tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post5356833272120839568..comments2023-12-31T14:46:29.023-06:00Comments on The Most Unread Blog on the Internet. Ever.: Savage Worlds Characters Are All The Same: Here There Be LegendsTommy Brownellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17180619896434787529noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-38841889003798189372012-09-11T23:13:58.579-05:002012-09-11T23:13:58.579-05:00Exactly! Its really a player thing instead of the ...Exactly! Its really a player thing instead of the Savage Worlds System.Nitehoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515774314024082289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-3315889208455720612012-09-10T06:35:22.184-05:002012-09-10T06:35:22.184-05:00But that's true of any system. If everyone sit...But that's true of any system. If everyone sits around the table deciding to make the same character, the shockingly, their characters come out of it looking identical.<br /><br />My point is that Savage Worlds characters are far more versatile than some folks say...all that versatility means nothing if everyone still makes the same character and picks the same advances when they gain XP.Tommy Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180619896434787529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-44377187123448794112012-09-10T01:23:32.418-05:002012-09-10T01:23:32.418-05:00I know I am chiming in late here, but you are one ...I know I am chiming in late here, but you are one guy who has purposly made the characters different as they were aged. I like savage worlds, but most games are short lived before players switch characters and games within SW. I jumped into a long running game for a few sessions and the characters around the table were pretty much the same. All the different players all wanted the the same for their PC as they advanced and ended picking up much of the same thing. There were 5 Errol Flyns around the table. LOL.Nitehoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515774314024082289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-35418513069669349072011-12-09T17:44:35.168-06:002011-12-09T17:44:35.168-06:00Hm. Yeah, I can probably do that. It does seem to ...Hm. Yeah, I can probably do that. It does seem to generate new traffic to the site that it would be worth the effort.Tommy Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180619896434787529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-9022565315211565232011-12-09T12:04:35.978-06:002011-12-09T12:04:35.978-06:00Could you add links to the next article in this se...Could you add links to the next article in this series to the end of the earlier articles? I just found and read the series today and that would have been a great help.Imanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387973127748849540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-42954005607088612122011-02-02T10:23:46.221-06:002011-02-02T10:23:46.221-06:00Thanks for the compliments.
Persuasion won't ...Thanks for the compliments.<br /><br />Persuasion won't be immediately useful against most enemies, I would say...unless they are inherently inclined to not try to kill you. (Random thugs trying to ambush you in the street may be able to be talked down, but an assassin hired to kill you, definitely not).Tommy Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180619896434787529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-37143867707161684262011-02-02T10:17:24.949-06:002011-02-02T10:17:24.949-06:00I have a super/rifts character that is meant to be...I have a super/rifts character that is meant to be the face (fearless leader) but with her +6 CHR bonus, I cant seem to figure out how to get persuasion and streetwise into the game.<br />my persuasion rolls dont seem to have much effect on the enemy, even when im rolling (13) as my total.<br />ideas?<br />love the blog article path, well done. since nov 2009, SW has been my game of choice, I run Mars, Space 1889, Thrilling Tales, and a Top Secret/espionage crossover. I play in a deadlands/space1889, and a few others.<br />Love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-87795929374780575322011-01-24T04:05:27.635-06:002011-01-24T04:05:27.635-06:00Thanks for sharing that! In fact, I thought about ...Thanks for sharing that! In fact, I thought about (and may still) doing a Deadlands posse for the purpose of showing just such differentiation (i.e., how to make two or three gunslingers feel like their own characters).Tommy Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180619896434787529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-67033989314449511542011-01-23T23:24:13.598-06:002011-01-23T23:24:13.598-06:00In one of the myriad SW games I've been playin...In one of the myriad SW games I've been playing, Mars, I am playing a Green Martian who's not terribly hard to hit, but is difficult to hurt while one of the other players has a character who is rather hard to touch. On our own (and in my initial ignorance and our experimentation as new SW players) we've pretty much pursued our own versions of "Hulk Smash" and "Don't Hit Me".<br /> <br />Meanwhile I have a newly created Super who'll be tough to hit be it melee or Shooting and a new Deadlands/Space 1889 cross-breed who will be a talker. Granted, in that last one, a lot of us have picked up Duelist edges, but the characters are all rather different.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10281384330744462567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-60789978893378185482011-01-21T09:55:52.131-06:002011-01-21T09:55:52.131-06:00There is a Savage Worlds take on Star Wars floatin...There is a Savage Worlds take on Star Wars floating around that I'm using for a play-by-post game right now. Might be a little clunky for a first draft but it is very playable.Jim Davenporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06945240802128703611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-22420291162160105262011-01-21T03:16:45.201-06:002011-01-21T03:16:45.201-06:00That was actually Plan B if he proved to like the ...That was actually Plan B if he proved to like the idea of the game, but not take to the game itself (or if I did).Tommy Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180619896434787529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-68375133303755080132011-01-21T02:34:41.904-06:002011-01-21T02:34:41.904-06:00I've got the D6 version but once again have ne...I've got the D6 version but once again have never played it. The Force rules seem a bit complicated to me. I was thinking of simplifying it to Mini-Six with the Force as a type of "magic". Although I have kicked around the idea of converting Barbarians of Lemuria to Star Wars.