Friday, March 27, 2009

Character Secrets for Robotech: Team Leader & Hardened

In Robotech a military command plays an important part in the story.  It's one of the ways through which we see Rick Hunter grow as the series moves forward so I really wanted to make it part of the game.  So, here goes...

Secret of Team Leader
: The character has two wingmen under his command. This means that the Team Leader can draw pool points from the men under his command up. To do so he must succeed at a Leadership(Instinct) test which determines the maximum number of points that may be extracted from the subordinates this action. He's also able to channel these points to his Squadron Commander. Note that points can only be extracted from NPCs. If the subordinates are PCs then they assist in the normal manner. In addition, subordinates can soak harm for the commander on a 1 for 1 basis using their mecha Effect. Leadership has its burdens. For each subordinate lost in combat the commander suffers level 4 Harm (Reason) but this can be somewhat mitigated with the Hardened Secret.

Secret of Hardened: The character has become jaded to the face of violence. At most, the character suffers level 1 Harm (Reason) for an incident that would cause mental fatigue such as losing a subordinate in combat.

Hat Tip to this thread in the Arkenstone forum over at The Forge.

Related Posts:

  • Heroquest 2.0 Mecha: Exhaustible MunitionsFor my Heroquest 2.0 mecha conversion I started going down the path of keeping track of ammo. The tracking wasn't strict but it was tracking none the less and it never felt right so I posted up on RPG.net and got some very g… Read More
  • Solar System MechaA couple of weekends ago I picked up the Solar System RPG from Arkenstone Publishing.  At first I wondered, What in the world is this?  But I finally got the hang of things after actually giving the game a whirl and poring ov… Read More
  • Character Secrets for Robotech: Team Leader & HardenedIn Robotech a military command plays an important part in the story.  It's one of the ways through which we see Rick Hunter grow as the series moves forward so I really wanted to make it part of the game.  So, here goes...Sec… Read More
  • Mecha Modes SecretsVeritech ModesJet: 2 bonus dice for speed and maneuverabilityGuardian: 1 bonus die for speed and maneuverability.  1 bonus die when using of the Guardian mode's hands for manipulation and causing harm.Battloid: 2 bonus dice w… Read More
  • Heroquest 2.0 Mecha: VeritechWe played a Robotech playtest one-shot last night using Heroquest 2.0. I gotta say it was downright entertaining. The most important part is that it felt right. We were able to do justice to the fiction because it was what… Read More

0 comments:

Post a Comment