Friday, January 15, 2021

Proposal: The Host

Self-killed. -Bucky

Adminned at 16 Jan 2021 16:46:05 UTC

Add the following to the list of DEVA sub-species:

Designation MALAIKAH. Energy range 120-220, Attack range 13-77, Defence range 28-61, 100% chance of “Chitin Armor”, 100% chance of “Fully Integrated Crystal Heart”, 20% chance of all other Features.

Add the following to the list of Features in the rule DEVA Sub-Species as the second a third items on the list:

* Fully Integrated Crystal Heart. If this DEVA ever has 0 Energy it is eliminated and all subsequent Features have no effect.
* Chitin Armour. Passive Effect. Any time that this DEVA would be eliminated or would deflect a shot, the attack of the Pilot is instead subtracted from its Energy. All Timed Actions by this DEVA take an additional 12 hours.

Add the following to the end of the rule Hibernation:

While hibernating, none of a Bogey’s Reaction Effects take place.

In the rule The Battlefield, after “If the target had the feature Refracted Crystal Heart, the attacker gains one Crown,” add

and if the target had the feature Fully Integrated Crystal Heart, the attacker gains three Crowns.

Add the following to the end of the rule DEVAs:

Once a Bogey has emerged, it is legal for its statistics to be reduced below the minimums of their respective ranges.

Comments

Coderblaze:

15-01-2021 15:23:28 UTC

I’d like it if chitin armor provided some sort of bonus for determining the exact defense. currently people will just spam 1 point attacks at these guys.

Josh: Observer he/they

15-01-2021 16:13:10 UTC

And trigger reactions? That would seem like a bad idea

Bucky:

15-01-2021 17:48:07 UTC

Fully Integrated Crystal Heart should be Passive; as written, it’s an illegal feature.

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If it were fully functional, it would be very buggy. The “gains 3 crowns” triggers on an exact hit rather than on elimination (as do death features) so once its defense is known it becomes a Crown piñata. Further, the final change allows its energy to drop below 0, driving it into hibernation but preserving it as a Crown source.

If that were fixed, then we have the complaint from Coderblaze that the attack vector does not particularly matter unless it’s over 28 which makes it possible to miss. I suggest basing the Energy damage off the Attack Vector rather than the Attack stat.

Then we’re back to playing Nim, a dynamic which I’ve previously expressed an aversion to.

Josh: Observer he/they

15-01-2021 19:38:15 UTC

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Good points all; I’ll reconsider and repropose.

Raven1207: he/they

15-01-2021 21:38:34 UTC

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