Editing Bitter Angels (SWADE PbP)/Setting Rules

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='''Setting Rules'''=


==Born a Hero==
Characters may ignore the Rank qualifications for Edges during character creation. They must sill meet any other requirements as usual.

==Comic Book Combat==
''Combined Attacks''

Heroes and villains can combine their powers for truly spectacular results. This works just like the usual Support rules except the Supporting character may enhance his ally’s skill total or damage—though he must choose which before rolling.

If the latter option is chosen, success adds +2 to the ally’s damage total and a raise adds +4. A group of supers who need to take down a big foe can Support a teammate to really deal a powerful blow!

''Knockback''

Any time a character takes damage that would propel him in dramatic, comic book fashion—such as a punch or energy blast but probably not a sword slash or bullet (GM’s call)—he takes “Knockback.”

There's a damage threshold that needs to be met based on the target's size/scale in order for knockback to apply: Small or Tiny - 10 damage; Normal - 20 damage; Large - 30 damage; Huge - 40 damage; Gargantuan - 50 damage.

Knockback propels a target 1d6” if the threshold is met and an additional 1d6” per 10 full points of damage above the threshold.

''Power Stunts''

Heroes and villains of comics and film often use their powers in new and creative ways.

Every power stunt costs a Benny and must make narrative sense in some way. This grants the character one use of an Instant power such as ranged attack; or three rounds of a passive power like armor.

Different stunts may be combined, but each effect still costs a Benny. A hero could Push and Interrupt at the same time, for example, for two Bennies.

::''Aimed Knockback'' When a character causes Knockback, he may use this Power Stunt to aim his foe in any direction he chooses.
::''All Out Attack'' The hero puts everything she has into one desperate strike. She may spend a Benny to change the damage dice from damage field, explode, melee attack, or ranged attack from d6s to d10s.
::''Change Power Type/Trapping'' Sometimes a fire blaster needs to douse a foe in water, or a hulking bruiser needs to shock a robotic threat. This stunt allows a creative character to do so by temporarily changing an ability’s Power Type.
::''Interrupt'' The Interrupt power stunt allows a super to take an immediate turn just as if she were on Hold. If she hasn’t acted yet this round, she discards her Action Card, is Distracted, and is now on Hold. She may then act (and attempt to interrupt if needed) as usual. If she has already acted this round, she’s Distracted and Vulnerable then on Hold.
::''Mimic'' This stunt allows a hero to use one of her powers as if it were another. To do so, she picks a “new” power based off one of her existing abilities and describes how it’s used to gain the effects of another.
::''Overawe'' Overawe allows a super to perform a single powers-based Test on every foe in a Large Blast Template. The template may be placed anywhere within Range of whatever power she’s using. This test can distract or intimidate those in the template. All individuals in the template resist individually.
::''Push'' The super temporarily increases any one power by up to five Super Power Points. This may exceed the power point limit of the game, and lasts for one round.

==Conviction==
A special award granted when a character experiences a great victory or a catastrophic misfortune. 

Conviction can be spent to add a D6 to a final Trait or damage total. This die can Ace, and its result is added to the final total.

Conviction are not Bennies, and cannot be used as such.

==Creative Combat==
A successful Test works as usual. However, if a Wild Card character succeeds with a Raise while in combat, her foe is not automatically Shaken. Instead, a 2D6 roll is made and the results read from the Creative Combat table on page 137 of SWADE core.

==Death and Defeat==
When a hero is Incapacitated by lethal damage, he makes an immediate Vigor roll and checks the results below (don’t use the regular Incapacitation rules in Savage Worlds).
::*CRITICAL FAILURE: The character is not Incapacitated but instead goes out in a Blaze of Glory (see below).
::*FAILURE: The hero is Incapacitated and Defeated (see below).
::*SUCCESS: The character is Incapacitated and Injured. Roll on the Injury Table in Savage Worlds. The Injury goes away once all Wounds are healed.
::*RAISE: The character is Incapacitated, but a Healing roll at −2 gets him up and fighting on the next round (with all his Wounds as usual).

''Blaze of Glory''

When a hero Critically Fails her Vigor roll due to Incapacitation, she’s awarded a point of Conviction. On her next turn, she ignores all Wound and Fatigue penalties, acts normally, then perishes—hopefully having taken out some of her adversaries or accomplished a significant goal with her sacrifice. (Of course the Game Master may always work with the player to simply narrate some dramatic and purposeful end rather than gaming it out.)

''Defeated''

The hero is beaten and bloodied but will live to fight another day. He must choose one of the following results:
::*Go out in a Blaze of Glory (see above).
::*Roll on the Injury Table in Savage Worlds. The injury is permanent.
::*Lose one step in an Attribute.
::*Lose an Edge.
::*Gain a Major Hindrance, perhaps reflecting a permanent mental or physical injury from the fight.

==Fanatics==
When a Wild Card enemy character is hit by a successful attack, at the GM's discretion one of the targeted character's henchmen, goons or allies jumps in front of the target and takes the attack instead.
==Fast Healing==
Wild Card characters make natural healing rolls once per in game day. 

Characters with Regeneration make healing checks once per in game hour.

Wild Card characters recover one level of Fatigue every four in game hours.

==High Adventure==
Characters may spend a Benny to gain the one-time use of a Combat Edge. They have to meet the Rank requirements and prerequisite Edge requirements but may ignore any Trait (attribute or skill) requirement. Multiple Bennies can be spent in one round for multiple Edges, either for different effects or in order to meet a needed Edge requirement.

==Larger than Life==
Super-powered characters often have faults and responsibilities as great as their incredible powers. In this game, we are allowing up to '''8''' points worth of Hinderances at character creation.

==More Skill Points==
Characters start with 15 skill points at character creation rather than 12 skill points.

Additionally, characters start with the following base skill ratings:

Athletics D4, Battle D6, Common Knowledge D4, Fighting D6, Notice D4, Persuasion D4, Shooting D6, Stealth D6, and Survival D6.

==Never Surrender==
Incapacitated Wild Cards are dealt Action Cards as usual during a fight, though Edges like Quick and Level Headed or Hindrances like Hesitant don’t apply. If dealt a Joker, the fallen hero immediately regains consciousness and returns to the fight Shaken. Wounds and Injuries remain in full effect, but he stabilizes if he was Bleeding Out.

==Throwdown==
Dynamic hand-to-hand combat is the bread and butter of comic book characters! Ignore the Unarmed Defender rule that normally gives an attacker armed with a melee weapon +2 to hit an unarmed foe (see Combat Options in Savage Worlds).

==Unarmored Hero==
If a Wild Card character chooses not to wear ''any'' armor (other than shields), they add a +2 bonus to any Soak rolls.

==Wound Cap==
Characters can never suffer more than four (4) wounds in a single hit, and therefore never have to Soak more than four (4) wounds either.

The GM can overrule this in specific and obvious situations such as massive explosions or falling from an airplane (for example).