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Deadlands: Reloaded Core Rulebook This electronic book is copyright Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Redistribution by print or by file is strictly prohibited. This pdf may be printed for personal use. The Weird West Reloaded Shane Lacy Hensley and BD Flory Savage Worlds by Shane Lacy Hensley Credits & Acknowledgements Additional Material: Simon Lucas, Paul “Wiggy” Wade-Williams, Dave Blewer, Piotr Korys Editing: Simon Lucas, Dave Blewer, Piotr Korys, Jens Rushing Cover, Layout, and Graphic Design: Aaron Acevedo, Travis Anderson, Thomas Denmark Typesetting: Simon Lucas Cartography: John Worsley Special Thanks: To Clint Black, Dave Blewer, Kirsty Crabb, Rob “Tex” Elliott, Sean Fish, John Goff, John & Christy Hopler, Aaron Isaac, Jay, Amy, and Hayden Kyle, Piotr Korys, Rob Lusk, Randy Mosiondz, Cindi Rice, Dirk Ringersma, John Frank Rosenblum, Dave Ross, Jens Rushing, Zeke Sparkes, Teller, Paul “Wiggy” Wade-Williams, Frank Uchmanowicz, and all those who helped us make the original Deadlands a premiere property. Fan Dedication: To Nick Zachariasen, Eric Avedissian, Sean Fish, and all the other Deadlands fans who have kept us honest for the last 10 years. Personal Dedication: To mom, dad, Michelle, Caden, and Ronan. Thank you for all the love and support. You are my world. B.D.’s Dedication: To my parents, for everything. Sorry this took so long. Interior Artwork: Aaron Acevedo, Travis Anderson, Chris Appel, Tom Baxa, Melissa A. Benson, Theodor Black, Peter Bradley, Brom, Heather Burton, Paul Carrick, Jim Crabtree, Thomas Denmark, Cris Dornaus, Jason Engle, Edward Fetterman, Tom Fowler, Carl Frank, Dan Frazier, Randy Gallegos, Garem, Tim Gerstmar, Simon Gustafsson, Friedrich Haas, Paul (Prof.) Herbert, Llyn Hunter, Simon Ible, Charles Keegan, Mike Kimble, Lissanne Lake, April Lee, William O’Connor, Paolo Parente, Allan Pollack, Mike Raabe, Ron Spencer, Richard Thomas, Pete Venters, Brian Wackwitz, James Walters, Blake Wilkie, John Worsley, Cheyenne Wright Playtesters: Dan Adamski, Tom Angus, Pete Atkinson, Steve Bartell, Stephan Becker, Gary Bowerbank, Tom Braaksma, Piotr Braciak, Chris Cellestino, Harald Chuchlik, Rob Clardij, Erik Counts, Markus Finster, Carter Geyerman, James Geyerman, Greg Gruschow, Marc Hameleers, Tim Hannon, Vince Knuffman, Piotr Korys, Michal Kuzniacki, Jos Lauwers, Erika Lexen, Rob Lusk, Gary Matthews, Marcin Ostrowski, Julian Pritchard, Jess Ray, Andrew Read, David Ross, Tom Rued, Benjamin Schollnick, Catherine Schollnick, Shay Smith, Mark Spanjer, Baz Stevens, Josef Teufer, Michaela Trimmel, Philip Verhagen, Ronald de Vries, Greg Whalen, Eljay Wharff, Martin Whittick, Tom Wisniewski, Simon Wray, Lou Wynar, Sue Wynar, Maciej Ziebicki Savage Worlds, Smiling Jack, Great White Games, Deadlands: the Weird West, and all unique characters, creatures, and locations herin are copyright 2005, Great White Games. Contents Players’ Handbook MAKIN’ HEROES•••26 New Hindrances•••30 OUT WEST•••6 New Edges•••32 The Late Unpleasantness•••7 Revelation•••8 GEAR & GOODS•••42 America Asunder•••9 Gear Notes•••44 The United States of Infernal Devices•••47 America•••9 Smith & Robards Catalog•••48 The Confederate States of America•••10 SETTING RULES•••56 The Disputed Territories•••11 Grit•••57 The Sioux Nations•••14 Fate Chips•••57 The Coyote Confederation•••15 The Way of the Brave•••58 The Republic of Deseret•••16 Gunfights•••60 The City of Lost Angels•••17 Duels•••62 Go West, Young Man!•••18 Dinero•••20 No Man’s Land Communication•••20 On With the Show•••69 The Blue and the Gray•••22 The Secret Services•••70 The Law•••23 The Blessed•••72 Hucksters•••76 THE WEIRD WEST•••134 Shamans•••80 Back East•••136 Mad Scientists•••83 The Disputed Territories•••140 The Secrets of Shaolin•••85 The Great Basin•••144 Powers•••87 The Great Maze•••146 Beyond the Pale•••105 The Commonwealth of The Unlife of a Harrowed•••107 California•••149 Harrowed Edges•••109 The Great Northwest•••153 The Order of Things•••114 The High Plains•••155 The Old Ones•••115 The Republic of Deseret•••156 A Tale of Vengeance•••115 Indian Country•••158 The Hunt•••117 The Wild Southwest•••161 The Reckoning•••118 The Great Rail Wars•••166 The World Today•••118 ENcoUNTERS•••172 The Power of Fear•••118 Humans•••229 Famous Folks•••236 Marshal’s Handbook The Rail Barons•••244 THERE WILL ComE A Mundane Animals•••250 RECKONING•••113 Appendices MORE SETTING RULES•••124 CHARTS AN’ SUCH•••252 Fear Levels•••125 Legend Chips•••126 CHARACTER SHEET•••253 Tables o’ Doom•••126 The Harrowed•••129 INDEX•••254 The Tombstone Epitaph Sunday, June 29 1879 GREETINGS several of these companies, A Letter I must admit to a growing MANY of you, I’m certain, pitch of excitement here at from the wait with bated breath for my the offices of the Tombstone harrowing tale of the horror