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== Changes: Combat ==
* [[Ars Magica House Rules]]
===Target Types===
* [[D&D Ghosts of Saltmarsh House Rules]]
There are four types of combatants.  Each one uses slightly different rules for how they fight and take damage in combat.  A '''fated''' character is any PC, Minion, or an NPC with the ''Touched by Fates'' trait.  A '''mook''' character is any of the rest of the masses of humanity an human-like xenos across the galaxy.  A '''beast''' is any being too large or resilient to damage to be a mook, or without a discernible anatomy, such as giant insects or animated statues.  Lastly, '''vehicles''' are simply any large mechanical conveyance, such as a Sentinel Walker or a ground car.
* [[Millennium's End House Rules]]
====Fated====
* [[Rogue Trader House Rules]]
'''Heroic Armor:'''
* [[Stargate: Phoenix House Rules]]
So long as they have wounds remaining, fated characters always use their highest armor value.
* [[SW:CWM_House_Rules|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]
* [[SW:EotE_House_Rules|Star Wars: Edge of the Empire]]
* [[The Unknown Regions House Rules|Star Wars: The Unknown Regions]]
* [[Supernatural: The Remington Files#House_Rules|Supernatural House Rules]]
* [[The One Ring#House_Rules|The One Ring House Rules]]


'''Righteous Fury:'''
Older Games
Righteous Fury on a living target will now work the same way it does on vehicles and starships, it will cause an automatic d5 critical hit, even if the target has wounds remaining.  Fated characters can benefit from Righteous Fury.
* [[Mass Effect: Agents House Rules]]
====Mook====
* [[War of the Dead House Rules]]
'''Righteous Fury:'''
* [[Mark's Star Wars House Rules|Mark's Star Wars Saga House Rules]]
Any Mook hit by a Righteous Fury attack is automatically killed or incapacitated, at the shooters choice.  Mooks cannot benefit from Righteous Fury.


'''No Lucky Hits:'''
[[Category: Ars Magica]]
Mooks have no wounds, any hit that bypasses their armor and toughness automatically carries over to the abridged critical table below.  Hits to the head gain a +1 to their effect on the table.  Mooks with the Iron Jaw talent half damage applied to the table as normal.
[[Category: D&D: Ghosts of Saltmarsh]]
{|  class="wikitable"
[[Category: Edge of the Empire]]
! 1
[[Category: Mass Effect]]
| The target suffers a point of fatigue, they also suffer an additional -10 penalty with the use of the limb struck, if applicable.
[[Category: Millennium's End]]
|-
[[Category: Rogue Trader]]
! 2
[[Category: Stargate SG-1 Roleplaying Game]]
| The target suffers half their toughness bonus in fatigue and is stunned for 2 rounds, they also suffer an additional -20 penalty with the use of the limb struck, if applicable.
[[Category: Star Wars Saga Edition]]
|-
[[Category: Supernatural]]
! 3
[[Category: The One Ring]]
| The target suffers their toughness bonus in fatigue, knocking them out.  The limb struck, if applicable, is useless.
[[Category: War of the Dead]]
|-
! 4
| The target is completely incapacitated, and suffering blood loss.  The limb, if applicable, is either missing or useless.
|-
! 5
| The target is killed instantly.
|}
====Beasts====
'''Is it dead yet?'''
Beasts have wounds (usually lots) but have no critical hits table.  They die when they reach 0 wounds.
 
'''Righteous Fury'''
Righteous Fury attacks against beasts ignore the damage reduction from the beast's toughness bonus.
 
====Vehicles====
Vehicles use the rules as presented in ''Into the Storm''.
 
===Weapon Changes===
'''Melta'''
 
All Melta weapons now have the ''Melta'' special quality.  Although starting extremely high, damage from these weapons dissipates quickly, making them very range dependent.  They suffer from -1d10 damage at normal range, -2d10 damage at long range, and -3d10 damage at extreme range.  If this would render the d10s negative, the roll is subtracted from the bonus damage, rather then added.  Melta weapons also ignore the ''Reinforced Armor'' rule on vehicles.
 
'''Plasma'''
 
Fully Charging a Plasma weapon now increases it's damage by 2d10 and it's penetration by 2.  It still gains the Recharge Quality. 
 
