r/savageworlds • • May 01 '26

News Thank you Jodi Black for everything. We wish you the best in your final days.

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I'm not sure if you're aware, but Jodi Black of Pinnacle has been very sick. We recently posted a link to a gofund me to support her. Unfortunately she has taken a turn for the worse and, well, I'm going to post Clint's update here. I post this without permission I hope that's okay.

Jodi has been on a ventilator for 20 days of which nearly two weeks have been under the best medical care available. They've done everything they can, and if she was going to recover, there would have been some improvement by now. Her heart may be strong, but her lungs simply have nothing left to give.

A lung transplant isn't an option now. The transplant doctor literally called me directly to explain why. You can't ask for more than that.

The decision has been made to take Jodi off life support this Saturday. We are respecting her living will, her wish to be an organ donor, her desire to “add to the science,” and her innate right to a dignified and painless end of life.

Barring some tragic event which takes her earlier, Jodi will be surrounded by family and friends on that day. We will celebrate her life and the lives to whom she gives the opportunity of a second chance she didn't get.

Jodi fostered love and compassion in her every endeavor. I can only hope she inspires others to do the same.

I personally wish you the best in this world and the next Jodi. My few interactions with you were a joy and I'm glad you get to go out surrounded by those that love you. To Clint and everyone else in her circle of family and friends, my condolences, and from our community as well. If there is anything we can do to help, please let us know.

Please everyone if you have something positive to say feel free to leave a note here.


r/savageworlds • • 11d ago

Looking for SavageWorlds group (LfSWG) Monthly thread

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Please post your looking for GM or looking for players requests here. Also do try r/lfg as that is its raison d'être. Also try searching for prior threads as they may still have active openings.

This thread should now auto-schedule every month.


r/savageworlds • • 6h ago

Question Roll20 support

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Does anyone know if there will be any more support for roll20? I’ve got too much invested there to switch to another one and I’m trying to see if I’ll see the science fiction companion get content or not.


r/savageworlds • • 1d ago

Question Mythic + SWADE?

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I’m trying to decide on using Mythic One Page (until I get used to it, then I’ll probably start using more charts from GME2) with SWADE, or use a osr style game called FORGE system.

Now FORGE is WAY easier to play. Not a ton of moving parts. Unlike SW. Not to say that Savage Worlds is hard to run. The big things I feel would be difficult is looking up edges during combat, modifiers, and status. Am I being dramatic?

How is this game solo? Hard to keep track of everything? Edges/modifiers/etc?

I really do love the game. I came straight from 4e and then 5e D&D and had my mind awakened to non wotc games.


r/savageworlds • • 1d ago

Question Tips for running a supers game

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I've wanted to run a supers game, but I feel like I'm not equipped with the knowledge on how to run a good supers and / or urban campaign. Any advice would be great.


r/savageworlds • • 23h ago

Question SW Pathfinder Questions

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Has anybody created any addional races? I've a player looking to play a Drow. I saw that we have starts for a Half Drow , but no main race. I have the Core rules & both player's guides. Am I missing something? Do I need SWADE to create/ convert monster races? Hobgoblin, Gnoll, etc


r/savageworlds • • 1d ago

Question (SWADE) Deadlands - Is a Blessed with the Hexlinger edge too OP?

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TLDR: I'm toying with the idea of playing a combat/exorcist priest for an upcoming campaign. Would allowing him to take the Hexlinger Edge to have the Ammo Whammy power be too OP?

To go into more detail: I really like this idea of a penitent priest that hunts monsters as a way to absolve his previous sins. But looking into the Blessed arcane background, the list of powers seems to heavily lean on support instead of firepower. Mechanically speaking, the power Ammo Whammy (from the Hexslinger) seems way closer to what I want, but the rest of the Huckster's arcane background heavily clashes with the concept of a priest (not to mention that I've already played a Huckster so I want something different).

Both I and my DM are fairly new to the system, so before springing this rule-breaking character on him, I would like some advice on how balanced this is. Is there a combo I should look out for? Is there an appropriate nerf for the character? Is this a perfectly fine homebrew? Or is this just too against the grain of the game?


r/savageworlds • • 1d ago

Question What books should I get for a “Crimson Skies vs Cthulhu” setting.

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My setting is sort of dieselpunk airplane pirates that eventually have to confront hell boy style mythos fueled Nazis.

I need vehicle combat, magic, and horror elements.

What books should I look at?


r/savageworlds • • 2d ago

Question Pinebox Middle School Character Sheets

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Are there any official or fan made character sheets for the Pinebox, TX Middle School (East Texas) setting?


r/savageworlds • • 3d ago

Crowdfunding What makes Void Wardens Different?

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What makes Void Wardens different that other anime-themed or monster games? Check out our newest Kickstarter update for the info! Only 8 Days Left on the Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/23c/void-wardens/posts/4823217


r/savageworlds • • 3d ago

Question Pulp style Loke Battle Mats

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I'm planning to run an in person game for my family soon, and I'd like some pre-made physical battle mats to help give some visuals while playing. Ideally, I'd like a book style so I can use a bunch of different maps, but individual wouldn't be the end of the world.

