- The GM begins with no bennies, and no bennies are awarded for Jokers. However, whenever you spend a Benny the GM receives that Benny. To enhance this temptation the player characters have access unlimited bennies. However, no more than 1 reroll is allowed per action.
- Bennies gained from Edges such as Luck, or special racial abilities are always light Bennies and do not award the Game Master.
- In addition In this setting there are two additional types of bennies used as a variant of the Conviction rules. These bennies are typically awarded in the same way as Conviction or bribes from the GM for helping administer the game, or for doing something extra fitting to the story, such as failing a roll on purpose.
Hard Choices and What are Variant Bennies?
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Hard Choices and What are Variant Bennies?
Hard Choices & Variant Bennies
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What is a Light Benny?
Light Benny
A Light benny functions identical to a normal benny in Savage Worlds Adventure Edition. With the following special properties:
A Light benny functions identical to a normal benny in Savage Worlds Adventure Edition. With the following special properties:
- When used the GM does not gain a benny!
- You may only have 1 Light Benny at a time. (The Light bennies granted by Luck, Great Luck, or Racial Abilities do not count against this limit.)
- This is a variant of the conviction rule and Light Bennies do not reset at the end of a session/adventure.
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"Possible and practical are two comrades who rarely see eye to eye."
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"Possible and practical are two comrades who rarely see eye to eye."
Rob Towell
What is a Dark Benny?
Dark Benny
Players sometimes earn special powerful bennies called Dark Bennies. Dark bennies may be used for any of the following:
Players sometimes earn special powerful bennies called Dark Bennies. Dark bennies may be used for any of the following:
- May be used to double any trait roll (declared after the roll is made)!
- May be used to reroll even a critical failure gaining a +2!
- Unfortunately when using a Dark Benny the GM immediately gains 2 bennies.
- This is a variant of the conviction rule and Dark bennies do not reset at the end of a session/adventure.
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What is a Golden Benny?
Golden Bennies are something I learned about from Sean Patrick Fannon and latter when reading Shaintar. While not exactly the same as a Shaintar Golden Benny, I will have them in this game. Here is how they work.
A Golden Benny May
You get a Golden Benny on Christmas, on your birthday, on your wedding day, loss of a loved one, or other unique days worth noting such as your mother in laws funeral.
The First Catch: Well there is always a Catch, and with the Golden Benny the catch is you can only ever have 1. Special Exceptions may be made if events fall withing a month of each other. For example if you are lucky enough to get married on Dec 23rd, have you mother in law die the day before christmass and your birthday is on Boxing Day I will not be a jerk, and will likely let you have two for up to 1 month.
The Second Catch: Turns out try as I might I have never been able to develop Psionic powers in real life. So I will not know any of these things that qualify you for a golden benny unless you tell me. So tell your GM if you qualify.
A Golden Benny May
- The golden Benny belongs to the player, not the character. So if you are in more than one of my games it goes with you.
- Do anything a Benny can do with an additional +2 to the roll.
- Allow you to reroll a Critical Failure.
- Allow you to add +4 to any roll.
- Allow you to soak all of the damage from a single attack.
- Be Exchanged for a random adventure card
- Be Exchanged for 2 regular bennies.
- Allow some other narrative awesomeness you can talk the GM into.
- Allow you to reroll a Critical Failure.
- Can be used as a Dark Benny when in Nightbane.
You get a Golden Benny on Christmas, on your birthday, on your wedding day, loss of a loved one, or other unique days worth noting such as your mother in laws funeral.
The First Catch: Well there is always a Catch, and with the Golden Benny the catch is you can only ever have 1. Special Exceptions may be made if events fall withing a month of each other. For example if you are lucky enough to get married on Dec 23rd, have you mother in law die the day before christmass and your birthday is on Boxing Day I will not be a jerk, and will likely let you have two for up to 1 month.
The Second Catch: Turns out try as I might I have never been able to develop Psionic powers in real life. So I will not know any of these things that qualify you for a golden benny unless you tell me. So tell your GM if you qualify.
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