour)

The patrol seems to be going nowhere, but then you realise it appears things just got quieter. Eerily quiet. Like all the chirruping bugs and small nocturnal birds just evacuated the area. Then you see it, in a dark rocky patch on a nearby hillside a few ghostly orbs smoulder silently, staring at you. The silence is broken suddenly with an ear splitting screech as the eyes dance apart from each other and swoop across the shadowy grassland as they make their speedy approach to flank you.

–
Face off against the Forgotten Shriekers in the Encounters section.

10

SWARM!
Encounter.

You begin to feel suddenly and inexplicably low. Negative thoughts cloud your attention. Regrets, self-doubt, disappointments. You try to shake it off and take a deep breath. Distracting yourself by checking your weapon, checking your surroundings. Anything to centre your mind. That’s when you notice a strange looking fly hovering nearby, then another. Their droning hum strikes a melancholic note. Grieflies… 

You plug your ears as best you can before feeling a scratch on your ankle, looking down to see a writhing group of baby silvers trying to gnaw through your boot and combat trousers. Then you spot them.

Egg Sacks! So many of them, all bursting with a medley of LintEater creatures!

Face off against the Burst Egg Sack in the Encounters section.

NIGHT PATROLS

1

BOARFROG STAMPEED.
Instant / Encounter.

In the darkness you start to feel the path become marshy beneath your boots, you momentarily flash a small torch to get a better look at your surroundings and you discover you have wandered into the middle of herd of Boarfrog, sleeping soundly in the cool mud.
These creatures are notoriously territorial. You’ll have to tread very carefully.

Make a Saving Throw.
8 to 10 = Return to camp safely.
You make it out of the herd without disturbing them.
–
1 to 7 = Face off against Boarfrog Stamede in the Encounters Section.
(Additional time cost: 1 hour)
A loud rustling here, a snapped twig there and before you know it the herd is stirring. The disgruntled crowd locates you quickly and become hostile!

You methodically tread through the swamp without making a sound and you even find bullrushes along the way. Add them to your Inventory (Bullrushes Heals 2FP when consumed).

You get clear of the herd and continue on your patrol.

2

LOST.
Instant.

As you march into one of the deeper valleys of Crowsrest and low cloud cover sets in you lose sight of the path ahead and the stars above. but your confidence gives you faithful bearings. Some time passes before you begin to question if you’re on the right path.
You crest the valleys hill to discover you are deep into a sprawling meadow, lights of the local encampments twinkle in the distance.
It takes you some time to get back onto the patrol paths.

Roll 1 D10.

You lose another hour.
Return to the Encampment.

You lose two hours.
Return to the Encampment.

3

CLEVER GIRL.
Encounter.
(Additional Time Cost: 1 Hour)

The base of one of the hillside paths is particularly dark. The sound of tumbling stones nearby warrants a quick flashlight check and you just catch sight of a Silvers tail vanishing behind a large rock boulder. You raise your weapon to get a clear shot if it shows itself but as you do you hear an alarming scrambling sound racing up on your side.
Another Silver dives onto you before you have a chance to swing your weapon.

–
Bank one die for the Encounter.
Face off against the Silver Swarm in the Encounters section.

4

SHADOWS OF CROWS.
Encounter.
(Additional Time Cost: 1 Hour)

The night air is cool and the skies are clear, the path ahead seems quiet so all signs are pointing to a relaxed stroll instead of a patrol, until you hear a telltale sound.
A distant but sharp CAW breaks the sound of the breeze and you snap into position, scanning the stars for any dark shapes. You spot one in the distant sky, flying fast and banking towards you, another swoops directly overhead and lands behind you with another shrill CAWW!

–
Face off against the Giant Crows in the Encounters section.

5

CREEPING BOG.
Instant.

You wander from the path to investigate a strange noise beyond the bank of the path. The fields beyond are so dark it feels like you’re straying into an inky black bog, soon enough you discover that couldn’t have been closer to the truth!
Your boots are stuck fast in a thick black bog and you can feel something curling slowly around your ankle.You heave and pull but both the grip and the suction of the bog seems to increase.
You recall that relaxing is the best way to escape, as counter intuitive as it feels, you try it.

Make a Saving Throw.
Roll 1 D10.

Lose the resulting number in time.
(e.g. If you roll two 5’s then lose 5 hours)
It takes strength and determination to pull yourself from the bog but you make it out at last.

You wrestle free of bog.
Fortunately you discover the situation early and pull yourself free with ease.

6

FORGOTTEN!
Encounter.
(Additional Time Cost: 1 Hour)

Passing an old Encampment you decide to take five. Sitting down on a crumbled down wall and take in the scenery. The sharp moon sits against a star speckled blanket of deep blue and for a moment you feel suitably small against the vastness of whatever lies beyond the skies and shores of the Tedlands.
The horizon cuts the ocean of stars off sharply, creating its heavy shadow that makes it difficult to see what details are close by or far away and something strikes you as strange. There are two stars sitting below the horizon line. Then two more flicker on. It doesn’t take long for you to be upright again, weapon ready as the stars begin to move towards you, zigging and zagging through the fields. It’s hard to get an accurate shot on them and before you know it they are upon you!

