Ancestries Card Set (for Ironsworn)

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Shape your Ironsworn character and companions by defining their heritage

This set comprises 60 ancestry cards to cover the most variety possible to fit your world. These ancestries are divided into...

• Primal ancestries (19 cards): Folks commonly found in classic fantasy settings and real mythologies.
• Beastfolk ancestries (24 cards): Animal relatives.
• Elemental ancestries (8 cards): Creatures defined by one of the four natural elements they are linked to.
• Non-humanoid ancestries (9 cards): Your non-anthropoid companions' species.

The ancestry is your character’s heritage, whether physical or cultural. It is not only a means to represent race or ethnicity, but also their customs or upbringing. However, in order to avoid prescription, this material does not offer any worldbuilding or narrative fluff; instead, the most minimal description is given to the ancestry entries.

The premise

Your ancestry answers to what is my nature.

Each one has its own three (3) arrays of stats, one per difficulty or tone of the game:

• Challenging
• Perilous (default)
• Grim

Each ancestry also offers adds to some moves, which are set for a total equivalent of 10 experience. This means that the ancestries replace the three starting asset cards and the character creation process of setting the stat values. Alternatively, you can use an ancestry in addition to the three starting asset cards by using the grim (lower) stat array. 

Assigning an ancestry to your companion allows you to use their stats when making a move leveraging on them, which adds a new dimension to the game. Further guidelines are provided on using an ancestry for your followers and how the companion asset card comes into place.

This material provides you with a guide to creating your own ancestries.

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