#Field Guide to Iridia

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vocal ridge
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Ahhh, gotcha.

rustic thistle
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The Parafauna left up and started eating the fridge (close to other capture points)

vocal ridge
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The fiend. Those lunches were labeled.

rustic thistle
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Symbiote get Swapped with Ibeji.

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It was up there, with the Lodestone.

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It's in danger. 😄

vocal ridge
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Maaaaybe just a little.

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And then the Chameleon gets a gun.

rustic thistle
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also it's jammed

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Symbiote surrenders.

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It options were: move and die, do nothing and die, or improvise attack and die.

vocal ridge
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Wait, but it dying helps things.

rustic thistle
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(it's gonna get ganked by the parafauna)

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(they just dont know yet)

vocal ridge
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Ooooh.

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Very fun. Omnomnom, evolves a new weapon.

rustic thistle
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a thing i learned as a dm, improvise!

rustic thistle
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Chameleon dies to Solomon's Q-Blade.

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He had a gooood run.

vocal ridge
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Alas. RIP Chameleon. You lasted longer than the entire previous NPC Class you stole your name from. 😔

rustic thistle
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Party attempts Parafauna diplomacy now that the actual human mech enemies are down.

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NORMALLY there'd be more reinforcements, but a player spent a Reserve to prevent a lot of them.

vocal ridge
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Is that diplomacy food? 😛

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Given it seems to have stolen everyone else's lunch already.

rustic thistle
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He did a good roll so it's placated so far.

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CHameleon feed back: Rude, in a good way.
"I was hit with a mildly frustrating but certainly turnchanging way!"

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It put pressure a lot on the Solomon and the Railegh and they liked it.

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THey basically locked on the Chameleon and let the guy with the smart weapon(Monarch, Teen baan missiles) to slam the chameleon

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COnsidering they were wedged in a corner because of a Sentinel and a Caliban Ruiner, it worked well.

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They wouldn't really change it, just general 'GM keep an eye on how well it does for it's RNG' things.

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'I wouldn't change it at all, honestly.

It's one of those things where I squint at it and might as a GM moderate how all-out I go on using it but it's... very discretionary 'keep an eye out for how much the rng goes in its favor''

vocal ridge
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Nice. I was afraid its stuff would end up a bit too rude.

rustic thistle
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It seems to be just rude /enough/.

vocal ridge
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Eeeeeexcellent.

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Hackers are really hard to hit that sweet spot, and a lot more difficult to tune.

rustic thistle
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'I generally think that "Close range Tech Idiot" is a very good angle for a threat, because it really pressures the players positionally if they're not careful. I would probably add, or change certain traits for them - maybe make them either size 2, or be a size 1 that engages as a size 3 just to mire up people it chooses to, and also be a shitty person while unstealthed too - the 'presence of' the unit being a very controlling thing felt strong

It basically made us stack up and turtle down and I still didn't want to attack it
We had like Literally the countermove NHP for it and it still felt annoying, and it felt annoying for its presence
(Athena for the Anti-Invis)'

vocal ridge
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Hmm, making it Size 2 is an interesting consideration, but I think I don't want to mess with its Size because Ram is the counter (however difficult - between invisible and evasion) that anyone can try to do to shut off its invisibility.

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Adding engaging as if Size 3 could be interesting to add to Cyber Snare, though.

rustic thistle
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They were about to suggest the 'add a smart wepaon to it for threat' before I said, nah, it can do tech attack as an overwatch

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'rude'

vocal ridge
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Wait, did they manage to not trigger that?

rustic thistle
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They did!

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Two players did.

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(player was afke when it happened)

vocal ridge
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Ahhhhhh.

rustic thistle
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'It being a size 1 but engaging as size 3 is a very neat trick because it's still rammable and other cool gimmicks but
It is an absolute quagmire and 'stops' people with its Tech Feeling rather than actually being that size
Honestly more things should deal with engagement but they don't :TakoPensive:'

So yeah they liked it.

vocal ridge
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Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

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Appreciate the feedback! Of all the NPCs, that one was definitely the one I was most unsure of when it came to gamefeel.

rustic thistle
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👍

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Welcome!

vocal ridge
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Any thoughts on the other ones? Or did they not get enough real screentime?

rustic thistle
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They didn't do real much, but they liked the Parafauna, it was neat.

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Symbiote didn't do much either.

vocal ridge
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Parafauna is just a collection of "how weird can I get" things, so I'm glad it was neat.

vocal ridge
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Oh yeah, also, this was when you were going to give out CuteBug™️ as a thing, wasn't it? 😛

rustic thistle
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Yep!

vocal ridge
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Teaser for people following this thread. Getting some illustrations done (courtesy of @opaque onyx) for the start-of-chapter pages, and adding a bit of prose(?) to fill the space.

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(Idk writing terms. This is why I do game design. 😛 )

twilit ether
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The secret to language is to just make terms up and hope that people understand them

vocal ridge
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Good news, I don't know how to do that! XP

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So I just hide behind cool art instead.

opaque onyx
twilit ether
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Remember, if you don't know the word for something, just say a different word with enough confidence that people believe that word means what you want it to mean

rain hill
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so

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how much is this module gonna cost?

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because i'm planning on getting it sometime whenever it comes out

vocal ridge
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As I've mentioned to you before, it's not a module - there are plot hooks, but please, please don't go in expecting for there to be any pre-statted adventures.

I am currently aiming at around $20 for the full version, as I am looking at a final page count of 265.

vocal ridge
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I've been getting some early drafts back of the cover, and I can't wait for when I can share it with y'all. It's really making me feel like this is really almost done.

vocal ridge
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Also! Got a very wicked Wrathborn fight image, from Indonesian Gentleman.

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celest ginkgo
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Looked wicked! Very Warhammer (Postive)

vocal ridge
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No, the War Hammer is with the standard Frame. ;P

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rustic thistle
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I always support gigantic hammers on mecha

vocal ridge
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Turns out "use a bigger hammer" is a solution to a lot of problems!

rustic thistle
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Demolishers are my beloved children and I always try to engineer situations where they shine.

chilly jewel
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A Tinkaton with two N-Zaps.

vocal ridge
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I do feel a little bad for the Enyo, because in the Early Days, her hammer alone was pretty much taller than any other mech in the range. 😛

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And then more Size 2+ Mechs showed up.

earnest prism
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As they do. Those pesky Size 2+'s

vocal ridge
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I have just laid down what is - in theory - the last of the text needed for this project. All that's needed now is the last illustration and the cover.

...and then painstakingly adding in all the table of contents links, because Scribus has no way to automatically do that.

earnest prism
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yipee!
mostly

vocal ridge
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It feels weird to know now that I'm not actually going to be adding any more content to this project. XD

rustic thistle
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ah yes, the endless 'but what if I add THIS' for several months

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that's good to have a cut off call.

vocal ridge
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It was mostly all good before, there were just a few areas where it felt like there could probably be a bit more content.

vocal ridge
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Mech Building! Another comm from Indonesian Gentleman.

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twilit ether
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Yoooooo

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Looks great!

vocal ridge
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With this, the last image I need (for this book) is the cover.

hollow vessel
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Hell yeah!!!

vocal ridge
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Update on the cover: It's looking extremely snazzy from the preview I got, and may possibly be done within the next week.

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So there is a small chance things may be able to be uploaded as early as next weekend. No promises, though, because I still need to fight Scribus and all that.

vocal ridge
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Not Iridia stuff, but a preview of new content that'll be for the next project.

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(Which brings things up to 8 New CBs.)

twilit ether
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NEW CORE CBS!!!!!!

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I knew it was worth it staying up till 1 30 am

vocal ridge
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Oh, didn't you see the other ones from the document I've linked a few times?

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twilit ether
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Oh no I've seen those yeah, just saying even more CBs is very cool

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Very excited to get my grubby hands on these in the future

vocal ridge
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Ah, okay, gotcha. 😛

hexed narwhal
vocal ridge
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Glad that people like them! I was worried some of them might not land.

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Also, more Exotic gear to add to that project's pile.

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I'm going Weird Tech™️ for a lot of this stuff.

polar lotus
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as you should

vivid granite
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these are all sick

vocal ridge
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Glad people are enjoying them. I'm going to see how many I can manage to come up with for this thing.

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Though, with 8 CBs and 8 Alt Frames, I'm already pretty happy. 😛

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(Reposting the main draft for anyone who hasn't had a chance to see it and is curious - it doesn't have the stuff I wrote up yesterday, though.) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lrI06iJq2vcJnnFQzw4eZLMx72Q_pBYds3EZUNNLTew/edit

Google Docs
Stellar Codex

Stellar Curiosities This gear can be given out to players as part of campaign rewards, and are not part of any License. Perhaps it comes from the Voladores, or has been developed from some past or present human society. Chronoton Projector 1 SP, Unique, Exotic 1/scene, at the start of a...

twilit ether
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I'd post some feedback but uh, I'm eepy and on my phone so, tomorrow it is

vocal ridge
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Eh, no rush. I still haven't got Iridia done, so this is a long way off. 😛

twilit ether
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Fair!

vocal ridge
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So, while feedback is always welcome, there's no real time crunch.

nimble reef
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Yooo hypercooled is so nice with ace 2 aswell

chilly jewel
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Entity looks great with Gobbo 1.

vocal ridge
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That's definitely the most concerning combination, yes. 😛

chilly jewel
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Does Fractal Shatter work even on a Saladin?

vocal ridge
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Yes.

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It's not really an issue, it's 1 armour.

coral fern
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funnily enough it’s also just an extra use of its trait then, but at a lower range

vocal ridge
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Yeah.

rustic thistle
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after several delays

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at long last, they shall meet friendly hornet

vocal ridge
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Buzz buzz.

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Friendly hornet: Refuses to use Impale Systems.

rustic thistle
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Your Vorax White!

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Bee friend.

rustic thistle
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also, boy, I love when players give me the opportunity to reuse old NPCs because they think it's the same guy.

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It's not every day I get to use Arnold Rimmer for suck up really annoying persistant bureaucrats.

vocal ridge
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"Y-yep, totally planned."

rustic thistle
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I was just going to make them go through space border by having a bond scene, but no, this petulant asshole is trying to gotcha-them by interrupting the actual border officer.

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(success here prevents a fight at the docks, they are still going to be surprised by weird semi-Eidolon layer as they leave.)

