Blood-Soaked Stars: A Lancer System Mech Group Game CLOSED

[Vergil Tanner]

Indeed! It's been a while! I wonder what happened to him...

In any case, it seems you're correct. I just downloaded the free update (I was a paid backer shouldn't be using the same version as you peasant *grumblegrumble*) and it looks like they did change it. Carry on then!

Errybody else, note that the rules have been updated so check carefully to make sure there are no differences between the CompCon and the rulebook :-)

[TwistedKitsune]

Talent Changes
Total change: Infiltrator
Mechanical change: Siege Specialist, Stormbending
Wording changes: Juggernaut, Leader

Those are the other changes I have seen so far. I haven't gone looking through the mechs though

[Vergil Tanner]

I'll go through it bit by bit when I get home from work this afternoon and try to compile a mechanical change log. :-)

[TheLaughingOne]

Sorry im bit slow on getting my character made.. brains kinda... bleh on idea lately..

And i can confirm with gunmetaldreamer! going by the Latest PDF i got with kickstarter the rules posted is correct!

[Vergil Tanner]

Wait, you got the newest set of rules via kickstarter? I had to download the free version because I didn't get the newest sets paid version >_> How did you manage that?

And don't worry about it! I won't be closing recruitment any time soon since... Well, Christmas time! I'll likely be keeping it open for a couple of weeks or so to give people time to get rid of the inevitable food haze xD

[TheLaughingOne]

cause i backed it when it started, waiting for them to ship out my physical book at some point.

[Revelation]

Haven't forgotten, just been busy. Gonna be working out a sheet shortly, just gotta figure out a fun potential build to aim for.

[Vergil Tanner]

I backed it when it started too xD I have the emails and bank balance to prove it xD I got the previous free version, but I haven't gotten the updated version. >.<

That's fine, Saint, it's a busy time of year :-)

[Vergil Tanner]

Ah, never mind. I just need to redownload the file in my Itchio download list.

[Dreaming Space]

A question: It's not obvious what kind of equipment we should have that's *totally* sub-Mech Combat scale. For example, if someone wants a conventional pistol (useless for attacking mecha or even pilot suits) is that just represented by them rolling whatever trigger is appropriate?

== Personnel File ==

Name: Domino Khan
Callsign: Noise
Aliases: "Doctor" Domino

Age: Subjective 65, Objective mid-hundreds, biologically about 30 due to expensive meds. He's mostly been a Cosmopolitan.
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Hetero.

Background: Celebrity

Appearance: Dresses too well for most situations. Conscientiously good hygiene, but sometimes a little hung-over.

Basic History: Domino was a musician on the very edge of being completely washed up. He'd drifted further and further out from the core worlds as his career faded, and as his tastes got more jaded. There's a lot more kinds of fun you can have once you're in a world less under Union's thumb. The flipside of that is that the further out you go, the fewer people can afford to pay much for live music. Well, sometimes a little stash of something illicit can help balance the books, when you're in enough of a backwater that you have to worry about money. See, that's the central paradox - the more freedom you get, the more you have to worry about taking care of yourself. Domino, stage name Doctor Domino, had been wandering on the fringe for too long. His body was still healthy thanks to futuristic medicine, but he was getting tired. He needed a change.

He was playing a show on a colony, in a community verging on native planetary wilderness, when it was attacked by...some kind of bug-monster. He used the (civilian grade) cybernetic control units that he used to operate his instruments, speakers, and roadie-drones, pushed everything past the specifications, and managed to drive them back. Killed a few. Minimal human casualties. He also suffered significant neurological damage. However, the fact that he did it at all showed he had a savant-level aptitude for direct control of combat hardware, a knack vastly more valuable than his fading career as a tunesmith. He was rehabilitated in return for entering service as a mech pilot, despite his lack of formal military background. [Maybe someone in the command structure of our mercenary group happened to be a fan of one of his albums, and his concierge flagged the article about a has-been rock star who hospitalized himself trying to fight giant spiders with a pack of controlled subalterns?]

