[BOYL14 EVENT] The rogue trader quickening
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Asslessman
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Best way to represent immortality in combat with no hassle and no overpowering.
There is another point I'd like to raise. How do we give a profile to our Sensei? I believe the followers can be normal gangers equiped as the model is in a straightforward manner but the basic gang leader profile doesn't strike me as very sexy... do we allow a roll on the "new skill" chart so that they either gain a skill or an upgraded bonus? Do you think a basic profils is enough and that added skills would only slow the game down?
There is another point I'd like to raise. How do we give a profile to our Sensei? I believe the followers can be normal gangers equiped as the model is in a straightforward manner but the basic gang leader profile doesn't strike me as very sexy... do we allow a roll on the "new skill" chart so that they either gain a skill or an upgraded bonus? Do you think a basic profils is enough and that added skills would only slow the game down?
cheetor
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We dont need to use the stat lines from Necromunda, just the rules engine. The stats can be anything we want, as long as we have them decided upon before the day and each player has access to a legible reference sheet.
A M4, WS5, BS5, S4, T4, W2 or 3, I4 or 5, A3, Ld9 or 10 statline is appropriate, very good but the low rank characters can still potentially hurt the Sensei. Low level armour is close to useless due to Save Modifiers, but it might be worth giving 5+ saves across the board just for show anyway. People enjoy making saving rolls.
Regarding things like skills, its worth giving each Sensei a single skill. With a common Sensei stat line, that single skill will give each of them some flavour. If we pick a number of skills from those available in advance (straightforward skills, nothing too crunchy in rules terms) and put them on cards we can then deal one to each player.
You may have noticed that I am a fan of cards for things like this
I am happy to pick out the most appropriate skills and provide a list if you want me to, but I will leave the DTP side of things to someone better equipped for it.
A M4, WS5, BS5, S4, T4, W2 or 3, I4 or 5, A3, Ld9 or 10 statline is appropriate, very good but the low rank characters can still potentially hurt the Sensei. Low level armour is close to useless due to Save Modifiers, but it might be worth giving 5+ saves across the board just for show anyway. People enjoy making saving rolls.
Regarding things like skills, its worth giving each Sensei a single skill. With a common Sensei stat line, that single skill will give each of them some flavour. If we pick a number of skills from those available in advance (straightforward skills, nothing too crunchy in rules terms) and put them on cards we can then deal one to each player.
You may have noticed that I am a fan of cards for things like this
I am happy to pick out the most appropriate skills and provide a list if you want me to, but I will leave the DTP side of things to someone better equipped for it.
Asslessman
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We're in sinc on this.
A single statline for followers and a single one for sensei too. Sensei will each have a skill (which could very well result in a stat boost instead of a "special rule" like in the rulebook)
If you could sort out a list of the skills you think worthy of having, it would help us get our stats ready and I could prepare the Combat cards for the sensei which are already finished.
DTP will be done by me and my poor Gimp skills everytime I receive a new Sensei profile.
A single statline for followers and a single one for sensei too. Sensei will each have a skill (which could very well result in a stat boost instead of a "special rule" like in the rulebook)
If you could sort out a list of the skills you think worthy of having, it would help us get our stats ready and I could prepare the Combat cards for the sensei which are already finished.
DTP will be done by me and my poor Gimp skills everytime I receive a new Sensei profile.
Asslessman
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Brilliant, I'll be finishing the Combat card template in order to start editing th cards for the Already completed sensei.
Painting on Connor Mc Lambert started yesterday night, he will be the center of attention until completion. It should mean I'll have a spare Sensei team to lend to anyone who hasn't got any and feels like joining
How about the tokens for drawing turns ?
Painting on Connor Mc Lambert started yesterday night, he will be the center of attention until completion. It should mean I'll have a spare Sensei team to lend to anyone who hasn't got any and feels like joining
How about the tokens for drawing turns ?
cheetor
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Asslessman":1hel2lib said:
As you should have images of each of the painted Sensei at that stage, then the obvious thing to me would be (wait for it...) a card with the model and his name on it. Orientating that image in Landscape rather than Portrait would remove any potential confusion with the "Combat" stat card. A different coloured card back/card sleeve would be helpful too.
Asslessman
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OK for the cards ! All these cards and the necromunda rules we'll be using smell dangerously like WH40k 2nd ed, I hope we won't have to face the wrath of archeoldhammerers 
Asslessman
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OK, lads, I came up with a better combat card for my Sensei, I now have a template that should enable me to come up with cards for all models pretty rapidly (i.e. in a couple of lunchbreaks).
I'm waiting for your thoughts on this, the stats are obviously just temporary before we agree on the basic profile for both Sensei and henchmen and the special rule is just something I wrote to show where the special skill would go (even though I love this skill a lot).
We need to figure :
- Basic profiles for Sensei and crewmen
I think
M4, WS5, BS5, S4, T3, W3 , I5, A3, Ld10
would be good as a start for Sensei and a basic ganger profile for crewmen (all of this to be discussed and agrred by the democratic majority)
- Skills :
Cheetor is working on it
- the back of the cards :
Maybe the back of regular combat cards would be good enough but I thought I could make a special back using Mr Rab's logo for BOYL 2014. If you don't really care about this, I think I'll just come up with a mix of a regular combat card back and Mr Rab's logo (if he's OK with it).
I'm waiting for your thoughts on this, the stats are obviously just temporary before we agree on the basic profile for both Sensei and henchmen and the special rule is just something I wrote to show where the special skill would go (even though I love this skill a lot).
We need to figure :
- Basic profiles for Sensei and crewmen
I think
M4, WS5, BS5, S4, T3, W3 , I5, A3, Ld10
would be good as a start for Sensei and a basic ganger profile for crewmen (all of this to be discussed and agrred by the democratic majority)
- Skills :
Cheetor is working on it
- the back of the cards :
Maybe the back of regular combat cards would be good enough but I thought I could make a special back using Mr Rab's logo for BOYL 2014. If you don't really care about this, I think I'll just come up with a mix of a regular combat card back and Mr Rab's logo (if he's OK with it).
whiskey priest
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That looks great. I reckon the back having a mix of the regular combat card and some reference to BOYL 2014 would be best. Really looking forward to this!
Asslessman
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Cheers guys, you're making the boring part goes so smoothly I just can't imagine how good the funny part will be !
whiskey priest
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Do you want us to send you new pics of our Sensei on plain backgrounds?
Asslessman
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whiskey priest":1fdwidmw said:
Yes please, it would help me achieve a better look. I won't go into making some parts come from the center like they used to do because it is far more time-consuming with my present skills so a plain background would help a lot.
That done I'll just need the stats and skills picked once we have our restricted list.
@antipixi : Though I share your eagerness, I really need the time ahead to finish a few things so no hurry
Asslessman
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Leromides":1v1ay8il said:What you really need is a montage A team style. Gets the job done in no time at all
You might want some 28mm scaled duct tape for that