Character Points

Characters will be created as per the Core Rule Book. That being 300 Points, with the following additions from the Errata.

This game will not be using the standard Fear system. We will be using the optional Stress System instead, albeit inverted to track loss in the same way you lose Hit Points.

Drug Addiction will be handled as normal, except if you are a Frother, in which case the number of doses you can take before needing to roll for addiction is doubled from the Core Book listings.

Characters should be looking to have only 1 skill, be that normal or ebb related at the 7 - 8 mark.  This is the skill you will be most known for among other Operatives and should you gather fame it will be among the first factors that is noticed.  Yes Higher skills are possible but through experience it is more gratifying to earn the truly masterful levels in skills through play.  Other skills should be lower that the skill you choose as your capstone skill.

Also, keep in mind that the skills a character gains based on Race are applied before Character Creation points are spent and the skills a character gains based on Training Package are applied after Character Creation points are spent.


Skill Descriptions

The Rival Company (KNOW) skill description is not mentioned in the SLA Industries rule book. The description is as follows:

"This skill represents the characters knowledge of the companies who oppose SLA Industries. This is a generic knowledge of company workings, recognition of company figures and associated symbols and equipment used by these companies."

Electronic Forgery (DIA) skill description is not mentioned in the SLA Industries rule book. The description is as follows:

"This skill is the next step up from Manual Forgery. It allows the character to create fraudulent documents which will fool most humans and some machines, eg credit cards and even electronic lock passes for door entry systems."


Advantages/Disadvantages

The money mentioned under the Advantage/Disadvantage of Finance should be in Credits, and not Unis as stated.

The Vehicle Advantage can be taken and the character can then sell the vehicle (For Half Price) but only Ranks 1 to 3 as the other ranks are vehicles which are only leased to you from the company and therefore are not truly owned by you.  If this is done however, Vehicle cannot be purchased again during Character Creation.  The money gained is not usable at character creation and purchases made with the money must be done in game.


Flow of the Ebb

Ebb Ability Blast: Rank 5 (Blast 3) should cost 5 Flux and not 4 as listed.

The Thermal Gauge functions in the same way for both Thermal powers (Blue and Red), as the Flintlock does for Blast (page 222 SLA Industries rule book), providing a +1 bonus to the user's effective rank. It does not however give the Flintlock's reduction in Flux as it applies to multiple abilities.

An Ebb user's Formula starts at 1 and will go up throughout play as things are learned.  However, as a rough guide, for every 7 points an Ebb user has distributed among Ebb powers after the first point increases Formula by 1.  So for example - Shrike has 22 points spread among Ebb powers and her Formula is 4.  If she only had 21 points her Formula would be 3 still.  It's only a rough guide but it helps to figure out at least what a characters starting Formula should be.

Characters must select 3 Ebb Skills with which they have 0 ranks at character creation (In addition to Gore Cannon as ranks in this may not be taken at Character Creation at all).  The selected Skills may be learned in game as normal though.

A characters Formula indicates the highest level of effect that a character can accomplish without a Deathsuit to Calculate for the character.

When using an Ebb Skill without a Deathsuit, Formula is also the rating used to determine if the power works rather than the Ebb Skill it normally uses.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:17, Thu 19 Apr 2018.