Savage Worlds
Despite its quirks, Savage Worlds may be the best universal system when it comes to balancing groups of wildly disparate abilities and power levels. And they have some incredibly, fun settings to play in, including those below. As of 2019, Savage Worlds upgraded to the new Savage Worlds ADventure Edition (SWADE), so the information here will gradually shift to focus on that new edition.
Game Mechanic Note: In Savage Worlds, a flat +1 bonus is roughly equivalent to a +1 die type increase. (The flat bonus is a teeny bit better because it doesn't reduce the chance of Acing.) The same applies to flat penalties; e.g., a -1 penalty is a teeny bit worse than a -1 die type reduction.
SWADE House Rules
Our house rules that apply to every genre and setting (plus some official clarifications)
- SWADE Big and Small Races: Rules for races not of Normal size
Deadlands: The Weird West
The long-awaited new edition of "the Spaghetti Western with Meat!"
Savage Borderlands: BAE
My revision of the fan-made Savage Borderlands, updating it to SWADE and to Borderlands 3
Savage Pathfinder
Classic fantasy gaming in a streamlined, modern system
Savage Rifts
Adventuring through a crazy post-post-apocalyptic world using SWADE
Other Resources
- SWADE Grimoire - A Word document, easily edited into a custom grimoire
- Warrior's Gift, Expanded - The power, along with a summary of useful Combat Edges sorted by Rank
- Savage Worlds Dice Odds - Probability lists on a Google Spreadsheet
- On Exploding Dice - The average value of dice that "ace"
My Supplements
- Tactical SWADE: Modern Gun Options - Firearm customization, detection, concealment, and more