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[Magnus]

I just posted a bunch of Edges and Hindrances from the Dogs of Hades book on the Savage Mojo Wiki for your viewing pleasure.
Some of them are slightly setting specific such as the Priest edge, the Winning Athlete edge, Hades Wants You! or Hubris hindrances, or they deal with elements from the Savage Suzerain rules such as the Telesmae edges but a lot of them are more general and could be adopted to other types of games:

Trademark Armor

Impale

Diplomat

Some hindrances:

Achilles Heel

Pride
and worse yet
Wrath

As always comments are more than welcome.
Magnus
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Garden of Athena
Book 1: Dogs of Hades

[Lord Lance]

1st of all, thanks for sharing.

Then, about Impale, I think that give +2/+4 damage to weapon attacks with Reach (really powerful as they are, in Savage Worlds... no first strike reprise, no problems withdrawing from melee etc.) is really too much. Maybe +1/+2 is quite balanced. (of course, if in your settings the "+2 damage bonuses" are quite common, then leave all as is).
Finally, about Wraith, I'd change the free action to calm down in a "whole turn in which the character does nothing but trying to calm down". Otherwise is too easy to shut the wrath down.
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[Magnus]

[Lord Lance]

Impale: yeah, I read the 1" limitation, but of course I every time I attack an enemy, I'll do at distance, to gain those bonuses; finally, if I have an adjacent enemy, I can gain 1" or 2" distance (while standing in the reach of my weapon), without suffering AoO! So I virtually can enjoy those bonuses every time. (there are posts in which Clint explain this point)

Wrath: you leave few space to roleplay with this edge! It's a major one, and very "limitating": you suffer an insult > you almost have to kill the backbiter.
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"Balance is the key, Trapping is the word." - - Lord Lance

Proud creator of the SAVAGE FREE BESTIARY

[Magnus]

[Magnus]

Here is a list of the most common weapons and armor of the Athenians, including Aegis Shields, Recurve Blasters and Hades Blades.

Likewise a small example of the weapons and armor used by the barbarians of the Athenian Hegemony and the Sakalid Empire.

By the way starting cash is 500 drachma, to give an idea of the prices.

Athenians fighting Athenians should be about evenly matched (damage and AP vs. Armor) but are often vastly superior to the barbarians, though by no means invincible.
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[Magnus]

A list of the new hindrances from Dogs of Hades.

I couldn't make a setting centered on Ancient Greeks without having theAchilles Heel
Hindrance. It's pretty dangerous - especially if it becomes known to your enemies.

The Easily Distracted hindrance is perfect for the "professor-type" who don't take personal dangers too serious.

Another dangerous hindrance, the Hades Wants You! hindrance was created by one of the play-testers. He later regretted it, but I liked it a lot, so we kept it...

The Hubris and Nemesis hindrances were also a must in a Hellenistic themed world. Nemesis can only be "achieved" if you ignore Hubris for too long, though.
I'll post more on the Wrath of the Gods and Divine Aid later.

As with the other Greek themed hindrancesPride had to be its own hindrance, not just a Habit or Quirk variation.

The Sense of Duty hindrance was important to explain the feelings of the Athenians towards their Polis. I could have called it Patriotism or Nationalism, but I wanted something that had no particular positive or negative connotations.

The Slave hindrance is only really fun if it is a planned part of the group dynamics. It's a vital part of the Athenian culture, so I had to include it, but it's always dangerous to have rules that affect the interaction between the PCs. Use with caution

Thin Skinned With all the macho warriors walking around in game I needed something to make a true whimp as a counterweight.

The Traitor really combine the "Enemy" hindrance with a hefty negative Charisma penalty against a certain group of people. It's mainly for Barbarian characters, though certain Athenians may also take it.

This hindrance is part of the Logician "package". A Logician gets almost physically ill when trying to lie and the "Big Mouth" hindrance just wasn't enough in my head. So I made the much worse version calledThruthful

Much like Pride, I wanted Wrath to have its own hindrance and not just be a Quirk or Habit.

Many Athenians suffer from Xenophobia and a belief that they are "special" compared to the Barbarians of their Hegemony.

Comments are welcome as always.

Stay Savage,
Magnus
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Garden of Athena
Book 1: Dogs of Hades

[Magnus]

Here is a list of Edges from Dogs of Hades.

Armored Pankration Fighting

Born Leader

Colonial Background

Controlled Barbarian Rage

Diplomat

Dirty Fighter

Excellent Gymnasium

Fatal Beauty

Hetaera

Hoplite

Impale

Iron Jaw

Knowledge of Human Anatomy

Logician

Logician Fighting

Lunge

Martial Artist

Olympic Throwing

Olympic Training

Phalanx Commander

Priest

Shield Expert and Shield Master

Speed Speak

Superior Artist

Sway the Masses

Thasopolis Academy

Trademark Armor and Improved Trademark Armor

Well-Rounded Hero

Winning Athlete

As always comments are welcome.
Magnus
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Garden of Athena
Book 1: Dogs of Hades

[Magnus]

These formation fighting rules are easily adaptable to any type of ancient or medieval campaign or for Showdown skirmishes.

Formation Fighting

Enjoy,
Magnus
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Garden of Athena
Book 1: Dogs of Hades

[Magnus]

These rules are for "Divine Aid" in the Garden of Athena Realm.
In many ways it is simply an extended list of things you can use bennies ("Karma" in Savage Suzerain terms) for, with the caviat that the gods might punish you if you abuse their aid.

Divine Aid

As always, comments are welcome.

Stay Savage,
Magnus
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Garden of Athena
Book 1: Dogs of Hades