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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by Gungnir » Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:18 pm

StarshipH wrote:When dropping a bomb, whats the Use rating? Does a bomb use up weapon inches when dropped from a creation? Could a size 0" half mind "fire-control system" trigger a bomb-rack mechanism to get around that?

Would putting a half mind on a rocket allow it to fire itself, allowing the unit it was mounted on to preserve it's own inches?
Explosives don't have use ratings unless they're fired from a launcher. And dropping an object doesn't use inches; the creation simply isn't holding it anymore.

As for the rocket, I don't think it would be worth the cost of adding a mind to it just so you can shoot more weapons.
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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by RedRover » Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:22 pm

adding a mind could help it hit its target though.

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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by StarshipH » Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:14 pm

Why would you ever use a 2-handed weapon on a minifig, when a size 2 melee weapon has lower use rating and identical damage?
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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by Kommander Ken » Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:23 pm

Because two-handed weapons are metal as fuck.

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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by RedRover » Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:26 pm

StarshipH wrote:Why would you ever use a 2-handed weapon on a minifig, when a size 2 melee weapon has lower use rating and identical damage?
I thought a size two melee weapon was 2 handed.

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Heavy / Bastard: 1d6+2
Two-handed: 2d6

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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by runnybabbit223 » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:51 am

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runnybabbit223 wrote: Oh, I usually will 'divert all power' into movement in order to traverse a large map, house rules I guess. :D
How would this be different from sprinting?
It's not, I even use sprinting rules.
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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by Gungnir » Tue Jan 19, 2016 8:42 am

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StarshipH wrote:Why would you ever use a 2-handed weapon on a minifig, when a size 2 melee weapon has lower use rating and identical damage?
I thought a size two melee weapon was 2 handed.
It is. And they're both UR4.
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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by StarshipH » Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:24 am

Weapon Cost Use Range Damage Notes
Close Combat Weapons
Melee Weapon (Size x2) CP (Size +1) CC (Size) x Skill die


This would suggest that a Size 2 Close Combat Weapon would have use of (2+1) but a 2-handed weapon has a use of 4. :mystery:
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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by *CRAZYHORSE* » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:30 am

This is because the two-handed weapons are usually a lot longer than 2" and actually more around the 3"-4" range. So it's to balance out the fact that they have added range compared to actual 2" CC weapons.
Atleast this is the narrative Stubby made up afterwards to sweet talk the fact that the minifig weapons scaling didn't quite match up with the actual CC weapon formula.

I guess you could still give your minifigs actual 2" CC weapons. It would make sense for things such as big as swords such as zweihänders. Easier to strike with then a halberd but also has quite a lot less reach.
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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by stubby » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:46 am

StarshipH wrote:When dropping a bomb, whats the Use rating? Does a bomb use up weapon inches when dropped from a creation?
  • When dropping bombs or other objects, Flying Vehicles may only target spots directly underneath their own flight path. Like other ranged attacks, the dropped object may end up off of that path due to a Missed Shot (5.3: Ranged Combat). The Use rating for aiming dropped objects is equal to either the object's Size or the distance of the drop in inches, whichever is greater.

    When dropping Explosives, remember that the Use rating is based on the object's physical Size rather than its Explosive Size. Because Explosive Size is determined by bricks rather than inches (8.1: Weapon Size), a Size 3 Explosive might only be a Size 1" object for dropping purposes.
  • In game terms, measurements of Explosive Size are treated exactly the same as inches of Weapon Size when counting against a Creation's Power limit.
I might still end up changing this last part, we'll see. Obviously you can't activate a bomb release hatch or trigger rocket launches if your Power is cut entirely, so I can't just make it simple and say that Explosives don't use Power inches. But it might make sense to say that if Explosives are launched out of a Launcher, then they use the Launcher's stats, and otherwise all Explosives have a Power requirement of 1" regardless of size.

StarshipH wrote:Could a size 0" half mind "fire-control system" trigger a bomb-rack mechanism to get around that?
Where you put the Mind has no effect on a weapon's Power requirements. Whether you're using a Mind built into the Explosive, or one on the bomb rack, or one in the Pilot sitting at the controls, all have the same effect.

StarshipH wrote:Would putting a half mind on a rocket allow it to fire itself, allowing the unit it was mounted on to preserve it's own inches?
If you made the rocket a Flying Vehicle with Explosives on the front, replacing its inches of Range with Flight Movement, then yes, it can provide its own Power. Otherwise the Power to aim and fire it still has to come from somewhere.

StarshipH wrote:Why would you ever use a 2-handed weapon on a minifig, when a size 2 melee weapon has lower use rating and identical damage?
Because 2H Weapons generally have a longer reach than size 2 melee weapons, sometimes significantly so.

*CRAZYHORSE* wrote:I guess you could still give your minifigs actual 2" CC weapons. It would make sense for things such as big as swords such as zweihänders. Easier to strike with then a halberd but also has quite a lot less reach.
I wonder if I should add a strict 2" Melee Weapon category into the Hand-Held Weapons section Chapter 8, to go in-between Heavy and 2H weapons. Or at least add a note about them.

Also I wonder if I should allow handheld polearms for larger creations that exceed the 2xSize limit, the way that 2H weapons do for minifigs.
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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by RedRover » Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:49 am

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As long as the person you are playing with agrees, you can do whatever.
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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by *CRAZYHORSE* » Tue Jan 19, 2016 1:31 pm

stubby wrote: I wonder if I should add a strict 2" Melee Weapon category into the Hand-Held Weapons section Chapter 8, to go in-between Heavy and 2H weapons. Or at least add a note about them.
That would be cool. Just a note would be fine I guess
stubby wrote:Also I wonder if I should allow handheld polearms for larger creations that exceed the 2xSize limit, the way that 2H weapons do for minifigs.
Nah it seems like it wouldn't even really come up often enough to be honest and would just add clutter to the book. Besides I don't think anybody would complain about a CC weapon that's over the 2x size limit as long as it is stats are limited to a 2x size CC weapon.
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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by stubby » Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:06 pm

*CRAZYHORSE* wrote:
stubby wrote:Also I wonder if I should allow handheld polearms for larger creations that exceed the 2xSize limit, the way that 2H weapons do for minifigs.
Nah it seems like it wouldn't even really come up often enough to be honest and would just add clutter to the book. Besides I don't think anybody would complain about a CC weapon that's over the 2x size limit as long as it is stats are limited to a 2x size CC weapon.
Well the twist would be that the 2xSize weapon wouldn't have all the 2H weapon's movement restrictions, but the >2xSize weapon still would.
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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by stubby » Tue Jan 19, 2016 6:36 pm

I've planned to have an engineer ever since the long-lost NanoFleet Battles rules. His trick would be simple: he gets a d8 to transfer points from one stat to another, but he had to pick which stats before he rolls the d8. On an unlucky crit he might disable the source system completely.

Re: gunnery, a Gunner firing a rifle on a tripod could use his d8 skill, but you can never have more minifigs working on a weapon than the weapon size. A minifig rifle is weapon size 1, so there's no room for a second gunner to provide gunnery support.

For a sniper team you would use a Scout instead, using his ability to mark targets.
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Re: Newbish n00b questions, MkII

Post by StarshipH » Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:46 pm

stubby wrote: 106. Fire-linked weapons: single target, multiple Skill Rolls.
In Chapter 11, whats the difference between a Marksman and a Sniper?

My Marksmen are usually just Long-ranged weapon troops in a squad of size 1 Guns, and my Snipers tend to be heroes with the "It's not lime-ade" cliche.

How would you distinguish them?
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