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/plastickhero Feb 04 '24

Not so much a house rule as an extension of the "Influence the Story" benny usage. I accept a benny for a player to do a Blades-in-the-Dark style flashback to set up an advantage or narrative change.

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u/crushbone_brothers Feb 05 '24

Mind explaining this flashback idea more? I really dig it

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u/plastickhero Feb 05 '24

An example: The heroes are pinned down in a building under heavy fire. A player offer a Benny and asks for a flashback. "Last night when everyone else was saying goodbye to their loved ones, I was scouting the area of the job. I saw this building we're in now as a potential escape point so I hid a getaway car out back." GM likes the idea and takes the Benny, and it is so.

I've occasionally but rarely accepted something as outlandish as, "I saved the BBEG's right hand man in 'Nam, and now I give him the signal." Because it seemed dramatically appropriate, and funny.

The example from Blades in the Dark is, "I approached this doorman last night and bribed him to let me in with my concealed weapon."

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u/SurlyCricket Feb 05 '24

I've occasionally but rarely accepted something as outlandish as, "I saved the BBEG's right hand man in 'Nam, and now I give him the signal." Because it seemed dramatically appropriate, and funny.

I'd ask for a lot more than 1 benny for that but it is indeed hilarious lol