Companions &

Familiars
FANTASY ADD-ON
 COMPANIONS & FAMILIARS
CONTENTS COMPANIONS IN PLAY 18
Allowed Companions.........................................................18
INTRODUCTION 3 Communication & understanding ...................................18
Companion Actions ............................................................19
NEW EDGES 4 Who is in charge? ................................................................20
Riding a Companion...........................................................20
Companion Edge...................................................................4
Carrying a Companion.......................................................21
Companion Boons.................................................................4
Riding Flying Companions................................................21
Advanced Edges....................................................................6
Sidekick and Followers ......................................................22
Kin Bond Edge.......................................................................8
Non fantasy? ........................................................................22
Anything missing? ..............................................................22
MAKING COMPANIONS 9
Race .........................................................................................9 SAMPLE CHARACTERS 23
Size ........................................................................................10
Ger’dan and Ma’hur............................................................23
A�ributes..............................................................................11
Shinzu and Sssra’von .........................................................24
Skills ......................................................................................11
Ayga and Tombaku ............................................................25
Edges & Hindrances ...........................................................12
Zotarr and Balok .................................................................26
Communication...................................................................12
Vegnar and Crumbles.........................................................27
Perception.............................................................................12
Tiffy and Wheezy ................................................................28
Natural Weapons ................................................................13
Raaji and Nahraq ................................................................29
Combat Abilities..................................................................14
YAndor and Brave...............................................................30
Movement ............................................................................15
Tanaka and her Guardians.................................................31
Miscellaneous Abilities.......................................................16
Guilhem de Belgarde and Samuel ....................................33
Advances ..............................................................................17
Death.....................................................................................17

CREDITS
WRITING, DESIGN & LAYOUT BY: Cyril Ronseaux.
COVER ART BY: Dean Spencer.
COVER LAYOUT BY: Jan Jetmar.
COVER TEXTURES FROM: Pixabay, by Anne-Marie Ridderhof and DWilliams.
INTERIOR ART BY: Bob Greyvenstein (© Grim Press), Dean Spencer, Jacob E. Blackmon, and Paul Jayaraj.

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Members of the Unofficial Savage Worlds Discord community, who helped me
with advice, layout, proofreading, balance, and support. Especially Charlotte Irrgang, Kristian Serrano,
Donavon “DoctorBoson” Bailey, Dylan “SteelDraco” Brooks, Ian Alloway, Jan Jetmar, Lee da Pupper,
Manuel "ManuFS" Sambs, Venatus Vinco, and Richard “Zadmar” Woolcock.

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INTRODUCTION
“Game Master?”
“Yes?”
“I would like my character to have a pet following
him around who can support him, or do their
own cool stuff.”
“Well, sure. There is the Beast Master that…”
“Come on! Not a druid! I don’t want to play a
Nature Lover! Let’s try something different!”
“Ok, ok! Wait. I just picked this Fantasy Add-on
about companions, pets and familiars. Let’s
see what it has to offer!”
Savage Worlds provides the Beast Master Edge to get
a loyal companion. However, this mostly covers
characters attuned to nature, since the Edge always
comes with such an animal magnetism that animals
usually won’t attack the hero, and the pet provided
must be a beast.
In a fantasy setting, there are many more reasons
why you would have a companion and they aren’t
just beasts, they can be magical, supernatural,
coming from other planes or dimensions...
Savage Worlds Fantasy Companion proposes the
Familiar Edge, which offers interesting options but
remains restricted to small beasts.
This add-on aims at making the following
characters all possible:
INSPIRATION
I was inspired by:
■ Dylan “SteelDraco” Brooks’ Summoner’s Circle
(expanding the summon ally Power) part of
Savage Worlds Adventurer's Guild
■ as well as Richard “Zadmar” Woolcock’s
Savage Abilities (point based system to build
your own Edges, Powers and Abilities) and
Savage Beasts (musing around shape-shifting
abilities).
Introduction
■
■
Swamp thing following its marsh druid master
Forest druid attuned to a living shrub companion
■ Mountain druid riding a wild ibex
■ Nomad riding horse nobody else could tame
■ Hunter and predator beast tracking prey
■ Ranger scouting through his eagle’s eyes
■ Guardian angel protecting a paladin
■ Tinkerer dwarf building his own automaton
■ Sorcerer creating a permanent golem or elemental
■ Ravens improving witch powers
■ Necromancer with permanent undead servants
■ Necromancer sharing a wraith’s goal
■ Homunculus helping a wizard in his research
■ Psion sharing their mind with a psychic entity
■ Spirit totem advising a shaman
■ Warlock drawing power from demon pets
Also, the following well known book or movie
characters are (mostly) made possible:
■ Mushu watching over Mulan (Disney character,
Chinese female fighter and her house dragon)
■ Yakari and Little Thunder (young Sioux Native
American who can speak to animals and ride a
wild pony no one else could tame)
■ Brea and Lore (Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a
winged half-folk that a stone elemental servant
protected for a while).
■ Princess Mononoke riding the Wolf Goddess
Moro (at least, this book lets your ride a wild beast)
■ Aladdin and the lamp’s genie (yet, don’t expect
this book to cover the three wishes ability)
First, this book presents you the Companion Edge
and its options, inspired from Beast Master and
Familiar Edges. Then, you get to learn how to create
your own Companion using a point-buy system
very much like Making Races from Savage Worlds.
Next, I prepared for you a few characters and
companions to showcase what is possible with this
book. Last, we discuss how companions can exist in
your setting and how their relationship with their
masters looks like.

NEW EDGES
Here are replacements, or rather evolution, of Beast
Master and Beast Bond Edges, you can use in your
setting, for characters with loyal companions, pets
or familiars.
COMPANION EDGE
COMPANION
REQUIREMENTS: Novice, Spirit d8+
Whether he has great charisma, a magic attunement
of some sort, received a family heritage or built it
himself, your character is strongly tied to a
Companion.
The Companion and your character are both Loyal
(like the Hindrance) to each other. While they are
close and usually work together, the Companion
can have its own goal and agenda. It gladly helps its
master whenever it can, but also follows its instinct,
especially when survival is at stake.
Create a Companion (see Making Companions,
page 8). The Companion does not talk or talks in a
language nobody can understand. It doesn’t
understand its master or other people either. If the
Companion dies, it will come back or be replaced
within a few days or weeks.
In addition to the Companion, choose one
Companion Boons, based on the nature of the
relationship between the master and its Companion.
COMPANION BOONS
When you pick the Companion Edge, your hero
gains one of the following boons. They work like
Edges, but can only be gained from the Companion
Edge. A hero can only have one Companion Boon.
To get another Boon, see the Extra Boon Edge.
New Edges
COMPANION EDGE DESIGN
Beast Master has three parts:
■ it grants a loyal companion,
■ it grants a bonus effect: animals don’t attack
you,
■ it provides improvement options.
The Companion Edge has similar design:
■ it grants a Companion...you build yourself
■ it proposes a bonus effect...you pick from a
list
■ It proposes improvements...however, to keep
them easy to understand and refer to, they
are moved into separate Edges (see
Advanced Companion Edges, page 6).
ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE
REQUIREMENTS: Arcane Background (any),
Companion
As Companions join the hero, they gain one Power
they can share with him.
Each time the character gains the New Powers Edge,
he can choose to take a new Minor Hindrance to
have his Companions also gain one new Power to
share.
While the Companion is within a Range of 5x his
Spirit and neither Shaken, Stunned nor
Incapacitated, the mage can cast any of the
Companion’s shared Powers, using his own power
points, as if he knew the Power himself.
ARCANE BEACON
REQUIREMENTS: Arcane Background (any),
Companion
The Companions is some kind of magnet or beacon
for the hero’s arcane abilities.
As long as the master is within Range of a
Companion’s Spirit, the mage adds +1 to his Arcane
Skill rolls for Tests and Powers activation.

AURA
REQUIREMENTS: Companion
The hero’s Companions give him self-confidence,
conviction, or bolster his courage.
Choose one aura:
■ Clarity: the hero gains one free reroll to Spirit or
Smarts rolls to resist Tests.
■ Courage: the hero gains one free reroll on Fear
checks.
■ Fortitude: the hero gains one free reroll on Vigor
rolls to resist Fatigue from Hazards (including
Poison and Diseases).
■ Morale: the hero gains one free reroll to recover
from Shaken and Stunned.
■ Willpower: the hero gains one free reroll on Spirit
checks to resist Powers (not to shake their effects
off).
New Edges
beeps…). The character speaks in his native
language, and yet is somehow understood by his
Companions.
KIN MASTER
REQUIREMENTS: Companion
Pick one kind of beings the Companion belongs to.
It can be as wide as animals, celestials, demons,
spirits or more specific like wolves, dragons, water
creatures or anything similar agreed upon with the
Game Master. Beings of this kind won’t attack the
character, unless he attacks them first or they’re
enraged for some reason (as per Savage Worlds’ Beast
Master).

The master only benefits from the aura while he

stands in Range of one of his Companions’ Spirit.
Even with multiple Companions, he only receives
benefits once.

ELEMENTAL AEGIS
REQUIREMENTS: Companion

Choose one kind of environmental danger, like

heat, acid, cold, water. When the master is within a
Range of his Companion’s Spirit, the Companion
protects him from negative effects of selected
environment (as with environmental protection
Power). For example, a fire elemental protects
against heat, but not against hunger, while a
celestial servant of the goddess of the sea allows
him to breathe underwater.

FUZZY TALK
REQUIREMENTS: Companion
DEAN SPENCER

The hero and his Companions can speak to and

understand each other. A Companion usually uses
a language of its own, that only its master magically
understands (animal squeaks, mechanical golem

OTHERWORLDLY
REQUIREMENTS: Companion
The Companions usually live in another plane or
dimension and are somehow linked to the main
world (a magical lamp, a stone figurine…). They are
susceptible to the banish Power.
As an action, they can appear into, or disappear
from, the world. While away, Companions are
impervious of the real world and can only hear
when the hero calls for them. When Incapacitated, a
Companion is forcefully returned to its original
plane and locked there until consciousness is
restored. However, the hero can pull it out, e.g. to
a�end to its wounds.
PHYSICAL FORM
REQUIREMENTS: Companion, companion is
ethereal
The Companions can manifest into the physical
world. It takes one action to change between
ethereal and physical forms. While in physical form
it is visible, can be harmed by any attacks, and can
no longer pass through walls.
TEAMWORK
REQUIREMENTS: Companion
Whenever the master or its Companions Support
each other, they get +1 to their Support roll.
WILD RIDE
REQUIREMENTS: Companion, Riding d6+
The hero gets a free reroll on Riding skill checks
while riding any of his Companions (see Riding a
Companion, page 20).
ADVANCED EDGES
Advanced Companion Edges represent
improvements of the relationship between master
and its Companion.
New Edges
ARCANE BATTERY
REQUIREMENTS: Novice, Arcane Background (any),
Companion
One Companion becomes a�uned to its master’s
magic. It gains a 5 Power Points pool (separate from
both its master’s and its own pool if any). That pool
recharges at the usual rate (5 points per hour spent
resting).
As a free action, if the Companion is in Range of the
mage’s Spirit and is neither Shaken, Stunned nor
Incapacitated, the mage can withdraw, or store
back, any amount of Power Points from that pool. If
the Companion has the same Arcane Background
Edge than its master, it can also spend or store from
that pool.
This Edge may be selected once per Companion per
hero’s Rank. Each additional pick on the same
Companion either increases the Power Points by 5 or
doubles the recharge rate (up to a maximum of 20 per
hour).
COMPANION RESILIENCE
REQUIREMENTS: Novice, Wild Card, Companion
Choose one of the hero’s Companions. This
Companion can take a hit without dying. This Edge
may be selected once per Companion.
It gains the Resilient special ability. When the
Companion reaches Seasoned Rank, this improves
to Very Resilient. Once Heroic, it loses Resilient and
Very Resilient to become a Wild Card with a Wild
Die and three Wounds but no Benny.
EXTRA BOON
REQUIREMENTS: Novice, Spirit d10+, Companion
The relation between your hero and his
Companions is exceptional. Choose a second
Companion Boon the master and his Companions
will benefit from.