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THAT thing nobody expected, not even the inspectors.

vocal ridge
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Hah.

rustic thistle
vocal ridge
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...yeah, I can't see anyone expecting that. 😛

twilit ether
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Makes it clearer and more in line with something like Monarch's Seeking Payload

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Not exactly sure how powerful the other CBs are without actual play first

vocal ridge
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Eh, wording is something I'm still playing around with. I'm fiddling around with Breaching Mods wording right now, to make the effect the most lclear it can be.

twilit ether
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Fair!

vocal ridge
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I must be doing good at this if that's all the feedback the document gets. 😛

twilit ether
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Tbf I suck at judging balance since I have zero play experience lol, but yeah! These all seem like CBs I'd actually love to equip

vocal ridge
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Ah, you were just talking about feedbacking the CBs, and not the Document. 😛

twilit ether
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A

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Whoops, yup

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Unfortunately I'm not someone who's really good at giving feedback apart from "Wow this looks cool" lol so.

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That being said, wow this looks cool

vocal ridge
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I mean, "looks cool" and "looks not that cool" are still useful metrics for seeing what people are and are not enthused by!

vocal ridge
polar lotus
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Let's GOOOO

modern schooner
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Excellent, take my money 💸

hexed narwhal
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Congrats!

unborn pawn
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Why do you torment me with more LCPs to acquire?

vocal ridge
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Tbf, you have these LCPs already. 😛

unborn pawn
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not the alts like Jeanne?

vocal ridge
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Oh, right. Technically there's one frame and 4 alts that you wouldn't have.

unborn pawn
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should I delete the old lcps then and use this one?

vocal ridge
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Yes - though you should be able to just download these new ones and they'll overwrite automatically?

unborn pawn
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Oh it did automatically!

rustic thistle
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OH! You launched??

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On one hand, yes, I do technically have all the LCPs.

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On the other: TAKE MY SUPPORT.

vocal ridge
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I did in fact launch, yes. 😛

rustic thistle
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ker-buyed

vocal ridge
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Got the cover illustration back today, which meant just needing to fight with Scribus to create the hyperlinked table of contents.

rustic thistle
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Yeah, that cover is gorgeous.

vocal ridge
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@sick valley did a masterful job on it, and deserves all of the accolades.

rustic thistle
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Either way, congrats on releasing!

celest ginkgo
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Congrats on the launch!

vocal ridge
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Thanks, y'all. LesbiabHeart

rustic thistle
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I've spread the word.

twilit ether
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YEAHHHHH BABYYYYYYY

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Finally some good things coming from my day today

vocal ridge
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Well, glad I could help with that.

twilit ether
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Huh, does Mindrazor count as a Tech Attack for effects that require you to hit with a tech attack? I.E. Lesson of TTT

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Oh and also Remixed Frequencies

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Oh wait RF doesn't require it to hit

vocal ridge
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Yes, it's a tech attack, so it enables those things.

twilit ether
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Oh sweet

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So basically it counts as both a Tech attack and Ranged attack for all effects?

vocal ridge
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Pretty much, yes. It may end up needing to be tweaked if that proves too problematic a combo, but currently that's how it is.

twilit ether
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I see I see

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Thanks chief

vocal ridge
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You just can't use it via Quick/Full Tech or whatever.

twilit ether
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Yup yup

vocal ridge
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It's... definitely the funkiest rules interacting thing that I've ended up making, so the most likely to break things. 😛

twilit ether
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Ok so I noticed something was being funny when I searched up Aphrodite in C/C and it didn't show all systems and I just found out it's because of this lmao

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It's really minor I just find it silly

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Also huh Metaframe Siphon has the Shield tag, that's interesting

vocal ridge
modern schooner
vocal ridge
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Oh, heckity. I don't know how I missed that.

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Okay, the Systems now have that fixed.

modern schooner
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Random question, are you using the license_id field in your LCP? It’s not mandatory, but it may help in cases like this (the typo may still be there, but the systems should populate the license correctly)

vocal ridge
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Yes.

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They showed up when I was testing them out in Comp/Con, which was why I didn't catch it. But it may interfere with the compendium search, I guess?

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Ah, the issue is that the search feature can't find them.

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Since I guess "from license" uses the license name field, rather than license ID.

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....I wonder if that'd cause problems with 2 Frames of the same name from different packs.

modern schooner
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Ah, compendium might still be bugged then, crud. I know I tried my best to address “same name different packs”

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Ah ok for the search feature

vocal ridge
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Yeah. Which was why I didn't notice it - the ID stuff worked fine.

twilit ether
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Oh hey, they're increasing the #lancer-news shoutout budget to 3, wonder if you'll ever use that to make another announcement for Iridia in the future

earnest prism
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the shoutout budget?

twilit ether
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#server-news message

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Yep

earnest prism
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Ah, that's what the budget is.

vocal ridge
twilit ether
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Oh damn really? Nice

vocal ridge
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I mean, I didn't expect it when I asked, but I'm glad it ended up how it did.

twilit ether
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Yeah

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As they said, channel's not really getting clogged or anything

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Also getting some more build ideas and, UNCLEd Truestrike Gladius on Raleigh seems pretty good

rustic thistle
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I wish great success on Iridia sales

vocal ridge
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My personal goal is mostly just to break even on the art. 😛

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(And then anything more will be funneled into the next project.)

chilly jewel
vocal ridge
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Everything's appreciated - even if it's just saying what stuff you do (or don't) like.

glossy burrow
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well

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erm

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I guess the curse has struck again because I was about to release intro video on Field Guide to Iridia on my Patreaon

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anyway congrat

twilit ether
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I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS BUT NICE!

vocal ridge
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I didn't know about this, or I would have given a warning. 😛

twilit ether
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Also yeah this like what, the 3rd time you've made a video on something right before it had an update? Yeesh that's unfortunate

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But good luck on the vid! Very excited to see it

glossy burrow
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annnd disclaimer added

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expect the video in like, a week

vocal ridge
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Sorry about that! Feeling really awkward about now. 😅

twilit ether
uncut dome
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so, I won't have the funds for a copy for a while, but what's the top-down gist of Living Battlefield? I don't want actual stats, cause I wanna pay for thing, but what's the like vibe.

vocal ridge
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Basically, it has four immobile nodes that exist on the battlefield that it originates effects from. This can range from basic stuff like damage, to creating temporary Ingress Zones or allowing allies to teleport between its nodes, or even temporarily being able to assume direct control of an ally - buffing them while treating them as a mobile node.

uncut dome
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Neat

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Hopefully I can budget for this soon

vocal ridge
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Well, always take care of yourself first. I'm certainly not offended by that.

uncut dome
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It's a case of I really want the neat sounding gm stuff but we gotta buy a new microwave tomorrow

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Somehow... lightning flew and there's a hole through the back of it

twilit ether
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Mhm, Zeus hates microwaves I guess

vocal ridge
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Ah, geez.

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But, like I keep reiterating, this isn't a time-limited offer. I'm not working on this for two years only to have it disappear after a week. 😛

uncut dome
vocal ridge
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That's fair enough. I do feel a bit bad for paywalling the GM toys, since I know - as a near-perpetual Lancer GM - the desire for toys to shake things up with.

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The evils of capitalism. 😔

uncut dome
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Meh. It's all good. Better I spend my entertainment budget on people who could use it rather than some faceless triple AAA whatever who can't even be bothered to pay 15$ an hour

hazy mason
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I have not looked into the book, but I have to say that the cover art work is fucking gorgeous

vocal ridge
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It's so good. I haven't been able to stop periodically looking at it. Zhjake did an amazing job.

rustic thistle
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Hey!

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You deserve fair compensation for great work!

left meadow
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Hello hello hello

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I think the work ive seen for this book looks super cool

solemn crypt
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I didn't know this released until literally just this second.

Congrats Datamoth, so glad to see this project come out at last! I'll buy this once I get my next pay cheque.

vocal ridge
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Thanks, y'all!

jagged hornet
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Haven't even had a chance to look through everything yet, but everything I've seen so far is delicious.
One thing though: the lcp for the NPCs seems to be bugged. When I upload it to Comp/Con I get a big error message. It looks like everything is loaded fine and I can view the NPCs/templates, but the next time I load Comp/Con, the NPCs lcp isn't there, like it doesn't get saved (if saved is the right word for what's normally the case with lcps).
Any idea what's going on? I'd love to cook up a scene with these guys, but I don't know what'll happen if I put them in an encounter and then they're gone next time I load up that encounter.

vocal ridge
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...that's weird. I can't seem to replicate that. Huh.

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It might be worth asking in #comp-con to see if anyone else has experienced something like that happening. Because it's possible it's something on your end - I haven't heard anyone else having this issue.

jagged hornet
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I'll take a look, see if anyone can help. Thanks.

vocal ridge
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Sorry that I don't have a better answer for you. :/

vocal ridge
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(Oh, incidentally, the issue was found. The problem, for anyone who might run into the same situation, was too much homebrew at once.)

rustic thistle
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oh dear

hazy mason
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Too much homebrew is a problem. XD

keen bolt
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That is an issue that exists on Comp/Con?

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Shit, what's the limit?

chilly jewel
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Depends on your computer specs.

rustic thistle
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There is a point where comp con will scream for mercy yes.

twilit ether
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There is???

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Or do you mean metaphorically as in C/C forcibly crashing your PC

vocal ridge
twilit ether
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Oh yeh lol

vocal ridge
twilit ether
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If C/C has a warning message I've certainly never gotten it

vocal ridge
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Geez, y'all are ridiculous. Managing to put this thing in the top 5 for top selling physical games on itch right now.

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little raptor
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You did that good of a job. You earned it.

twilit ether
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Oh shit congrats!

hoary geode
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damn nice

rustic thistle
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hell yeah

nimble reef
vocal ridge
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...that's a lot of homebrew.

twilit ether
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How is your PC alive

rustic thistle
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I takes a full 20 seconds when my NPC list was fully on Comp/con to load up the NPC list.

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Now it's on Foundry so.

vocal ridge
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...yeah, I remember when I tried to make my own Eidolon layer lcp on comp/con. Doing the "allow putting anything on any NPC" crashed it from sheer number of stuff.

nimble reef
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Full numbers!

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The number was 35 homebrews installed, 429 frames, 769 weapons, 1367 systems (combined with core cause I dont wanna count sepreate)

vocal ridge
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Yeesh.

twilit ether
nimble reef
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I was confused why a new brew did not get installed and was then told I hit the browser storage limit

twilit ether
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I've only got 140 frames and I already feel like my PC will gain sentience and murder me if I try to put any more lol

vocal ridge
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"Only."

twilit ether
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Uhm

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Guilty as charged lmao

nimble reef
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I felt really bad deleting all the brew :c

twilit ether
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(It's also only 3 homebrew packs so arguably it's not that much)

rustic thistle
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I don't have a ton of PC-side homebrews so.

vocal ridge
nimble reef
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Yeye

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Just feelsbad in the moment cause by having it installed I feel like it's a (if small) acknowledgement of the work a person did to deliver something cool

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And deleting it felt a bit wrong to me

vocal ridge
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I getcha.

uncut dome
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Alright this is highly subjective question now that I has book

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I as a gm have found ways through crossclassing and picking "mean options" long ago that I can in fact run solo ultra fights for my party. And I've been doing it so long I've forgotten how to budget an ultra with anything except maybe a 4-pack of grunts or like, 2 npcs with no optionals or templates.

