Savage Worlds, Part 3: Combat Basics (System Showcase)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- Finally my long overdue look at the mechanics of combat in Savage Worlds is here. In today's video we look at the basics of combat in Savage Worlds, including initiative, ranged vs melee attack rolls, aces/critical success, critical failures, how to deal damage and the effects of being dealt wounds.
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I do not think AP reduces Toughness, it reduces Armor bonus to Toughness. AP has no effect on creatures with no armor.
"AP (Armor Piercing): The weapon or round ignores this
many points of Armor. A weapon with an AP value of 4, for
instance, ignores 4 points of Armor. Excess AP is simply lost."
It makes sense. Hard ammo (designated to penetrate armor) does not do extra damage to stuff that is soft (like a giant slug), they just pass through. Shotguns (no AP) are better at killing soft stuff, as they do more damage (relatively to distance).
Thanks for reminding me about that! It gets a little tricky keeping all the intricacies straight sometimes, especially when playing across so many different systems.
@@TheManBehindtheScreen Yes, that is very true. I have to keep reading it over and over and most of time, I hit something I already knew and forgot :D
@@TheManBehindtheScreen Yeah it is things like this that make me think SW is not as fast as advertised. I do like the idea of multiple weapons having different use cases in which they shine a bit more than others.
As someone who is just getting into SWADE, these videos are particularly helpful.
Keep your eyes on the channel, then. I'm actively in the process of revisiting and revising this series to correct the mistakes I made, expand into a couple more advanced topics, and hopefully make each video a little more digestible.
I zoned out like 5 minutes ago and then realized that the combat video was still going and I was like “there is more rules?”
Yapp, me too. It is waaaaaaay too complicated.
@@philippschmitz1787 Its not when you get used to it, it is so much faster and easier than dnd. It is complicated at first. I play both dnd and savage worlds they are both great
good scale, good pace, good demonstrations. Thanks for sharing your time to show how you run SW in R20 :)
Best explanation I've seen on TH-cam of this combat system. Many, many thanks! :)
I cannot for the life of me find the follow up to this video you mentioned. Either way, great content. Thank you so much for this.
That would be because I never got around to finishing it. Life, as per usual, found the way to interrupt me. I will be revisiting this series in its entirety sometime this summer in order to correct some mistakes in these earlier videos.
@@TheManBehindtheScreen well I guess that explains that. Ahaha. Still, I'm very glad I stumbled upon your channel this morning. It's been a great help for a game I'm gonna be running soon. At the moment I'm going through your character showcase for Joshua Graham and Im 99% sure he's going to be a wild card NPC. Thank you for all the work you're putting into these videos. Liked and subscribed. 👌🏿👌🏿
@@5RingShattering Thank you very much : )
In Roll20 you can deal cards to each player and enemy in the Turn Tracker, then sort by Card/Suit.
is there a command for that?
Good vid m8ty!
Couple of questions though:
1: attack with a raise does 1d6 extra dmg NOT The weapon die. Or did i miss something?
Only had time for a cursory dig but that does appear to be the case, yes. I probably got that mixed up with either an old house rule or older edition the people who taught me used.
Really helpful, thank you
thank you for these tips usin it to gm for the first time for my mates bday
You're welcome, but be sure to keep your eyes open as I'm actively updating this series to fix some errors. The new combat episode should be out in a couple weeks. (May be too late by then, but just in case.)
I'm not very sure about what version of SW you're explaining, but I think in SWADE, if you get a raise in your attack roll you get an extra 1D6 added to your damage roll. Even if you get several raises you just add +1D6, not +1D8.
Ohhhh, now I'm going through you older content and like it. I WILL LIKE THEM ALL MUWAHAHAHAHAHA.
I like the savage world system and its cleaver how they did initiative. However after going to D6 group initiative I dont know if there is anything that can beat that system. It's so much faster and way more intense.
I've recently grown to love d6 group initiative, too. The overall pace and intensity of it is fantastic and if not for the fact a lot of mechanics are built into SW's deck based system I'd probably swap it for d6 group personally.
@@TheManBehindtheScreen Yes it is amazing, I think d6 would work epically for Deadlands. Either you get the drop on them , they get the drop on you and if its a tie its a free for all shoot out. I mean that's literally how a gun fight goes lol.
@@antoniusmaximus3174 That's a great point. I could definitely see Deadlands benefiting from that change, especially since I've always felt the Joker bonuses harm the horror aspect of that game a bit. Makes things a little too swingy. D6 group would absolutely capture the pulpy nature of the Spaghetti Westerns, too. Think I'll give it a try the next time I run Deadlands.
@@TheManBehindtheScreen Exactly!! That was my thought too, nothing says scary like a tied 6! That's literally all out guns a blazing gunfight at the OK corral kinda thing lol. Everyone is just gonna wonder who's going to hit the dirt on something like that. This really makes me want to get a Deadlands game together now.
Where's my part 4!?!!?
Nice! How can I get this map?
I just put it together with a random assortment of assets available in Roll20, it's not something I have specifically saved anywhere.
@@TheManBehindtheScreen oh I see! I liked the table at the center, giving a lot of space and choices for the PCs. Nice cliffhanger also, as the players seem cornered.
So, Savage Worlds combat takes a long time I guess?
No, a standard combat like this one should only take a few minutes.
To clarify: a combat of this size in Savage Worlds will usually take between 5 and 15 mins. This video's much longer than that because I'm breaking down each phase on my own. And, admittedly, also because I lacked experience with video making at the time I made this. I need to revisit and revise these.
@@TheManBehindtheScreen Thanks for clarifying =) .. I´ve had an eye on SW, but I'm not the crunchy type and like gridless combat. Maybe I should give it a shot?
Do you know of any "detective/investigative" SW games btw?
Great video! Thx =)
@@patrickfitzpatrick2945 SW works well with gridless combat. That's how I usually run it, often using theater of the mind. (Occasionally I'll use dungeon tiles or UDT to help visualize a scene, but that's a rare occasion.)
As for detective or noir themed games, I don't know of any settings specific for that, but Deadlands does have an expansion book called Deadlands Noir that's specifically meant for pulpy 1920's gumshoe style games. Think something along the lines of Dick Tracy, a little more action oriented than investigation focused.
And in terms of investment, I'd say SW is worth looking into. The softcover books are only about $20-25, compared to D&D books which run $50-60, so its definitely one of the more affordable options out there.
@@TheManBehindtheScreen Thanks a lot! Googling "Deadlands Noir" as we speak. lol.
A little bit of Pulpy Dick Tracy won´t hurt at all, and like most games I´m sure it can be slightly tweaked to fit my style =)
I´ll definitly have a look and for $20-25 it´s a steal =)
Thanks again!