May 29 - Making Characters - Feedback Thread

Tue, 2018-05-29 21:12

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branford

Doesn't the Reaper morph on p

Doesn't the Reaper morph on p.28 of the playtest need Enhanced Vision in order to use its T-Ray emitter?

Wed, 2018-05-30 09:00

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dragonmarkeddm dragonmarkeddm's picture

Know Skills Paragraph Missing Sub Type

On page 18, in the paragraph directly under KNOW: [FIELD] The paragraph says "Know skills are loosely grouped into three types: academics, interests, and professional training." Shouldn't Art be added to that list and three changed to four?

Wed, 2018-05-30 11:54

#4

Roswynn99

Typo in Fray skill text in Making Characters, p.14

The text for the Fray skill in the Making Characters pdf, p.14, reads "You start with a base Perceive of REF x 2" (1st paragraph, line 2). Maybe someone else already pointed that out, in that case, nothing else for now!

Wed, 2018-05-30 22:32

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Urthdigger Urthdigger's picture

The text for the psi trait

The text for the psi trait (page 32/33) mentions still needing to take the Instability and Mental Vulnerability traits, as well as a second mental disorder for level 2 psi, all of which are no longer the case according to the psi section

Thu, 2018-05-31 06:14

#6

Roswynn99

Typo in Galatea text, p.27 Making Characters

In Making Characters, under Synthmorphs, the description of the Galatea shell (p.27): Galatea’s look (and are) expensive and their mental architecture is crafted to enhance the wearer’s personality and charm.

Thu, 2018-05-31 07:11

#7

Roswynn99

High Aptitude & Skill ratings assessment

Okay folks, I'm not sure this is the right place to post this, so you do what you have to with this post. This could very well just be me, but I would like a more detailed breakdown of the meaning of Aptitude and Skill ratings, p. 14. Like, an Aptitude can go from 0 to 30, 5 is a child, 10 is an unaugmented human, 15 is transhuman, but no hints for what higher ratings could mean. Same for skills, 50 is advanced training, but 60, or 70, or hell, 80 or 90? What do ratings like those mean? Did you leave those high ratings out of the table because they're very subjective, because they're rare...? It makes it slightly trickier to give a pc or npc the effective ability you envision, I think. My very personal opinion would be to add the assessments for higher ratings. Other than that I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me what they think the higher ratings mean in their opinion - they're not word for word the same as in first edition, and that confuses me a bit. BTW, a related problem I'm having with skill range: a skill of 50 is defined as advanced training, but it still succeeds only half the time. I think I'm missing something. Like, I've read that easy tasks can give you a +10, +20, even +30 if they're really really basic. You can also get a bonus by spending extra time. But it still looks quite strange. What am I not getting or taking into consideration? Again, thanks to anyone who can clarify this for me.

Thu, 2018-05-31 17:38

#8

Androminous Androminous's picture

Ammo values in the Profession Packs

On page 41 an onwards the ammo value for weapons seems to be from a previous version of the playtest documents. They should be harmonised with the values from the Actions and Combat chapter.

Thu, 2018-05-31 18:04

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Androminous Androminous's picture

Roswynn99 wrote:

Roswynn99 wrote:
This could very well just be me, but I would like a more detailed breakdown of the meaning of Aptitude and Skill ratings, p. 14.

I think this probably is an editing error, the tables being cut in half. The previous playtest documents had the values: APTITUDES Rating Assessment 5 Child 10 Unaugmented Human 15 Transhuman 20 Enhanced 25 Superhuman 30 Posthuman SKILLS Rating Assessment 10 Rudimentary Ability 20 Some Familiarity 30 Novice 40 Basic Professional Competence 50 Advanced Training 60 Experienced Professional 70 Expert 80 Authority 90 Master 98 Pinnacle of Achievement Those should be included in full in the final book.

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BTW, a related problem I'm having with skill range: a skill of 50 is defined as advanced training, but it still succeeds only half the time. I think I'm missing something. Like, I've read that easy tasks can give you a +10, +20, even +30 if they're really really basic. You can also get a bonus by spending extra time. But it still looks quite strange. What am I not getting or taking into consideration? Again, thanks to anyone who can clarify this for me.

