... But as you seem to realize, this opens up its own problems. But I view them as smaller order of problems, in the grand scheme of things. If you think about it, most players who would abuse such a thing are the players who would prefer to play a different game. OVA is all about simplicity and ea...

Hi guys...long time no post! It's been a hectic life lately, so I apologize for not being around...been busy finishing school, getting married, and all that fun stuff life brings. ^_^ Anyway, back to the topic at hand: Martial Arts, Power Move, and Weapon all become one ability, huh? The versatility...

You only need to take an action to defend against attacks with the Rapid Strikes perk (pg. 71). Otherwise, you roll normal defense against all other attacks...except if you're countering (pg. 81), or doing a Kamikaze strike (pg. 82)...or a Don't Hurt Me maneuver (pg. 83)...you get the idea ~_^ Hope ...

Interesting idea, having the mecha be a template "add-on" to the character.

It looks like a pretty good start to a mecha-frenzy!! lol...

Looking forward to seeing the other mecha you use!!

TBP

Yes, they could lose their next action, but my players didn't want to. Any other character could, yes, but the example characters didn't want to. Understood, but I think they missed a chance for some real heroic fireworks. :wink: My only point was that it takes only one of them to finish the deal.....

You can't Counter in this example because, technically, countering is a Defense action, and they've already acted this round. (thus, forgoing their ability to have a defense action due to the Rapid Strikes attacks). Couldn't they just lose their next action to take the defensive action of counterat...

Ok, so I ran into a problem the last game I ran. Here's the basics: The PCs are being shot at with SMGs [Weapon +2 (Ranged, Rapid Strikes, Inaccurate)] while behind cover. Since they have already acted in that round, they can't roll defense (simplification, there are options, but they didn't want to...

I chose Karis because she's very much a futuristic Lina from Slayers: out to prove something, but not always taken seriously due to being perceived as too young (due to small chest size). Also, she's hot-headed like Lina, and is sensitive about her (lack of) chest. ~_^ And let's face it, having a ro...

I think that text box will help the game and lessen the problem of players using Endurance for Drama Dice too much. But this leads to another question: Suppose I have a character with a total of 40 Endurance (the default score). That character burns up 30 Endurance for a Miracle, then goes to a com...

I think I have a way around the whole "can't talk about what we talked about without talking to Clay first" problem. For now, treat the vehicle as a character for determining if Endurance can be recovered or not. If a character did what the mecha did, would they be able to do a Recovery Ac...

Ok, I lied...the discussion wasn't on this forum, it was talked about in playtesting OVA Mecha. I'm not going to post anything about that here without Clay's OK first, so I'm sorry >.<

TBP

This topic has been brought up before, but I can't seem to find where ^_^;;

In essence, unless a vehicle expends Endurance in a round, it can be assumed to perform a Recovery Action.

I'll see if I can find the thread where this was discussed, and put up a link.

TBP

As an afterthought, if a character finds, loots, purchases, etc. a weapon and frequently uses it, it's a good idea to reduce their XP gain to sufficiently "buy-off" the acquisition of the Weapon ability. It might not happen in one fell swoop, per se...even if you hold back just 2XP per ses...

... :?: Does anyone use weapons as a merely an item with a damage value and some stats? If so, how do you make people's "signature weapons" even better? Weapon is exactly that, an item with a damage value and some stats. If you want to have stats for a "signature weapon" you wou...

More stuff: -While it isn't explicitly stated, I'd be willing to rule that barrier dice don't receive the same penalty that normal defense dice do when trying to defeat an AOE. The character is using some arcane means to absorb the damage, rather than trying to get out of its way, as normal. ... Th...