MIMICKING EACH OTHER
Mutual Understanding is designed for
characters supernaturally changing into their
companion. Try to make the behavior or
appearance change linked to the Trait that was
improved.
For example:
■ a hunter whose eyes turn birdlike, while
learning Notice from his eagle companion,
■ A monkey who starts to dress, bow and mimic
other humans, while learning Taunts from his
master,
■ A druid who grows fangs, when learning
Fighting from his panther friend,
■ A sorcerer whose skin turns stone gray, under
the influence of his earth elemental servant.
MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
REQUIREMENTS: Novice, Companion
Choose one of the hero’s Companions. The
Companion and its master understand each other
be�er and improve by each other example.
The master chooses a Trait his Companion is better
at and increases this Trait by one die step. Likewise,
the Companion increases one Trait the hero is better
at. Both master and Companion appearance or
behavior shifts towards the other.
This Edge may be selected once per Companion per
character’s Rank.
NEW COMPANION
REQUIREMENTS: Novice, Companion
The hero receives another Companion (refer to
Making Companions, page 9). The new
Companion must be of the same kind as the
previous ones, e.g. if the first is an undead, a new
undead joins him.
This Edge may be picked more than once.
New Edges
SHARED LIFE
REQUIREMENTS: Novice, Vigor d6+, Companion
As an action, the master can make a Spirit check to
transfer one Wound or Fatigue level from or to any
of his Companion he touches, two on a raise.
SHARED MAGIC
REQUIREMENTS: Novice, Arcane Background (any),
Companion
When the mage actives on himself a Power with the
Additional Targets modifier available, it also affects
all of his Companions in range for free.
SHARED MIND
REQUIREMENTS: Novice, Companion
The hero developed an unusual telepathic
connection with all of his Companions.
The character can communicate with his
Companions. This works as per mind link Power
(without raise effect) which includes master and
Companions.
SHARED SENSES
REQUIREMENTS: Novice, Companion, Notice d6+
As an action, the hero concentrates and chooses one
of his Companions. He can now see, hear, smell or
otherwise feel everything the Companion feels.
However, while riding his Companion’s senses, he
is blind to his own. It also requires an action to
switch to another Companion’s senses, or return to
his own senses. Likewise, a Companion can ride its
master’s senses.
IMPROVED SHARED SENSES
REQUIREMENTS: Seasoned, Arcane
Background (any), Shared Senses
While riding a Companion senses, the mage can
activate Powers as if originating from the
Companion’s body. Line of sight, Illumination
penalties, range and similar situations are
evaluated from the Companion’s senses and
perspective.
 New Edges
KIN BOND EDGE KIN BOND BENNIES
KIN BOND
Kin Bond is the evolution of Beast Bond.
REQUIREMENTS: Novice
However Beast Bond is usually inferior to
The hero has a supernatural empathy with one kind Common Bond.
of wild or supernatural beings. It can be as wide as
The latter allows to share Bennies with all allies,
animals, constructs, spirits...or more specific like
not just animals under your command.
wolves, dragons, tree-folks or anything similar
agreed upon with the Game Master. Beast Bond has two slight advantages: lower
Requirements, but for Beast Master players, this
She can spend her own Bennies for any creature of
is useless; and the player spends the Bennies, so
this kind under her control, including mounts and
Elan Edge applies, but it is a pre�y small
Companions.
advantage.
Also, at the beginning of each game session, she
That is why, I decided to give Strong Bond two
draws two extra Bennies she can only spend
limited use Bennies. Also, characters with pets
through this bond.
hate to lose them and need ways to protect
them. Kin Bond Bennies is one such a way.

DEAN SPENCER
 Making Companions
MAKING COMPANIONS WHY 32 POINTS?
A Companion starts as an Extra of Novice Rank,
I compared Size –3 to Size 0 beasts from Savage
with:
Worlds’ Bestiary, using the Making Races
■ d4 in every a�ribute
point-buy system. They end up between 25 and
■ No skill (and no core skill)
37 points. I tried out a few costs modification,
■ A base walking Pace of 6 with a d6 running die
but the result would still vary a lot. I compared
■ Fists which deal Str damage (and count as
with non beast size 0 creatures, like soldiers and
Unarmed Defender)
zombies, who felt as good a challenge for
■ It can’t equip armor (for a Companion able to
Novice characters as a wolf: same values range.
equip armor, check the Outfittable Companion
Combat Ability) I also compared Size 1 to Size 3 beasts who can
■ It can’t wield weapons (for a Companion able to be used as mounts, like horses. The mule is
wield weapons, check the Prehensile Hands abysmal (11 points), but the horse is about 32 to
Companion Combat Ability) 35 points.
■ It can’t speak nor can it understand its master and
Eventually, I compared to a Novice Extra
other people around (for a Companion you can
created as a character. Taking into consideration
talk to, check Companion Communication
characters can speak, wear armor and wield
Abilities, the Fuzzy Talk Companion Boon, and
weapons, I ended up with 32 points.
the Shared Mind Edge).
■ However, unlike the Beast Master pet, the Since an advance is 2 points, and you get 4
Companion does Advance like any other ally (see advances between Ranks, a multiple of 8 sounds
Companion Advances, page 17). perfectly the way to go, and 32 really felt in the
average beasts from the Bestiary.
Choose a personality for the Companion. See Allied
Personalities in Savage Worlds.
SO BE IT! 32 POINTS IT IS!
From there, you have 32 points to choose and buy
Companion Abilities. Hindrances and penalizing
abilities have a negative value which provide extra
creation points. Most abilities can only be picked RACE
once while other can be picked multiple times. This
is indicated with a number in parentheses after the To speed up the creation process, you can use one of
ability name. A (U) means the ability is unlimited. the proposed templates in the Companion Racial
Templates table on next page.

Each template costs exactly the sum of the abilities

it encompasses. You find most of them in Savage
Worlds’ Bestiary.
BOB GREYVENSTEIN

Feel free to create your own Companion Racial

Templates for races that are not represented here but
exist in your se�ing.
 Making Companions
COMPANION RACIAL TEMPLATES
TEMPLATE VALUE INCLUDED ABILITIES
Animal –2 • Animal Intelligence (–1)
SUMMONER’S CIRCLE
• Subject to beast friend Power (–1)
If you also use Summoner’s Circle, some Racial
Celestial 2 • Immune to Poison (+1) Templates are weighted differently for
• Immune to Disease (+1) Summons than for Companions.
• Immune to Fear (+2)
• Extraplanar (–1)
• Supernaturally Good (–1) This is either because Cannot Speak and No
Hand Abilities are given by default to every
Construct 8 • Quick Recovery (+2)
• Pain Resistance (+2) Companion or because some Abilities like
• Doesn’t Breathe (+2) Doesn’t Breathe or Immune to Poison, do matter
• Doesn’t Eat (+1)
• Immune to Disease (+1) much more for a Companion than for a
• Immune to Poison (+1) Summon.
• Requires Repair (–1)

Demon 2 • Quick Recovery (+2)

• Immune to Poison (+1)
• Immune to Disease (+1)
SIZE
• Extraplanar (-1)
• Supernaturally Evil (-1)
Select the Companion’s Size between –3 and +3.
Elemental 6 • Pain Resistance (+2) Note the cost for Size –3 is not an error, as Very
• No Vital Organs (+1)
• Doesn't Breathe (+2) Small Scale is very effective against most opponents
• Doesn’t Eat (+1)
• Immune to Disease (+1) (Normal Scale), since it provides +4 to hit and –4 to
• Immune to Poison (+1) be hit.
• Requires Magical Healing (–2)
Likewise, Size –2 (Small Scale) provides +2 to hit and
Ethereal 10 Companion can’t be harmed by –2 to be hit.
non-magical attacks, can pass
through physical objects, can’t affect
the physical world, and can’t be seen
unless they want to be. COMPANION SIZE
SIZE VALUE NOTES
Plant 3 • Animal Intelligence (–1) Size –3 7 This means –3 to Toughness and Very
• Quick Recovery (+2) Small scale. Usually has d4–3 Strength.
• No Vital Organs (+1)
• Doesn’t Eat (+1) Size –2 3 This means –2 to Toughness and Small
• Dependency: Sun (–1) scale. Usually has d4–2 to d4–1
• Immune to Poison (+1) Strength.
• Immune to Disease (+1)
• Environmental Weakness to Fire Size –1 –1 This means –1 to Toughness and
(–1) Normal scale. Usually has Strength d4
While they don’t exactly breathe oxygen, to d6.
they do need air, and wouldn’t be able to Size 0 0 Counts as Normal scale. Usually has
live without. Hence they aren’t Strength between d6 and d12.
considered “Doesn’t breathe”.

Size 1 1 This means +1 to Toughness and

Undead 11 • Toughness +2 (+2)
Normal scale. Usually has Strength d8
• Quick Recovery (+2)
to d12+1.
• Pain Resistance (+2)
• No Vital Organs (+1) Size 2 2 This means +2 to Toughness and
• Doesn’t Breathe (+2) Normal scale. Usually has Strength d10
• Doesn’t Eat (+1) to d12+2.
• Immune to Disease (+1)
• Immune to Poison (+1) Size 3 3 This means +3 to Toughness and
• Supernaturally Evil (–1) Normal scale. Usually has Strength d12
to d12+3.

ATTRIBUTES
For each of the five attributes, choose at which die
step that Companion starts. Then you can add some
A�ribute Penalty or Animal Intellect on top.
Making Companions
SKILLS
Companions start with no Skill, not even Core Skills
(which are meant for human-like characters).
Buy every skill following the Companion Skills
table below (which works like Character Creation
and Advances). In addition, you can select bonuses
or penalties to skill rolls.

COMPANION SKILLS
DEAN SPENCER

VALUE ABILITY
1 Start one Skill at d4.

1 Increase one skill one die step up its linked

a�ribute.
2 Increase one skill one die step above its linked
a�ribute.
1+ Casual Skill Bonus (1/skill): The Companion
COMPANION ATTRIBUTES receives a +1 bonus when using a particular skill
VALUE ABILITY (except frequently used skills like Athletics,
–5 Get one a�ribute at d4–3. Fighting, Shooting, Persuasion, and Arcane
Skills).
A�ribute maximum is d6.
–3 Get one a�ribute at d4–2. Instead, still for 1 point, bonus is +2 but only in
specific situations (e.g. in wilderness, at night,
A�ribute maximum is d8. against human foes...).
–2 Get one a�ribute at d4–1.
Instead for 2 points, bonus is +2 to every situation.
A�ribute maximum is d10.
You can only pick one penalty or bonus per skill.
0 Get one a�ribute at d4.
2 Frequent Skill Bonus (1/skill): The
A�ribute maximum is d12. Companion receives a +1 bonus with a frequently
2 Get one a�ribute at d6. used skill (such as Athletics, Fighting, Shooting,
Persuasion, and Arcane Skills).
A�ribute maximum is d12+1.
You can only pick one penalty or bonus per skill.
4 Get one a�ribute at d8.
–1+ Casual Skill Penalty (1/skill): The Companion
A�ribute maximum is d12+2. suffers a –2 penalty when using a particular skill
6 Get one a�ribute at d10. (except frequently used skills), or –4 if only
applicable to specific situations.
A�ribute maximum is d12+3.
8 Get one a�ribute at d12. Instead for –2, the penalty is –4 to every situation.