So how do I budget allies for a living battlefield?

vocal ridge
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So, that one's always going to be a lot more subjective depending on the composition, but it's intended to be roughly two activations worth of budget (plus or minus depending on how favourable the terrain is, and how maneuverable players are).

So, enough activations to make 1.5-2 per player, for a standard sitrep, I guess. Though you'll definitely want to hold some in Reinforcements because of its ability to make Ingress Zones.

uncut dome
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Nods

vocal ridge
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Sadly, the LB hasn't has as much testing as other things in the guide, being literally the final NPC added, so it's currently more wibbly on budget, since I don't have a ton of data.

uncut dome
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Also like, as a tangent.
My scariest ultra was a bombard with the aegis shield, the firewall ability that burns hostiles in the shield, ravager turret, silver shielding for perm invisibility, cluster munitions, and the ability to pop out "targeting drones" which were data veiled scout grunts.

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Yes, I am in fact an evil gm sometimes

vocal ridge
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Whoof.

uncut dome
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I'll let you know how the battlefield goes as i plan on running one in the next 2 or 3 weeks as the final battle of a mission

vocal ridge
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Cool, I'll be happy to hear feedback. One of the best parts of not having a physical version if that if something's broken, then it's possible to push an update.

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(I've noticed already that one of the Living Battlefield's effect boxes is accidentally one line too large, so I'm half-hoping there needs to be an update at some point so I can excuse pushing another version for reasons that aren't just that. 😛 )

uncut dome
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Fair enough lol

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Just cause I wanna talk about it, I plan on using it in a wallflower act 2 draft game. ||there is a beat where Endeavour and Terror tell the pcs they feel something wrong, and when they investigate its weird seccom biological horrors. I'm totally not going to have the seccom bunker itself be the living battlefield and back it up with horrors from dustgrave or exotics from core.||

vocal ridge
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Unfortunately, I've not read through the wallflower plot stuff, so I can't really comment. 😛

uncut dome
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Fair.

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I just felt it was more appropriate now that I have it

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Probably throw a compcon in that's so old it gained sentience

vocal ridge
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Nah, all good. Others might have read through and be able to appreciate things.

uncut dome
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Though 500 year old seccom bunker ran by a crazed compcon at least feels like living battlefield material

vocal ridge
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Yep, that's absolutely the sort of thing that it was intended to evoke.

wintry trellis
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Hecate is fun

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I am hugging a berserker and they no longer have an axe to hit me with

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vocal ridge
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It's the Frame that I always worry a bit about being very... binary, given self-Jam shuts off a lot of options. But the playtesting with it seemed to be enjoyable, so I'm glad it's been working out.

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Hah, excellent.

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Hecate Hug seems like the ideal gameplan.

wintry trellis
vocal ridge
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(Manticore Techs are also an option for non-Jammed turns.)

wintry trellis
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now that I think about it tho, iirc grenades/mines work while jammed

vocal ridge
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Yep! Any system.

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Toss some stuff that needs saves while an opponent's impaired.

wintry trellis
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haha nice

vocal ridge
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It's a very unconventional gameplan, but she's got the tools for the job.

wintry trellis
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wonder how well armor-lock plating from nelson and hecate's ionic feedback would work out

vocal ridge
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Super armour!

uncut dome
vocal ridge
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...oh.

uncut dome
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for the whole party mind you, but he still did it XD

vocal ridge
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That's, uh, definitely gonna skew things, if more than the Zheng's fists can be used while Jammed. XD

uncut dome
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lol. I mean I'm a fair GM. i asked "what reserves do you want to try for this downtime" and of course he gets a 32 to get weapons that don't jam XD

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(nat 20 + 6 + 6 on an accuracy from a bond power)

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Though the weapon he used the most WAS the Zheng's fist. So it didn't skew it that much.

vocal ridge
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That's a large number, yes. 😛

uncut dome
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i wouldn't trade Ko's hijinks for the world.

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he's always willing to run new third party for me 😄

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while my BORING (just kidding, they're all great) players just stick to core

vocal ridge
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Well, glad nothing seems to have exploded so far. 😛

uncut dome
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pfft I ASKED him to break it by combining Hecate with the liminal space Zahak XD. but he showed me mercy (and refused me my GM Masochism)

vocal ridge
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...you, uh, you do know that that stuff's not balanced around combination, right? XD

uncut dome
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YUP

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100%

vocal ridge
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Okay, good. I wasn't sure if I needed to make it in bigger letters. 😛

hoary geode
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when in doubt bigger letters

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there are several really scary combinations that happen when you start bolting other homebrew to Loza

uncut dome
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but I'm also the GM who adds spicy custom abilities to npcs sometimes. So it all works out. But more commonly I'm good at PLAYING UP the threat of NPCs narratively, so that the players are counting every HP like I gave the 10 HP scout 100 HP secretly and then they get surprised (but releived) when the NPCs crumple

hoary geode
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and Rakshasa is terrifying if you can get out-of-license specials on it sometimes

uncut dome
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the combats may only take 2-4 rounds, but the are TENSE (for the players) rounds

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I'm one of those GMs who want my party to win, but I put on the fake villain mustache and make them think I want to murder 😄

vocal ridge
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Well, I have plenty of NPC nonsense to use. 😛

uncut dome
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a good example is my super scary Bombard i talked about a few days ago? When one player scanned it, they also saw... a physical power cable running into a generator disguised as a dumpster.

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so, new target aqcuired

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it turned off the ultra features and the aegis shield stuff

vocal ridge
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Ah, gotcha.

uncut dome
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It still had 20 hp, but was way easier to hit

glossy burrow
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https://youtu.be/FgG_XdYkQjw?si=BOnM5Nca3wi49pyW Intro to Field Guide to Iridia is out!

YouTube
11dragonkid
Intro to Field Guide to Iridia, a Lancer HOMEBREW Supplement

Field Guide to Iridia by Miss Dataninja is a third-party Lancer supplement set on the world of Iridia, a world that fell through the crack and its people found themselves struggling to find their place on both their own world and the newly rediscovered interstellar community.

You can get it now on itch io! ( https://missdataninja.itch.io/field-...

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vocal ridge
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Of all the legacies to have, I suppose "there are so many mechs" isn't the worst one. 😛

rustic thistle
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so many mechs

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all the mechs

vocal ridge
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Some of them, at least. Pretty sure Liminal Space has more. 😛

rustic thistle
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I'm curious now

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Pretty close actually!
Liminal Space is at 33.

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Iridia's at 30 with the alt core 4 more frames.

vocal ridge
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Yep, that has me beat. And a lot more of those are full licenses, not just alts.

rustic thistle
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About equal, actually.

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9 alts in Liminal.

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Actually so that's more in Liminal.

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Oh, plus for from the core 4 alts.

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Yeah about equal.

vocal ridge
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No, 11 Alts- yeah.

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I have more alts, and they still have a few other Licenses on me in general.

rustic thistle
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but yeah, glad to see a video!

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There's so many cool massive supplements for third party Lancer and it rocks.

vocal ridge
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The problem is using more than one. 😛

rustic thistle
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Yeah.

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Not as much a problem GM-side wise! Ha-ha!

hexed narwhal
vocal ridge
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Pfft, fair enough, I guess. 😛

hoary geode
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Datamoth frantically shoving mechs in a barrel and jumping on top
"I CAN FIT IN ANOTHER MECH HONEST!"

vocal ridge
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Look, 30 is a nice, round number!

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I'm sad that my NPC count is at 21, but I can excuse it because really it's 20 + the Living battlefield. 😛

rustic thistle
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many, many npcs

twilit ether
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Nice nice

twilit ether
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The fact that you can even contest it is a feat in and of itself

vocal ridge
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Well, y'know what they say, quantity over quality, when you've got one person making so much nonsense. 😛

earnest prism
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your stuff is good !!!!!!

dull mist
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i deeply appreciate the space-bus endeavor, it is exactly what i need for something

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and in general a lot of very nice things in here

vocal ridge
dull mist
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it'll spare me the choice between spending an SSC core bonus or committing reactor crimes, for sure, lol

wintry trellis
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I recommended it to my lancaster fren 😄

vocal ridge
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It is now accessible on community content!

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modern schooner
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Woohoo!!!

vocal ridge
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Thankfully I noticed the problem with my Kobold-alt not displaying before this, so could fix it. 😛
(I'd forgotten to reformat the Big 4 alts with the new variant frame system, since they were in a different testing lcp. The other 3 were fine, since they were alts of core frames, so I didn't even notice!)

modern schooner
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Worst case, you can ping the creator-facing API to update the latest LCP version yeah?

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But that’s good then!

vocal ridge
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Yeah, but I'd rather have caught the nonfunctionality before it's even more out there. 😛

modern schooner
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In any case: Congrats!

rustic thistle
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Hurray!

celest ginkgo
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congrats!

twilit ether
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Yooooo! Nice!

indigo imp
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Apologies if this has been gone over before, but I just downloaded the Iridia LCP for the first time - on the Sanctuary Drone, the description under equipment effect says that allied characters may Disengage as a quick action. However, in equipment deployables, it instead states that they are immune to all damage, heat and burn from allied effects. Is it intended that both effects apply or is this an error?

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vocal ridge
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Ah, that's definitely an older version of text. I'm really bad at catching updates for those doubled texts.

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The disengage is the correct effect. Will update that now.

indigo imp
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Cool cool - that's what I thought when I noticed the Disengage trait on the Epione, thanks for the clarification!

vocal ridge
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And, LCP should be updated.

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Funnily enough, the Disengage trait was on it long before the Sanctuary Drone was a thing. In fact, I think the Sanctuary Drone change was the very last thing done in the game.

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...actually, no, the Hera got Olympus Protocols and the Guidance Drone as replacements for stuff that was too similar to existing gear. Those were the actual last changes.

indigo imp
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Looks like it's fixed 👍

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Was slightly confused when it still said 1.0.0, but is all good

vocal ridge
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Yeah, that's the annoying bit - since I want it to match the PDF version, and there's not actually a PDF update.

indigo imp
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Understandable - gotta say, I'm already wishing I was in a game to play with these mechs

vocal ridge
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Glad you're liking them!

