FAQ

What's happening here?

I'm running a weekly Savage Worlds game for a fine group of people!

Okay, but what is the game about?

To be determined. I've pitched high-concept campaigns before, spent a lot of energy homebrewing settings and fine-tuning rules, but this time I want to focus on finding players I really click with and deciding the campaign together.

I'm willing to run published Plot-Point Campaigns like East Texas University (I have Fresh Blood), Legend of Ghost Mountain, or Rippers Resurrected. Other published campaigns are on the table, but I have no desire to run Deadlands, Savage Pathfinder, or Savage Rifts. I'm also willing to cook up a homebrew fantasy, sci-fi, or science fantasy campaign.

When is this happening?

Two-hour sessions, once a week, starting at 10pm PDT. Day of the week TBD based on player availability.

Where is this happening?

roll20 with Discord for voice and between-session chat

What should I know about you as a GM?

I run a PG-13 game. I give and expect basic respect from all players and between all players.

I try to keep it around 50/50 action-combat/social-investigation. If your character only participates in one of those and ignores the other, I won't have a lot of sympathy for your boredom or patience with your disruptions.

Character death is a possibility, but I take pains to make it unlikely. If you ignore the warnings and refuse to retreat, the dice fall where they fall.

Where do I sign up?

Fill in an application at this link

Timeline

Week of June 22: Ad up, application open, reaching out on Discord
Week of June 29: 'getting to know you' chats on Discord, finalizing recruitment, Session Zero discussions
Week of July 6: character creation, start playing

u/Pangolin_Rider — 13 days ago

▲ 13 r/savageworlds

Help me find a Hindrance

I swear I read this somewhere, but now I can't find it, something to the effect of:

> The character treats their Smarts as one die lower for the purpose of determining the cost to advance Skills other than Notice and Survival.

Some sort of 'practical mindset' - not stupid, but unconcerned with abstract ideas.

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u/Pangolin_Rider — 20 days ago

▲ 29 r/suggestmeabook

Say Yes to Drugs

I've never used recreational drugs. I have no intention of ever using recreational drugs. For reasons, I need to have the option of writing knowledgeably about that experience.

Suggest me a book that effectively conveys the druggie experience and/or effectively argues why someone *should* use recreational drugs.

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u/Pangolin_Rider — 25 days ago

▲ 2 r/booksuggestions

Not 'cyberpunk', but...

I'm working on a project, and I need additional inspiration and better ways to articulate what I'm imagining.

Sort of 'near future' sci-fi technology: lasers, robots, minor and subtle cybernetic enhancements, genetically engineered pets. No time travel or FTL.
'Benign' totalitarian rulers. They're not genociding segments of the population, but the media is heavily controlled and surveillance is pervasive.
Protagonists have to 'hack' hardware and steal supplies to get things done. Like, everyone has a state-issued smartphone/AI assistant/wiretap/tracking device, and they have to 'jailbreak' their devices to still be able to function in society without surveillance.

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u/Pangolin_Rider — 28 days ago

▲ 5 r/IWantToLearn

IWTL 'power chord' piano

I took piano lessons as a child, and the method seemed very 'horizontal' - I was taught to think in terms of playing a melody, and more advanced pieces are essentially just playing more melodies simultaneously.

But listening to piano in pop music sounds more 'vertical' - treating the piano more like a guitar and slamming chords, perhaps with a little arpeggiation.

What resources teach piano in a vertical/guitarish way?

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u/Pangolin_Rider — 29 days ago