Savage Worlds Rifts [OOC]

[GreenKarl]

Well when your dice are bad in any game it can feel like your character is stuck on neutral

 

[Shayuri]

Yeah...and sometimes even when they're not bad. Though that had more to do with a lot of situational penalties I didn't know about before I rolled.

That will teach me not to ask for more details before I jump in.

 

[KahlessNestor]

It's the regen, combined with the very specific things that can hurt them in the first place, that's the killer. The vamps are the only ones causing problems; Killboy is tough, but he's beatable, for example.

That said, I found this one-page cheat sheet on how to get better at SW combat, and it may help.

Yeah, I remember I was given that the first time I ever played. It is handy. I just keep forgetting to look at it! LOL

 

[KahlessNestor]

I remember the first time I played SW that wasn't with a pregen. I built a modern paladin. Named him Michael Carpenter, having recently read the Dresden Files book with his first appearance. DM did some playtesting before the sessions and was like "You built a really good, tough character! I'm not going to let you have spells right off the bat to start, but you'll get to them." And there was a place in the storyline where we would solve the issue of why he didn't have his spells.

But Michael never got there! LOL

First combat, he is a US Marshal, so he lawfully identifies himself when we confront some mobsters working someone over in a parking garage. Michael gets shot in the head first round and goes down. Not dead, though. Just out of combat.

Recovers. Track down some things. Does pretty well in a few encounters. Then we meet a werewolf. Nothing we have can hurt this thing. Like, literally. I think maybe we put one wound on him from some really weird, out of the box thinking that was incredibly lucky, involved a bit of DM mercy, and would probably never work again. We decide we have to get out of there. So we do.

Except the stupid 13 yo kid who decides to play to his character alignment of "courageous stupid".

Well, I'm a paladin. I can't leave the kid behind. So I go back while everyone else is "Screw that!" and runs back to the car. Kid goes down. I grab the kid. Kid dies. I die. No more Michael Carpenter, before he even got to be a proper modern paladin

So I made Harry Dresden.

 

[Shayuri]

Hehe, in fairness, that wasn't bad luck that gotcha killed, it was a conscious and admirable RP decision on your part.

I have the cheat sheet too, but there's a lot more options on it for melee attacks than for ranged. Can't complain too much though, since ranged attacks bypass most active defenses.

 

[KahlessNestor]

Yeah, only need to hit a 4. I had to hit a 7 on that vampire bride.

 

[GreenKarl]

Well you almost got her with your first attack as you also forgot that you got +2 to your Attack rolls because of the Joker (and +2 damage, which also applies to the flaming scales)

 

[KahlessNestor]

Well you almost got her with your first attack as you also forgot that you got +2 to your Attack rolls because of the Joker (and +2 damage, which also applies to the flaming scales)

D'oh! Thanks for catching that.

 

[CharlotteOz]

Still with us, Max?

 

[Shayuri]

Semi sorta here ish...things be on the busy side this week/weekend. I will post asap.