COMPANION WORDS
Chicago: Ken “Hit Man” Hite Shan Fan: Matthew “Chopper Squad” Cutter Lost Angels: Simon “Three an’ Countin’” Lucas The City of Gloom: Shane “Lucky” Lacy Hensley Consiglieres: John “Gut ‘em” Goff, Clint Black “Hand”
PICTURES
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LAYOUT
Shane “the Hangman” Hensley
PROOFING
Jodi “the Butcher” Black, Adam “Specs” Loyd
DEDICATION
To all those who have worked on Deadlands in all its incarnations and helped us create such a rich and vibrant universe.
Deadlands created by Shane Lacy Hensley
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PERSONS OF INTEREST
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Kelly, Mike Peterson, Mikloshe, Morgan Ellis, Morgan Walther, Nathan Reed, Nils Anker TønnerOldefar, Noah Ban, Noah Gibbs, Oliver Peltier, Pascal Oliet, Patrick Paulsen, Patrick Rowley, Paul Harris, Pavel Ojeda, Pedro Coppola, Philippe Deville, Phillip Fatka, Phillip Millman, Paul Allen Timm, Ralph, Rambo, Raphael Päbst, Richard, Richard Reynolds, Rich Scrase, Rick Jones, Rob Dunning, Robert Kukuchka, Rob Lusk, Robert Rosenthal, Robert & Connie Thomson, Robert R. Valdes Sr., Robin Tunkel, Ron Steinhauser, Ross Thompson, Ryan Riojas, Ryo Ogawa, Saint, Sam Hock, Sam Wong, Samantha Lambert, Sameer Patel, Scott Alan Woodard, Scott Kehl, Scott Leslie, Scott Maynard, Scott Neal, Scott Nisenfeld, Sebastien Blouin, Shane Emmons, Shan Morris, Shannon B. Marce, Shawn “King Zombie” Beatty, Simon Stroud, Stephan Auerhahn, Stephen Robinson, Steve Dulson, Steven Roman, T. Kurt Bond, Tad Simmons, Tas Jones, The Roach, Thom Jason, Tifaine Highly, Timothy Hannon, Timothy Mullen, Tom De Bruycker, Tom Lumley, Tore S. Svenningsson, Treanna Von Ruff, Trey Mercer, Urban Blom, Volker Greimann, Walter F. Croft, Wayne Williams, William Huggins, Yakaru Dezaki, Zachary Hopko Hardboiled: Aaron Wong, Angel Leigh McCoy, Jacques DuRand, Dave Hitt, David “JustDave” Talboy, Gary “Slug” Perkins, Gavin Phillips, Joe Frankovitch, John and Frances Rowat, John Beattie, Kairam Ahmed “Mr. Ray O’Dark” Hamdan, Nicholas Brigance, Ranger Dave Ross, Ryaan Kraft, Seth Davis, Shane Dale, Simon Ward, Sven Schläpfer Dons: Andrew Leonhart, Bob Bretz, Brett Bozeman, D.A. Evosirch, Daniel W. Cisek, Don Davenport, Doug Davison, Douglas Lange, Jack Emmert, Jonathan Clancy, Josh Thaler, Kurt “Telas” Schneider, Matthew Brumfield, Matthew Evans, Matthew Sanderson, Raymond Croteau, Shannon R. Bell, Timothy Link, Vince Kwiatek, Wesley E. Marshall Mayors: James McKendrew (New Orleans), Eoin Burke (Chicago), John Billings (Shan Fan), Marguerite Kenner (The City of Gloom), Kevin Stoner (Lost Angels) Night Stalkers: David Fry (Jacob Whateley), Terry McGregor (Terence “Mac” McGregor)
CONTENTS Credits...............................................................................1 Persons of Interest...........................................................2 Contents............................................................................3
Troubling Times........................................................... 4 Setting Rules.....................................................................4 The Blessed.......................................................................4 Sykers................................................................................5 USA / CSA History.........................................................6 CSA Presidents 1913-1956.............................................6 USA Presidents 1913-1956.............................................6
Chicago (1927).............................................................10
Life in the Windy City...................................................11 Chicago Locations..........................................................12 The Loop........................................................................12 The North Side..............................................................16 The West Side................................................................20 The South Side..............................................................23 Random Chicago Locations..........................................26 Savage Tales.....................................................................27 Plot Point Campaign: Demon Rum ............................32 Men and Monsters of Chicago......................................46
Shan Fan (1939).......................................................... 52
Life in Shan Fan..............................................................54 New Edge: Martial Arts.................................................56 Shan Fan Locations........................................................58 Shan Fan City................................................................58 Shan Fan Bay.................................................................64 Shan Fan Environs........................................................65 Random Shan Fan Locations........................................66 Savage Tales.....................................................................66 Plot Point Campaign: The Shanghai Buddha.............72 Men & Monsters of Shan Fan.......................................89
Lost Angels (1946)...................................................... 94
Life in Lost Angels..........................................................98 Lost Angels Locations...................................................103 The Holy City...............................................................103 Eastside.........................................................................104 Midtown.......................................................................105 Movie Town..................................................................106 Mazedge........................................................................110 Oldtown........................................................................111 Lost Angels Environs..................................................111 Random Lost Angels Locations...................................113 Savage Tales....................................................................114 Plot Point Campaign: The Seven Deadly Sins...........132 Men & Monsters of Lost Angels..................................147
The City of Gloom (1950)..............................................152
Life in the City of Gloom..............................................157 City of Gloom Locations..............................................159 Salt Lake City...............................................................159 Junkyard Locations.....................................................163 Down Under Locations..............................................167 City o’ Gloom Environs..............................................168 Random City of Gloom Locations..............................170 Savage Tales....................................................................171 Plot Point Campaign: Atomic Noir!............................182 Men & Monsters of The City of Gloom......................201
Index........................................................................ 206
S E M I T G N I TROUBL New Orleans, 1935, is important to the history of Deadlands and its grand tale. A new form of magic took hold and old ones died out. Political events were put into motion that would affect the USA and CSA for decades. And tough-talking heroes and heroines fought back the machinations of the Reckoners yet again.
