Coyote's FUDGE

Introduction

"Tattoos..." The old man's dying breath echoed in the empty lodge, its last resident now gone to a brighter place.

The lodge had been constructed with the largest and oldest residents of the forest: trees which were grandfathers to all the forest when the old man was a child. On the walls fading paint and carvings depicting a coyote were stylized in the manner of the people who once lived here. Great totems carved with the coyote's grinning face supported the ceiling far above. Shadows slid in the rafters as the last embers of the old man's cooking fire died out.

I came to this place in search of knowledge and found a dying man. I had asked and his dark, knowing eyes had twinkled mischievously as with his final breath he indicated his tattoos. I drew back the old handwoven blanket from the cooling body and the rough cloth revealed what I was seeking. Written onto the weathered brown skin of the old man in black lines and curves, the ways of the lodge unfolded.

Coyote the trickster, the fool, the wise. Coyote likes to play.

The following are the variants/additions used for Coyote's FUDGE. This is a work in progress, so please check back for new material.

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About FUDGE, and Copyright Notices

ABOUT FUDGE

FUDGE is a role-playing game written by Steffan O'Sullivan, with extensive input from the Usenet community of rec.games.design. The basic rules of FUDGE are available on the internet via anonymous ftp at ftp.csua.berkeley.edu, and in book form or on disk from Grey Ghost Games, Inc., P.O. Box 838, Randolph, MA 02368. They may be used with any gaming genre. While an individual work derived from FUDGE may specify certain attributes and skills, many more are possible with FUDGE. Every Game Master using FUDGE is encouraged to add or ignore any character traits. Anyone who wishes to distribute such material for free may do so -- merely include this ABOUT FUDGE notice and disclaimer (complete with FUDGE copyright notice). If you wish to charge a fee for such material, other than as an article in a magazine or other periodical, you must first obtain a royalty-free license from the author of FUDGE, Steffan O'Sullivan, P.O. Box 465, Plymouth, NH 03264.

You must include at the beginning of each derivative work the following disclaimer, completed with your name, in its entirety.

DISCLAIMER

The following materials based on Fudge, entitled "Coyote's FUDGE," are created by, made available by, and Copyright (C) 1999-2000 by Todd LaRoche, and are not necessarily endorsed in any way by Steffan O'Sullivan or any publisher of other Fudge materials. Neither Steffan O'Sullivan nor any publisher of other Fudge materials is in any way responsible for the content of these materials unless specifically credited. Original Fudge materials Copyright (C)1992-1995 by Steffan O'Sullivan, All Rights Reserved.

If you wish to distribute copies of all or portions of FUDGE or derivative works based on FUDGE for a fee or charge, other than in a magazine or other periodical, you must first obtain written permission from:

Steffan O'Sullivan
P.O. Box 465
Plymouth, NH 03264

"Coyote's FUDGE" copyright 1999-2000 Todd LaRoche