NC Game Day VII - April 23!

[Old One]

OK, a few questions:

How many action points do the PCs have? I didn't see any listed for my character sheet, but didn't know if anyone else saw this.

Undecided right now. It will probably be in the 5-7 range per PC. It won't be the "full" complement (5 + 1/2 character level, round down) because (1) I figure a couple have been used previously and (2) The short-term nature of a 1-shot encourages maximum AP burn, whereas a long-running PC would husband them more carefully. That said, my experiece with the last 1-shot I ran is that there are PLENTY of opportunities to earn more and I am not shy about awarding them !

Also, I am blending the GT/BCCS action point mechanics and tossing in a few of my own, so there will be a broad range of items to use them for. For instance, one thing I am adding is the ability to spend an AP for a Heroic Surge if you roll a nat 20 on initiative...things like that. I will include APs with the 2-3 page Rules Primer I am prepping.

For this game, do the material components count as fetishes, or is it a different type of prop? IOW, if I use a +4 fetish with a snow eel egg to generate a cold-blast, will that be a +8 bonus or a +12? Black Company only has the fetishes, but it says you can only get one prop bonus for each type of prop.

This may be a bit of a departure from the BCCS rules or it showed up in the GR forum errata discussion (or maybe I am just being nice)...I don't recall...but I am allowing for 5 enhancement potentials: Verbal, Somatic, Material (consumed in casting), Fetish (hat, gloves, wand, etc) and XP burn. Each spell typically includes the Verbal component and you have to increase the DC if you remove it (+10). The Snoweel egg counts as the material prop (providing an enhanced material component), but if you also have a +4 fetish attuned to Create Energy (Cold) that provides +4...you would bump the bonus to +12.

EDIT: Just remember that what you get...enemy casters may get as well

This question is for Riggs and Old One, and anyone else with the Black Company book - If I am reading it right, it takes at least a +15 to magic use to change a personal affect to an area effect, right? (+10 from personal to touch, and +5 for touch to area) If so, that's a serious cramp on sharing Wards and Force shields of real efficacy. Fortunately, the equipment will help this.

That is correct. Therefore, it is an effect best cast prior to combat when you can take extra time to hit the higher DC.

One nitpicky comment: "Loadstone" should probably be "Lodestone."

Someone is bucking for the Sythian BBQ of the Year award !

and one praise: Thank you for that armor. This is one scary little man.

Hah! Just wait to run into my "scary Little Women" (apologies to Lousia May) !

~ OO

 

[Henry]

Undecided right now. It will probably be in the 5-7 range per PC.

That's fine - it's just nice to know the ballpark.

Also, I am blending the GT/BCCS action point mechanics and tossing in a few of my own, so there will be a broad range of items to use them for.

I shall await eagerly.

...I am allowing for 5 enhancement potentials: Verbal, Somatic, Material (consumed in casting), Fetish (hat, gloves, wand, etc) and XP burn.

I figured it, but wanted to confirm. While I'm thinking about it, you mention some components that provide a bonus to "any spell you can cast." Do I assume we pick which spells these components apply to ahead of time (say, 4 affliction spells, 3 fear spells, and 8 wards spells) or is it like a "generic spell component pouch" sort of thing where after X number of castings of any sort and it's used up?

That is correct. Therefore, it is an effect best cast prior to combat when you can take extra time to hit the higher DC.

Speaking of which, are you following the extra time rules? Assuming so (judging from your last statement), that would mean a big bonus for our squad if I and Vercinius had time to "ramp us up" if we ever have forewarning to an event. "Fellow Emorians, you may have to stand here for 15 minutes, but trust me, you won't regret it."

Someone is bucking for the Sythian BBQ of the Year award !

That's nothing - I'm calling my Afflict fetish the "Sythian-Bone Necklace." Made from the genuine article, since these diseased-dogs-for-mothers vex us so...

 

[Old One]

I figured it, but wanted to confirm. While I'm thinking about it, you mention some components that provide a bonus to "any spell you can cast." Do I assume we pick which spells these components apply to ahead of time (say, 4 affliction spells, 3 fear spells, and 8 wards spells) or is it like a "generic spell component pouch" sort of thing where after X number of castings of any sort and it's used up?

Nope...I am being an even bigger softie...you have enough components to support 15 castings of each spell you can cast. Hey, you guys are from the Inspectorate...you got have some bennies for being muris !

Speaking of which, are you following the extra time rules? Assuming so (judging from your last statement), that would mean a big bonus for our squad if I and Vercinius had time to "ramp us up" if we ever have forewarning to an event. "Fellow Emorians, you may have to stand here for 15 minutes, but trust me, you won't regret it."

Yep (of course, that subsumes I am giving you extra time...instead of trying to rip you a new one on a continual basis !

That's nothing - I'm calling my Afflict fetish the "Sythian-Bone Necklace." Made from the genuine article, since these diseased-dogs-for-mothers vex us so...

Hah! I like that one...

~ OO

 

[Henry]

Nope...I am being an even bigger softie...you have enough components to support 15 castings of each spell you can cast. Hey, you guys are from the Inspectorate...you got have some bennies for being muris !

Damn, we ARE doomed. Due to drain, If I cast more than 15 or 20 spells in the whole adventure, I'll be very impressed. Gotta go home tonight and re-think my spells a THIRD time...

Yep (of course, that subsumes I am giving you extra time...instead of trying to rip you a new one on a continual basis !

I have no problem with this. With luck, Vercinius shall sew what you rip.

 

[Rel]

I've decided to follow Old One's example and go ahead and post the background material for my Sky Galleons game. Enjoy and feel free to ask questions.

 

[paulsometimes]

Ah man, here I was thinking this would be a cool event to go check out and I begin thinking about how I'm gonna do it. Then I notice the date and that's the same day there's gonna be an air show on base that day and I have to be here for that. So it goes. Hope everyone has fun at this event.


Paul

 

[Henry]

Hey, Paul!

Keep checking back here, because we hold these things three times a year! I'm not sure when the next one is, but it's usually sometime in September.

 

[Old One]

I've decided to follow Old One's example and go ahead and post the background material for my Sky Galleons game. Enjoy and feel free to ask questions.

Damn...you are even meaner than I am...at least you guys have a legion backing you up !

~ OO

 

[Riggs]

I look taller than that in person, don't I?

Oh, and Riggs, not a word about my "Tiny Heavy Pick" or I'll give your character herpes cinplex 23 just for setting foot in the same ward as the Changeling whores.

(I assure you folks who don't know Riggs personally that that was entirely necessary.)

Wha???! Me? Not a word! Never dreamed of it. Lessee, yep, I erased all that text I had before, yes! Also, I make no comment concerning your "deliver touch attack" capabilities with whomever you'd date in those pink drawers and purple sash!
And that was Lazarius that said that last bit. You can't see him because he turned invisible a second ago when a door slammed.

 

[Rel]

Damn...you are even meaner than I am...at least you guys have a legion backing you up !

~ OO

I need you nervous about the afternoon session so you'll cut me some breaks in the morning.

Also, what part of "Rorke's Drift" made you think "Bah, it's not like he'll put us up against impossible odds!"? Anything less than a near TPK would be historically inaccurate, right?