Cinemechanix Combat: Defending
Finally got back to writing up the rules. The next section will likely be explaining what all the conditions and effects mean in game terms. View at World Anvil Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
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The Simple Joy of Rolling A Die and Knowing You’ve Killed Something
I always get in the weeds with combat rules, but I’m trying to use the “tables aren’t scary if they’re well organized and accessible” lesson from DCC to simplify it: Just look at the menu/table and decide what you want to do. The “free bonus effect” thing is because I want to encourage players to…
Combat Basics
Ok folks, the combat section is where I traditionally end up deciding I have to completely rewrite the system again, but this time around I have most of the details mapped out in my head and I think it’s gonna work. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
NPC Stats
I realized that I was thinking of the combat rules in terms of player vs. player, but since the PCs are always the one rolling (when the monsters attack, the PCs roll to defend with the monster stats providing the Challenge Dice), I could actually simplify things in most cases. This way of doing it…
Health & Nerve
I realize I needed to figure these out before I started writing the combat rules. This page might end up getting moved somewhere else later on, but right now there’s not really a good spot for it so I just stuck it in the “general rules” section. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Investigation/Research/Figure Things Out Rules
I feel like this needs a lot of refining (and playtesting), but it gets the general process on paper. If there are more typos than normal, I blame the case of Bob Dole Hand that I can’t seem to get rid of. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Simple Brain Rolls
First section of the Brains chapter. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Time
This one took a while because I didn’t get it done in one sitting and it’s incredibly boring, which made it really hard to pick back up. Next up is the actual “Doing Stuff” section, which should be more entertaining. The plan is to do a chapter for each of the 5 tropes: Brains: Knowledge,…
