Talk:Mano a Mano

Tables for faster Template/Character creation

Template CP Table

build no variability -10 CP low variability -5 CP medium variability 0 CP high variability 5 CP ¼ speed -30 CP ½ speed 0 CP 1 speed 30 CP 2 speed 60 CP 3 speed 90 CP agility levels 15 CP strength levels 10 CP toughness levels 5 CP abilities ability levels 8 CP

qualities flying 15 CP gliding 10 CP soaring 5 CP parachuting 5 CP perfect regeneration 10 CP daily regeneration 10 CP hourly regeneration 30 CP sudden regeneration 50 CP mechanical 5 CP streamlined -5 CP blind -70 CP deaf -30 CP dumb -10 CP mute -15 CP lame -30 CP immobile -70 CP inept -20 CP unintelligent -40 CP

natural armor partial cover 5 CP × cover × absorption full cover 50 CP × absorption natural weapons none -50 CP single -20 CP multiple 0 CP each hand 10 CP leverage levels 4 CP offense levels 5 CP meters of range 1 CP one sharp weapon 20 CP multiple sharp weapons 30 CP one padded weapon 5 CP multiple padded weapons 8 CP

Character CP Table

ability levels	5 CP
more speed	20 CP
less speed	-20 CP
agility levels	10 CP
toughness levels	3 CP
strength levels	5 CP

Equipment CP Table

mass CP mass CP 0.000 kg 10 3-5 kg -2 0.001 kg 9 6-10 kg -3 0.002 kg 8 11-20 kg -4 0.005 kg 7 21-50 kg -5 0.01 kg 6 51-100 kg -6 0.02 kg 5 101-200 kg -7 0.03-0.05 kg 4 201-500 kg -8 0.06-0.10 kg 3 501-1000 kg -9 0.11-0.20 kg 2 1001-2000 kg -10 0.21-0.50 kg 1 2001-5000 kg -11 0.51-1.00 kg 0 5001-10,000 kg -12 1.01-2.00 kg -1 10,001-20,000 kg -13

heft levels -10 CP power levels 10 CP meters of range 1 CP partial cover 5 CP × cover × absorption full cover 5 CP × absorption offense levels 5 CP control levels 10 CP sharp 20 CP padded 5 CP two-handed -10 CP flash -5 CP noise -10 CP smoke -20 CP

shots before  reloading CP value 1 -2 × the reload time 2  5 - 2 × the reload time 3 10 - 2 × the reload time 4 12 - 2 × the reload time 5 14 - 2 × the reload time 6 16 - 2 × the reload time 7 17 - 2 × the reload time 8 18 - 2 × the reload time 9 19 - 2 × the reload time 10 or more 20 - 2 × the reload time no limit 20

Character Sheet

• italics to suggest hand-written text
• underlines to indicate best absorption and melee defense
• lower case stun and damage separated by commas

Steven (adult male human robber, 95 kg, 1.6 m height, 151 CP)
1 speed, 0 agility, 3 strength, 7 toughness, 14 stamina
2 unarmed combat, 4 one-handed weapons, 2 craftsmanship
2 hands (hand, 3 power, 2 attack, 12 defense)
2 feet (3 power, 2 attack, 12 defense)
1 machete (sharp, 0.5 kg, 3 heft, 5 power, 4 attack, 14 defense)
3 carrying capacity, 0.5 kg equipment mass, 0 encumbrance
4 ground movement, 0 water movement
0 total cover, 10 missile defense, 13 grapple defense, 3 grapple attack
____ stun, ____damage

Armor

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.

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]

Organization

I have re-ordered the sections on the Table of Contents and 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]

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]

Compact NPCs

Can we abbreviate NPC stats by omitting some details?

• Carrying capacity, equipment mass and encumbrance are only needed to calculate movement.
• Movement, best absorption and total cover can be assumed to be 0 if they are not listed.
• Stun and damage can go on scratch paper.

Editing Character Sheet

If you change the character sheet format when editing any of the following, you must update the others:

• Blank Character Sheet
• Example Template
• Example Character
• Clone character sheet in the Combat Example!

Be sure you know which character sheet you are updating:

• The template creation example includes both the blank character sheet and the example template.
• The character creation example includes both the example template and the example character sheet.

I removed the following from the character sheet page because that page is a wiki template which should not include any other content.

Here's Steven's full-page character sheet from the character generation example:

Name Steven Age adult Sex male Template human Occupation(s) robber
Abilities & Qualities   Modifier natural weapons 2 / 0 one-handed weapons 4 / 0 craftsmanship 2 / 0     /       /       /       /       /       /       /       /       /	Mass 95 / 75 kg Length 1.6 / 1.7 m Length Type height Variability medium   Speed 1 / 1 Agility 0 / 0 Strength 3 / 3 Toughness 7 / 5   CP Value 151 / 105
Equipment & Natural Defenses   Features   Mass   Heft   Power   Attack   Defense 2 hands hand   kg   3 2 12 2 feet     kg   3 2 12 machete sharp 0.5 kg 3 5 4 14       kg               kg               kg               kg               kg               kg               kg
Carrying Capacity 3 kg Equipment Mass 0.5 kg Encumbrance 0 Ground Movement 4 m Water Movement 0 m Air Movement 0 m Best Absorption 0 Total Cover 0 Grapple Attack 3 Melee Defense 14 Missile Defense 10 Grapple Defense 13
Stun Stamina 14 Damage