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(If you do have any other questions/comments/concerns, always happy to answer them!)

indigo imp
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Will do 👍

earnest prism
vocal ridge
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Ah, whoopsies, sorry.

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This is a big reason why I made sure to have a player-side PDF. So there's always one authoritative source.

earnest prism
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It doesn't seem entirely unreasonable for it to be both, we suppose? Unless we're missing something.

vocal ridge
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And also so that people actually noticed the Big 4 alt frames.

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Too much of the Epione's stuff ended up revolving around mitigating damage to allies, so it got... same-y.

earnest prism
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Fair enough!

vocal ridge
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It was tricky making a support artillery. Took a while to get out of the rut I was in on it.

earnest prism
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yup yup

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...we can't actually recall if we have a Support/Artillery in our catalogue.

vocal ridge
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It ended up with 3 weapons and 3 ways to mitigate damage on allies, basically. Thankfully I was able to redesign it so things are a bit more diverse. I kept the most interesting (and balanced) no-damage thing with the Recall Gate, the drone that did half damage from allies became the Sanctuary Drone (letting the disengage trait have more use), and the absolutely busted Mod that let you make one ally Immune to each attack became the Glacis Payload, being able to stop things like Razor Swarms, Micromissiles, or Titan-Snare Drones. Which felt way more interesting.

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(This has been Mech Design with Data™️.)

earnest prism
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™️

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Always appreciated.

regal dirge
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Just noticed the lil' pride flag/rainbow on the Endeavour :D

wintry trellis
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endeavour is great

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saw it and immediately recommended it to my fren who is playing lancaster

vocal ridge
vocal ridge
humble abyss
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@lusty tartan right here.

lusty tartan
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ah wonderful thank you!

vocal ridge
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Ah, I saw there was a question in rules, so, to confirm: Yes, the Artemis is basically, you fire one weapon, and then it buffs the next weapon you fire based on the first weapon's damage type.

It's worded not the greatest because Lancer doesn't actually have a clear term for "one weapon's worth of attacks." Because "attack" is strictly speaking "one attack roll." Which means that AoE weapons would self-buff and be awkward. And then Skirmish/Barrage encompasses too many attack rolls.

humble abyss
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Tbh. I’m tempted to offer this to characters for a game if I ever run it.

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Mostly because it’s more magic feel works great for a setting setup, where I’m basically shoving Lancer into a dnd setting.

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When it’s the dnd setting at a point where everyone is running power armor and starships.

earnest prism
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I would hesitate to call Iridia a "dnd setting"

because it isn't
But the more fantasy vibes might help new players settle in a bit easier, yeah

vocal ridge
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I think they're saying that's what their setting is, so magic mechs fit in.

earnest prism
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Ah, hm.

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Fair enough, point retracted

lusty tartan
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iridia has like

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reignited my like

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semi constantly low sijmmering lancer hyper fixaion/brain rot

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but it snow hyper focused on iridia

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in other news i will be getting the gm version ofthe book next month

keen bolt
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Also some people will refluff Lancer to even fit other settings. Like, Eberron, seen that once.

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The Iridia content will be a wonderful match for all manner of high fantasy angle stuff.

lusty tartan
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by the way does the gm version of the iridia book have any new backgrounds? i figure not but i was just wondering for character reasons

vocal ridge
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I'm glad that the setting's inspired you! Good my plan to inflict the hyperfixation on others after suffering it for two years myself is working. 😛

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No, I thought about it, but there wasn't really anything that I could come up with that really felt distinct enough for core book things. Especially since anyone can just... make their own background.

lusty tartan
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listenb like, i was a mythology kid, i had a book of greek mythologythat has three orbs on the front, and now im a mythology adult with a special intest in mechs, lancer, and a weird fasciantion wth like, rainbows , light and prisms

vocal ridge
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I ended up basically feeling like I was just repeating parts of the faction list.

lusty tartan
vocal ridge
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Mood. I give most of that credit to the artists, who have made some very evocative art. They really helped crystalize the aesthetic that was floating around in my brain.

keen bolt
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The talents and Iridia worldbuilding are fertile grounds for custom backgrounds, at least.

lusty tartan
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yeaaah

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its like

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i dont know alot of the lorecus aain i dont have like

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the gm bookyet

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but if iridia is like integrating into the union that makes me go WILD with charcter ideas

vocal ridge
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That's one possible direction that it could go in. There's several different factions who all have varying degrees of desire to integrate.

humble abyss
vocal ridge
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(It doesn't help that several of them lump Union and IPS-N as really the same entity. "Oh, yeah, all offworlders are like that.")

lusty tartan
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currently cackling like deranged witch in the woods while reading the astrea alt frame

vocal ridge
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Enough fire for you? 😛

lusty tartan
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have i mentioned my favourite frame is the sherman

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and that i am a heat and burn addict :p

vocal ridge
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The Persephone will give you a more traditional heat and burn experience.

humble abyss
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Right. I should look over the mechs more for inspiration to make a literally a dragon mech.

lusty tartan
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i never said i particuarly wanted anything tradional

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but i am alwyas happy for more heat and burn

vocal ridge
vocal ridge
humble abyss
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But my dnd side says it needs wings, and a breath weapon. And a frightening presence of some sort.

keen bolt
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Admittedly everything could be a dragon mech, but yeah, the art is really evocative for some concepts.

humble abyss
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I just need to figure out the how’s.

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That or just shove it into a heavily extra feature heavy NPC class.

vocal ridge
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As almost everyone whose tried to homebrew a Horus mech can tell you, trying to represent an entire D&D monster in one mech is going to end up poorly. 😛

humble abyss
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Yeah I gathered.

vocal ridge
keen bolt
humble abyss
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This would need to be complex as shit which is part of why I mostly was working on it on both ends as an idea.

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Because I can always just convert it to either side if I feel like I’m getting together a good idea but it’s not working out for that side.

keen bolt
humble abyss
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Hell, it could make for a decent template possibly.

vocal ridge
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The world can always use more templates. 😛

lusty tartan
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i love that the astraea can throw its fucking weapons lmao

vocal ridge
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I've got 10 in here, plus another 8 I'm in the process of working on for my next project.

lusty tartan
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its giving "a spear is the first weapon a spartan learns"

vocal ridge
lusty tartan
vocal ridge
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It was strong, but not game-breaking, so I didn't take steps to stop it.

humble abyss
vocal ridge
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Anyways, I unfortunately must away to capitalism for many hours, but I will read any questions/comments/concerns when I get back!

lusty tartan
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i love the magic as tech feel of iridia so much

lusty tartan
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sighs, opens character builder for new lancer character ill never play

humble abyss
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Welcome to hell.

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That’s standard for more rpgs.

lusty tartan
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oh i have

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checks notes

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15 dnd characters i wont play, 5 ICON ones

humble abyss
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Fair. I have… …Oh god I don’t even recall how many dnd characters I’ll never play.

lusty tartan
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i am like

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bitng, eating, vionelty trhasing around in my mouth the iridia aeshetic

humble abyss
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…Careful not to swallow?

lusty tartan
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theres some cluster fucker cursed build with the ersa and hydra i just dont know what yet

lusty tartan
humble abyss
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Understandable.

hexed narwhal
twin maple
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Just bought the book, I don't think it mentions which ring Iridia is located in. Is there one you had in mind, maybe something mentioned earlier (you can't search forum threads)

lusty tartan
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i love that the herema is ljust like

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"idfk why but tht hting is fucked up lookin and i dun like it"

lusty tartan
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the hera has one of the most like

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beast core powers ivever seen

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the fucking thing just walks forward

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"what would you like to do on your turn?"

"i would like to walk. forward."

vocal ridge
vocal ridge
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"I'm not Slowed anymore. Boost time."

twin maple
lusty tartan
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i was showing my friend the hera and she brought up an intresting question

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how come the hera is called the hera spefically, im curious the symbolism

vocal ridge
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Most frames didn't have any specific theming behind the names - just something that sounded cool, though vague theming was a happy coincidence - but ironically the Hera does have a direct mythological connection.

A friend mentioned that a Hera mech could be peacock inspired, and that right away made me think of a rainbow damage shield.

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So, of all the mechs, it is the only one that had the name come before the mechanics.

vocal ridge
rustic thistle
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Ooooh, Immortal.

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I dig that one.

vocal ridge
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It used to be a feature in the Aunic template, but I decided it was too versatile to be locked to them specifically.

rustic thistle
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Ah, Stellar Wing is perfect, that's basically great for having people drop in fast like that.

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A simple template to add to someone to make them fly. And bigger.

vocal ridge
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It's not a complicated template, but it knows what it wants to do.

rustic thistle
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That's a lot of funky optionals for Paradox, I approve.

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Including the inversion of evasion and e-def.

vocal ridge
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It was admittedly a bit tricky to do stuff that was different Weird™️ than the Parafauna.

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So, between these and the factional templates, I now have 8 of those. And 8 alt frames. And 8 CBs. So... just need to get to work on 8 NPCs to keep the pattern going. 😛

rustic thistle
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Hm. Ikinda wanna use the Stellar Wings to make normal units fly while the party are going up a high-speed elevator and being harrassed by things around them. And big.

vocal ridge
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Shoot their first structure away while they're still in the air.

rustic thistle
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yes, actually.

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Because it's rad to have big units come harrass players for strafing runs then they go down in pillars of flame as you lift past them at insane speed.

vocal ridge
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Tbf, you could probably get the same effect with Ships, but there's just something about mechs. 😛

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Plus these ones aren't immune to a bunch of conditions, and can use melee.

rustic thistle
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Yeah, also Stellar Wings very much is reminicent of giving them gigantic rockets frame thrusters and that's just cool on a mech.

vocal ridge
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I mean, that's exactly what Chassis Mounts are. 😛

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Just "Chassis Mount" or "Chassis Mounted" just didn't feel good as a Template name.

rustic thistle
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i'm going to make a goliath with it so I can have a size 5 to briefly freak my players out

vocal ridge
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Hah.

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(I'm still not 100% satisfied with Stellar Wing, because it's two words, but I haven't thought of anything better at the moment.)

rustic thistle
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Better than Super Robot War's, which are Tesla Drives.

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Stellar Wings actually is descriptive.

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I'd suggest Archwings but that's Warframe.

vocal ridge
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It's descriptive, and I like it, but all templates are one word. I won't lose sleep over it, though.

rustic thistle
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Yeah, not the biggest issue, heh.

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If it ever becomes too much and the urge to have ONE WORD becomes overwhelming, go German!

