Savage Worlds

=Savage Worlds=

Campaigns

 * Savage Torg
 * Things To Do In Tenochtitlan When You're Dead
 * Heroic Worlds

Modules

 * Mecha

System Changes
Attributes no longer limit Skills. The Wild Die is replaced by an Attribute die.

Starting Attributes

 * Agility d4
 * Charisma d4
 * Smarts d4
 * Spirit d4
 * Strength d4
 * Vigor d4

Starting Attribute Raises
12 starting Raises. No Attribute above d12.

Skill Raises
15 starting Raises.

Edges
1 Free Novice Edge for humans. You may buy a maximum of 1 Legendary, 3 Heroic, 7 Seasoned and 10 Veteran Edges.

Free Points
These may be used to buy Edges and Skills. You have 24 of these.
 * Buy an Edge for 2 points
 * Buy a new Skill for 1 point
 * Raise a Skill for 1 point

Hindrances
You must take 1 Major and 2 Minor Hindrances.

Charisma
Charisma is now a Primary Attribute, starting at d4.

Parry
Is now based on Defense.

Resources
This is now a Setting-specific Attribute starting at d4.

Athletics
Incorporates Swimming, Climbing, doing cool stunts etc etc.

Defense
The Defensive skill for Parry and dodging Area Attacks.

Fighting
Is now an offensive Skill, and may not be used to Defend with, except with the Defend Action.

Persuasion
Now Charisma based.

Profession
As Knowledge, but concerns a profession. Examples: Sailor, Baker, Hostess, Servant, Service Personnel.

Streetwise
Now Charismabased.

Taunt
Now Charismabased.

Dodge
Characters who attempt to evade area effect attacks may add +1 to their Defense roll.

Improved Dodge
Same as above, but +2.

Expanded Dice Progression
d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d12+d4, d12+d6, d12+d8, d12+d10, 2d12, 2d12+d4, 2d12+d6, 2d12+d8, 2d12+d10, 3d12, 3d12+d4,...

Attractive
Now provides +1 to Charisma, when appropriate.

Very Attractive
Now provides +2 to Charisma, when appropriate.

Charismatic
Removed.

Fast Thinking
Now provides +2 Defense against Smarts Tests.

Investigator
Now has requirement: Smarts d6+, Charisma d6+, Investigation d6+,Streetwise d6+

Jack-of-All-Trades
Requirements: Novice, All Attributes d6+ Now provides all Skills at d4.

Leader of Men
Leader of Men increases the Attribute die by one step when making group rolls.

Lightning Reflexes
Now provides +2 Defense against Agility Tests.

Noble
Now provides +1 Charisma instead of +2.

Robust
Now provides +2 Defense against Strength Tests.

Stalwart
Now provides +2 Defense against Vigor Tests.

Strong Willed
Now provides +2 Defense against Spirit Tests.

Witty
Now provides +2 Defense against Charisma Tests.

Crippling Blow
Credits: Beyond Reality. Requirements: Legendary, No Mercy, Killer Instinct, Fighting, Shooting or Throwing at d12 When you hit with a Raise on a Fighting, Shooting or Throwing attack you can force your opponent to suffer a temporary Injury if your attack successfully Wounds them.

Hardy
Credits: Beyond Reality, modified by Oscar Ubeda Segmar. Requirements: Legendary, Vigor d10+, Spirit d8+, Improved Nerves of Steel You are so tough that only the most serious attacks can inflict lasting injury. You do not receive a Wound when being Shaken while Shaken.

Impossible to Kill
Credits: Richard Woolcock Requirements: Legendary, Harder to Kill You can no longer be killed, although you can still be beaten, incapacitated, captured, and even dismembered. You no longer suffer permanent injuries, they always go away when all of your wounds have healed.

One Man Army
Credits: Beyond Reality. Requirements: Legendary, Combat Sense, Knowledge (Battle) d10+, Fighting d12+, Weapon Master Your skill is so incredible that you are literally capable of fighting armies by yourself. When involved in Mass Combat you are treated as an army with 1 token regardless of the number of foes arrayed against you. You use your Fighting skill in place of Knowledge (Battle) and instead of losing Tokens you take Wounds (which can be soaked as normal). You do not need to make Morale rolls.

Ravager
Credits: Beyond Reality. Requirements: Legendary, Strength d12+ No barriers can stand in your way! When attacking objects you do get bonus damage on a Raise and your rolls can Ace.

Warlord
Credits: Beyond Reality. Requirements: Legendary, Command, Inspired, Natural Leader, Smarts d8+, Intimidation d10+, Knowledge (Battle) d12+ Your Command Radius triples in size and when in Mass Combat any bonuses granted to the opposing army are cut in half (rounding down).

Supreme Warlord
Credits: Beyond Reality. Requirements: Legendary, Warlord You can add your Charisma as a bonus to your troop’s Morale rolls in Mass Combat and if your army would lose Tokens you may “soak” the damage using your Spirit in place of Vigor.

