Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[USEC_OFFICER]

Multiverse Mecha Mayhem
IC Thread

Across the multiverse, in every shady bar, grimy mechanic shop, and dingy barracks comes a message. Sometimes it appears unbidden in newsfeeds, sometimes it is plastered on posters, and sometimes it is laboriously handwritten with plenty of spelling mistakes. Regardless, the message is the same, or similar enough not to matter.

I, Captain Hakim, scourge of Khalzak, rescuer of Queen Raisha, slayer of the fearsome Beast of Delta-Io, am seeking a crew for the latest of my adventures. The Lord of the End of the Multiverse owes me and I never leave a debt unpaid, no matter how large nor how small. Assistance is needed to storm the End of the Multiverse and get Lord Z to pay its debt by guile or by force, for this is a job too big for me and Ziva's Revenge alone. It will involve dashing across multiple universes, retrieving the Dark Key from its hiding place, and crossing the Gate of Infinite Blackness to strike directly at Lord Z itself. Such a task requires the bravest and more daring of pilots and so they will be rewarded handsomely from my own coffers for it.

Applicants must bring their own mecha, or local equivalent, be capable of breathing an atmosphere of 80% Nitrogen and 20% Oxygen, plus trace gases, and agree to several rounds of inoculations. Multiversal transport will be provided to and from the destination, along with room and board during the entire duration of the voyage. Payment will be delivered as soon as Ziva's Revenge returns from the End of the Multiverse, for good or for ill.

Serious Applicants Only!!!

Such a message is bound to attract the attention of those in the know, for the Ziva's Revenge is a magnificent ship and Hakim a formidable pirate, though not as fearsome as his father. If he requires outside help then he must surely be sailing into certain danger and a great reward. Thus if he manages to succeed in his task then he is certain to reward those who help him generously, for it is well know that the pirate is free with his money and cares more about adventure than material reward. And what an adventure it would be, to reach the End of the Multiverse and battle with its infamous Lord!


Multiverse Mecha Mayhem is a lighthearted and quick game about taking various types and styles of mechs and mashing them up in big battles. Hence the game is centred around a space pirate and a heist across the multiverse, so that instead of worrying about lore everyone can make whatever characters and designs they enjoy and participate in the game. While Multiverse Mecha Mayhem is mostly focused on mech combat there will be on-foot sections and some roleplaying elements as well, so it's best to make a character which can cooperate with others and isn't completely useless when they're out of a giant robot.

The player limit is going to be rather modest, somewhere between 4 and 8 players depending on interest, and players will be selected after a week or two.

Spoiler: Basic Mechanic (click to show/hide)

Resolution:
The basic resolution mechanic of this game is simple. Every action has a stat tied to it. The stat determines the size and number of dice to roll for the action. A roll greater than 4 on a dice counts as 1 success. To succeed at an action, you must roll more success than the target number (TN), which determined by the type of action you are performing and what your target is. Certain traits may grant you additional successes on a roll or bonus dice which you add to your dice pool before rolling. Your Degree of Success (DS) is the number of successes you have rolled over the TN. Thus, succeeding at an action will always result in a DS of at least 1.
 
Example:
Alice has a stat of 6d8 and is attempting an action with a TN of 4. She gets +4 dice and +2 successes from various bonuses and traits. Alice thus rolls 10 d8s. On her roll, 6 dice show 5 or greater and she adds +2 from her bonuses to get 8 successes. She thus succeeds at the action with a DS of 4.
 
Bob has a stat of 4d8 and is attempting an action with a TN of 4. He gets +1 dice and +1 successes from various bonuses and attributes. Bob thus rolls 5 d8s. On his roll, 3 dice show 5 or greater and he adds +1 from his bonuses to get 4 successes. Since this is equal to the TN, he fails at the action.

Spoiler: Mechs (click to show/hide)

Mech Stats:
The five basic mech stats are:

• Health: How much damage your mech can take before suffering ill effects.
• Special: How much energy your mech has for special actions.
• Attack: How much damage your mech can inflict. Attack has a focus of Melee or Ranged, picked at creation.
• Defence: How little damage your mech takes from attacks. Defence has a focus of Armour or Evasion, picked at creation.
• Support: How good your mech is at supporting its allies and determines protection against status effects.

Each stat can be Strong, Normal or Weak. Strong stats roll d12s for their actions, Normal d8s and Weak d6s. At character creation you can select your mech’s stats to be all Normal, or 1 Strong, 3 Normal and 1 Weak, or 2 Strong, 1 Normal, 2 Weak.
 
At character creation you distribute 20 dice among your stats, with each stat requiring at least 1 dice in its dice pool.
 
Finally, you pick whether your mech's Attack is focused on Melee or Ranged, and whether their Defence is focused on Armour or Evasion. This will affect certain TNs, abilities and actions. For example, attacking with a weapon with the same type as your Attack stat grants +1 success.
 
The two derived stats are Maximum Health Points and Maximum Special Points.

• Maximum Health Points is based on your Health stat. The number of dice in your Health stat is multiplied by (4 if Strong, 3 if Normal, 2 if Weak) to get your Max HP. When your HP is reduced to 0 in combat your mech isn’t destroyed. However, at 0 HP you become vulnerable to enemy finishers. Being hit with a finisher fully recovers your HP but in return you take Major Damage, which is a trait which applies penalties for the rest of combat. Major Damage cannot be removed but its penalties may be reduced by certain actions.
• Maximum Special Points is based on your Special stat. The number of dice in your Special stat is multiplied by (6 if Strong, 5 if Normal, 4 if Weak) to get your Max SP. SP is used to power various actions and abilities your mech can perform.