Make a Saving Throw.
Roll 1 D10.

The Shriekers claws meet your fur with a mad ferocity.
Take the resulting number as Permanent Damage (Mark an X in the Fluff Points Box)

Face off against the Shriekers in the Encounter Section.

You managed to dodge the first incoming swipe!

Face off against the Shriekers in the Encounter Section.

7

FALLEN TED.
Instant / Encounter

Against a tree you spy a bear sat against the trunk, slumped in a telltale lifeless position. You flash a torch against the figure and to your sad yet unsurprised realisation you see that you have found a fallen ted.
You take a knee and examine him. Panda type, chunky, nothing but a pistol, a single casing lies in the dirt nearby. Did he shoot and miss? A fly buzzes nearby breaking your concentration, you shoo it away and feel a heavy heart for what may have occurred here.

You look nearby for any more clues.

Gain 20 TedCreds
Add a Staniss P12 Pistol to your inventory.

Make a Tracking Throw.
Roll 4 Dice.

Roll the dice and check for pairs of numbers.

You discover a nearby egg sack, already swarming with hatched Griefly.

Face off against the Burst Egg Sack in the Encounters section with 1 Successful Hit made before the first Combat Roll

This Encounter does not cost any additional time.

You discover a nearby egg sack, already swarming with hatched Griefly.

Face off against the Burst Egg Sack in the Encounter section with 2 Successful Hits made before the first Combat Roll.

This Encounter does not cost any additional time.

No visible signs point to this being an attack, it’s as if this poor Ted gave into their demons.

8

FLOATING LIGHT.
Instant / Encounter.

Somewhere in the centre of the Crowsrest region lies a large lake called Wyrms Well, on account of there being a giant sinkhole at the centre of the lake big enough for a dragon. Fireside stories tell of a battle between a giant wyrm and the Ennead, supposedly there are Ennead relics at the bottom of the well but no-ted knows how deep it goes.
You are treading along the shoreline of the Wyrms Well when you spy a little green flame flickering just ahead of you. You tug your ear and blink hard after you swear you hear it call to you. It flickers playfully and starts to move towards a cave across the water from you. You instinctively begin to make your way around the lake towards the flame in pursuit of what it might have to show you.

 

Make a Saving Throw.
Roll 1 D10.

You cannot resist the urge to follow the floating light into the dark cave. As you enter, the light burns brightly, awakening a shadow in the darkness. It’s already too late by the time you realise what you are up against.
Instantly lose 1 Fluff Point from fright!
(Additional Time Cost: 1 hour)
Face off against the Blackhawk DragonMoth in the Special Encounters Section.

You shake off the urge to follow subserviently. But the curiosity remains.
Return to the Encampment or follow the light.
If you follow the light:
(Additional Time Cost: 1 hour)
Face off against the Blackhawk DragonMoth in the Special Encounters Section.

9

HIDDEN CACHE!
Insant.

In an attempt to take a shortcut between two patrol routes your boot catches on some scrim net near a tree stump and you hit the ground hard!
Once you’ve picked yourself up and untangled your boot from the skrim you see you have happened upon a hidden cache of items!

–
Take 1FP damage.
Find 1 loot.
Find 2 grenades of your choice and make a note of them on your Grenade Belt.
(if you have no space on your belt then you do not find grenades)

10

SPECIAL EVENT: DIRE HARE!
Encounter.
(Additional Time Cost: 2 Hours)

In a small grove not far from the Encampment you see something that removes any doubt about the fireside tales. A tall, matted, muscular hare with intimidatingly large antlers stretching from its head is standing crookedly in the clearing between the trees, it seems to be convulsing and bucking as a bilious amber sack of flies disconnects from its belly, slocking onto the dirt with a wet thud, the space where the growth was fused to the hares stomach almost instantly begins to pustulate and begin growing a new sack.
You instinctively let out a quiet retch of disgust and, instantly, the Dire Hare’s head snaps around with an otherworldly crack, its unblinking gaze staring straight through the treeline into your eyes, into your mind.

 

You feel a violent shiver run through you and you have to steel yourself quickly.

–

Make a Saving Throw
Roll 1 D10

You drop your weapon and try to flee but the Hare catches up to you in a single effortless bound. You are shoved snout first into the mud and a heavy muscular paw bludgeons you repeatedly.

Lose your Primary OR Secondary weapon.
Break your load bearing gear.
Lose 5FP
–
Face off against the Blackhawk DragonMoth in the Special Encounters Section.