A�ribute maximum is d12+4.
–1 Animal Intelligence (1): The Companion’s
Smarts counts as Animal Intelligence, that is
relative to the animal world, not human world.
–2 A�ribute Penalty (1/a�ribute): Pick an
a�ribute. This a�ribute rolls are made at –1.
Instead for –3 points, this attribute rolls are made
at –2. Only once per a�ribute.
You can only pick one penalty or bonus per skill.
–1+ Frequent Skill Penalty (1/skill): The
Companion suffers a –1 penalty to a very
commonly used skill, or –2 if only applicable to
specific situations.
Instead for –2 points, the penalty is –2 to every
situation.
You can only pick one penalty or bonus per skill.

EDGES & HINDRANCES
Companions can receive Edges at creation. They
represent innate abilities or abilities learned during
childhood or early times of its existence.
COMPANION EDGES & HINDRANCES
VALUE ABILITY
2 Edge (U): Receive an Edge. Must fulfill all
requirements.
3 Innate Novice Edge (U): Receive a Novice
Edge. Ignore a�ributes and skills requirements.
4 Innate Seasoned Edge (U): Receive a Seasoned
Edge. Ignore a�ributes and skills requirements.
5 Innate Veteran Edge (U): Receive a Veteran
Edge. Ignore a�ributes and skills requirements.
6 Innate Heroic Edge (U): Receive a Heroic Edge.
Ignore a�ributes and skills requirements.
— You can’t gain Legendary Edges as Innate Edges.
–2 Major Hindrance (U): Receive a Major
Hindrance.
–1 Minor Hindrance (U): Receive a Minor
Hindrance.
Making Companions
COMMUNICATION
COMPANION COMMUNICATION
VALUE ABILITY
0 Can’t speak: This is the default for all
Companions. Either they can’t speak at all or they
speak in a language of their own which is totally
forgotten. They won’t understand any sapient
being, their master, or his group.
1 Lost Language: The Companion only speaks in
an ancient language (or from a distant land) and
doesn’t understand any other language. Rare
characters who know that language can
communicate with the Companion.
2 Common Language: The Companion
understands and speaks one common language,
known by large groups of people. Any character
who knows this language can communicate with
the Companion.
4 Polyglot: The Companion knows and
understands all languages, living, ancient or
forgotten, but might still struggle with slang or
dialect, as per speak language (non raise effect).
PERCEPTION
Pick the Companion senses. The abilities below
usually do not stack. You can’t pick more than one,
except when it makes sense. For example, Flair with
Low Light Vision, Magic Sight with Diurnal Vision
(or Dark Sight).

COMPANION PERCEPTION ABILITIES

BOB GREYVENSTEIN

VALUE
–4
COMPANION’S AGE
Young, Very Young and Elderly Hindrance
change how many attributes and skills a
character starts with. There is no such limit with
Companions. Don’t use those Hindrances.
Simply take Attribute Penalties, less attribute
scores, more skills...Design it the way you want
it to be!
ABILITY
Blind (1): No sight at all. Suffer –6 penalty to any
physical task where vision is required.
0 Diurnal Vision (1): Standard vision for a
human and most animals. The Companion clearly
sees in light and suffers from Illumination
penalties.
2 Dark sight (1): Supernaturally can see in pitch
1
darkness. Ignore all Illumination penalties.
Flair (1): Can detect presence of beings within 6”
by smell. Can move toward them but can’t see
them or see what else is around. Once adjacent,
ignores all Illumination penalties to act against them.
1 Infravision (1): See heat patterns. Halve
Illumination penalties against warm targets.
1 Low Light Vision (1): Nocturnal vision of owls,
cats, and night animals. Only ignore Dim and
Dark Illumination penalties.
3 Magic Sight (1): Can detect and clearly see
supernatural beings, enchanted objects, or
magical effects in sight, as per detect arcana Power
(non raise effect), including ethereal spirits.

NATURAL WEAPONS
Most creatures have between one and three natural
melee weapons and some have one breath or one
ranged weapon.
Start with melee weapons. For each one, define its
type (see Companion Melee Weapons table) and
optionally upgrade it (see Companion Melee
Options table).
COMPANION MELEE WEAPONS
VALUE ABILITY
1 Bite (1): Bite dealing Str+d4 damage. Can be used
to Crush while Grappling (see Natural Weapons
in Savage Worlds). Can’t be used with Two-Fisted.
2 Claws (1): All limbs end up with Claws, dealing
Str+d4 damage. Claws provide +2 to climbing
rolls (see Natural Weapons in Savage Worlds).
1 Horns (1): Pointy horns stabbing for Str+d4
damage. Horns deals +4 fighting damage after a
5” Run (see Natural Weapons in Savage Worlds).
1 Kick (1): Horse kick, headbutt, and similar smash
ability. Hit for Str+d4 damage. Counts as Natural
Weapon. If used in a successful Push, victim
moves 1” further and suffer –2 to his Athletics roll
to not fall prone. Can’t be used with Two-Fisted.
1 Prehensile Hands (1): The classic human-like
weak fist, dealing Str damage only. Counts as
Unarmed Defender (not Natural Weapon) but
allow the Companion to wield weapons.
1 Punch (1): At least two limbs can deliver
punches, dealing Str+d4 damage. Counts as
Natural Weapon
2 Tail Lash (1): A long sturdy tail. Once per round,
can perform a free attack against up to two foes in
Reach to its side or rear, dealing Str+d4 damage.
Counts as Natural Weapons.
2 Talons (1): same as Claws but for birds.
1+ Tentacles (1): One tentacle, dealing Str+d4
damage. Tentacles count as Natural Weapons,
and provide +2 to Grapple a�empts.
Can have up to 3 extra Tentacles for 3 points each
(i.e. 10 points). When using its Tentacles for an
action, each Tentacle is considered doing one
separate action (without Multi-Action penalty).
See Tentacles ability in Savage Worlds’ Bestiary.
Making Companions
COMPANION MELEE OPTIONS
VALUE ABILITY
1+ Armor Piercing (1): AP 2
1 Fiery (1): targets touched by this attack can catch
fire for 2d6 (see Fire hazard in Savage Worlds).
This is typically the Fiery Touch ability of Fire
Elemental from Savage Worlds’ Bestiary.
1 High Raise (1): Bonus damage from a raise is
d10 instead of d6.
This is typically the Rollover ability from Alligator
from Savage Worlds’ Bestiary.
3 Life Drain (1): If the attack Shakes or Wounds, it
also drains energy away. The victim rolls Vigor or
suffer one Fatigue level (this can’t cause
Incapacitation). This is not a Poison.
2 Magical (1): Attack counts as Magical and can hit
creatures invulnerable to non-magic damage.
–1 Nonlethal (1): Damage dealt by this weapon is
always non lethal.
This is typically the Slam ability of Water Elemental
from Savage Worlds’ Bestiary.
4+ Paralysis (1): If the attack Shakes or Wounds, it
also attempt to paralyze the enemy. The victim
rolls Vigor or is Stunned. She can attempt to
recover as normal (see Stunned Characters in
Savage Worlds), but paralysis lasts no more than
1d6 rounds.
Add +2 points and Vigor roll is made at –2.
Add +2 points and Paralysis lasts up to 2d6
rounds.
4+ Poison (1): If the attack Shakes or Wounds, it also
applies Mild Poison (see Poison hazard in Savage
Worlds). The victim rolls Vigor or is Distracted and
suffers one level of Fatigue, two on a raise (this
can’t cause Incapacitation).
Add +1 to +4 to get Poison Strength 1 to 4.
1 Reach (3): Weapon Reach increased by 1.
1+ Strong (1): Damage increased one die step.
Instead for 2 points, Stronger, increases damage
by two die steps.
4+ Venom (1): If the attack Shakes or Wounds, it can
install Paralyzing Poison to the enemy. The
Companion chooses to use the ability or not, but
suffers one level of Fatigue each time it does.
Victim rolls Vigor or is Distracted and is poisoned
(see Poison hazard in Savage Worlds).
Add +3 points to instill Lethal or Knockout Poison
instead.
Add +1 to +4 to get Poison Strength 1 to 4.
BOB GREYVENSTEIN

Next, optionally, proceed with natural ranged
weapons (see Companion Ranged Weapons table)
and ranged options (see Companion Breathes
Options and Companion Ranged Options tables).
COMPANION RANGED WEAPONS
VALUE ABILITY
3 Breath (U): Pick a Trapping (Fire, Cold, Acid,
Wind...). Once per round, the Companion can
spend its full turn and roll Athletics to hit every
target in a Cone Template. Victims can Evade, or
suffer 2d6 damage. See Breath Weapons in Savage
Worlds’ Bestiary.
This ability can be improved, see Companion
Breath Options table.
1 Hurl (U): Pick a Trapping (Electricity, Stone,
Acid...). For an action, the Companion can roll
Shooting to deal 2d4 damage to one enemy. Range
is 6/12/24.
This ability can be improved, see Companion
Ranged Weapons Options table.
1 Spit (U): Pick a Trapping (Spikes, Poison,
Cold...). For an action, the Companion can roll
Athletics (throwing) to deal Str+d4 damage to one
enemy. Range is 3/6/12.
This ability can be improved, see Companion
Ranged Weapons Options table.
COMPANION BREATHES OPTIONS
VALUE ABILITY
1 Fiery (1): targets touched by this attack can catch
fire for 2d6 (see Fire hazard in Savage Worlds).
4 Intense (1): A�ack deals 3d6 (instead of 2d6).
2 Magical (1): Attack counts as Magical and can
hit creatures invulnerable to non-magic damage.
2 Swift (1): Evade a�empts are made at –2.
COMPANION RANGED OPTIONS
VALUE ABILITY
1+ Armor Piercing (1): AP 2
3+ Double-shot (1): Rate of Fire is 2.
Add +3 to become Triple-shot and increase Rate
of Fire to 3.
1 Fiery (1): targets touched by this attack can catch
fire for 2d6 (see Fire hazard in Savage Worlds).
1 Long Range (1): Range is doubled.
2 Magical (1): Attack counts as Magical and can
hit creatures invulnerable to non-magic damage.
1+
Strong (1): Damage is increased from Str+d4 to
Str+d6, or from 2d4 to 2d6.
Instead, for 2 points, Stronger, damage is
increased from Str+d4 to Str+d8, or from 2d4 to
3d6.
Making Companions
COMBAT ABILITIES
COMPANION COMBAT ABILITIES
VALUE ABILITY
3 Additional Action (1): The Companion has
incredible reflexes or extra limbs and perform
multi-actions per turn. Reduce Multi-Action
penalties by 2 each turn.
1+ Armor (3): The Companion has a thick hide,
scales or some sort of plating. It gets Armor +2 (up
to +6). It covers everywhere but eyes, mouth, and
similar areas (typically –6 for Called Shots).
2 Constrictor (1): The Companion gains +2 to
Grapple Athletics rolls (does not stack with
Tentacles bonus) and +2 to Strength rolls to
succeed Crushing (not to damage).
–1 Frail (2): The Companion has birdlike bones, is
slim, or somehow fragile. Toughness –1.
2 Grab (1): On a raise on any Fighting attack, the
Companion can choose to perform a free Grapple
a�empt instead of dealing bonus damage.
2 Hardy (1): Suffering Shaken when already
Shaken does not result into a Wound.
4 Immunity (1): Immune to one type (Trapping)
of damage.
1 Outfittable (1): Can be equipped with armor
and carry backpack or other things.
To wield weapons see Prehensile Hands weapon ability.
2 Pain Resistance (1): Ignore 1 point of Wound
penalties.
1+ Parry (3): Thanks to extra limbs, natural reflexes,
or danger sense...the Companion gets Parry +1.
–1+ Poor Parry (3): Due to being slow, clumsy, or
having weak defenses...the Companion suffers
Parry –1. Can’t go below Parry 2.
2+ Push (1): When performing Push maneuvers,
targets are moved 1d6” (2d6” on raise), instead of
1” (2” on raise).
Add +1 to also gain a free Push maneuver when a
Companion’s attack hits with a raise, instead of
dealing bonus damage.
2 Quick Recovery (1): The Companion gets +2 to
rolls to recover from Shaken.
1+ Toughness (3): Thanks to its rock-like body,
fiber tissue, or similar...the Companion gains
Toughness +1.
3 Webbing (1): For an action, the Companion rolls
Shooting to spit sticky webs into a Small Blast
Template up to 6”. Victims are Entangled, Bound
with a raise. Webs have Hardness 5.

