N.E.W. v 1.2 is here!

Dalamar · Nov 29, 2017

exarkfr said:
Plus, Armor skills should be removed, as they are now useless.

They reduce the Defense penalty from medium or heavy armor (p. 63, right column, first paragraph).

exarkfr · Nov 30, 2017

Nice. I had not noticed that change.
Thanks.

Though, looks like there is still no point for "light", and only a limited one for "medium" (rank 3 and you are done with it).

And, what about "powered". It has it's own skill (p20), but "Powered armor counts as one category lighter" (p119) ?

Morrus · Nov 30, 2017

exarkfr said:
Though, looks like there is still no point for "light", and only a limited one for "medium" (rank 3 and you are done with it).

And, what about "powered". It has it's own skill (p20), but "Powered armor counts as one category lighter" (p119) ?

Amor skills still allow you to use higher quality armor. Powered armor counts as one category lighter "for the purposes of calculating DEFENSE penalties" only. In other words it has a -2 penalty, not -4. You still need the powered armor skill to offset that, or to fully benefit from high quality armor.

exarkfr · Nov 30, 2017

I'm really mixing up the different versions... :uhoh:

Vampifan · Dec 1, 2017

The more I read through the new revised version, the more changes I'm finding. This is quite a rewrite but I must admit that the new revisions are all for the better. I haven't found one change that I wished hadn't been made. Well done, Morrus, on making a great game even better.

Lucas Yew · Dec 3, 2017

Is this a minor oversight? The Derived Statistics Table at pg.61 is missing VITAL DEFENSE.

Well, maybe it's too late to cram it in by now...

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P.S. Is O.L.D. ver.1.2 still far away from now on? ...Like April 2018? Hope it's not THAT far off, but...

Oldtimer · Dec 4, 2017

A very minor thing, but I noticed that the wrong character seems to be talking in the middle of page 9. ("Nichelle (playing Talik): I try to get more info from my scan. I roll 14 again. What type of creature are we talking here?")

I belive a corrected paragraph should read "Leonard (playing Dr. TikTok): I try to get more info from my scan. I roll 14 this time. What type of creature are we talking here?"

Oldtimer · Dec 4, 2017

One more thing: page 30 says "A completed beginning character will have a total of 13 skill ranks (3 species skills and 2 career skills per grade)." That statement is leaving out the home world skill, which brings the total to 14.

Lucas Yew · Dec 7, 2017

I caught this change recently; are all AOE attacks (grenades, dragon breaths, etc.) now countered by VITAL DEFENSE?
Well, it does make sense, but... Yeah, maybe I was too used to the concept of Reflex saves...