You brace yourself and raise your weapon but any hesitation has been costly. Your shot misses the target as the Hare sails through the air like a deadly dart. Your next instinct is to dodge but it’s too late. 

Break your rifle
Break your load bearing gear.
Lose 3FP
–
Face off against the Blackhawk DragonMoth in the Special Encounters Section.

You leap towards the nearest tree for cover and it pays off. The Hare lands heavily on the spot you were just standing, turning violently to keep you in its gaze, you scramble back to gain some distance and pull yourself upright and raise your weapon.
–
Face off against the Blackhawk DragonMoth in the Special Encounters Section.

You keep your mind steady and quickstudy the Hare’s pose, you can see it’s about to jump. Instinctively you begin to sprint towards it just as it leaps into the air. By the time the Hare is at the top arch of its jump you are already out of the groves and sliding down a hillside and away.
–
If you wish, you can face off against the Dire Hare in the Special Encounters.
Alternatively you can add “Hot Tip: 10” to revisit this grove another time during the night or day.

REGION ENCOUNTERS

You’ve arrived here through Patrol results or through successfully Tracking.
Grab all the D10s from your dice pool and get ready for combat!

If things get tough remember you can Flee an Encounter after any Combat Roll.
To Flee, Roll 1 D10:
1-3 = Bad exit. Take the roll result as damage.
4-10 = Swift exit. You escape with ease.
Either way, return to the Region Encampment.

REGION ENCOUNTERS

Boarfrog STAMPEDE
territorial wildlife

SPECIAL ABILITY:

CHARGE!

Suddenly it seems Boarfrogs are all around you! Disorientated by the shaking ground you are at the mercy of the stampeed. Take 2FP damage.

REWARD:
1 looT roll

Silver swarm
Lint Eaters

SPECIAL ABILITY:

Crunchy Cadavers!

The Silvers gobble up any dead creatures they can spy, including their own. They heal for 1HP and the damage dice is benched.

REWARD:
10 TEDCREDS
1 looT

Giant Crows
territorial wildlife

SPECIAL ABILITY:

Opportunity strikes.
If Giant Crows have rolled any Counter Attack  results during this combat roll they deal 1 extra FP damage each.

REWARD:
10 TEDCREDS
2 looT

Forgotten Shriekers
bears

SPECIAL ABILITY:

Reinforcements!

More Shriekers show up, negating any Successful Hits you made this combat round. Keep shooting Soldier!
…
Tainted Claws:
Any damage from Forgotten is taken as Permanent Damage. Place an [X] in the fluff points box to show this. This cannot be healed by Med Kits or resting at camp. Only by returning home.

REWARD:
10 TEDCREDS

BURST EGG SACK
Linteaters

SPECIAL ABILITY

SILVER BITE
Lose 2 FP.

SPECIAL ABILITY

BURROWER BITE.

Cancel 1 Successful Hit this combat roll.

SPECIAL ABILITY
GRIEFLY BITE.

Bench this die for the rest of the Encounter.

REWARD:
2 event tokens
SPECIAL ENCOUNTERS

DIRE HARE

The Hare hops back a few feet and sizes you up. Its claws dig into the ground and you notice its back legs twitching into position, ready to pounce onto you again.

Special Encounter Effect: You cannot Flee from the Dire Hare unless you have a smoke grenade or ability that allows it.


DIRE HARE

MYTHO

SPECIAL ABILITY:

Sundering Antlers.

Reroll this die, take that much damage.

SPECIAL ABILITY:

Concussive Buck.

Bench 1 die.
Lose your current Trait
(Unless it is the Concussion Trait)
–
If you do not have a Trait equipped then you gain the Concussion Trait below.

Permanently lose two Fluff Points
(write a C in 2 of the FP boxes)
Spend two Invigorating Memories to remove Concussion and regain the FP.

–
REWARD:
30 TEDCREDS
3 looT
5 Event coins
–
NOW face off against the burst egg sack in the region encounters section.

Blackhawk DragonMoth

The DragonMoths shadowy shape seems to bow, in your heart you feel like this is a gesture of some respect, facing your opponent like a hero. But in your head you can already tell it’s simply sizing you up and preparing to rush you as its wings unfurl behind it.

Special Encounter Effect: You cannot Flee from the BlackHawk DragonMoth unless you have a smoke grenade or ability that allows it.


BLACKHAWK DRAGONMOTH

LINTEATERS

SPECIAL ABILITY:

Terrifying Maw!

You are frozen in place as this massive shadow-like shape opens its gaping jaws to reveal something darker than itself. A cavernous mouth glistening with barbed teeth. It drops onto you with a screech like shattering glass.

Make a saving throw to avoid being chomped! If you roll a 1 to 7 you fail the saving throw, you are badly shredded. Take 4FP damage and a weapon of your choice is broken.

REWARD:
20 TEDCREDS
2 looT
1 dragonmoth silk gland

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