MOVEMENT
Choose how the Companion moves. First pick how
fast they move on the ground, then you can pick
options for extra forms of movement.
If the Companion can’t walk at all (like a Shark),
assume the standard Pace 6.
JACOB E. BLACKMON
SAVAGE WORLDS’ RACES
When Savage Worlds Making Races proposes a
racial ability which would also fit Companions,
I did my best to stick with Making Races costs.
However Poisonous Touch Ability really felt
too strong (1 point, i.e. half an Edge, Poison
applied on touch). I replaced it with Poison
Ability from Summoner’s Circle (4 points, Poison
applied on Shaken and Wounds).
For many abilities, I added options or upgrades
to allow for higher Companion variations. Lot
of abilities are heavily inspired by Summoner’s
Circle abilities and Savage Worlds’ Bestiary.
Making Companions
COMPANION MOVEMENT ABILITIES
VALUE ABILITY
–2 Pace 3, running die d4, –2 to Athletics rolls where
ground movement and mobility count (e.g.
moving to interrupt, chases, acrobatics...)
–1 Pace 5, running die d4
0 Pace 6, running die d6
1 Pace 7, running die d6
2 Pace 8, running die d8
3 Pace 8, running die d10
4 Pace 10, running die d10
5 Pace 10, running die d12
0 Only Aquatic (1): Water native. Can only live
and breathe underwater. Swims at full Pace
(minimum Pace 6, “running” die d6)
1
Semi-aquatic (1): Can hold breath underwater
for about 15 minutes.
2 Amphibious (1): Can live and breathe both in
air and underwater.
This is the equivalent of Aquatic Racial Ability in
Savage Worlds’ Making Races.
Burrowing (1): Can sink into raw earth and
move at half Pace (can’t run). Refer to Burrow
Special Ability in Savage Worlds.
Instead for 2 points, move at full Pace.
Instead for 3 points, move at double Pace.
1+
Add +1 to be able to sink into stone, concrete, or
similar substances.
2+ Flight (1): Can fly at Pace 6, running die d6 by
using wings which can be Entangled or Bound.
Instead for 4 points, Pace 12, running die d10.
Instead for 6 points, Pace 24, running die 2d6.
Instead for 8 points, Pace 48, running die 3d6.
Add +2 points to fly without wings.
2 Leaper (1): Double jump distance. It Companion
performs a jump while using Wild Attack, it gets
+4 damage instead of +2.
This is typically the Pounce ability of Lions from
Savage Worlds’ Bestiary.
1 Seep (1): Whether gaseous, shadow, or liquid
form, the Companion can seep through small
holes or porous ma�er, as if Difficult Ground.
1 Wall Walker (1): Can walk on walls and ceilings
at half Pace.
 Making Companions
“Lot of interesting things here! What about a Celestial gargoyle
MISCELLANEOUS ABILITIES pet with Alternate Form to become a perfectly still statue?
Or a Will-O-Wisp ever shining blue with Living Torch?
“Innate Power can be fun too: an octopus spiting ink clouds of
darkness; a dryad growing entangling vines, psionic entity using
mind link or mind reading...”
“Oh! Let me take a squirrel that grow larger when angry!”

COMPANION MISCELLANEOUS ABILITIES

VALUE ABILITY
2 Alternate Form (U): The Companion can morph into some other form of about the same Size. This does not change
any of the Companion’s Traits. However, you might choose that some Edge or ability is only available in one or the
other form. Switching forms takes an action.
You buy all abilities for all forms as normal (as if they were always available), because switching between form is pre�y
unconstrained, restricting an ability to a single form is not a harsh limitation.
–2 Dependency (1): The Companion must consume, bath into, or draw energy from...a given source (water, electricity,
sunlight, blood...) for one hour per day. It suffers one level of Fatigue each day without doing so, until Incapacitated.
Each Fatigue is recovered per each hour spent in contact with such a source.
2 Doesn’t Breathe (1): The Companion doesn’t need air to live. It can’t drown, nor inhale smoke.
1 Doesn’t Eat (1): The Companion requires no food to survive.
1 Environmental Resistance (U): Pick an environmental effect (cold, electricity, heat…). The Companion receives +4
to resist negative effects from it and reduces such damage by 4, as with environmental protection Power.
–1 Environmental Weakness (U): Pick an environmental effect (cold, electricity, heat…). The Companion suffers –4 to
resist negative effects from it and such damage is increased by 4.
–1 Extraplanar (1): Comes from another world, dimension or plane. Subject to the banish Power.
3+ Fear (1): The Companion causes Fear (see Fear special ability from Savage Worlds). Causes a Fear check the first time
the Companion is seen. Its master is immune to the effect, her allies aren’t.
Add +1 to +4 to get –1 to –4 Fear Penalty (affects Fear checks, and rolls on the Fear Table).
2 Fearless (1): The Companion is immune to fear. See Fearless special ability from Savage Worlds.
1 Immune to Disease (1): Can’t be affected by diseases which would affect humans. Can still be affected by rare viruses
which specifically affects their kind.
1 Immune to Poison (1): Can’t suffer from poisons that would affect humans. Can still be affected by rare substances
which specifically affects their kind.
2+ Innate Power (1): Possess one innate Power (limited by Rank) and 15 Power Points as per Arcane Background (Gifted).
Add +1 per extra Power to gain.
Don’t forget to buy the Focus skill. You can also buy Power Points and Rapid Recharge Edges.
1+ Living Torch (1): Whether made of fire, born of pure light, being a firefly, or equipped with glowing crystals, the
Companion spreads light in a Large Blast Template around itself or in a Cone emanating from it.
Add +1 and the Companion can switch the light on and off for a free action.
1 No Vital Organs (1): Companion ignores increased damage from Called Shots aimed at vitals.
2+ Regeneration (1): Can roll for natural healing once per day.
Add +1 to also be able to regenerate permanent injuries, once per week, if only after all other Wounds are gone.
–1 Requires Repair (1): The Companion has no natural healing. Wounds require a Repair roll to fix. Remove one Wound
on success, two on a raise. Each a�empt takes one hour per current Wound level and ignores the “Golden Hour” rule.
–2 Requires Magical Healing (1): Wounds can’t be treated by the Healing skill. Magical healing like healing Power is
required. Natural healing works as normal.
1+ Sleep Reduction (1): Companion sleeps half less as average humans do.
Instead for 2 points, ability becomes Doesn’t Sleep and Companion doesn’t need to sleep at all.
Usually it suffers from a Dependency to keep its vitality up.
–1 Supernaturally Evil (1): count as evil for Powers or Edges like Champion Edge.
–1 Supernaturally Good (1): count as Good for Powers or Edges like (unholy) Champion Edge.

ADVANCES
Unlike Savage Worlds’ Beast Master’s pets, Companions
do advance like any ally.
To represent a Companion growing up, racial
abilities being revealed or strengthened by time, you
BEAST MASTER ADVANCES
Beast Master Edge clearly states the pet does not
advance. This is clearly not fun. In fact Beast
Master does propose three way to Advance.
First, it allows to replace the current companion
with a companion one Size above. This sounds
weak but is very strong. Going from a dog to a
lion would be worth more than 20 points of
Companion Abilities, that is 10 advances!
Instead of having the master player sacrifice an
Advance (picking an Edge) to get a huge
Advance on the Companion, I chose to allow the
pet to Advance slowly, on its own.
Second, it lets you Increase one of the pet’s Traits
one die type, only once per pet. This requires the
hero to sacrifice one of his own Advances to
deliver a single Advance to the pet. It is a pretty
weak option. I replaced it with Mutual
Understanding.
Last is the option, available at Heroic Rank, to
let the pet become a Wildcard. This has two
benefits: three Wounds, that is, the pet is able to
survive hits before risking to be lost entirely;
and the Wild Die, that is, the pet is more efficient
at skill rolls. It is a very strong option, yet
available very late. I replaced it with
Companion Resilience Edge: the pet gradually
turns into a Wild Card, starting with the most
important, survival, and ending up Wild Card
at Heroic Rank.
Making Companions
can also use Advances to improve or acquire
Companion Abilities.
Each Advance is worth two Companion Abilities
points and can only be used for Weapons, Combat,
Movement and Perception Abilities. You can save
up Advances to buy expensive abilities later on. For
1 point, you can also increase Companion Size by 1,
but only once per Rank.
For example, a young drake couldn’t breath, but as
time passes, using two Advances, it now can Fire
Breath (3 points for Breath, +1 for Fiery). An alligator
could grow up one Size and have its skin thicken
(Armor). However, it wouldn’t make sense to let a
serpent turn a Poison into a Venom, become
Outfi�able or develop some Leaper ability.
When using Advances to improve attributes, d4–3
changes into d4–2, d4–2 increases to d4–1, and d4–1
becomes d4.
DEATH
A Companion is a very special ally. Losing it makes
the character and the player very sad.
An Incapacitated Companion doesn’t mean it is
dead: it can be simply injured or otherwise out of the
fight. Let them Bleed Out and take Injuries.
Based on the Companion abilities, you might also
interpret death as temporary unavailable.
Otherworldly? Pretend it is locked out until self-
recovery. Ethereal spirit? Pretend it has lost
connection to the real world for some days.
Regeneration? Let it regenerate back to life over
time. Shared Life? Let the hero drain its Companion
damage upon himself. Mechanical Construct? It will
need to buy new pieces and take days repairing it.
Nature linked Animal? Some dryad snatch the
Companion away to restore it. Alternatively, take
the opportunity to run a small Savage Tale: fetch a
competent healer, an exceptional healing brew,
components to perform a ritual...