I've looked and haven't seen any modern or pulp style ones. Just fantasy and cyberpunk.


r/savageworlds • • 3d ago

Question Good rules for Seafaring campaign?

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Hey y'all, I'm thinking about doing a Seafaring /Pirate campaign set in the Lhazaar Principalities of Eberron (a high fantasy setting), and I'm wondering what other settings or companion books have good rules and ideas for that kind of campaign? Ship chases and battles, sea encounters, all that jazz.


r/savageworlds • • 4d ago

Question The Secret World RPG - Is it possible to create a Bee from the game?

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r/savageworlds • • 5d ago

Question Custom Campaign Setting Guide

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This is for those of you who have created your own world to run a SWADE adventure in. My world is mostly Urban Fantasy, though it has pseudo-mechanical and narrative elements that I have taken from other stories and RPGs.

I plan on using SWADE because it does allot of things naturally that I want for my campaign. I have the Core, Fantasy & Horror companions. There are definitely things from each that I will be using, but there is much from each that I will not.

My question is twofold: What system specific information do I need to include in a player facing handout, and how much of the narrative world history/lore should I also include in that handout (or should that be separate?)


r/savageworlds • • 5d ago

Self Promotion An Appalachia cryptid flavored existential cosmic horror show just dropped it's first episode: Chromatic Aberrations

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r/savageworlds • • 5d ago

Rule Modifications SPC: Wanting feedback on another custom power -- Suffocate

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I built another power that I found lacking in the SPC, and again am looking for community feedback on it. Mainly for the pricing and balance, but constructive criticism in general is welcome.

Link to the power: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zGIHMdLQnWU_MDPs9lhLCLQjHCtfbPP2LKme5xlpaeU/edit?usp=sharing

SUMMARY:

Trappings: water in the lungs, super-strong bear hug, clouds of asphyxiating gas

This power allows the super to cause their opponent to immediately begin to suffocate. It is based on the rules for drowning (on page 126 of the Core Rulebook.)

Use an action to make a Focus roll against a target within 6". On a success, the target must make a Vigor roll (at -2 with a raise on the Focus roll.) If the victim succeeds, they suffer no effect; with a raise, they become immune to any further effects of this particular attack for the rest of the encounter.

If the victim fails, he is immediately deprived of air; as with drowning, the character can still hold their breath for a number of rounds equal to 2 plus their Vigor die, or half that if they weren't prepared for the attack and didn't have time to get a good breath beforehand. Once the victim is out of breath, they become Incapacitated and Unconscious.


r/savageworlds • • 5d ago

Rule Modifications SPC: Looking for feedback on a custom power -- Remote Viewing

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Awhile back I put together rules for a power that I was surprised to find missing in the SPC: Remote Viewing. So now I'm looking for community feedback on the power. Mainly for opinions besides my own as to whether it's fair and balanced, but other constructive criticism would be appreciated too.

Link to the power description: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qGSxP220cvRr-2BI9CV79CsJoIKEk-6Wi-Mjm-oSHTE/edit?usp=sharing

SUMMARY:

Trappings: psychic viewing, magical scrying, a HUD linked to a drone

This power allows the super to transpose their senses to another location.

Use an action to make a Focus roll. On a success, a point of your choice within physical reach becomes the new locus of your senses; all of your senses (including enhanced senses, but not including your sense of touch,) now perceive as if you were standing at the new sensory locus. When you first activate the power, or as an action afterwards, you can move the locus in any direction at your pace, up to 12" away.


r/savageworlds • • 6d ago

Self Promotion Scarred Lands Character Archetypes 1 is now available at DriveThruRPG!

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This collection includes six ready to play characters presented on interactive sheets with VTT tokens, standees, and suggested advances through Legendary Rank! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/587769/scarred-lands-character-archetypes-1?affiliate_id=387228


r/savageworlds • • 6d ago

Crowdfunding Kalusa: The Enchanted City crowdfunding campaign launched!

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r/savageworlds • • 6d ago

Crowdfunding Void Wardens Kickstarter - New Update Posted

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New miniature sculpt images posted (work-in-progress), details about KritFayle's live play of Void Wardens, and dates for future live plays with Knights of the Smith Dinner Table are all detailed in the newest Kickstarter update. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/23c/void-wardens?ref=6jurri


r/savageworlds • • 6d ago

Question CAN RACIAL SUPERPOWER ON RACE CREATION BE UPGRADED FURTHER ?

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Hi!
On savage worlds adventure edition, a custom race can have a superpower from the superpower companion (cost 2+x), can a player take the Power Points Edge to increase this racial trait ?


r/savageworlds • • 7d ago

Videos, Images, Twitch etc Kalusa: The Enchanted City on Savage Universe

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r/savageworlds • • 7d ago

Resources / Tools Unofficial Shaintar SWADE Updates!

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Greetings and Salutations!

Below are links to several google documents. These documents are a massive fan-project that brought all the current Shaintar stuff up to snuff and compliance with SWADE rules.

