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Typically run Foundry though I’ve used Roll20 in the past and Fantasy Grounds. I’m considering giving Owlbear Rodea a try this year. I’m looking for something light weight for just maps, images, and tokens. Bonus if I can draw on it like a white board.

Decent combat cheat sheet: I print those two pages and put them in sheet protectors double sided and hand one to each player. Simplest explanation of the rules around: https://www.uptofourplayers.com/ready-to-roll/savage-worlds-rules/

Invasion from Arion Games. I’ve never looked at it but it’s out there. It’s fully SWADE I believe.

If anything I’d add an escalation damage dice similar to 13th age. Round 1 straight damage. Round 2 an extra d4, round 3 d6, round 4 d8 and so on. I don’t know if I’d allow the escalation die to Ace or not. I probably would. On a joker hand out Bennie’s and increase the die.

I’m dipping my toes into the OSR this coming year. Looking at doing something with either OSE or Shadowdark. Both have things going for them. Conceptually what I like about it is moving away from character sheets as answer sheets, a more DIY aesthetic, and getting putting the literal dungeons...

Savage Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords Cleared Thistletop palisade.

Also I thought of it earlier but forgot to mention. It’s easy to forget AP so don’t do it.

I'm pretty poor at giving out bennies for RP, so I handle it mechanistically, and give them all a bennie after every scene.

Did you remember that a raise on a to roll grants an additional d6 damage? Bennies can be used to reroll damage. You can always reduce Toughness. Start by knocking it down to an 8. At Toughness 7 on 2d6 they are netting a Shaken on most damage rolls. Bad guys want to go home at night too...

Re: SWADE Masks of Nyarlathotep It went great. I ran it more pulpy style. The 7e edition has sidebars everywhere with pulp style suggestions so that helped. I used Realms of Cthulhu, Achtung! Cthulhu (dual stat CoC 6th/Savage Worlds version) the SW Deluxe Horror Companion and some stuff from...

I used elements from it when I ran Masks of Nyarlathotep in SWADE. I think i pulled the sanity, tomes, and a couple other things from it. That was pre Horror Companion but I think if I were to revisit that campaign I’d still use Realms as a resource. It’s a great resource. Same publisher...

Looking Back Finally some of extended time with GURPS on the table. It scratched an itch but I’m not sure I’ll be going back to it. Backed too many kickstarters. Think I’ve finally gotten a handle on what my gaming might look like, in terms of system, might look like going forward. could not...

D4 + wild die. Not great but better than nothing for sure. You could even toss some Kind of herb, poultice, kit or something that adds a flat +1 or something to help out.

Not even any dice in the Heal skill? They can always try an unskilled roll.

It should be pointed out that in SWADE even taking four wounds isn’t a dead character. They are Incapacitated, get to roll on the table. There’s a chance they die with the table roll but it’s rare. An Incapacitated party is just another chance for adventure after they wake up imprisoned or...

I love that description. I like a thick set of rules myself.

I’d really like to have an immediately gameable, usable at the table setting. I’ve been looking for a campaign setting to love for a couple years and keep striking out so I continue to use Golarion. I like the Free Leagues approach in Symbaroum and Coriolis, settings that directly support the...

Savage Worlds Pathfinder Rise of the Runelords Enter the Catacombs of Wrath!

Gold and Glory is another OSR take on SWADE. Both it and Tyrandor are really good. Just slightly different approaches.

So the Bennie’s are there to be spent. By all means save 1 to soak but encourage players to spend them. When you roll 2d6 that many time and don’t see a six to ace that’s pretty uncommon. Basic to hit math for ranged weapons in SWADE is a 4. It’s very unusual to not too see a couple of aces...