Clarification: All plasma weapons start with the unreliable trait (jams on 91-00), it's part of the overheats trait.  Therefore good quality Plasma uses the normal 96-00, and best quality Plasma ignores overheating on a d10 roll of 1-9.
 
== Changes: Non-Combat ==
 
 
 
== Additions & Clarifications ==
=== Minions ===
Minions are a special kind of Acquisition representing an additional, lesser character who accompanies the player's main character on adventures.  Unlike friendly NPCs, who's loyalty may be fleeting and their lives tied up in their occupations, Minions represent individuals who are under the Player's direct control, and although they may not follow every order perfectly, they are willing to serve, fight or even die for their leader.  Minions can represent anything from servitors and pets to skilled assassins and bodyguards.  Each Player may have a number of minions equal to their fellowship bonus.
 
'''Abilities''': All stats start at 20, and you have 135 points to distribute among the nine basic stats.  (P.S. that's 15 each if you spread evenly)  No stat can go above 45 at this stage.  In addition to the standard Abilities, each Minion starts with a Loyalty score equal to it's leader's fellowship score.
 
'''Skills/Talents''' All Minions start with the following Skill/Talents:<br />
''Basic:''<br />
Awareness, Barter, Carouse, Charm, Climb, Command, Concealment, Contortionist, Deceive, Disguise, Dodge, Evaluate, Gamble, Inquiry, Intimidate, Logic, Scrutiny, Search, Silent Move, Swim<br />
''Trained:''<br />
Lore: Common (Imperium), Speak Language (Low Gothic), Trade (Pick One)<br />
''Talents''<br />
Weapon Proficiency (Pick 3 individual non-heavy/non-exotic)
 
'''Experience''' Minions gain an amount of XP to spend based on their hiring price.  This is spent on the minion's table below.  The amount of experience a minion has is dependent of their Availability.  Likewise, the maximum Tier the minion can buy from is based on their quality.<br />
Ubiquitous (0 xp)<br />
Abundant (500 xp)<br />
Plentiful (1000 xp)<br />
Common (1500 xp)<br />
Average (2000 xp)<br />
Scarce (3000 xp)<br />
Rare (4000 xp)<br />
Very Rare (5000 xp)<br />
Extremely Rare (6000 xp)<br />
Near Unique (7000 xp)<br />
Unique (8000 xp)<br />
 
Poor (Tier 1)<br />
Common (Tier 2)<br />
Good (Tier 3)<br />
Best (Tier 3)<br />
 
'''Starting Items''' Minions start with 4 items, of the same quality as they were bought at, and a maximum rarity two levels more common than the minion was purchased at.  In addition, the highest tier a minion can buy from is based on their Quality.  Due to the costs of upkeep, minions are always bought individually, and gain no bonus for this.
 
'''Spending Experience'''<br />
''Characteristic Increases:'' (including loyalty)<br />
Simple (+5): 250 xp<br />
Intermediate (+5): 500 xp<br />
 
''Skills:''<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|'''Tier'''
|'''Basic'''
|'''Trained'''
|'''Expert (+10)'''
|-
|Tier 1
|50 xp
|100 xp
|150 xp
|-
|Tier 2
|100 xp
|150 xp
|250 xp
|-
|Tier 3
|150 xp
|250 xp
|350 xp
|}
''Tier 1 Skills:'' <br />
Acrobatics, Awareness, Blather, Carouse, Charm, Climb, Common Lore (Administorum, Ecclesiarchy, Imperial Creed, Imperial Guard, Imperial Navy, Imperium, Koronus Expanse, War) Deceive, Drive (Ground, Walker), Evaluate, Inquiry, Intimidate, Performer, Search, Swim, Speak Language (High Gothic, Techna-Lingua, Trader's Cant), Trade (), Wrangling.
 
