50 Fathoms

by Shane Lacy Hensley

The natives say a trio of witches were discovered working dark sorcery in the land of Ograpog. The three were tried, sentenced by King Amemnus himself, and drowned with the rising tide. But with their dying breath the sisters uttered a dark curse, drowning Caribdus beneath 50 Fathoms of water. Soon after, ships from another world drifted through the mists of earth and into the Thousand Isles. The visitors are sailors from the age of piracy, dashing corsairs, bloodthirsty buccaneers, or savage sea dogs. They ve taken to this new world and now sail alongside its strange inhabitants crab-like scurillians, massive grael, lonely doreen, mysterious kraken, cruel kehana, and the near-human masaquani. Many believe these visitors are destined to defeat the Sea Hags and save Caribdus, but most just seem interested in plundering her for the forgotten treasures of a drowned world. 50 Fathoms is a Plot Point setting for the Savage Worlds roleplaying and miniatures game.

Genres: Gaming, Role Playing Games

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Shane Lacy Hensley is an author, game designer, and CEO of Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
(source: Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Horrorsage · Rating 1 out of 5]

Good evening and welcome fellow Children of Chaos.

So I've never played Savage Worlds, so I could be WAY off base here, but I feel like...

Well I'll let the book speak for itself. There is a sidebar that says something like None of these encounters are rated for novice, seasoned, or veteran characters. It's not. There are threats everywhere, and it's up to the players to deal with them as they see fit.

Ahhh, got it. So you could give to shits about balance or a fun game, but just want to dump your, mostly pretty cool idea on players and could not care less about the game itself.

With some HUGE exceptions I think I could run this world without the baggage of this actual book.

So here it is. There is a country founded by the Chinese from earth, they separated themselves from the world and founded their own country because they didn't want to live among the "gaijin" and "oni". They farm exclusively opium, and all have names like Takashiro and Yoshi. Except the one Japanese Giesha. She has a name that is something like Shien (I don't have the book right on hand).

I wish I made that up. Yeah, stuff like that gets discarded right into the toilet for something that isn't just fucking. Ungh. Shit like that is why I have to dump this to 1 star.

[Howard · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the absolute best campaign books ever written. Every gushing review about this book has gotten it absolutely right.