01-25-2017, 03:51 PM | #1 |
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Last Gasp/ Long Distance Movement
I'm kicking off a new game in a few weeks and I'll be incorporating "The Last Gasp" for the first time. It fits in nicely with some thematic things I'm doing with the campaign, and I think it will be a great fit.
I've come up with the following system for handling Long Distance Movement using "The Last Gasp" and thought I'd put it out in front of the hive mind for feedback. I'm using many fewer thresholds for FP loss than the article suggests, so I'll post my HR for that as well. (Forgive the wonky formatting of the tables; I think you can make out what they're intended to convey.) First, the fatigue levels: Code:
Fatigue Level Range Stats ST BL Load Full Recovery Per Point (12 FP) Trivial Fatigue 2/3 FP to FP +0 Full ×1 ×1 6 hours 1.5 hours Mild Fatigue 1/3 to 2/3 FP -2 -20% ×2⁄3 ×1.5 16 hours 2.5 hours Severe Fatigue 0 to 1/3 FP -4 -40% ×1⁄3 ×3 40 hours 6 hours Deep Fatigue -1/2 FP to 0 FP -6 -60% ×1⁄6 ×6 100 hours 10 hours Exhaustion -FP to -1/2 FP -8 -80% ×1⁄25 ×25 240 hours 24 hours Travel Every character has a basic daily rate, that is determined by their speed (or move). This represents the distance they can travel over average terrain without any ill effects such as lost fatigue. Basic Daily Rate A character’s basic daily rate is twice their basic speed, adjusted for encumbrance as shown in the table below. If a character has increased or decreased their move score, use that in place of basic speed. Encumbrance Level and BDR Encumbrance levels don’t have a huge effect on BDR. Carrying a lot of gear doesn’t greatly alter the speed with which you can walk. It will, however, affect how tiring a walk or hike will be. Code:
Encumbrance BDRx FPx None BL ×1.2 ×1.0 Light 2×BL ×1.0 ×1.0 Medium 3×BL ×1.0 ×1.5 Heavy 6×BL ×1.0 ×2.0 X-Heavy 10×BL ×0.8 ×3.0 The group determines the pace at which they will travel, selecting it from the table below. Code:
Pace Daily Distance FP Walking BDR×1.0 0* Hiking BDR×1.2 4 Forced March BDR×1.6 8 All Out BDR×2.0 12 A successful hiking roll halves the fatigue expenditure. The hiking roll is optional, so critical failures are ignored. Any group travelling with a leader who has the hiking skill and leadership at 12+ can roll once for the whole group versus their average hiking skill. The distances above assume that 6 hours are spent “on the march” with the rest of the day dedicated to striking or making camp, rest, meals, and so on, so dividing the daily distance by 6 gives speed in MPH. Every two hours beyond this increases the distance by 1/3, but also increases the FP cost by 50% and applies a -2 to the travel roll. The GM may impose other consequences for time lost to other travel-related activities. Travelling at Different Rates It is possible that slower party members can only keep up with the group by adopting a different pace. A hiking pace for some members may be a forced march pace for others or even a walking pace for some. Either set a pace and have the group travel the distance of the slowest member or have the leader set a target distance and then each member of the group will determine the pace that they must keep to achieve this. Getting There First Sometimes it is important to know how long it takes to get somewhere, not how far the party can go with 6 hours of travel spread over a 24-hour day. To determine speed (in mph), calculate the daily distance for the chosen pace and divide by 6. Every two hours of travel at this pace without regular breaks costs the FP given in the table above, modified for encumbrance. A travel roll may be made to halve this. Terrain and Weather Effects The type of terrain crossed will determine the actual distance travelled Code:
Terrain Type Examples Distance Multiplier Cost/ Mile Very Bad Dense forest, mountains. ×0.20 5 miles Bad Broken ground, forest, steep hills. ×0.50 2 miles Average Light forest or rolling hills. Typical roads. ×1.00 1 mile Good Level plains. Imperial roads. ×1.25 0.8 mile Snow 1-3” snow. (Ankle deep). ×0.50 2 miles Deep Snow 3”-12” snow. (Knee deep.) ×0.25 4 miles Ice Ice from snow or sleet. ×0.50 2 miles Solid Ice A frozen lake or river. ×0.50 2 miles Skates can be used on solid ice. Treat as good terrain and use skating for the travel roll.
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01-25-2017, 03:58 PM | #2 |
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Re: Last Gasp/ Long Distance Movement
I'd also welcome any input from people who have used the last gasp how to run it. What I'm planning to do:
Players keep a collection of AP tokens; these are spent down when used, and reclaimed when recovered. Players collect colored tokens (poker chips) whenever they accrue FP. The color of the tokens indicates the source of the fatigue. Exertion FP: Trivial - White Mild - Green Severe - Yellow Deep - Red Exhaustion - Black Environmental FP (Hunger/ Thirst/ Exposure) Blue Each character sheet has pre-calculated for the five fatigue levels what their combat and non-combat encumbrance becomes (frex, if I'm Severely fatigued my combat gear has me at X-Hvy and all of my gear overloads me).
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01-25-2017, 04:00 PM | #3 |
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Re: Last Gasp/ Long Distance Movement
Oh, and one last thing. Under these rules, Fit becomes a no-brainer so I changed it to be more like a talent, and made rolls vs. relevant skills be the thing that allows one to halve FP expenditures (like the hiking skill for travel). In a sense, the character's ability with HT-related skills *is* the measure of their fitness instead of a 5-point advantage.
I'll stop spamming my thread now. :)
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