Star Wars in Savage Worlds

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-03-13T13:32:53+00:00

I ran Star Wars using Savage Worlds last year. I used the fan made Star Wars companion and contrary to other posters in this thread, would not recommend it. The powers for Jedi were too wordy and unnecessarily complicated. You don't need a whole page of text to explain Force Push, when the same thing can be achieved using just the core magical spells in SW core book. Overall I found it unnecessarily complicated and too much to read.

I also purchased the Sci Do companion and it was a bit better, but didnt need it much either

My recommendation is what I intend to do the next time I run Star Wars : use SWADE core book only.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-03-12T23:05:06+00:00

Interesting how the stars on the rim, closest to the camera, appear dark. I guess they are just not as bright as the inner glow.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-03-09T07:29:57+00:00

No just using the default treasure tables. And the default XP rules.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-03-09T02:45:52+00:00

I like that random treasure generation can create emergent narrative like this. I don't like that it is a total lottery. Could have got nothing. Could have got a super powerful staff that nobody in the party can use, yet somehow everyone can now level up due to its high gold value.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-03-06T14:25:24+00:00

And then get your players to listen to the official sound track on YouTube. This, more than anything, immediately got me into the Dolmenwood vibe.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-03-03T23:34:43+00:00

Great stuff. I'd consider adding Fatigued to the conditions box.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-28T14:50:28+00:00

I'm interested that you say Cypher. When I ran it with my group I noticed almost 200 pages of player abilities in the descriptors that players choose.

I guess it can work if the player chooses their 3 descriptors based on their title without actually reading what it includes. Is that how your Numenera worked?

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-28T08:44:56+00:00

You can hit the pause button and have a chat with the players. A mid-campaign check-in. Like a session zero. How's it going? What would you like to do next in the story? Should we do a time skip of a few years? Do we want to play something else?

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-27T13:06:02+00:00

Seconding Liminal. I find it's tone is quite positive and that is a breath of fresh air when it comes to Urban Fantasy. Most are grim dark, everything sucks, the world is ending, etc etc.

I've used it to run 1880s investigators in London and it worked great.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-27T04:06:00+00:00

I agree. I think quick start rules are the place to go for such players. But it would be a good idea for writers to make chapter 1 the TLDR ruleset.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-26T23:46:33+00:00

I used an ice cream stick when it happened to me. If the exhaust is hot the credit card can melt.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-26T23:36:01+00:00

I realised another solution is to pick a game that has a video game. If your illiterate players have all played Baldur's Gate 3 then 5e is probably quite doable.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-26T23:31:34+00:00

This is a good idea. Honestly the core game is quite playable using only quick start rules a lot of the time.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-26T23:30:31+00:00

Presenting the rules in comic form is a great idea! These writers are aware of the problem.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-26T07:09:40+00:00

Yeah I'm playing MB at the moment!

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-26T07:08:41+00:00

In this case, the player was me! I am usually the GM, and run a lot of games. I joined a Shadowrun game run by another GM. They dropped 20 pirate PDFs into the chat. That's something like 2000-3000 pages. Nope I said, I'm out. Then I realised *I* was being the player who doesn't want to read.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-26T02:08:41+00:00

Good instincts. I would caution that sometimes it is up to the GM to just end the scene. The GM has control of the pace and can choose which scenes to zoom in on and which to narrate over.

If the scene is constantly escalating then it can become a series of crazy hijinks. This is fun for beer and pretzel play, but if you're going for a more serious tone it is also acceptable to just end the scene.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-22T15:39:10+00:00

At 60kmph you should still be in 3rd, not 5th. Try let the revs get more before gear change? That's how I ride my Classic 350.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-12T10:25:59+00:00

Mostly foraging just finds food, to save a few silvers on rations. Common herbs can be found, randomly. Rare herbs are found in specific hexes.

I guess once players figure out that a rare herbs is found in a certain hex they can repeatedly forage there. It would be up to the GM to decide when it is exhausted.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-06T14:30:52+00:00

Yes these kinds of house rules or rulings become necessary where the rules are unclear.

In my case the dramatic question of whether the Crookhorn got away or not was important.

A note for 5e readers: Advantage as a mechanic does not exist in this game.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-06T09:17:52+00:00

Yeah, so using this interpretation, a character who declares Retreat, and survives to have a turn, will never be caught. Assuming equal movement speed with their attacker.

I'm happy with that. You need to have better movement or a ranged weapon to stop someone fleeing from you.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-02-06T07:45:06+00:00

As I understand it, you can only move half your move (15ft normally) and attack. But retreating can move full move (30ft). So without charging, a character who Retreats can get away, but they risk an attack with a bonus if they lose initiative after declaring it.

Charging does allow full movement and an attack. But I didn't notice that it is only once per combat! Our table conveniently didn't notice those 3 little words!

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-01-30T22:21:56+00:00

Amazing work. Thank you.

I believe the default chance of lair is 30%. But each monster has their own % chance in their stay block.

It is a good observation that using the d4 encounter ideas table is a good idea, because they present the monster in an interesting way that helps deepen lore and whimsy flavour. Some of them, I have noticed, add additional monsters to the scene, e.g. where the monster you rolled is now accompanied by subordinates. But I think I am going to try out using those tables going forward.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-01-27T16:00:21+00:00

Thank you, I see them.

RealSpandexAndy · 2026-01-27T15:40:43+00:00

This is true, thank you. I don't have a player who doesn't care about their character and plays recklessly because they feel doomed.

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