Traits:
Traits are what makes your mech special compared to everyone else. Traits are divided into four categories. Weapons, Finishers, Actions and Passives.
 
At character creation your mech has 1 weapon, 1 finisher, 1 action and 1 passive for free, and 4 extra traits to be divided however you wish.
 
Weapons:
Weapons are what your mecha uses to attack things. Every player mech has the two following basic weapons:
 
Basic Melee [Melee]:
Attacking with fists, feet or, in a pinch, trees uprooted from the ground.
SP Cost: 1
Range: 0
Attributes: Movement Allowed.
 
Basic Ranged [Ranged]:
Attacking with basic rifles, pistols or, in a pinch, throwing rocks.
SP Cost: 1
Range: 1
Attributes: None.
 
You can invest one of your traits to make better weapons for your mech. A player-created weapon has the following stats:

• Type: Whether the weapon is melee or ranged. If the type matches your Mecha’s attack focus, you gain +1 success when attacking with it. Note that some enemies may have extra defences against certain attacks, so investing in only a single type will make it difficult to damage them.
• SP Cost: Starts at 1 and increases by 1 for every extra Attribute you give it. Attacking with the weapon costs this in Special Points.
• Range: Up to how many areas away this weapon can attack at. Starts at 0, meaning that it can only attack enemies in the same area as you. Attributes can increase this stat.
• Free Attribute: Every weapon made from a trait gains either the Movement Allowed (allows this weapon to be used in the same turn as movement) or Range +1 attribute for free.
• Attributes: Extra Attributes increase the SP cost of the weapon by 1 but offer various bonuses. Unless said otherwise, Attributes stack with each other.

Attributes are made up by the player on creation of the weapon, subject to GM approval. The following is a short list of pre-generated attributes, to act as guidelines for making your own.
 
Example Attributes:
Movement Allowed: This weapon can be used in the same turn that this mech uses a movement-based action (Move, Double Move, Trudge, etc, etc). Non-movement allowed weapons cannot be used in the same turn as movement, regardless of the order in which actions are taken.
Range +1: The range of this weapon increases by 1. Can be taken multiple times.
Devastating: Deal an extra 3 damage whenever you successfully hit with this weapon. Can only be taken once.
HP/SP Recovery: Whenever you hit with this weapon, regain 1 HP/SP for every two DS. Can only be taken once.
Debuff: Whenever this weapon hits, until the start of your next turn the target suffers -1 success to a stat, picked at weapon creation.
Area of Effect: Whenever you attack with this weapon you may declare that it is an AoE attack. The SP cost increases by 5 and instead of targeting an opponent for the attack you target an area, rolling against all enemy units within it.
Easy Conditional: Conditional bonuses which are easy to achieve, such as attacking enemies in the same area as you or attacking an enemy on the ground. These easy conditionals grant either +1 success or +2 dice to the dice pool, selected at trait creation.
Difficult Conditional: Conditional bonuses which are difficult to achieve or dependent on the map, such as attacking enemies underwater or attacking an enemy at range 3 or more. These difficult conditionals grant either +2 successes or +4 dice to the dice pool, selected at trait creation.
 
Finishers:
Finishers are awesome attacks which your mecha breaks out in special circumstances to finish off the enemy. Finishers can only be used against enemies with 0 HP and will either destroy them or inflict major damage. Major Damage are debuffs which affect enemies until they are destroyed but hitting an enemy with Major Damage also recovers their HP to full.
 
Finishers have the following stats:

• SP Cost: Starts at 4 and increases by 2 for every extra Attribute you give it. Attacking with this finisher costs this in Special Points.
• Range: Up to how many areas away this finisher can attack at. Starts at 0, meaning that it can only attack enemies in the same area as you, but can be increased by Attributes. Unlike weapons, the range of a finisher is either 0, 2 or Infinite.
• Attributes: Extra Attributes increase the SP cost of the Finisher by 2 but offer various bonuses.
• Recommended Damage (Optional): The types of major damage this finisher inflicts and the penalties they give. See the section on mech combat for more explanation.

Attributes are made up by the player on creation of the finisher, subject to GM approval. The following is a list of suggested attributes to keep in mind and limit them to similar power levels.
 
Example Attributes:
Movement Enabled: This finisher can be used in the same turn that this mech declares a movement-based action (Move, Double Move, Trudge, etc, etc).
Range Increase (First): The range of this finisher increases to 2. Can only be taken once.
Range Increase (Second): The range of this finisher increases to Infinite. Can only be taken after Range Increase (First).
Amazing Pose: If you successfully inflict major damage with this finisher, all allies in the same area are inspired and gain +1 success to all rolls until the end of the next turn.
Area Debuff:  If you successfully inflict major damage with this finisher, all enemies in the same area are debuffed and lose -1 success to all rolls until the end of their next turn.
Absorption: If you successfully inflict major damage with this finisher, mitigate a piece of major damage on your mech which has not been mitigated yet. Its effects are mitigated until the end of combat.
 
Actions:
In combat every mech has the same set of basic actions but you can use traits to create more actions to perform. Actions thus encompass a broad range of potential effects given what the players wish to accomplish when creating this type of trait.
 
Actions have the following stats:

• AP Cost: Using this action costs this in Action Points. You have 2 AP per turn, so most actions will have a cost of 1 AP. Some particularly strong actions will require 2 AP.
• SP Cost: Using this action costs this in Special Points. Some actions will have a flat cost while others will have dynamic costs.
• Range (Optional): Up to how many areas away this active can be used at, if applicable.
• Effects: What this active does when used.
• Augmentation (Optional): The action that this one changes or improves upon, so that you can add on additional effects onto it. Only relevant for certain actions.

