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Combat on the Open Road
The following new vehicle maneuvers should be added to those in the Savage Worlds rulebook Vehicle Rules section in
Savaged Redline.
Force (0): This maneuver may only be performed against adjacent vehicles of equal or smaller size. Make opposed
Driving rolls (the driver of the smaller vehicle makes his roll at –2). The winner may either force the loser to hit an
appropriate obstacle or lose control of his vehicle.
Redline (–2): You may exceed your vehicle’s Top Speed by its Acceleration Value. Make a Driving roll. If you fail the
roll, your vehicle suffers a Critical Hit (Engine). If you roll a natural 1, the engine explodes from the stress. Make a
successful Driving roll or roll on the Out of Control Table. It requires appropriate spare parts, 4d6 hours, and a
successful Repair roll in order to get the engine working again.
Gear and Equipment
Savaged Redline uses broad definitions for weapons and armor. Anything that can be used like a club—a baseball bat, a
tire iron, a golf club—is a club. Every long piercing weapon is a spear. Box cutters, sharpened screwdrivers, and pieces of
glass with electrical tape handles are all knives or daggers. The cosmetic traits of your character’s weapons are for you to
decide.
Each character starts the game with a rucksack (50 pound capacity), a bedroll, one set of typical clothing, and a oneweek
supply of food and water. Additional items are determined by scrounging, using the method described hereafter.
When determining starting gear you may start with three cards rather than two. Bennies can be used to re-roll scrounging
results or to discard a card and draw another.
After character generation, equipment must be bought or scrounged for. If scrounged for, use the method described
below to determine what is found. If bought, an item’s value is measured in terms of food, fuel, or water. The value of a
given resource depends on the character’s surroundings. For example, in the wastelands, fuel is generally less valuable than
water. In the green zones, water is the resource of least value. In the ruins, food is generally easier to find than either water
or fuel. Of course, sometimes an item’s value depends on whom you are buying it from or selling it to. The players should
treat the buying and selling of resources as a roleplaying opportunity.
There are no extensive equipment lists in Savage Redline. Players should only have access to those things that the GM
allows them to have. You can easily extrapolate equipment from the lists given in the Savage Worlds rulebook. A quick and
dirty method for getting a rough idea of an item’s value is to divide the listed dollar value cost by 10 and round up. This
will give you a rough idea of how much fuel (in gallons), food (in terms of meals for one person), and water (in quarts) an
item is worth.
Scrounging: Of course, the GM is always free to simply state what the characters find when they scrounge; however, in
most cases it’s simply easier (and more interesting) to randomly determine what is found. The system for handling random
scrounging in Savaged Redline is a variant of the system presented in Savage Tale 6: Zombie Run by Jonathan Pierson:
After spending at least 10 minutes scrounging an area you may draw two cards. Then, make a Survival roll (or the normal
unskilled roll of 1d4–2 if you don’t have the Survival skill). You may draw an additional card for a success or two
additional cards with a raise; however, you must discard one card for a failure (discard both cards if you rolled a natural 1).
If you drew a Joker, discard it and draw two more cards. Consult the table below for each card you have in your hand:
2-5 Spades 2d20 rounds of ammunition (appropriate to character’s weapon or determine randomly)
6-10 Spades Melee weapon (player’s choice or determine randomly)
J-K Spades Firearm (roll on the Firearms Table, below)
Ace Spades Firearm with ammunition (roll on the Firearms Table)
Any Clubs Random item (GM’s choice)
2-5 Hearts 1d6 day supply of canned food
6-10 Hearts 1d6 day supply of potable water
J-K Hearts Medical supplies (enough to heal 1d10 Wounds)
Ace Hearts 1d6 day supply of both food and water
2-5 Diamonds 10 gallons of fuel
6-10 Diamonds 1d6 explosive devices (treat as grenades)
J-K Diamonds A vehicle (GM’s choice—no more than one vehicle per group)
Ace Diamonds A vehicle (GM’s choice—no more than one vehicle per group) with a full tank of fuel
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