Savage Battlelords from 23rd Century Available Now

Posted on 18 September 2023 by J-M DeFoggi
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Now available! The hardcopies and PDFs for all three “Savage Battlelords” core books! You can order and own the Core Rules, Carnage Companion, & Alliance Setting Guide!

“In Savage Battlelords, you play over-equipped, undertrained, corporate mercenaries in a galaxy at war. Tangle with the techno-organic hordes of the Arachnids. Battle with Uncle Ernie’s bio-engineered minions of doom! Avoid getting converted by the Atlantean nano-swarms!

Savage Battlelords core rules includes 15 species to play. Highly customizable armor, over 20 weapon systems, and dozens of new Edges and Hindrances for your Savage Worlds games.”

Core Rules

What’s in the book? 

  • A complete timeline of the Battlelord’s universe and detailed setting information.

  • 15 different highly detailed species to choose from for your character

  • Character development tables and nearly 100 skills to make each character unique.

  • An expansive, galaxy spanning setting with limitless potential.

  • Dozens of high-tech armored suits and helmets to choose from for your character.

    • Unique armor game mechanics allow players to customize their suit’s resistance to different methods of attack.

    • Armor ranges from light body armor, to mechanized battle armor, to the massive walking tanks called Ultra Armor.

    • Each suit of armor is highly customizable with over a 150 options to choose from.

  • Dozens of weapon systems and hundreds of weapons to equip your character.

    • Arm yourself with lasers, disintegrators, pulse weapons, grav sheers, grenade launchers, frost guns, and Omega weapons, just to name a few.

    • Find the chink in your opponent’s armor by choosing the weapon that exploits a weakness in their defenses.

  • Equipment, cybernetics, and vehicles.

  • Spacecraft of all types, including deck plans and rules for using them.

  • Hundreds of Matrices. The psychic powers used by a few species within the Alliance.

  • Information on the techno-organic, bio-engineered soldiers of Arachnid hordes and the Atlantean nano-swarms.

  • Detailed setting information for running a campaign in the 23rd Century for:

    • Galactic Armed Forces Soldiers

    • Mega-corp Mercenaries

    • Pirates and Privateers

    • Alliance Spies and mega-corp espionage agents

  • Pre-made, ready-to-play mercenary team. 

  • Ready to play scenario included

The Alliance Setting Guide

What’s in the book? 

The Alliance Setting Guide includes information about:

  • The Arachnids and their techno-organic minions
  • The Atlantean nanite swarms
  • The Alliance (culture, crime, law, travel, places of interest)
  • Mega-corps
  • Dueling
  • Mercenary Companies
  • Bounty Hunters & Sheriffs
  • Privateering & Piracy
  • The Galactic Armed Forces
  • Game Mastering
  • Running short and long term campaigns
  • Tech Levels
  • The Meta Plot (What’s really going on behind the scenes)

In addition the Setting Guide also includes rules and info for:

  • Spacecraft
    • 12 different spacecraft are detailed, including fighters and shuttles.
    • 6 sets of deck plans are also included.
    • Character Development Tables.
      • Roll on the I Was Just Growing Up tables & Fickle Finger of Fate table to flesh out your Wild Card’s background

The Carnage Companion

What’s in the book? 

The Carnage Companion includes:

  • 4 teams of ready-to-play archetype characters. 50 characters total!
  • 72 New Edges & 17 Hindrances (Many of these are species-specific).
  • 11 new weapon systems (53 new weapons total).
  • 22 new suits of armor and 60+ new armor options.
  • 31 vehicles, including 11 suits of mecha-like ultra armor!

  • Mercenary Team
  • Galactic Armed Forces Team
  • Pirate Crew
  • Corporate Spies

There is Free quick-start rules are also available!

You can order physical copies, cards, and PDFs are available here or get the PDFs from DrivethruRPG here.