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  3. Posted

    1 hour ago, phillos said:

    wow.  there's been 85 fictions already.  I assume that's just the free online fictions and it doesn't include the fictions they put in the card packs for the first few cycles. 

    It's every fiction available on the FFG website, compiled into one single PDF, along with all the individual PDFs there as well. If fiction from the card packs was placed onto the site, then yes, otherwise no.

  4. Posted

    So I am preparing to run the three starter modules for my 3-man RP group for 5e L5R from 1st February onwards. However I was struggling to get the background feel for my players, so I sought out some guidance on the free fiction for the rework of the timeline. I downloaded each and every fiction, all 85 of them, and placed them into a single google folder, cateloged them using another website (source in the link below) and was going to share them.

    Alas a friend of my, Snoop Hogg, did me a solid and created the ultimate; fictions 1 - 85 in a single PDF. It is the last PDF in the folder, but you can find the link in the cateloging document. Sharing it here because it's too much to go through the L5R website and download them individually, especially if you are returning and don't know the timeline.

    I will do my best to keep it up to date, but if I am missing something, let me know.

    Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tQjPPcjsMR0Cip4dOTIhsm8G_VOSEIBP?usp=sharing
    Note: Information was correct at time of compilation and uploading (23/01/20).

     

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  5. Posted

    On pages 302 & 304 of the core rulebook it talks about virtue advantages and fame advantages (Honor and Glory respectably); e.g. 80-99 honor = 2 virtue advantages & 65-79 glory = 1 fa,e advantage. What I am confused about is where these advantages/disadvantages are, or what exactly they are. In that section of the book it does not do a great job of explaining it and it has confused me a tad.

    Can anyone clear this up for me?

  7. Posted

    On 3/28/2018 at 7:30 AM, okuma said:

    Just to point a fact people seem to be confused about... most of the samurai of a clan never go past rank 1-2, rank 3 characters are already high ranked members and rank 4 and 5 are super rare (and let's not talk about what is higher than that). That the canon. A rank 3 character has achieved a high rank in his clan and likely an important position as an officer, sensei or diplomat. So yeah, sanding rank 3 characters to do diplomatic missions is what happens in the setting. Most NPC aren't higher than rank 3, but people remember those who are higher than those because they are more memorable. People remember Kakita Toshimoko, master sensei when most of the senseis in the Kakita Academy are rank 3-4.

    Now, all the discussion is still relevant, just need to move the rank bar a bit lower.

    As someone who used to play 1/2/3rd Ed, achieving rank 4 was no easy feat, however you see rank as equal to status in the current game, and it isn't. Someone who is rank 4, in the beta, could be a standard samurai, just a very experienced and well respected one. Someone who is rank 2 could be a Taisa of a Legion with equal measure. Rank in the old game equated to where you stood in the rankings of the Clan/Imperial courts; it's respective to the system, not the lore.

    1/2/3 edition, rank 5 was emperor or higher.

    5 edition, rank 5 is level 5. Honor/Glory/Status manage where you stand in the empire.

  9. Posted

    It still doesn't make sense or work correctly, I think the assisting needs to be capped to assure that experience and ability out trump assisting.

    Someone at level 1 could better someone who was level 5+ with the correct number of assists. That doesn't make the game balanced, and basically means that you just need X number of players with the basic skills and then everyone else can assist bump the required player up.

    Cap assisting!!

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  10. Posted

    I've not done the math on that sadly, as TN3-4 would be ridiculous for someone of a skill that wasn't close to that.  A GM should ensure that scaling occurs.

    The reason for me saying that is, someone at a starter level using the assist system CAN hit someone of TN3-4 without scaling. I think that is the point I am making, especially when for certain rolls the number of successes is important.

    I only noticed it because I was rolling 3 ring/4 skill keep 6 on the game I was playtesting the combat rules on, and the number of successes with opportunities was immense; too many in all honesty.

  11. Posted

    Situation: Character 1 needs help in making sure the Oni stays down. Characters 2, 3, 4 & 5 all assist. He has MA Melee 2, Fire 2.

    "the character making the check rolls 1 additional Skill die per assisting character who has 1 or more ranks of the skill in use, and 1 additional Ring die per assisting character who has 0 ranks in the skill in use."

    First off, no limit to the number of assistees that can lend help. So you could have four people assisting a character, two with used skill and two without. This means they get 2x Ring dice and 2x Skill dice.

    "At the GM’s discretion, during Step 4: Apply Advantages and Disadvantages, up to one advantage from each assisting character can be applied to the check."

    Granted this states GM's discretion, but it would be pretty naff if you reduce the effectiveness of the party because the rules aren't balanced yet.

    "a character making a check with assistance may keep up to 1 additional die per assisting character."

    Third the character then gets to keep four dice (essentially all the extra dice rolled). So currently rolling (old style) 4k4.

    Finally "each assisting character may choose to suffer 1 strife to negate 1 strife result on the check."