<br /><br />Have you thought of trying Savage Worlds with Star Wars?Narmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635665594860371230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-82270604201217725392011-01-21T02:29:58.301-06:002011-01-21T02:29:58.301-06:00It's the only official Star Wars game I will r...It's the only official Star Wars game I will run. I prefer it to D6, and it's light years better than the previous two d20 incarnations.<br /><br />We went that route because my son is a *really* big Star Wars fan, and I was able to get a good deal on a trade for the corebook...(I now have the entire line, and managed to get everything at cover or less, even as books fell out of print).Tommy Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180619896434787529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-68760413954066792292011-01-21T02:25:04.191-06:002011-01-21T02:25:04.191-06:00Wow, Star Wars Saga Edition. That's impressiv...Wow, Star Wars Saga Edition. That's impressive. I'm afraid to look at that myself. I'll have to try Savage Worlds on my 10 yr old.Narmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635665594860371230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-4522966060995872682011-01-21T02:20:42.146-06:002011-01-21T02:20:42.146-06:00The only thing I've played with my son so far ...The only thing I've played with my son so far is ICONS and Star Wars Saga Edition.<br /><br />I actually have no doubt that he could grasp Savage Worlds, because he was almost there with Star Wars, and God knows d20 is more of a bear than Savage Worlds is.Tommy Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180619896434787529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-85202059815847041752011-01-21T02:15:03.800-06:002011-01-21T02:15:03.800-06:00Do you play with the little ones?Do you play with the little ones?Narmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635665594860371230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-5089953187768719722011-01-20T22:49:13.544-06:002011-01-20T22:49:13.544-06:00It had a VERY noticeable spike in traffic for the ...It had a VERY noticeable spike in traffic for the blog, actually...=)<br /><br />We haven't had any complexity issues, but we went from Deadlands Classic to Savage Worlds, and Classic is noticeably more complex than SW...in play, it is one of the fastest running systems I have ever used.Tommy Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180619896434787529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-76222847221595196732011-01-20T22:13:35.880-06:002011-01-20T22:13:35.880-06:00Congratulations, Tommy. I saw this post in the Dr...Congratulations, Tommy. I saw this post in the DriveThruRPG Newsletter. Pretty cool. I think that will get you a few more hits for The Most Unread Blog!<br /><br />I've had the Savage Worlds Explorers Edition for quite a while now but have yet to do something with it. I also have Slipstream, which seems cool. Sigh. Now, again because of you, I will have to pull out SW and give it another look.<br /><br />It's not that I disliked it I just thought it was to complex for my gaming group.Narmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635665594860371230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-87894633078571776732011-01-20T21:04:21.686-06:002011-01-20T21:04:21.686-06:00Agreed.
I have ran supers, horror, western horror...Agreed.<br /><br />I have ran supers, horror, western horror, pulp action and fantasy with it, and not only did it do them all fine, none of them felt like I was just running the same thing over and over again.<br /><br />It's my favorite in-print system for a reason.Tommy Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180619896434787529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-83355572964267834502011-01-20T21:01:17.479-06:002011-01-20T21:01:17.479-06:00I agree, SW characters do not look more the same a...I agree, SW characters do not look more the same as characters in other RPG systems.<br /><br />And if you like the system (!) is is every flexible, sturdy and can almost do anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-77578744770763574302011-01-09T21:07:52.346-06:002011-01-09T21:07:52.346-06:00I've seen this canard pop up multiple times on...I've seen this canard pop up multiple times on message boards, usually from people who have never played the game, or played it once and, I suspect, everyone around the table jumped towards making basically the same guy.<br /><br />So this whole series started with me statting up two melee fighters who interacted with combat differently, and grew into this.<br /><br />There was a point around Seasoned where I had to work a little harder at "niche protection", but after that, they went pretty wildly apart.<br /><br />I hope you enjoy Savage Worlds...it's currently my favorite in-print system (or I wouldn't have bothered with all of this...=) ).Tommy Brownellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180619896434787529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5653336650226595656.post-89303136672308869892011-01-09T21:01:06.941-06:002011-01-09T21:01:06.941-06:00I got Savage Worlds for Christmas this year. While...I got Savage Worlds for Christmas this year. While I enjoy the size of the book (rather low buy-in, what with one book and a couple hundred pages) and the overall flavor of the game, I find the presentation and 'journey' through the book to be a bit clumsy. Still, it seems to be a nice system.<br /><br />To weigh in on the matter presented, characters are no more similar to one another than two class members of a d20 system would be. I use a home-brewed system that is point-based. I find this approach to spawn more interesting and diverse characters.<br /><br />Surely I've chimed in prematurely, as I wasn't around to witness this silly declaration that SW characters are the same, but, well, I'm already out there, aren't I?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16706477847686010949noreply@blogger.com