Editing User:Almafeta/Mech A RPG contest reviews (section)

==Combat==

<b>Dreadful Tide:</b>  Combat assumes a dot matrix over a map -- creative, I've never seen anything like this before.  Humans and mecha take damage in a universal penalty chart; 10 hits destroys anything.  Damage is in three scales:  'human' (x1), 'mecha' (x10), and 'starship' (x100).

<b>Extinction:</b>  Initiative is creative, with skill checks being used to change your order in battle.  Energy points are spent, then it's hit-me-hit-you.  Shields subtract damage, then it comes off of Armor, and then stats (lowering Juice makes is less speedy, lowering Payload destroys items on it).  Human combat isn't fleshed out.

<b>Guerilla Earth:</b>  Standard I-hit-you, you-hit-me combat, with one notable exception:  Critical hit rules.  10% of all rolls are criticals; critical successes take the target out of the fight; critical failures take the attacker out of the fight.  Defense is rare, with dodges only being allowed if you haven't moved so far in a turn.  Interestingly, while in a mecha, <i>Will</i> is used to dodge or defend -- a nice way to keep Dexterity from becoming too powerful.

<b>Mecha Wars:</b>  Interestingly, Movement is done in <i>reverse</i> initiative, and attacks are done in normal initiative -- a nice way of showing how important Initiative is.  Mecha power up with EP; attacks are 'Weapon Effectiveness Rating' + 1d10 versus 'Armor Factor' + 1d10; essentially, a random armor effectiveness system, adding another roll between the attack roll and damage dealing.

*4 points:  Dreadful Tide
*3 points:  Mecha Wars
*2 points:  Extinction
*1 point:  Guerilla Earth