up as normal. If you as the Marshal later revisit the later era, you’ll have to decide whether to let the player advance his character as recommended above, or pick up where he left off before.
SETTING RULES
But this isn’t the only important era in Deadlands The expanded scope of the Companion opens up a twentieth century history. Detailed within are four few additional Setting Rules. Note that both blessed additional times and places where critical events are and sykers in Noir function differently than in other taking place: Chicago in the Roaring Twenties, Shan Deadlands settings, so use the rules as written here. Fan just before the outbreak of World War II, the postwar ‘40s of Lost Angels, and the technological triumph of Dr. Darius Hellstromme’s so-called “City of Gloom” With the addition of different eras within the at the half-century mark. Deadlands Noir setting come additional specializations Each era has a history of the area, a brief list of of the Arcane Background Edges. interesting or useful locations, a number of Savage
ARCANE BACKGROUNDS
Tales that take place there, a full-length Plot Point Campaign, and an assortment of important characters and monsters.
We expect most Marshals to create independent campaigns in each setting rather than moving their group from era to era. Game Masters might also consider a serialized approach as well—running a group in one era and alternating sessions with a different group of characters in another. If you’re moving a character forward in time, you may want to give him a full Rank’s worth of Advances but require him to roll on the “Veteran of the Concrete Jungle” Table. Creating a younger version of a character is a little trickier and requires a bit more fudging. In general, it’s best if the younger character starts from scratch and advances
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THE BLESSED
Blessed are individuals who have been granted supernatural abilities by mysterious and distant powers of good. Some are priests or actual clergy while others are simply chosen for the nobility of their struggle or their soul. Though most are enlightened and good by nature they don’t have to be—sometimes the light chooses even troubled souls to carry out its will. Blessed are rare in any era, but they are particularly absent when mankind loses faith and the powers of good grow weaker. But there are always a few noble souls who struggle against the darkness regardless. Below are the rules for those who want to play these spiritual warriors.
Edge: Arcane Background (Blessed) Requirements: Wild Card, Novice, Faith d4+, Spirit d8+ Arcane Skill: Faith (Spirit) Power Points: 10 Starting Powers: 3 (Protection, plus two of player’s choice) Available Powers: Armor, banish, beast friend, blind, bolster, boost/lower Trait, confusion, deflection, dispel, divination, greater healing, healing, light (not obscure), numb, protection, quickness, slow, smite, spirit shield, stun, succor, warrior’s gift.
SPECIAL RULES
• Crisis of Faith: When a blessed rolls a 1 on her Faith die (regardless of the Wild Die), her Faith is reduced by a die type until she spends an hour in restful meditation, contemplation, or prayer. A blessed’s Faith can never be reduced below d4 by a Crisis of Faith. • Miracles: The blessed may use Edges that require Arcane Background (Miracles).
• Sinning: Blessed who violate their core beliefs are temporarily or permanently forsaken by whatever forces of good grant them their powers. Minor sins give the character –2 to his Faith rolls for a week. Major sins rob him of all arcane powers for a week. Mortal sins cause the character to be forsaken until the penitent hero completes some great quest or task of atonement to regain his lost powers (Marshal’s call).
NEW POWER: PROTECTION
Rank: Novice Power Points: 1 Range: Self Duration: 3 (1/round) A blessed who does nothing but concentrate on his faith is very difficult for creatures of darkness to oppose. A supernatural creatures that wants to directly attack a blessed using protection must win an opposed test of its Spirit versus the target’s Faith. Casters who present a proper religious symbol add +2 to the roll.
