Deadlands Reloaded Question

[graydog]

Hey guys and dolls,

I have been trying to figure this question I have for awhile and needed to find the answer but its a bit specific...

I just started running Deadlands using the 20th Anniversary rules (because they were accessible to me at the time). I am using the adventure 'Coffin Rock' for intro for my
players.

My problem is that the critters in the adventure have something called 'Toughness' and are written wierdly - they only show the die type. Can you explain this to me? And also,
is there a conversion system somewhere?

Here's what the critter looks like:

Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d4 Spirit d4 Strength
d6, Vigor d6
Skills: Fighting d6, Intimidation d6, Notice d4
Pace: 4; Parry: 5; Toughness: 7
Special Abilities
* Claws: d6+d4
* Fear: Anyone who encounters a
walkin’ dead must make a Guts
roll.
* Fearless: Walkin’ dead
are immune to Fear and
Intimidation.
* Undead: +2 Toughness, +2
to recover from being Shaken.
Called shots do no extra
damage. Arrows, bullets, and
other piercing attacks do halfdamage.
* Weakness (Head): Shots to
a walkin’ dead’s head are +2
damage, and piercing attacks do
normal damage.

Thanks for any help,
Graham

[Particle_Man]

As written the toughness is listed as: 7, not a die type.

So the 7 is the target number for the damage roll against that critter.

[graydog]

As written the toughness is listed as: 7, not a die type.

So the 7 is the target number for the damage roll against that critter.

Okay...thanks!
So concerning the attributes...how am I to read: Agility d6? Am I supposed to assign Agility a certain number of dice?
The example, from the adventure, doesn't tell me the number of d6's he has in agility. Confused.

Thanks in advance,
Gray.

[raygun goth]

That's because you're reading a Deadlands: Reloaded adventure, not a Deadlands Classic adventure. That's a Savage Worlds statblock.

[Rhedyn]

Yeah those are Savage Worlds stats.

Your agility there is a d6. As in when you use agility, you roll a d6. You roll it every time.

[graydog]

Yeah those are Savage Worlds stats.

Your agility there is a d6. As in when you use agility, you roll a d6. You roll it every time.

Oh...okay, so its just 1d6 then, I guess.

thanks guys.

[xroads]

I recommend checking out a web-comic called "Crystal Hearts." Crystal Hearts is all about Savage Worlds mechanics wrapped in a fun story to help illustrate how it works. I'd link it, but unfortunately I don't have that option at the moment.

Also, Coffin Rock is a lot of fun. But it's a hard module. A couple of my player characters lost their lives in that scenario. But then again, they do call it Savage Worlds for a reason.

[Particle_Man]

The way I see it, SW is not a Western game with elements of Horror. It is a Horror game, set in the West. Thus plenty of death is expected.