This is the feedback thread for the Making Characters chapter, updated on May 29th.
It can be downloaded as part of the EP2 Open Playtest at: http://bit.ly/ep2playtest
We are getting down to the wire for this playtest. This is likely to be the final update to the Eclipse Phase Second Edition playtest. At this point, core mechanics and major features are locked down. Things to look for:
• Numbers and terms that are inconsistent or seem off-base with each other
(IE: a number/rule/term was updated in one chapter but not in another, or a number in text that contradicts a table).
• Unclear wording or explanations, typographical mistakes.
• Rules that are easily exploitable that lead to un-fun game situations, characters mechanically hogging the spotlight, etc.
• Places that should have cross-references (“p. XX” references) to other sections but do not OR vice-versa — places that seem to have excessive cross-refs.
Please exercise restraint in back-and-forth posting in this thread.
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May 29 - Making Characters - Feedback Thread
Tue, 2018-05-29 17:53
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May 29 - Making Characters - Feedback Thread
- Bot/Vehicle ALIs don't have Interface, but are often armed. If they use Interface to shoot this isn't a problem.
- p. 15 of Making Characters explicitly says Interface is used for bot/vehicle weapons. This rules out my Guns interpretation.
Pro Guns support:- Security ALI (and Kaos ALI) has Guns skill, which wouldn't be useful if Interface was used to shoot.
- When sleeved in a morph, you use Guns. Jamming a bot seems to be about the same as sleeving, so using Guns seems to make sense.
- p. 9 of Actions and Combat mentions that spaceship weapons, habitat defense systems, and emplaced turrets use Interface. These are all essentially weapons on a stationary mount that is not jammed. Similarly, these use Insight pool instead of Vigor.
Mixed:- p. 2 of Actions and Combat says to use Guns for ranged weapons and Interface for electronic weapon systems.
If it is Interface for firing bot weapons while jamming, it's probably appropriate to use Insight pools for this action instead of Vigor.APS Corp — Making Nonsense Since 2013