COMPANIONS IN PLAY
ALLOWED COMPANIONS
Of all options presented here, some might fit your
setting, some might not. Maybe, Demons and
Celestial do not exist in the world or there is no such
thing as other planes or other dimensions. As a GM,
you are free to keep or exclude anything you want
from this book. It’s your game!
Besides, be aware some options can break a
campaign. For example, having an ethereal
Companion going through walls at will, might be
hard for you to manage a spy and investigation
campaign, just like having a Rhinoceros rider can be
hard to fit in a city or thieves’ guild adventure.
You might also feel some options are too strong or
too weak. Discuss with your players, what
interesting story they want to build, what you or
they can change or adapt from their character and
story to keep things interesting without turning the
adventure trivial or impossible.
The ability to create custom Companions using
creation points brings a lot of flexibility, but can also
break some limits. Once again if you don’t feel
comfortable with the player’s choice, talk to them.
However, you can always challenge this character’s
and his companion’s weaknesses instead of trying
to match their strengths.
Make sure the character’s story is interesting, offers
hooks into your adventure, and fits the se�ing.
Companions In Play
COMMUNICATION & UNDERSTANDING
There is often the question about what a Companion
can do and how well they can follow their master
orders. It mostly depends on the Companion’s
intelligence, the level of communication and the
master’s determination.
By default, Companions can’t talk. It doesn’t mean
no communication. Given time and training, a lot
can be done, but not everything.
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE
If they are of Animal Intelligence, they are driven by
guts feelings, instincts, and loyalty. The hero
certainly taught his Companion to come to him
when waving his hand or whistling a certain way.
The Companion instincts might tell him to howl
when unknown person come close to where the
hero rests. The master can teach his Companion to
attack when he screams “Bite!”. The pet can learn to
sneak when its master crouches and goes silent. It is
much more difficult to teach the animal how to
disarm an enemy, pick the weapon from the ground,
and drag it away.
Encourage your player to describe a few tricks his
character taught his Companion. Outside of those
tricks, complex tasks are difficult. Barking when the
guy with the red hat walks in? Sneakingly go
around and cut the enemy’s escape? Delivering a
scroll to the nearest garrison? The animal will
probably never understand such orders.
CAN’T SPEAK
If they have standard intelligence, they can watch,
analyze, decide and learn. If the master is a fighter,
a Companion understands a sword is a threat. It can
see its master’s face and guess he is worried or in
pain. It can recognize a wink meaning “all is ok” or
understand how serious his wounds are and that
assistance is required.
However, it might not have the society knowledge

to understand concepts like treachery, sarcasm,
gallantry, heraldry, laws, noble ranks... Its
background tells what the Companion knows and
what it doesn’t.
TALKING TO ANIMALS
Fuzzy Talk boon or Shared Mind Edge allows to
speak with animals. However, it is still limited by
their understanding. Yet, while they won’t
understand the concept of wedding, they do
understand mating. They don’t understand who
Bunko the Orc Leader is, they do understand
predator, prey, danger, a�acking and fleeing.
FULL COMMUNICATION
If they Companion has a standard intelligence and
can speak to the hero (Fuzzy Talk boon, Shared
Mind Edge, or Companion Abilities),
communication is way easier. Given time, lot of
things can be explained and learned.
Understanding is still limited to the Companion’s
world. A water elemental might not understand the
concept of love or breeding. While Angels and
Demons might know a lot about the human worlds,
they might not understand simple matters,
traditions or jokes.
COMPANION ACTIONS
Like any ally, Companions can do actions outside or
during combat. However, depending on their
nature, they might not be able to do everything a
human character could do.
SKILLS
Most Companions can use physical skills like
Athletics, Stealth and Fighting. They can also use
perception skills like Notice.
Animals rarely attempt actions outside of their skills
set. They also might be limited in what they can do
within a given skill. For example, they can use
Survival to track a prey, identify a path is too
Companions In Play
slippery to use, or the weather is about to change,
but they won’t start a fire or set up traps.
Most animals will have access to Intimidation.
Taunts is also an option for smart animals like
monkeys.
With standard intelligence and the ability to speak
or read, they have access to Social and Knowledge
skills. With prehensile hands they can take
manipulation or technology skills like thievery or
repair.
TESTS & SUPPORT
Like any ally, Companions can Test and Support.
They gladly help friends or distract enemies. An
animal can bite the opponent’s ankle, bark
freakingly, jump on the enemy’s back…An air
elemental can blow dust into the opponent’s eyes,
buzz at their ear. Many beasts and demons have
Intimidation. Smart ones have Taunt, yet if they
can’t speak, they will do with gestures and mimics.
You don’t need to resolve everything as Tests. You
can also use Support: see Support vs Test in Savage
Worlds.
With a ferocious Companion, the master can be the
one helping with Tests and Supports. This makes for
Social Edges like Rabble-Rouser or Work the Room,
interesting for master hero. Leadership Edges also
apply to the Companion, since they are allies and
Extra, but requires training with animals.
ARCANE SKILLS
Companion can have access to Arcane Skills. Either
by taking the Arcane Backgrounds edges or with
Innate Power ability.
Sure, they can activate Powers. They can also use
those skills for Tests and Supports. If they share the
same Arcane Background than their master they can
Support their master Power activation, Tests or
rituals.

When failing is important, e.g. for Power activation
or when used as Support, remember to use Extra
and Critical Failures from Savage Worlds.
COMPANION INITIATIVE
Companions, as allies, act on their master’s Action
Card. The bonus from a Joker applies to both hero
and his Companion(s). So, Edges like Tactician,
Quick, Level Headed, and the Hesitant Hindrance
are interesting for the master character. A
Companion learning such Edges would have no
effect.
WHO IS IN CHARGE?
Companions, as allies, are played by the players, not
the Game Master.
Usually the one playing the master character
handles it. It might lead to situations where this feels
like speaking to oneself, since he plays both the
Master and the Companion. If the group agrees, let
a different player handle the Companion.
RIDING A COMPANION
DEAN SPENCER
Companions In Play
To be able to take a rider on its back, a Companion
needs to set the rider in a way which reduces the
effort to carry him: comfortably sat on its back,
grabbed by huge talons, held in a stash onto its
breast...
Besides, the mount also needs to be larger than its
rider, have enough Strength to carry him, and have
enough Vigor to keep carrying for hours. A mount
standing on four legs or more, can carry heavier
riders before tiring.
To keep things Fast and Fun, here are the guidelines
to aim for:
■ Mounts on four legs can carry 25% of their own
weight without feeling Encumbered.
■ Mounts on two legs or flying can only carry 10%
of their own weight without feeling Encumbered.
If you don’t use Encumbrance, here are alternative
guidelines:
■ If rider is Size 0 or above, Mount needs to be two
Sizes higher and have average Strength for this
Size, or have three Sizes higher.
■ If rider is Size –1 or below, mount only needs to
be one Size higher and have Strength higher than
minimum for this Size, or have two Sizes higher.
Both guidelines gives slightly different results, but
are good abstractions to keep the game Fast and
Fun. Choose one and stick with it.
If a mount can carry a single rider without feeling
Encumbered, it can also carry two of the same Size
but is Encumbered (–2 to Pace, running rolls, Agility
and linked skills rolls, as well as Vigor Fatigue rolls).
Regarding how fast the mount becomes tired, roll
for Fatigue after eight hours of walk, and every two
hours trotting. Carrying extra weight or extra riders,
riding through difficult terrain, or similar situations
would usually grant a –2 penalty to those Fatigue
rolls.

CARRYING A COMPANION
If the hero wants to carry his Companion for long
distance, follow the guidelines proposed in Riding
a Companion (see page 20), where the master is the
mount and the Companion the rider. That is:
■ a hero can carry a Companion no more than 10%
of her own weight.
or:
■ A Size –1 half-folk, can carry a Size –2 Companion
when sporting at least Strength d6, otherwise he
can only carry a Size –3.
■ A Size 0 human of Strength d8+, can carry a Size
–1 Companion, peaceful set in a backpack. Master
would need to be Size +1 if he doesn’t have such
Strength.
■ A Size 0 human of Strength d6 or below, can only
carry up to a Size –2 Companion.
■ Master would need to be Size +2 and Strength
d12, to carry a Size 0 Companion.
Companions In Play
RIDING FLYING COMPANIONS
In most fantasy settings, riding flying creature is a
thing. Heroes fly dragons, pegasus, wyverns!
In settings where this is mostly accessible to
experienced heroes, you can let them ride flying
mounts with a penalty of –4 and the following Fly
Rider Edge.
However, if flying mounts are pre�y common
(entire races or communities using giant flyers),
rather use Skill Specialization from Savage Worlds.
FLY RIDER
REQUIREMENTS: Veteran, Riding d8+, Survival
d6+
The rider understands the effect of winds and
currents, how to avoid falling from the mount, and
all tricks you can do on a flying mount.
You ignore the –4 penalty for riding a flying mount.

SAVAGE WORLDS’ ENCUMBRANCE

Following Encumbrance in Savage Worlds, a
Strength d12 horse would barely carry a 100 lbs
(50 kg) rider. To be more realistic, we have to
assume being four-legged would double the
weight one can carry (so our horse can carry 200
lbs with ease).

However, the table transitions badly above

Strength d12 (+20 lbs per +1). This means, you
need Strength d12+20 to carry a Size 1 500 lbs
large orc! But, a 30,000 pounds dragon (Size 8,
Strength d12+8) should be able to carry at least
half a dozen large orcs!
BOB GREYVENSTEIN

That is why the Mount/Rider guidelines above

do not follow the Savage Worlds Encumbrance
rules.
 Companions In Play
One can also apply Trapping to this Edge and use it
SIDEKICK AND FOLLOWERS to provide multiple Extra Companions at once.
However, I strongly advise against it: some
SIDEKICK Companion Edge options and Shared Edges can
Savage Worlds says nothing about what the Sidekick
become extremely strong with lots of Companions.
looks like. It only refers to “others” and “one of
these young crusaders”. It is clearly intended to be So, you can let the player create Followers like
pretty similar to the hero himself, usually another Companions (refer to Making Companions, page
human, or of humanoid race. 9). Yet, do not count Followers as Companions for
Shared Mind, Shared Magic, Shared Senses and
However, as a GM, you can apply a different
Shared Life Edges.
Trapping for the Sidekick, and so allow it to be some
kind of Companion. In that case, design the Sidekick
following Making Companions rules (see page 9),
NON FANTASY?
except the Sidekick Companion starts as a Wildcard
You can still use this book for non fantasy setting.
instead of Extra and gets two Bennies at each session
It’s most probably missing racial templates or
start.
abilities specific to other se�ings like, e.g. firearms.
Be aware that this use of the Sidekick Edge is quite
stronger than going with the Companion Edge. ANYTHING MISSING?
Sidekick Edge compares to Companion Edge with
Companion Resilience and Kin Bond Edges. There is no way I could cover everything possible.
Sidekick Edge requires Legendary Rank, does not Feel free to use this as a base to build whatever else
take Spirit as requirement and is more focused than you need. Often you only need to rename, or
its Companion Edge counterpart. slightly change, existing abilities or Innate Powers.
However, more doesn’t always mean better.
However, Companion Edge is available from
Whenever you can, use what already exists and
Novice Rank, allowing for the Companion to share
rename it.
its master adventures all long, as well as also
providing a Companion Boon.
KEEP IT
If Born a Hero is enabled in the setting, Sidekick
FAST! FURIOUS! FUN!
Edge is available directly from character creation.
Hence using Sidekick for a Companion might
shadow the Companion Edge.