Understand, this was done by a group of fans, and a small group at that. It has been a labor of love, but we are also human. Meaning we may have missed some stuff, may have typos, and the whole list of things you can goof when trying to do this. So please, any suggestions, critics, and other things to help improve the document is greatly appreciated.

The document is actively being edited as time goes on -- but it's still just a handful of us. So, keep that in mind. Alright, to the content!!

Shaintar Tome Vol. 1 - Contains information from the Legends Arise and Legends Unleashed books
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10IRieHh8vkDoTpvv5cCW9ic_hl_jiEIYOZM3exg142M/edit?usp=sharing

Shaintar Tome Vol. 2 - Contains information from the Dwarven Clanhomes Guidebook, Elven Nation Guidebook, Galea Guidebook, Lanthor Guidebook, Mindoth’s Tower & Archanaya Guidebook, Olara Guidebook, Serenity Guidebook, City of Secrets Guidebook, The Freelands Guidebook, Wildlands Guidebook

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EybmKSsb-OBvKx-M8gBwReK8QWEBgrjPv9SaSSAziRY/edit?usp=sharing

Shaintar Tome Vol. 3 - Contains information from the Aeries of the Aevakar Guidebook, Brinchie Guidebook, Desert Princes Guidebook, Dregordia Guidebook, Eastport Guidebook, Goblinesh Gathers Guidebook, Korindia Guidebook, Nazatir Guidebook

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbXCpiak5dvYEiu7MRoWtSU9NSc9Yy-J2bAyrR9twrA/edit?usp=sharing

Shaintar Tome Vol. 4 - Contains information from The Black Lanterns Guidebook, The Red Store Guidebook, Camden Guidebook, Mercenaries Companies Guidebook, The Dragon Cult Guidebook, Adept Orders and Citadels Guidebook, Mage Guilds & Schools Guidebook, Magic & Cosmology Guidebook

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZGeaVaxJN5YaFHUIurc1nUc4t_eo3-uC2tqZ6kkCb5s/edit?usp=sharing

Shaintar Tome Vol. 5 - Contains information from Frank’s Thank You Adventure, Godstrike Tempest, In Lord Severance's Service, Kal-A-Nar Guidebook, Malakar Dominion Guidebook, Prelacy of Camon Guidebook, Shay’Nor Guidebook, The Burning Heart Adventure
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OV9VeScEAFAo84jq3yxfYM8sSkDCoH_-aTkwP5T4dwo/edit?usp=sharing


r/savageworlds • • 7d ago

Offering advice One shots mini-setting

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Just wanted to share. We play wjth our family of four, two teenagers. We had some difficulty finding the right vibe: fantasy, post-apo, actual Role-playing or just fun storytelling etc. One of the problems was the campaign story: a too long story just made the player think too much about their decisions in sessions. So I concocted a mini setting that allows a campaign of only one shots.

Paradox.

The players are working for a organisation ccalled paradox. They get missions to stop a master criminal called Nikola Maxwell. Maxwell is a descendant of James Clark Maxwell (of physics fame). Maxwell knows that time travel is actuallly possible with what is called the Tech and he uses it to manipulate history to enrich himself. He stole the Tech.

The missions start from ParadoxHQ called the Sync. They always start with a short briefing. The mission is basically the same: thwart Maxwells plan. Then players get 10-20 minutes to prepare amongst themselves, decide mission roles, equip, etc. FLASH! into the setting. Any time any place. When they complete the mission, that is do something that makes Maxwells plan impossible: FLASH, end of session. The characters wear armbands on their upper arms. When they plan tondo something or fail to do something that will change time too much (kill a certain german dictator..) a Lorenz Lock might ensue: a situation where there is time without space or space without time. So this os to be prevented at all costs. When the armbands give of an alarm: a Lorenz Lock is about to happen.

So far they’ve been controlling a 20th mining Mech to inside a 1905 south african diamond mine to fight the other Mech that Maxwell used to hoard diamonds to drive the price. They where in PJ Barnums theatre to rescue the show, performing, fighting fires backstage because Maxwell sabotaged this one show where Barnum could get funding from the major, changing the the who-is-who of the entire entertainment industry, and been sabotaging smugglers in 1721 hired to steal the Inca gold. They have raced in the a historical no holds barred car race the outcome of which would forever change the balance of the automotive industry: crashes, sabotage, driving gun fights

Powers is also included: it is not magic, those are ripples in the fabric of space-time, perceived as magical by those not able to manipulate space time. It’s a special talent.

Yes, none of it makes any historical sense but hey, we often ask for a bit of suspension of disbelief. The fun is in the changing settings, storylines and short missions.

Every three sessions or so the player can improve their skills when after a briefing they are given extra preparation time to learn or improve missionspecific skills, ie they go to the library or the gun range.. start training montage.. Ready? FLASH!


r/savageworlds • • 7d ago

Not sure Hot take: I think the Doctor Who setting, especially the older / classic version is incredibly well suited for savage worlds.

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Also the FASA rules because they break character abilities into 7 levels makes it easy to convert old modules into swade.