''Tier 2 Skills:'' <br />
Barter, Commerce, Common Lore (Adeptus Arbites, Adeptus Astra Telepathics, Adeptus Mechanicus, Navis Nobilite, Rogue Traders, Technology), Concealment, Disguise, Dodge, Forbidden Lore** (Archeotech, Heresy, Mutants, Pirates, Psychers, Xenos), Gamble, Literacy, Navigation (Surface), Scholastic Lore: (Astromancy, Beasts, Bureaucracy, Heraldry, Imperial Creed, Legend, Numerology, Philosophy, Tactica Imperialus. Secret Language (Military, Rogue Trader (Drake), Technology, Under-deck), Scrutiny, Security, Shadowing, Slight of Hand, Silent Move, Speak Language (Eldar, Explorator Binary, Kroot), Survival, Trade ()
 
''Tier 3 Skills:'' <br />
Chem-Use, Ciphers (Rogue Trader, Mercenary, Nobilite Encoding, Astropath, Underworld), Command, Demolition, Drive (Skimmer), Forbidden Lore (Adeptus Mechanicus, Demonology, Inquisition, Navagators, The Warp), Interrogation, Invocation*, Lip Reading, Logic, Medicate, Navigate (Warp, Steller), Pilot (All), Psyniscience, Scholastic Lore (Archaic, Chymistry, Cryptology, Imperial Warrants, Judgment, Navis Nobilitie, Occult), Secret Tongue (Administratum, Ecclesiarchy, Navigator), Tech-Use, Tracking.
 
''Dangerous to Know'': Any Minion who takes Forbidden Lore skill also gains 1d5 insanity, and must make a willpower check (+0) or suffer a Mental Disorder.
 
''Talents:''<br />
        Known<br />
Tier 1 250 xp<br />
Tier 2 500 xp<br />
Tier 3 750 xp<br />
 
''Tier 1 Talents''<br />
Ambidexterous, Basic Weapon Training (Any 1), Berserk Charge, Cat Fall, Chem Geld, Concealed Cavity, Decadence, Double Team, Hatred (Any 1), Leap Up, Light Sleeper, Melee Weapon Training (Any 1), Quick Draw, Thrown Weapon Training,
 
''Tier 2 Talents''<br />
Assassin Strike, Basic Weapon Training (Universal), Blind Fighting, Cleanse and Purify, Combat Sense, Crushing Blow, Deadeye Shot, Disarm, Flame Weapon Training (Universal), Frenzy, Guardian, Heavy Weapon Training (Any 1), Heightened Senses, Melee Weapon Training (Universal), Mighty Shot, Paranoia, Peer, Sprint, Unarmed Warrior, Unremarkable, Unshakeable Faith,
 
''Teir 3 Talents''<br />
Autosanguine, Blade Master, Bulging Biceps, Duty unto Death, Exotic Weapon, Foresight, Training (Any 1), Good Reputation, Hard Target, Heavy Weapon training (Universal), Jaded, Litany of Hate, Marksmen, Mechadendrite Use*, Mimic, Polyglot, Psychic Technique*, Pure Faith, Resistance, Flesh is Weak (1), Total Recall, True Grit, Two Weapon Wielder (Ballistic, Melee)
 
'''Existing Minions'''
* [[Catyaina Curiatia]], Remembrancer, Minion of Lord-Captain Drake
* [[Aoife]] Bodyguard, Minion of Lord Tacticus
* [[Inessa Gault]], Apprentice, Minion of Magos LaForge
* [[Dariel Cain]], Star Knight Aspirant, Minion of Brother Winter
* [[Haddon Ben'yam]], Bodyguard-Assassin of Navigator Mordecai
* [[Anastasia Ben'yam]], House Ben'yam Negotiator, Attendant to Navigator Mordecai
 
===Pets===
Pets are similar to minions, except that they are not at all human, and so have a much wider range of traits and abilities, though in general, are not as powerful as minions.  The total number of pets and minions an explorer may have is equal to their fellowship bonus.
 