The GM should always have the final word about

which Edge can be used, at which Rank, and what
for.
BOB GREYVENSTEIN

FOLLOWERS
The Followers Legendary Edge provides the hero
with multiple Extra following him. They are not
intended to be purely loyal and very tied to the
character. They can represent mercenaries or
employees.
 Sample Characters
SAMPLE CHARACTERS MA’HUR
Race: Spirit — Snow Leopard Totem; Advances: 4;
Rank: Seasoned
GER’DAN AND MA’HUR Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d4, Spirit d4, Strength
d6, Vigor d6
“So. What would you play?”
“Let’s try a hunter with a predator pet. Skills: Athletics d8, Fighting d8, Notice d4, Stealth d8
In the Northern Forests. A shaman from the Pace: 8; Parry: 5; Toughness: 5
Velkmirs, the Snow Leopard Tribe. Ma’hur is his
Spirit Totem, from the Silent Dream. It gain Edges: Ambidextrous, Two-Fisted
substance and enter the Flesh World.” Special Abilities:
“Ok, good start. Why did he leave his tribe?” ■ Bite/Claws: Str+d4
“He was betrayed.
He loved a girl from another tribe. When his ■ Ethereal
clan killed her. Now he hunts for survival and ■ Infravision
kills them for vengeance.”
■ Speed: Running die d8

Ma’hur can make a good spy, ethereal and unseen, but

D GER’DAN
Race: Human; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d4, Spirit d8, Strength
d6, Vigor d6
Skills: Athletics d6, Common Knowledge d4, Faith
d8, Fighting d8, Notice d6, Persuasion d4, Stealth
d8, Survival d4
Pace: 6; Parry: 6; Toughness: 7(2)
Hindrances: Bloodthirsty, Enemy (Minor — the
Velkmirs), Vengeful (Minor)
Edges: Arcane Background (Miracles), Assassin,
Companion (Physical Form), Extraction, Shared
Senses, Kin Bond (spirits)
Gear: hand axes (Str+d6), javelins (Str+d6, 5/10/20),
thick hide jacket and pants (+2)
he can’t communicate well with its master.
CREATING MA’HUR
Race: Ethereal (+10)
Size: +0 (+0)
Attributes: Agility d8 (+4), Smarts d4 (+0), Spirit d4 (+0),
Strength d6 (+2), Vigor d6 (+2)
Skills: Athletics d6 (+2), Fighting d6 (+2), Notice d4 (+1),
Stealth d8 (+3)
Perception: Low Light Vision (+1)
Communication: Can’t speak (+0)
Movement: Pace 8 (d8) (+2)
Weapons: Claws (+2), Bite (+1)
Advances: 1.Ambidextrous 2.Two-Fisted 3.Spirit
4.Fighting & Stealth

Powers: Boost/lower Trait (Limitation: boost only,

transform body parts), darksight (feline eyes), shape
change (morph into felines). Power Points: 10

Ger’dan is useful in group as a scout. He has good JACOB E. BLACKMON

Stealth, shape change, darksight and ability to see
through Ma’hur’s eyes. He also doubles as a reckless
fighter, engaging by surprise, flanked by Ma’hur in
cat’s form.

SHINZU AND SSSRA’VON
“Another idea! A different one. Another take on
the druid, hermit trope, but with dragons!”
“Oh. Somewhere in the Lost Valley of Kaladur,
the Dragons’ Cradle? Where, 300 years ago, King
Veldork the Greedy funded the Scales Slayers and
declared dragons to be killed on sight.”
“Yes. Shinzu is a pacifist, adept of Galah, Goddess
of Nature and Life, he would never kill a soul.
Old and wise, he retired in the mountains far
from this war.
One day, he stumbled upon a dragon egg. He
hatched it. Against all odds, Sssra’von, a fae
drakeling, was born. The Dragons went to
Shinzu and bowed in respect. The Scales
Slayers will be happy to find him!”
D SHINZU
Race: Human; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
Attributes: Agility d4, Smarts d10, Spirit d8, Strength
d4, Vigor d6
Skills: Athletics d4, Common Knowledge d6,
Fighting d4, Faith d8, Healing d8, Notice d6,
Occult d6, Persuasion d8, Stealth d4, Survival d10
Pace: 5; Parry: 5 (with staff); Toughness: 5
Hindrances: Elderly, Pacifist (Major)
Edges: Arcane Background (Miracles), Companion
(Kin Master—dragonkin), Healer, New Powers
(Seasoned), Power Points, Shared Magic
Gear: Staff (Str+d4, Parry +1, Reach 1), Healing Kit
Powers: Healing (prayers), protection (natural vitality,
always cast with Toughness modifier), relief
(mediation), burrow (merge with earth), sloth/speed
(Limitation: speed only). Power Points: 15
Shinzu plays like your typical group healer, with a
serious Healing skill, as well as healing and relief
Powers. His protection and speed Powers can strongly
benefit the group too. His relation with dragons, his
Survival and Persuasion skills can save the day.
Sample Characters
SSSRA’VON
Race: Fae Drakeling; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d6, Spirit d8,
Strength d4–2, Vigor d6
Skills: Athletics d6, Fighting d4, Focus d8,
Intimidation d6, Notice d6, Stealth d6
Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 6(4)
Edges: —
Special Abilities:
■ Scales: Armor +4
■ Bite/Claws: Str+d4
■ Slumber Breath: Athletics roll to fire a cone for 2d6
damage, AP 2, always nonlethal, can be Evaded,
usable at will, but takes full round to fire.
■ Powers: confusion; Power Points: 15. Sssra’von
sings softly in direction of the target.
■ Flight: Pace 12 (d10)
■ Size –3
Sssra’von adds a bit of Intimidation and confusion to
the lot. It is not old enough for its bite and claws to
pose a serious threat, but its breath can still take a
few weak opponents by surprise. Shared Magic
ensures speed, protection, and safety with burrow on
both Shinzu and his pet dragon.
CREATING SSSRA’VON
Race: Dragon (no Companion Racial Template)
Size: -3 (+7)
Attributes: Agility d6 (+2), Smarts d6 (+2), Spirit d8 (+4),
Strength d4–2 (–3), Vigor d4 (+0)
Skills: Athletics d6 (+2), Fighting d4 (+1), Focus d6 (+2),
Intimidation d4 (+1), Notice d4 (+1), Stealth d4 (+1)
Perception: Diurnal Vision (+0)
Communication: Can’t speak (+0)
Movement: Pace 6 (+0), Flight Pace 12 (+4)
Weapons: Claws (+2), Breath with AP 2 & nonlethal (+3)
Combat: Armor +2 (+1)
Miscellaneous: Innate Power (+2)
Advances: 1.Companion Abilities (Armor +2, Bite)
2.Intimidation & Focus 3.Notice & Stealth 4.Vigor
 Sample Characters
AYGA AND TOMBAKU
“Let me try a rider, riding something unusual...” TOMBAKU
“An elk, a rhino, a giant turtle...”
“No, let’s do a Gorilla! From the Jungles of Race: Gorilla; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
Kamdu. And the rider is a young lunatic girl. Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d6 (A), Spirit d8,
The place is full of dangers. The Kaolis, the village
elders, warned her, yet she never listens.” Strength d12, Vigor d8
“How did she get to ride a Gorilla, then?” Skills: Athletics d6, Fighting d8, Intimidation d8,
“After yet another rebuke, she silently fled her Notice d4
village, only to fall onto a band of gorillas with
babies to protect. The Alpha charged at her. Pace: 8; Parry: 6; Toughness: 9
Tombaku, a female ape with no babe, recognized Edges: Brawler, Iron Jaw, Rabble-rouser (roar)
in Ayga, a baby of those Walk-with-no-fur, and
intercepted the Alpha, saving her life. The band Hindrances: Heroic
cast her away. Special Abilities:
Together, they stride the jungle, Ayga sit on ■ Animal: Animal Intelligence and Subject to the
Tombaku’s back, looking for places nobody ever
seen before, foraging for food and beast friend Power.
treasures. ■ Punch: Str+d4. Natural Weapon.
■ Speed: d8 running die.
D AYGA ■ Long arms: Reach 1.
Race: Human; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned ■ Size +2.
Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d6, Spirit d8, Strength
Ayga gladly engages in any adventure which sparks
d4, Vigor d6
her curiosity, especially explorations. She acts as a
Skills: Athletics d6, Common Knowledge d4,
scout and woodsman. She collects whatever she
Fighting d4, Notice d6, Persuasion d4, Riding d6,
might find useful to save the day.
Stealth d6, Survival d8
Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 6(1) Tombaku tries to peel opponents away with
Hindrances: Curious, Stubborn, Young (Minor) Intimidation, roars, and Pushes. Ayga has plenty of
Edges: Brave, Companion (Wild Ride), Luck, Bennies to use to ensure success when it matters and
Scavenger, Kin Bond (Animals), Woodsman to watch after
Gear: Bone knife (Str+d4), Sling (Str+d4), Fur rags (+1) Tombaku.

CREATING TOMBAKU
Race: Animal (–2)
Size: +2 (+2)
Attributes: Agility d6 (+2), Smarts d6 (+2), Spirit d8 (+4), JACOB E. BLACKMON
Strength d12 (+8), Vigor d8 (+4)
Skills: Athletics d6 (+2), Fighting d6 (+2), Intimidation d6
(+2), Notice d6 (+2)
Hindrances: Heroic (–2)
Edges: Rabble-rouser (+2)
Perception: Diurnal Vision (+0)
Communication: Can’t speak (+0)
Movement: Pace 8, d8 running die (+2)
Weapons: Punch Str+d4 (+1)
Combat: Reach 1 (+1)
Advances: 1.Brawler 2.Agility 3.Fighting & Intimidation
4.Iron Jaw
 Sample Characters
BALOK
ZOTARR AND BALOK Race: Demon — Imp; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d8, Spirit d6, Strength
“What about demons? You like playing Warlocks.”
“Oh, yeah, let’s do a citizen of Gendalis, the d4, Vigor d8
trade city on the Lumar Ocean.” Skills: Athletics d4, Common Knowledge d4,
“He was an average student at the Tower of
Deera, jealous of more successful kids who were Fighting d6, Notice d8, Occult d6, Stealth d6,
mocking him, until he found the Book of Taunt d4
Secrets. He summoned Demons and requested
knowledge and power. They asked for a finger in Pace: 6; Parry: 5; Toughness: 4
exchange and took his arm. Hindrance: Bloodthirsty
Now with Balok they stalk former students Edges: —
of Deera. Who is mocking me, now?”
Special Abilities:
■ Alternate Form: Balok morphs into Zotarr lost arm
D ZOTARR and a�ach himself to his shoulder.
Race: Human; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
■ Ancient Knowledge: Shares stun (paralysis),
Attributes: Agility d4, Smarts d8, Spirit d8, Strength
damage field (blood drain) with Zotarr.
d6, Vigor d6
■ Arcane Ba�ery: Stores 5 Power Points for Zotarr.
Skills: Athletics d4, Common Knowledge d4,
■ Claws: Str+d4, AP 2.
Fighting d4, Language (Dark Tongue) d6, Notice
■ Dark Sight: Ignores all Illumination penalties.
d4, Occult d6, Persuasion d4, Research d8,
■ Demon: Extraplanar, Immune to Disease,
Spellcasting d8, Stealth d4, Intimidation d8
Immune to Poison, Quick Recovery,
Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 5
Supernaturally Evil.
Hindrances: Jealous (Minor), Mean, One Arm,
■ Dependency: Must watch people suffer from Pain
Vengeful (Minor)
once per day. Whoever Zotarr tortures, himself or
Edges: Arcane Background (Magic), Arcane Battery,
a poor victim, doesn’t ma�er to Balok.
Companion (Ancient Knowledge), New Powers
■ Doesn’t Sleep
(Seasoned), Scholar (Occult)
■ Fear: First sight of Balok requires a Fear check.
Powers: Arcane protection, bolt (Limitation: Touch,
■ Lost Language: Dark Tongue.
heart attack), lower Trait (Limitation: lower only,
■ Size –2.
wither), disguise (Limitation: Self, morph flesh),
dispel. Power Points: 10

