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[Savage Worlds Adventure Edition] The After

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The After is a setting of savage frontier action (think The Revenant or Jeremiah Johnson) in a sci-fi post-apocalyptic world (think Annihilation or The Quiet Place). It uses the newly retooled Savage Worlds Adventure Edition. 

The After is set in the northwestern reaches of the broken North American continent. You play survivors of the shattered human race trying to rebuild their world after nearly a century of alien predation and war. 

The destructive invasion of Earth, followed by a terrifying war between rival Alien species far more advanced than mankind, has left the Earth a broken version of its former self. Major cities and areas of industrial and military strength have been completely obliterated. Only in the worlds most sparsely populated areas have people survived: areas that were ignored by the rampaging alien forces.  

It is now a world of great change but also great opportunity; a strange world to explore and to forge a new home in. With the collapse of modern civilization, survivors must return to the old ways, find inspiration and knowledge utilized by frontiersman and native people who lived and prospered in North America centuries before.

New bonds must be formed, new settlements require aid and protection and the war ravaged ruins of Pre-Harvest Earth need to be explored for their knowledge and resources.

The war is over.  The Enemy has gone.  Reclaim the Earth.

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Kody F November 13, 2023 7:46 pm UTC
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What are the chances that I could purchase high quality versions of the artwork included here on the product page? I am interested in using the imagery for my GM screen.
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John B June 13, 2023 9:43 pm UTC
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Great system.
One question, though. i use Foundry VTT. Is there a way that i can get permission to make some compendiums specific to 'The After'-- items, creatures, that kind of thing-- and make them available to others for free? It saddens me to see so few people asking to play this on the SW Discord. i think one way to make it more popular would be to make it easier to play in Foundry.
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Gary F May 07, 2022 9:11 pm UTC
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Will there be a plot point campaign
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Joe S March 03, 2022 3:09 pm UTC
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I've read most of the book now and it gets me excited and inspired in a way I haven't experienced since Eberron first released. I was wondering if there's any way to get ahold of the artwork and/or maps for the game? Especially maps without markers to handout to players?
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David S November 22, 2021 2:58 pm UTC
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Can't seem to find a Character Sheet anywhere. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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adam B December 05, 2021 8:08 pm UTC
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from what I know there isn't a specific character sheet for the setting
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Jeffrey G November 01, 2021 5:07 pm UTC
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I ordered tge 224 page softcover color printed book and got a 20+ page monster manual for The After instead
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Javier F October 18, 2021 2:41 pm UTC
Hi there, my name is Javier Fernández and I'm an rpg editor from Spain. I want to contact you about a possible collaboration regarding The After. If you are interested you can contact me in javier@outremer.es . Thanks!
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Brian P September 30, 2021 5:40 am UTC
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Hello!
Is there a dedicated character sheet for the after?
Thanks
Brian
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Jukka H July 07, 2021 7:01 pm UTC
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I bought the book less than a month ago as print-on-demand, but skipped the PDF due to the extra seven or so bucks of cost (which was not there earlier, coz I thought you decided to charge extra for it). Now you can get the PDF along with the price of the POD book, again. My luck. Was this intentional?
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Michael L July 07, 2021 7:11 pm UTC
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sounds like you picked up a hardcover during the recent sale on hardcover POD books.
We've got the POD+PDF bundle set so the pdf is free with hardcover or just a bunch more on softcover.
Unfortunately, the site-wide sales don't parse that logic.
If you send me your email address at mikelaff at gmail dot com, I'll send you a complimentary copy of the pdf.
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Jukka H July 10, 2021 9:34 am UTC
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Thank you for the quick answer! I'll send you an email today! :)
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adam B June 30, 2021 10:46 pm UTC
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hey I bought the book, and firstly I am loveing it, it is an amazing setting beautifully built, but I had one question. how much salvage is recommended to give players for different jobs and whatnot,
Thanks and have a great day
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Sean N July 16, 2021 6:12 pm UTC
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Hi Adam,

Many of the "quest givers" in the world are more interested in providing physical things than Salvage. They might offer weapons, armor, survival gear, horses, livestock, or other benefits that are super useful in a post-apocalyptic world. Salvage is meant to genericize the bags-full of miscellaneous "stuff" that might be useful on the bartering table. If they did sweeten the deal with Salvage, remember that every $100 of Salvage fills up a backpack - it takes up a lot of space!