Epitaph. For the very first that managed to bring me low. time, travelers will enjoy Editor Others probably salivate at the the splendor and majesty of thought of the wild tale of my America without subjecting FAITHFUL Readers, abduction by the Agency or its their bottoms to the rigors southern counterpart, the Texas of the saddle or their purses Many of you have written Rangers, as part of an effort to and persons to the danger of over the past year to express silence a free and independent stagecoach robbery. your consternation at the dis- press. Though even now, the appearance of the Epitaph’s Although such an article rail companies’ enforcers own Lacy O’Malley. Some would be the unvarnished battle one another across the believed I had fired Mr. truth, I must confess that it is the West, we can only hope this O’Malley for his flights of momentous events that loom too shall pass with the end fancy, while others wondered large on the horizon of which of the aptly named “Great if perhaps one of the many I write today. Even as I write Rail Wars.” It is a tribute horrors of which he writes had this, a new age approaches. to the American spirit that finally claimed him. despite the troubles and I wish to extend my turmoil of these recent years, gratitude to you all, however, Peace Breaks such a monumental—nay, for remaining loyal to the Herculean—feat can still be Epitaph, despite Mr. O’Malley’s Out achieved. prolonged absence. I am honor-bound to But rest assured, gentle AS anyone old enough to extend a note of caution, reader, that he is safe and toddle around on his own must however, to the readers well. His frequent expeditions surely realize, the long Civil who have already begun into these wide lands lead War that has rent our nation to pack. The West remains him far from Tombstone, but asunder ended nearly nine an untamed land, and he always returns with a new months ago. Though the peace should you decide to make story with which to regale us. we currently enjoy is dubbed a the journey despite my And so it is on this occasion. cease fire by the press offices of counsel, stay close to the I shall now turn the both American nations, it is our rail lines and the roads well- remainder of this extra edition sincere hope here at the Epitaph traveled. Despite the age of of the Epitaph to our prodigal that the tree of liberty has drunk enlightenment just around son, as so many of your letters its fill, and the blood of patriots the corner, many are the have made it quite clear why need no longer be shed. nooks and crannies of the I employ Mr. O’Malley rather As faithful readers know, West that have yet to face than subject you any longer to we here at the Epitaph have the shining light of truth. my pale own prose. had our eye on another struggle Here there be shadows, for some time now: the race Dear Friends. Regards, to the coast waged by the rail And they bite. companies of America. Though John Clum I have in the past cast aspersions Your Chronicler Editor, Tombstone Epitaph on the methods employed by Lacy O’Malley Out West The year is 1879, and the history is not our own. After almost two decades of bitter fighting, the American Civil War has ground to a standstill. The Confederate States are still free. California has fallen into the Pacific Ocean. Rail Barons fight bloody battles to decide whom the victor will be in the race for a transcontinental railroad, while a superfuel called ghost rock advances technology by unpredictable leaps and sometimes dangerous bounds. The Sioux have retaken the Dakotas and the Coyote Confederation dances the Ghost Dance on the High Plains. Some even say the dead walk among us. We know that’s a lot to take in, partner, so let’s start at the beginning. Out West THE LATE UNPLEASANTNESS The American Civil War began as it did in our own history. After more than a decade of confl ict over the States’ right of self-government, Abraham Lincoln’s election to the American Presidency was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Seven Southern states seceded to form the Confederate States of America and laid claim to federal property within the borders of the young nation. Not even sworn in, President-elect Lincoln was faced with an immediate dilemma. Though many of the claims of the Confederate government did not present immediate crises, the question of federal forts garrisoned by Union troops would not stand unanswered for long. Lincoln ultimately decided to resupply two forts in immediate danger of capture by Confederate forces: Fort Sumter near Charleston and Fort Pickens in Pensacola Harbor. Infamously, the former would be the match that lit the powder keg. Upon receiving news of the resupply, the Union garrison refused to surrender in a timely fashion, hoping to hold out until help arrived.
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