Domino Khan has managed to translate his pre-existing skills somehow into mech piloting ability, and particularly his neurology perceives mech-assisted hacking through some kind of musical metaphor that lets him play enemy computer hardware like a recalcitrant guitar. But he's still not exactly a soldier if you take him out of a power suit. He's not particularly comfortable with fighting individual opponents, and the strictures of formal command structures rub him the wrong way. He's used to cruising into town, disappearing into some bars, shooting pool, and trying to convince people he deserves groupies. He struggles with the concept of uniforms or military discipline, so it's probably for the best he's in an elite mercenary unit rather than being a cadet in some kind of planetary defense force.

But he likes the idea of being the big hero. Saving the town. Winning the praise and adulation of the people. All that stuff sounds pretty good to him.

== Skill Assessment ==

Grit: 0

Lancer Stats:
Hull: , Agility: , Systems: +2, Engineering:

Skill Triggers:
Lead/Inspire +2, Stay Cool +2, Read Situation +2, Word on the Street +2.

Pilot Talents:
Leader 1, Field Commander: Gain 3 LEADERSHIP DICE, which are d6s: Once on your turn as a free action, you may give an order to an allied PC you can communicate with, describing a course of action, and give them a LEADERSHIP DIE. They may either expend the LEADERSHIP DIE to gain +1� on any action that directly follows from that order, or they may return it to you as a free action. Allies can have one LEADERSHIP DIE at a time, which lasts until used or until the end of the current scene.

You can’t use LEADERSHIP DICE from other characters as long as you have any remaining. If you have none, you regain 1 LEADERSHIP DIE when you rest or regain all
when you perform a FULL REPAIR.

LEADERSHIP DICE are consumed when expended.

Hacker 1, Snow Crash: When you hit with a tech attack that consumes Lock On, your target must choose to either take 2 Heat or be pushed 3 spaces in a direction of your choice.

Spotter 1, Particularize: When an allied character adjacent to you attacks a target and consumes LOCK ON, they may roll twice and choose either result

== Known Equipment ==

Licence Level: 0

Licenses: GMS + Everest

Core Bonuses: 0

Pilot Gear:

Armour: Stealth Hardsuit
Weapons: Signature Combat Weapon: A foldable/collapsible sonic projection rifle, which deals energy damage. It works for anybody, but doesn't sound as good as when Domino uses it. Range 5, Damage 2. Combat Alloy/Composite Weapon: A custom-forged broadsword. Lights up, although the lights don't do anything but look cool. Threat 1, Damage 2 kinetic.
Extra Gear: Data-plating, Sound System, Thermal Charge.

== Mech Schematics ==

Designation: Thunder
Chassis: GMS Everest

Structure: 4
HP: 10
Armour: 0
Stress:  4
Heat:  6
Repair: 5

Atk Bonus:  0
Tech Atk:  +2
Limited System Bonus: 0

SPD: 4, EVA: 8, EDEF: 10, SENS RANGE: 10, SAVE: 10


Weapons:
Aux Mount: 2x Energy Pistol, 5 Line, 2 energy. Auxiliary CQB.
Main Mount: Mortar, Range 15, 1d6+1 Explosive, Blast 1. Arcing, Inaccurate.
Heavy Mount: Anti-Material Rifle, Range 20, 2d6 Kinetic. Accurate, AP, Loading, Ordnance.


Systems:
Expanded Compartment: This is not actually part of the cockpit, it's a small one-person secure cell. Keeps VIPs or prisoners both from bothering him during firefights.
Manipulators
GMS Turret Drones 3/3
GMS Shield Type 1
EVA Module.

[Vergil Tanner]

You still have to have the proper equipment equipped. Eg, your character can't use a pistol because it isn't listed on his pilot equipment list. Past that, pilot play is narratively focused.