That said, the amount of 'reward' a GM gives will really depend on the tone they want to deliver for 'their' version of The After. Do you believe that firearms are rare, bullets are hard to find, and it should be a difficult grind for the party to stock up on food, shelter, and survival gear? Then maybe $50 per character per mission is sufficient (with occasional greater rewards). If you want to run a more over-the-top version of The After where players can replace broken weapons...See more
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adam B July 24, 2021 5:53 pm UTC
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Yeah that helped a lot, and was exactly what I was looking for, thanks :)
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Del B June 23, 2021 7:11 pm UTC
Anyone tried to use this as a resource for Savage Rifts? Seems like it might be good for mining some ideas from.
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Aleksandar V June 20, 2021 8:27 am UTC
Is there a way to obtain this without watermark?
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Kyler S February 13, 2021 3:01 pm UTC
I've recently learned that another publisher (of "Dead End") is able to offer their work in graphic novel format through drive thru rpg. You responded to my recent comment about this ("Thank you"). I was wondering if you had looked into it and found an answer. Second, I was wondering if there was any progress with moving the content to fantasy grounds? I would love to support both of these mediums!
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Greg L February 17, 2021 9:20 am UTC
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It dropped into the FG Store and Steam! Price is not desirable though. Can't swing that much right now, so it will have to wait.
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Kyler S February 24, 2021 9:20 pm UTC
I noticed that as well. Unfortunately, you are correct, the price is "undesirable". As such, though disappointed, I will be skipping the release hoping that some day it will be on sale.
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Michael L February 24, 2021 10:42 pm UTC
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yeah - we an email into FG about that. We'd like to at least offer a price break to KS backers. No reply as of yet though.
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Mike B March 03, 2021 2:31 pm UTC
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Wow! Undesirable may be an understatement! I also have the hardback from the KS, and a price break for Fantasy Grounds would be awesome.
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Michael L March 03, 2021 3:33 pm UTC
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Yeah. We have had multiple complaints about the price point at Fantasy Grounds. We have been trying to communicate with them without much progress. I'll post here if those discussions progress. Sorry I don't have better news.
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Kyler S March 03, 2021 9:47 pm UTC
I'm now starting to understand the negative feedback in the kickstarter. I've actually read all of the comments. Though I'm not usually blunt in this regard and try to be supportive, the business and marketing decisions for this project were and continue to be terrible. Thinking this project needs a reset because it does have potential. So much about it that I love. As a customer, I would simply want three things. One, a book in graphic novel size. Two, a vtt option that isn't outrageously overpriced. Three, a person that would actually look at the Pinnacle Kickstarters and understands why they are successful.
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Michael L March 03, 2021 11:10 pm UTC
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again - we have zero control over the price point on Fantasy Grounds.
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Jacob T March 03, 2021 11:28 pm UTC
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With all due respect thats a rather minor issue in the host of issues. I'm sure you guys are tired of getting beat up over this but look at it from our side. We are understandably disappointed and irritated. The added insult to injury of some of the developers responses doesn't help your case even if I can sympathize with why they may feel the need to respond with some of the comments that they do.
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Michael L March 03, 2021 11:39 pm UTC
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I'll mention it to layout again and see what they think.
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Michael L March 04, 2021 4:09 am UTC
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The VTT price issue is the only one I'm currently (March of 2021) aware of as on ongoing, active issue (beyond the requests for a graphic novel sized edition.)
Sounds like you have some information that I don't.
Please feel free to reach out to me on The After facebook group so I can get actionable details from you.
Thanks!
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Michael L March 04, 2021 4:09 am UTC
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Jacob - are you the same fellow who received a full refund for his KS pledge in 2020?
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Jacob T March 04, 2021 4:25 am UTC
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I am. I am also not sure how that is relevant. My having been refunded doesn't deprive me the ability to comment on what I though was not a wholly fair comment by you.
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Michael L March 04, 2021 4:40 am UTC
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I just wanted to confirm that fact for the record. Thanks!
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Michael L March 05, 2021 5:04 pm UTC
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Fantasy Grounds tells me the price has been reduced to the non-sale price of the pdf ($21.99 as of this writing.)
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Kyler S March 06, 2021 6:19 pm UTC
I was happy to note the price change for Fantasy Grounds and will give you thanks for your responsiveness. Thank you very much. I did purchase it and will continue to support your work. Life is a one learning experience after another. I appreciate your willingness to be open to customer feedback.
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Kyler S March 06, 2021 6:24 pm UTC
I would also add that you do have control over the price points in FG because the price point was changed after you reached out to them. There have been comments from Doug (Smiteworks) and comments from your team on the FG forum. It is a bit dishonest to say that you have zero control over the price points. That being said, I will continue to support your projects because they are good. Increased transparency and open discussion are always welcome. Flat out dishonesty is not.
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Kyler S March 06, 2021 6:41 pm UTC
BTW I'm just trying to help you get your project out there. I understand the intricacies of this process.
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Michael L March 06, 2021 9:07 pm UTC
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Well, I certainly don't know what you've heard from anyone else.

