11-17-2016, 09:43 AM | #501 |
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Re: Mailanka's Musings -- GURPS Content Post
Huh, I wonder a bit about how well a ST 11, ST damage using character can work, but as long as she isn't going up against heavy armor she should do okay (and an assassin facing heavy armor likely went awry somewhere)
Encumbrance definitely is an issue! She doesn't have footwear to use her high heeled heroine perk or a blaster to use her beam weapons skill |
11-17-2016, 11:36 AM | #502 | |
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But for an actual character, I think it's good that assassins have the option of using a blaster pistol, thus the template has one, and thus M'Elena has one (which also makes her an accurate test: all assassins will have the capacity to use a blaster, but melee attacks need to be useful enough that an assassin is willing to keep her blaster sheathed)
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11-17-2016, 12:23 PM | #503 |
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Re: Mailanka's Musings -- GURPS Content Post
Given she has sunk 44 points into swordplay and 1 into blaster if she doesn't work better with a sword than a blaster something has definitely gone awry (though I think her blaster should be 16 not 14?), also she is to encumbered to add one to inventory
The footwear comment is that she doesn't seem to have any, so she is in great danger from space caltrops or space broken glass etc, high heeled or not (at least unless I misunderstood the term of art bodysuit, which I thought protected all except hands, feet, and head, and she has hand and head armor seperate) |
11-17-2016, 12:33 PM | #504 | |
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I say this not as a criticism of your comment, or to "defend myself", but to clarify my intent. You tend to take these characters as characters, but these aren't. They're playtest characters, with enough fluff and such so that they feel like reasonable characters (thus, in a sense, your criticism is a sign that they're reasonable playtest characters: they feel like something a player would actually have, enough that you'd critique the lack of certain bits of gear). If we really wanted to turn them into full characters, they definitely need more attention to their gear.
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11-20-2016, 10:49 PM | #505 |
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This week it's all playtest all the time. We start with Rafari vs Vesper Tane, a basic battle between space knights. Does it come close to the drama we expect between Jedi?
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11-21-2016, 11:49 PM | #506 |
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Day 2, playtest 2!
But first, we need to update Vesper Tane. We've seen what he looks like at 300 points, let's see what a space knight might look like at 350 points. And how does a space knight fare against some pretty standard minions? Let's pit Vesper Tane against some Criminals (and an assassin, for good measure)
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11-22-2016, 07:56 AM | #507 |
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Well, definitely highlights the weakness of vibro weapons (but also their Strengths, as I'm guessing M'elena wouldn't have gotten into this position with a bright glowing force sword to help her hide)
Had I been M'elena, this would have been time for my favorite goofy move when facing a superior foe 'Attack that Ends the Battle', the All Out Attack that either wins, or let's the enemy win on their next go So! Determined (+4 to skill) dual weapon attack from behind, M'elena has 19 DWA, so with her skill and Determined she can lay down Deceptive -3 and still crit on a 6! So even with feverish precognitive parry on Tanes part she has a good shot to land a blow And then we see the glaring weakness of her vibrosword . . . she will do 10 damage or so. If Tane is wearing the lighter armor (it doesn't specify, but why not) he would stop 4 of that with DR and take 6 cut for 9. Not enough to send him to KO check land! With his +8 ST from his Communion? Its not enough for KO check land naked A force sword would send him barreling straight to death check land, armor or no, communion or no However the goons were buying time for reinforcements. So if she can knock him for 12 damage, then he might be in trouble, in risk of either limping along at move 1 do nothings or sprawling unconscious after a failed KO check Suppose Vesper got unlucky and took a hit to lower him to his KO check range, could his Communion get him out of it? Actually, he could spend Destiny on flesh wounds right? The lack of damage output seems unhelpful here for poor M'elena |
11-22-2016, 08:06 AM | #508 |
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Oh wait. Lighting is -2 not -1, so that negates some deceptive
I notice that the various UT contact lenses are NOT part of the Psi Wars gear list From these example fights I suspect night vision may become a very popular purchase |
11-22-2016, 08:16 AM | #509 |
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It also highlights the strength of melee etiquette. She got in, and whereas everyone else just hastened their doom by attacking, she landed a hit.
You also let Tane spend some prep time to get big bonuses, playing to his strengths. I suspect an assassin striking from hiding would result in a very different fight.
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But what you describe I actually did the first time around. This was the second draft of the playtest, meant to highlight more of what she could do. She attacks with both her blades (Cross-Blade Execution: It's even a trademark move!) and he parried, which destroyed both of her weapons and then he proceeded to kick her butt. +7 DX = HUGE bonus to parry, even if she attacks from behind (which, per the optional rules, is always allowed for Weapon Masters). Quote:
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But yeah, like I said, the real reason M'elena attacked at such an obviously sub-optimal moment was because it was a playtest and she was supposed to. In Thursday's playtest, she's better about this, and you can see what a difference that makes.
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