Character Creation

Known Languages
All characters start the game knowing Heimisch. Any other languages started knowing are based on character ethnicity, IE a Janue character might know Heimisch and Janue, or a Kakurhavas would know both Heimisch and Kakurhavas. Further languages may be purchased with a 1/2 priced edge as detailed on the edges page.

Hindrances
When creating characters, players will not select hindrances per section 3: Edges and Hindrances of the Character Creation section of the Savage Worlds Deluxe Explorer's Edition rulebook on page 17. Instead players may create up to two character flaws for their character.

Character flaws are similar to base rulebook hindrances in some respects, but also completely change the method of Benny acquisition. A character flaw is some form of idiosyncrasy about a character that is disadvantageous to them and would affect them in scenarios that should come about during the standard course of play.

If a player roleplays his character flaw he may "tag" the flaw to the game master who may award a Benny (or several in cases of excellence bar none) to the player.

Each flaw is worth 2 points per section 3 on page 17 of the base rule-book, and what the points may be spent on is normal.

Do note that this does change the edge Lucky, which now reads "whenever a character successfully tags a character flaw the player may roll a d4.  On the result of a 4 or higher, the character acquires an extra additional Benny.

Skills
The skill shooting is now split into 3 separate skills, Shooting (Longarms) which covers semi-automatic rifles, single shot rifles and shotguns, Shooting (Automatics) which covers long automatic weapons like assault rifles machine guns, sub machine guns and others, and Shooting (Sidearms) which covers pistols, handheld shotguns, and submachine guns that can be operated as machine pistols.

A character without the relevant skill attempting to fire a weapon that applies to that skill fires it as if they were unskilled regardless of their other shooting skills. For example a character with d10 shooting longarms still fires a pistol at a d4-2.