"I want to knock him the fuck out for spilling my drink."
"Roll Apply Fists to Faces"
"I got a 12"
"*describes what happens in response to your action*"

[Vergil Tanner]

Alright guys! We currently have four Bios posted up for applications :D If you're thinking about applying, try it! This is NOT a first come, first served thing. I know it's busy this time of year, so I will be keeping the applications open for a week or so longer :-)

Also...

MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope you guys have an amazing day <3

[Marie Reynolds]

Merry Christmas Vergil


Happy Holidays Everyone!


» WEAVER «
  tbd
  Far Field Team, LL0
  GRIT:0 // H:0 A:1 S:1 E:0
[ SKILL TRIGGERS ]
Survive (+2), Stay Cool (+2)
  Investigate (+2), Invent or Create (+2)
[ TALENTS ]
  Skirmisher 1, Hacker 1
  Ace 1
[ LICENSES ]
  [ CORE BONUSES ]
  [ GEAR ]
  Light Hardsuit, Signature Sidearm
  Signature Combat Weapon, Wilderness Survival Kit
  SSC Slyph, Smart Scope


Virgil if you have time could you give what I have so far a once over! Thanks.

[Vergil Tanner]

That looks good and accurate so far! You'll need to plug it into the CS Template and sort out the Mech, obviously, but from what I can tell what you have so far is perfectly accurate :D

[Marie Reynolds]

Cool Thanks! Yep Will do!

[GunmetalDreamer]

Thinking about swapping out the Jump Jets for COMP/CON and bumping the personal armor up to Assault to better embrace those Titanfall roots a bit.

[Dreaming Space]

You still have to have the proper equipment equipped. Eg, your character can't use a pistol because it isn't listed on his pilot equipment list. Past that, pilot play is narratively focused.

"I want to knock him the fuck out for spilling my drink."
"Roll Apply Fists to Faces"
"I got a 12"
"*describes what happens in response to your action*"

Thanks. I've read the backer release now, and you're clearly correct.

I think in one of the alpha or beta versions, hardsuit-scale weapons weren't usable by pilots, but it looks like in the release version they're the same. So! Problem solved.

[Vergil Tanner]

Well, do that then! The world is your oyster!
Well. Within Level 0 Limitations. The world is your Level 0 Oyster!

Huh, I don't remember that. But then, I didn't look at the rules until a few months ago, so *shrug* xD

[TheLaughingOne]

im... gonna have to back out, not that i was really in i think, some news RL has kinda thrown me for a twist, and just cant get my head ino anything new at th emoment. Sorry folks, hope the game goes well for you all!

[Vergil Tanner]

Oof, that's rough :-( I hope everything is ok, relatively speaking. I understand, of course, just make sure that YOU'RE ok. *brohugs*

[Revelation]

I have been kinda busy but I have a char done in Compcon, I just need to port it over to how you want to have it written up in here and give them a backstory. I hope things get better for you, TheLaugingOne.

[Vergil Tanner]

Oooh, interesting! What kinda build are you thinking for them? Are they a Striker, a tank, a Dodgetank, DPS, Long Range Artillery, Support, etc etc? :D

[Revelation]

Oooh, interesting! What kinda build are you thinking for them? Are they a Striker, a tank, a Dodgetank, DPS, Long Range Artillery, Support, etc etc? :D

I suppose when I say I have 'A build' I have two in mind. Build A is just going with a Drake to be as heavy in combat and immovable as possible. I also have a build that plans to go with Tortuga instead - being a bit more mobile, and also focusing a little more in potential hacking and tech attacks in addition to setting up overwatche retaliation. Might also use Heavy Gunner to impair and eventually immobilize enemies at a distance, too.

...I really like lancer character building.

[Vergil Tanner]

Oooh! Well, there's no reason you can't be all three, considering how easy it is to change loadouts between missions :P

And yeah, character building using Compcon is fun. I already have like...six different builds that I might be using for NPC's. I already have a future antagonist planned out, and I have your Training Officers build all worked out, too. :P

[Revelation]

Both will have a potentially different set of talents and licences so we'll see! Either way I have a background in my head, just need to flesh it out.... And find good artwork for the character.