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PHUDGE Deadlands

* The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of * - Creating Characters

The various Phudge Deadlands character sheets available are:

• Page 1: Attributes, Skills, and Combat (pdf) Jan 10 '09 version - asthetic changes
• Page 2: Weapons, Equipment, Bounty and Chips (pdf) Nov 26 '08 version
• For Arcane characters: Arcane Powers sheet (pdf)
• You may also want: Ammo Trackin' Sheet (pdf)

Attributes (Traits)

The Deadlands Traits map to the Phudge Attributes as shown below.

Agility	Deftness, Nimbleness, Quickness
Strength	Strength
Health	Vigor
Perception	Cognition, Knowledge, Smarts
Willpower	Mien, Spirit

Draw 6 cards as normal for Deadlands, discard 1 (except a 2 or Joker) and use the table below to interpret the rest and assign values to the 5 Phudge Attributes. Then draw another six cards and note if any of them is a Joker (to maintain the same chance of a Mysterious Past).

Suit	2	3 to 8	9 to Jack	Queen, King	Ace	Joker
Spade ♠ or Heart ♥	Mediocre	Fair	Good	Great	Superb	Superb (mysterious past)
Diamond ♦ or Club ♣	Poor	Mediocre	Fair	Good	Great

Wind and Damage

Use the standard Phudge Damage Track except that the number of Scratch boxes a character has depends on the characters Deadlands Wind rating. Scratches represent Wind at a ratio of one Scratch for every three wind, instead of having a Wind total.

Use the table below to determine the number of scratches a character has.

Skills (Aptitudes)

Skills (Aptitudes) have no connection to any Trait and most default to Poor, except for Hexes, Miracles and Rituals which have no default.

Skills used to be chosen using my Phudge variation of the Five Point Fudge character creation system but are now chosen as for the Phudge basic character creation.

Select one of the Skill Groups below to be your Primary Group. Skills in this group may be raised as high as Superb.

Select a second Skill Group as your Secondary Group. Skills in this group may be raised as high as Good.

All other skills may only be raised as high as Fair.

Add 25 levels to whichever Skills or Powers you want, observing the limits above. The first level makes a Skill or Power Mediocre.

Groups have no effect once play begins.

Skill Groups

Skills marked with * are available in more than one group.

Skills followed by [ Concentration1, Concentration2 ] require an area of that skill to be chosen as the main area of the characters skill, all other areas are automatically one level lower.
Additional Concentrations may be raised to the main level at a cost of one level each.

(e.g. Taking Shootin':[ Pistol ] at Good means all other Shootin' concentrations are automatically at Fair).

Fightin' Skills Artillery: [ Cannons, Gatling Guns, Rockets ] Bow *Demolition *Dodge Fightin': [ Boxin', Brawlin', Fencin', Knife, Lariat, Sword, Whip, Wrasslin' ] *Guts Quick Draw: [ Knife, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Sword, others ] Shootin': [ Automatics, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun ] Speed Load: [ Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun ] Throwin': [ Balanced, Unbalanced ]	Outdoor Skills Animal Handlin': [ Bronco Bustin', Dog Training ] Area Knowledge: County Area Knowledge: State Area Knowledge: Region Climbin' Horse Ridin' Survival: [ Desert, Mountain, other ] Swimmin' Teamster Trackin'
People Skills *Bluff *Language: one skill per Language or Sign Language Leadership Overawe *Persuasion Ridicule Scrutinize Tale-Tellin'	Professional and City Skills Area Knowledge: Choose a Town Arts: [ Painting, Sculpting, Sketching ] *Academia: Philosophy *Academia: History *Academia: Occult *Academia: Choose another area *Gamblin' Medicine: [ General, Surgery, Veterinary ] Performin': [ Acting, Singing ] Professional: Journalism Professional: Law Professional: Military Professional: Photography Professional: Politics Professional: Theology Professional: Choose another area *Science: [ General, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Physics ] Streetwise Trade: Blacksmithing Trade: Carpentry Trade: Seamanship Trade: Mining Trade: Undertaking Trade: Choose another area
Sneaky Skills *Bluff Disguise *Dodge Filchin' Lockpickin' *Persuasion Search Sleight o' Hand Sneak

Blessed Skills (Requires the Edge - Arcane Background: Blessed) Faith (required) *Guts Professional: Theology - Each Miracle is a Skill - Exorcism Holy Roller Inspiration Lay on Hands Protection (required) Sacrifice Sanctify Smite Succor	Huckster Skills (Requires the Edge - Arcane Background: Huckster) (Tricks from Hucksters & Hexes may be bought for one level) *Academia: Occult (required) *Gamblin' *Guts - Each Hex is a Skill - Call o' the Wild Corporeal Tweak Corporeal Twist Earshot Helpin' Hand Hunch Mind Tweak Mind Twist Missed Me! Phantom Fingers Private Eye Shadow Man Shadow Walk Soul Blast Texas Twister Trinkets
Mad Scientist Skills (Requires the Edge - Arcane Background: Mad Scientist) *Academia: Philosophy *Academia: History *Academia: Occult *Academia: Choose another area *Demolition Drivin': [ Ornithopter, Steam Boat, Steam Wagon, others ] *Science: [ General, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Physics ] (required) Scroungin' Tinkerin'	Shaman Skills (A Shaman requires the Edge - Arcane Background: Shaman. A Warrior does not require the Edge but may not take this group as Primary or Secondary) *Academia: Occult Faith (required for warrior) *Guts *Language: Indian Sign - Each Ritual is a Skill - Choose one favour for each level above Poor in your highest Ritual Dance Fast Maim Paint Pledge Scar Tattoo

Gifts and Faults (Hindrances and Edges)

Buy these using the Deadlands rules.

Below are some of the modified effects for Edges and Hindrances - the modifier conversion rules should cover a good chunk of the Edges and Hindrances though.

Edge: Luck o' the Irish/Hopi/Mexicans

This Edge will work in the same way as the Phudge Gift Lucky.