You are assumed professional with a skill value of 40, and you shouldn't roll for routine tasks, only when the situation is challenging or forces are working against you according to the Game Mechanics chapter. But everyone makes errors. Even if you work in a field where you are assumed to have an academic degree in your field, probably having around 50 in the skill just after leaving university, most workplaces would have routines that double or triple check your results for quality assurance. In most lines of work, the workday would consist of tasks that are easy or very easy, giving +20 or +30 to the test if any check is needed at all. Only those working at the very frontier of their field with research or development (and thus having PhDs or the like) would have to solve hard or very hard tasks on a normal day. At most places of work I have been, what distinguishes experienced employees from newbies are that the latter use more time on the same task. You get +10 per extra minute or 25% extra time on task actions according to the Game Mechanics chapter. So your newly educated professional would be guaranteed to succeed on a slightly hard test using two-and-a-half times as much time on the task. In my opinion, this works out. What can be hard to agree upon in a group is what the difficulty levels very easy, easy, hard, very hard etc is relative to. A hard task for an untrained individual would be easy for a professionally trained in the field. I suggest that it should be made clear for what kind of character those levels are relative to. I would assume it is relative to an experienced professional (with 60 in the skill.) So if you are making a Pilot:Ground Vehicle test, whether it is a hard or an easy test would depend on whether someone who have been a professional driver for most of his or her career with experience from different vehicle types and terrains would find it easy or hard, not the average commuter who only use the car queuing to the office and back and take an occasional weekend drive (which I would assume would have at most Pilot: Ground Vehicle 30.)

Mon, 2018-06-04 05:32

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CordialUltimate2 CordialUltimate2's picture

Neo-octopus seems to be able

Neo-octopus seems to be able to swim at speeds unachievable by sprinting Olympian. Is it intentional? 20 walker vs 32 swim (Dragonfly morphs get 32 fly speed) I wouldn't hesitate to give some humanoid morphs faster sprinting speeds.

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Mon, 2018-06-04 05:46

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CordialUltimate2 CordialUltimate2's picture

Fighter Module - "common

Fighter Module - "common shape adjustment" text is doubled. Edit: Digital speed is listed as Ware, yet it is featured as a morph trait in Traits list

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Tue, 2018-06-05 03:12

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CordialUltimate2 CordialUltimate2's picture

Please bring back the Lemon

Please bring back the Lemon trait in some way, it was hilarious. Injector swarm is very much more intuitive name for a swarm that injects chemicals and farmaceuticals.

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Tue, 2018-06-05 06:18

#13

Roswynn99

Thank you Androminous!

Thank you for the full tables, Androminous, much appreciated, now it makes a lot more sense, and your very thorough explanation is really, really useful! I'm copypasting your reply for my group's use, it'll clear up a lot of doubts. Can I ask Adam & Rob to include a shortened version of Androminous' answer in the rules, or an otherwise brief sidebar about the thought process behind the skill ratings and how they're actually supposed to work in play? I've been told many other new gms and players misunderstand these concepts and I think it would be beneficial to spend a couple words on them, and it'd help transition to this game. Thank you guys!

Tue, 2018-06-05 20:03

#14

ubik2

CordialUltimate2 wrote:Neo

CordialUltimate2 wrote:
Neo-octopus seems to be able to swim at speeds unachievable by sprinting Olympian.

Interestingly, there's not an easy way to get your transhuman to run as fast as Usain Bolt (bit over 12 m/s - perhaps move of 6/30 with a superior success). The Battlesuit and Exowalker will get you that effect. The fastest swimmer is a black marlin, clocked at a shocking 35 m/s (something like 10/80?). The jet propulsion of a squid (which I assume is the model for the Neo-Octopus) swims at 8 m/s (perhaps 4/20). It looks like they used the default submarine movement type of 8/32, which is excessive. If you want this to be more realistic, the Neo-Octopus movement should probably be reduced. It would be nice to adjust the walker speed to be a bit faster. Either 6/30 or 4/32 would be more realistic. Other mobility systems are available as mods, and it seems reasonable to allow a morph to add a faster walker (8/32) for the same [Mod] cost. Ideally, this would be available for the biomorphs too, and not restricted to [Hard]. Overall, I don't think the designers are too concerned, since people don't play EP on a tactical grid where movement comes up often. Instead, it's just a crude ballpark that doesn't need to distinguish between a horse and a human.

