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Night Vision (Novice): Your character ignores the normal
penalty for Dim illumination and halves the normal penalty
for Dark illumination. A character with this Edge requires a
full round to “adjust his vision” when moving from a well-lit
area into an area of dim or dark illumination before this
Edge will function.
COMBAT EDGES
Blind Fighting (Seasoned; Night Vision; Fighting d8): The
character ignores all penalties for illumination (and halves
those for invisible targets) when engaged in melee.
Brawler (Novice; Fighting d6): Brawlers gain a +1 bonus
on grappling rolls.
Pugilists (Brawler) gain a +2 bonus on grappling rolls.
Unarmed damage is equal to Strength+1.
Martial Artists (Seasoned, Pugilist, Block, and Fighting d8)
never count as unarmed when fighting an armed opponent.
Unarmed damage is equal to Strength+2.
Martial Arts Legends (Veteran, Martial Artist, Agility d8)
are so skilled at unarmed combat that they may ignore the
normal gang-up bonus when engaged in melee against
multiple foes.
Deflect Missiles (Seasoned; Agility d8): If your character is
aware of an incoming missile attack his Parry is used as the
TN for the attack.
Eagle Eye (Seasoned; Shooting d8): This character halves
the modifiers for called shots when making Shooting attacks.
LEADERSHIP EDGES
Born Leader (Seasoned; Command): Extras under the
command of this character roll a d8, instead of a d6, as a
Wild Die when making group rolls.
Commanding Presence (Veteran; Command): A character
with this Edge may apply the effects of any Leadership
Edges he possess to all Extras within 10”.
SOCIAL EDGES
Don Juan or Seductress (Novice): These characters make
all Persuasion rolls against the opposite sex at +2.
Gift of Gab (Novice; Smarts d8): Characters with this Edge
can figure out the basics of any language given a few
minutes to listen to people speaking it. Given time, he can
get basic messages across regardless of the language being
spoken.
WEIRD EDGES
Fringe Benefit (Varies at the GM’s discretion): This Edge
may be taken more than once to represent the various kinds
of fringe benefits available in the game. Some examples of
fringe benefits include: a license to practice a particular
profession, membership in an important organization or
group, law enforcement powers, absolute timing or sense of
direction, eidetic memory, internal calculator, perfect pitch,
or anything else the player can think of that is not covered by
another Edge and is not a common occurrence in the game
world.
Jack of all Trades (Seasoned; d8 in chosen attribute and
at least one linked skill): When you take this Edge you must
choose a specific attribute to be affected. Your character may
ignore the normal unskilled penalty when performing skills
linked to the chosen attribute. You may take this Edge
multiple times—once per attribute; however, you may only
take it once per rank. (Editor: A variant of this Edge is
included as a Professional Edge in the second printing of the
Savage Worlds rulebook; personally, I prefer my own version
as it is more generic in nature and allows the player to
choose the attribute affected.)
Well, that does it for my house rules! Now that Necessary
Evil and the second printing of the core rulebook are
available I may have to re-think some things, but for now
things will stay as they are. As always, these house rules just
represent my $.02 and your mileage may, and probably
will, vary! Remember to send your house rules to
editor@sharkbytes.info if you’d like to see this column
continue. Until next issue—stay Savage!
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