    So including explosive successes, this is an easy, easy way to abuse the system and just defeat something, or overcome something. I feel that their either needs to be a cap on the amount of dice kept, not rolled, kept with the half of the number of samurai assisting. 

    The ```'K' value in L5R has ALWAYS been the game breaking number, it should be kept lower than the rolled die, or at worse case equal to.

    Thoughts, opinioins?

  16. Posted

    Hi all,

    This may be a stupid question, but how exactly does combat work? Using Strike as an example: "As an Attack action using one readied weapon, you may make a TN 2 Martial Arts check using the appropriate skill for the weapon, targeting one character within the range of the weapon."

    So is TN 2 a universal TN for everyone to be hit, or can that be modified/is modified by various skills/equipment etc etc.

    I used to be used to a system where the TN varied, and I don't seem to think this is the case.

  18. Posted · Edited by Lendosan

    Want:

    Veteran Gunners x1

    Heavy Turbolaser Turrets x1

    Expanded Launchers x2

    HAVE (TO TRADE):

    Ships:

    X-Wings x2 (X-Wing; Core set version; Complete)

    CR90 x2 (Armada; Core Set Version; Complete)

    Nebulon-B x2 (Armada; Core Set Version; Complete)

    Howlrunner x1 (Armada; Core Ser Version; Complete)

    Upgrade Cards:

    R2-F2 x1 (X-Wing)

    R2-D2 x1 (X-Wing)

    Tie/x1 x1 (X-Wing)

    Grand Moff Tarkin x1 (Armada)

    Wulff Yularen x1 (Armada)

    General Dodonna x1 (Armada)

    Leia Organa x1 (Armada)

    Dodonna's Pride x2 (Armada)

    Redemption x2 (Armada)

    Dominator x1 (Armada)

    PM for trade

  19. Posted

    Updated after listening to comments; Thoughts on this updated list?

    Imperial I

    UPGRADES

    Admiral Motti

    Veteran Gunners

    XI7 Turbolasers

    Relentless

    Victory I

    UPGRADES

    Ordnance Experts

    Heavy Turbolaser Turrets

    Expanded Launchers

    Victory I

    UPGRADES

    Ordnance Experts

    Heavy Turbolaser Turrets

    Expanded Launchers

    SQUADRONS

    Howlrunner

    Tie Fighter Squadron

    Tie Fighter Squadron

    Tie Fighter Squadron

    Tie Fighter Squadron

    Tie Fighter Squadron

    OBJECTIVES

    Advanced Gunnery, Contested Outpost & Intel Sweep

  20. Posted

    Hi all,

     

    New to Armada, but have played X-Wing for some time.  Did what I usually do which is get two core sets and play the game with a couple of add ons.  Wrote my first 400pts list, which is what my group is aiming for, I'd like your input.

     

    Imperial I
    Admiral Motti 
    XI7 Turbolasers
    Relentless 
     
    Victory I 
    Tactical Expert
    Heavy Turbolaser Turrets
    Expanded Launchers
    Dominator
     
    Victory I
    H9 Turbolasers
    Warlord
     
    Howlrunner
    Tie Fighter Squadron 
    Tie Fighter Squadron 
    Tie Fighter Squadron 
    Tie Fighter Squadron 
    Tie Fighter Squadron 
     
    Advanced Gunnery, Contested Outpost & Intel Sweep
     
    I really wanted Mauler in there, as I can tell in combination with Howlrunner, could really mess enemy squadrons up.  Feedback more than welcome.

  21. Posted

    So last night I used my Imperial Raider for the first time, and what a beast!  However several questions popped up, during the game, that we couldn't answer.  Could anyone assist me with those?

     

    1)  Primary Weapon Arcs, does the ship fire from all weapon arcs with its Primary weapons?  Or does the Aft section only get to shoot with secondary weapons?

    2) Do the Fore & Aft sections received/act differently when actions are completed?  Say the rear makes a target lock, can the fore use that target lock as the ship is a whole?  How does Reinforce work?  Can the fore Reinforce the aft, or does it effect the entire ship?  It never really states that in the rules.
     

    3) How much energy does a huge ship start with?

    4) When you allocate energy, does it remain on that allocation turn-after-turn?  Say I allocate two energy to a Single Turbolaser, does that energy remain on the weapon until used?

     

    I appreciate the newbie questions, but huge ships are a new step for me.

  25. Posted

    I love playing the game, even when I lose.  Stoneface is 100% accurate with the whole perception thing, Vanor just got the wrong end of the stick, and pretty much attacked the OP.  My responses were "Passive Agressive Bitching", yes I admit that, but when someone storms in and claims my OP is just whining and bitching, when I was actually asking questions....what did they expect?

    Thanks for the advice - I have honestly taken them on board.  The issue was; I was playing Imperial, whilst in my head I was trying to build a Rebel list.  I have taken the advice given, and then moved forward, so thanks all for your help!

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