The archipelago of never ending war...
Sorrowsong, sorrowsong, that song without end.
Rejoice in the glory of combat, may we never know peace:
Gubat-Banwa: The Warring States of Kitatak is a tactical combat and war drama roleplaying game set in a heroic fantasy setting inspired by Late Porcelain Period Philippines.
You play as Manggugubat, warrior-braves that make up the warrior caste, followers of Datu, who enjoy prestige and regard oftentimes higher than their noble counterparts. As Manggugubat, you must define why you fight in this land of perpetual battle.
As a tactical combat roleplaying game, you should expect deep and rewarding combat encounters that focus on neat tricks, battlefield effects, and grid combat in the same vein as Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, and Dungeons and Dragons 4E, with a system of roll under d20 that features trying to roll under your attack stat but higher than your target's Defense, to streamline and simulate Hit Chances in Tactics RPGs.
As a war-drama roleplaying game, expect an emphasis on relationships with other warriors, with your loved one, and intense interpolity politics with the other polities. Gubat Banwa expects you to play into these melodramas: sons having to kill their fathers for defecting to an enemy polity, daughters having to flee to the mountains to escape misogynistic responsibilities, loved ones killing each other slowly due to orders and/or emotions, best friends dueling at the top of a mountain in the midst of a storm as their ideologies bring them to a head. This features systems of game that focus on action and consequence, with a 4d4 rolling system meant to invoke the casting of lots with crocodile's teeth that Precolonial Filipinos would do.
This game is made for war stories, the likes one would see in Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre. It’s about being forced to kill your closest loved one in the middle of a blood-stained sea in the midst of a storm because they serve a Datu that blasphemed your Sultan. War Drama narrative mechanics make sure that violence happens inevitably, in one way or another, all threads intertwining and coming to a head with tactical combat.
You will get:
- The Manggugubat Book, which is for both players and those that will run the game, known as Mangaawit.
- The Mangaawit Book, which is for Mangaawit to help them run and facilitate games in Gubat Banwa.
- Upcoming is the Kitatak Copperplate Inscriptions, upon which more in depth lore of the setting can be found. It should be up soon!
In this game, expect...
- ...war drama and interpersonal relationship mechanics.
- ...tactical combat inspired by the likes of D&D4e, Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre, Fire Emblem, and Lancer.
- A split between missions (Ventures) and downtime (Respite) drive the flow of combat of Gubat Banwa.
- ...a setting inspired wholly by Late Porcelain Period Philippines and even some of Early Spanish Philippines, made to facilitate war narratives across the warring states of Kitatak.
- ...all you need to run war story Ventures in said setting!
Failed Faith and Hope Asunder
Included is the first chapter of the FAILED FAITH AND HOPE ASUNDER Campaign, THE SEAS SPLIT FOR WE ALONE! You can use this to run a one shot with the game, or use it in tandem with the resources in the Core Rulebook to run your own game.
This game is in OPEN BETA/EARLY ACCESS. Talk about the game, play or run games, and provide feedback to the official Gubat Banwa Discord.
Note: Please also keep in mind that not all art has been installed yet! Look forward to updates! Thank you.
There are community copies that will be constantly refreshed for those that don't want to pay for Early Access. However, rest assured that every cent that is dropped here goes into paying for more art to bring Kitatak to life.
In order to download this TTRPG you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $15 USD. You will get access to the following files:
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If you can't afford it, please don't be shy and take a community copy! Thank you for your interest.
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