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==Armor==
 
  
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I think our example character should have armor. This would lengthen the character generation and combat examples, but I think this is important enough to warrant the extra effort.
 
  
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:I am currently working on the Squawk RPG book, once the first rough draft is together I'll revisit MaM for this and other editorial enhancements.  (I'm waiting for the rough draft to get done so I know what '''I''' need MaM to do.)[BFG]
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==Compact Characters==
  
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==Organization==
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Compact characters could be used for NPCs who only need combat stats and a few other qualities and abilities. All of the NPCs in a particular battle could fit on two facing pages of a book, possibly with other information about the battle, which would be convenient for the GM. A bestiary can have lots of playable creatures. Compact characters could fit on cards or leave room for explaining how to do basic actions and roll dice for beginning players. Compact characters can be simpler to create by hand than an SVG file (although SVG files are plain text and this can be automated by a script)
  
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I have re-ordered the sections on the [[Mano a Mano|Table of Contents]] and [[Mano a Mano:Complete System|Complete System on One Page]] to reflect this. The broad overview of Gameplay is still first, followed by Action, Character Development, Character Creation and finally Game Design. We will probably want to make further changes so that the system makes sense when presented in this order. We may even want to move the example Ability and Equipment lists into Character Creation or even Character Development. [SL]
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* Carrying capacity, equipment mass and encumbrance are mostly just for calculating movement, therefore optional.
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* Template ability modifiers, speed, agility, power, toughness, mass, length, variability and CP value are not needed for NPCs.
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* Ground, water and air movement, best absorption and total cover can be assumed to be 0 if they are not listed.
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* Stun and damage are only needed for characters in the middle of an adventure or battle.
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* Lines can be broken after any comma except between parentheses, or lines can be joined with commas or other notation.
  
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: Yeah, that's what I figured. Now it looks to me like perhaps even example occupations may need to be moved forward to at least character generation, and possibly into character development (since it's hard to imagine character development in MaM without the potential for new abilities, equipment, or occupations.) [BFG]
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{|
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! align="left" | standard (similar things on each line)
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! align="left" | recipe (one thing on each line)
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|-
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| valign="top" style="white-space:nowrap" |
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Steven (151 CP, 95 kg, 1.6 m height, adult male human robber)<br>
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1 speed, 0 agility, 3 power, 7 toughness, 14 stamina<br>
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2 unarmed combat, 4 one-handed weapons, 2 craftsmanship<br>
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2 hands (hand, 3 power, 2 attack, 12 defense)<br>
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2 feet (3 power, 2 attack, 12 defense)<br>
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1 machete (sharp, 0.5 kg, 3 heft, 5 power, 4 attack, ''14 defense'')<br>
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4 ground movement, 10 missile defense, 3 grapple attack, 13 grapple defense<br>
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| valign="top" rowspan="3" style="white-space:nowrap" |
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Steven (151 CP, 95 kg, 1.6 m height, adult male human robber)<br>
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1 speed<br> 0 agility<br> 3 power<br> 7 toughness<br> 14 stamina<br>
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2 unarmed combat<br> 4 one-handed weapons<br> 2 craftsmanship<br>
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2 hands (hand, 3 power, 2 attack, 12 defense)<br>
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2 feet (3 power, 2 attack, 12 defense)<br>
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1 machete (sharp, 0.5 kg, 3 heft, 5 power, 4 attack, ''14 defense'')<br>
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4 ground movement<br> 10 missile defense<br> 3 grapple attack<br> 13 grapple defense
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|-
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! align="left" | run-on (everything on one line)
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|-
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| valign="top" |
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Steven (151 CP, 95 kg, 1.6 m height, adult male human robber),
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1 speed, 0 agility, 3 power, 7 toughness, 14 stamina
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2 unarmed combat, 4 one-handed weapons, 2 craftsmanship,
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2 hands (hand, 3 power, 2 attack, 12 defense),
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2 feet (3 power, 2 attack, 12 defense),
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1 machete (sharp, 0.5 kg, 3 heft, 5 power, 4 attack, ''14 defense''),
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4 ground movement, 10 missile defense, 3 grapple attack, 3 grapple defense
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|}
  
 
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* [[Mano a Mano:Character Sheet|Blank Character Sheet]]
 
* [[Mano a Mano:Example Template|Example Template]]
 
* [[Mano a Mano:Example Template|Example Template]]
 
* [[Mano a Mano:Example Character|Example Character]]
 
* [[Mano a Mano:Example Character|Example Character]]

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