astral quiver
In the cold vacuum between the stars there is a speck, an ember of humanity huddling together for warmth. The affairs of the wider galaxy lost to them millennia ago when their supply ships stopped coming. Now that galaxy has come and it might turn out to be worse than isolation.
This is the thread for a field guide I'm writing. More's to come as I write, paint, and comission what I can.
Art by Hellpug and Myself.
Special thanks to @vocal birch for the wording for The Tove's Gimble trait.
Beta Mech Patterns (Critique Welcome!)
The Tove
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QOaYvQrZtA8Pp_e_Lllk97OzINQajnTAgfzFFc6KSWY/edit?usp=sharing
The Jabberwock
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RzesHV63s0Zfp6gF6F1fvhN9DkkmSnCwGFBuucJ1QJg/edit?usp=sharing
In progress Mech Patterns
The Bandersnatch
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RDcPy6T5wi0iIr7W3ajyj9Q-WkMi7ocVWMn7rI_uJU0/edit?usp=sharing
astral quiver
Fluff/History/ect.
For future use.
compact cove
I like the names for the Tove
strong solstice
And it has some very interesting mechanics with its com relays, definitely gonna lead to drone shenaniganry with it
Am I correct in understanding that the burst around any of the com relays counts as being in Sensors even if the mech is too far away for the relay for it to be in sensors?
astral quiver
You are correct.
There's a base burst one around the com nodes that counts as the tove's sensors and you can specify one to have a burst 4 version with Wabe. I may need to reword that again.
astral quiver
I like the names for the Tove
Thanky. I put a lot of thought into all of em.
vocal birch
I don't actually recognize the words in most of them, tbh
Also if I have some thoughts on like, mechanical feedback on the Tove, would you prefer those here or in #homebrew-design ?
astral quiver
Here would be fine! Thank you.
astral quiver
I don't actually recognize the words in most of them, tbh
It's a combination of real telecom stuff, phreaking reffrences, and things from The Jabberwock poem.
vocal birch
1/round as a free action, the Tove may create a Com Node in a free space within Sensors. Com Nodes are Size 1 objects with 10 HP, Evasion 5, and E-Def 5. Com Nodes project a Burst 1 area around themselves; this area counts as within the Tove's Sensors.
astral quiver
Much better wording.
vocal birch
Of note: I didn't specify about the cover because I wanted to point out that objects typically give hard cover, if they give any
Things that only give soft tend to be immaterial.
1/round the TOVE can activate a COM NODE to increase its sensor area to BURST 4. Only one COM NODE can be active at a time.attendant adjustment to the passive
Now, the core active
The core active is A Lot
That's giving two thirds of an Everest CP to your entire team, so long as they stay in sensors
The sensors limit does mean it's more awkward in some sitreps, but it's still extremely strong
astral quiver
I had it once per round originally but found it a little lacking in playtesting.
vocal birch
I can't say for certain if it's out and out too strong, but my gut says it may want a shorter duration than "scene"
Oh yeah, 1/round accuracy would be very underwhelming as a core power
astral quiver
I may just make it purely defensive then with just on saves.
The idea with the frame was making a defender that didn't have to be near someone to defend them.
vocal birch
Yeah that's reasonable
The emergency tether is cool, though it could do with some formatting cleanup. Also, how long does it last? Can you/they break the tether? Do you get multiple copies of the reaction if tethering multiple people at once?
Bluebox: heat isn't damage, so you can't take heat damage. Also, since I assume the intent is this works with Com Nodes, as it stands the nodes are not specified to be Deployables and thus would not be a valid target.
I think Latency Strands could stand to be 2 SP.
I think the BOLA is cool, but not Limited 2 cool. Especially not while you only get one Main.
NHP seems a little underwhelming, but I suppose it has no range limits which balances out a little bit. Still, I think it would feel better if it did more than just Impair, especially when your aux guns impair too.
astral quiver
The teather is supposed to be able to multy clip but only one reaction total. It's not meant to be disengaged because materially it doesn't change anything other than losing the reaction.
Bluebox: will change and update the nodes.
Latency strands: good nerf, it was originally undertuned and I may have overcorrected.
Bola, may just make it loading then.
NHP: Not sure what to do to make it more worth the NHP title. Will think on it.
thank you muchly for the tuning.
astral quiver
@north crane Did a fantastic job for the Tove arts!
astral quiver
Update:
First off @north crane made another great piece for The Jabberwock! This also has shifted the frame from In Progress to Beta, feel free to try em out and critique!
I've also started work on the next frame The Bandersnatch which is hopefully going to be an aux burst pattern.
Thank you for being interested in my project.
astral quiver
Just a small update. Still working on this but have had some significant life events I hope to have the bandersnatch up by early next month.
astral quiver
It has been a while since I have updated this. Been in my very own year of hell but I've started getting the current finished/beta on COMPO/CON. First drop.