Subplot Kudzu

So the re-read of the combat rules is finished, and I'm still not sure I divined the authors intent - unless all Mr. Ward wanted was some really long combats, or a major excuse for the PCs to want to upgrade their tech. There was one interesting bit that I can make use of...

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The other thing I found is the effect of Strength on damage (+1 per point over 15, meaning the 22 PS Mutated Cougar with a claw/claw/bite attack is going to be insanely effective). I also expect I'll adopt the old -10 HP till your dead rule, just because it's quick, easy, and won't have mutant grasshopper corpses littering the landscape.

Since I've started down this road, I'll keep blathering. Those of you who recall my A&E discussion about possible doing Gamma World remember that I had a six sets of mutations arranged for the 'take one card, pass it around' style of on-the-spot PC design. Since I'm not going to post all of these in A&E, I thought I'd use them as an excuse to try that little 'read more' thingy in LJ.

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These were duly rolled up off the 4E charts, and then merged into these more coherent forms by years of V&V experience. The only one that I had to modify was the Symbiote, where I swapped a couple of powers to get the effect. Still, 5 out of 6 ain't a bad score for the Random Tables.

I still want to do something with this Gamma World, but there's the matter of some of the game's mechanics to consider. I also want to play the early version of the game more-or-less as is, given the nature of the Crisis on Infinite Frosts project. That leaves me at cross purposes.

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