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Sternenflügel

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(this is not a helpful name to non german and a small selections of french people)

vocal ridge
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That feels like cheating. 😛

rustic thistle
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Hahaha a little bit.

twin maple
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Or Japanese

rustic thistle
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If I have a brainwave of a name I'll share it, otherwise, Stellar Wings is nice.

twin maple
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Hoshi no Tsubasa

rustic thistle
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But that's not one word!

twin maple
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Same meaning

rustic thistle
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I have been proven wrong!

twin maple
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I agree that Stellar Wings is cool

vocal ridge
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Well, the good news is it's sticking around for the forseeable future. 😛

lusty tartan
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first uh attempt at building something with the iridia stuff

[ LICENSES ]
  IRIDIA Hera 3, IRIDIA Enyo 3, IRIDIA Artemis 3, HA Napoleon 3
[ CORE BONUSES ]
  Angelic Intercession, Divine Fury, Resonant Armaments, Improved Armament
[ TALENTS ]
  Heavy Gunner 3, Devout 3, Walking Armory 3, HOUSE GUARD 3, Blade Dancer 3
[ STATS ]
  HULL:4 AGI:3 SYS:2 ENGI:5
  STRUCTURE:4 HP:26 ARMOR:0
  STRESS:4 HEATCAP:11 REPAIR:7
  TECH ATK:0 LIMITED:+2
  SPD:6 EVA:9 EDEF:8 SENSE:5 SAVE:17
[ WEAPONS ]
  FLEX MOUNT: Huntress Bow
  MAIN MOUNT: Displacer
  HEAVY MOUNT: Chromatic Blade
[ SYSTEMS ]
  Olympus Protocols, Feedback Shield, Illuminant Charges x4, Inexorable Presence, Neural Loop```
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is it good? hell no

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but its my first attempt

vocal ridge
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Displacer Hera's sure an interesting choice. XD

lusty tartan
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honestly i was orignally planning on putting naploen systems on this thing but i kinda

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forgot

vocal ridge
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...where's Blade Dancer from?

lusty tartan
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oh thats from another homebrew thing i have

vocal ridge
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There's a reason you really end up stopping around LL6-9. Because that's when you stop being able to fit meaningfully more stuff on a build. 😛

lusty tartan
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ill probably actually build this well later

vocal ridge
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"Oh, guess I'll take 3 levels of a license for exactly one thing."

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I did run Artemis stuff when doing testing for the Jeanne. So, can definitely work to combine the two. I just didn't have the levels to put anything else in there. 😛

wintry trellis
vocal ridge
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Ah, gotcha.

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Eternal disclaimer that I cannot guarantee balance when working with other third-party stuff. 😛

lusty tartan
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ive noticed alot of the irida weapons do flat damage instead of a dice amount, im curious how come

vocal ridge
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Is it really that many? That's not really intentional if so. Each of them was designed independently.

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Let's see... Vambrace Projector, Swarm Projector, Truestrike Gladius, Plasma Sabre, Cryo Lance, Devouring Blade.

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  • Vambrace Projector was mostly arbitrary, but was also just to normalize the value of an AP Aux.
  • Swarm Projector: The flat damage is to make the +1d6 for the augmented mode stand out more, just gamefeel wise.
  • Truestrike Gladius: So that hit and miss are both the same damage. The only change is if it needs to be reloaded.
  • Plasma Sabre: The only way to get its weird damaging mechanics to work.
  • Cryo Lance: Rolled Burn isn't really a thing, and the 1 Energy is a formality.
  • Devouring Blade: To distinguish it a bit more from the Torch. Though, in retrospect, it may have been better to make it a rolled value in some way, to take advantage of the mod and Overkill from the core.
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So, of those, really only the Truestrike Gladius, Plasma Sabre, and Cryo Lance needed to be flat damage. But it just made the others work better for what I was going for design-wise.

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But, don't worry, there's still 41 other weapons in the pack that aren't flat damage. 😛

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Hopefully that helps answer your questions behind the design intent.

humble kayak
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Dunno if you want player feedback but got to do a session with the Dragon Astraea

Feels really nice to play, might’ve helped given the scene but got two really good uses out of dragon’s breath, ones was to an enemy crawling on our size 3 lancaster, got to fuck with the fact they’re insulated to kill it, the other was when using the core power I basically had set this bit of forest cover completely ablaze before burning an ace down to the ground, I wanna really throw a sword on it but it feels a lil hard too (might be my build though, shotgun works great admittedly)

Overall I love its style tons but admittedly this is my first campaign so take it with a heavy grain of salt

vocal ridge
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I will always take feedback! Player feedback and gamefeel stuff is incredibly valid. I'm glad it felt good. Especially since the Dragons' one of the frames I worried about feeling good in play.

humble kayak
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If I might offer one idea to possible improve it just a tiny bit?

vocal ridge
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(But I am always happy to... well, really see anything about this supplement. Feedback from anyone on mechanics or fluff, any characters anyone makes, questions people have about the world, etc.)

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Sure!

humble kayak
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Perhaps add a proper threat to the flamethrower? It would give it great synergy for anything that needs a threat check (IE vanguard)

vocal ridge
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Ah, that's very deliberate. Heavy AOE CQB weapons can get really oppressive with high Threat.

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Between Heavy Gunner and Vanguard.

humble kayak
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Fair enough! Didn’t realize it could, like said first session so I don’t know the ins and outs

vocal ridge
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(It's the reason that the Genghis' Krakatoa doesn't have the usual CQB extended threat.)

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Nah, all good! It's one of those things that requires more game experience to see, so it was a very valid question.

humble kayak
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Still it’ll be funny with vanguard 3 to have someone rush me and just bam puff of flame, assuming they get right up close

vocal ridge
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Oh, absolutely. Homebrew is an eternal war between "oh, this is a rad image" and "...I do need to balance it properly." 😔

humble kayak
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Yeah, I getcha, thanks for explaining it though

vocal ridge
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Np! Appreciate the feedback.

humble kayak
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As it stands I’m just trying to figure out what weapons to run with it, right now it’s the decksweeper, vambrace, and standard GMS pistol

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Shotgun seems to be really effective, so just getting a meatier one

vocal ridge
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Yeah, they all have tradeoffs.

humble kayak
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But yeah, loved it for my first time playing with a non GMS lancer, helps that I’m getting a lot of hull so sitting at a nice 20 hp due to personalizations

vocal ridge
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Yeah, that's a good call for a Dragon. She wants to be beefy.

humble kayak
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Aye, thinking of putting some points in agility when I can to maybe make some hits miss but I don’t know, it’s felt better to just take the hit and shrug it off

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Actually something I was curious about, why the high heat? I don’t mind it at all and really like it, but is it for better defenses against heat causing stuff?

vocal ridge
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It's partially to differentiate it more from the base astraea, partially because of the Overcharge ribbon, and partially to make better use of the Vambraces.

vocal ridge
humble kayak
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Fair, especially with a Lancaster it’s just better to take the hits yeah

And extra fair on the heat thing! I had a feeling it had something to do with the vambrace and Zelos

Thanks for the answers, you definitely have a very avid lover of the current version of the dragon

vocal ridge
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Glad you're enjoying it! It seems to be a popular one, which will make the person that it was originally made for very happy.

humble kayak
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They certainly have good tastes then

vocal ridge
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(He's also probably the one most responsible for the amount of content in the book, as he's incredibly good at pushing me to make more stuff even after I told myself I was cut off. 😛 )

humble kayak
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Good to have a friend that likes your work that much atleast eh?

vocal ridge
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Yeah. As much as I get on their case about them getting on my case, it's all in good fun and is appreciated.

wide juniper
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I like the concept of IPS-N's paracausal research being the equivalent of Todd Howard's Bethesda.

'It just works.'

vocal ridge
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"We're just going to kludge these things together until they stop exploding. Or, at least, explode in the correct direction."

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The Silver was very much the hardest mech in the book to conceptualize. This is actually the second version of it. The first version was more of a salvage mech, but it didn't work out. Several concepts from that first draft ended up being cannibalized, though - mostly in NPCs.

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(And it was also the hardest mech in the book to figure out what it would look like.)

wide juniper
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The outcome is really good though!

vocal ridge
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Yeah. And having played AC6 now, I can very much see the Armoured Core influences (which is a good thing).

wide juniper
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'621, we've got a job request from Iridia Demonworks.'

vocal ridge
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Gotta take out this IPS-N AC. 😛

wide juniper
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One last thing before I go to sleep.

FG to Iridia/FG to OMDI crossover, The Death of Hestia, declassified:

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vocal ridge
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Hah.

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I did my best to keep the details vague, to let people decide for themselves what happened. (As opposed to spelling out exactly what happened in the finale to the original Iridia campaign. 😛 )

weary grove
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hey! hope I'm in the right place. but I wanted to ask like... this may be a bit too broad of a question but I wanted to know like, what is the core gameplay loop for the Hecate? because I really like the idea of self jamming to punish enemies, but it doesn't really seem like it does a lot of punishing besides just shoving people around?

vocal ridge
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Yep, this is the right place. The frame itself is definitely a bit of a weird one, but it basically exists as a zone of "do not be here", which can be combined to great effect with grapples saying "I am forcing you to be here."

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Unavoidable impaired is a nasty thing for enemies to be forced to deal with, speaking from experience running as a GM for one.

chilly jewel
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I came up with a weird Hecate that avoids many of its disadvantages.

-- IRIDIA Hecate @ LL6 --
[ LICENSES ]
  IPS-N Blackbeard 1, IPS-N Zheng 1, IRIDIA Hecate 3, IRIDIA Ersa 1
[ CORE BONUSES ]
  Overpower Caliber, Universal Compatibility
[ TALENTS ]
  Duelist 3, Skirmisher 3, Spaceborn 3
[ STATS ]
  HULL:4 AGI:2 SYS:0 ENGI:2
  STRUCTURE:4 HP:19 ARMOR:2
  STRESS:4 HEATCAP:8 REPAIR:8
  TECH ATK:+1 LIMITED:+1
  SPD:5 EVA:8 EDEF:10 SENSE:5 SAVE:14
[ WEAPONS ]
  MAIN MOUNT: Tiger-Hunter Combat Sheathe // Overpower Caliber
  HEAVY MOUNT: Whisperstone Launcher
[ SYSTEMS ]
  Synthetic Muscle Netting, Total Strength Suite I, Ionic Feedback, Charged Lodestone x3, Protective Matrix
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You can attack and throw rocks while jammed.

humble abyss
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I should check over if Hecleigh is a valid build…

vocal ridge
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Using systems while jammed is 100% intended (and often combos well with impaired to any saves you're causing). Tiger Hunter is the obvious dip, yes, but then you're just at Main level damage.

chilly jewel
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That's why I picked Whisperstone, because it's a limited Heavy.

humble abyss
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I brought up Raleigh for a reason. FMJ and all.

