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DRAGON WEED PR (Onset Time): –4 (Rapid) Vector: Insinuation Cost per Dose (Availability): 1000 (Rare) Description: This poison is created from the root of the Talmus tree that grows only in the sparse forests along the eastern edge of the great desert. The root is pulverized and mixed with the blood of a dozen victims killed with the same dagger. The mixture is then boiled and left to sit for 24 hours. After this, it is buried beneath a hanging tree until the dawn following a full moon. The resulting toxin may then be used to coat the blade of the user’s weapon of choice. Normal Effect: A victim of Dragon Weed suffers one wound. Each raise on the attack roll that caused the poisoning requires the victim to make an additional Vigor roll at the start of their next action. Each failure results in an additional wound. Bonus Effect: All Vigor rolls made after the initial roll are made at –2. DROPS OF DESPAIR PR (Onset Time): –2 (Moderate) Vector: Contact Cost per Dose (Availability): 1000 (Rare) Description: This poison is made from the juices of three rare herbs that grow along the banks of the great western ocean. The herbs are difficult to locate and none grow within 50 miles of any of the others. The herbs are added to sea water and brought to a boil. After cooling, the top layer is skimmed off and the water discarded. The residue is then dried and concocted into a paste. Normal Effect: Anyone affected by this poison suffers a general malaise that eventually deepens into depression. Ten minutes after exposure the victim begins to feel generalized body aches and muscular cramping (–1 to all actions). One hour after being poisoned the victim enters into a deep depression (–2 on all attempts to recover from being Shaken). This depression lasts for d6 hours after which time the victim may make a Spirit roll to shake off its effects. If the roll is failed, the depression continues for another d6 hours. This cycle is repeated until the character recovers. Bonus Effect: The depression lasts for 2d6 hours instead of just d6 hours. HELLSTRIKE PR (Onset Time): –4 (Slow) Vector: Any Cost per Dose (Availability): 5000 (Very Rare) Description: This versatile bright crimson paste is normally used as a contact poison (being rubbed onto clothes or other similar items sure to contact the victim’s skin). However, it can also be dried and mixed with food, dried and pulverized so as to form an airborne mist, or thickened and used to coat a weapon. The paste is created from the blood and ground teeth of a slain demon. Normal Effect: A victim of Hellstrike reduces their Vigor die type by one! This attribute may only be restored to its original score through normal character advancement. All derived statistics are immediately changed to reflect the reduction in die type. Any Healing rolls to treat this poison are made at –6. Bonus Effect: The character’s Vigor is reduced by two die types instead of just one! MIND ROT PR (Onset Time): –2 (Chronic) Vector: Ingestion Cost per Dose (Availability): 500 (Uncommon) Description: This vile poison is brewed from the brain of an imbecile, the bones of feeble-minded man, and the heart of a liar. All the ingredients are pulverized and dried before being brewed into a foul-smelling potion. Normal Effect: 24 hours after ingesting Mind Rot the victim reduces his Smarts die type by one! This attribute may only be restored to its original score through normal character advancement. Bonus Effect: All Smarts-based skills are reduced by one die type as well. If the Smarts die type is ever raised back up, these automatically return to their original levels. TWISTED ROOT PR (Onset Time): –2 (Slow) Vector: Ingestion Cost per Dose (Availability): 150 (Uncommon) Description: This poison is concocted from the root of a small tree that grows along the cliffs of the southern coasts. The root is chopped into fine shavings, which are used to brew a bitter tea. Normal Effect: The victim suffers severe stomach cramps and pain (–2 to all actions). This pain slowly builds in intensity over time, –3 after two hours and finally, –4 after three hours. Healing rolls cannot stop this process. After four hours the victim is Incapacitated, but a successful Healing roll restores them to Shaken. Bonus Effect: The Healing roll made to restore the victim to Shaken is made at –4 instead of the normal –2. Shark Bytes #2 - October 2004 6
BLOOD IN THE WATER JB’s Collection of House Rules, Part Two This column will present a selection of optional and variant rules and additions culled from the ranks of the Savage Fanatics who frequent the Pinnacle Discussion Forum. This issue I present the second (and final) installment of my own house rules. These are the rules that constitute my personal "core" version of the Savage Worlds game. I also use additional rules depending on the genre I'm playing, but those will be a series of articles in their own right! Keep in mind that none of these rules were created to address any particular deficiencies in the Savage Worlds core rules—I’ve yet to come across any—but rather to tweak an already great set of rules into something that my group really enjoys playing more than any other system out there. After all, isn’t that what house rules are all about? HINDRANCES Attribute Deficiency (Mega): You must choose a specific attribute when taking this Hindrance. For whatever reason, your character is not as well adjusted as your average character. Perhaps he’s not as intelligent or insightful as others. Maybe he’s weaker or clumsier. Whatever the reason, the end result is that during character generation, when adjusting the affected attribute, it costs two points for each increase in die type; thereafter, two leveling opportunities must be spent to increase the attribute by one die type. This Hindrance is worth three bonus points. Amnesia (Major): You can’t remember events before a specific point in your life. The details are left to the GM, but may include additional Hindrances (such as Wanted) that your character is unaware of, forgotten family members, or perhaps unknown organizational ties. Dark Secret (Major or Minor): Your character has a “skeleton in his closet”. If his secret becomes known it will cause embarrassment and possibly prevent him from continuing to act in his current capacity. Whether the Hindrance is major or minor depends on the actual secret and the severity of the consequences if it becomes known. Illiterate (Major or Minor): Your character cannot read and does he understand the concept of numbers beyond what he can count using his fingers and toes. He can “make his mark”, but that’s about it. This Hindrance is considered major if the character belongs to a society where literacy is commonplace; otherwise it is minor. (Editor: The second printing of the Savage Worlds rulebook includes this Hindrance in a slightly different form. Personally, I prefer my own version as it allows for both minor and major variants). Lying Eyes (Minor): Your character is nearly incapable of telling a lie and keeping a straight face. Whenever making an Intimidation, Persuasion, or Taunt roll in which anything more than a “slight bending of the truth” is involved, a –2 modifier is applied to the roll. Mute (Mega): The character (and the player) may only communicate with other players and characters by writing or some sort of sign language. The player may converse with the GM (away from the other players) if he needs to discuss what his character is doing. This Hindrance is worth three bonus points. Obsession (Major): Your character is obsessed with something—acquiring occult knowledge, protecting abused children, collecting rare weapons, and getting a date with the cute girl who works at the library. Whatever it is, it's just about the most important thing in his life. He'll neglect his friends and responsibilities, expend vast amounts of energy and resources, and even put himself and his companions in danger to pursue his obsession. This can actually be useful sometimes: an obsession can drive a character into an adventure or keep him going against impossible odds. Usually though, his obsession will just cause problems. BACKGROUND EDGES Acclimated (Novice; Vigor d8): All Vigor tests to resist the effects of Fatigue resulting from a specific environmental effect (e.g., heat, cold, sleep, etc.) chosen when this Edge is taken are made at +2. Buff (Novice, Brawny, Strength d8+) characters, either naturally or through intense training, are really, really strong. They apply a Load Limit multiplier of x15 and get a +2 bonus to Toughness. Enhanced Senses (Novice; Alertness): Your character has a particularly acute sense that grants a +1 bonus on any Notice rolls dependent upon it. This Edge may be taken more than once; however, each instance may only be applied to a single sense and no sense may be enhanced more than once. The bonus granted by this Edge stacks with that provided by the Alertness Edge. Hardy (Novice; Vigor d8): All Vigor tests to resist the effects of poison and disease are made at +2. Shark Bytes #2 - October 2004 7
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