Wed, 2018-06-06 04:54

#15

Xagroth

Page 6, Step 2: Career:

Page 6, Step 2: Career: Academic. I just want confirmation that the numbers are right, since it is the ONLY career that has 90 points in Active Skills, and 130 points in Knowledge Skills. Considering all the other Careers are 130 Active and 90 Knowledge, I think maybe there should be more knowledge skill points?

Wed, 2018-06-06 04:58

#16

CordialUltimate2 CordialUltimate2's picture

Well it is an Academic. So he

Well it is an Academic. So he like... you know... Knows more... But to be serious I would love a sum up number of points in Active and Knowledge skills mentioned somewhere so I could do the character creation the old fashioned way.

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Wed, 2018-06-06 05:28

#17

Xagroth

CordialUltimate2 wrote:Well

CordialUltimate2 wrote:
Well it is an Academic. So he like... you know... Knows more... But to be serious I would love a sum up number of points in Active and Knowledge skills mentioned somewhere so I could do the character creation the old fashioned way.

They all but the Academic have the same values. It equates roughly to 790 CP in skills from the 1st Edition, with 5 CP extra on Reputation, and the same effective values on Aptitudes (an average of 15, since COOrdination has been removed). I have placed an Spoiler with a little more detail on http://eclipsephase.com/ep2-focused-builds-how but you can grab the second entry on each step of character creation on 2nd Ed and add the numbers for a total on all the entries (the only different being the Academic). My confirmation petition is more in the lines of "just give him 20 extra points on Knowledge Skills" or something like that that makes it attractive over other packages.

Wed, 2018-06-06 07:01

#18

ubik2

Background: 170 Active and 90

Background: 170 Active and 90 Knowledge Career: 130 Active and 90 Knowledge Interest: 100 Active and 40 Knowledge Faction: 30 Knowledge Total: 400 Active and 250 Knowledge The Academic trades some Active for Knowledge skills (since that's what they care more about). In the Total Skills section, they make it clear that you can move these skills freely, as long as you don't move Knowledge skill points to Active. The steps just make it more natural for new players to build a realistic character.

Wed, 2018-06-06 07:23

#19

ubik2

I'm pretty sure we're

I'm pretty sure we're supposed to use Guns skill to shoot the weapons on bots we're jamming, but the Interface skill description on page 15 still mentions using Interface for weapons mounted on bots. I don't know if we're supposed to use Interface for vehicle mounted weapons, and I think we are supposed to use Interface for fixed emplacements. In any case, it would help if this was clear. I'm assuming Guns since the Security ALI has that skill (which is presumably used to shoot from the controlled bot).

Wed, 2018-06-06 09:37

#20

Xagroth

ubik2 wrote:I'm pretty sure

ubik2 wrote:
I'm pretty sure we're supposed to use Guns skill to shoot the weapons on bots we're jamming, but the Interface skill description on page 15 still mentions using Interface for weapons mounted on bots. I don't know if we're supposed to use Interface for vehicle mounted weapons, and I think we are supposed to use Interface for fixed emplacements. In any case, it would help if this was clear. I'm assuming Guns since the Security ALI has that skill (which is presumably used to shoot from the controlled bot).