Zotarr plays as a debilitating mage. If he ever joins CREATING BALOK

a group, they will appreciate his knowledge and Race: Demon (+2).
Size: –2 (+3)
Research skills, as well as the disguise Power, and a Attributes: Agility d4 (+0), Smarts d8 (+4), Spirit d6 (+2),
convincing Intimidation. Strength d4 (+0), Vigor d8 (+4)
Skills: Athletics d4 (+1), Common Knowledge d4 (+1),
Balok is a very good guard: he never sleeps and Fighting d4 (+1), Notice d4 (+1), Occult d6 (+2), Stealth
d4 (+1), Taunt d4 (+1)
perfectly sees in darkness. Attached as Zotarr’s arm, Hindrances: Bloodthirsty (–2)
he can watch its master’s back from an eye in middle Perception: Dark Sight (+2)
Communication: Lost Language (+1)
of its palm. While not very powerful, he scares Movement: Pace 6 (+0)
enemy away and like to strike them by surprise. Weapons: Claws with AP 2 (+3)
Miscellaneous: Alternate Form (+2), Dependency (–2),
Doesn’t sleep (+2), Fear (+3)
Advances: 1.Agility 2.Fighting & Notice 3.Notice &
Stealth 4.Agility
 Sample Characters
CRUMBLES
VEGNAR AND CRUMBLES Race: Ghoul; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
Attributes: Agility d4, Smarts d6, Spirit d4, Strength
“Wait! Even better: a Necromancer!”
d8, Vigor d8
“There is no such thing in our setting. But it
could exist in Drakonheim, where the Grey Skills: Athletics d4, Fighting d8, Notice d6, Spellcast-
Society rose to fight along side humans against ing d6
the Goblin Horde.”
“He would dream of leading an army of perfect Pace: 5; Parry: 6; Toughness: 9
soldiers, easy to control, easy to obey, easy to Edges: Brawny, Fast Healer
replace. Like a mad scientist in a laboratory, he
created a servant of flesh. Crumbles is far from Special Abilities:
the perfect soldier but it is an efficient acolyte. ■ Bite/Claws: Str+d4
With the ongoing war, the goblins will give him
loads of opportunities to test and improve ■ Undead: Doesn’t Breathe, Doesn’t Eat, Immune to
his creation!” Disease, Immune to Poison, No Vital Organs,
Pain Resistance, Quick Recovery, Supernaturally
Evil, Toughness +2
D VEGNAR ■ Low light vision
Race: Human; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
■ Reduced Pace: d4 running die
Attributes: Agility d4, Smarts d8, Spirit d8, Strength
■ Regeneration
d6, Vigor d6
■ Resilient: from Vegnar’s Companion Resilience.
Skills: Athletics d4, Battle d6, Common Knowledge
■ Size +1
d4, Fighting d6, Intimidation d8, Notice d6,
Persuasion d4, Spellcasting d8, Stealth d4
Pace: 6; Parry: 6(with spear); Toughness: 7(2) CREATING CRUMBLES
Hindrances: Obligation (Minor — The Grey Society), Race: Undead (+11)
Size: +0 (+0), Brawny Edge pushes it up to +1.
Overconfident, Driven (Minor — leading an army Attributes: Agility d4 (+0), Smarts d6 (+2), Spirit d4 (+0),
of perfect soldiers) Strength d6 (+2), Vigor d8 (+4)
Skills: Athletics d4 (+1), Fighting d6 (+3), Notice d4 (+1),
Edges: Arcane Background (Magic), Command, Spellcasting d4 (+1)
Companion (Arcane Beacon), Companion Edges: Brawny (+2)
Perception: Low Light Vision (+1)
Resilience, Hold the line!, Shared Life Communication: Can’t speak (+0)
Gear: Full Cuir Bouilli and Helm (+2), Spear (Str+d6, Movement: Pace 5 (–1)
Reach 1, Parry +1) Weapons: Bite (+1), Claws (+2)
Miscellaneous: Regeneration (+2)
Powers: Blind (eyelids meld), fear (scream), summon Advances: 1.Strength
2.Spellcasting & Notice
ally (assembles body parts). Power points: 10 3.Fighting
4. Fast Healer
If a group would accept Vegnar oddities, they
would find out he is a good leader. He strengthens
the party with well-placed orders on the battlefield,
a bit of intimidation and powerful tactical spells.
JACOB E. BLACKMON

Crumbles Supports its master spellcasting the best

it can. He also insures his master’s spells count,
defending him against foes or taking pain and
fatigue away from him.

TIFFY AND WHEEZY
“Hmm, we could even push further. I could play
a character who actually build her companion?”
“What do you mean? Build, like with actual tools
and materials?”
“Meet Tiffany Shernock, born in the gnomish city
of Copperlead. Her friends call her Tiffy.”
“Oh, I see it coming, an Investigator?”
“Exactly. Her parents were killed when she was
young. She swore to find their murderers. She
tinkered Wheezy, a clockwork owl, to help
in her quest.”
D TIFFY
Race: Gnome; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d8, Spirit d8, Strength
d4, Vigor d6
Skills: Notice d10, Common Knowledge d6, Athletics
d4, Healing d4, Persuasion d6, Stealth d4, Fighting
d4, Repair d8, Research d8, Science d6
Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 5(1)
Hindrances: Driven (Major — find her parents’
murderer), Mild Mannered, Quirk (Minor — feet
tapping on the ground)
Edges: Companion (Fuzzy Talk), Investigator,
McGyver, Mutual Understanding, Streetwise
Gear: Leather dungarees over a dirty shirt (+1), A
pair of tinker glasses.
Special Abilities:
■ Clever: Gnomes are smarter than humans. They
start with d6 Smarts, and Smart maximum is
d12+1.
■ Mutual Understanding: Tiffy improves her Notice
from d8 to d10, by replicating the mechanical owl
sensors into her favored pair of glasses.
■ Small: Gnomes are a rather small race. They are
considered Size –1.
Tiffy is a resourceful gnome: keen eyes, sharp mind,
investigation, bookworming and tinkering. She is at
ease in the streets, she usually quickly finds the
information she needs (except for her parent’s
murderers who seem to elude her).
Sample Characters
WHEEZY
Race: Automaton — Clockwork Owl; Advances: 4;
Rank: Seasoned
Attributes: Agility d10, Smarts d6, Spirit d6,
Strength d4–2, Vigor d4
Skills: Athletics d8, Fighting d4, Notice d12, Stealth d8
Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 4
Edges: Alertness
Special Abilities:
■ Construct: Doesn’t Breathe, Doesn’t Eat, Immune
to Disease, Immune to Poison, Pain Resistance,
Quick Recovery, Requires Repair.
■ Clockwork: Wheezy never sleeps (Doesn’t Sleep),
however, someone needs to rewind its mechanism
for about one hour, every day (Dependency).
■ Flight: Pace 6, d6 running die.
■ Headlights: Wheezy can switch on a beam of light
in a Cone Template emanating from its eyes.
■ Size –3.
■ Talons: Str damage, Unarmed Defender.
■ Tiffy’s Mutual Understanding: Wheezy became
more joyful and confident, improving its Spirit
from d4 to d6.
■ Weakness: Electricity.
Wheezy is an excellent scout. She is also always on
a watch, alerting Tiffy of possible threats. However,
like for her mistress, don’t count on Wheezy to fight!
WHEEZY’S CREATION
Race: Construct (+8)
Size: –3 (+7)
Attributes: Agility d6 (+2), Smarts d6 (+2), Spirit d4 (+0),
Strength d4–2 (–3), Vigor d4 (+0)
Skills: Athletics d6 (+2), Fighting d4 (+1), Notice d12 (+8),
Stealth d6 (+2)
Edges: Alertness (+2)
Perception: Diurnal Vision (+0)
Communication: Can’t speak (+0)
Movement: Pace 6 (+0), Flight Pace 6 (+2)
Weapons: default “Fists” Str damage and Unarmed
Defender (+0)
Miscellaneous: Dependency (–2), Doesn’t Sleep (+2),
Environmental Weakness: Electricity (–1)
Advances: 1.Agility 2.Athletics & Stealth 3.Companion
Abilities (Living Torch) 4.Ability
 Sample Characters
NAHRAQ
RAAJI AND NAHRAQ Race: Flame Elemental; Advances: 4; Rank: Sea-
soned
“Now, let’s have some elemental familiar.”
“A wizard with a fire familiar?” Attributes: Agility d10, Smarts d4, Spirit d6, Strength
“No, something funnier...Let’s go to Urzarath, d4–2, Vigor d6
the capital of the Desert of Ashes. Meet Raaji! Skills: Athletics d10, Fighting d6, Focus d6, Notice
Or rather, Sheikh Raaji, the Great Fakir, the
Fire Walker, and Flame Juggler, as he pleases to d4, Performance d6
announce himself.” Pace: 6; Parry: 5; Toughness: 4
“No wizard... Too bad, I like wizards.”
“Raaji used to visit and perform tricks for an old Edges: Dodge, Extraction
mage. On his deathbed, the old man asked him Special Abilities:
to take care of his familiar fire sprite, Nahraq.
Over time, they developed a strong affinity with ■ Elemental: Doesn't Breathe, Doesn’t Eat, Immune
each other. to Disease, Immune to Poison, No Vital Organs,
Now they go from squares to taverns and Pain Resistance, Requires Magical Healing.
perform together for something to eat and
somewhere to sleep. ■ Fiery Spit: Str+d4, 3/6/12, targets can catch fire.
Nahraq empowers Raaji’s show! Shall Raaji walk ■ Fiery Touch: Str+d4, targets can catch fire.
on burning ember, Nahraq protects him from
heat! While he juggles wood sticks, Nahraq lights ■ Fire Aegis: from Raaji Companion Boon.
them up on the fly! And when Raaji tumbles ■ Flight: Pace 6, d6 running die.
and dances, the sprite performs the
fireworks!” ■ Immunity to Fire.
■ Living Torch:
Light on Large
D RAAJI Blast Template
Race: Human; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
around.
Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d4, Spirit d8, Strength
■ Powers:
d6, Vigor d6
elemental
Skills: Athletics d10, Common Knowledge d4,
manipulation,
Fighting d4, Notice d4, Persuasion d8, Perfor-
Limitation: Fire only.
mance d8, Stealth d4, Survival d4, Taunt d4,

Thievery d6
■ Size –1.
Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 5
Hindrances: Can’t swim, Impulsive, Thin Skinned
(Minor)
Edges: Acrobat, Attractive, Companion (Elemental
Aegis), Extraction, Shared Mind, Work the Room
Gear: Throwing knifes (Str+d4)
At ease among men, Raaji serves as the group’s face
and will negotiate for them. He also brings a lot of
utility, with Taunt Tests, some Thievery, as well as
Persuasion and Performance Support.
Nahraq adds to this support role, with fire elemental
manipulation, permanent light and Performance
tricks of its own. He can also Support his master’s
Performance.
PAUL JAYARAJ
Power Points: 15.
CREATING NAHRAQ
Race: Elemental (+6)
Size: –1 (–1)
Attributes: Agility d10 (+6), Smarts d4 (+0), Spirit d6 (+2),
Strength d4–2 (–3), Vigor d4 (+0)
Skills: Athletics d10 (+4), Fighting d6 (+2), Focus d6 (+2),
Notice d4 (+1), Performance d6 (+2)
Perception: Diurnal Vision (+0)
Communication: Can’t speak (+0), but Raaji picked
Shared Mind.
Movement: Pace 6 (+0), Flight Pace 6 (+2)
Weapons: Punch with fiery touch (+2)
Combat: Immunity to Fire (+4)
Miscellaneous: Living Torch (+1), Innate Power (+2)
Advances: 1.Vigor 2.Extraction 3.Companion Abilities
(Fiery Spit) 4.Dodge.
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BRAVE
YANDOR AND BRAVE Race: Mind Shard; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
Attributes: Agility d4, Smarts d4 (A), Spirit d8,
“Instead of a wizard, let’s do a psion.”
“Psions from the techno-city of Navalorn don’t Strength d4, Vigor d8
have familiars, they have personality shards. A Skills: Athletics d4, Fighting d8, Focus d4, Notice d4
part of their subconscious awakes and manifests
as a floating crystal around them.” Pace: 6; Parry: 6; Toughness: 3
“Yeah, same thing. Hindrances: Impulsive
So, Kontor is a coward. Every time he sees Edges: Danger Sense
danger, he flees. To avoid any danger, he would
never go outside, and never take any risk. Special Abilities:
His mentor decided it had to stop. He went deep ■ Fearless: by its nature, Brave is immune to Fear.
into Kontor’s mind to unlock his inner courage
into a shard: Brave. ■ Instinctive Thoughts: Brave thinks and behaves by
It is now on Kontor’s shoulders, helped by instinct, like animals.
Brave, to face and chase his fears. Once. ■ Levitation: Flight, without wing. Pace 12, d10
Forever.”
running die.
■ Mental Radar: projects telepathic waves to detect
D YANDOR walls and beings.
Race: Human; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned ■ Mind Shard: Doesn’t Breathe, Doesn’t Eat,
Attributes: Agility d4, Smarts d10, Spirit d8, Strength Immune to Disease, Immune to Poison, No Vital
d4, Vigor d6 Organs, Pain Resistance, Requires Magical
Skills: Academics d8, Athletics d4, Common Healing.
Knowledge d6, Fighting d4, Notice d6, Persuasion ■ Powers: havoc. Power Points: 15. Telekinetic forces
d8, Psionics d10, Stealth d4 projects opponent away. Always apply the Cone
Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 5 modifier.
Hindrances: Hesitant, Yellow ■ Psychic Strike: Str+d4, always nonlethal, if used in
Edges: Arcane Background (Psion- a successful Push, victim moves 1” further and
ics), Companion (Aura of suffers –2 to Athletics roll to not fall prone.
Courage), Mentalist, Shared ■ Size –3.
Mind, Shared Senses (Imp)
Gear: Staff (Str+d4, Parry +1)
Powers: Beast friend
(mental implant, always CREATING BRAVE
with Mind Rider on), Race: Elemental (+6)
Size: –3 (+7)
empathy (aura reading), Attributes: Agility d4 (+0), Smarts d4 (+0), Spirit d8
illusion (mind hallucina- (+4), Strength d4 (+0), Vigor d6 (+2), Animal
Intelligence (–1)
tions). Power Points: 10 Skills: Athletics d4 (+1), Fighting d6 (+3), Focus d4 (+1),
Notice d4 (+1)
Hindrances: Impulsive (–2)
Perception: Dark Sight (+2), renamed to fit thematically
Communication: Can’t Speak (+0)
Movement: Pace 6 (+0), Flight Pace 6, no wing (+4)
Weapons: Kick Str+d4 with nonlethal (+0) bonus to
JACOB E. BLACKMON

