SWAG Spotlight – The Unofficial Investigator’s Handbook for Savage Wor

Released through the Savage Worlds Adventurer’s Guild, the Unofficial Investigator’s Handbook for Savage Worlds by Jakub Osiejewski (Adventures of El Cuervo Rojo, Sleuth Squad: Mystery Solving Teens) is a 120-page toolkit for games focused on mystery and investigation across any genre.

Whether you’re a trench coat-wearing street wizard, a rookie beat cop, or a talking dog with a badge, the truth is out there—and it’s not going to reveal itself. Use these rules, tips, and essays to bring engaging detective work straight to your table.

Inside, you’ll find:

19 Genre Essays — from Great Detectives and Nordic Noir to high school mysteries, bumbling sleuths, and magical forensics, each featuring practical advice on how to tailor the tone to your campaign.
10 Party Concepts — private investigator agencies, civil servants, society’s fringes, monster hunters, revenge quests, and more, each complete with suggested Setting Rules.
New Character Options — 10 playable ancestries (proxy androids, vat-grown Laborus, the Fae-touched, Sharik dog-folk with racial variants…), plus new Hindrances, Skills, and Edges.
A Full Gear Chapter — forensics kits, surveillance equipment, drones, lockpicks and breaking-and-entering tools, along with communication devices across the ages.
Investigation Mechanics — rules for lie detection, disguises, picking locks, sifting through data, and “Eye in the Sky”—a system allowing a hacker to run a heist straight from the van.
10 New Arcane Backgrounds — Street Warlock, Null (a walking anti-magic zone), Digimancer, Ectoscope, and more—plus a power-by-power guide to keep magic from breaking your mystery.
Game Master Advice — designing fair-play mysteries, the “Pyramid of Perception,” handing out clues generously, and a plethora of other running tips.
Verada: The City That Lost Its Head — a ready-to-play mini-setting packed with revolution, weird magic, a goddess-queen exposed as a clockwork puppet, and ten warring factions.
Ready-to-Use NPCs — cops, hitmen, burglars, femmes fatales, sorcerers, and everyday bystanders.