New Advanced Skills

[Naaman]

Agreed. Its one of my quibbles with D6. The simplicity sometimes turns out to be a double edged sword.

[CRMcNeill]

I’m giving this a bump because of what I brought up here.

I’m going to do a write-up for Acrobatics as an Advanced Skill, with additional abilities above and beyond the reduction of falling damage. A few examples that come to mind are pole-vaulting, brachiation (using arms to swing from ropes/branches), and parkour/freerunning, to name a few, but I’d appreciate some suggestions as to how these would be written up rules-wise. Also, any suggestions as to other abilities I didn’t mention would be appreciated.

Thoughts?
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[CRMcNeill]

Okay, so, coming back to the idea of Acrobatics as a generally available Advanced Skill, here's my re-boot of what's described under the existing Acrobatics skill under the Trianii Species Profile:

(A) Acrobatics

Time Taken: One Round
Prerequisites: Agility 5D, Climbing/Jumping 5D
Specializations: Tumbling, Pole Vaulting, Freerunning, Tight-Rope Walking, Brachiation.
Description: This is the skill of tumbling, jumping and other complex movements. This skill is often used in sports and athletic competitions, or as part of dance. Characters making acrobatics rolls can also reduce falling damage. The difficulty is based on the distance fallen, with the amount of damage reduced based on the degree of success.

Distance Fallen = Difficulty
1-3 Meters = Very Easy
4-6 Meters = Easy
7-9 Meters = Moderate
10-12 Meters = Difficult
13-15 Meters = Very Difficult
16+ Meters = Heroic*

*+10 Difficulty for every 3 additional Meters

Degree of Success = Damage Reduction
0-2 = -2
3-5 = -1D+1
6-8 = -2D
9-11 = -2D+2
12-14 = -3D+1
15+ = -4D*

+2 pips for every 3 additional points of success.

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[CRMcNeill]

I have some other ideas, for how this can be used, but the RAW is pretty bare on the details necessary to do things like increasing jumping distance in meters, ignoring obstacles of varying heights and such. I expect I'll be digging into D6 Space to see if it offers any help.
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[CRMcNeill]

And while we're at it...


(A) Martial Arts

Time to Use: One Round
Prerequisites: Brawling 5D, Brawling Parry 5D (Some Martial Arts Specializations may require other skills as Prerequisites, possibly including Melee Combat, Melee Parry, Dodge and others)
Specializations: Particular Martial Art style: Echani, Teras Kasi, K'tara, etc.
Description: Martial Arts covers a broad spectrum of formalized and distinct close combat styles, both armed and unarmed. For every 1D a character has in this skill, they may select one Hand-to-Hand Technique from the List found on pages 116-117 of Rules of Engagement.
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[Naaman]

How do you feel about the martial arts maneuvers from RoE?

I've always felt they were a mismatch with D6 play style. The idea (as presented by WEG) always felt like a contrived or forced solution.

Not knocking what you have here, just checking to see if you consider it the ideal solution.
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[MrNexx]

Something Shadowrun has done for a long time is that melee combat is a test that could go either way. So, I attack you with a Sword and you defend with a Lightsaber and we both roll our skills, and whoever rolls better is the one who hits.

It obviates the need for a Melee defense skill, but you might include the bonuses depending on different weapons (i.e. brawl against melee weapons takes a penalty)
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[CRMcNeill]

That's exactly what Dueling Sabers does: one opposed Melee roll to resolve an entire round of combat. However, it doesn't really allow for the sort of granularity needed to represent different forms, especially offensive vs. defensive ones. One option suggested elsewhere was to give each opponent one attack and one defense roll per round, subject to MAPs, so that a character could either mix attack and defense together, or go fully offensive or defensive.
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[MrNexx]

[Naaman]