As far as I understood it, Interface is used instead of Guns when remote controlling a drone or similar situations, since the PC is not "assuming direct control" of everything... The ALI, on the other hand, is "sleeved" in the drone, so it needs the actual skill :S

Wed, 2018-06-06 21:24

#21

ubik2

I've been viewing it this way

I've been viewing it this way: Jammed -> Use Guns. Use your aptitudes for things like SOM checks. You can use the Vigor or Flex pools of the drone, and if you have a Drone Rig, you can use your Insight pools as Vigor for the drone. You can use the Insight, Moxie, and Flex pools of your own morph for actions you take with the drone body. You cannot use your own Vigor pools for these actions. Autonomous mode -> Issue command to ALI. ALI uses Guns. ALI uses its aptitudes for things like SOM checks. ALI has access to the Vigor and Flex pool of the drone, but has no ego pool points. You can't spend your own morph's pool points on the drone's actions. In the case of Jamming, you've actually done an integration test. At that point, I think you're pretty fully immersed in the body. Your mind is still running on the original morph, so Endocrine Control, Mind Amp and similar mods still benefit you. Edit: Added more Guns vs. Interface While I think it should be Guns, the rules don't really support my interpretation. Pro Interface support:

Bot/Vehicle ALIs don't have Interface, but are often armed. If they use Interface to shoot this isn't a problem.
p. 15 of Making Characters explicitly says Interface is used for bot/vehicle weapons. This rules out my Guns interpretation.

Pro Guns support:

Security ALI (and Kaos ALI) has Guns skill, which wouldn't be useful if Interface was used to shoot.
When sleeved in a morph, you use Guns. Jamming a bot seems to be about the same as sleeving, so using Guns seems to make sense.
p. 9 of Actions and Combat mentions that spaceship weapons, habitat defense systems, and emplaced turrets use Interface. These are all essentially weapons on a stationary mount that is not jammed. Similarly, these use Insight pool instead of Vigor.

Mixed:

p. 2 of Actions and Combat says to use Guns for ranged weapons and Interface for electronic weapon systems.

If it is Interface for firing bot weapons while jamming, it's probably appropriate to use Insight pools for this action instead of Vigor.

Thu, 2018-06-07 20:41

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Urthdigger Urthdigger's picture

How I understand it, you use

How I understand it, you use Interface for shooting stuff if you're using a joystick or other interface to aim rather than moving the gun itself. So, rather than jamming the entire vehicle or having the vehicle fire, you're instead using this if you're sitting in a cockpit directly firing weapons on a vehicle without jamming it.

Fri, 2018-06-08 01:17

#23

DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

On p. 12 on making characters

On p. 12 on making characters, it mentions that selecting psi-chi sleights raises your base infection rating. I'm under the impression that is no longer true?

CordialUltimate2 wrote:
Please bring back the Lemon trait in some way, it was hilarious.

I think it is "INHERENT FLAWS" now. See p. 36 to find it. The Case has it as a trait.

Fri, 2018-06-08 09:13

#24

CordialUltimate2 CordialUltimate2's picture

Inherent flaws only gives you

Inherent flaws only gives you a boring chance 10% chance to acquire a Wound on critfail. Lemon on the other hand tells the GM clearly o scrw the player. And the player usually knows it. If it will not be there by RAW I will homerule it!

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Sat, 2018-06-09 02:42

#25

ubik2

p. 26 The Wizard module has a

p. 26 The Wizard module has a WT of 6, rather than 4. p. 29 Perhaps the DUR, WT, and DR of the Infomorphs should be shown here too. It would be nice if the skill cap were 100 instead of 98. Players buy these in increments of 5, so 98 ends up being strange. Obviously, having a target number higher than 98 isn't useful (since 99 still fails), but those extra 2 points are nice for keeping even numbers when you have a penalty.

Sat, 2018-06-09 15:01

#26

Xagroth

ubik2 wrote:Obviously, having

ubik2 wrote:
Obviously, having a target number higher than 98 isn't useful (since 99 still fails), but those extra 2 points are nice for keeping even numbers when you have a penalty.

Considering how the mods for rolls work, having 100 with -30 means rolling at 70, while having 98 with -30 would mean a final target of 68... I would say that the limit of 98 is after all mods applied, since a 99 is always a failure, and 100 does not exist (since the game rolls from 00 to 99), so the skills reaching 100 is not really a problem, but can be confusing.