Pets do not use the normal Acquisition table, the final Acquisition modifier for a pets is instead based on two factors, the commonality of their skills and their over all ability.  Ability is listed into three broad categories; Lesser Pets (+30), Pets (+0), Greater Pets (-30).  This governs the overall attributes, and number of skills and talents a minion can have.  Commonality of Skills covers a wider range, and determines the maximum rarity of skill or talent they can possess.
{| cellspacing="15"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|'''Acrobatics''': Plentiful<br />
'''Awareness''': Abundant<br />
'''Barter''': Plentiful<br />
'''Blather''': Common<br />
'''Carouse''': Ubiquitous<br />
'''Charm''': Plentiful<br />
'''Chem-Use''': Average<br />
'''Ciphers''': Rare<br />
'''Climb''': Abundant<br />
'''Command''': Scarce<br />
'''Commerce''': Common<br />
'''Common Lore''': Common to Scarce<br />
'''Concealment''': Common<br />
'''Contortionist''': Average<br />
'''Deceive''': Plentiful<br />
'''Demolition''': Rare<br />
'''Disguise''': Scarce<br />
|'''Dodge''': Common<br />
'''Drive''': Average to Plentiful to Scarce<br />
'''Evaluate''': Common<br />
'''Forbidden Lore''': Very Rare to Near Unique<br />
'''Gamble''': Abundant<br />
'''Inquiry''': Average<br />
'''Interrogation''': Scarce<br />
'''Intimidate''': Plentiful<br />
'''Invocation''': Very Rare<br />
'''Lip Reading''': Rare<br />
'''Literacy''': Scarce<br />
'''Logic''': Average<br />
'''Medicae''': Rare<br />
'''Navigation''': Average to Very Rare<br />
'''Performer''': Common<br />
'''Pilot''': Scarce to Very Rare<br />
|'''Psyniscience''': Rare<br />
'''Scholastic Lore''': Average to Extremely Rare<br />
'''Scrutiny''': Common<br />
'''Search''': Plentiful<br />
'''Secret Tongue''': Common or Extremely Rare<br />
'''Security''': Rare<br />
'''Shadowing''': Average<br />
'''Silent Move''': Common<br />
'''Slight of Hand''': Average<br />
'''Speak Language''': Any<br />
'''Survival''': Average<br />
'''Swim''': Abundant<br />
'''Tech-Use''': Very Rare<br />
'''Tracking''': Scarce<br />
'''Trade''': Abundant to Very Rare<br />
'''Wrangling''': Common<br />
|}
 
(Talents to be compiled as asked.)
 
'''Characteristics'''
A Pet has a fixed number of points to distribute between all of their base characteristics.  They must have at least 01 except in weapon skill, ballistics skill or fellowship.  Their maximum is determined by their Ability.<br />
Lesser Pet: 160 Points, Max 30<br />
Pet: 250 Points, Max 35<br />
Greater Pet: 315 Points, Max 40<br />
 
Speed is calculated as normal, Wounds are calculated by doubling the minion's toughness bonus.  A Pet's loyalty characteristic is equal to it's leader's Fellowship score.
 
'''Skills'''
Pets have access to a variety of skills at various levels of ability based on their maximum skill rarity.  The number and maximum level of the skills is based on their ability.  In addition, all minions start with a single Speak Language skill that allows them to communicate.  Note that making an untrained skill a basic skill counts as half a rank.<br />
Lesser Pet: Three ranks of skills at Trained<br />
Pet: Six ranks of Skills, no more then +10%<br />
Greater Pet: Nine ranks of Skills, no more then +20%<br />
 
'''Talents'''
Pet also have access to a variety of talents to use to enhance their ability to aid their leader.  Any talent may be sacrificed to become trained in an additional skill.  The 'Talented' talent may not be chosen.  (Subject to GM approval)<br />
Lesser Pet: Five Talents<br />
Pet: Seven Talents<br />
Greater Pet: Eleven Talents<br />
 
'''Traits'''
More then anything else, Traits determine the true nature of the pet.  Each Pet can take a number of traits dependent on it's ability.  Some traits may be taken multiple times, as indicated by a (x) after the name.  The only exception is the Unnatural Ability trait, who's cost is equal to half the number of bonus points is provides.  Traits are subject to GM approval.  Unused Traits may be sacrificed for additional Talents.<br />
Lesser Pet: Three Traits<br />
Pet: Five Traits<br />
Greater Pet: Seven Traits<br />
 
'''Starting Equipment'''
Every Pet comes with at least some of the tools necessary to do their job.  Anything beyond that must be provided by their leader through the course of normal Acquisition tests.<br />
Lesser Pet:  2 items with a modifier of +30 or greater<br />
Pet: 3 items with a modifier of +20 or greater, alternately, they may take 2 items of +10 or greater<br />
Greater Pet: 3 items with a modifier of +10 or greater, or they make take 2 items of +0 or greater<br />
 
'''Existing Pets'''
*[[Krosp]] ServoSkull, Lesser Pet of Explorator LaForge

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