Engineering Field - Turret Defense Smiths

[berserkx33]

Turret Defense Smiths


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(For more information about Engineering Fields and related rules, consult the following thread: Engineering Field)

Turret Defense Smiths, or how they call it, TD-S, are a group of engineers who decided to focus their talents on making Gadgets to keep their problems away (or atleast mince them into pieces before they can reach them). When given enough time and space, their Gadgets are pretty much a battlefield of their own to get through.

Gadgets from this field are applied to a Portable Base Case each.

* Portable Base Cases are a Gear Type equipment, of rarity Comm that can be used to keep equipment stored in compact spaces for an easier time carrying it. They can keep up to 50kg and up to 5 items (Consumables count as 1 item per stack as long as they don't get over the capacity of the Portable Base Case). When accounting for carry space, count each Portable Base Case as only the biggest item/stack it carries. It takes a Full Action to unfold it.

Cost	Type	Name	Effect/Description
-----	Tier 1 - Amateur	------------------------	----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	Intended Application	Portable Base Case (Gear)
1	Command	Motion Detector	This Gadget activates when an enemy enters a 10 meters distance from this Gadget. (Or on the same Zone if using Zone Rules).
2	Function	Tower Stand (5 Charges)	Choose a piece of Equipment of the Weapon type and Gun subtype you have when creating this Gadget. Upon activation, this Equipment will do it's Single Shot Standard Attack towards the nearest target as a Free Action. You may use Tech Use to use the weapon in place of the normal skill to use it.
-----	Tier 2 - DIY	------------------------	----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-3	Function	Outer Reach (X Charges)	This Gadget can't attack targets that are less than 10 meters away from it. (Or on the same Zone if using Zone Rules).
2	Function	Extended Barrel (2 Charges)	Attack actions with this Gadget get the a +2k0 bonus to it's roll.  Consider it's reach as double it's normal range.
-----	Tier 3 - Enthusiast	------------------------	----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3	Command	Perimeter Acquired	Each turn, decide on a location up to 50 meters away from this Gadget as a Free Action. Activate this Gadget when an enemy enters this location. (If using Zone Rules, choose a zone up to 5 zones away from this Gadget).
2*	Function	Portable Waist High Wall (1 Charge)	Create a Cover (The ones used on Tactival Advance) of 1x1 meters  that has an AP Score of 8. Stacking this Function will only add another 1x1 meters to the cover and nothing else. It lasts an amount of turns equal to your current Engineering Level or when it's AP is depleted.
-----	Tier 4 - Experienced	------------------------	----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-4	Function	Unstable Base (X Charges)	When activated, this gadget has a chance of falling over, becoming unnusable until put back in place. Roll Tech Use against it's Setup Difficulty every time it activates to see if it will fall. Putting it back in place is a Half Action.
2	Function	Scatter Shot (3 Charges)	Attack actions with this Gadget can use the Suppressing Fire effect if it's weapon profile allows it.
-----	Tier 5 - Expert	------------------------	----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5	Function	Ultra Rapid Fire (5 Charges)	Attack actions with this Gadget can use the Full Auto Burst effect if it's weapon profile allows it.

[Traskus]

Gadgets from this field are applied to Stationary Turrets/Towers.

Define "stationary turrets/towers." I recommend the turret drive and leaving things to SM discretion.


1.

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1* Command: Motion Detector
This Gadget activates when an opponent moves up to 10 meters of distance close it (Assign the distance on Gadget Creation).

"when an opponent moves within a range of up to 10m close to the target, assigned upon creation."

2* Function: Tower Stand, 5 Charges
Choose an equipment of the Weapon type and equip it to this Gadget.

"Apply this gadget to a weapon."
This is a waste of points until you make a field that can affect weapons directly. No reason it can't be here, but it's just taking up space until then.

It's Attack Roll will be based on your Tech Use instead of the equipment's relevant roll.

