Editing Scarik's Simplified 40k Notes

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== Play-by-Post rules changes ==


'''Traits'''

Unnatural Stats become linear (+10 to rolls and +1 to stat bonus)

Size: Adds to Damage dealt and resistance, subtracts from defense. Adds to Weapon SB min and adds to armor AP worn.


'''Dice rolls'''

Succeed if roll under, fail if over

DoS = tens digit rolled	
DoF = tens rolled – tens needed
Righteous Fury – on doubles, good if succeed, bad if not. Really bad.


==Combat==

Turn Sequence:
Personal
*Roll for Position (environs, gear)
*Determine Range [CC, A, FF, SO(1-3)]
*Roll for Results (gear): Attack Skill vs Passive Defense
*Resolve Damage (gear): Damage vs Resilience, Compare DoS to Crit table (location determined normally, may spend DoS to change location according to multiple hit chart) 



'''Weapons'''

''Ranged Weapons stats''
*Type - SP, Bolt, Las, Flamer, Plasma, Melta, Shuriken
*Class - Pistol/Assault/Rifle/Support/Heavy/Mounted
*Optimal Range - CC/A/FF/SO(1-3)
*Damage - 
*Crit - Explosive, Impact, Rending, Energy
*Penetration - Pen > AP, armor halved -- Pen > 2xAP, armor ignored -- Pen < half AP, no modifier.
*Weight of Fire: Modifier to Position rolls, max number of targets the weapon can engage.
*Recoil - Minimum S bonus to use w/o penalty

''Melee Weapons stats''
*Type - Blade, Heavy, Light, Flexible
*Class - Chain, Shock, Power, Traditional
*Damage -
*Crit - 
*Penetration - 
*Heft - Minimum S bonus to use in one hand

'''Armor'''

Armor stats
*Type - Rigid, Flexible, Heavy
*Class - Flak, Mesh, Carapace, Powered
*AP - Modifier to 
*Encumbrance - Minimum T bonus to use w/o penalty


'''Skills'''
Make weapon talents into skills, use normal skill progression

Add +30 and +40 ranks (same cost as +20)

Only count highest bonus and highest penalty


== Eldar PCs ==
'''Characteristics:''' +3BS, +3WS, +5Ag, -3 WP, -5Fel, choice of +3Int or Per 

'''Skills:''' Common Lore (own Craftworld), Speak Language (Eldar), Psyniscience

-Treat Acrobatics, Literacy and Tech-Use as Basic skills

'''Talents:''' Heightened Senses (Sight, Sound), Jaded, Resistance (Psychic), Sprint

-Weapons replace Bolt with Shuriken and Plasma with Lance.

'''Traits:''' Unnatural Agility (x2) Doom of the Eldar*

'''Fate:''' 1d10, 1-7 = 1, 8-10 = 2

*'''Doom of the Eldar:''' The Age of the Eldar has passed, fate has removed its grace from this once mighty race. Eldar characters lose 2 Fate Points when they are forced to burn one. If the character only has a single FP left they may still burn it but may not use the Heroic Sacrifice rule.

==Astartes==

'''Tomb Brothers Solo'''
Rank 1 - re-roll all Lore tests
Rank 3 - may not Run, may re-roll a single Int or WP test per encounter, +1 to Cohesion if squad is all Codex Chapters
Rank 5 - Treat all Common Lores and Scholastic Lores as basic Skills
Rank 7 - +10 to all Lore and Fear tests. Immune to Pinning.

'''Advances'''
Reduce all Characteristics to 25 base and use RT scale costs
Halve cost of all other Advances.