Yin Yang Panda – Pandalorian by Łukasz Kołodziej is a free role playing game supplement published by Skavenloft. This is a supplement for Yin Yang Panda, which is based on Lasers & Feelings and is covered by the CC BY 4.0 license.
The supplement is available as a 17-page PDF for free from DriveThruRPG. Two pages are the front and rear covers, one the front matter and one the Table of Contents.
The Introduction explains this is a splatbook for Yin Yang Panda that explains it has covers one of many possible futures for the Dragonfly Empire, now called the Firefly Empire, a heroic age of space exploration.
How to Use This is a standard section explaining that this, the core book and the standard items are needed.
Once Upon a Time… has d6 tables of methods and goals for travelling into the future of Pandalorian.
Sea of Stars has a d6 table of reasons to travel back in time from the future.
Firefly Empire of Year 5847 explains that this is only one possible future.
Timeline has a very brief history leading to the Firefly Empire.
Landscape explains that the empire covers the entire galaxy, and there are d6 tables for determining the size of planets, climate and surface.
Culture explains that the empire has many different cultures, and has some suggestions for creating ones for planets.
Technology looks at some of the technology of the Firefly Empire, which references the cybertech from Cyberpand 1997.
Aliens explains that whether or not there are aliens is up to the GM.
Martial Arts has brief overviews of three new martial arts.
Pan-Dais and Panadalorians gives details on these two groups. The Pan-Dai Order advocate peace and harmony and the Pandalorian Ranks are ruthless and efficient bounty hunters and mercenaries. They often come into conflict with each other.
Slugsters and Shivs are the two large crime organisations that pose a problem. Slugsters Syndicate are a gang of slimy creatures that perform criminal acts. The Shiv Cult are an ancient sect of warlocks that believe Yin and Yang are enemies to each other. The Shiv are the natural enemies of the Pan-Dais.
Playing Aids has d12 tables of names, surnames, treats to try, weapons to master and gadgets to try, and d6 tables of places to visit, folks to meet, folks to avoid and spacecraft to fly.
Finally, the three new martial arts are given the standard treatment.
Yin Yang Panda – Pandalorian in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and, though short, has enough sections that they would have been useful. The Table of Contents covers the major sections. Navigation is adequate. The text maintains a single column format and appeared to be almost free of errors. There are no illustrations. Presentation is adequate.
It should be easy to guess that this supplement has clearly been influenced by Star Wars, albeit with the Firefly Empire being the Old Republic. This is a splatbook that adds a new region to the game, in this case an entire galaxy. With it being futuristic and based around a galactic empire, this means the playing area is substantially larger; developing planets is only covered in a fairly limited way, so it would probably help to have additional material for that. Yin Yang Panda – Pandalorian expands the possibilities for the game and it can be found by clicking here.
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