Savage Worlds Freeport Companion.pdf

Savage Worlds

Companion

A Guide to Playing in Freeport for Savage Worlds

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Savage Worlds

Freeport

Companion

Chapter One:Characters .................................................. 3

Character Concepts ........................................................... 3

Character Generation ........................................................ 3

Races of Freeport............................................................... 4

Hindrances ....................................................................... 6

Edges ................................................................................ 7

Chapter Two:Equipment.................................................... 9

Starting Equipment........................................................... 9

Wealth and Money ............................................................ 9

General Equipment ........................................................... 9

Special Substances and Items ............................................10

Tools & Skill Kits.............................................................12

Transport .........................................................................13

Services ...........................................................................13

Weapons ..........................................................................14

Armor and Shields ............................................................16

Chapter Three:Forbidden Lore..................................... 18

Spell Lists and Spells .......................................................18

Miracle Workers............................................................18

New Spells ....................................................................18

Trappings .....................................................................19

Supernatural Items ...........................................................20

Supernatural Weapons, Armor, and Charms ...................20

Artifacts........................................................................20

Chapter Four:Denizens of Freeport ....................... 25

Common Characters.........................................................25

Notable Characters...........................................................30

Chapter Five:Creatures of Freeport .....................49

Appendix:Fury in Freeport ............................................65

Index ...........................................................................................86

Introduction

To many, Freeport is a wretched excuse for a city, clinging like a

tumor on the edge of a remote island in some forlorn sea far from

the routes of civilized men, but you, bold hero, hardened buccaneer,

courageous adventurer, know

better. Freeport may have its

warts, its thugs, its pirates,

serpent people, cultists, and

don’t forget the monsters, but

it is also a city of opportunity,

of grand adventure, the start

and end of countless quests

and escapades. he smell might

be ofensive, but it’s the scent

of riches, of fame and glory.

Freeport, for you, is your best

chance at making something of yourself in a world gone mad. As you

navigate the narrow streets walked by many others before you, take

heart in knowing you are diferent, you have a destiny for greatness,

for its everywhere around you, just ripe for the taking. his, friend,

is Freeport: he City of Adventure.

Using this Book

he Savage Worlds Freeport Companion is your mechanics supplement

for using the Pirate’s Guide to Freeport with the Savage Worlds RPG .

So to maximize this sourcebook’s utility, you’ll probably want to have a

few other books. For setting information, the Pirate’s Guide to Freeport

is ideal since it not only updates the Freeport setting, but it provides

extensive detail about the city, people, environs, and much more. If you

already have Green Ronin’s Freeport: he City of Adventure and other

Freeport sourcebooks, those can help too, but be aware that some of

the characters and information

in this book reference events

that have occurred after the

Succession Crisis, which hasn’t

yet been concluded in the older

sourcebooks.

For rules, this Companion works

with Savage Worlds , so you’ll

need a set of those rules. Other

Savage Worlds sourcebooks, such

as the Fantasy Bestiary Toolkit

and 50 Fathoms campaign setting are useful, but not necessary for

play.

Finally, while the Savage Worlds Freeport Companion is intended to

give you all the nuts and bolts you need to explore the mean streets of

Freeport, you shouldn’t feel obligated to use all the information provided

in this sourcebook. New Edges presented in Chapter 1: Characters

may not it with your campaign setting or your vision of Freeport. You

may not want to take advantage of the madness and corruption rules, or

the new monsters, rituals and so on. he rules included here are designed

to be modular, meaning you can take what you like and leave the rest.

Above all, have fun! his sourcebook should spark new ideas, helping

you create exciting adventures in this city and play fun and compelling

characters worthy of being denizens of the City of Adventure.

The Freeport Companions

he Savage Worlds Freeport Companion is just one of several volumes designed to work hand-in-hand with Green Ronin’s Pirate’s

Guide to Freeport. Each installment takes this exciting setting and ofers a comprehensive set of rules for creating characters

and running adventures in this city. Each companion is keyed to a particular game system, in this case Savage Worlds roleplaying

game, wherein you’ll ind everything you need to explore this fabulous city. In a way, the Companion volumes help to shape the

city, molding it to it the rules used with it. You could consider each Companion volume like a language, with its own lexicon that

brings diferent meaning to a common city shared between all game systems, and so you’ll likely ind that each Companion may

ofer a diferent selection of material to best take advantage of the merits of each game. Freeport was once the deinitive city for

the d20 system, but now, with the Freeport Companions, it can be the deinitive city for all game systems!

Table of Contents

“It doesn’t matter who you are, Freeport welcomes all. From fanatics

to addicts, from streetwalkers to decadent nobles, everyone can find

a home in this den of pirates, this city of excess. Freeport may be a

haven for exiles and unwanted, but truly, it is far more than that.

