Savage Rules
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 11:22 pm
I kind of like Savage Worlds but there are a few things that bother me about the system including wiff factor (hitting but doing no damage), loss of action for being shaken, attributes limiting skills and awarding bennies for good roleplaying.
Here is a few rules I came up with and they might be fairly drastic. I was wondering what others think:
1. Skills and stats limits are limited by level.
* Hero limit d10
* Veteran limit d12
* Legend limit d12+2
Attributes no longer limit skills.
3. Shaken - you no longer loose your action. Instead pcs loose their wild die and extras are at -2. To become unshaken you can spend a Bennie or an action (no soak roll).
4. Damage - if a character hits they are immediately shaken. Each raise does a point of damage. All wildcards get an extra health level starting with a 0 penalty. So health levels go 0 -1 -2 -3.
5. Spending Bennies- bennies can be spent to remove a single wound per Bennie when damage is dealt.
Bennies can be spent for a +1 to the total after the roll.
6. Gaining bennies - gain a Bennie when you score a raise that does not have an immediate mechanical effect. Only one Bennie can be gained this way (1, 2 or 3 raises all = 1 Bennie)
7. Leveling up - stats and skills can be increased by 1.
Here is a few rules I came up with and they might be fairly drastic. I was wondering what others think:
1. Skills and stats limits are limited by level.
* Hero limit d10
* Veteran limit d12
* Legend limit d12+2
Attributes no longer limit skills.
3. Shaken - you no longer loose your action. Instead pcs loose their wild die and extras are at -2. To become unshaken you can spend a Bennie or an action (no soak roll).
4. Damage - if a character hits they are immediately shaken. Each raise does a point of damage. All wildcards get an extra health level starting with a 0 penalty. So health levels go 0 -1 -2 -3.
5. Spending Bennies- bennies can be spent to remove a single wound per Bennie when damage is dealt.
Bennies can be spent for a +1 to the total after the roll.
6. Gaining bennies - gain a Bennie when you score a raise that does not have an immediate mechanical effect. Only one Bennie can be gained this way (1, 2 or 3 raises all = 1 Bennie)
7. Leveling up - stats and skills can be increased by 1.