Questions tagged [savage-worlds]
Savage Worlds is a generic RPG from Pinnacle Entertainment Group. The core values of the system are explicitly stated as "Fast! Furious! and Fun!"
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How can I have characters advance in dramatic situations in Savage Worlds?
I'm designing mechanics for a Naruto campaign using Savage Worlds, and was thinking about how characters improve in media and in RPG's. In RPG's characters usually earn XP each session or each ...
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Using a 2-hand weapon with one hand and Oversize Weapon Master: effect on parry
In Savage Worlds there are several 2-handed meleé weapons and most of them have an effect on the character´s parry. For example, fighting with a Great Sword requires 2 hands and lowers your parry by ...
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How fast do Rocs grow?
A character has access to a roc egg. I would like to work out at what point it could be ridden, and when it stops being a cute bird and turns into a man-eating monster that locals might object to ...
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Savage Worlds Deluxe: Joker - for players only?
The RAW of Savage Worlds: Deluxe seems to say that drawing a Joker card for initiative affects only players:
When a player draws a Joker, his character can go whenever he
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What do the two armor ratings for Kevlar mean?
I'm making a Savage Worlds campaign in the Shadowrun universe. As such, most players want Kevlar vests as armor, but the armor rating is listed as "+2/+4" and I have no idea what that means. Which do ...
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Is it possible to start with 3 Edges at character creation?
The manual says that you can "buy" points with Hindrances to take Edges or other bonuses.
At Novice level, is it possible to start with 3 Edges?
First Edge granted from Human race
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Is a victim of the Mind Control Power from Necessary Evil ever aware of their plight?
In Necessary Evil for Savage Worlds, the Mind Control power gives no indication of whether the victim is aware, either before or after the fact, that they have been controlled. However, the Mind ...
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Incapacitation wound modifiers
When a character takes more than three wounds do all of the wounds apply for a penalty? For instance if a character somehow took 10 wounds would that character have to make the roll at -10?
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Bennies for Long Sessions?
In Savage Worlds, Player Bennies refresh at the start of a new session. What is the best way to handle a long session?
For example what if the session is all day or even all weekend?
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Critical Failures on Attribute rolls
As it only says, in the Savage Worlds Pathfinder book, if you roll a 1 on both a skill and wild die, does that mean you can't critical fail an attribute roll and hence can reroll with a Bennie? Or ...
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Burst Power +2 because of Cone Template?
In the core rules of the deluxe version it is mentioned that a flamethrower gets +2 to hit since its failry easy for this kind of weapon.
But what about the Burst power?
It uses the cone template and ...
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How can I handle one-on-one duels in a satisfying way?
I'm running an anime style campaign using Savage Worlds: Super Powers Companion 2nd Edition.
I've mastered SW for a while, but I've never been able to handle one-on-one fights satisfyingly, as the ...
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Do I roll my Wild Die when rolling to recover from being shaken?
In Savage Worlds combat, I find my characters getting in a lot of trouble because they become Shaken. When I roll to get un-Shaken, my GM says, of course, to make a Spirit roll with a TN of 4. However,...
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What is the cost for a reload of F4 Fusion Block missiles?
In the Rifts for Savage Worlds setting, in the Tomorrow Legion Players Guide, page 83, there is a suit of Power Armor, the Triax T-31 Super Trooper. One of its weapons are missile launchers that only ...
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Does being “considered armed” from the Deadlands version of Martial Arts Edge grant a +d4 too?
I am thinking about playing a melee fighter in a Deadlands game.
I noticed the Martial arts edge in the core is slightly different than the Deadlands version.
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This character is highly ...
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Can you use Suppression fire into darkness?
I had an encounter that took place outside in darkness and the map represented that. The rules for 'Darkness' are specific that targets outside of 10" (30 m, 10 squares) are not visible.
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Savage Worlds Powers - trappings and other options
In Savage Worlds, when choosing Powers for a character, you're sometimes given a lot of options. Most famously, you get to choose Trappings for the Power, but also there's "Raise/Lower Trait".
My ...
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How can I best make use of a high charisma?
I usually build characters designed to fill a role the party needs. My group is trying Savage Worlds for the first time, and once everyone else had made characters I realized we didn't have a ...
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What ranked Edge is Fast Regeneration equivalent to?
I'm running War of the Dead, a post apocalyptic zombie campaign and one of my player's backgrounds is that they were experimented on by scientists who were responsible for emergence of a monster very ...
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Replaying Adventure Card?
Should you allow the following. Player A use the "my Bennies become XPs" adventure card then, Player B plays "get a card from the Discard stack" and then replays "my Bennies become XPs"?
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How can I balance deadly world with things happening?
My world setting is based on the movie “A quiet place”. Background is fantasy based on Pathfinder for Savage Worlds.
The main plot is as follows: some time ago the Raan appeared, creatures (alien like)...
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What does "modern day equivalent" mean for income in Savage Worlds?
I'm running a Deadlands Reloaded game and had a disagreement on the rules, all hinging on a line in the description for Rich:
...Rich heroes start with three times the normal starting funds for the ...
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What skill is checked to avoid getting lost?
In a Savage Worlds setting, what skill is used to avoid getting lost? (I'm plotting a Deadlands end for my friends…Bwa, ha ha ha! but any setting should do…)
In the various flavors of D&D, this ...
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Do your Power Points ever increase past 10?
If you have the Arcane Background (Miracles) Edge, how can you get more than 10 Power Points?
There are some powers that take more than 10 PP, but I can't find out how you'd get that much. I feel ...
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Does Push initiate 'melee' or 'close combat' in savage worlds?
