sage

>>13682015

WELCOME BACK, SAGE. MISS US?

What happened to changing the ace bonus system so people wouldn't try to one up one another for it?

>>13682075
...fuck me.

I had it in my big list of notes and we forgot to implement it.

Ace at level 11, Double Ace at level 21. Top Ace is not a default rule but is offered to whatever GM wants to allow it.

>>13682075

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING.

>>13682107
>>13682207

Glad to be contributing. Another thing. Barriers/Shields/Displacement really seem to be the exact same thing only with different flavor text. Intentional?

>>13682271
They aren't. Barriers and Shields are both damage reduction, effectively a boost to your defense score. The difference is that Barriers run off of your EN and your Shields come with a number of layers. A supertank mecha would prefer a shield to a barrier because its less likely to lose layers and costs no EN.

Displacement is something else entirely. It's a percent chance to simply not get hit, which is more valuable to a mech with shitty defense than one with a strong one. Also displacement is an absolute percentage, where as Shields and Barriers modify a preexisting roll.

You can only use one at a time though.

>>13682312

You're right. In this case it was my lack of understanding. However, as I was going through the combat section, this line in particular confused me.

"A unit with a shield may reduce damage to 0, however any attack that is not reduced to 0 consumes a layer."

To me this implies that reducing damage to 0 with a shield does not consume that layer and that layers are only lost when damage > 0.

>>13682456

THAT IS CORRECT, AND PART OF THE TACTICAL USE OF A SHIELD. THEY'RE NO-BRAINERS AGAINST WEAKER FOES, SINCE YOU'LL PROBABLY 0 THEIR DAMAGE AND BE NONE THE WORSE FOR WEAR. BUT AGAINST BIGGER GUYS, DO YOU PAY THE LAYER AND TAKE SOME HURT OFF, OR HOLD ONTO THEM AND TAKE A HARDER BLOW NOW?

>>13682456
Exactly what it means.

>>13682472
>>13682479

So I wasn't misunderstanding anything then. My confusion was due to the fact that "infinite" shields sounded overpowered and I assumed it would not work like that.

Man, to avoid further rulesmind Imma just let Rage answer any rules questions. I'll cover anything else.

Dammit, now I have to redo all my weapons again.

Like what you did with Co-Pilots. Combiners is still derp though, as it implies you can form voltron with just a head and one arm. Although It's fine for two part combiners I guess, so Strike Packs work.

>>13682807
>as it implies you can form voltron with just a head and one arm

IT'S THIS OR YOUR HALF-LEVEL RED LION GETS OBLITERATED BY A BOSS AND YOU CAN'T VOLTRON AT *ALL*.

SOME MIGHT SEE THAT AS A RISK INHERENT TO COMBINERS OF MORE THAN 2 UNITS, IN EXCHANGE FOR HAVING MORE HALF-LEVEL FIGHTERS ZOOMING AROUND, BUT THE DESIGN-TEAM DOESN'T QUITE CONSIDER THAT A HEALTHY OUTCOME FOR THE GAME.

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I love what you guys are doing and wish to suck your dicks.

I shall read this in full after my work is completed.

Hey I see two of the devs mucking around in this thread, where are the other three?

>>13683033
I'm here, I've been letting the others answer questions though.

AWESOME!

>>13683033
Rage and I are on both projects.
Night, the third man from MURDER is away for a while, dunno when we'll get him back.

Brand, Nacht and Taros are around, but they don't post as much.

>>13683156
Pff, I post reasonably often, just... Haven't been in this thread because I'm slightly busy.

...Bump? :(

>>13683887
Man, don't worry about it. The people who are interested will join #SRWRPG

Bump. Nice to see another thread, Leviathan.

It's been three hours. I'm just giving this a final bump so anyone who didn't get a chance to see it can see it.

Bumping.

So, how complete are the rules?

>>13689743
They're playable, but there hasn't been much testing so far. There also aren't example mooks, bosses, etc, you'll have to build such things from the ground up yourself if you want to run a game.

Download it and give it a look, we could always use additional feedback.