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[Feature Request] Add support for BAD and similar subsystems

Open Legendsmith opened this issue 2 years ago • 4 comments

Basic Abstract difficulty from the GURPS action series is a very useful GM tool. Basically, BAD translates to enemies having higher SL and sometimes attributes than normal. Currently in the game aid this would require multiple copies of a given enemy,or editing attributes. However what I propose is some kind of status marker or similar, lets say a star, one, two three, four, 5, etc stars can be put as a status on an enemy token, and this could appear as a modifier in their bucket as well, with a modifier value equal to the number of stars. This denotes the enemy as being a higher BAD, or an elite, or whatever, which is just in this case a bonus to their skill rolls (and potentially resistances, whatever else the GM decides it applies to). I think this relatively simple to implement as it leverages existing subsystems.

Legendsmith avatar Jul 15 '22 14:07 Legendsmith

Nice idea. Perhaps also allow for negative values - effectively allowing, say, +/-5 to the base?

Farmeroz avatar Jul 15 '22 22:07 Farmeroz

I second this idea, I use a lot of rules from Action and it's definitely a great one to have for GGA.

Fallonistic avatar Jul 16 '22 21:07 Fallonistic

I use the BAD / Action rules for Cyberspace Hacking / Netrunning. Would be great to have this!

Nedorus avatar Jul 19 '22 10:07 Nedorus

Ok, I've added the BAD icons to the status list. At least it is a visual reminder. We can do more once we get the active effect code finished.

crnormand avatar Jul 21 '22 14:07 crnormand