This came up in one of my games this past week:
A player rushed a combatant and used the Push maneuver to knock him prone. The combatant got up on their initiative pass and moved 4 spaces away. The ...
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Film noir character archetypes [closed]
I have been looking online for a list of film noir character archetypes for a Savage Worlds campaign I am running. I have came up with a few: Private Investigator, Grifter, Police officer, Mobster...
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Does drawing your weapon take an action?
Previous versions of Savage Worlds explicitly stated that it took one action, and there was the Quick Draw action that turned it into a free action. However, that Edge does not seem to exist in the ...
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What happens when Arcane Skill and Agility are tied in an Entangle roll?
My friend used Entangle on a character and both he and his opponent rolled 3.
What happens? Would the result change if it was for example 5 vs 5?
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Area of effect attacks: roll once per attack or one per victim?
If a grenade or a Blast affects two zombies, three werewolves, and their evil leader (a WC), how many times do I roll for damage?
The Savage Worlds Deluxe on p70 says that: "Everything under (or ...
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Does Additional Bolts mean Additional Backlashes?
When using a power like Bolt with the Additional Bolts option, does any '1' on any of the Spellcasting rolls invoke a Backlash for a character with Arcane Background (Magic). That is if you roll three ...
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Does the ally from Summon Ally provide the gang up bonus?
Does the ally from Summon Ally (p.169) provide the gang up bonus?
The "Gang Up" on p.101 is from "each adjacent foe" ... does the power count?
Conversely the cancelling mentions "allies", rather ...
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Which automatic weapons can fire in single-shot mode?
In the Savage Worlds Deluxe Explorer's Edition rulebook, page 54 says:
Auto: This full-auto weapon may fire in automatic (single-shot) mode.
Page 55 says:
Rate of Fire: This is the maximum ...
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What are the ways I can help my ally recover from Shaken?
I did some math and realized that breaking out of Shaken when wounded is pretty hard. Since being Shaken essentially puts a character out of action possibly for several turns and there always aren't ...
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What powers do Elemental Mages start with?
In the 50 Fathoms players section it does not specify what a starting character gets when they select Arcane Background (Magic). This is unlike the other Arcane Backgrounds in the other rule book.
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How do spaceships' Armor and Toughness work?
I'm new to Savage Worlds, and in my preparation phase of creating a Sci-Fi campaign. I'm borrowing from the last parsec, and the original sci-fi companion to make a homebrew of sorts.
I'm confused ...
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Isn't it easier to attack a grappled character?
If one of my allies has grappled one of my enemies, do I get any bonus to attack this enemy? It does not say so in the rules, but surely it must be easier to hit an entangled foe than a free one...?
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Wizard Edge in a Mass Battle
The Wizard Edge reduces the cost of a power by one point for each raise. Does this reduce the Power Points per round used, if you roll a Raise or Two Raises using their Arcane Skill roll?
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If Shaken during your round, do you immediately roll to un-Shake?
Say that I withdraw from melee during my round and, as a result of the opponent's free attack on me, I become Shaken. Or alternatively, I become Shaken due to Backlash from Arcane Background: Magic. ...
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What is the basic TN for Character Rolls in Mass Battles?
When a character chooses to fight in a Mass Battle. What is the original TN (before the mods for number of tokens and character rank).
For a spellcraft roll is we assume TN 4 but for fighting it is ...
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What does "contact" mean in relation to the Barrier power "Damage" modifier?
What does "contact" mean in relation to the Barrier power's Damage modifier (see p.155 of the Savage Worlds Adventure Edition v4.1 PDF).
Does someone have to actually touch the Barrier? Or does ...
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Hitting multiple levels of a building with a flamethrower
If I use a cone-attack that is partially obstructed by a building, how would that influence the area of effect? For instance, if we were fighting in a ruined building and I shot through a hole in a ...
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Are Savage Worlds & Apocalypse World the same thing?
My group was looking for a new system recently, and someone proposed Savage Worlds. Since we were thinking of a sci-fi setting, I proposed Apocalypse World since I was under the impression that was ...
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Relative difficulty in Savage Worlds skill checks?
I'm a new GM running a Savage Worlds game, and I'm wondering if someone can help me understand the best way to set up a skill check with relative difficulties. Specifically, how do you differentiate ...
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Can a Berserking hero run away from enemies?
In savage worlds, the Berserk edge causes a hero to "attack with reckless abandon." He can also leave berserk by doing nothing on his turn (not even movement) and passing a smarts roll at -2.
I'm ...
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When calculating Parry, if Fighting is untrained, do I add +1 or +2?
Parry is a stat calculated from 2 + half of the character's Fighting die. For untrained skills, a character would roll d4-2. Is this -2 taken into consideration when calculating Parry?
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How to limit weapons on Agents of Oblivion?
Well, we recently started playing the Campaign Setting by Reality Blurs, which is a "Perfect Cocktail between horror and Espionage", and tough we're liking it, there's not a guideline to limit ...
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Is it a single or double run?
If a character runs and does a double move do they roll there running die twice?
IE if the character has Pace 6" and run d6 do they
Move (6+d6)" which takes a whole round
standard double move 12"
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Should Players declare their actions once Initiative is dealt?
I've been wondering this for a long time...
What is usualy the order things should take on the game table? Should the GM handle the cards and then players declare what they want to do and lastly ...
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Are attributes ever rolled?
I've been poring over Savage Worlds Deluxe trying to figure out what types of situations require an Attribute roll instead of a Skill roll, and I can't quite figure it out.
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How do you handle Held action in Savage Worlds?
Ok, the Held actions have been giving us a lot of trouble recently. I'm gonna illustrate a situation: Let's say a vampire gets a King of Spades, a zombie gets a 3 of hearts, a ranger gets a Queen of ...
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