It is my city, my city of adventure, and like a good mistress, I can’t

imagine my life without her.”

—Pious Pete, Guide and Famous Personage

Chapter One:

Characters can take a number of diferent paths in the City of Adventure: his section looks at some of those options and lays out routes

for heroes to follow them. his chapter takes a look at alterations to the character generation rules for heroes adventuring in Freeport.

Character Concepts

Alchemist: Either one who works with mundane devices or a

practitioner of magic who wields the true art.

Magician: A wizard or mage, a true scholar of the arcane arts, always

interested in collecting new lore (one way or another).

Assassin: A stealthy and secretive killer for hire; a true devote of the

“art” of assassination, always in demand

in certain circles of Freeport.

“I don’t care about your past, mate; I care about

yer future. If’n you can hoist a sail, swab the

decks, and avoid cuttin’ the throats of other

crewmen, yer hired.”

—Captain Morgan Bauman, Pirate

Mercenary: A sell-sword for hire, ighting at the behest of various

clients or serving as an armed guard for

those able to aford it.

Barbarian: Usually a warrior f rom a

foreign land with a savage ethos and the

strength and skill at arms to survive.

Mummer: One of the various performers

found in the city: actors, dancers, jugglers,

singers, and so forth, all willing to do a

little extra from time to time in exchange

for some coin.

Cultist: A follower (and perhaps even

leader) of one of the many cults in the

shadows of Freeport, one with true

supernatural power.

Musketeer: A warrior specializing in the

relatively new alchemical irearms made and used in Freeport.

Dabbler: Someone who dabbles in the arcane, but supplements it

with mundane skills.

Mystic: An innate adept awakened to arcane or divinely granted

powers and learning to control and master them.

Duelist: Elegant specialist in one-on-one ighting, particularly

with swords. Duelists often serve as professional dispute settlers

in Freeport.

Pirate: A crewman, oicer, or even captain of a pirate ship, raiding

other vessels for loot on the high seas, inding a haven in Freeport.

Priest: One of the many sworn servants of the gods of Freeport,

wielding divine power in the god’s name.

Fence: A specialist in stolen goods: acquiring, appraising, and selling

them to the highest bidder for a tidy proit.

Templar: Templars are warriors devoted to the service of a particular

religion, church, or temple.

Grifter: A con artist who preys on the gullible and the unsuspecting

for proit, on those occasions when there are any such people to be

found in Freeport.

hief: A professional—and reasonably successful—thief in a city full

of amateurs, ranging from second story burglars to cutpurses.

Character Generation

1) Race

Players can play a variety of character races, each with its own speciic

strengths and weaknesses. Take a look through the Races of Freeport

in this chapter and pick a race. Once you’ve made your choice, you

can’t change it later.

2) Traits

his section works as normal, except as noted below.

Alchemy: Used to create alchemical devices, as detailed in Chapter

3: Forbidden Lore.

Arcana: his knowledge ofers information about magical matters

including things relating to adepts, supernatural powers, and

supernatural beings.

Battle: his knowledge relects a talent with techniques and strategies

for disposing and maneuvering forces in combat.

Craft: he ability to make objects or perform a trade. Each craft is a

separate skill. Example crafts include blacksmithing, forgery, cooking,

carpentry, and gemcutting.

he Piloting skill would be highly unusual, since there are few devices

that would qualify as aircraft in the world of Freeport (except perhaps

for the occasional magical creation of an adept or the like); the most

common lying conveyance is some sort of aerial creature, which

requires the Riding skill rather than Piloting.

Geography: his skill describes knowledge of where things are, maps,

and how to use them.

History: his specialty deals with studies of the past, particularly

famous events and people.

Certain Knowledge skills are useful in Freeport. As usual, each is a

unique skill. Note there is no Knowledge (Freeport) skill. For denizens

of the city this is covered by Common Knowledge.

Chapter One:

Characters

3) Edges & Hindrances

his remains unchanged except for one important note. For 1 point you

can gain an extra 100 lords (gold coins), not $500 as in Savage Worlds .

4) Gear

Starting money and gear prices can be found in Chapter 2: Equipment .

hese notes replace those found in the Savage Worlds rules.

Races of Freeport

he most appropriate backgrounds for use in Freeport are racial

backgrounds. hese are packages of ability adjustments, and bonus

skills and feats. While these are mechanical modiiers at heart, they

can and do inform many of the roleplaying choices about your

character, guiding you in decisions about your character’s personality,

motivations, and appearance.