Tue, 2018-06-12 00:29

#27

Magnavox

Pg 43. Gear packs for Techie

Pg 43. Gear packs for Techie career. The techie get's Fokus, but it doesn't list a number of doses. I assume it should be 5 like all the other drugs in the equipment packages.

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Tue, 2018-06-12 18:16

#28

CordialUltimate2 CordialUltimate2's picture

On not being able to have

On not being able to have multiple morphs with negative traits:

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I think instead there should be a minimum morph MP cost that negative traits bring the morph to. For example 1 MP. You already cannot have a morph with negative MP. So this would be less clunky. If you want an army of cases you can still probably do that. I would also consider giving Cases an "Uncomfortable Sleeve" trait. You get stress when you engage in an activity that the Case is unsuited for. For example climb a long set of stairs your servos overheat. You are frustrated, get stress. Your charging port malfunctions you have to push on emergency power before you can get it fixed. There is plenty potential to signify how shit... (Corporate Policy.Exe -user override) MINIMALISTIC these morphs are. Right now anything that the GM does to signify that can be seen as antagonistic by the players.

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Sat, 2018-06-16 08:11

#29

Dr. Maxwell Dr. Maxwell's picture

Page 27, Flexbots, have some

Page 27, Flexbots, have some confusing elements. Does shape adjusting 'stack' by flexbot, allowing flexbots to grow more complex as they get bigger? Do you get a set of limbs each flexbot, or do you need to use the shapechanging 'ware to have limbs at all? How do flexbots interact with positive traits? I assume if any flexbot has a given bit of 'ware, other than armor affecting 'ware or durability 'ware, they all get it, to reduce bookkeeping, but that being explicit would matter too. While it doesn't seem extremely efficient, can a flexbot stack up on pool affecting 'ware on each bot? Overall the flexbot rules are much simpler and have fewer weird interactions and calculations, which is very good, but it just needs some more clarity, though not so much specificity that flexbots require tracking a bunch of weird edge rules and interactions. On the subject of jamming and guns, I assumed jamming just used guns. Minimizing the difference between jamming a drone and your own morph seems ideal just to reduce the learning curve of jamming, especially because now psi uses the jamming rules sometimes and it doesn't make sense for them to need interface. EDIT Can Swarmanoids join a flexbot if they take shape adjusting? How would that work mechanically? Can Swarmanoids take a cyberweapon and pneumatics to start smashing folks to death? What about ranged weapon implants? Like many other weird morph mechanics they seem to have been slimmed down in complexity, which is really good, but need just a smidgen more clarification on their limitations and capabilities.

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Sun, 2018-06-17 11:32

#30

CordialUltimate2 CordialUltimate2's picture

This simplification means

This simplification means leaving this up to GM as was done in DnD5e.

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Fri, 2018-06-22 00:20

#31

DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

Async Interest (p. 8): The

Async Interest (p. 8): The title for Async and their skills feels disconnected because they are on 2 separate columns. I think it would work better if you moved the text to the next column. Fray and Perceive base skills (p. 11): The more I think about it, the more this doesn't make sense. What is meant about the base rating being 2x the aptitude? Does this mean that if you had INT 30, then perceive is 90 (cause 2x 30 = 60 for base, then +30 for aptitude)? I'm going to repeat this. I don't like getting bonus points for having high stats. It encourages builds that exploit this. I think you should be given 30 ranks for fray and 30 point for perceive. Languages (p. 11): I'll say it again. I don't like freebies. Languages, as is, encourages builds that grant more freebies. Academics and Chemistry (p. 18): This annoys me. Chemistry is mentioned as an example in the text for a field, but it isn't listed as sample field below.