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Hm. Darn. Hecate's only non-frame self jam is the Lodestone.

vocal ridge
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Yep, there's a reason that the Hecate's stuff tends to have pacers.

humble abyss
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I mean, I get why it's unable to setup a Raleigh Self-Jamming setup. That would be... slightly terrifying with the right setup.

vocal ridge
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It's frame-locked specifically because self-jam stuff becomes not really punishing when it comes to the Raleigh, so it's hard to cost. 😛

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Yeah.

humble abyss
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Yeah.

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...Damn it. I love the idea of some Horus/Paracausal Raleigh, Static ringing in your ears, non real ammunition falling from it as it approaches.

vocal ridge
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It's just like I had to frame-lock the one self-Lock On due to the Selene existing.

humble abyss
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Aphrodite, yeah.

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I should work on that raleigh idea for some terrifying boss setup.

vocal ridge
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Some more Exotics for my next project.

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vocal ridge
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And another one. Just need one more, and I'll hit a multiple of 8. Which is what this project seems to be about. (8 frames, 8 CBs, 8 NPC Templates...)

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twilit ether
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Hell yeah

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Though my only question is, what about critical hits? Can this weapon just not crit unless the target doesn't already have a recursion mark, or is the not critting on purpose

vocal ridge
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It should probably be properly worded as cannot miss, I suppose.

twilit ether
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Or something like "On Attack: If this weapon misses, it becomes a hit."

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But yeah, pretty cool weapon

vocal ridge
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Felt the need to add a Melee weapon, since both existing weapons were Ranged. The only thing Melee got was ENTITY.

humble abyss
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Oh hey you were the one doing the thing.

vocal ridge
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...which thing are you talking about?

humble abyss
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The recursion Blade. My mind didn't connect it as you.

vocal ridge
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Glad to know I'm unrecognizable. 😛

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Also, new Exotic.

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humble abyss
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I'm just very very dumb about recognizing anything but homebrew designs.

vocal ridge
humble abyss
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Which sounds about right for an exotic. It's just slightly better.

humble abyss
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Still find it weird I somehow found two things you've done at some point or something.

vocal ridge
vocal ridge
solemn crypt
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Where is iridia on the galactic map? I know we only have an unofficial one, but I'm trying to figure out where might be best to place it in terms of how far away it is from Cradle and so on.

vocal ridge
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Could be literally anywhere. It's never had a defined position, beyond an assumption of a certain number of years away from the nearest blink gate to excuse the established timeframe.

solemn crypt
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Fair enough, I can work with that. Thanks for the prompt response.

vocal ridge
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It's a very self-contained setting that's designed to easily slot in wherever you might need it.

solemn crypt
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I figured we much. Works in well with the themes of the planet to.

vocal ridge
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Figures the only setting question that keeps getting asked is the one where there's deliberately no concrete answer. 😛

solemn crypt
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it's a testament to the fact that you answer most other questions within the book itself, which only proves it is a quality product.

vocal ridge
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I mean, a lot of stuff is pretty open ended.

solemn crypt
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True, but good TTRPG world building is like that most of the time. Even the most in depth and detailed settings tend to have their fair share of open ended lore bits.

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Look at Golarion, it's incredibly fleshed out, but there is so much left open to interpretation, which results in everyone's golarion feeling a little different, and that's just beautiful.

twin maple
vocal ridge
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Clearly just put the label in multiple places on the map.

twilit ether
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Iridia is everywhere and nowhere all at once

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That planet? Iridia. That other planet? Also Iridia

solemn crypt
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Cradle? Nah, it was iridia the whole time.

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ISPN is just gaslighting people in it into thinking they aren't the inheritors of earth.

vocal ridge
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...I don't think that's how it works.

indigo imp
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You need 50 Power Stars to access Iridia and you need to find the painting hidden in the mirror room and jump into the corresponding painting on the actual wall

hexed narwhal
keen bolt
vocal ridge
vocal ridge
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So... the draft for the Stellar Codex is all pulled together. 16 Exotics, 8 alt-frames, 8 CBs, and 8 Templates. Got them all in lpcs now, too (though I still need to test those to make sure nothing's broken with them - mostly the NPCs). https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lrI06iJq2vcJnnFQzw4eZLMx72Q_pBYds3EZUNNLTew/edit

Google Docs
Stellar Codex

Stellar Curiosities This gear can be given out to players as part of campaign rewards, and are not part of any License. Perhaps it comes from the Voladores, or has been developed from some past or present human society. Chronoton Projector 1 SP, Unique, Exotic 1/scene, at the start of a...

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I may add some GMS weapons, mostly to give the Unicorn a bit more to choose from at lower levels. And then we'll see if I can come up with enough terrain to make it worth putting in. But, currently, I'd call this Technically Feature Complete.

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...it will eventually get PDF'd, though.

rustic thistle
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I enjoy all of theses things!

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Exotics are just fun to give as mission rewards.

vocal ridge
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Well, there are many of them! Even if the Recursion Weapon definitely needs some playtesting.

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(Okay, admittedly, I do want to figure out more evocative fluff for HANDSHAKE, because it really doesn't give a sense of what it is, unlike the rest of the collection. There's no hinting of a story or design. Which, always hard with hacks, so it's a minimally-good-enough placeholder value, really.)

solemn crypt
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I know this might be a bit of a taboo question, but how did the original Iridia campaign end in regards to what happened to Hestia?

grim pasture
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I singlehandedly saved the day and killed god, then I devoured her corpse with nanotech swarms and unleashed them on a world that I had deemed hollow and despair-sodden, and all was consumed. It was very cool and edgy. I'm definitely a reliable narrator

earnest prism
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ah, hey, the Reckoning, would you look at that

grim pasture
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(For the most part, the important parts are what's spelled out - Hestia had some chosen heroes and they rebelled against and helped take her out, that's what ended the war and now it's kind of an awkward spot for all involved)

solemn crypt
grim pasture
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(The specifics aren't all that relevant save for to the people personally involved - unless you want one of the heroes to show up, that's more or less the core of it. And if you do want one of the heroes to show up, try making your own interpretation of them based on what limited information is there, that'd be pretty cool tbh)

grim pasture
solemn crypt
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Then again, there's a lot on Iridia that'd warrant that kind of transportation.

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Regardless, thanks for the wisdom, Ru, as always.

twilit ether
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Why do I have the feeling that the Iris Locus is your fault Ru

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Or is it another frame, all I know is that the ones with alts are the player frames with the alts based on character development, and the fact that all of the alts are "The original, but more violent and angry" tells me almost all I need to know about the character development that occured really

grim pasture
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Data made cool frames for everyone else with like flamethrowers and gratuitous violence

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And she gave me a tech support/scan setup

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This injustice shall not stand! I shall have my elaborate revenge! Maybe!

twilit ether
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If it's any consolation the Locus is my fav frame conceptually and visually

grim pasture
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(It's a cool mech, I'm just very Striker/Defenderbrained in playstyle)

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(And it was a running gag in that campaign how staunchly I refused to scan)

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(So I got owned and I am too proud to admit it)

rustic thistle
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ReMEmbEr tO sCAn

humble abyss
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So the entire point is to meme at you?

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This sounds about right for Lancer.

vocal ridge
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Because it ended up being the one that would enable the story I wanted to tell, but certainly wasn't for every game.

vocal ridge
humble abyss
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It’s just also very scan oriented.

twilit ether
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I mean you don't need to Scan

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You can just consome Lock On

rustic thistle
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Hm. Lock-on Consommé.

vocal ridge
wraith hollow
vocal ridge
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Hahahaha. Hi Mori. Wasn't expecting you to come around these parts.

wraith hollow
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I lurk occasionally

vocal ridge
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(This is the Enyo player. For those who enjoy all the fine smashing in life.)

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And the Collaborative Practical Tactics faction.

wraith hollow
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the two are, of course, completely unrelated. CPT was formed for the betterment of all, definitely not as an excuse to do more smashing

vocal ridge
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I'm sad I never actually ended up exploring that whole thing more during the game. But, I'm glad they were at least able to sneak into the Guide.

wraith hollow
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yeah, they ended up in a nice place

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but I never used the reserves they gave me for the last fight, so who knows what might still be out there... (not sure if you want this out there, Data)

vocal ridge
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I mean, it's not like it matters. 😛

wraith hollow
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true. always good to have more potential problems out in the world

vocal ridge
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Granted, there's mountains of problems already.

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(Including the problem in the mountain.)

wraith hollow
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the complex unstable equilibrium of Problems. more makes it more stable because that way one problem doesn't dominate

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that's how it works, right?

vocal ridge
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...sure. Let's go with that.

twilit ether
wraith hollow
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exactly! that scene was in my head as I typed

vocal ridge
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Really, rather than a house of cards, it's a house of matches. Half of which are lit.

humble abyss
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I’m terrified that’s not how this works.

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Beyond all the problems literally sabotaging each other and everyone else hoping no problem goes unsabotaged long enough to get an edge great enough to start plowing through the others.

vocal ridge
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No, no, only some of the problems are sabotaging each other. Some of them are sabotaging themselves. Like IPS-N trying to do things like poke holes in the metavault. Then you get a whole new freshly-baked batch of problems, probably. 😛

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(Though, who knows, they could be successful in a way that causes them to become the biggest problem! Your call!)

humble abyss
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Okay that’s more the standard issue problem of metavaults.

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It’s like saying that raiding a dragon’s horde is dangerous.

vocal ridge
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Though, admittedly, if nothing significant changes, the most likely "winners" of anything are one of the offworld factions. Just by virtue of sheer logistics and coordination. (On the plus side, it also means that IPS-N has literally a million other things that are probably more important to deal with.)

humble abyss
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Outside of metavault poking.

vocal ridge
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Yes, outside of that. Because probably nobody wins there. 😛

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(And also because that's the one thing Union is keeping a very close eye on anyone trying to mess with.)

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"Hey, we can't exactly throw this one into a star, so we're going to have to ask you to not poke it with a stick, thanks."

uncut dome
vocal ridge
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Hey, that's what it's there for.

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"Didn't we just kill you?" "Yes."

uncut dome
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😄

rustic thistle
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'not hard enough.'

vocal ridge
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Pfft.

humble abyss
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Mostly for a shitty joke character idea.

