Heroquest 2.0 Mecha: Exhaustible Munitions

For 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 good replies to my question on the subject.

I attached the flaw Exhaustible 12M to the Veritech's AMM-1 missiles. In action, the narrator asks a player or players to roll against the flaw at an appropriately dramatic moment. If they fail then they are out of AMM-1 missiles. Simple.

I'm thinking that the GU-11 gun pod might get Exhaustible 5M to represent its low ammo capacity. This will require a bit of play testing.

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Adventurer: Careers In Progress

On top of the Fighting Man career we've got several more in the works including Freeman, Ranger, Rogue, and Nobility.

To give a little more info, the Free Man careers include Tradesman, Sailor, and Merchant. Ranger careers are Scout, Huntsman, and Outrider. Rogue careers are Thief, Footpad, and Pirate. Nobility careers are Cavalry/Knight, Diplomat, Castellan, and Rake.

BTW, does anyone know if WordPress handles tables in a sensible manner?

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Adventurer: The Fighting Man

Progress on Adventurer is afoot.

Inspired by The Black Company, White Box Swords & Wizardry, and real life history we have a version of the Fighting Man career hammered out.

Fighting Man

• Support
• Infantry
• Archer

Career Progress

	Survival	Advancement
Support	End 5+	Edu 7+
Infantry	Str 7+	Int 5+
Archer	Dex 6+	Int 6+

Qualification: End 5+

• If you are aged 30 or more, -2DM
• Per previous career, -1DM

Skills and Training

	Personal Development	Service Skills	Advanced Education	Officer Skills (Minimum Rank 2)
1	+1 Str	Athletics (any)	Siege Engineer	Tactics (Military)
2	+1 Dex	Tactics (Military)	Interrogation	Leadership
3	+1 End	Signals	Combat Engineering	Advocate
4	Gambler	Discipline	Recruiting	Diplomat
5	Athletics (any)	Melee (any)	Navigation	Animals (Riding)
6	Melee (Unarmed)	Survival	Recon	Administration

	Support	Infantry	Archer
1	Signals	Heavy Armor	Trade (Fletcher)
2	Medicine	Discipline	Ranged Combat (any)
3	Navigation	Athletics (Endurance)	Athletics (any)
4	Mechanical Works	Melee (any)	Discipline
5	Animals (any)	Survival	Survival
6	Melee (any)	Melee (Blade)	Ranged Combat (Bow)

Ranks and Benefits

	Rank	Skill or Benefit
0
1		Melee 1
2	Corporal	Discipline 1
3	Sergeant	Leadership 1
4	Lieutenant	Tactics (Military) 1
5		Social Standing 10 or +1 Social, whichever is higher
6	Captain	Social Standing 12 or +1 Social, whichever is higher

Mustering Out Benefits

	Cash	Other Benefits
1	20 gold	+1 Str
2	50 gold	+1 Int
3	50 gold	Weapon
4	100 gold	Weapon or Shield
5	200 gold	Armor
6	300 gold	Armor or +1 End
7	400 gold	+2 Soc

Mishaps

	Mishap
1	Injured. Roll on the injury table.
2	Your confidence is shaken in a lost battle. Lose one rank in Discipline. (If the result is negative, then the character loses access to the Discipline skill and acts as unskilled.)
3	Arrive too late to assist in a battle when it mattered. Turn an Ally into a Rival or just gain a Rival.
4	An injury either physical or mental grips you in combat. -1 Dex DM for determining initiative.
5	Superiors question your abilities. You may keep your benefit roll for this term, but still leave the career. If not being ejected from the career, take a -2 DM on your next advancement roll.
6	You are sent to the armpit of civilization and just can't take it anymore. Muster out at the end of the term.

Events

	Event
2	Disaster! Roll on the mishap table, but you are not ejected from the career.
3	You are assigned to guard an embassy. Gain Diplomat 1 or Language (any) 1.
4	Receive advanced training. Roll Edu 8+ to gain Tactics (military) 1, Combat Engineering 1, or Siege Engineering 1.
5	A commanding officer takes an interest in your career. Gain Tactics (military) 1 or +2 DM to your next Advancement Roll.
6	Gambling helps to pass the time. Gain Gambler 1. If you wish, roll Gambler 8+. If you succeed, gain an additional Benefit roll. If you fail, lose 1 Benefit roll.
7	Life Event. Roll on the Life Events table.
8	Assault an enemy encampment. Roll Melee (any) 8+ or Ranged Combat (any) 8+. If you succeed, gain a rank in the skill you used. If you fail, roll on the injury table.
9	Personal guard for a noble person. Gain +1 Social Standing.
10	You discover a traitor among the troops. Gain an Enemy, as well as a +2 DM to your next Advancement Roll.
11	You found yourself in the heart of action and survived. Gain one level in Discipline.
12	You display heroism in a battle. You are automatically promoted.

We used Golan 2072's OGL Fantasy Equipment List to derive muster out cash amounts. The amounts haven't been thoroughly tested so the figures may need tweaked but I think we're on the right track.

Here's the character I rolled up:

Infantry: Rank 2 Corporal

• Str 11
• Dex 7
• End 8
• Int 7
• Edu 6
• Soc 8

Skills:

• Animals 0
• Athletics 0
• Discipline 2
• Farming 0
• Heavy Armor 1
• Melee (sword) 1
• Signals 0
• Survival 0
• Tactics (Military) 0

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Traveller Fantasy: Adventurer?

For a while now I've had the idea of using Traveller as the foundation for a fantasy game. My preferred style of fantasy tends to have little magic so I'd think that it could be a good fit for the system.

Currently there are multiple similar efforts in the works but I'm chomping at the bit to jump in and see what I can come up with. Typing out loud here, the goal is to put together a lean core that can support pluggable/modular life paths and events to easily represent careers, races, and cultures for both fantasy and historical settings. For all I know, this may already be possible almost out of the box. I also want to explore random hex creation to help facilitate a sandbox style of play.

I own the original LBB reprint and the Mongoose Traveller core book. At this point it looks like the bulk of the work will probably be based on the MGT SRD. The working title is Adventurer.

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