TRAPPINGS
Blessed powers are always subtle if not outright imperceptible—usually so much so that only the effects are visible. None of the non-cosmetic Trappings from Savage Worlds may be applied to their powers.
SYKERS
Most of the world’s governments have started psychic training programs. They are in their infancy throughout the early period of Noir and are kept extremely secretive through the end of the century. Trainees are highly regulated, watched, and controlled.
There are also a few individuals who have quietly developed talents on their own, but they are hunted by their governments’ covert forces (the Agency in the USA and the Rangers in the CSA) to study and control their abilities. You may choose whether your character was trained or is a gifted amateur—see Wanted, below. Edge: Arcane Background (Syker) Requirements: Wild Card, Novice, Psionics d4+, Smarts d8+ Arcane Skill: Psionics (Smarts) Power Points: 10 Starting Powers: 2 Backlash: When a syker rolls a 1 on his Psionics die, he suffers brainburn that causes 2d6 damage. If he’s a trained syker, he adds half the Power Points he was trying to spend (round up) to the damage. If he’s untrained, he adds the full Power Point cost to the damage. If the ability required 5 Power Points, for example, brainburn would cause 2d6+3 damage to a trained syker and 2d6+5 to an untrained one. Available Powers: Armor, barrier, beast friend, blind, boost/lower Trait, confusion, deflection, detect/conceal arcana, disguise, drain Power Points, farsight, fear, havoc, healing (self only), invisibility, mind reading (Requires Heroic Rank in the Noir period), puppet, quickness, slow, slumber, speak language, speed, stun, succor, telekinesis.
SPECIAL RULES
• Baldness: The mental release of their energy causes all sykers to go bald, however, be they men or women. • Psionics: Sykers may use Edges that require Arcane Background (Psionics). • Wanted: Decide when you create your syker if she was trained by authories or a wild talent. If she was trained, she’s technically a deserter in the country that trained her, and considered a spy in those that didn’t. She has the Wanted (Major) Hindrance. If the character is a wild talent, the Agency and Rangers want to recruit or use her, and she has the Wanted (Minor) Hindrance. Either way, the Hindrance is in addition to all others and provides no character creation points to spend.
TRAPPINGS
Sykers manipulate invisible psychokinetic energy so there are no visible Trappings to their powers.
HARD TIMES NO MORE
The Great Depression is a big part of the New Orleans setting for Deadlands Noir and remains in play there and for the Shan Fan setting in this book. Characters created for the Chicago, Lost Angels, or City of Gloom settings, however, have normal starting funds and no longer automatically gain the Poverty Hindrance.
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USA / CSA HISTORY
Deadlands Noir focuses on New Orleans in the early 1930s. The Companion covers the 1920s through the 1950s, so we’ve expanded our coverage to some of the highlights of USA / CSA history below.
EVENTS
World War I: The USA and CSA put aside their differences and honored their alliances in Europe. Both nations also used the conflict to test their latest secret inventions as well. Prohibition: Only the USA passed Prohibition, making a fortune for distilleries in the Confederacy and the smugglers who purchased their goods legally, then transported them across the northern border illegally. The Depression: The Wall Street Crash of 1929 started in the North but quickly spread to the entire world—including the CSA. Neither government found a truly effective means of dealing with the situation— until World War II broke out. World War II: The CSA’s close ties with France drew them into the war early. The USA didn’t join until the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. In a rare display of cooperation, the North agreed to place its troops under command of the charismatic and popular CSA General Dwight D. Eisenhower. After the defeat of Nazi Germany, it was “Ike” who pushed Truman to authorize dropping the atomic bomb on Japan. The Post War Period: On the surface, economic recovery and the euphoria of victory over true evil eased relations between the North and South in the late ‘40s and early ‘50s. Behind the scenes, both countries were eager to uncover all the secret technology their rival had built or taken from the Axis powers. Intelligence agencies expanded their personnel, programs, powers, and reach.
CSA PRESIDENTS 1913-1956
1913-1921 — Woodrow Wilson: Brings the CSA into WWI to honor alliances with Great Britain and France. He dies in office in 1921. 1921-1928 — Bainbridge Colby: Woodrow Wilson’s Vice President. Succeeds him following his demise in 1921. Founds Confederate Reserve Bank and attempts to form the League of Nations, a major goal of Woodrow Wilson’s administration. The League fails due to US refusal to join and infighting between other member nations.