Note that the same action cannot be used multiple times in a turn.

As mentioned before, effects are made up by the player on creation of the action, subject to GM approval. The following is a list of extra actions to keep in mind and limit them to similar power levels.
 
Example Actions:
Double Attack:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 2x.
Range: Weapon’s.
Effects: If you have already used an attack action this turn, you can use this action. Attack an enemy like normal but any SP Costs are doubled.
 
MegaGuard:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 0
Augment: Guard
Effects: Until the start of the next turn or after this mech moves, the area this mech is currently in counts as Difficult Terrain for enemy mechs. Additionally, enemy units cannot move out of the area this mech is currently in until the start of the next turn or after this mech moves.
 
Cheap Heal:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 0 SP
Range: 0
Effects: Roll Support vs 0. Every DS heals yourself or an ally in range by 1 HP.
 
Regular Heal:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 3 SP
Range: 0
Effect: Roll Support vs 0. Every DS heals yourself or an ally in range by 2 HP.
 
Mitigate Damage:
AP Cost: 2
SP Cost: 10
Range: 0
Effect: Mitigate the effect of major damage from yourself or an ally in range. Its maluses are halved for the rest of combat. You cannot use this on a piece of major damage that is already mitigated.
 
Energy Burn:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 3
Range: 1
Effect: Roll Support vs target’s Support. Every DS reduces the target’s SP by 2.
 
Recharge:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 0
Range: 0
Effect: Roll Support vs 0. Gain 1 SP for every DS.
 
Recharge Ally:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 3
Range: 0
Effect: Roll Support vs 0. Every DS recovers 1 SP for you or an ally in range.
 
Single Debuff:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 3
Range: 1
Effect: Roll Support vs Support against an enemy. Every 2 DS reduces a stat, picked at creation, by 1 until the end of their next turn.
 
Area Debuff:
AP Cost: 2
SP Cost: 7
Range: 1
Effect: Roll Support vs Support against an area. For every enemy in that area, 2 DS reduces a stat, picked at creation, by 1 until the end of their next turn.
 
Passives:
Passives are effects which are always active on your mech without needing any actions or abilities to use them. As such they generally don’t cost any SP but have smaller effects than weapons or actions.

Example Passives:
Adaptable: This mech’s defence focus changes to Adaptable. When attacked it always counts as the more favourable focus, Armour or Evasion, for reducing damage.
Amphibious: This mech ignores the Difficult Terrain trait and the attack malus from Enclosed X for water areas. Additionally its targets do not get the defense bonus from Enclosed X if they are in water areas.
Emergency Responder: When using a movement-based action, Move, Trudge, etc, etc, this mech can move two extra areas. This extra movement can only be used to end up in an area with an allied mech under 50% HP.
Reduced Action Cost: Reduces the cost of a specific action, including player-made actions, by 1 AP. Can be taken multiple times but cannot reduce the cost of an action below 0 AP.
Flight: This mech is capable of flying. When using any movement-based action (Move, Double-Move, Trudge, etc, etc), this mech can begin to fly or stop flying if it is already flying. While flying it ignores any traits that an area has, positive or negative. A mech can only change its flight state once per turn, regardless of how many movement actions it uses in that turn.
Generator: This mech regains SP at the start of its turn equal to a tenth of its max SP, rounded up.
Easy Conditional: Conditionals which are easy to achieve, such as being the only friendly unit in an area or being attacked by a melee weapon, grant either +1 success or +2 dice to a stat, selected at trait creation.
Difficult Conditional: Conditionals which are difficult to achieve or dependent on the map, such as being underwater, grant either +2 successes or +4 dice to a stat, selected at trait creation.

Spoiler: Characters (click to show/hide)

Character Stats:
While the focus of the game is on mech combat, there will be some minor sections where the player characters are on foot and must perform certain actions to progress the game. Character stats are thus simpler and more generic than mech stats, to reflect their lesser importance.
 
The four basic character stats are:

• Vigour: How strong and hardy your character is.
• Agility: How dexterous and quick your character is.
• Intelligence: How smart and learned your character is.
• Charisma: How charming and sociable your character is.

Each stat can be Strong, Normal or Weak. Strong stats roll d12s for their actions, Normal d8s and Weak d6s. At character creation you can select your character’s stats to be all Normal, or 1 Strong, 2 Normal and 1 Weak, or 2 Strong and 2 Weak.
 
At character creation you distribute 12 dice among your stats, with each stat requiring at least 1 dice in its dice pool.
 
Traits:
Like mechs, characters have traits which define them. Since characters are less important than mechs, their traits are more open. They should encompass anything important about your PC, from their skills to their equipment and anything else which might be significant. Note that character traits will only affect things they do while on-foot. Character abilities that affect mech combat should be mech traits instead.
 
At character creation you have 3 traits to make for your character.
 
