WlfSamurai
Maelstrom Engineer
I’ve always wanted to try Savage Worlds...
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D. Rex
Magic Eight Ball
So what is savage worlds? It certainly sounds fun. A sci fi version of Tarzan comes to mind.
Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
I wrote up a Cyber Knight way, way back. I liked it, but I don't know the system well enough to run it.
Rykon
Four Thousand Club
It's a universal system where your stats aren't really numerical, they are generally a die type. For example, you might have a Fighting die of a d10, and a notice of a d6. Skills/Attributes range from d4-d12. Only really high powered settings like rifts expect to hit levels beyond a d12, but even still every point past that is converted to a flat +1 or more.
Initiative is handled by a standard poker deck deal, with high card acting first. To further play on the poker aspect, each player is also given 3 fate chips (bennies) that can be used for re-rolls and other things depending on what Edges (basically like Feats) you purchased for the character.
I will say, given how intertwined many of the game's mechanics are with abstracted distance, it'd be far easier to manage with a physical board or Roll 20, though it could be managed here with frequent screenshots of a board.
EDIT: for players though, there are two key mechanics that keep the "roll play" fun. First is that since each player character is a "wild card" they get a second die, called a wild die. It's a d6 you roll parallel to the trait roll, you take the higher result for the final roll. The second mechanic is exploding dice, each time you roll max number on a die you re-roll and keep adding up the numbers.
Initiative is handled by a standard poker deck deal, with high card acting first. To further play on the poker aspect, each player is also given 3 fate chips (bennies) that can be used for re-rolls and other things depending on what Edges (basically like Feats) you purchased for the character.
I will say, given how intertwined many of the game's mechanics are with abstracted distance, it'd be far easier to manage with a physical board or Roll 20, though it could be managed here with frequent screenshots of a board.
EDIT: for players though, there are two key mechanics that keep the "roll play" fun. First is that since each player character is a "wild card" they get a second die, called a wild die. It's a d6 you roll parallel to the trait roll, you take the higher result for the final roll. The second mechanic is exploding dice, each time you roll max number on a die you re-roll and keep adding up the numbers.
Rykon
Four Thousand Club
I guess long story short is, I really love the system cause there isn't another out there that's remotely similar to how it plays mechanically and it is well balanced for diverse party compositions with a rewarding payoff for good tactics.
Like Cypher, it's one of the systems I'm comfortable running that I don't really see around this site.
Like Cypher, it's one of the systems I'm comfortable running that I don't really see around this site.
Psychie
Princess Psychie
Sorry, I forgot to respond to this. Your mecha are very small compared to the Zentraedi:
It would take several hover tanks to be able to restrain a full sized Zentraedi warrior outside of his powered armor.
D. Rex
Magic Eight Ball
Which one is us, and which is the Zentraedi?
Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
The Zentraedi Battle Pod is the first one on the left. Our Spartas hover tank is the third one in from the left.
D. Rex
Magic Eight Ball
What about the Zentraedi power armor in comparison to us?
Psychie
Princess Psychie
The Male Powered Armor is 53 feet tall, compared to the VHT that is only 20 feet tall in its battloid mode.
D. Rex
Magic Eight Ball
Wow, that's big...
D. Rex
Magic Eight Ball
Also, I totally want to pilot a battlepod in one of these games. I always thought they looked cool.
Psychie
Princess Psychie
Personally, I've always loved the Female Powered Armor.
D. Rex
Magic Eight Ball
As do I! So I would probably make a female Zentraedi just so I can have the chance of piloting both.
Or the Glaug. Which also looks fun. (Btw, was it just fanart I saw or is there some sort of Variable Glaug?)
Though admittedly I don't remember enough about the Zentraedi or their lore to play them all that effectively.
Or the Glaug. Which also looks fun. (Btw, was it just fanart I saw or is there some sort of Variable Glaug?)
Though admittedly I don't remember enough about the Zentraedi or their lore to play them all that effectively.
D. Rex
Magic Eight Ball
Also. What is the normal bonus from Aim? +4?
Psychie
Princess Psychie
I am not sure. I'll have to look that up.
Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
For some reason, I'm thinking its +3, but don't bet the bank on that.
WlfSamurai
Maelstrom Engineer
I don’t know why I thought the Alphas was as small as the Spartas. Interesting.
Psychie
Princess Psychie
Great posting from everyone so far! I'm loving it. But it is late for me, and I need to be up early tomorrow, so I'm calling it a night. See y'all tomorrow!
Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
Sleep well, and thanks for running. So far, I am enjoying things a lot. Keep it up!
WlfSamurai
Maelstrom Engineer
Do you want them to be diagnosis roles or treatment rolls? Or three rolls of both?WlfSamurai , lets get three rolls of Medical Doctor. Field Surgery is not need here, since you have a full operating suite to work with. The bonuses you would get from the med center are canceled out by the minuses from the seriousness of the injuries.
Psychie
Princess Psychie
Treatment rolls, please.
D. Rex
Magic Eight Ball
I can't tell if that roll was good or bad.
Rykon
Four Thousand Club
Sorry for the delay, I was a bit swamped at work today. I had to train a team member by walking them through completing a software build. Finally settled in at home now though.
Sherwood
Luna's Concubine
We understand. Real Life always comes first.
