#Savage worlds

[anim-ttrpgs]

Yo. Been really getting interested in Eureka recently, cause it looks cool as hell from what I've read, and also I ran a police procedural campaign a few years back that I'd like to bring back, but my choice of system back then for the type of game was bad (Savage Worlds). Likely gonna give Eureka a shot with it anyway, but does the game separate out the urban fantasy elements from the more realistic/mundane elements by how much? Like, do traits have seperate sections for non/fantasy and fantasy traits, or is it all just together? Is there anything else in the game that complicates running a campaign with no fantasy elements?

You can download Eureka from this link for free (we’d really appreciate it if you paid but payment is optional) and check it out for yourself, just in case you didn’t know!

But to answer your question, the urban fantasy stuff and the mundane stuff actually are quite separate in the book. You’ll find a few references to the existence of vampires and stuff in the mundane rules, but all of the rules for supernatural characters are found in the very back of the book, not mixed in with the other character creation stuff.

As for other complications, this isn’t exactly a complication with running a fully mundane no-fantasy game, but there might be a few small complications with running a police procedural game. Don’t get me wrong, I actually still think that Eureka is probably your best option for a police investigation campaign, but there will need to be a little tinkering. But that’s what I’m here for.

By default, Eureka assumes that the PCs are not cops, so it assumes that they don’t have access to all of the resources cops have when investigating crimes. Eureka assumes that the PCs don’t have the institutional power to make an arrest, to take someone in for official interrogation, to call for backup if they get into a bad situation, or to send forensic evidence back to the lab for analysis.

Now, the only one of these that I can think of actually causing any friction with the game itself is the part about sending forensic evidence back to the lab.

Making an arrest and interrogating someone would be easily handled by the rules as they are with no changes. For calling for backup, you could take a look at the “Heat” section in Chapter 7. That section is normally used for what happens if the cops get called *on* the PCs, but since it has mechanics to tell you how long it takes the cops to show up, you could just use those same rules to determine how long it takes for backup to arrive.

Sending forensic evidence back to the lab, well, we don’t have anything for that. If I had to make something up on the fly, realistically it would probably be like, the PCs bag the evidence and send it to the lab and then in 1D6 days they get the information back.

Of course if I were writing this into the rules for real, I’d probably spend hours or days on it coming up with some kind of system that determines the reliability of that evidence and how likely it is to be a false positive or false negative (because IRL forensic evidence is not nearly as reliable as cop shows make it look or as reliable as police would like you to believe), but i have Silk&Dagger to write right now.

And here's another link

[discodyke-dogthing]

discord please I need to be autistic about my TTRPG character can you stop shitting your pants

[noszle]

One of my favorite NPC's I ever designed. Obvious inspo from Alien in here and also some GW2 Mordrem vibes. Her name is Lok'Vash. She is about 8'3

[theoutcastrogue]

Rogues in fantasy TTRPGs that aren't Dungeons & Dragons

Sometimes it's called Rogue, sometimes it's called Thief. It can be a class, or a template, or a sample build for a classless system. It can be pigeonholed to a couple of roles and specialties, or wide open to interpretations and extensive customisation.

But any self-respecting fantasy game, chock-full as it may be with mighty warriors and powerful wizards, needs a disreputable little shit: the rogue, the thief, the scoundrel, the one who strays. And it's a truly universal archetype. The people in the margins are the salt of the earth, and a setting without them is just… unseasoned.

"The thief gives us a chance to play someone closer to heart, someone who's not strong or possessed of magical talents, someone who has to rely on wit and stealth to survive. Someone, we can imagine, who might very well be just like us. And in being more like us, it's clear that the thief is not just a column of percentile chances to pick locks and disarm traps; she is blessed with as many different skills and appearances as there are crimes to be committed. And that's quite a lot." [x]

So here's a sneak peek at the Thief/Rogue in:

Shadowdark (2023) - gridmark and rules-light dungeoncrawl

Tales of the Valiant (2024) - a D&D 5e variant

Rolemaster Unified (2022) - famously crunchy and customisable

GURPS 4e Dungeon Fantasy (2007) - classic classless system

Ars Magica 5th Edition (2004) - the historically grounded one (in Europe 1200 AD), very customisable

Four Against Darkness (2017) - solo dungeoncrawl

Blades in the Dark (2017) - where everyone's a rogue!

Pathfinder 2e (2024) - a million rules and it's all 3.5's fault

Lankhmar: City of Thieves (2015) - the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser setting, with the Savage Worlds system

[table-cat-games]

Street Wolves: Turbo Edition Print Run!