But here's exactly what happened:

We had no control on the initial price point. I honestly don't recall if we were asked for input on that. If I had been asked, I certainly wouldn't have said: "Price it higher than the pdf."

When we saw that it was not a good price point, we emailed and requested that it be lowered.

It took 3 weeks and multiple emails to get any reply.

It took 3.5 weeks for the price to be lowered.

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Kyler S March 06, 2021 11:14 pm UTC
I truly have no desire to argue the point, but note that the FG release was February 17.
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Michael L March 06, 2021 11:26 pm UTC
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Seems like you really do want to argue the point though, Kyler.
Hey - let me go through the email chain.

But - you are right. It was released on 2/17. I emailed on 2/18 asking for a price change for KS backers.
I sent several emails and didn't receive a response until 3/1.
So - it was 2 to 2.5 weeks and not 3 to 3.5. You are correct. Forgive me for a lapse in memory.

Finally they responded and after a few emails back in forth - we got the price reduced to the same as the pdf on DTRPG on 3/4 or 3/5

Oh hey - I found an email from 1/10/2021 where I asked them to go with the pdf price.
I don't know why they chose to go higher. It has been pointed out that we used to have an "original price" in a red font that was in the 50s. That's just a marketing thing and it has never been for sale at that price on this website or during the KS.

Maybe the guys from FG were confused. Maybe they misread the pdf price. I don't know.

I...See more
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Michael L March 06, 2021 11:45 pm UTC
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Honestly, this is the wrong forum this in-depth, contentious and exhaustive discussion of a Fantasy Ground product which isn't even available for sale on DriveThruRPG.

Please use the appropriate thread on the Fantasy Grounds forum for any further discussion of the Fantasy Grounds product. Alternately, you can reach us at the Facebook page for The After.
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Eric M June 19, 2021 5:49 pm UTC
Just as an FYI for everyone, SmiteWorks generally lists products for Fantasy Grounds at the book price as opposed to the PDF price unless they have some other arrangement in the license agreement. So the starter price had little to do with the publisher and everything to do with SmiteWorks.
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jerry G December 31, 2020 4:54 pm UTC
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Any news on when it may be on Foundry?
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Kyler S March 06, 2021 6:39 pm UTC
This would have to be a discussion between Foundry, Pinnacle, and Fainting Goat Games. Foundry would have to get a license to sell the product. I do know that Pinnacle now has a relationship with Pinnacle and Pinnacle actively sells the SWADE product which would support "The After". The release to FG was a mess initially. It did however get worked out. I give koodos to everyone involved in working that
out.
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Kyler S March 06, 2021 8:40 pm UTC
I meant Foundry has a relationship with Pinnacle. This was established recently. However, the relationship for and foundry release that can actually be purchased would have to occur with Fainting Goat Games.
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Michael L March 06, 2021 9:10 pm UTC
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We have had discussions with Foundry some months back.
The freelancer price we were quoted for creating The After in Foundry was a 4 figure sum.
We frankly don't have the budget for that and won't be pursuing that any further.
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Michael L March 06, 2021 11:49 pm UTC
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Please reach out to us at the facebook page The After for any further discussion of VTT products.
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Marcus S December 21, 2020 4:58 am UTC
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Where to feedback on typos and errors spotted in the pdf ?
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Richard F November 11, 2020 12:39 pm UTC
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What's the difference between the two PDFs? Do I used the _rev.pdf version or the other?
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Michael L November 12, 2020 12:01 am UTC
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there were some typos in the original pdf. Those have been fixed the _rev.pdf is the latest and greatest. We have actually removed the earlier file from this product. If you are seeing it - I'm guessing it's because it's associated with your account and you get the book befoe the rev.pdf version came out.
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Richard F November 12, 2020 4:36 am UTC
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Awesome! Thanks.


I saw mention of a patreon. Is there a link? Does that provide access to VTT assets, like maps, tokens, etc? I'm getting ready to run a campaign on Roll20 would would rather purchase those things rather than construct them myself if I can...
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Michael L November 22, 2020 2:11 pm UTC
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Richard,
Apologies - just saw this reply. We are currently working with Foundry and Fantasy Grounds to get The After onto their platform. We'd be open to doing something with Roll20 - but we haven't been able to get in touch with anyone there yet. FG seems to be closest to release.
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jerry G January 21, 2021 10:56 pm UTC
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any news on when it might be in Foundry VTT?
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Michael L February 24, 2021 10:43 pm UTC
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we priced that out - and it was out of reach for us at this time. (freelancer estimate was in the four figures)
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