Examples:
Always Alert: This character is hyperaware and will never be caught off guard or surprised. If attacked by an enemy they will always be able to perform an action first, whether it’s running away or attacking themselves.
Built-In Weapon: This character has weapon built into them, or perhaps they have honed their body to an absurd degree. When attacking they gain either +1 success to +2 dice to the dice pool, selected at trait creation. Additionally, they can never be disarmed nor lose their built-in weapon.
Familiar: This character is blessed with a familiar companion, such as a friendly robot or a talking cat. While the familiar is incapable of performing complicated tasks, perhaps due to artificial stupidity or a lack of opposable thumbs, they can keep an eye out, talk to people, and similar things.
Instant Access: This character always has access to their mech, such as teleportation or a transformation sequence. They never have to worry about being separated from their mech through nefarious evildoers.
Ready Mechanic: This character always has access to basic tools such as a screwdriver or wrench, no matter the circumstances.
Telekinesis: This character is gifted with psychic powers and can move things around with their mind. They can move objects smaller than a breadbox without rolling, while larger objects or other people requires an Intelligence roll.
Skills: Skills or knowledge which your character possesses an abundance of, such as performing music or maintaining a mech. Skills grant either +1 success or +2 dice to the dice pool, selected at trait creation.

Spoiler: Mech Combat (click to show/hide)

Basic Combat:
Mech combat is divided into turns, which alternate between the players, enemies and any other factions which may be participating. Actions by the players are usually conducted first-come, first-served, but players can delay their actions if they wish. Regardless some degree of coordination is encouraged.
 
Combat Actions:
At the start of their turn, every unit gets two Action Points. These AP can be spent on various actions. Each action can only be used once during a turn. For example, you cannot use the Attack action twice in a turn.
 
Every unit in the game has the following basic actions:
Attack:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: Weapon’s.
Range: Weapon’s.
Effects: Attack an enemy within range with the selected weapon, applying its attributes as applicable. The roll is Attack vs the target’s Defence as a TN. Using a weapon with the same type as your Attack adds +1 success to the roll. Every DS deals 2 damage to the target.
 
Note that if you use a moment related action, Move, Double-Move, etc, etc, you can only use the Attack action in the same turn if the weapon used is Movement Allowed. This is true regardless of the order of the actions.
 
Finisher:
AP Cost: 2
SP Cost: Finisher’s.
Range: Finisher’s.
Effects: Use the selected finisher against an enemy within range, applying its attributes as applicable. No roll is required but the target must be at 0 HP for this action to succeed. Depending on its abilities, the target is either destroyed or suffers from a piece of major damage but recovers all HP.
 
Guard:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 0
Effects: Until the start of the next turn or after this mech moves, the area this mech is currently in counts as Difficult Terrain for enemies.
 
Move:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 0
Effects: Move to an adjacent area, if possible. (Not entering or leaving an area with Difficult Terrain. Not guarded by an enemy, etc, etc).
 
Double Move:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 0
Effects: Can only be used if the Move action has already been taken. Move to an adjacent area, if possible.
 
Trudge:
AP Cost: 2
SP Cost: 0
Effects: Move into an adjacent area, if possible, ignoring the effects of Difficult Terrain.
 
Health and Damage:
Unlike in other games, being reduced to 0 HP doesn’t always defeat a unit. Instead they become vulnerable to Finishers. Hitting a unit with a Finisher inflicts a piece of major damage, which is a significant debuff, but also fully recovers their HP. Thus it is always worthwhile to try and heal yourself, instead of using Finishers to recover HP, due to the penalties involved.
 
While major damage provides significant debuffs, they can be mitigated, which generally halves its effect. This can only be done using certain actions and abilities.
 
Example Major Damage:
Damaged Actuators:
Penalty: All movement actions cost +1 AP, to a maximum of 2. Additionally, this unit can use take one movement-related action per turn.
Mitigated: This unit can use take one movement-related action per turn.
 
Broken Battery:
Penalty: Maximum SP is reduced by half.
Mitigated: Maximum SP is reduced by a quarter.
 
Reduced Stat:
Penalty: -4 successes to a certain stat.
Mitigated: -2 success to a certain stat.
 
Damaged Weaponry:
Penalty: All attack actions cost +1 AP, to a maximum of 2. Additionally, this unit can only use one attack-related action per turn.
Mitigated: This unit can only use one attack-related action per turn.
 
Enemies and NPCs:
Enemies and NPC units have the same basic stats as players. However, instead of rolling dice, these stats act as Target Numbers for the players. For example, when a player mecha is attacked, they roll their Defence to resist the attack, as opposed to the enemy rolling to hit them. Thus, a bonus which grants them +1 success instead adds +1 to their TN, while a bonus which adds +2 dice instead adds +1 to their TN.
 
Additionally, unlike players, enemy and NPC mecha have toughness as a stat. Toughness represents how many pieces of major damage they can suffer from before they are destroyed. Most units will have a damage level of 0, meaning that a single finisher is enough to destroy them. As with players, being hit with a finisher recovers all HP but inflicts a penalty to the enemy that lasts for the rest of the fight.
 
Areas:

Combat in this game is divided among various areas. Every area may have various traits assigned to it, affecting any units currently occupying it. Units may move between adjacent areas with any valid movement options. Areas connected by a black border are considered adjacent, areas connected by a white border are impassible for movement but are passable for attacks, and red borders completely prevent anything from being traced through them. Attacks many only target enemies within their range. A range of 0 means that the target must be in the same area, 1 means that the target can be in the same area or an adjacent one, and so on.
 
