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Do we (all) want to continue with just 2 PC's? If everyone else does, I will too.

I've heard back from the GM, and he says he might be ready to resume this game in about 4 weeks or so.

I PM'd the GM a few days ago, who's currently active (and GM'ing) in several other games, and asked if he'd be re-starting this one anytime soon. No reply yet, but in one of his other games he said the end of May was really stressful, so he may need some time to recover.

Ami prepares her personal items on her horse, and helps get the cattle ready for herding.

"Not really. I was just thinking how fortunate I am that my weapons appear on command, and do not need continuous repair."

So, it's the end of May, what's your situation like? Will we be starting up again any time soon?

Ami ("ah-MEE") listens to Gauis talk, but doesn't contribute to the conversation yet. She stays near the fire for a while after he's gone to bed.

I'm here. How (or why) do we all know each other?

Here.

Still here, just waiting for the May 1 deadline...

EltonJ - in the Palladium West books, are Lyn-Srial pacifists? They basically are in SWADE RIFTS, so to justify her being a fighter I made my PC a recent arrival on Earth thru a rift to the Lyn-Srial home planet (because *some* of them had to be fighters there).

If her being a fighter is not an issue, I'm ok with her being born on Earth.

Here's my Cyber-Knight. I created her for another game, so all the options that are die-rolled were rolled there.

No problem, I check this page a couple of times a week. Just post that you're ready, and I'll show up.

Abe? You have an action...

We could remove a lot of complexity from this trial run if you want to change the mechs to creatures, maybe with the exact same stats (like, armor-skinned dragons or something)? Just come up with new attack methods (claws for Fighting, fire breath for Shooting). That would remove all the "vehicle" and "missile" aspects of the combat.

BTW, what were the results of my attack? Did either robot become Incapacitated?

It looks like everyone but Abe has acted this round. Then it's the Skelebots turn. Sorry, but as well as I know the system, even I don't relish the thought of figuring out the roll modifiers and making all those rolls.

GM ST : the rules for falling are on page 109 of SWADE RIFTS : if the robot vehicle suffers a Wound the operator must make a Piloting check or it falls (this replaces the Out of Control rules) and suffers Xd6 damage, where X is the Size of the vehicle. I have put a question into PEG for what happens when the damage taken is between Toughness and Toughness+3 in RIFTS.

I believe, unlike soft, squishy hu-mans, vehicles do not get the Wound penalty.

If you're talking about being Shaken : in Chases, SWADE says "Vehicles cannot be Shaken, but if damage equals or exceeds their Toughness (whether they take a Wound or not), the driver must make a maneuvering roll or go Out of Control (see page 119)". So if the vehicle is "Shaken" (damage between Toughness and Toughness+3), it does not have to recover from that condition, but must make an Out of Control roll.

If you're talking about current Wounds affecting the Soak, since nothing in the Chase rules says current Wounds do not affect the Soak, standard rules apply, so subtract current Wounds from the Soak roll. Also, technically, vehicle Wounds cannot be Soaked at all unless the pilot has the Ace Edge.

Ami files another 8" and lands in front of the Red skelebot (map updated).

First action : attack the skelebot with her sword. Two rolls of Fighting due to the Frenzy Edge; take the best 2 out of 3.
Fighting: 1d12 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 131d12 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 131d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Wild ACE!: 1d6 ⇒ 4 = 12

GM ST, you've already posted the skelebot's Toughness, how would you feel about posting their Parry so we can determine whether we've hit them or not, and whether or not to include the extra d6 damage from a Raise?

Assuming the first 13 hits, she does
Damage: 2d6 + 2d12 ⇒ (3, 4) + (3, 9) = 19, AP 24
If it hits with a Raise :
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Damage ACE!: 1d6 ⇒ 1 = 26, AP 24

Assuming the second 13 hits, she does
Damage: 2d6 + 2d12 ⇒ (3, 2) + (6, 6) = 17, AP 24
If it hits with a Raise :
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Damage ACE!: 1d6 ⇒ 1 = 24, AP 24

Since you've said their Toughness is 17(7), it looks like my first attack would bring it down. So I would move 2" to the Dark Red skelebot and attack it with my second action.
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Second action : attack the skelebot with her sword. No MAP for 2 actions due to racial build. Two rolls of Fighting due to the Advanced Frenzy Edge; take the best 2 out of 3.
Fighting: 1d12 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 61d12 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 141d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Fighting *and* Wild ACE!: 1d12 ⇒ 71d6 ⇒ 3 = 21, 11

Assuming the 21 hits, she does
Damage: 2d6 + 2d12 ⇒ (3, 3) + (4, 5) = 15, AP 24
If it hits with a Raise :
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4 = 19, AP 24

Assuming the 11 hits, she does
Damage: 2d6 + 2d12 ⇒ (5, 5) + (12, 5) = 27
Damage ACE!: 1d12 ⇒ 8 = 35, AP 24
If it hits with a Raise :
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1 = 36, AP 24

Thanks Sun Li for the boost! I will post my actions tomorrow.

Like Zhan, I'm giving all the gory details this time to help GM ST...

