Savage Worlds- Anyone doing anything with it?

Sigmund · February 08, 2011, 10:11:00 AM

I've really been wanting to play 50 Fathoms with SW, but have yet to find someone interested in running it.

Daedalus · February 08, 2011, 10:47:40 AM

Quote from: Sigmund;438536I've really been wanting to play 50 Fathoms with SW, but have yet to find someone interested in running it.

50 Fathoms does indeed look like an interesting setting. I would love to be able to play and/or run this setting myself

Malladin · February 08, 2011, 03:37:21 PM

Just finished playing the first two scenarios in a Day After Ragnarok mini campaign. Party consists of various specialists gathered from across the Commonwealth to serve as an occult counter intelligence and investigation team for the Special Intelligence Service, the precursor to MI6. Great setting and some great pulp adventure with the theme of the adventures working really well with it.

hanszurcher · February 08, 2011, 05:16:20 PM

I have some ideas about a 70's era Realms of Cthulhu Rockford Files-esque campaign. Currently in the research stage...and selling it to players stage...and finding time stage....

Hopefully this summer!

-Hans

Danger · February 08, 2011, 06:56:39 PM

Quote from: hanszurcher;438663I have some ideas about a 70's era Realms of Cthulhu Rockford Files-esque campaign.

Hah! This is beautiful in such a glorious way.

Dibs on being the trucker, good buddy!

Cole · February 08, 2011, 07:01:41 PM

Quote from: hanszurcher;438663I have some ideas about a 70's era Realms of Cthulhu Rockford Files-esque campaign. Currently in the research stage...and selling it to players stage...and finding time stage....

Hopefully this summer!

-Hans

This sounds very right to me. Especially if you mix in the flavor of second tier 70's marvel comics, a little Johnny Blaze, a little Son of Satan, a giant-size Man-Thing here or there....

Daedalus · February 08, 2011, 09:24:11 PM

Quote from: hanszurcher;438663I have some ideas about a 70's era Realms of Cthulhu Rockford Files-esque campaign. Currently in the research stage...and selling it to players stage...and finding time stage....

Hopefully this summer!

-Hans

Sounds interesting. Would like to hear more of this idea

GrimJesta · February 09, 2011, 12:38:21 PM

Awesome to see other people rockin' the Realms of Cthulhu. I happen to love it. I tend to go Pulp/Gritty, since I like the idea of people punching out High Priests, but losing their fucking minds the second a cosmic horror shows up.

-=Grim=-

Daedalus · February 09, 2011, 05:34:02 PM

It's great to hear all of the good ideas.

As anyone tried The Savage World of Solomon Kane

Malladin · February 09, 2011, 06:33:28 PM

I haven't used The Savage World of Solomon Kane for SW though I've stolen loads of the plot points to build Witch Hunter scenarios and they're pretty good. As a big Howard fan I think the book does a good job of capturing the feel of the Solomon Kane stories and would work really well with SW.

Cole · February 09, 2011, 06:44:07 PM

Quote from: Malladin;439150I haven't used The Savage World of Solomon Kane for SW though I've stolen loads of the plot points to build Witch Hunter scenarios and they're pretty good. As a big Howard fan I think the book does a good job of capturing the feel of the Solomon Kane stories and would work really well with SW.

How exactly to the "plot points" work in the setting books? I just have Explorer's Edition.

Tommy Brownell · February 09, 2011, 06:50:21 PM

Quote from: Daedalus;439124It's great to hear all of the good ideas.

As anyone tried The Savage World of Solomon Kane

We have over here...didn't get very far before the player's living situation changed, derailing things (which also derailed Necessary Evil)...it was pretty great, too. Has a Power Point free magic system (though it uses generic spell components, so there is still tracking to do)..

Tommy Brownell · February 09, 2011, 06:54:19 PM

Quote from: Cole;439154How exactly to the "plot points" work in the setting books? I just have Explorer's Edition.

It's essentially a campaign, with the plot points being the major...er...plot points in the campaign. If you are familiar with the d20/Pathfinder Adventure Paths, it's like that, but less tightly scripted, as there are never enough plot points to walk you straight from Novice to the end of the campaign.

That said, they always include Savage Tales, which are optional adventures that you can use to fill in as you see fit, and you can add in your own along the way. Sometimes they are tied into the mythology of the setting and sometimes they are completely unrelated to the greater plot, but they are always optional to the published campaign.

Daedalus · February 09, 2011, 07:39:16 PM

Quote from: Malladin;439150I haven't used The Savage World of Solomon Kane for SW though I've stolen loads of the plot points to build Witch Hunter scenarios and they're pretty good. As a big Howard fan I think the book does a good job of capturing the feel of the Solomon Kane stories and would work really well with SW.

Do you need to have read the books to use it or can it just be used as is?

Daedalus · February 09, 2011, 07:39:52 PM

Quote from: Tommy Brownell;439155We have over here...didn't get very far before the player's living situation changed, derailing things (which also derailed Necessary Evil)...it was pretty great, too. Has a Power Point free magic system (though it uses generic spell components, so there is still tracking to do)..

I have to be honest, Necessary Evil really is attractive to me and I would love to either run it or play it (though I would prefer to play it then run it)