Post all OOC banter here.

Hello all. I have taken a peek at some character sheets I noticed that a few characters are in their teens.

So when it comes to character age I actually envision all the characters to be in their mid 20’s (24-26ish) as this is the age of a contemporary combat pilot. I did not make that clear so that’s my fault.

To be a contemporary combat pilot (at least in the USA and other western counties) you have to have a collage degree, then the pipeline to become a combat pilot is 2 years long. Once the 1st Robotech War begins the pipeline will be shortened and the collage degree requirement will be waived. New pilots would also start out at an enlisted rank.

That said in this case if a player were to take the young hinderance the character would be 17-20 which would reflect someone who graduated collage/university at a young age and then somehow made it through their respective militarily’s grueling 2 year pipeline for combat pilots. You would still be ‘young” in the eyes of some of the other pilots. Some of the other pilots would be old enough to be your mother or father.

I'm having some trouble deciding which military regiment to be a part of. Some help?

What country do you want to be from?

Of the nose weapons/sensor I added to the veritech, which do you prefer?

Or do you want to be crazy enough to be assigned to a conventional fighter squadron?

I know I answered your question with other questions. But regardless of which unit your with, you guys will all end up flying alongside each other, and (probably) not even know each other. I did this dynamic in my palladium Robotech game (which started with the same battle) and it was a great way to 'bring the group together' and still allow character to be from different countries.

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 4):

Thanks, these questions are helpful! I should have some good answers some time today, and therefore be able to pick this out. (I might want to be crazy enough to be assigned to a conventional fighter squadron, though. . .)

Don’t worry if you want to fly something I listed that isnt in SWADE (F-15, SU-27 or AV-8B). I’ll get stats up for you.

So....that was quick.

There have been 8 RTJ's in less then a day. I am not gonna turn off the accepting players notification until I get 8 named characters.

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 6):

I think I might go for the F-15. The character I am arriving at in my head is someone who is suspicious of the veritech fighters, and considers piloting an F-15 to be a truer test of flight skill. With that in mind, I suppose that I would be in the USAF 44th Fighter Squadron!

It looks like at least 3 players are gonna pilot conventional fighters. TO BE CLEAR no matter what you fly initially, you will fly a veritech in the 2nd scenario I have planned.

Please PM me once your character sheet is done. If you can list where/how things are distributed that would help me a lot as I am new to the Savage Worlds.

Hi everyone!
just popping by to say hello, and that I'm already excited about the game.
How are you guys shaping up?

Hey everyone. Glad to be playing with you.

Just popping in to say hi

Found interest in Savage Worlds rekindled and my interest in Robotech rekindled. This came at a perfect time. Popping in to say hi.

Very excited to be playing with everyone. :)

Same here...this should be awesome.

I've had the Savage Worlds rulebook and skimmed through it a few times but this will be my first game using the system.

I've been brushing up on the rules over the last couple of days but please let me know if I do anything stupid during play.

:)

*general hand waive to everyone*

Hello all, I’m glad you chose to join this game.

As players complete their characters I will be setting up a gear sheet for them. For now most everyone is not is in the UN SPACY but simple serving under that organization because your character is either part of Macross Islands defense force or is going to be assigned to a space vessel.

I hope to be able to get the first posts up by Friday. I’m not going to drop you into combat right away but allow everyone 1 or 2 character interaction posts before the UES Macross decides to fire its main guns and vaporize part of the island.

I have actually run this battle twice before. Once where the characters were the assaulting Zents and the second time similar to how the players here will start out.

With this first battle well’l get a feel for the Savage Worlds game mechanics here on RPOL and work out any rules issues we come across. If you do question a ruling please reference the pages in the books your referring to. It’s very possible I missed something or simply misunderstood what is written.

Very cool

OK we have 10 RTJ's so I turned off the requesting new players.

Quick question about the costs for raising skills during character creation:

On Page 29 of the SWAdE rulebook it says:

The "Character Creation Summary" table on Page 55 seems to contradict it.  It says:

So hypothetically, if I have a d6 in Smarts and want to raise my Academics (Smarts) from d4 to d6, does that cost 1 point or 2?

Thanks for the help!

In reply to Gunter Jaeger (msg # 20):

1 point, but 2 to raise it to a d8!

I was under the impression that you couldn’t increase a skill beyond its related attribute.

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 22):

you can, but it cost twice as much

Given at how much a one point difference is in this system it makes sense.

How do you change the character name under "the cast" I have been trying to change it from FNG 2 to my character;s name. also I added a backstory of sorts to my character.

