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==Manufacturing and Modification== | ==Manufacturing and Modification== | ||
− | Some abilities can be used to create or modify items or even other characters. Characters created by other characters are called artificial characters. Examples from popular fiction include the monster created by Dr. Frankenstein, and Robby the Robot created by Dr. Morbius. | + | Some abilities can be used to create or modify items or even other characters. Characters created by other characters are called artificial characters. Examples from popular fiction include the monster created by Dr. Frankenstein, and Robby the Robot created by Dr. Morbius. |
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+ | A game's ability list will describe how each ability is used. For example, craftsmanship ability can be used to create armor and weapons from an equipment list, to modify armor and weapons, or to create new items designed by a player or GM. (See [[Mano a Mano:Abilities#Other Abilities|Game Design/Abilities/Craftsmanship]].) A game might also have a "robotics" ability that allows you to build a lunar rover robot, or modify such a robot by mounting a gun to it. | ||
===Maximum CP=== | ===Maximum CP=== | ||
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! style="width:6em" | modifier !! align="left" | time | ! style="width:6em" | modifier !! align="left" | time | ||
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− | | align="center" | - | + | | align="center" | -2 || an hour |
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− | | align="center" | - | + | | align="center" | -1 || a day |
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| align="center" | 0 || a week | | align="center" | 0 || a week | ||
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− | | align="center" | +1 | + | | align="center" | +1 || a month |
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− | | align="center" | + | + | | align="center" | +2 || a year |
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− | Then add a | + | Then add a modifier if circumstances significantly help or hinder the work: |
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− | ! style="width:6em" | modifier !! align="left" | | + | ! style="width:6em" | modifier !! align="left" | circumstances |
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− | | align="center" | - | + | | align="center" | -2 || a combination of unfavorable circumstances makes the work extremely difficult - for example having poor quality tools and a culture which has taboos against making this item |
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− | | align="center" | - | + | | align="center" | -1 || unfavorable circumstances significantly hinder the work - examples include having poor quality tools OR a culture which has taboos against making this item |
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− | | align="center" | 0 || circumstances do not significantly | + | | align="center" | 0 || circumstances do not significantly influence the work |
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− | | align="center" | + | + | | align="center" | +1 || favorable circumstances significantly help the work - examples include having state of the art tools OR a culture which has specialized in making this item |
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− | | align="center" | + | + | | align="center" | +2 || a combination of favorable circumstances makes the work much easier- for example having state of the art tools and a culture which has specialized in making this item |
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! style="width:9em" | technology CP !! align="left" | example | ! style="width:9em" | technology CP !! align="left" | example | ||
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− | | align="center" | | + | | align="center" | 20 || stone age |
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− | | align="center" | | + | | align="center" | 50 || ancient |
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− | | align="center" | | + | | align="center" | 100 || industrial |
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− | | align="center" | | + | | align="center" | 200 || modern |
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− | | align="center" | | + | | align="center" | 500 || futuristic |
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===Surgery=== | ===Surgery=== | ||
− | + | Modifying organic characters requires surgery. | |
− | When a character performs surgery, a success roll is required. The surgeon's medicine ability is used for the success roll. Superficial operations like cutting hair or sharpening claws, which only affect non-living tissue, do not require a roll. Surgery which does not directly affect vital organs has a difficulty between 0 and | + | When a character performs surgery, a success roll is required. The surgeon's medicine ability is used for the success roll, and the difficulty of the surgery is added to the roll against success. Superficial operations like cutting hair or sharpening claws, which only affect non-living tissue, do not require a roll. Surgery which does not directly affect vital organs has a difficulty between 0 and 5. Surgery which affects vital organs or involves other major changes has a difficulty between 5 and 10. |
If the roll succeeds, healing from the surgery only affect the character's performance for a few days. If the roll fails, the surgeon must make a second roll, identical to the first. If the surgeon succeeds on his second roll, the character must spend an extra month healing. If the second roll fails, the character dies. | If the roll succeeds, healing from the surgery only affect the character's performance for a few days. If the roll fails, the surgeon must make a second roll, identical to the first. If the surgeon succeeds on his second roll, the character must spend an extra month healing. If the second roll fails, the character dies. | ||
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| align="center" | 0 || || no living tissue affected (sharpening claws) | | align="center" | 0 || || no living tissue affected (sharpening claws) | ||
