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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 1962632" data-attributes="member: 26473">First, welcome aboard! We seem to have a well-rounded group of both players and characters, which is awesome.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I'll cover your questions in order for simplicity's sake.1. Yes, the number is lower than you would normally have for a 2nd level character. It represents the idea that you character has already escaped a few tought scrapes and used some of his "luck," as it were, to get where he is today. Put another way, you used all but one action point getting from first to second level. It's intended as a balancing measure. I hope that clarifies things a bit.2. No - both skills can be used untrained per the System Reference Document.3. In order to suffer a serious injury using my homebrewed jump rules, you have to fail your Reflex save pretty badly, and if you spend an Action Point on the save you basically reduce your chances of serious injury to about 10% at worst - that may be higher than the statistical average, but it seems reasonable for adding an element of derring-do to our adventure game. The most likely consequence of failure is getting the wind knocked out of you (nonlethal damage that heals relatively quickly).I applied the same game-logic to 'chute failure - would it add anything to the game to be told your character's primary and secondary both failed? In my humble opinion, not really. In the spirit of adventure, manage the landing is all I ask... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />This is my first attempt at using this system - I've playtested it with a couple of different characters for myself, but if it doesn't seem to work after our first adventure, you won't have to ask me to revisit it, 'cause I'll already be tweaking away before your next drop. (Your characters are guaranteed at least two, by the way... <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" /> )4. The Corcorans are statted not to simulate their actual performance so much as the way they were preceived by those who wore them (and perhaps more importantly, those who didn't have them and wanted them). Good boots are like gold to any soldier, and the quality of the Corcs was so far above most of what was out there at the time that they developed a healthy reputation for comfort and durability. The mastercraft benefits are meant to reflect that reputation, much the way some of the mastercraft weapons in the core rules are based more on reputation than on quantifiable, discrete measures of performance. It's a bit of myth-making for the game in which I hope you'll indulge me.I'll post the collected house rules in this thread today and start the actual game thread on Saturday ( <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ). I will also create a thread in the Rogues gallery for the character sheets.Game on! Woo-hoo!</blockquote>

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