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1929-1932 — Oscar Underwood: A prominent antiKKK campaigner, Underwood has the misfortune of holding office at the onset of the Great Depression in the CSA. In an attempt to combat the effects of the Depression on the South, Underwood makes several attempts to expand the power of the central Confederate government. Some were successful, most were not. Regardless, a combination of radical, often racist, opposition and the effects of the Depression limits him to a single term. 1933-1940 — John Nance Garner: Garner is staunchly anti-union and pushes for many laws and regulations favoring corporations and industry. He succeeds in expanding the Southern industrial base and oil industry, but at the cost of decent working conditions for many low-level employees. In his second term, he oversees a tremendous increase in the size of the Confederate military. While he pushes this as a way to provide more employment for Southern citizens, behind the scenes he is in close contact with both Great Britain and France as those two allies watched Germany’s expansion with alarm. In 1940, he committed the CSA to war when Germany invaded France. This move costs him his nomination for a third term. 1941-1952 — Harry Truman: Truman leads the CSA throughout WWII. Under his direction, the CSA initiates Operation Oak Ridge to develop an atomic bomb. In August 1945, Truman orders the use of the atomic bomb to end the war with Japan. He supports the US effort to stem the North Korean/Chinese invasion of South Korea. 1953-1958 — Dwight D. Eisenhower: “Ike” runs on a strict anti-communism platform, but withdraws support for allied efforts in Vietnam due to “lack of clear goals.” This causes a breach in relations that eventually leads to a three-way cold war between the USA, CSA, and USSR.
USA PRESIDENTS 1913-1956
1913-1920 — Thomas R. Marshall: Marshall opposes entry into the Great War. He relents only in response to fears the CSA’s involvement threatens improving relations with Great Britain and Canada. He is a great opponent of conscription and refuses to sign several bills authorizing it, even once the war effort is fully underway. He loses a bid for a third term when public support for the war wanes. 1921-1923 — Warren G. Harding: Harding proposes many sweeping measures, ranging from regulating radio communication to worldwide arms treaties to a government agency to handle veteran’s affairs. Beneath
the surface, his administration is riddled with corruption and favoritism, which undermine and cripple any good it might accomplish. He falls victim to the flu pandemic and dies in 1923. 1923-1928 — Calvin Coolidge: Oversees the recovery from not only the Great War, but also the terrible flu epidemic. He presides during a period of unheard-of prosperity. Coolidge lowers taxes, reduces restrictions on industry, and grants full citizenship to any Native Americans residing outside the Sioux Nations. However, his reluctance to involve the country in “foreign entanglements” leads him to oppose the CSA’s proposed League of Nations, ultimately dooming the endeavor to failure. Coolidge does not seek election to a second full term, feeling the toll on him would be too great. 1929-1932 — Herbert Hoover: Hoover’s plans are destroyed by the Stock Market Crash of 1929. He spends the rest of his single term trying measure after measure to prevent and then alleviate the Great Depression. His efforts are, without exception, unsuccessful. The shantytowns of unemployed and homeless on the edges of most US cities are nicknamed “Hoovertowns”. The practice even extends into the Confederacy. 1932-1945 — Franklin Delano Roosevelt : Roosevelt spends much of his first terms fighting the Depression. Although in reality he is no more successful than Hoover, his efforts are received in a better light. Roosevelt also considers the rise of Nazi Germany to be a significant threat and coordinates with the USSR, Great Britain, France, and even the CSA to provide supplies and materiel. A surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at the end of 1941 draws the US fully into the war. Roosevelt commissions the Manhattan Project to develop an atomic weapon. FDR dies in office mere months after being elected to his fourth term. 1945-1948 — William O. Douglas: Douglas steps down from his position as a Supreme Court Justice to become FDR’s running mate in 1945 after the previous Vice President, Henry Wallace, was viewed as too sympathetic to communism. Although he guides the US through the end of World War II, he is seen by the public as too weak on foreign policy when his hesitation to use the Manhattan Project’s atomic bomb on Japan results in the Confederacy claiming victory over the country responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor. His one credited success is the Douglas Plan
to rebuild Europe’s industry and infrastructure along a US model. The USSR forbids its satellite nations from participating. 1949-1952 — Thomas Dewey: Dewey refuses to outlaw the Communist Party of the United States. Perhaps to silence his critics, the US under his leadership is the primary defender of South Korea when North Korea invades. However, he loses his re-election bid when Senator Joseph McCarthy calls into question the patriotism of both of him and his Secretary of State, George Marshall. 1953-1956 — Richard M. Nixon: A staunch supporter of Joseph McCarthy’s anti-communist crusade, Nixon comes to the aid of France as their interests in Vietnam are threatened by communist insurgents. When Dien Bien Phu is encircled, Nixon sends US paratroopers to destroy strongholds surrounding the French base with terrible and secret weapons. CSA President Eisenhower comes to believe the Western powers have no clear plan in the region and withdraws the Confederacy’s support. The resulting tensions spark a return to barely restrained conflict between the USA and CSA. McCarthy expands his anti-Red political purges to include anti-Gray ones as well.
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