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Virgobrown72 · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:39 am Post subject:

Something I cribbed from the World of Darkness games I attempted to play:

I have my characters choose a Nature to further define their characters, and give one Bennie a session for role playing Natures or Hindrances well...

Natures are very broad ideals of what the characters general demeanor my be, for example:

• Bravo: There are winners and losers in
life, and you are definitely a winner. You reinforce your self-worth by dominating situations, whether they're physical brawls or political intrigues. You might terrorize or protect the weak, but such weakness is not something you tolerate in yourself. You don't know the meaning of fear, and failure is not an option. Then again, you're not sure what discretion means either, and compromise isn't on your list of choices.
Gain a Benny whenever you make someone else back down.

Or...

Architect: You are driven to create something of lasting value for those who come after you, whether you create a new social order, a company, art or some other legacy. Disorder and decay are your enemies; you hope to bring about order and progress through your efforts. If you become fixated on your goal, you may force your dream on others.
Gain a Benny when you accomplish a significant goal.

I've found the combination of Natures and Hindrances can make for some very cool roleplaying moments, and even my combat monsters dig it when they get to play these out!!!

Boo-Yah!!! Wink

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Kythkyn · Seasoned Joined: 23 Aug 2012 Posts: 126 Location: WNY

Those look like White Wolf's natures.
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SeeleyOne · Seasoned Joined: 29 Sep 2010 Posts: 228

They are.

The post even said so when it said "World of Darkness".
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Virgobrown72 · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 2:26 pm Post subject:

Kythkyn · Seasoned Joined: 23 Aug 2012 Posts: 126 Location: WNY

I'm glad you found a use for them then, because they just never seemed to do anything for us in WoD, hehe
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Virgobrown72 · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:34 am Post subject:

No they really didn't. I figured that in Savage Worlds, although a lot of it is geared for fats combat resolution, using this, and attaching an actual mechanic to it can up the ante a bit for role playing, even those that don't do it often. It has worked beautifully so far...
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Kythkyn · Seasoned Joined: 23 Aug 2012 Posts: 126 Location: WNY

Actually, I kind of like the idea of using the natures in the way you have it, Virgobrown72. I may try to use it with a smaller group and see how it goes.
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Virgobrown72 · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 5:43 pm Post subject:

Yh, with the Natures+Hindrances, it really brought a few characters to life, and made for some cool and amusing roleplaying moments...

Give it a whirl!!! Wink

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Nordicnomad · Seasoned Joined: 08 Jun 2012 Posts: 108

Something I like that we're doing right now is no one hit incapacitation, so monster damage can only do two wounds in a single turn.

But to even it out the GM designates a consequence for getting your clock cleaned and the character is unceremoniously thrown across the room and prone. Examples:
- Important equipment is lost or broken. Gun has barrel snapped off, eye glasses are missing, you lose a shoe. If you're lucky you can tell something's broke before you try to use it again. :/
- Specific injuries. Concussion that makes -2 knowledge rolls until healed, sprained knee that reduces pace, hair or eyebrows are burned off in evenly causing a -2 to charisma until it grows back.
- Character has on the fear or sanity tables.
- Where appropriate, the character is prone and unconscious for one turn before he can get up.

Livens things up a bit beyond your typical character gets his ass kicked with one massive blow situation.

Virgobrown72 · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:13 pm Post subject:

I dont do strength minimums for weapons. Confused

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tigerguy786 · Seasoned Joined: 26 Nov 2011 Posts: 433

Recent one that I implemented (thanks to another GM I know):
Magical healing is not modified by the wound levels on the target (unless the healer is trying to heal himself of course)
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Virgobrown72 · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 4:25 pm Post subject:

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Virgobrown72 · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:41 pm Post subject:

Uhhhhhh, mainly in the fact that with RAW, chara ters who do t have the requires die suffer a little more when it comes to weapon use. It kinda bergs them a little, cause RAW kills any weapon bonuses too. The way ive been playing it, it just seems simpler, but still playable...
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When characters advance, they can purchase a new skill at a d4 for one skill point, just like in character creation.
You can take any combination of Major and Minor Hindrances during Character Creation, but cannot gain more than 4 Hindrance Points. (e.g. you can take two Majors or four Minors, not necessarily one Major and two minors)
If you don't purchase an attribute increase for an advance in one rank, you can get it at a later rank (e.g. if you don't do an attribute increase as a Novice Advance, you can do two in Seasoned Rank). Same with the New Power Edge.
When using the Skill Specialization setting rule, you get one free Skill Specialization when you get the skill at a d4.
If you miss on a Throwing roll, the object goes in a random direction 1 inch per number you missed the TN by (rather than 1d6 inches regardless of how badly you missed)
In Necessary Evil and other high tech settings, Piloting covers the functionality of Boating and Driving
In some settings, I merge Climbing and Swimming into Athletics (Agi).
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Dylan S · Veteran Joined: 15 Oct 2009 Posts: 515

Boating in 50F is tied to the player's choice of Agi or Smarts, depending on what kind of sailor they want their character to be.

If you play SW on your birthday, you get 3x bennies that carry over to subsequent sessions 'til they're spent.

Uh... that's the only one I can think of offhand, although I use a few others that've been mentioned here.