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− | | align="center" | | + | | align="center" | 2 || || no significant effect on organs, muscles or bones (implanting an explosive device.) |
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− | | align="center" | | + | | align="center" | 4 || || modifications to non-vital organs (removing an appendix) |
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− | | align="center" | | + | | align="center" | 6 || || significant muscle or skeleton modification (amputation, limb lengthening) |
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− | | align="center" | | + | | align="center" | 8 || || modification to vital organs or peripheral nervous system (heart transplant, new limbs) |
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− | | align="center" | | + | | align="center" | 10 || || major modifications involving central nervous system (add a new head and spinal column) |
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'''1. Design the Modified Weapon''' | '''1. Design the Modified Weapon''' | ||
− | Steven decides to | + | Steven decides to elongate the handle of one of his machetes to make a pole arm: |
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+ | {{:Mano a Mano:Example Weapon}} | ||
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+ | Steven will give the weapon more reach, so that it will be this weapon: | ||
{| style="text-align:center" | {| style="text-align:center" | ||
− | ! align="left" | Item Name | + | ! align="left" | Item Name !! Special Modifiers |
+ | ! CP !! Mass !! Heft !! Reach !! Pwr !! Shp !! Cvr !! Abs | ||
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− | | align="left" | | + | | align="left" | Ice Blade || (no special modifiers) |
− | + | | 195 || 0.5 kg || 3 || 2.5 m || 3-6 || S || || | |
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+ | This modification uses 30 CP to to add 1.5 of a meters reach for to the machete, making to total 205 CP. | ||
'''2. Find the Maximum CP''' | '''2. Find the Maximum CP''' | ||
− | We start with Steven's +2 Craftsmanship modifier. We | + | We start with Steven's +2 Craftsmanship modifier. We add 0 to this because Steven is taking a week to modify the machete, so that his maximum CP is now 2. We add 2 because his culture specializes in making machetes, and because he is using relatively state of the art tools, so that his maximum CP is now 4. We multiply his maximum CP by 50 because Steven is in a culture that has "ancient" technology, so that the maximum CP is 200. |
'''3. Compare Maximum CP to the CP of the Designed Weapon''' | '''3. Compare Maximum CP to the CP of the Designed Weapon''' | ||
− | Since the maximum CP ( | + | Since the maximum CP (200) is equal to or greater than the Machette's CP (195), Steven is able to modify the machete. |
===Artificial Character Example=== | ===Artificial Character Example=== | ||
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'''1. Design the Character''' | '''1. Design the Character''' | ||
− | An evil alien decides to make a synthetic clone of Steven. No new template is needed because the clone uses Modre's Human template. The clone also has the same build and abilities as Modre, so it also has the same character points: | + | An evil alien decides to make a synthetic clone of Steven. No new template is needed because the clone uses Modre's Human template. The clone also has the same build and abilities as Modre, so it also has the same character points: 305 CP. |
'''2. Find Maximum CP''' | '''2. Find Maximum CP''' | ||
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'''3. Compare Maximum CP to the CP of the Designed Character''' | '''3. Compare Maximum CP to the CP of the Designed Character''' | ||
− | Since the maximum CP (500) is equal to or greater than the Clone's CP ( | + | Since the maximum CP (500) is equal to or greater than the Clone's CP (195), the evil alien is able to make the clone. |
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===Modify Character Example=== | ===Modify Character Example=== | ||
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'''1. Design the Character''' | '''1. Design the Character''' | ||
− | After the Clone's defeat at the hands of Modre, the evil alien decides to upgrade the clone with | + | After the Clone's defeat at the hands of Modre, the evil alien decides to upgrade the clone with 690 CP worth of enhancements, so that the enhanced clone's CP is 995. |
'''2. Find Maximum CP''' | '''2. Find Maximum CP''' | ||
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'''3. Compare Maximum CP to the CP of the Designed Character''' | '''3. Compare Maximum CP to the CP of the Designed Character''' | ||
− | Since the maximum CP (1000) is equal to or greater than the Modified Clone's CP ( | + | Since the maximum CP (1000) is equal to or greater than the Modified Clone's CP (995), the evil alien is able to modify the clone. |
'''4. For non-mechanical characters, perform the surgery roll''' | '''4. For non-mechanical characters, perform the surgery roll''' | ||
− | Since the Clone is a creature of flesh and blood rather than a mechanical or robotic one, a surgery roll must be made to ensure his survival. Because the evil alien is significantly modifying the clone's physiology the difficulty of this surgery is | + | Since the Clone is a creature of flesh and blood rather than a mechanical or robotic one, a surgery roll must be made to ensure his survival. Because the evil alien is significantly modifying the clone's physiology, his the difficulty of this surgery is 7. On his first roll the clone rolls a 5, for a total of 8, while the opposing roll is a 2, for a total of 9. |
− | Having failed his first roll, the evil alien has to do another roll to see if the clone will even survive the modification. The clone rolls a | + | Having failed his first roll, the evil alien has to do another roll to see if the clone will even survive the modification. The clone rolls a 6, for a total of 9, and the opposition rolls a 1, for a total of 8. The clone barely survives the modification and recovers in about a month from this surgery. |