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Or perhaps a plucky rival who keeps showing up.

vocal ridge
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All of those are valid choices. Let me know if you want the lcp, I can toss it over when I get home from work.

humble abyss
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\o/

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Please.

vocal ridge
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Okay, I'm back home now. I'll toss that over at you, and anyone else who'd like to try them out.

dapper monolith
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Heya. I'm a bit unsure if I'm understanding the Unrequited Requiem mod correctly. Am I reading it right that it applies an invasion option, e.g. fragment signal or another effect from a system with the invade tag, on the target of the weapon's attack with no further roll necessary? So the tech attack bonus on any other effects relating to the invade tech action aren't involved in the process at all? And in turn it wouldn't for example trigger Snow_Crash from hacker 1 even if the weapon attack consumed lock on because it's not a tech attack?

vocal ridge
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Correct. It basically just gives the Invade's effects - no heat (since that's the effect of the quick tech), and no need to roll.

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And, yeah, it's not a seperate tech attack, s no snow crash.

dapper monolith
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Aight, thank you.

twilit ether
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And no Lesson of TTT 😔

weary grove
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question about the Shimmering Barrier core bonus

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You may Overcharge to gain Grit + 4 Overshield as a free action instead of taking a quick action as a free action.

does this still incur the heat cost and ramps up the overcharge counter as normal?

twilit ether
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Yeah

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It's still Overcharge, the benefit is just changed

weary grove
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gotcha gotcha

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I assumed as much, thanks!

# 
[ LICENSES ]
  IRIDIA Hecate 3, IPS-N Blackbeard 1, IPS-N Zheng 2
[ CORE BONUSES ]
  Sloped Plating, Improved Armament
[ TALENTS ]
  Devout 3, Spaceborn 3, Empath 2, Duelist 1
[ STATS ]
  HULL:6 AGI:0 SYS:2 ENGI:0
  STRUCTURE:4 HP:25 ARMOR:3
  STRESS:4 HEATCAP:6 REPAIR:9
  TECH ATK:+3 LIMITED:+0
  SPD:4 EVA:6 EDEF:12 SENSE:5 SAVE:14
[ WEAPONS ]
  FLEX MOUNT: Chain Axe
  MAIN MOUNT: Tiger-Hunter Combat Sheathe
  HEAVY MOUNT: Heavy Charged Blade
[ SYSTEMS ]
  Protective Matrix, Total Strength Suite II, Synthetic Muscle Netting, Expanded Compartment, Personalizations, Armament Redundancy```

I drafted a weird sort of support-defender-controller mishmash Hecate. I was really squabbling over this for a while because the Hecate is so strange, but I found it's _really_ versatile once I started digging through it
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I'm uncertain about improved armament: I think if this is going to attack with a weapon it's almost going to exclusively be with the tiger-hunter sheathe... maybe overpower caliber would be a better option

keen bolt
twilit ether
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The dream of unkillable Emperor team comp gets better each day

vocal ridge
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I'm a little bit surprised at how popular the Hecate's ended up being.

twin maple
vocal ridge
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It's true, everyone likes a dragon.

keen bolt
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If it isn't dragon, it's the weird but neat mechanical space it can occupy.

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Or, ¿por que no los dos?

vocal ridge
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See, I always felt that was going to end up being more niche. Because it's turning off your ability to make attacks and tech. But, hey, if people have fun playing around with that, I won't complain. 😛

earnest prism
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We personally are a Raleigh main, turning off our ability to make attacks and most tech happens every other turn

vocal ridge
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That's fair enough!

rustic thistle
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I think I'll do a shitpost with a Cache as the end of the campaign for all the caches horribly murdered and give it a Short Cycle Lance (that kills it when used). Or a Ravager Turret.

humble abyss
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…Oh that’s a beautiful idea.

rustic thistle
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or something short cycle lancer-ish.

wintry trellis
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would it be a bad idea to go kobold 2/raleigh 3

for the alt kobold frame, slag cannon w/ uncle & seismic ripper?

earnest prism
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Seems a little wasteful if you aren't gonna be using anything else from Raleigh, but it doesn't seem like. A bad combo or anything.

vocal ridge
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How has the Cache been doing as an enemy? Since it seems like more than one's been murdered?

humble abyss
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It sounds like they’ve been treating it as a treasure box.

earnest prism
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Well
It is the Cache.

vocal ridge
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"Is it fun?" is really the most important question. Given it's definitely the most... unconventional NPC.

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I'd say even more than the Living Battlefield.

humble abyss
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I mean. I see it like most enemies with a design of “See how the party responds to a piñata on the field.”

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Only iirc, it’s got built in “If you don’t break the piñata, it will break for the enemy.”

vocal ridge
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Sure, but that's not really a thing Lancer has, typically.

humble abyss
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True true. But it’s a lot less stressful than most I’ve seen, since that’s in coop video games, and you can’t pause to go “Oh shit that’s a walking treasure chest. What do we do?”

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You can at least plan and try to account for it and what to do.

rustic thistle
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Oh it's been fun

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they've murdered it often with prejudice.

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again, look at this, it desires death.

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vocal ridge
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It's so goofy and I love it.

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I'm glad it's been fun for them. I've definitely worried that "shoot the metal slime" wouldn't feel engaging or rewarding. Does the durability feel like it's in a good spot? Or might it need to be tweaked up/down further?

rustic thistle
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Hmmm, a bit hard to say, I think there's been one time they couldn't kill it out of... three, four maybe?

vocal ridge
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Honestly, that's a ratio I'm happy with.

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It being not a guaranteed kill if you don't play things right is good, but also if you try I'd rather you get it more often than not.

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So, good to know it's working, thanks!

prisma cargo
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Coming from #resource-hub-archive (direct link: #resource-hub-archive message), I've created a set of tokens for Field Guide to Iridia using Retrograde Mini's asset picker. No kitbashing, so you can reconstruct these easily from the image and recolor as you need. I've named them to the same scheme as the Foundry VTT defaults.

📎 Field_Guide_to_Iridia_NPCs_-_Corpro_Color_Scheme.7z
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vocal ridge
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In case you're interested in what's coming next (and haven't already seen it - my memory's bad), I've got a document that pretty much previews everything so far: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lrI06iJq2vcJnnFQzw4eZLMx72Q_pBYds3EZUNNLTew/edit

Google Docs
Stellar Codex

Exotic Gear This gear can be given out to players as part of campaign rewards, and are not part of any License. Perhaps it comes from the Voladores, or has been developed from some past or present human society. Chronoton Projector 1 SP, Unique, Exotic 1/scene, at the start of a round, ...

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(Didn't want to take resource hub off topic. 😛 )

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No more NPCs, unfortunately (I just ran out of spoons when trying to develop the concepts). So, really, it's a 'modifier' supplement. Modify builds with Exotics, CBs, and alt-frames, modify battlefields with terrain (yet to get past the 'vague post it note stage'), and modify NPCs with Templates.

rustic thistle
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@prisma cargo Oh nice! I'll be using some of them -- I made some Kitbashes of some of the classes if you're interested.

twilit ether
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Luminary Mod Reality Cutter seems very funny

prisma cargo
vocal ridge
rustic thistle
prisma cargo
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Wow, those look amazing!

rustic thistle
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Thanks!

vocal ridge
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The Cache is still my favorite. Just a gremlin Zoidberging along.

rustic thistle
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it wobbles around, making things for it's lovely friends and protect them and make them cookies, but the EVIL LANCERS wanna squish it to get at it's GOOEY GOODY CORE.

vocal ridge
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What meanies. Don't they like people having cookies? 😔

wintry trellis
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would anyone perchance have advice on building a ll5 selene?

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it looks like a fun alt frame :)

vocal ridge
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The funny thing to do is grab the Annihilation Nexus, since you can deploy your drones from friends, or have them move it about. Unfortunately, it does mean you can't use the damage absorb ability.

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So it's not really ideal.

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And, unfortunately, the only feedback I've gotten from playtests so far was that it needed an Integrated Drone (which it now has). So... not the most helpful advice there. 😛

wintry trellis
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fair enough

vocal ridge
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At base, though, it definitely does want a decent stock of expendable drones (Grav or GMS Turrets, probably), since they'll be taking damage for allies. Though, some of the bigger drones like ICEOUT or Autoloader are definitely funny to have being able to follow allies around on their turn.

uncut dome
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@wintry trellis if you wanna do this you could mention the autoloader to zarth

wintry trellis
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true but to be fair I think zarth gets access to that by virtue of going barbarossa

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I'll ask tho just in case

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also grav drone looks good for atlas friend

polar lotus
# 
[ LICENSES ]
  SSC Metalmark 3, HA Castilla 2, HA Tokugawa 2
[ CORE BONUSES ]
  Heatfall Coolant System, Overpower Caliber
[ TALENTS ]
  Hunter 3, Duelist 2, Nuclear Cavalier 2, Skirmisher 2, Pankrati 1
[ STATS ]
  HULL:5 AGI:0 SYS:0 ENGI:4
  STRUCTURE:4 HP:24 ARMOR:1
  STRESS:4 HEATCAP:12 REPAIR:7
  TECH ATK:-2 LIMITED:+2
  SPD:3 EVA:8 EDEF:8 SENSE:5 SAVE:14
[ WEAPONS ]
  Integrated: Plasma Talons
  FLEX MOUNT: Shock Knife / Shock Knife
  FLEX MOUNT: Devouring Blade (Shock Wreath) // Overpower Caliber
[ SYSTEMS ]
  External Batteries, Armament Redundancy, Reactive Weave, Active Camouflage```
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somehow Iridia was one of two homebrews I could find that could meet the needs of this Shock Wreathe build

vocal ridge
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What need was that?

polar lotus
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Melee weapon that deals burn without self-heat

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thank u Devouring Blade

vocal ridge
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Ahhh. That is a specific set of requirements, yeah.

twilit ether
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Devouring Blade 😌

wintry trellis
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does this look half decent so far?
as of the moment am just missing 1 SP, 4 talents, core bonus & weapons

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-- IRIDIA Selene @ LL5 --
[ LICENSES ]
IRIDIA Nyx 2, SSC Black Witch 2, HORUS Hydra 1
[ CORE BONUSES ]
N/A
[ TALENTS ]
Grease Monkey 3, Drone Commander 1
[ STATS ]
HULL:3 AGI:0 SYS:0 ENGI:4
STRUCTURE:4 HP:17 ARMOR:1
STRESS:4 HEATCAP:9 REPAIR:5
TECH ATK:0 LIMITED:+2
SPD:5 EVA:8 EDEF:9 SENSE:5 SAVE:14
[ WEAPONS ]
FLEX MOUNT:
HEAVY MOUNT:
[ SYSTEMS ]
Grav Drone x6, ICEOUT Drone x4, Turret Drones x5, Personalizations, PITCH BLACK, PUPPETMASTER

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maybe drone commander 3?
thinking iridia's tactical insertion core bonus could pair well with the active core power

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unsure about weapons (have access to GMS, horus ghoul nexus, ssc magnetic cannon & iridia's phase nexus)

rustic thistle
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Because I could, I made a GOLD CACHE
added with BLING SHININESS.

