Rippers Resurrected Faction VENUS Packages




It’s no secret that I like my Savage Worlds heroes a little tougher than the rules as written provide, which is why The King is Dead incorporates something a bit like the M.A.R.S. (Mercencenaries, Adventurers, Rogues, and Scholars) packages of Savage RIFTS® into character creation (and why I’m looking forward to Fannon’s Freedom Squadron). Out of pretty much nowhere yesterday, I suddenly got to wondering what that approach would be like if applied to the factions of Rippers Resurrected.
 

Each V.E.N.U.S. (Venturers, Experimenters, Navigators, and the Unusually Skilled) package below grants a bonus of 5 skill points to relevant skills, avoiding combat skills whenever possible (the Rosicrucians are an exception because of the heavy penalties to magic use in the setting). They also grant two bonus Edges, which do not replace the standard free Edge for playing a human; I limited myself to Novice Edges and those available in the core rules and the Rippers Resurrected Player’s Guide, but also included some alternatives for those using the Horror Companion, too. Each framework finishes off with £5 of gear.  
 
Frazer’s Fighters
  • Bonus Skills: +1 die Notice, +2 dice Knowledge (Fertile Crescent Civilizations) & Survival
  • Bonus Edges: Fortune Favors the Bold, Gone Native
  • Bonus Gear: bedroll, compass
Masked Crusaders 
  • Bonus Skills: +1 die Intimidation, +2 dice Climbing & Persuasion 
  • Bonus Edges: Exceptional Individual, Alternate Identity 
  • Bonus Gear: grappling hook & line, leather costume
Old Worlders
  • Bonus Skills: +1 die Knowledge (Lycanthropes), +2 dice Survival & Tracking 
  • Bonus Edges: Grim Fatalism, Woodsman 
  • Bonus Gear: flint and steel, lamp oil, lantern, spyglass or field glasses
Order of St. George 
  • Bonus Skills: +1 die Intimidation, +2 dice Knowledge (Holy Writ) & Persuasion 
  • Bonus Edges: Champion (or One of the Chosen*), Song of St. George 
  • Bonus Gear: holy symbol, writing equipment  
Rosicrucians 
  • Bonus Skills: +1 die Persuasion, +2 dice Spellcasting & Stealth  
  • Bonus Edges: Arcane Background (Magic), Mystic Pact 
  • Bonus Gear: bell, book, candles (half dozen)
Slayers
  • Bonus Skills: +1 die Knowledge (Vampires), +2 dice Stealth & Tracking
  • Bonus Edges: Alertness (or Tower of Will*), Righteous Fury
  • Bonus Gear: pickaxe or shovel, wooden stake
Witch Hunters
  • Bonus Skills: +1 die Streetwise, +2 dice Knowledge (Arcana) & Investigation
  • Bonus Edges: Brave (or Relentless*), Charms & Wards
  • Bonus Gear: flint and steel, lamp oil, manacles, torch
 

*If also using the Savage Worlds Horror Companion

 
 



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  1. I finally updated my faction using your system. I think it came out pretty cool. What do you think?

    Baccio della Seta

    A loose collection of Mistresses, Keep Women, and Housewives that may be "desperate" for something, they deal in secrets that keep men awake a night. They are led by the Madame Isabella Seta. The faction operates out of Milan in Casa della Seta, and tends to limit its activities to the Italy and France.

    Baccio della Seta
    • Bonus Skills: +1 dice Notice, +2 dice to Persuasion and Lockpicking
    • Bonus Edges: Lady Charm, Lady Sway
    • Bonus Gear: Fine Clothes

    Edges
    Lady Charm
    Any attack made by a male against someone of this faction are at a -1.
    Lady Sway
    Any member of the faction can add her charisma modifier to her Parry.

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    1. I definitely like the idea of a faction based in the demimonde (it's certainly not something we're going to see from Pinnacle's self-mandate to keep things PG-13). A bonus to Parry based on Charisma, though, could easily get ridiculously overpowered; what about 1/2 Charisma?

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