Hyper Core - Game Mechanics

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Hyper Core will be using the | Fate Core System with features from | Fate Condensed and the | Mech(Warrior) hack by Ryan M. Danks. I am trying to add enough mechanics to make it feel like a Mecha game, but otherwise keep everything as streamlined as possible.

Character Creation

Characters have 5 aspects as normal, a High Concept, a Trouble, and 3 other character aspects.

Characters will start with 12 skill points and a starting skill cap of Good/+3. This should allow highly specialized characters to start with 2 columns of skills rather than an expanded pyramid.

Characters start with 1 free stunt and a Refresh of 2. This allows the player to purchase two additional stunts for their characters.

Physical and Mental Stress tracks start at 3 boxes each, and each box is only worth 1 stress. Each skill point in Physique or Will adds an additional stress box to the Physical or Mental stress track, respectively.

As of right now, characters can mark off both Physical and mental stress while in Mecha combat.

Characters start with no consequences. Only vehicles get consequences in Hyper Core, this is to reflect the power difference between humans and giant robots.

Skills

Skill List

Athletics	Contacts	Crafts	Drive	Empathy	Fight
Investigate	Lore	Manipulation	Notice	Physique	Presence
Resources	Shoot	Stealth	Will

Skill Deletions

Burglary has gone away. If the character has the appropriate aspect it is replaced by Investigation, Notice, Craft, and Stealth, as appropriate.

Deceive has gone away, and is incorporated into Manipulation. See below.

Provoke has gone away, and is incorporated into Presence. See below.

Rapport has gone away, and is incorporated into both Manipulation and Presence. See below.

Skill Additions

Pilot is used to control Mecha. Rather than a separate skill, it equals the character's Athletics or Drive skill, whichever is higher. This reinforces the fact that soldiers or athletes (Athletics) make good Mecha pilots, but race car drivers, fighter pilots, even recreational drone enthusiasts (Drive) can too.

Presence Your force of personality, MAKING people do what you want. Intimidation, Provoke, Command, etc…

Manipulation Your social deftness. GETTING people to do what you want. Deception, Persuasion, Bargaining, etc…

Scale

We will employ two types of scale, Size and Speed.

• Size 0: Humans/regular vehicles
• Size 1: Mini-Mecha/Anti-Mecha vehicles
• Size 2: Mecha/Large vehicles
• Size 3: Bases? Battleships?

Each level of Size difference grants Weapon 2 or Armor 2 to the person with the size advantage. Primarily used for combat.

• Speed 0: Human
• Speed 1: Slow vehicles, fast animals
• Speed 2: normal vehicles
• Speed 3: Racecars, slow aircraft
• Speed 4: Jets

Each level of Speed difference grants +2 to Drive to the person with the speed advantage. Primarily used for chases.

Mecha

All Mecha have the following:

A High Concept aspect.

A Size rating, as determined by the frame.

A Speed rating, as determined by the frame.

A number of Stunts, as determined by the frame.

• Since Size grants Weapon and Armor rating, Mecha stunts should be bonuses to rolls or die Maximization.

• At the start of the game, only two of the Mecha stunts can be energy based, the others must utilize some sort of external fuel, missiles or ammo.

A number of 'Consequences, as determined by the frame.

• Mild Consequence – the defender chooses a module to disable
• Moderate Consequence – the attacker chooses a module to disable
• Severe Consequence – both the attacker and the defender choose a module to disable

• If you don’t have any modules left to disable, the consequence generates a Free Invoke for the inflicting character to use as per standard Fate Core.

• Players can and should utilize their personal stress boxes to avoid damage while in their Mecha, but Mecha also have consequences.

Mini-Mecha

Extra Aspect: "Dual Form Mecha"
Size: 1
Speed: 3
Module 1 (utility/mobility stunt)
Module 2 (primary weapon/action stunt)
Module 3 (open stunt)]
Mild Consequence:
Moderate Consequence
Severe Consequence

Standard Gen-3A Mecha

Size: 3
Speed: 1
Modules...

Consequences...