Example Traits:
Difficult Terrain: The terrain in this area is particularly difficult to move through. Only actions which ignore Difficult Terrain, such as Trudge, can be used to enter or leave the Area.
Defensive X: The terrain in this area is protective, due to being designed that way or having plenty of cover. If a unit in this area is attacked by a unit not in the area, the attack gains +X to their TN.
Enclosed X: The terrain in this area is enclosed, making combat in and out of it difficult. Attacks in or out of this area have +X to their TN.
HP Recovery X: This area is setup to heal those within it. Units that begin their turn in this area gain X HP, up to their maximum.
HP Damage X: This area is dangerous to everyone within it. Units that begin their turn in this area lose X HP, down to 0.
SP Recharge X: This area is infused with ready sources of energy. Units that begin their turn in this area gain X SP, up to their maximum.
SP Sap X: This area drains whoever remains with in it. Units that begin their turn in this area lose X SP, down to 0.

Example Character Sheet / Blank Character Sheet
Example Character: Yamaguchi Shichiro
Example Character: Pierrette Chauvin

[USEC_OFFICER]

Dramatis Personae

Players:
Heart Havoc Warrior Justice Kiss (IronyOwl)
James Carson (Devastator)
Ln'Eta (Failbird105)
Takhir Lermontov (a1s)

Non-Players:
Captain Hakim Whydah and his Crew:
- Captain Hakim Whydah. Well known across the multiverse for his many deeds and adventures. Lost his left eye to Commodore Touthmosis Zeta. Not as fearsome as his father, though far more beloved due to his generosity and sense of honour. Attacking corrupt officers and merchants is his speciality.

- Ziva's Revenge. The ship's powerful AI system uses the holographic image of a young girl to interact with the crew, finding it more productive than yelling at them over the speakers. More carefree than a multi-quadrillion credit space ship should be. Hakim's second in command and in charge of the ship's many automated systems.

- Chief Medical Officer Guiomar Shehu. Third in command aboard Ziva's Revenge. With the crew numbering in the single digits he spends most of his time relaxing in his office, which suits him just fine. He is getting on in years and finds Hakim's adventures to be more peaceful than his rough and tumble youth.

- Chief Engineer Iesha Kama. After Ziva's Revenge was hacked by Drek cultists, Hakim and Ziva decided to include more isolated systems as a safety precaution and hired Iesha to manage and oversee them. Iesha is fourth in command and is a skilled mechanic, partly due to her body being two thirds robotic.

- Aaron Torosian. Professional Chef and an expert at turning alien lifeforms into scrumptious feasts. With the departure of Kariuki Mwangi he is now the longest serving member aboard Ziva's Revenge, since Hakim has an expensive palette and Ziva doesn't care for cooking. Fifth in command of the ship, mostly through seniority.

- George. The current bridge bunny, after his predecessor died from chewing on electrical wires. As such Hakim makes sure that he is properly supervised whenever he is out of his cage to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again. Very affectionate, he likes to sleep on people's laps and be petted. Sixth in command of the ship, due to being so cute.

- Chief Security Officer Berhane-AA. She is the newest member of Ziva's Revenge, as Kariuki Mwangi's replacement. Responsible for overseeing the security robots and turrets aboard the ship along with Ziva. Engineered to be tireless and unblinking, she can put a bullet into a spinning coin at 200 paces. She also gets woozy at the slight of blood, which is part of the reason she's seventh in command of the ship.

[chaotick21]

i might join

[Failbird105]

Absolutely want to join, just need some time to think up a good idea for a sheet and assemble it.

[Failbird105]

Alright, the sheet is pretty much done now, all that's left is the possible consideration of swapping her last skill for Instant Access

Spoiler: In strange aeons... (click to show/hide)

Name: Ln'Eta
Description:

(not visible in the image, but she has six tentacles instead of legs, they're just positioned in such a way that they look like a pair of legs when standing still)
Backstory (optional): Elder Gods, Great Old Ones, immense unfathomable beings that exist both within and without the confines of reality. Some slumber within the depths of the ocean, others drift aimlessly in the spaces between universes. The one constant, that which saves all of creation from an untimely end, is that these beings lay dreaming, lost, or otherwise incapacitated either of their own will or that of their peers. And yet, the Old Ones do not simply spend their eternities wandering or sleeping until called.
And so, when an interesting message was delivered, spanning across entire realities, it was only natural that things both within or between would hear as well. Thus, reaching out a mere tendril, a fragment, of her slumbering being across the voids between universes, Ln'eta has arrived, for another wonderful dream.

Character Stats:
Vigour: 3d8
Agility: 2d6
Intelligence: 3d8
Charisma: 4d12
 
Traits:
Ia ia Ln'Eta Fhtagen: Even reaching across the spaces between dimensions, an Outer Gods influence upon the minds of lesser beings is immense. Ln'Eta can forcefully influence the minds of any being that perceives her. Either subtly by inserting thoughts, or bluntly by bombarding them with images of things their minds are physically incapable of processing safely. Hardier minds require charisma rolls to influence or assault.
Eldritch Physiology: Though it may seem relatively humanoid from the outside, any entity which much connection to an Outer God cannot be said to be physiologically natural, let alone something so intrinsically linked as an Avatar of their will. Ln'Eta is immune to the effects of radiation, suffocation, cold, and pressure from any sources, as well as most poisons, diseases, and toxins. Things that do direct physical harm(such as fire and acid) work as normal however.
Instant Access: This character always has access to their mech, such as teleportation or a transformation sequence. They never have to worry about being separated from their mech through nefarious evildoers.



Mech Name: Wretched Deep
Description:

 
Mech Stats:
HP: 12/12
SP: 24/24
 
Health: 4d8
Special: 4d12
Attack: 4d8 (Ranged)
Defence: 3d6 (Armour)
Support: 5d8
 
Traits:
 
Weapons: (You get Basic Melee and Basic Ranged for free, so they don't need to appear in this section unless you want to fluff them as something else).
Name [Ranged]: Basic Ranged
Description (Optional): The tongue mouth horks up a small object at deadly speeds. Could be anything from eldritch stone to human bones.
SP Cost: 1
Range: 1
Attributes: None.