PM me. Only the GM can change a character name on RPOL.

Starting as E-O Recruits?

You guys are all starting out as officers equivalent of a NATO OF1a or OF-1 within your countries military that operates either veritechs or conventional combat aircraft.

I'll look up what your rank is based on the military force your flying for.

I am unable to see any RPoL portraits. Haven't seen them for some time. I assumed this was the same for everyone on here. Not the case? Are you guys able to see or assign portraits?

I believe everyone was able to pick a portrait without any issues.

Although I have seen in the past where every so often the portraits across the whole site can't be seen. When this occurred for me the problem usually just went away after awhile.

I can see the portraits.

OK I have posts up that kick off the Battle of Macross Island.

As a GM in threads that lead up to combat (setting the stage so to speak) I prefer every player in the thread to post. This lets me know you've read the previous post(s), and tell me the GM it's time to move one.

The game will only move as fast as everyone posts. That said I fully understand how life can keep you from posting.

On the Launch day post, do you want us to pick up in the locker room, or the briefing room, or both.?

You can pick up where you see fit.

Because I have a group of players already in the air I wanted to condense time for those on the group in order to maintain the ps roof the game.

Figured it out. Can see them now. I was using Brave Browser which is extremely protective. I recommend it for almost everything other than RPoL. For example, its been months since I've seen a youtube ad. Its usually pretty great.

Got to use a different browser for this. Which is fine.

Loved this!  Fritz is a shifty guy...

:P

:)
Watch your six!

Well if Nadia decides to put a missile up Fritz's tailpipe it wouldn't be the first time a player smoked another without ANY warning.

link to a message in another game
EBSIS Veritech pilots showed up to help RDF Veritech pilots during a boarding operation to retrieve nav data....

Hey everyone I got permission to post our game as a fanfic from Darkside Trooper. I would like to get, via PM, everyone's name or online handle so I can give you all co-author credit. My pen name at Fanfiction.net is Sir_Tannin. I plan on posting the chapters here for review a week before I post to Fanfiction.net.

Hi all. I'm joining the game!

More meat for the grinder.....

Hello and welcome ;)

Hello!

So is is safe to assume everyone wants to keep track of their kills for bragging rights?

Where do we drop our rolls? PM to the GM? OOC note in post?

Good question....I haven't gotten a 'how to post rolls up yet' for this game. I'll add the blwo for that

Your rolls can be a either an OOC note in post or in a PM within your post. The only thing I ask is to stat if it is a failed or successful roll, as well as how many raises you get.

If your 'skill' die is 1d6, then jsut roll 2d6 on the die roller, jsut pay attention to what the highest of the two rolls is. Do not combine them.
16:47, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 5 using 2d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,1.  shoot missiles (example).
4-8 = -4 FAIL

You can use the 'manual' field if your skill die is not a d6, and is a d8 to represent roll the d8, and the wild die.
16:49, Today: Darkside Trooper rolled 4,1 using 1d8,1d6, rerolling max with rolls of 4,1.
4-8=-4 FAIL

I do have the 're-roll max' function enabled, so if you do roll the max it should roll again.
16:55, Today: (Fudged 1 roll) Darkside Trooper rolled 11 using 2d6, rerolling max with rolls of (6+4)10,1.
10-8=2 FAIL

So it looks like it is pretty hard to shot down a missile per the RAW....

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Last but not least please keep track of your ammo. If say after several posts in combat and you haven't kept track, I'll have the weapon system malfunction.

Please disregard this message.  I found the information that I was looking for.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:36, Tue 19 May 2020.

     I have posted the prolog of the story.

     Link:https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13589762/1/Robotech-Re-imagined-The-First-Robotech-War-Savage-Worlds

     Please post reviews on Fanfiction.net and as replies to this post. when I have the next chapter ready I will let you know.

    Pleases give me description of you characters? It will help with the reader being able to picture your charaters.

Since this isn’t a game being run on table top instead of the abstract ranges in the books should we just use feet/miles & meters/KM?

Being prior military and since the math is easier I’m more inclined to use the metric for ranges.

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 49):

Carpenter trained by English craftsman and long time miniature wargamer.

In reply to Scott Masters (msg # 48):

I'll be able to send a character description over the weekend, I think.

In reply to Vincent Church (msg # 51):

thanks jus got a few seans to rewrite then I will post most likely on Sunday.

Bump?

Will get some stuff up shortly.

