Space Bombs

[garhkal]

When i DM i give players 2 options to choose when looking at scale differences. They can either do it BTB where they add when going up for dodging, shooting at etc, and the big boys get to add for damage and soak etc.. OR i can subtract the dice from the big boys shooting at them/they subtract on their side when soaking etc..
I have seen quite a few players who take the latter option.

Take a custom's frigate (cap scale iirc). 5d+2 gunnery, 3d fire control, gives 8d+2. Normally that 'averages out' to 30. PC side would be 5d+2 piloting, 2d maneuvering +6d scale, giving 13d+2. averages out to 47.5. BUT the chance for the 8d+2 getting a good roll, and beating the 13d+2 is a little better than if it was just the 7d+2 vs 2d+2..
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[CRMcNeill]

Maybe two different rules would be best; one for ships, and one for space stations or other non-moving targets. For ships, the range would be something ridiculously short, with the Difficulty based on the target's speed. The defender would get one chance to shoot down a bomb, with the difficulty of the intercept modified by how close it was launched.

For space stations, the bombs could be launched from stand-off ranges (say, within sensor range of the launching craft), and its speed per round would be equal to the speed per round of the launching craft + 6, with intercepts still only once per round, but at lower difficulty since the bomb has further to travel...
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[atgxtg]

I don't thing two separate sets of rules are needed. You could have the difficulties get really high and rely on scaling to offset the big ships.




You could base the difficulty off the target's speed. If the target is dead in space the difficulty is very easy), If the target is moving the difficulty starts off at easy. For ever multiple of the weapon's move the target travels at up the difficulty a level.

To account for long range, just up the difficulty another level each round the bomb is traveling.

For example, let's say the bomb is launched at speed 7 at an ISD that is 20 SU away, moving at speed 2. Since the bomb is moving faster than the target the base difficulty is easy. It will take 3 turns for the bomb to reach the ISD, so the difficulty would be raised 3 levels to Very Difficult. But the ISD is a big ship, so the 6D scaling will probably make the slow moving, big ship an easy target.

[garhkal]

I know in both Xwing and Xwing vs tie, the larger (slower or static) targets were, the further out you could 'get a lock and fire on them' from for bombs, torps, heavy torps and such.

But we would need to come up with speeds for each sort of missile/torp for this to work.
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[CRMcNeill]

[CRMcNeill]

[atgxtg]

[CRMcNeill]

The simpler the better. And then apply a -1 negative Difficulty level modifier for every 10. So it would look something like this:

Target's Speed in SUs/Round = Difficulty
0 = Very Easy
1-5 = Easy
6-10 = Moderate
11-15 = Difficult
16-20 = Very Difficult
21-30 = Heroic
31+ = Heroic +10

Attacker's Speed in SUs/Round = Reduce Difficulty by
5-10 = -1 Level
11-20 = -2 Levels
21-40 = -3 Levels
41+ = -4 Levels

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[CRMcNeill]

As far as allowing targets to try and intercept bombs, here is an outline of what I'm thinking:

-Gunner gets one attempt to shoot down a bomb, with Difficulty defined by a chart based on the shooter's speed in SUs/round.

-Bombs can not Dodge intercept attempts, and have a 1D Hull.

-Multiple gunners may combine their efforts to shoot down a bomb, subject to normal Command skill rolls and coordination.

-Attacking pilots may choose to increase the Difficulty of an intercept by delaying the bomb launch as long as possible. In game rules, a pilot making a bombing run must make an Easy Piloting roll to make a normal bombing run. However, for every 5 points by which he increases the Difficult of his bombing run, he increases the base Difficulty for intercept fire by 5.

-As always, failed Piloting rolls result in Movement mishaps, in this case, representing the pilot failing to pull up quickly enough after launching his bombs.

-MAPs apply as normal, as a bombing run requires both a Piloting roll and a Gunnery roll. However, ships with multiple crew can coordinate to offset the MAP.

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"No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.

The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index

[CRMcNeill]

For those of you who are interested, I'm transitioning my focus on this project to a different topic. Hope to see you there.
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"No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.

The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index