Pyramid Review
Necessary Evil (for the Savage Worlds Roleplaying Game)
Published by Great White Games
Written by Clint Black & Scott Pyle with Randy Mosiondz, Shane Lacy Hensley, Zeke Sparkes, & Chris Toh
Cover by Zeke Sparkes
Illustrated by Storn, Cheyenne, Gil Formosa, & Talisman Studios
144-page full-color hardcover; $29.99
Come the alien invasion, all good superheroes will step forward and do their very best to thwart the threat. Yet, what happens when these potential saviors of mankind fail? Not only fail, but die in the process? Who then will save us? Fortunately, there still exist plenty of super-powered individuals left on Earth . . . only, they never put their abilities to good use. Can the planets supervillains do what the heroes could not and save us?
This is the set up for Necessary Evil, a Plot Point Campaign for the Origins-Award-winning Savage Worlds Roleplaying Game. After having done dark fantasy in Evernight, nautical fantasy in 50 Fathoms, and dark horror in the Vietnam War set Tour of Darkness, this supplement is the first to address the subject and genre of superheroes for the system.
On January 1st, 2001, the first ships appeared over every city on Earth and then attacked. The crocodilian and shark-like Ktharens (or Fins, as they came to be known) possessed advanced technology and the ruthlessness to use it. Then another race -- the Vsori -- appeared, coming to Earth to search for their long-lost allies of Atlantis and offering us aid. The Vsori defeated the Ktharens . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: December 2, 2005
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