DITL Battles: Rules (Second Edition)

[Lt. Staplic]

I'll figure that one out later.

so, when that move actually makes logical sense....it'll never happen.

[Teaos]

For stuff like that we tend to make it up as we go, such as how to deal with fighters on the Akira.

[stitch626]

I like how the rules are evolving with each game we play.

[Sionnach Glic]

For stuff like that we tend to make it up as we go, such as how to deal with fighters on the Akira.

Aye, it's usualy a case of "shit we don't have rules for that" and then just making something up on the spot that works but also keeps game ballance.

I like how the rules are evolving with each game we play.

Well, the GM in particular tends to be able to spot problems in the game very quickly. Stuff like a ridiculously overpowered or underpowered weapon (on that note, I'm thinking of upping the Phaser Lance's firepower, it's rather pathetic), a ship with way too many advantages, or some other feature that seems too difficult to deal with (like multiple fire crits). As such, every game played leads to more problems being spotted and corrected.

[Teaos]

For the lance I'd consider giving it a shield piercing bonus, even if shields are up 2/3's of the impact gets through and hits the ship bellow possibly damaging stuff.

But yeah as it is every game we play we seem to get new/more refined rules.

Also one of the cool side effects of all th games being played is that we now have stats for heaps of ships that we can use in the future.

[Mark]

With these refined rules, I wonder if the result of the infamous GCS vs Lakota battle would come out the same.

[Captain Seafort]

I'm sure Deep would be up for that. Whether Rochey would be so keen on a repeat demonstration of the shiteness of the Galaxy is another matter.

[Sionnach Glic]

Dude, it was a GCS. I had lost from the very start.

[Tsukiyumi]

Rochey makes a movement test. He rolls a 20 on 2d12. GCS explodes.

[stitch626]

I would suggest that the fires be weakened a bit. They seem to spread way to quickly and cause more damage than the actual attacks.

[Teaos]

Not especially, Nic has delt with two different fires rather easily.

Only Mark and Rochey are having trouble and that because they literally had the front of their ships blown off twith triple the needed force, that attack bleed through starting fires in the adjoining sections. Reasonable given the massive amounts of fire power those two were throwing at each other.

But the new system we devised should help with containing the fires that are made.

[stitch626]

True. I was going with how little a problem fires were in the eps. But since you have a new system, I'll just wait and see.

[Mark]

But wouldn't a force field or a blast door or SOMETHING balance the fire? Even cutting oxygen to the effected sections and transporting the crew out. (one turn to complete say?)

[Mikey]

I think that's what the "evac the compartment" rule referred to.

[Sionnach Glic]

That's it.