In super exciting news, my ttrpg setting is being printed. That means the Street Wolves Turbo Edition pre-orders will be closing soon.

Why am I shutting down the pre-order store? Once the books are in hand I'll be doing the fulfillment myself. In order to ensure it goes smoothly I'm soley focused on getting the books to everyone before I put the remainder back up for sale.

If you want to secure a copy, you can do so at the Backerkit pre-order store.

If you want to know more about Street Wolves, here's my website's page on it. I also have a post about what makes it unique.

[punkozarts]

art for my newest player character for my buddy's Savage Worlds game based on their original setting~

Ripley is a gender fluid, psychic power havin', thrill seekin', fashionista ✨

[sara-paints]

Oh! Sorry guys, forgot to post an update about the Skyrim board!

It went super well! Here's some pics :

[silvercompassmaps]

White Dragon Lair

"The White Dragon is an elusive predator, using whatever means it has to hunt its prey. If it cannot defeat you from the air or land, it will take you to deep waters and drown you."

Download this map for free here.

Happy New Year! Welcome to my first map of 2024, a White Dragon's lair to fit your winter campaigns.

This is a phased battlemap that depicts three different lair actions of the dragon:

the dragon brings down rocks near the players, trying to pin and crush them

it collapses a tunnel, preventing movement

the ice breaks, causing anything above it to plunge into the icy waters

There are a total of 8 phases in this map.

I have also made standalone variants of this map which are not phased, but can be adapted as other dragon lairs (Red dragon, Copper dragon, etc).

Check out my entire map collection here.

[taliadoesrpgs]

Someone remarked on my recruitment drive for "an antifascist space opera RPG" that "isn't all space travel fascist by default"

They're obviously either trolling or have the kind of fermented political stance one only finds on Tumblr, but let's pretend insteadthat they have terrible reference pools and am beg them to play games other than Warhammer 40K.

Anyway, ask me about my antifascist space opera RPG, it's in Savage Worlds and you can play psychic knights, scoundrels, ace pilots, aliens and robots in it

[baronfulmen]

Here’s the secret about D&D 5th Edition...

Honestly it’s not that great.

I’m not saying it’s bad - not at all!  It’s actually a very good system in a lot of ways.  But the thing it’s best at is being fairly simple for new players (while still having enough complexity to feel like a serious game) and so once you’ve played it for a while or you get to higher levels... well...

Look, I ran multiple 5e games, one of which went for 103 sessions.  I’m not a hater.  But I’ve played a LOT of other systems, so I know when something is not working properly.  Combat is BORING in D&D, unless the DM goes to great lengths to make it exciting.  You attack, or eldritch blast, or whatever.  Then you do that again.

I’m not an idiot, I know that’s not literally all that you do.  But it’s what the system encourages.  And that’s not how it has to be.  There are better systems.  Pathfinder 2e is amazing so far (I’m still learning it) if you’re okay with the rules being a little more crunchy.  FATE is a great system if you abhor the crunch.  Savage Worlds is a little in-between and has multiple settings.  There’s Blades in the Dark for a gritty heist kinda game.  There’s Monster of the Week if you want to have a simple game that still has some character growth.

5th edition is good to learn about what role playing games are, but I’m begging you to branch out.  Not just because of this OGL thing, (though that does mean WotC is losing a lot of 3rd party developers and let me tell you the official 5e adventures and source books are... not great) but because different systems are good for different things and different people and chances are there’s one out there that you’ll love SO MUCH MORE.

[pastelrune]

Lady Eglatine Solanales - Warlock of the Death Goddess

Sometimes you make a noblewoman who begged a contract from the goddess of death. Sometimes she's a gibson girl style fashionable young(?) lady. And then she takes a liking to a nerd from the occult society and it might be gay.

Teehee.

[krinsbez]

A TTRPG Question

For lore/fluff purposes, if I were to purchase all Deadlands SWADE stuff, would there still be value in also purchasing assorted Deadlands Classic Sourcebooks?

If so, which?

[dungeonsandkobolds]

I'm looking up GM advice for SWADE and everything's like 'It's not like DnD! You balance based on vibes'

Friendo I balance all my encounters in every ttrpg ever with my heart and not my brain

[gilfrespecter]

Putting that cowboy in another situation

[table-cat-games]

Street Wolves Flash Sale

It's my birthday, so I decided to run a flash sale on Street Wolves at Drive Thru RPG. You can get it for 50% today only (11/18). Stay rad, everyone!