Planets, gravity, G-experience, G-tolerance, and Free Fall skill

[Celjabba]

Originally Posted by Brett

Hmm. That's a good catch. Looks like errata to me. That rule doesn't seem to be compatible with G-Experience being a 1-point to 10-point variable advantage.

Yes. That's the problem.

Originally Posted by Brett

THS is 3rd ed. No matter what it says or how clearly, it doesn't apply to 4th ed.

true. But if the 4e rule don't make sense, and the 3e have the exact same wording, i think looking at the rewrite in THS is worth it.

Originally Posted by Brett

No, the result is not the same at all. The halved penalty applies only in the "gravity field" that you have paid for.

Originally Posted by Brett

And I have to say, I wouldn't want the rules to work in such a way that experience in low gravity made you better in high gravity. E.g. a character comes from a planet with 1.0 gee, and acclimatises to a space station with 0.5 gee. This should not make him or her better off in 1.4 gee.

The rule pg 350 only take in consideration the full 10-pts g-experience.

Summary, assuming a 1g home gravity:

no g-experience:
.10 - .20 : -4/DX
.21 - .40 : -3/DX
.41 - .60 : -2/DX
.61 - .80 : -1/DX
.81 - 1.19 : no penalty
1.20 - 1.39 : -1/DX
1.40 - 1.59 : -2/DX
....

10 pts g-experience, rule p 350
.10 - .20 : -2/DX
.21 - .60 : -1/DX
.61 - 1.39 : no penalty
1.40 - 1.79 : -1/Dx
1.80 - 2.19 : -2/Dx
....

10 pts g-experience, rule p 57
.10 - .20 : -2/DX
.21 - .40 : -1.5/DX
.41 - .60 : -1/DX
.61 - .80 : -0.5/DX
.81 - 1.19 : no penalty
1.20 - 1.39 : -.5/DX
1.40 - 1.59 : -1/DX
...

If you round down, both are the same!

This only work with 10 pts g-experience.
For 1-pts g-experience... i don't know.
easiest is to say that you only halves the penalty in the bracket where your g-experience fall.

so , .16 g experience would give :

.10 - .20 : -2/DX (4 halved due to g-experience .16)
.21 - .40 : -3/DX
.41 - .60 : -2/DX
.61 - .80 : -1/DX
.81 - 1.19 : no penalty
1.20 - 1.39 : -1/DX
1.40 - 1.59 : -2/DX
....

By the way, pyramid 15 suggest that, for Action-ThS , you simplify this as each g-experience giving you an additional home gravity, with its own +-.2 no penalty zone. It is cinematic, of course.

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