I whipped up this demo for the guys at Judaism Unbound to give them a taste of what I was doing for “Dungeons and Dragons and Dreidels.”

Who You Are

You are Freedom Flyers trying to help the Kohanis, a Djubuzi family, escape to Ki-Nahan

The Player’s Job

1. Choose a character to play. Feel free to tweak traits, goals, or relationships to make things more fun.
2. Get your character involved in this craziness and make the best of it.
3. Help everyone else have a good time.

Freedom Flyers

Lexan Rofe

Eccentric mechanical engineer
Goal Stand up for droids
Relationship (choose one) Craves Dann-Li’s Friendship or Caretaker for G0-L3M
Bio Lexan Rofe is a self-taught genius who used to be an engineer for the Templars. Then he witnessed how they treated droids who were too old, too broken, or too independent—straight to the scrap heap! The Freedom Flyers recruited him after he maybe, possibly enabled a minor droid uprising where he worked. Lexan Rofe is happiest when he’s up to his elbows in grease and wires. Organics think he’s weird for treating droids like people instead of tools.

Dann-Li Benson

New recruit strong in the Force
Goal Live like my heroes
Relationship Angel on Lexan Rofe’s Shoulder
Bio When Dann-Li was small, the Freedom Flyers brought him and his family to Ki-Nahan. There, he grew up herding zibax and dreaming of a life of adventure among the stars. Inspired by the heroism of the Freedom Flyers, he joined up as soon as he came of age. Rescuing the Kohanis is his first real mission. He’s always had strange feelings and premonitions and incredible strokes of luck, but he has no idea that he’s strong in the Force.

G0-L3M

Strong and silent worker droid
Goal Help my friends
Relationship Protector of Lexan Rofe
Bio G0-L3M is an obsolete model of worker droid rescued from the scrap heap by Lexan Rofe, who repaired and updated it. Since its memory hasn’t been wiped, it developed a personality and has shown a remarkable capacity to recognize and express irony, sarcasm, and other colorful traits. Although G0-L3M is not the registered property of Lexan Rofe, it feels compelled to stay with him. Lexan says this is because they’re friends.

Your Ship: Pegasus

Perks Fast, Nimble
Problems Frequent Breakdowns

Mission Brief

Objectives

• Retrieve Kohani family
• Bring Kohani family to Ki-Nahan

Priority

• Marya, age 8
• Aron, age 5
• Mozhe, age 2

Location

• Mitzaar system, city of P’tram

Contact

• Raz, owner of Raz’s Saloon
• Ask for the chef’s blue milk special

Threat Level

• Moderate. Local Templar activity has increased, but numbers remain small.

Notes

• Raz’s Saloon is located in the neighborhood known as the Shuk
• According to locals, the Shuk is “the place where anything and everything is for sale.”

The World of the Story

Kohanim

The Kohanis are a family of Djubuzim. They are parents Yohavdit (she/her) and Omari (they/them) plus 3 children: Marya (ye/yem/yeir), age 8; Aron (ye/yem/yeir), age 5; and Mozhe (ye/yem/yeir), age 2.

Djubuzim

The Djubuzim are a small, mixed multitude of a tribe that studies and practices ancient traditions rooted in trust in the Force. The majority are not overtly supernatural like Jedi or Sith, but they have a special connection to the Force—a lot like Chirrut Imwê in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Even Djubuzim who have no use for mystical mumbo jumbo respect the wisdom and traditions of their people.

Over the generations, the Djubuzim have fallen on hard times. After coaxium deposits were found on Mitzaar, the planet’s dynastic rulers enslaved the Djubuzim and forced them to build the mining city of P’tram and harvest coaxium. Things went from bad to worse when the current ruler, Phar-Zymandos, began working with the Templars to root out Djubuzim who show signs of being strong in the Force.

A note about pronouns

Djubuzi children use the pronouns ye/yem/yeir (for nongendered persons) until they reach b’nei mitzvah age, whereupon they choose their “adult” pronouns.