Unstoppable
Modded. Credits: Beyond Reality. Requirements: Legendary, Vigor d12+, Spirit d10+, Hardy, Harder to Kill, Improved Nerves of Steel Once per round you may make a free Soak roll without spending a Benny. You may spend Bennies to reroll this Soak roll like normal but you cannot spend a Benny to make a second Soak roll against the same damage.

Powerful Attack
Credits: Zadmar. Requirements: Novice, Strength d8 When you get a raise on your Fighting roll, you may roll Strength instead of a d6 for the bonus damage. This Edge only applies when using a melee weapon two-handed. The weapon cannot have Low Raise Die or No Raise Die.

Improved Powerful Attack
Credits: Oscar Ubeda Segmar. Requirements: Seasoned, Strength d10 When you get a raise on your Fighting roll, you may roll Strength instead of a d6 for the bonus damage. If you use a weapon, it cannot have Low Raise Die or No Raise Die.

Jack of Legend
Requirements: Jack-of-All-Trades, Legendary, All Attributes d8+ Now provides all Skills at d6.

Advance points
Instead of Advances, you get 2 Advance Points. This is normally combined with the removal of Advances, instead giving out 1-3 AP per session.Notice that this significantly increases the advancement rate of the characters. They also get to change something each session (or save the AP for an Edge).

Arcane Backgrounds
To cast a spell the character with Arcane Background must roll a Skill check - TN 4 plus a modifier for each spell rank above their own: This lessens as the character becomes more skillful (IE- A Seasoned user modifiers would look like this: Novice 0; Seasoned +0; Veteran +4; Heroic +8; Legendary +12). Whether the spell succeeded or not they must make an Attribute check (the Attribute of the AB, TN the same as the spell). On a failure the caster takes 1 level of fatigue and is Shaken. Snakes eyes (regardless of Wild Die) means the caster takes 1 wound and falls unconscious for 1d6 hours. Success: they suffer one level of fatigue, but are not Shaken. A raise means no adverse affects. Two or more raises means that the character can attempt to cast another spell at the end of the round at a -2 to all rolls (plus any other modifiers). When choosing spells ignore rank for requirements purposes. Rank factors into the casting modifier (see above). By preparing a round, the character gains +2 to the casting roll.
 * Novice 0
 * Seasoned +4
 * Veteran +8
 * Heroic +12
 * Legendary +16

Improved Preparation
Requirements - Novice, ability to cast spells When you prepare a spell you gain an additional +2 to your casting roll.

Lengthy Preparation
Requirements - Novice, ability to cast spells You may prepare an additional round, gaining the preparation bonus twice.

Assensing Master
Requirements - Novice, ability to cast spells When you roll a casting check to gain information about a target while Assensing, you add +2 to your rolls on information gained.

Magical Endurance
Requirements - Novice, Casting d6 Gives a Caster a +2 for resisting Drain.

Ritual Caster
Requirements - Seasoned, Sorcery d8 When you cast a ritual you receive +2 to your roll.

Spell Focus
Requirements - Novice - Arcane Background Gives caster a +2 to casting a specific spell.

Improved Spell Focus
Requirements - Seasoned, Sorcery d6, Spell Focus Gives caster +4 to casting a specific spell (Same as Spell Focus).

Spell Mastery
Requirements - Legendary, Sorcery d12, Improved Spell Focus Gives caster +6 to casting a specific spell (Same as Spell Focus). Gives caster +2 to casting all spells.

Spirit Affinity
Requirements- Novice- Arcane Background When the character attempts to summon an Elemental or Spirit they gain +2 to their roll.

Blood & Guts
Characters can spend Bennies on damage rolls! Use this rule when you really want to up the carnage.

Easy Skills
Characters can buy new skills during play for 1 point.

Joker’s Wild
This is a great rule to add to your game if you’re the kind of Game Master who’s a little stingy in awarding Bennies. It slightly ups the heroics and is a lot of fun for the group. When a player character draws a Joker during combat, he receives his normal +2 bonus to Trait and damage rolls. In addition, all player characters receive a Benny!

Minor Edges
There is now a category of Minor Edges. These cost 1 point and provide minor bonuses.

Multiple Languages
Some settings feature characters and cultures who typically speak many different languages. If this Setting Rule is in play, your hero knows his cultural or national language plus an additional number of languages equal to half his Smarts die. An elf with a d8 Smarts in a swords & sorcery campaign, for example, knows Elvish and four other languages—perhaps human, dwarven, and two others of her choosing.

Extra Edges
All characters start as Seasoned Characters, with 10 extra points to buy Edges. You may buy 2 Seasoned Edges. You may buy 1 Legendary Edge if you wish and the GM concurs.

Free Hindrances
All characters get Illiterate and Destitute for free.