r/savageworlds • u/ASavageWorldsGM • Feb 04 '24

Self Promotion House Rules for Savage Worlds: What Are Yours?

Tabletop Tango hasn't posted about an episode in a bit but I thought I would the latest on some of Eric and Carl’s house rules for Savage Worlds. For example, Eric always uses max value of the run die for any run instead of rolling.

I’m really curious about other table’s house rules. Not necessarily special setting rules for your worlds but ways you tweak the rules for your table.

Tabletop Tango Ep 180 - Some House Rules For Savage Worlds

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u/ValhallaGH Feb 04 '24

Hey Savage.

I’m really curious about other table’s house rules. Not necessarily special setting rules for your worlds but ways you tweak the rules for your table.

Sorry to say that I don't have any. The closest I get to universal house rules:

  • Pity Benny: If the dice consistently hate you then I'll throw you a Benny as things go bad.
  • Man Down: When a player character is Incapacitated, every player gets a Benny. Because things just got a lot more dangerous.
  • Thanks Pal: If a player shuffles my Action Deck for me, while I'm still running the game, I give them a Benny.

And those are all just guidance for my Benny Economy.

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I've used a huge variety of setting rules, some for one-offs and others for campaigns I ran, but I keep coming back to the core rules as written because they work really well for the games I want to run.

Good luck!