Fri, 2018-06-22 18:00

#32

DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

Fighter Module (p. 26): I'm

Fighter Module (p. 26): I'm confused. A module may only have 2 [Min] or 1 [Mod] shape adjusted ware, right? How is it supposed to have a weapon mount with a weapon? Well, I supposed it could be a [Min] weapon mount with [Min] complexity weapon. Err... maybe it should become a 3 mp morph again and gets its weapon mounts back. Flexbot Rules (p. 27): "A flexbot with 3–4 modules is medium-sized; 5–9 large; 10 or more.". 10 or more what? What is the size for 10 or more flexbot modules? Savant (p. 27): Typo. "Developed bybrinker hardware...". "by" and "brinker" should be separated by a space. Digital Speed (p. 31): Shouldn't this be gear? I don't quite understand why its a morph trait. I gave myself some time to think about this more. Making it meshware might mean that Pods and Synthmorphs can equip it. I dunno. It feels counter intuitive for it be a trait instead of gear. I would expect to find something like this under meshware instead of morph traits. Familiarity (p. 32): Could you rename this to Morph Familiarity? I think it would be a better name for this trait. Rapid Healing (p. 33): Does this stack with medichines or healing vats? If thats possible, I might want this for a synthmorph with medichines.

Fri, 2018-06-22 19:03

#33

DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

All infomorphs currently have

All infomorphs currently have digital speed listed as a ware, not a morph trait.

Sun, 2018-06-24 03:27

#34

ubik2

DivineWrath wrote:Fray and

DivineWrath wrote:
Fray and Perceive base skills (p. 11): The more I think about it, the more this doesn't make sense. What is meant about the base rating being 2x the aptitude? Does this mean that if you had INT 30, then perceive is 90 (cause 2x 30 = 60 for base, then +30 for aptitude)? I'm going to repeat this. I don't like getting bonus points for having high stats. It encourages builds that exploit this. I think you should be given 30 ranks for fray and 30 point for perceive.

Fray and Perceive use 2x the aptitude as the base, instead of using 1x the aptitude, like the other skills. In your example, Perceive would be 60 if no skill points were spent. If the aptitudes don't add to skills, don't you end up with them not really mattering? There's still aptitude checks, but generally I make a character with a high aptitude because I want them to have high skills that are linked to that aptitude.

DivineWrath wrote:
Fighter Module (p. 26): I'm confused. A module may only have 2 [Min] or 1 [Mod] shape adjusted ware, right? How is it supposed to have a weapon mount with a weapon? Well, I supposed it could be a [Min] weapon mount with [Min] complexity weapon. Err... maybe it should become a 3 mp morph again and gets its weapon mounts back.

The Fighter Module has Shape Adjusting, which can be used as two [Min] items. The weapon mount is already [Min] and a small morph's weapon mount can only hold a pistol sized weapon, so that's likely a [Min] item as well. The player can use GP or MP to add ware to the morph, so they can also add a second weapon mount and another weapon directly. They're still limited to pistols, though. We don't really know if these Flexbot morphs have limbs. If they do, you have the option of simply holding a gun instead (in which case, you could use a rifle adapted for a small morph). Default limbs aren't listed for any of the morphs. The spreadsheeet included extra limbs in the MP calculation, but there was no mention of the default set (arms and legs). If you assume each of the flexbot morphs include arms and legs, you'll have plenty of free limbs. I also noticed that unfortunately Making Characters uses "Shape-Adjusting", while Gear uses "Shape Adjusting" (without the hyphen). It would be nice if these were consistent.

Sun, 2018-06-24 09:32

#35

Androminous Androminous's picture

DivineWrath wrote:

DivineWrath wrote:
I'm going to repeat this. I don't like getting bonus points for having high stats. It encourages builds that exploit this. I think you should be given 30 ranks for fray and 30 point for perceive.

I agree that introducing another mechanism for calculating Fray and Perception leads to confusion and adds little. Just giving every character a fixed number of ranks achieves the same. This could be added to a table that includes the fact that everyone also gets Know: [Faction] 30. Giving 30 ranks of Perceive and Fray would probably be too much, but 20 would be more in line with the average character.

Sun, 2018-06-24 13:28

#36

Dr. Maxwell Dr. Maxwell's picture

While we are already really

While we are already really going deep into failing to minimize back and fourth, doing that heavily devalues Intuition as it only belongs to 3 skills, one of which also could be COG linked for many of its more useful applications. While the rule for x2 base stat for those skills is confusing, it is not complex, and another way you can handle those skills is to just note the information in a more prominent location than the skills descriptions themselves.