push fits thematically being a telekinesis strike.

Miscellaneous: Fearless (+2), Innate Power (+2)
Advances: 1.Vigor 2.Companion Abilities (Flight
upgraded to Pace 12) 3.Fighting 4. Danger Sense
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GATSU, FALL GUARDIAN
TANAKA AND HER GUARDIANS Race: Elemental Celestial — Wind spirit; Advances:
4; Rank: Seasoned
“Let’s do one with two companions.”
“You could also use Otherworldly, releasing the Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d6, Spirit d6, Strength
companions from chess pawns.” d4, Vigor d6
“I would rather use body tattoos.” Skills: Athletics d8, Fighting d8, Focus d6, Notice d6,
“Are we going to visit the Four Seasons Temple
in the Fagushi Peaks?” Stealth d6
“Exactly! Pace: 6; Parry: 6; Toughness: 4
Tanaka has successfully passed the Trials of Fall Edges: Dodge, Extraction
and Spring. She now bears two mystical tattoos,
each she can release a guardian spirit of nature. Special Abilities:
She wishes to attempt the next trials. However, ■ Celestial Elemental: Doesn’t Breathe, Doesn’t Eat,
she is not ready and her temple can’t teach her
more. She leaves the peaks for the first time in Extraplanar, Immune to Disease, Immune to Fear,
her life, to reach distant temples, from other Immune to Poison, No Vital Organ, Pain
regions, to learn new ways of fighting and new
philosophies. She won’t be complete Resistance, Requires Magical Healing,
without it.” Supernaturally good.
■ Flight: Pace 12, d10 running die.
D TANAKA ■ Powers: deflection. Power Points: 15. Small winds
Race: Human; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned raise and protect the target. Usually cast with the
Attributes: Agility d6, Smarts d6, Spirit d8, Strength Hurry modifier.
d6, Vigor d8 ■ Size –1.
Skills: Athletics d8, Common Knowledge d4, ■ Wind Lashes: Str+d4 damage.
Fighting d10, Notice d6, Occult d4, Persuasion d4,
Stealth d4, Survival d6
Pace: 6; Parry: 6 (7 with staff); Toughness: 7(1)
Hindrances: Clueless, Heroic
Edges: Companion (Otherworldly), Martial
Warrior, Nerves of Steel, New Companion
Gear: Fists (Str+d6, +2 Fighting rolls), Staff (Parry
+1, Reach 1, Str+d4), Leather (+1)

CREATING GATSU
Race: Celestial (+2) and Elemental, but without counting
Immunity to Disease and Poison twice (+6 and –2)
Size: –1 (–1)
Attributes: Agility d8 (+4), Smarts d6 (+2), Spirit d6
(+2), Strength d4 (+0), Vigor d6 (+2)
Skills: Athletics d8 (+3), Fighting d6 (+2), Focus d4
JACOB E. BLACKMON

(+1), Notice d4 (+1), Stealth d4 (+1)

Perception: Diurnal Vision (+0)
Communication: Can’t Speak (+0)
Movement: Flight Pace 12, no wing (+6)
Weapons: Punch Str+d4 (+1)
Miscellaneous: Innate Power (+2)
Advances: 1.Extraction 2.Focus & Notice 3.Fighting &
Stealth 4.Dodge
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AIKKO, SPRING GUARDIAN
Race: Elemental Celestial — Water spirit; Advances:
4; Rank: Seasoned
Attributes: Agility d4, Smarts d4, Spirit d6, Strength
d8, Vigor d8
Skills: Athletics d4, Fighting d8, Focus d6, Notice d4,
CREATING AIKKO
Race: Celestial (+2) and Elemental, but without counting
Survival d4 Immunity to Disease and Poison twice (+6 and –2)
Pace: 6; Parry: 5; Toughness: 5 Size: –1 (–1)
Attributes: Agility d4 (+0), Smarts d4 (+0), Spirit d6 (+2),
Edge: Extra Effort Strength d6 (+2), Vigor d8 (+4)
Special Abilities: Skills: Athletics d4 (+1), Fighting d8 (+5), Focus d4 (+1),
Notice d4 (+1)
■ Amphibious: Can live and breathe both in air and Perception: Diurnal Vision (+0)
underwater, and swims at full Pace. Communication: Can’t Speak (+0)
Movement: Pace 6 (+0), Amphibious (+2)
■ Celestial & Elemental: Doesn’t Breathe, Doesn’t Weapons: Punch (+1) with Str+d6 (+1), nonlethal (–1) and
Eat, Extraplanar, Immune to disease, Immune to Life Drain (+3)
Combat: Push, improved (+3)
Fear, Immune to poison, No Vital Organ, Pain Miscellaneous: Innate Power (+2)
Resistance, Requires Magical Healing, Advances: 1.Strength 2.Brawler 3.Companion Abilities
(Hardy) 4.Extra Effort
Supernaturally good.
■ Hardy: Suffering Shaken when already Shaken
does not result into a Wound.
■ Powers: healing. Power Points: 15. Aikko rains
herself onto Wounds to seal them.
■ Size –1
■ Slam: Str+d8, nonlethal damage. On a raise, may
gain a free Push maneuver instead of dealing
bonus damage. If the attack Shakes or Wounds
the target, she nearly drowns and rolls Vigor or
suffers one level of Fatigue (can’t cause
Incapacitation).
■ Strength of the Ocean: When performing Push
maneuver, target moves 1d6” (2d6” on raise).

JACOB E. BLACKMON
As allies join Tanaka in her quest, they get a good
fighter. Her fists strike hard. However, she will use
her staff when in need of extra defense or on the
roads. Her heroism won’t let the group down.

Gatsu is a filthy rogue, with great mobility. Its

strikes are weak but enough to distract
opponents. Its deflection can protect anyone in the
group.

Aikko is the last resort. On high tide, it will jump

in battle as a bodyguard. When all is calm, they all
will appreciate its healing rain.

GUILHEM DE BELGARDE AND SAMUEL
“What if the companion was simply human? Like
an old friend.”
“Like a preceptor of a noble family?”
“Yes. Samuel was already at the service of King
Martel at Gerald’s birth. When the invaders
stomped the castle, Samuel picked Baby Gerald
and fled. The Duke De Belgarde, old friend of
Martel, gave them shelter. He claimed Gerald to
be his bastard son and named him Guilhem.”
“Nice, I have a great hook for my campaign!
Guilhem will want to reclaim his throne.”
D GUILHEM DE BELGARDE
Race: Human; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d4, Spirit d8, Strength
d8, Vigor d6
Skills: Academics d4, Athletics d6, Battle d4,
Common Knowledge d4, Fighting d10, Notice d4,
Persuasion d4, Riding d6, Shooting d6, Stealth d4
Pace: 6; Parry: 10(3); Toughness: 8(3, one less on
legs)
Hindrances: Code of Honor, Death Wish (Kill the evil
king), Secret (Heir of the former king)
Edges: Aristocrat, Common Bond, Companion (Aura
of Morale), Countera�ack, Strong Willed
Gear: Long Sword (Str+d8), Large Shield (Parry +3),
Chainmail Shirt (+3, torso and arms), Chainmail
Helm (+3, head), Chainmail Leggings (+3, legs)
Guilhem is a typical fighter with good offense and
defense. His strong will makes him hard to stop,
especially with Samuel’s morale support. He will
never do harm to women or children. Samuel is old,
and wise, full of knowledge. The preceptor also
encourages and assists them wherever he can.
“Wait! I have another idea! What about an half-folk slinger shooting from his tall tree-
folk friend’s shoulders? Or, a dark mage whose own shadow is in fact a deadly assassin
companion?”
“Stop!
We just created ten different characters, maybe it’s now time to pick one and stick
with it?
I need to see our friends and help them with their characters too.”
“You are right. Let me think over it next week, pick one, write its background and
motivations, and I’ll share them to you by email. Ok?”
“Let’s do that. Have fun!”
Sample Characters
SAMUEL
Race: Human; Advances: 4; Rank: Seasoned
Attributes: Agility d4, Smarts d8, Spirit d8, Strength
d6, Vigor d6
Skills: Academics d8, Athletics d4, Common
Knowledge d8, Fighting d4, Healing d8, Notice
d4, Occult d4, Persuasion d8, Riding d4, Stealth d4
Pace: 6; Parry: 4; Toughness: 4
Hindrances: Anemic, Mild Mannered
Edges: Brave, Charismatic, Healer, Reliable
Gear: Dagger (Str+d4)
Special Abilities:
■ Common Language: Samuel speaks the common
language of the region.
■ Outfi�able: Can wear armor.
■ Prehensile Hands: Str damage, Unarmed Defender
but can wield weapons.
CREATING SAMUEL
I designed Samuel to match Character Creation process (core
skills, 12 skill points, 5 attributes points). I only used two minor
Hindrances (Extra are not heroes).
Race: Human (no racial template)
Size: 0 (+0)
Attributes: Agility d4 (+0), Smarts d8 (+4), Spirit d6 (+2),
Strength d6 (+2), Vigor d6 (+2)
Skills: Academics d8 (+3), Athletics d4 (+1), Common
Knowledge d8 (+3), Fighting d4 (+1), Healing d6 (+2),
Notice d4 (+1), Occult d4 (+1), Persuasion d6 (+2),
Riding d4 (+1), Stealth d4 (+1)
Hindrances: Anemic (–1), Mild Mannered (–1)
Edges: Brave (+2), Healer (+2)
Weapons: Prehensile Hands (+1)
Perception: Diurnal Vision (+0)
Communication: Common Language (+2)
Movement: Pace 6, d6 running die (+0)
Combat: Outfi�able (+1)
Advances: 1.Spirit 2.Charismatic 3.Reliable 4.Persuasion
& Healing