Name [Melee]: Gnaw
Description (Optional): The tongue mouth atop Wretched Deep lashes out and bites the target.
SP Cost: 3
Range: 0
Attributes:
Movement Allowed: This weapon can be used in the same turn that this mech uses a movement-based action (Move, Double Move, Trudge, etc, etc). Non-movement allowed weapons cannot be used in the same turn as movement, regardless of the order in which actions are taken.
HP Recovery: Whenever you hit with this weapon, regain 1 HP for every two DS. Can only be taken once.
Difficult Conditional: +2 successes when hitting a target afflicted by Eldritch Flesh

Name [Ranged]: Call of the Deep
Description (Optional): Aquatic horrors(or merely the appendages of those that are truly immense beyond description) emerge from the inward edges of Outer Depths terrain, striking, lashing, and gnashing at all mechs other than the user.
SP Cost: 6
Range: 1
Attributes: (You get Movement Allowed or Range +1 for free. Each attributes beyond that increases SP cost by 1)
Range +1: The range of this weapon increases by 1. Can be taken multiple times.
Indiscriminate: This weapon is always an AoE attack. This attribute increases the SP cost by 3 instead of 1. When making an attack with this weapon, instead of targeting an opponent for the attack you target an area, rolling against all units(enemies and allies) within it besides yourself.
Devastating: Deal an extra 3 damage whenever you successfully hit with this weapon. Can only be taken once.
Targeting requirement: +4 dice, attack can only target areas of Outer Depths terrain.


Finishers:
Name: Devour
Description (Optional): The large outer maw of Wretched Deep stretches open, tearing the inner flesh as dozens more mawed tentacles erupt forth, gripping onto the enemy mech and biting chunks out of it. If the enemy mech is fully destroyed by the attack, it is dragged into the outer maw and devoured whole.
SP Cost: 6
Range: 0
Attributes:
Absorption: If you successfully inflict major damage with this finisher, mitigate a piece of major damage on your mech which has not been mitigated yet. Its effects are mitigated until the end of combat.
Recommended Damage (Optional):
Itchy. Tasty.- 'I can hear them, scratching, gnawing, in my head, they won't LEAVE!' -2 Successes to Attack stat, additionally, small chance to perform the wrong action.
 
Name: Beyond the Gate
Description (Optional): Wretched Deeps core peels away granting the observer sight of the true nature of the world, their body and mech twist and contort, blending metal and flesh as the reality in which they live begins to reject them and they struggle to shut out the memories.
SP Cost: 8
Range: 2
Attributes:
Metamorphosis: If this finisher would successfully destroy the target mech, it instead becomes afflicted by Eldritch Flesh and begins attacking random targets before dying the turn after.
Range Increase (First): The range of this finisher increases to 2. Can only be taken once.
Recommended Damage (Optional):
It's All Wrong- 'Eyes. Eyes on the inside. Eyes in my brain, they stare at me, they stare out from me, they show me things I should not see, they see things I can not let them.' -4 Successes to a Random stat, afflicts the target with Eldritch Flesh.

Actions:
Name: Submerge
AP Cost: 2
SP Cost: 5
Effects: The Outer Depths are allowed to flood into all areas within range 1 of the user, causing affected areas to be counted as 'Outer Depths' terrain(Like Under Water, but Flight is ignored) for the next four turns(including the turn of use). Can only be used once per battle.

Name: Regrow
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 3
Effects: Roll Support vs 0 or vs the Enemies Support depending on Target. Heals target by 3 for every DS, but target has -1 to a random Stat for the turn as the healed parts are replaced by incompatible eldritch flesh. Additionally, target remains afflicted by 'Eldritch Flesh' for the rest of the battle. Can't be used on undamaged targets.

Passives:
I've Done Worse: +4 Dice to Support when resisting negative status effects relating to the Pilot

Amphibious: This mech ignores the Difficult Terrain trait for water areas and treats the Enclosed X trait as a Defensive X trait instead.

[Chevaleresse]

Might join, if I have time.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Might join, if I have time.

[SOLDIER First]

slap

[a1s]

Will there be a lot of role-play involved? I might be up for a bit of 'mech combat, but I'm a terrible writer.

[USEC_OFFICER]

The pure roleplay stuff is optional. The on-foot sections are pretty fluffy since the focus is on mech battles, so you'll have to talk with NPCs and your fellow players and so on, but they should also be objective focused so you aren't left floundering for something to do.

So the game isn't entirely about mech battles, but I'm not expecting you to develop a detailed personality and background for your character either. Pushing out a couple of sentences of your character's reaction to something or what they're trying to accomplish is fine. This isn't high literature, this is me wanting to smash giant robots together and needing to setup some context for it to make sense.

[Failbird105]

The pure roleplay stuff is optional. The on-foot sections are pretty fluffy since the focus is on mech battles, so you'll have to talk with NPCs and your fellow players and so on, but they should also be objective focused so you aren't left floundering for something to do.

So the game isn't entirely about mech battles, but I'm not expecting you to develop a detailed personality and background for your character either. Pushing out a couple of sentences of your character's reaction to something or what they're trying to accomplish is fine. This isn't high literature, this is me wanting to smash giant robots together and needing to setup some context for it to make sense.

Would you be willing to look over my sheet to help figure out the balance and stuff?