Ami pauses to activate her innate powers :

Activate Armor (Free, no roll) : +2 Toughness (hence Toughness=15) and ignores Gritty Damage
Boost Trait/Spirit (Action, roll) :
Psionics & Wild: 1d12 ⇒ 11d6 ⇒ 6
Wild ACE!: 1d6 ⇒ 3 = 9, a Raise so Spirit goes from d8 to d12
Activate Sword (Free, no roll) : 2*Str + 2*Spirit, with AP equal to 2*Psionics --> 2d6+2d12, AP 24
Activate Shield (Free, no roll) : grants +3 Parry (hence Parry=10) and a −4 Cover penalty to ranged strikes (hence RATN=8)

And with a powerful sweep of her wings, she flies 12" towards the enemy (map updated).

1 ISP spent (9 left)

My copy of SWADE, which is the latest release, says "The defender rolls next and must meet or exceed the first character’s result or the attacker wins." Don't throw your book out, Gauis, it's Zhan's book that's out-of-date.
SWADE itself has gone thru several minor revisions since the first "official" book was released. If you bought the PDF from PEG, you have an unlimited number of re-downloads to get the newest versions.

Oh, also as part of the summary I left out :
Gauis needs to get an initiative card. Or, just act with the rest of us since the enemy has already acted.

So, just to summarize :

CR-1 Rocket Launcher hits Gauis - roll damage.

Enforcer cannot get a lock this round to fire its missiles.

GM ST - please note, in SW you re-draw the cards for each character on every new round.

I had the same problems re-logging in, mine was that my version of Firefox was too old. But an older version of Chrome is doing just fine for now...

Regarding stacking, my impression of SW's attitude (from reading many discussions and rulings) is "if the bonus comes from different sources (magic, plain armor, tech, etc.)" the bonuses stack. If they come from the same source, they don't. So the Armor Power stacks with worn Armor, but two worn Armors don't stack, and casting Armor twice doesn't stack.

Ok, it took some trial and error, but I got a movable image of the right size in the map.

Two things - which one is the Enforcer?

How do we get our Pazio icons into this document?

GM ST - have you considered how to "deal" initiative cards in a PbP? I know some GM's use on-line card-dealing websites (but I don't know where any of them are), but in the game I'm running I just have a physical deck of cards at home, and the players trust that I'm accurately reporting the results of the deals. FWIW, as a player I'm fine with that too.

Hey - Jethro Tull is my all-time favorite rock band! Cool!

Checking in.

Gauis - you still have 10 points in Attributes, but only 9 declared sources of points (again, unless I've missed something else you changed in your build - I haven't gone over it in-depth since I first looked at it).

Hey GM & ZenFox, does the Dirty Rotten Stinky Filthy Rich edge supersede the starting Money? I'm of a mind that it doesn't, as the edge itself needs intrinsic value, but usually it says "3x starting funds"

The SWADE Edges say "N times starting funds", but the RIFTS version says you start with a "total" of N credits and so many rolls on the tables, so I would assume the N credits replaces the RIFTS standard "N*dice starting funds". But that's just an interpretation, GM ST can decide what to do. I checked the PEG forum, and found no definitive answer on this.

So, now you have 10 points in Attributes, but you didn't drop Strength like you said you would, so if you do that would make it 9 points.

But even if you recently dropped STR and AGI to buy something else, where did those 2 points originally come from, since you originally had 11 points of Attributes but only 9 points worth declared in your build? Or did I miss something?

If you really had only 9 points declared, you can't just move 2 of the 11 Attribute points to something else, because they never existed.

Gauis - yours is a complicated build, please forgive me if I've missed something important in your description.

Your base Toughness is 7, not 6, so while in your armor you have 17(6). You might want to include that in your "header" for when you're out of your vehicle.

The cyber "Range Data Systems" says it requires the cyber Optics package, which you don't have. You add that its "ignore 2 points of Ranged penalties" also "stacks with Robot armor and Helmet targeting for a further -2 {-6 total}". The robot armor doesn't reduce ranged penalties.

You have 11 points in Attributes. I see no bonuses in Robot Vehicle Ace, 1 point from an Advancement, 1 point from Hindrance Points (I think), 1 point from Cyber-Agility, and 1 point from Cyber-Strength (altho you note that it gives STR+2, but that means just +1 die type). With the initial 5, that's 9. If I'm understanding your notation correctly, you put your other 2 Hindrance points into Filthy Rich. Where did the other 2 points come from?

Storm Dragon - yes, it provides you access, but you must spend your own ISP to activate them.

Abe - yeah, prices in RIFTS are gonzo nuts. I hope we will be getting big payments for each job so we can upgrade our equipment.

GM ST - I was thinking maybe you could pit us against some number of Power Armors, like the NG-X9 SAMSON for the mock combat? That would minimize your having to come up with dozens of stats for individual combatants.

What info do you want in our "headers"? I've found that Parry and Toughness are essential during combat, and I've created something I call RATN ("Ranged Attack Target Number"), which is usually 4, but with all the special abilities our PCs have, it's easier to state your RATN as 6 rather than trying to remember that the PC is "-2 to ranged attacks".