Back to the Deadlands

Runescryer · Apr 23, 2020, 1:03 AM

Saddle up, pardner; the Kickstarter for a new edition of Deadlands just launched for release in November. The rules are updated to the current Adventurer Edition of Savage Worlds, and the timeline is advanced to 1884. The Servitors have failed and the Reckoners are back to square one in their demonic plans to return to Earth. The Civil War has finally ended, or at least the shootin' has ended, and a Cold War between the USA and CSA has ramped up. Even the Rail Wars have been settled with a phyrric victory by Dr. Hellstrome.

So, it's a return to small town, more isolated tales of terror. Any folks out there interested in gearing up a MU for this?

Auspice · Apr 23, 2020, 1:03 AM

@Runescryer said in Back to the Deadlands:

Any folks out there interested in gearing up a MU for this?

PuppyBreath · Apr 23, 2020, 2:45 AM

My first reaction was disappointment that this was a post about a kickstarter and not a MU, until I got to that part, so I'm gonna go with yes. I would be interested in a MU for this. XD

punkypunkpunk · Apr 23, 2020, 2:46 AM

Absolutely.

GreenFlashlight · Apr 23, 2020, 6:22 AM

Deadlands sounds great.

Alamias · Apr 23, 2020, 2:27 PM

I'm all in.

ZombieGenesis · Apr 23, 2020, 3:54 PM

If it's on TinyMUX I might be able to help as a coder.

ZombieGenesis · May 12, 2020, 10:02 PM

Been playing a lot of Hunt Showdown and it's got me jonesing for some Deadlands. Any more thoughts on this? As I said, I can help as a coder for sure so long as the codebase is TinyMUX or even Ares. There are a number of ways you could go with either.

Runescryer · Jul 3, 2020, 1:11 AM

Okay, folks. The PDF of the new rules set has just been released. I'm still going through it all, since Savage Worlds isn't one of my normal jams. But, if people are still interested, I expect that we can start moving on this in another couple weeks.

Definitely will be needing coders familiar with the Savage Worlds system for this. As well as a 'standard' card deck code that includes Jokers for a total of 54 cards in a deck.

Debating between the new 'standard' setting in the Wyoming/Colorado area or the custom California setting I've been working on and off with for a couple years now. Thoughts?

punkypunkpunk · Jul 3, 2020, 2:46 AM

@Runescryer I'm interested and excited! I vote Colorado/Wyoming because it seems more...westerny? But I'll play, either way.

Runescryer · Jul 3, 2020, 3:15 AM

@toreadorfool I totally get that. I was developing a California setting because 1) I'm from there and know the area and history, and 2) it was a good way to allow both Union and Confedearcy characters to interact as a sort of neutral site playing both sides of the Civil War and supplying both with Ghost Rock. Also, two of my favorite Western series are Zorro and Have Gun-Will Travel, which have California roots.

However, the timeline's been altered because of the Meta storyline for Deadlands. The year is 1884 and the Civil War now ended in 1871 after the Battle of Washington, with the Confederacy's Ghost Rock machinery running out of fuel and the Union forcing Lee back and securing the Confederacy surrender at Appomattox a few months later. So, no need to have a neutral territory for Union & CSA characters anymore. The US now has Territorial Rangers, based off the Texas Rangers, which continue the Ranger lore in-universe; and the Agency is still around as well.

Other Lore updates:
-The Great Flood happens in 1880, taking out Lost Angels and Reverend Grimme
-Hellstromme wins the Great Rail War in 1879 by burrowing under the Rockies in secret, then disappears from the public in 1883.
-The Sioux Nation performs the Great Summoning in 1881, making technology cease to function inside the border.

GreenFlashlight · Jul 3, 2020, 5:29 AM

@Runescryer California is probably better. It's open to more plot ideas and character concepts.