Humans

Freeport is in many ways a human city. Humans founded it and

humans are the most numerous of people in the city. hey occupy the

highest levels of government, have the most seats on the Captains’

Council, make up the majority of the Watch and are the dominant

people in Freeport’s militia—the Sea Lord’s Guard. In Freeport’s

long history, no one who was not human has ever held the post of

Sea Lord. All the judges in the Old City are human, and most of the

biggest businesses are human-held. Despite their apparent mastery

of the city, human Freeporters are mostly tolerant of other races and

cultures. hey welcome travelers from all over the world, regardless

of their skin color, racial heritage, culture, or any other characteristic

that might set the visitors apart from those around them. It is this

welcoming (or perhaps indiferent) attitude that makes Freeport such

an attractive place to live.

Nobility: his skill describes knowledge of important rulers and noble

families or houses.

Religion: his knowledge represents an understanding of religious

beliefs, practices, churches, and deities.

character ind themselves moving along quickly, but amazingly, many

stay, opening businesses or hiring themselves out as mercenaries,

guards, or adventurers.

Racial Edges and Hindrances

• Low Light Vision: Dwarven eyes are accustomed to the dark

of the underearth. hey ignore attack penalties for Dim and

Dark lighting.

• Slow: Dwarves have a Pace of 5”.

• Tough: Dwarves are stout and tough. hey start with a d6

Vigor instead of a d4.

Elves

Elves have few reasons to settle in this city and so there are few here.

hose elves that do make the journey to Freeport may be merchants,

adventurers, or diplomats from some other nation. Some elves are

corsairs, sailing the seas and plundering Continental ships like other

sea dogs of Freeport. Most elves living in Freeport are attracted to its

liveliness, its loose societal structures, and the freedom that Freeport

ofers to those who come here. While they may disagree with the

ignorance and violence and terrible odors wafting up from the Docks,

many ind a way to set aside their misgivings and embrace the wild

and raucous nature of the city.

Freeporters may be predominantly human, but they are certainly

not all alike. Humanity comes in many shapes, sizes, colors, and

nationalities, and Freeport often seems like home to them all. here

is no typical Freeporter in terms of appearance or language, though

many have learned to speak enough of the most common dialects

to get along.

Humans do tend to gather according to their native cultures. Many of

Freeport’s districts can be broken into smaller ethnic neighborhoods,

with people of a shared homeland gather together out of a need for

familiarity, comfort and shared values. his is often expressed by the

exotic smells wafting from their homes, but also by their architectural

choices, their language, and sometimes their appearance.

Elves from the Continent are split into three groups: high elves, sea

elves, and wood elves. All elves have the Agile and Low Light Vision

Edges, with others varying by type.

Racial Edges and Hindrances

• Agile: Elves are graceful and agile. hey start with a d6 in

Agility instead of a d4.

• Low Light Vision: he character’s eyes amplify light like a cat,

allowing him to see in the dark. He ignores attack penalties

for Dim and Dark lighting.

• Lost Heritage (High Elves): High elves have become quite

familiar with more modern technology, embracing inventions

like irearms. hey have, however, lost much of their rural

heritage. When in the wilderness they sufer a -1 penalty to

Stealth, Survival, and Tracking rolls.

• Coastal Heritage (Sea Elves): Sea elves are at home both on

and in the water. hey start the game with a d6 in Boating

and Swimming.

• All humbs (Wood Elves): he rural wood elves have an

inbred dislike of mechanical objects, and thus have the All

humbs Hindrance. hey shun most mechanical or items of

any design.

Gnomes

Where dwarves and elves are unusual, gnomes are far more common,

even having one of their own on the Captains’ Council. Freeport

appeals to their adventuring sensibilities. As natural entertainers and

tricksters, they ind the action here much to their liking. Gnomes

live in the Docks, Scurvytown, and the Eastern District, but they can

Racial Edges and Hindrances

• Versatile: Humans are a versatile crowd. hey begin the game

with either a free Edge or two extra skill points. hey must

meet all the requirements for the Edge.

Dwarves

Famous for having little love for the sea, one might think Freeport

to be free from these stout peoples, but nothing is further from the

truth. Dwarves have never been common in the city, but there are

plenty of immigrants who have chosen this maritime city to start

their lives anew. Such migrations are not without their troubles.

Freeport is nothing like what a dwarf is accustomed to; it is ilthy,

smelly, and lacks the comforting ceiling that deines most dwarves’

lives. Dwarves who settle here must also come to terms with the large

orc and goblinoid population that are allowed to walk the streets with

impunity. hose dwarves who cannot stomach Freeport’s unusual

Nature: his skill encompasses information about lora, fauna, natural

hazards, and similar subjects about the natural world.

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