Got some posts up if you have questions (or concerns) please ask/state in OOC, this way if someone else has the same question they'll see your question, and I can answer all questions where everyone can see.

Sorry if I missed this in the notes- Rank...

• OF-1
• OF-1A

the 'A' rank. Is this higher or lower than the OF-1?

Thanks.

No worries

OF-1a is the lower lower rank. This is using NATO‘S universal rank structure so that individuals from different countries would know who holds the higher rank.

I'm a bit confused as to how missile works.   According to the page quoted, it is an opposed electronics vs the maneuvering roll of the target to get the initial lock, right?  Then the target has ANOTHER chance to avoid being hit by each missile fired, rolling maneuvering with a -4 (or -2) penalty.  Where does the 1d8-4 factor in?
This message was last edited by the player at 06:44, Fri 29 May 2020.

I read over the missile rules from both books a few times, and i agree it is confusing....

The electronics roll is to get a ‘lock’ on to the target. (This is in SWADE & Robotech the difference between the books is how many missiles you can fire, Robotech let’s you fire one or all missiles when you succced). EDIT: This is an opposed roll. So you would have to make a electronics roll for each craft your trying to target. Each target then gets to make a piloting roll. If Attackers roll is higher they are ‘locked on” and can then fire a missile (or missiles).

The 1d8 roll is the missile being fired at the target (This is in Robotech).

The -4 is because the target is within the “3rd range band” or max range. (This is my understanding of how range works in Savage Worlds)

The target does get a chance to evade each missile. (The formula for that from the Robotech book is piloting + handling - 4)
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:30, Fri 29 May 2020.

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 57):

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 59):

So I gave a second Electronics check for when I get into the second range band, and:

"15:42, Today: Vincent Church rolled 5 using 2d6, dropping the lowest dice only, rerolling max with rolls of 4,5.  electronics check, once in second range band."

Hope they roll lower, I guess!

Yeah the die roller seem to hate you or the RAW doesn't really help when it comes to getting lock on's.

16:17, Today: Darkside Trooper, on behalf of Vincent Church, rolled 6 using 1d8, rerolling max with rolls of 6.  Tri-thruster opposed roll (vs 5).

Anyone here using RPoL via the new version?

https://responsive.rpol.net responsive.rpol.net
This message was last edited by the player at 15:33, Wed 03 June 2020.

In reply to Austin Peppinfuss (msg # 63):

I am slowly trying to use it.

It takes a bit to realize that the player profile/info is above their post.

I will get a post up tonight or tomorrow.

Also kicking around the idea of changing the missile lock rules. So if you have ideas of your own let me know.

I'm still around.  I'll get something in here soon. Life got busy again.

will hopefully have chapter 2 (in reality chapter 1) done by Sunday. RL sucks when you are the caregiver of your father.

No seperate shooting roll. Just electronic lock-on.
Rumor has it they are redoing the missile rules for the next book.

Somebody PM’d the same thing.

Hey, will hopefully have up a post either tonight or in the morning.

Sorry I haven’t gotten any posts up.

Been putting in a lot extra hours at work In the lead up to fiscal year end even tho that does happen until September.

Completely understand.  I'm still here whenever you have time to pick things back up.

Yeah. Me too. No worries.

In reply to Jakobs Wallace (msg # 73):

Yep, I'm gonna try to stay on for the long haul.

Waiting also. taking care of elderly father and trying my hand at YouTube provider. I have one vid up now. it is in the raw though, learning to edit video right now on my own. her is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1qrnvdgylA&t=1s

I gave you a like and a subscribe — your first subscriber!

In reply to Scott Masters (msg # 75):

I also gave a like and a subscribe, but since my group has just begun this very campaign module, I will have to hold off on watching this video until after we've played chapter four!

no prob. will be putting up other content soon.

Just checking in.  Is everyone still here?

In reply to Fritz Jaeger (msg # 79):

Yep.

Hi everyone.

With work and other real life things occurring I will probably not be back to posting until early or mid October.

Thanks for the note.  I'm enjoying this game and will still be here when you're ready.

In reply to Darkside Trooper (msg # 81):

no problem school started for me.

I do not think I am going to be able to get back to this game and get it running again. None if it is the fault of the players but myself and life outside of RPOL.

So I will be 'deleting this game in a week.

I do have two active games that I am not deleting for those who might be interested.

Dead Reign: The First Survivors
link to another game
This game is pretty slow going, players post once every few weeks.

Robotech Re-imagined: The Macross Saga (Palladium)
link to another game
This games has players posting 1-3 times a week.