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Sun, 2018-06-24 20:18

#37

DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

Looking at it again, it seems

Looking at it again, it seems that I read it wrong. I thought I read base skills several times in the chapter, such as getting base skills for background or career. One thing lead to another. I'll reread a few more times. In the meantime, it wouldn't hurt if the relevant section was rewritten.

Mon, 2018-06-25 09:02

#38

Androminous Androminous's picture

DivineWrath wrote:

DivineWrath wrote:
I'll reread a few more times. In the meantime, it wouldn't hurt if the relevant section was rewritten.

Or just make the rules for Fray and Perceive in line with other skills, and give all characters a number of extra skill points during character creation. But I regress...

Mon, 2018-06-25 19:15

#39

DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

Maybe replace this:

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Next, add the base aptitude values to their linked skills. Note that the skills of Fray and Perceive have their base values equal to their aptitude × 2.

with this:

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Next, you add aptitudes to their linked skills. Most skills apply the aptitude to the skills only once, but Fray and Perceive add twice their aptitude values.

Thu, 2018-06-28 00:33

#40

DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

I'm making a flexbot

I'm making a flexbot character right now. I have some comments and questions. Movement speeds. I noticed the speed of flexbots for walker is 4/12. Is there any way to make this faster (like 4/20)? Forking. When a flexbot is composed by multiple modules, the cyberbrains and mesh inserts lie unused, right? Could I use them for forking? Does this impair pools for the primary ego (like how it affected aptitudes in 1st edition)? Shape Adjusting. Do you need blueprints to form gear? I'm under the impression that they don't.

Sat, 2018-06-30 15:43

#41

DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

Errors that need fixing.

Errors that need fixing. Crafter module: It lists repair spray as a common shape adjustment. I can't find repair spray in the gear section. In fact, I found that fixer swarm says that it is sometimes called repair spray. Fighter module: Under common shape adjustments, it lists common shape adjustments. This is redundant.

Sat, 2018-06-30 20:50

#42

DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

Wizard Module: Grey Box. This

Wizard Module: Grey Box. This might not work well in practice. The grey box is a very small, easy to overlook device. A flexbot that shapes a grey box is much bigger and easier to notice. Its my impression that the flexbot will have to remain present with the grey box so long as it keeps the grey box form, practically defeating one of the purposes of using a grey box. Also, a grey box form is kinda redundant. A wizard module can connect to things using skinlink, and has wireless mesh connection abilities of its own (like just about every morph).

Wed, 2018-07-04 13:11

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DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

Infomorphs don't list DUR. In

Infomorphs don't list DUR. In the mesh, p. 28, it list the DUR of different devices, software, and even infomorphs. I think that making characters chapter should list DUR for infomorphs, or at least make a reference of where infomorph DUR can be found. The DUR is different for each infomorph type, so I think the players aught to know this when selecting morphs.

Wed, 2018-07-04 18:56

#44

APixelShort APixelShort's picture

List DUR for Infomorphs

DivineWrath wrote:
Infomorphs don't list DUR. In the mesh, p. 28, it list the DUR of different devices, software, and even infomorphs. I think that making characters chapter should list DUR for infomorphs, or at least make a reference of where infomorph DUR can be found. The DUR is different for each infomorph type, so I think the players aught to know this when selecting morphs.

Seconded.

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Sun, 2018-07-08 00:07

#45

DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

Another infomorph question.

Another infomorph question. Lets say that I'm looking to make a few dozen forks. If I had my primary fork sleeved in a infomorph that cost 1 mp or more, would every fork made from the primary also be sleeved in that same infomorph type? Maybe there would be some sort of copy lock that prevents the copying of infomorph sleeves. I'm wondering this because I can't have several dozen Case morphs, as each Case after the first must cost at least 1 mp. I'm effectively breaking this rule by forking infomorphs. Maybe I'm over thinking this. I'm trying to find new ways to stress test the rules.

