Savage Firefly

Suggested re-skins of existing hindrances include:

When spending a Benny to Influence the Story, a player can do things like make up a new acquaintance to gain a clue, information, gear, or access to a restricted area. In this instance, the hero recalls that an old friend still owes a favor. This assumes that the acquaintance has a Friendly attitude and is available to help.

Only allow the player group to use the Influence the Story rule for a Favor once per session.

After the acquaintance does the favor, he fades into the background unless a player spends a Benny to add the character to his list of Contacts. Now that this contact has performed the favor, the contact’s Reaction to the hero returns to Neutral.

Contacts are different from the Connections edge. A contact provides personal and specialized assistance.

You can draw a card from a deck and then the GM can refer to chapter six in Wiseguys to generate a contact for the game. Talk to your GM about creating a contact.

You can provide a hero a contact in the following ways:

Contacts are Wild Cards, even if they really came into the story as Extras. A player is allowed to call on one Contact per session. Contacts do not wait around and may not always be available when called on. Reciprocity is important; a contact expects the hero to return a favor when called. A loyal contact can turn if the hero mistreats him; heroes need to nurture and maintain relationships with contacts.

A hero uses the Reactions table to represent the status of the relationship between a the hero and his Contact. The initial attitude of the contact depends on how the relationship starts; it is typically Neutral.

A Perk is a service, favor, or item that a Contact offers a hero that goes beyond what a Contact generally provides a hero.

Beware, a perk can come with strings attached.

Consider using a preparation montage. Drop the characters into the heist and then use these mechanics and allow the players to describe the heist’s preparations.

Have each player pick an appropriate skill and the group keeps the highest roll. For every success and raise, award the crew a Heist Token.

Suggested skills for preparation montages:

Start the heist’s Dramatic Task or Quick Encounter. During the heist, the players can redeem Heist Tokens to Influence the Story as per "Using Bennies in Savage Worlds".

A player can spend a Benny to influence the narrative, making a story, which allows the player character to

You can use a flashback to show what happened to influence the story and facilitate the success of the heist.

Examples of influencing the story include:

Heists are a fixture of a Firefly campaign.

For each scene of a heist’s dramatic task or quick encounter, the GM can draw a card for inspiration.