"You may use Tech Use to use the weapon in place of the normal skill to use it."

2.

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2* Function: Activator, 3 Charges
Any Gadget of yours in up to a 10 meters radius of this Gadget is forced to Activate.

Then what's the point of commands?

1* Function: Extended Barrel, 3 Charges
Attack actions get the Aim effect, gaining a 1k0 bonus.

"The target gains the benefit of a Half Action Aim."

3.

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2* Function: Groundbreaking, 3 Charges
Causes ground tremors. Any grounded character in a 5 meter radius of the turret has to make an Easy Dexterity test or suffer from the effects of Knockdown.

"Apply this gadget to a turret... ... 5m radius of the target."
Specify the TN of easy. Yes, it's in the back of the book but that requires more cross-referencing than necessary.

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1* Function: Portable Waist High Wall, 3 Charges
Create a Cover Space that can sustain 1 Attack.

Oh, boy. Here we go. Cover space? How big is that? It needs an area (if not volume) to occupy and if you want it to be actual cover it needs an AP value.

2* Function: Scatter Shot, 2 Charges
Attack actions get the Suppressing Fire effect, forcing opponents to take cover but getting -2k0 to Ballistics.

This is utterly pointless. You already can use suppressing fire actions. I don't know how turrets work but I think they can perform suppressive fire actions and if they can't you can just have the function give them that ability.

Really this is more a gun kata advantage than a gadget.

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3* Function: Rapid Fire, 2 Charges
Attack actions get the Full Auto Burst effect, gaining +2k1 to hit and an additional hit for every raise.

See: scatter shot.

[berserkx33]

Fixed the writing to make it less confusing.

All other Functions on this field stack with the Tower Stand Function and are improvements to the weapon it has equiped, Tower Stand is in there just to add the Weapon to the Gadget and allow it to shoot using Int+Tech Use instead swerving into Ballistics for no reason on a PC that probably has no reason to specialize in that.

This one is pretty much the closest I will get to a Gun Kata school with those things, since I don't want to make it too redundant, but I also wanted to give a way for Tech players to use weapons in a more inventive way without having to spend time leveling up entire gun based schools.

Also sorry for the wait on the updates, July has been crazy.

[Traskus]

Tower stand's attack doesn't have a type. I assume you mean a single-shot standard attack, given the context of the rest of the field.

Extended barrel's wording is vague. Currently it implies that it gets a full aim and a +2k0 bonus. If that's the intent then it's OP.

32 AP for a cover is a lot. I know the book outlines it but that's a lot. "One person" is also vague. Homebrew aside, the range of sizes for a person vary wildly. Take a look at this kata for guidelines since it's so similar to this field. I won't say copy it exactly but at least take a look.

Unstable base is cool. I love opportunity cost stuff like that. "Do I stay here or do I chance it and move?"

Scattershot's wording can be simplified to "this gadget may perform a suppressing fire attack if its attached weapon's profile allows it." I'm trying to think of better wording but it's the best I can think of right now.

Ultra rapid fire is similar. Just say it can use full auto burst attacks if the weapon's profile allows it. Also, extra hits on full auto has been ruled as OP for a long time, to the extent Lawful Nice changed it in an update.

[berserkx33]

Updated.

Also, what do you think of the Portable Base Case? I'm thinking of using it as the base of other Fields, since it is kind of portable office kit in fluff, so characters could carry portable kits for labs, officines or even servers on those things.

[Traskus]

It just looks like a briefcase of some sort. Don't know what you're trying to sell.

[berserkx33]

It is this:




I was thinking of a way to make certain gadgets that aren't attached to anything obvious some form of tangible physical object to be attached to.

[ScrapyardDragon]

I for one would be glad to also be able to erect a dispenser for sure but restoring supplies is apparently more powerful than extra D.P.R. but it'd still be cool.

[berserkx33]

Thanks. The Bio Engineering and Electric Fields are already being though out using this thing but I will probably give it more uses with time.