How would you construct an acid blood power for a xenomorph enemy?

Depends on how deadly you want it and how you want it to look.  Does it spray out over a large area, or only effect the person drawing blood?

Treat it like poison, but in reverse.  If the creature is Shaken, then the attacker needs to make an Agility check (possibly at -2 if the acidic quality of the blood is unknown at the time) or suffer 2d6 Acid damage.  Success may deal 1d6 or affect the weapon instead, with a Raise avoiding the acid altogether.

A wound being inflicted could cause a spray of Acid doing 2d6 to a small area like SBT, reduced length Cone or a Jet (or possibly all adjacent like a Sweep).  Agility at -2 for all in the area to avoid 2d6 (or 3d6?) Acid damage.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:24, Sat 15 July 2017.

That works pretty well. I don't need anything too complex, just wanted to capture the general power: when wounded, the Alien sprays acid blood in a small area (1-2 meters at most) that douses usually their melee attacker or anyone in melee with them. The acid is super-concentrated and eats through almost anything.

So the Pinnacle Forums are back up, after being down all summer: https://www.pegforum.com/

It's a brand-new set-up (the old posts are now in an archive) so you'll have to re-register if you were there previously.

Ahhh, thanks for the notice Stray, I was afraid it was just gone...

In reply to Samus Aran (msg # 168):

That could be effective against them as well with careful targeting.
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Was reviewing  some old rules threads and saw discussion about the Incapacitation table that referenced a Spirit roll. Neither my book nor my pdf nor the Screen inserts note a Spirit check during Incapacitation. Am I outdated or was the conversation?

I think Spirit rolls during Incapacitation was a thing from the Explorer's Edition of Savage Worlds.

My SW Deluxe says



So sounds out dates.






This message was last edited by the GM at 18:31, Fri 11 Aug 2017.

Have most discussions moved to Facebook?
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no idea *shrugs*  no Facebook account *likes peace n quiet*  ;)

What would you like to talk about?

In reply to Strickland5 (msg # 177):

Just noticed no talking lately.
no big deal
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I've lost track of sw lately just wondering what's coming soon for the game

Well, they finished up Kickstarters for The Goon (mutant pulp) and Fear Agent (sci-fi special agent) settings a while back, and just finished a Kickstarter for Flash Gordon. RIFTS is also out now.

You can get Rifts in physical copies, while Fear Agent and The Goon are available on PDF. I think only backers currently have access to Flash Gordon.

Flash Gordon just has a 1-sheet out, nothing more aside from what's been previewed in Savage Insider.

Seven Worlds sci-fi setting is out now after completing it's Kickstarter as is Sector Asgard Kappa.

I think Beasts & Barbarians Steel Edition will hit soon along with Shaintar anthology collections and Thundering Skies campaign.

Monster Hunter's Club and Monster Hunter International Kickstarters both wrapped up so books should hit next year I would think.

PEGINC mentioned another Rifts Kickstarter for next year.

Triple Ace Games has a revised All for One: Regime Diabolique 2e in Kickstarter that's targeted for release to general public late next year.

I probably missed something somewhere...

Anyone still use the Explorer Edition since Deluxe was released?
If so, what advantage does it provide?
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They are quite similar, and I believe the changes are for the better. My group never looked back.

I don't even think of them as different “editions”. I see Deluxe as a newer printing with some small rules changes. And even Deluxe is out-of-date now after the change to Shaken works (https://www.peginc.com/shocking-shaken-shake-up/).

Same here. Unlike, say, D&D, the core rules haven't really had a ton of changes over the years, and most of them are for the better. I'm currently running a game with the older version of the Shaken rules, but that's in place specifically as a Setting Rule to make that particular game harsher.

There's talk of a new version of the core rules coming out fairly soon (probably in the next two years), which I'll certainly look into, but the Deluxe is mostly an expansion, rather than a rewrite, and I can use older stuff perfectly well.

New rules are being introduced/incorporated in Flash Gordon according to Shane, and the 2017/2018 releases teaser poster from PEGINC referenced new black-bordered Core & Companion books, so it'll be interesting to see.  (Does sort of make me regret picking up multiple copies of SWDE for the table though....  :(  )

I think the last big “break” in the system was when they moved weapons damage from Strength + number (like in Evernight) to Strenght + die type (like in Deadlands Reloaded). Everything after that was minor and easily made compatible (with only a few exceptions, like the Martial Arts Edge).

What about Wounds?
That seemed to make a pretty big change.
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I don't think they actually changed Wounds?  Just the way melee/thrown weapon damage & Armor values (and Raises on Damage now did +1d6 period instead of flat +2 per Raise).  (Per the 2003 printing from Great White Games...)

What did they choose when moving from Explorer's to Deluxe? If I remember correctly, the Incapacitation rules were changed, becoming simpler. But that is also what I consider a minor change. I know it impacts the game, but, when explaining to player's, you just have to say "the table changed".

I only looked at the wound levels and damage calculations which were unchanged (4+ "wound" = incapacitated).

I've never understood why Fatigue was on a separate scale... (3+ levels Fatigue = incapacitated).  Suzerain setting home-brewed 3 levels of Fatigue & then incapacitated just to stay consistent with Wound levels).