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the rare, elusive, ultra shiny cache.
it might or might not have a short cycle lance.

vocal ridge
# wintry trellis > -- IRIDIA Selene @ LL5 -- > [ LICENSES ] > IRIDIA Nyx 2, SSC Black Witch 2, ...

Very much all the drones. The big thing I see here, is that you're currently very specialized in active options - though weapon choices will help there. Since right now, all your drones are pretty defensive/support oriented, and your tech actions are entirely drone/deployable based. Especially with Grease Monkey to replentish, I could see trading out one set of drones for something more offensive, like grenades (especially since that benefits from the Limited bonuses).

vocal ridge
rustic thistle
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you know, you're right

vocal ridge
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Also, give it Monstrosity burrow and replace it with a giant red X while it's burrowed.

humble abyss
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Now now.

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Don’t be rude.

vocal ridge
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You're right, it'd need to be a Pirate for that to properly work. 😔

wintry trellis
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that’s easy

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there’s a template for that!

vocal ridge
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Yeah, that's what I was meaning. It's more "oh, what was I thinking suggesting a treasure spot without also suggesting Pirate." 😛

solemn crypt
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I approved the use of iridia in my campaign.

They only care about the fact they can buy pets now 😅

solemn crypt
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I kinda hope they invest in some of the cool frames considering that the group is fairly striker brained and I wanna see the eryo or something in action.

vocal ridge
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Hey, if pets is all they end up using, so be it. 😛

balmy vigilBOT
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we're sorry 😭

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we'd probably pick something up for alacrity's build if we weren't already planning on taking metalmark 3 for its active camo (and kai bioplating to boot)

humble abyss
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I know some people who seem to be enjoying the frames.

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And I think are planning to spec mostly into Iridia frames.

solemn crypt
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Good god, if you take infiltrator as well, we're gonna recreate the "YOU DO NOT SEE TYBERUS OF THE RED WAKE" meme XD

humble abyss
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Why would you go size 3 tor- nvm I figured out why.

humble abyss
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Unless they’re running charged blades or something. Or a torch.

solemn crypt
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Nah, classic tort build, with HMG instead of daisy cutter.

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It's uh...really fucking scary seeing it move 10 spaces each turn.

humble abyss
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I mean. Boost do do that.

cosmic sand
solemn crypt
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Also, I've made a fairly evil NPC for my next sitrep for my group.

||combining cataphracts 'capacitor discharge' with the weaponsmaster templates 'coreburn' mod means that I am cooking people faster than a witch with each attack.||

vocal ridge
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It just means I didn't do my job well enough, clearly. ;P

vocal ridge
hexed narwhal
vocal ridge
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That requires me to make more pets, though. 😛

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I was attempting to outsource some of that for the Kickstarter, but, didn't work out. 😔

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Zhjake did give us some additional Creachures™️ for the Cover, though. Can always make stuff up based on those!

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rustic thistle
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more coolioes

rain hill
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Update on solace voyage

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got all the types of skill checks down (woohoo)

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Currently doing advantage/difficulty

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SHIT

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WRONG CHANNEL 💀

vocal ridge
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All good. Happens to everyone. 😛

rustic thistle
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Hey DataMoth, are the Stellar Codex Exotics in an LCP somewhere?

vocal ridge
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Yep! I can toss 'em atcha.

rustic thistle
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I'd like that! I've tossed the Stellar Codex exotic doc and one player is picking one.

vocal ridge
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Sent it over. I'm quite happy to toss these lcps at people, I just don't tend to do a public link due to the frequency that tweaks happen.

rustic thistle
vocal ridge
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Oh, nice. Interested in seeing how that turns out, because it's a lot of different levers than I normally play with.

rustic thistle
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Will do!

rustic thistle
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Here we go.

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the true king

vocal ridge
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Hah!

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King metal Cache.

rustic thistle
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I'm happy about the shimmer gleam

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just subtle enough to not distract

wintry trellis
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would anyone happen to know a good talent or two to pick up for the Selene frame?

I have already selected drone commander 3 & grease monkey 3 for an ll5 char but didn’t know where to go from there

vocal ridge
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I mean... what role are you wanting to pick up? Because you can never go wrong with a general-purpose support talent like Leader, Devout or Empath.

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There's no real clear-cut answer on "take this every time." 😛

wintry trellis
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Tempted to take devout because I always take empath and leader 🤣

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and my other character has both field analyst and orator

wintry trellis
vocal ridge
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Well, I'd be remiss if I didn't suggest stuff that's in the book, eh? 😛

wintry trellis
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yeah lol

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also Selene's Radiant Pilgrimage core power + Iridia's Tactical Insertion core bonus seems like fun

vocal ridge
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It's a lot of mobility 1/mission, yeah.

wintry trellis
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yee

rustic thistle
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So I made the CACHE KING an Ultra. It's just gonna be a custom enemy that do Cache things than being a real cache.
but I'll keep the thing about it not gaining stress of structure.
instead I'll just add the HP it would get per structure on it.

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I'm debating between the BIG BEAM or the King Tonberry angle, hahaha

vocal ridge
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Oh boy. Why not both?

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The SCL's save target is equal to 10+1 for every Supply Token that was still on a Cache when you destroyed it.

rustic thistle
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It'll appear on the other half of this map: It'll have some agile NPCs as well, but the KING CACHE will start from the right end and move one row at a time.

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vocal ridge
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"Okay, we killed it, what's the treasure?"
"Isn't the real treasure the frien-"

rustic thistle
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'you want a treasure, fine'

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I'll make an achivement banner.

vocal ridge
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Pffft.

rustic thistle
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AH, perfect idea, it'll do the King Tonberry gimmick and when it dies, big line blast.

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(i'm not worried about being a bit mean and unusual for the last mission, they got like, THREE RESERVES each.)

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And LL12.

vocal ridge
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Ah.

rustic thistle
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They took the hard path for the previous mission and they succeeded.

signal terrace
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Hey y'all, what do folks think of having an Angel with Shieldbearer as a legendary albatross hero to come back them up? The plan is for it to appear from the heavens, slam into the opposing force, and use Barrier Projection to shield up the PCs

vocal ridge
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Personally, I think the main thing you'll run into with that is it might be a bit hard to make things tactically interesting - since NPCs have very little involuntary movement, it'll be difficult to shift the PCs or NPCs away without... I guess mostly grapples. Which, if you're okay with that, that's fine, just something to keep in mind when building the encounter.

(Also I sometimes worry that allied multiattack Strikers may overshadow PCs if you're at T2+, since that's their entire job: to do lots of damage very quickly.)

It's a very fun concept, though, as long as the PCs don't feel like the NPC's hogging the narrative spotlight.

uncut dome
# vocal ridge Personally, I think the main thing you'll run into with that is it might be a bi...

So I've had this happen before, where a T2 striker aids the party through some interaction, and... what usually happens goes something like this.

Party gets an allied "Assault Vehicle" npc that I'm flavoring as three marines in a jeep.
The assault manages to just body an enemy scout
The assault gets hit hard by the enemy operator

The Part of Actual Players "WHAT ARE WE DOING!? EVERYONE BODY BLOCK FOR THE ASSAULT! THEY'RE THE TRUE PROTAGONISTS OF THE STORY"
and now, whatever the sitrep WAS, the new sitrep is support, protect, and ensure the npc assault gets enough kills to get like, narrative medals and promotions. "The real sitrep was the Marines we escorted along the way!" the more you know rainbow memes "The marines are the true Lancers of this story, we are merely backup characters!" and then like, I am not kidding they will want me to epiloge a whole ass adventure for these npcs for AFTER they interact with the party, like, what would these random marines be piloting at LL 12 and what grand adventures they'd go on. My players are... weird simps sometimes.

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and this is done without sarcasm. This is genuine enthusiasm I do not understand.

vocal ridge
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There's a reason why I normally go for Supports (most often Priests) - they're enablers for letting the players do cool stuff.

I have done a Sniper as support when the party was lacking in armourbusting before, though. Mostly because they can act at most once every other round, and only get one shot. So the players got to point at who they wanted evaporated, but it was infrequent enough they were still doing the bulk of the work.

vocal ridge
uncut dome
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Yeah, yeah... I've tried that. "Okay but how many repair cap do I need to spend to give the Scout my Anti-Material Rifle?"

earnest prism
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the answer is you can't, it doesn't have a heavy mount

uncut dome
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or "Hey you know those bombardment reserves? I'm giving them to the Support. I want to see them blow stuff up."

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my players are just adorable weirdos who for some reason, if I give them allied npc, want to somehow see the allied npc become the protagonist in an action movie.

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I .. narratively had them rescue an NHP once... and they put the casket narratively in one of their mechs... and during a fight said "You know what, you be the hero! I BELEIVE IN YOU!" and ejected their pilot in round 1 of the combat to throw grenades as a pilot because "I wanna see the NHP win!"

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this... wasn't a military nhp. It was... a ship's navigator...

vocal ridge
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Yep, sounds like typical player behaviour.

uncut dome
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they love blorbos more than their own OCs XD

earnest prism
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It sounds like you're having a good time but also

uncut dome
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oh we are

earnest prism
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a possibly troublesome time

uncut dome
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but it's definetly work, yeah XD

earnest prism
uncut dome
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I have (lovingly) said to them, "GMing this game for you, is like wrangling a tribe of hyperactive goblin children who just snorted a full pound of pixie-stix each"

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most of them just replied with "mood"

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one of them replied with "awww, I didn't know you cared"

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and that was my evening

earnest prism
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Sounds like you're all having a good time just. Do feel free to uh. wrangle them, so to speak.

uncut dome
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I have learned, I have no power here. Only explosions.

vocal ridge
polar lotus
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Lich alt intensifeyes

vocal ridge
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Yee. Much like the Emperor, it's one that's often seen as awkward to do, so... I figured I'd try.

left meadow
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i wanna look at the lich alt so bad but im not allowed to till i make mine

vocal ridge
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Tbf, absolutely nothing in it says 'Lich' specifically. It could easily be any support License. 😛

left meadow
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well yea, but i dont wanna be influenced!

vocal ridge
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Fairy 'nuff.

left meadow
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My ideas are for like. a size 2-3 defender lich alt that is inspired by Hades. like. The god of the underworld.

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so i IMAGINE i probs wont be stepping on toes

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but i wanna make sure lol

vocal ridge
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Yep, no defender here.

wintry trellis
left meadow
wintry trellis
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I dunno, just sounds like a name for that alt lich frame idea lol