[a1s]

Something like this? (more fluff might be added)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Takhir Lermontov
Description:

Backstory (optional): Comes from a dimension where all tanks have legs instead of threads.

Character Stats:
Vigour: 2d6
Agility: 5d12
Intelligence: 4d12
Charisma: 1d6

Traits:
Skill (Mechanics): Can fix your 'mech or your toaster. Usually. +2 dice on mechanics checks.
Small stature: 150cm of pure man can use smaller obstacles as cover or concealment.
Polyglot: Hande hoch, Schweinhund! can speak a number of languages, including Common, but not very well.


Mech Name: Marusya
Description: A walking T-34/85 tank.

(ok, yes, that's not a T-34, but surprisingly no one drew one yet)

Mech Stats:
HP: 6/6
SP: 20/20

Health: 3d6
Special: 4d8
Attack: 5d12 (Ranged)
Defence: 5d8 (Armour)
Support: 3d8

Traits:
Weapons:
Name [Ranged]: HEAT-Round
SP Cost: 3
Range: 2
Attributes:
Armor piercing: This weapon gets +2 dice against targets with an Armour Defense focus.

Weapons:
Name [Ranged]: White Phosphorus
SP Cost: 3/8
Range: 1
Attributes:
Debuff: Enemies hit by this attack take -1 to Attack until the end of their turn.
Area of Effect: Whenever you attack with this weapon you may declare that it is an AoE attack. The SP cost increases by 5 and instead of targeting an opponent for the attack you target an area, rolling against all enemy units within it.

Finishers:
Name: Kick the Can
Description (Optional): The walking tank delivers a devastating kick to the downed enemy.
SP Cost: 6
Range: 0
Attributes:
Movement Enabled

Percussive maintenance:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 0 SP
Range: 0
Effects: Roll Support vs 0. Every DS heals yourself or an ally in range by 1 HP.

Passives:
Dedicated Loader:  This 'mech regains SP at the start of its turn equal to a tenth of its max SP, rounded up (2).
Dedicated Gunner: +2 dice when using Ranged Attack.
Low Profile: Gains +2 successes defense when on Enclosed or Defensive terrain.
Wide Feet: Using its wide feet designed for mud and snow traversal this 'mech quickly moves through difficult terrain. Trudge cost reduced to 1 AP.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Would you be willing to look over my sheet to help figure out the balance and stuff?

I'm sorry. I thought you were still working on it, so I was waiting for you to finish before saying anything.

Spoiler: Failbird105 Comments (click to show/hide)

Name [Ranged]: Call of the Deep
Description (Optional): Massive tentacles or limbs of immense aquatic horrors emerge from the inward edges of Outer Depths terrain, striking and lashing at all mechs other than the user.
SP Cost: 6

Call of the Deep has Range +1 for free and 3 other attributes, so its SP cost should be 4, not 6.

Targeting requirement: +2 successes/+4 dice, attack can only target areas of Outer Depths terrain.

You need to pick +2 successes or +4 dice, just to make it clear exactly what the bonus is.

The Outer Depths are allowed to flood into all areas within a 3x3 square around the user, causing affected areas to be counted as 'Outer Depths' terrain(Like Under Water, but Flight is ignored) for the next four turns(including the turn of use). Can only be used once per battle.

What do you mean by 3x3 square? The game isn't grid-based, so everything is based off of adjacencies between areas. Where you thinking of having this affect the current area and all surrounding ones? In that case it'd be something like 'flood all areas within Range 1', or something like that.

AP Cost is definitely 2 and the SP Cost should be 5, assuming that you're fine with flooding all areas in Range 1.

Name: Regrow
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 2?
Effects: Roll Support vs 0 or vs the Enemies Support depending on Target. Heals target by 2 for every DS, but target has -1 to a random Stat for the rest of the battle as the healed parts are replaced by incompatible eldritch flesh. Can't be used on undamaged targets.

This needs to be tweaked. -1 to a stat is too big to be a permanent debuff without being much harder to achieve, which runs into issues where it's easier to debuff allies as opposed to enemies with it. What are you trying to achieve with this action? East but double-edged healing? Marking enemies to get bonuses on them for later? Something else?

Other than that everything seems good to me. Anything else I can help with?

Spoiler: a1s Comments (click to show/hide)

Actions:
Name: (use) Wide Feet
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 0
Augment: Trudge
Effect: Using its wide feet designed for mud and snow traversal this 'mech quickly moves through difficult terrain.

This shouldn't be an action, but a passive reducing Trudge's AP Cost by 1. Functionally the same, but Augments are for adjusting existing actions to give them more effects. Something like augmenting Attack to cost 1 less SP to use or Move to recover a bit of HP when using it. Stuff like that.

Low Profile: (Difficult Conditional?) Gains +2 successes defense when on Enclosed or Defensive terrain.

Definitely a difficult conditional.

Also you seem to be missing an extra trait for your mech. I count only three at the moment. One extra weapon and 2 extra passives.

[Failbird105]

I'm sorry. I thought you were still working on it, so I was waiting for you to finish before saying anything.

Spoiler: Failbird105 Comments (click to show/hide)

Name [Ranged]: Call of the Deep
Description (Optional): Massive tentacles or limbs of immense aquatic horrors emerge from the inward edges of Outer Depths terrain, striking and lashing at all mechs other than the user.
SP Cost: 6

Call of the Deep has Range +1 for free and 3 other attributes, so its SP cost should be 4, not 6.

Targeting requirement: +2 successes/+4 dice, attack can only target areas of Outer Depths terrain.