Sun, 2018-07-08 04:17

#46

ubik2

I think RAW, you would need

I think RAW, you would need to pay MP for each fork's infomorph (including 1 MP for each digimorph after the first). From a realism standpoint, that doesn't make much sense, and I would generally expect a GM to waive the cost. One way to justify the MP cost is to say that it represents the resources needed to actually run that infomorph. There's lots of expected network traffic, and higher end morphs may need more compute power. This isn't perfect, since the players may be providing their own servers (which aren't that expensive), but it does provide a minimal explanation for increasing MP costs.

Mon, 2018-07-09 04:19

#47

Xagroth

ubik2 wrote:. This isn't

ubik2 wrote:
. This isn't perfect, since the players may be providing their own servers (which aren't that expensive), but it does provide a minimal explanation for increasing MP costs.

In fact, your own server is 2 resources... after the third fork you have running there, you are saving costs (and I think there was no mention on how much egos can run there!)... Also, while a physical sleeve is lost once you resleeve (left behind, destroyed, whatevs), an infomorph carries his "sleeve" with it, and to backups (it's software!).

Mon, 2018-07-09 23:42

#48

o11o1

Long as you keep your Server Secure

Of course, the main downside to running forks on a server is that it's a single point of failure for people messing with your operations, and all your hacking traffic will start leading back to the same place.

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Sun, 2018-07-29 22:36

#49

DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

One of my characters I've

One of my characters I've made for these beta rules uses a Flexbot. The way I built it might be having some unexpected effects, so I'm posting some of the details. First off, it is composed of 1 Crafter, 1 Rogue, 1 Fighter, 1 Wizard. The combined flexbot has 90 DUR, 6/4 armor, medium size, and 8 shape points. It costs 7 MP. I can use the shape points to improve the armor to light combat armor, giving it 16/12 armor points. (Yes, I did improve all modules, not just 1). 90 Dur and 16/12 armor makes it competitive with a Reaper as a combat machine. When you consider that its 7 MP vs the Reaper's 12 MP, its a tempting option. Cost reductions. I know that I can get 6 MP in negative traits so I buy Proprietary Tech 3 times, 1 per module, for the Crafter, Rogue, and Fighter modules. This would reduce the price of those modules to 0 MP, which is not allowed, so I buy positive traits to bring them to 1 MP each. The Crafter and Rouge get the toughness trait (+10 DUR for the Flexbot, bringing it to 100 DUR), and the Fighter got the lethal trait. Am I correct to assume that the combined Flexbot will be able to benefit from the lethal trait? The net cost of the Flexbot becomes 4 MP. Fixer Swarms. 3 of the modules are Proprietary Tech, creating difficulties in repair. However, one of the affected modules has a fixer swarm. Does this combination mean it can repair Proprietary Tech? What exactly can it repair? It would be weird having a Proprietary Tech fixer swarm be unable to repair its own Proprietary Tech. The answer is important as I'm considering making the Wizard Proprietary Tech even if I get no points just so it can be repaired by the fixer swarm. Forks. The Flexbot will have 4 cyberbrains and 4 mesh inserts. I need only 2 to run the Flexbot effectively, cyberbrain for primary ego and mesh inserts for muse. This leave 6 devices that can run forks of my character (or someone else). Do I need to leave the cyberbrains empty to get the pool points (for why I ask, see Transhuman on Flexbots and aptitude bonuses)? The mesh inserts I have no problem with. I can fill them with infomorph forks. Can I fork the infomorph types to keep the MP cost down? For instance, 1 ego is sleeve in an operator infomorph (2 MP), so can I make 3 forks of that and keep the price at 2 MP? Familiarity trait. It has been mentioned by one of the devs that you can use Familiarity trait to cover all Flexbot modules and all possible combinations. Does the same work for infomorphs? They are more or less the same. Can I pick infomorph and expect it work with all infomorph types? What about familiarity with robots? I might want to control some with my many forks? Jamming requires integration tests.

Mon, 2018-07-30 20:21

#50

DivineWrath DivineWrath's picture

Well, I figured out the

Well, I figured out the jamming robots bit. The Drone Affinity trait takes care of the integration tests for drones. The Drone Rig ware allows me to use Insight as Vigor for drones.