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House Call

A Savage Worlds One Sheet™ By Dave Blewer

for use with Deadlands™ or as a Western diversion

The posse arrives in a town that has recently lost its sheriff. What follows is a night of fear and horror.

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Minutes after they entered, the fright-

ened townsfolk heard shots and shouting.

The front door ﬂ ew open and Eli fell across

the threshold. Before he could get to his

feet something dragged him screaming

back into the darkness.

The good townsfolk of Purity have been

completely paralyzed with fear all day and

beg the posse to investigate.They can come

up with a total of $86, if the posse are mer-

cenary enough to demand payment!

Doctor, Doctor

Just before nightfall, the posse rides into

the town of Purity. The heroes’ arrival cre-

ates great excitement and they are soon

surrounded by a crowd of townsfolk. The

fear is palpable, and eventually a portly Ital-

ian shopkeeper, quiets his neighbors, and

explains the situation.

Purity’s doctor, Dr. Cecil Sawyer, is an

elderly, private fellow who lives on the out-

skirts of town in a large rambling house. He

is a distant man who, though good at his

trade, never mixes with anyone in town.The

packages delivered to his home from Hell-

stromme Industries and Smith and Robards,

and the strange lights seen in his house at

all times of the night, led to rumors that he

was one of those ill-fated “mad” scientists.

However, he never does anyone in town

any harm, so is left to his own devices.

Last night, the whole town was awak-

ened by a hellish rage-ﬁ lled scream coming

from the doctor’s home. An anxious crowd

gathered before his house while Sheriff

McLean and his deputies Dunk Burrell and

Eli Alton investigated.

The Old House on the Hill

The posse enters the house just as the

sun sets, throwing the house into shadow,

(Dim lighting: –1 to combat and Notice

rolls, +1 to Stealth rolls).

The ﬁ rst ﬂ oor is patrolled by the animat-

ed hands, which use hit and run tactics on

the posse, attacking with bits of furniture

and cutlery. Maxwell waits in the cellar.

Sawyer’s possessions have been smashed

to tinder wood by Maxwell in his berserk

rage. The important clues are:

1. Entrance Hall: The entrance hall is

splashed with blood. A successful Tracking

roll (–2 including the darkness penalty),

reveals that somebody was dragged across

the ﬂ oor—their ﬁ ngernails scored the ﬂ oor-

boards—toward the doctor’s bedroom.

2. Bedroom: This bedroom is the only

room in the house that hasn’t been de-

stroyed. Finding the secret door requires

a successful Notice roll (–2 including the

darkness penalty).

What’s Going On?

Dr. Sawyer was fascinated with death and

what effect it had on the human body. His

reasons were benign—he sought to pro-

long life—but his methods were insane.

Sawyer had managed to return a sem-

blance of life to dead ﬂ esh, but not the

sort which could be viewed by women-

folk without provoking fainting ﬁ ts. Sawyer

had constructed 5 “assistants” (4 animated

hands and Maxwell—a patchwork quilt of

cadaver parts), and was conﬁ dent that with

their help he would soon crack the secret

of genuinely returning the dead to life.

Last night, sadly,

time caught up with

the deluded doc-

tor and he died of

a heart attack. Poor

Maxwell’s anguished

screams awoke the

town.

Without Sawyer

to control them, his

creations ran amok.

When the sheriff and

his deputies entered

the house, the un-

dead abominations

did what they were

designed for. They

quickly overpow-

ered the lawmen

and tried, vainly, to

use their body parts

to revive Sawyer.

The Basement

A grisly sight awaits the heroes in the

basement. Dr. Sawyer’s corpse is spread-

eagled on the ﬂ oor, his chest has been

cut open and his heart has been removed.

Around him are the mutilated bodies of the

Sheriff and his deputies. Bloodstained sur-

gical equipment is scattered everywhere.

Above the carnage stands Maxwell, a

patchwork man, sewn together from differ-

ent corpses and animated by a hellish mix-

ture of science and magic. Maxwell attacks

the heroes without warning, attempting to

batter them to death and use their organs

to revive his “father.”

Aftermath

The townsfolk are shaken by the evil

that dwelt in their midst. After a quick de-

bate they ask the posse to stay on as the

town’s peacekeepers. Whatever the heroes

decide, they’ll always be welcome in Purity.

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The animated hands are different, lesser versions of

the Animate Hand from the Deadlands: Reloaded book.

These brutal body parts, usually acquired by robbing the

graves of criminals, retain their former owner’s cruel

streak and possess deadly cunning.

Animated Hands (4)

Attributes: Agility d10, Smarts d10, Spirit d10, Strength d8,

Vigor d8

Skills: Climbing d6, Fighting d8, Notice d6, Stealth d6,

Pace: 6; Parry: 6; Toughness: 6

Special Abilities:

• Fear: Anyone viewing an animated hand must make a Guts

roll.

• Fearless: Animated hands are immune to Fear and

Intimidation.

• Size – 2: The hand is... well... a hand.

• Small: Anyone attacking an animated hand suffers a –2 to

their attack rolls.

• Strangulation: When an animated hand scores a raise

on a Fighting roll, it latches onto the neck of its victim. It

immediately forces the victim to make a Vigor roll or suffer

a level of Fatigue from suffocation. Every round thereafter,

the victim must make another such roll, each roll gaining

a cumulative –1 modiﬁ er. The victim may tear the hand

away with an opposed Strength roll. Once removed the

victim regains 1 Fatigue level per round.

• Undead: +2 Toughness. +2 to recover from being Shaken.

Called shots do no extra damage. Arrows, bullets, and other

piercing attacks do half-damage.

Maxwell

Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d4, Spirit d6, Strength

d10, Vigor d8

Skills: Climbing d6, Fighting d8, Knowledge (Anatomy) d4,

Notice d6, Stealth d8

Pace: 6; Parry: 6; Toughness: 8

Special Abilities:

• Fists: d10+d6.

• Fear (–1): Maxwell is a grotesque creature and forces any

who see him to make a Guts roll (–1).

• Fearless: Maxwell is immune to Fear and Intimidation.

• Hardy: A second Shaken result does not cause a wound

on Maxwell.

• Immunity: The only way to kill this abomination is to

destroy the head, though it can still be Shaken.

• Patchwork Parts: Maxwell is built of a number of dead

humans, and each part can operate independently of the

others. When he would normally be Incapacitated, instead

roll on the Injury Table and apply the appropriate penalty.

If a hero made a called shot to Maxwell’s limb, don’t roll

on the Injury Table; instead, that limb simply ceases to

function.

• Undead: +2 Toughness. +2 to recover from being Shaken.

No additional damage from called shots. Arrows, bullets

and other piercing attacks do half damage. Immune to

disease and poison.

• Weakness (Head): Attacks that target Maxwell’s head

inﬂ ict normal damage. If the head takes a single wound,

Maxwell is put down.

The Sawyer House

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