Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

[USP45]

Hi all -
Just discovering SW and really excited to get going after perusing the Test Drive v6. What's the actual core rules? Is it Explorers Edition? (Or is that a variant/player's version of the core rules?)

[CAM]

The Savage Worlds Explorer Edition is the current edition of the core rules.
Welcome, and have fun!

[islan]

Well met! Please make use of these forums as there is a lot of help available; Questions on the Core Rules section is always a fun read. And if you ever have a Savage question to ask the community, no matter what, please feel free to ask away!

[Jordan Peacock]

The Savage Worlds Explorer's Edition is the most current version of the rules, called the "Explorer's Edition" primarily because it's a softcover. (You can find an entry for the Explorer's Edition here on the Studio 2 site.)

Also, the "Pirates of the Spanish Main RPG" and "Savage World of Solomon Kane" books are special in that in addition to containing information relevant to their respective settings, they also include the basics of the Savage Worlds rules, character creation, etc. However, they limit themselves to whatever is relevant to the setting, and include some tweaks appropriate to the genre.

So, for instance, since Pirates of the Spanish Main isn't a setting where heroes can be spellcasters, they don't bother getting into "Arcane Backgrounds," and the Solomon Kane book has an entirely different way of treating magic (more ritualistic and time-consuming, rather than D&D-ish instant fireballs) that's introduced instead of the core rules "Power Point" system.
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[USP45]

Thanks for the info! Wow, checking out these forums makes me doubly excited to join this community.

Can't wait for some FFF!

[Magnus]

[islan]

[Enpeze]

If you want to play fantasy with SW then you could also find the Fantasy Companion very handy.

[Takeda]

I second the Fantasy Companion. If you buy that, "You'll be glad you did!"
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[USP45]

About to purchase the Explorer's Edition core rules. Do y'all know if there's a difference in editions or printings of the book? e.g. might one printing have certain errata that others don't?

[Ron Blessing]

[robert4818]

you forgot the INDEX!

[Thunderforge]

[Ron Blessing]