You need to pick +2 successes or +4 dice, just to make it clear exactly what the bonus is.

The Outer Depths are allowed to flood into all areas within a 3x3 square around the user, causing affected areas to be counted as 'Outer Depths' terrain(Like Under Water, but Flight is ignored) for the next four turns(including the turn of use). Can only be used once per battle.

What do you mean by 3x3 square? The game isn't grid-based, so everything is based off of adjacencies between areas. Where you thinking of having this affect the current area and all surrounding ones? In that case it'd be something like 'flood all areas within Range 1', or something like that.

AP Cost is definitely 2 and the SP Cost should be 5, assuming that you're fine with flooding all areas in Range 1.

Name: Regrow
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 2?
Effects: Roll Support vs 0 or vs the Enemies Support depending on Target. Heals target by 2 for every DS, but target has -1 to a random Stat for the rest of the battle as the healed parts are replaced by incompatible eldritch flesh. Can't be used on undamaged targets.

This needs to be tweaked. -1 to a stat is too big to be a permanent debuff without being much harder to achieve, which runs into issues where it's easier to debuff allies as opposed to enemies with it. What are you trying to achieve with this action? East but double-edged healing? Marking enemies to get bonuses on them for later? Something else?

Other than that everything seems good to me. Anything else I can help with?

I am still working on it, albeit only the Pilot sheet part and some reflavorings of default moves. I just wanted to get a bit of input on what I'd written before I finished.



For Call of the Deep, the 2 success/4 dice comes from the fact that I wasn't really sure what it would merit. I feel like I'll probably go with 4 dice though.
The extra cost comes from the fact that the AoE is both non-optional(meaning every use costs the extra amount for AoE), and doesn't differentiate between Friend and Foe(which I felt would merit less cost than normal AoE), I'd like to know how it should be handled if not that(I'm not against making it almost objectively better by making it regular optional AoE, I just kinda want to keep the double edged sword aspect because that's sorta this characters 'gimmick')


And yeah, Range 1 is fine on Submerge, I just didn't know how to word it with the system given.


As for Regrow, it's meant more as the double-edged heal, but one that can be used to hit an enemy extra hard in a pinch. What changes would you recommend for that?

I'll implement all the suggested modifications when I get the chance, I'm just a little occupied right now.
Edit: Everything that I didn't ask for more input on here has been fixed.

Edit Edit: Finished the non-mech traits

[Devastator]

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Name: James Carson

Character Stats:

Vigor 3d8
Agility 3d8
Intelligence 3d8
Charisma 3d8

All average.

Skills:
Mundane: Character is much less likely to attract attention in a crowd or a complicated situation, and is much less likely to be considered a threat in general.
Sneaky: Character is skilled at entering restricted areas or getting away with stuff.  This includes both fast-talking and stealth approaches.
Improvisation: Character is skilled at applying basic equipment in unexpected ways.  Can have any pocket-sized relatively common non-weapon item at hand at any time.

Mech:

HP: 64
SP: 6

Health: 16d12
Special: 1d12
Attack: 1d6 (Melee, but irrelevant)
Defense: 1d8 (Armour)
Support: 1d6

Weapons:

Ranged Melee [Melee]

SP Cost: 1
Range: 1
Attributes: None

Finisher:

SP Cost: 4
Range: 0
Attributes:
Recommended Damage: None.

Actions:

Attack:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: Weapon’s.
Range: Weapon’s.
Effects: Attack an enemy within range with the selected weapon, applying its attributes as applicable. The roll is Attack vs the target’s Defence as a TN. Using a weapon with the same type as your Attack adds +1 success to the roll. Every DS deals 2 damage to the target.
 
Note that if you use a moment related action, Move, Double-Move, etc, etc, you can only use the Attack action in the same turn if the weapon used is Movement Allowed. This is true regardless of the order of the actions.
 
Finisher:
AP Cost: 2
SP Cost: Finisher’s.
Range: Finisher’s.
Effects: Use the selected finisher against an enemy within range, applying its attributes as applicable. No roll is required but the target must be at 0 HP for this action to succeed. Depending on its abilities, the target is either destroyed or suffers from a piece of major damage but recovers all HP.
 
Guard:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 0
Effects: Until the start of the next turn or after this mech moves, the area this mech is currently in counts as Difficult Terrain for enemies.
 
Move:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 0
Effects: Move to an adjacent area, if possible. (Not entering or leaving an area with Difficult Terrain. Not guarded by an enemy, etc, etc).
 
Double Move:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 0
Effects: Can only be used if the Move action has already been taken. Move to an adjacent area, if possible.
 
Trudge:
AP Cost: 1 (reduced through passive)
SP Cost: 0
Effects: Move into an adjacent area, if possible, ignoring the effects of Difficult Terrain.

Extra Actions: 2

Grapple:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 0
Effects: When in the same location as an enemy mech, prevent the enemy mech from moving or flying.  If already grappled, can be used a second time to move both mech and enemy mech into another adjacent area.  The grapple effect ends when the target mech and the user's mech are in different locations, or when the effect is voluntarily dismissed.

Disable:
AP Cost: 1
SP Cost: 2
Effects: When in the same location as an enemy mech, prevent one chosen weapon from functioning.  Can be used multiple times on subsequent turns.  Effect continues until the target mech and the user's mech are in different locations, or when the effect is voluntarily dismissed.

Passives: 4
Reduced AP cost for Trudge
Generator: Regenerates some SP each turn.
Generator: Regenerates some SP each turn.
Auto-Repair: Regenerates some HP per turn.