Rules and Play
nWoD Rules
Energy Shields
Energy Shields were created during the Second Republic to prevent people from getting hurt and were fairly common for not only military applications but also for sports or other activities where the possibility of serious harm was prominent.
During the Emperor Wars they are much rarer as the technology to create them was either lost or closely guarded by the Engineers. However, they are heavily sought after especially by dueling nobles. Now that war has broken out they are even more valuable and fetch a heavy price.
The device that creates the shield tends to be compact and can be worn as a piece or jewelry or other trinket. When a projectile or other forceful object comes near the shield a sensor surrounding the wearer detects the force. If the force is powerful enough the shield will turn on for a second blocking the force.
To similuate this effect in nWoD rules all shields have a threshold of 3/8. 3 is the minimal amount of damage done in order to set off the shield and eight is the maximum about of damage the shield can absorb. Some weapons, like flame throwers and energy weapons, can pass through shields. In this case it is 3/1 points of damage will pass through the shield. Most shields can only go off 10 times before the battery dies unless otherwise noted.
TRUE20 Rules
Character Creation
All characters will be made using True 20 combined with Fading Suns d20. There is a total of 25 levels to be divided between 5 players. A level five character will represent someone who has been out of training for a few years. If you feel that you character is more or less experienced then mention it on the forums or mailing list and you can give levels to another player.
All the abilites listed on the Fading Suns d20 character classes are available and can be taken as feats. However each ability feat will have the prerequisite of the ability in the class preceding it.
New Skills:
- Craft: Mech (mechanical devices)
- Craft: Volt (electrical devices)
- Craft: High tech (high tech devices)
- Knowledge: Arcana (ancient mysteries, Ur Artifacts)
- Knowledge: Bureaucracy
- Knowledge: Geography
- Knowledge: Guilds
- Knowledge: History
- Knowledge: Known Worlds
- Knowledge: Local
- Knowledge: Military
- Knowledge: Nobility
- Knowledge: Theology
- Knowledge: Torture
- Knowledge: anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, cybernetics, engineering, genetics, geology, meterology, physics, terraforming
New Feats
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Hero Points
Hero Points (HP) will be done a little differently than as presented in Mutants and Masterminds. At the beginning of each adventure each player will be given two Hero Points. Hero Points can be gained by excellent roleplaying, playing weaknesses, or when the GM spends Hero Points.
Hero Points can not be spent against other players and the GM has the right to veto any use of Hero Points (in which case the players will get his Hero Point back). At any time the players may overright the GMs expenditure of Hero Points or his veto power by each spending a Hero Point.
- 1 HP can be spent before a roll to affect the action in any way.
- 1 HP can be spent after the roll to reroll the die.
- 2 HP can be spent after the roll to affect the action in any way.
- 3 HP can be spent to take over the game briefly. All NPCs will be in the players control.