Post up.  Thank you for the help and my apologies for the delay.

Welcome new players!

Thank you. Marduke is a barbarian from  frozen Vanaheim.

Hello, hello... welcome to the pit. =)

TF: Horses isn't on Everyman skills?

Nope, most people walk.

Hey, folks!

Finishing up some stuff for my character, but she's a Pict. All savage and extremely pissed off. Grrr...  :D

Looking forward to writing with everyone!

@ Marduke - Horses are not super common in the frozen north!  ;)  *shivers*

Us Picts are not big horseriders, either. We like to run at our enemies on our own two feet.

How Many PSLs for melee are needed to insure that hit location is 2d6+1?

Also, Fighting tricks for the weapon group (Picks and axes)....Do I need separate Combat Skill levels and Power skill rolls for each weapon type, or each weapon Group?

Are Fighting Tricks based on Str, Dex, or something else?
This message was last edited by the player at 08:04, Sat 13 Apr 2019.

Look at the Notice: References thread for OCV penalty for Group or specific Hit Locations

Fighting tricks apply only to a Weapon type, not a group, ie Melee

Fighting tricks are DEX based, though if a special case comes up, a different stat may apply.

Okay, only need 2 PSLs to get that 2d6+1 Location roll. PSLs are not subject to the same Limitations or tight weapon groups, are they?

2 PSLs vs Hit Location costs 3 points?

From HERO Vol 1



Yes, there is a Camapign limit you can apply, look in char gen thread

EDIT: Though the following only applies to CSL's not PSL's


This message was last edited by the player at 08:51, Sat 13 Apr 2019.

Actually, that does not work. The 3 point PSL specifically says it applies to ALL Attacks with a specific OCV penalty. Yet to apply the required limitation, you have to use a Fighting trick with ONE weapon only.

How does that work, hmmmm?

In what way does it not apply, its all weapons you use regardless of any other penalty.

Oh, unless you did not read my EDIT: the limits apply to CSL, not PSL

You are buying PSL

If I were to buy 2 2-pt PSLs vs Hit Location, then I can apply it to how tight a group? All melee weapons? All Axes & Picks? What constitutes a tight group in this game?

The example in the text is Pistols.

In the Weapon Fam listing, Under Small Arms is Handguns.  Pistols are a tight group under Handguns, or Handguns are all Pistols, not sure.

Typically guidance for tight group is three things, like skills, or Martial maneuvers.

Are any skills based on Str? I don't understand why combat skill levels labor under restrictions? With 2 3-pt levels costing 6 pts normally , won't a Fighting skills roll take a -1 penalty for 5-7 active points? So. I would only be able to use Combat skill levels on an 11- roll? Seems overly restrictive.

Turns out in a following post, maybe here in OOC, Crom did say that certain defensive powers did not require a roll.

Rail all you like, shake the Pillars of Heaven, these are the campaign rules.

There may be uses for s STR substitution for a skill roll, no skills based on STR.

Hoist is based on INT.

EDIT: Found this



and there is this

This message was last edited by the player at 10:06, Sat 13 Apr 2019.

Okay. Fringe benefit for social class isn't a must, is it?

I've got 125 pts in characteristics , 5 pts in Ancient Bloodlines , 35 pts in skills,  and 10 pts in Powers (I'm guessing +1 Perception does not require limitations). Wish I could afford Berserk Fury, but I likely don't need it.

I need 50 pts in Complications. 25 pts likely in Psychological limitations. Probably Reluctant to Harm Women (10 pts?) and Honorable (15?). Is there a Social stigma attached to Barbarians?

There is no mention of a must have



Except as mentioned re Serfs/Slave/Outcast

This may already have been cleared up but let me summarize:

Power Skill: Fighting Tricks X (where X is a tight weapon group like Axes, Swords, Bows, Unarmed, etc...).   Required for Martial Arts that can be used only with X and Combat Skill levels with X.   Also provides benefits even if character does not also have Combat Skill levels and/or Martial Arts

Combat Skill Levels - only 2 and 3 point versions allowed, all MUST have Requires a Fighting Tricks X roll (-1/2) Limitation so they are limited to a particular weapon group

Martial Arts: Limited to X (where X is a tight weapon group).  Cannot be bought unless character has a Power Skill: Fighting Tricks X also

Penalty Skill Levels: restrictions are already in place since each is limited to a particular situation.  No requirement for an associated Power Skill: Fighting Tricks.  They're not modified in this setting.

You can skim the prior posts in the Character Creation thread for examples how others have used these.

Everyone starts with Fringe Benefit: Farmer/Herder and may either buy that higher or forego it for the Complication: Serf/Slave or Outcast

Nearly there with the mechanical bits of my character. Looking forward to writing with all of you.

Hah! Boy was I wrong, lol. Thank you, Crom, for working so hard on getting me squared away. Hopefully just a couple more PM's before I'm solid. Goodness. Talk about high maintenance.

Bleh.

Still looking forward to writing with everyone.   :)

You're in good shape.  Just few more points to account for

Feel free to post in Character Creation thread, let others see where you're going and offer some advice.

Since I am close to approved, I don't know if I should start posting to The Red Pit.

 I am afraid I am going to have to bow out of the game. I wish all here good hunting.