rust Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 There are some minor points in the BRP Zero Edition which I do not really understand, probably due to some language comprehension problem. It would be very nice if one of you could help me with this. Thank You ! 1) According to the BRP Zero Edition, both Education and Intelligence can rise through study and training. Does this mean that a character will then receive additional skill points for his higher Education or Intelligence after the successful training ? 2) I do not really understand what the BRP Zero Edition's Fine Manipulation Skill is used for. Does the description imply that a character with this skill can equally well disarm traps, pick locks and tie knots and improves all of these rather dif- ferent skills whenever he improves the Fine Manipulation skill ? 3) In the BRP Zero Edition the Heavy Machine Skill seems to have both ve- hicles (e.g. Bulldozer) and vehicle engines (e.g. Turbines) as possible spe- cialties. Does this mean that I could use specialties of this skill for an entire Fishing Boat as well as for the Hyperdrive Engine of a starship ? 4) In the BRP Zero Edition the Repair Skill has a base chance of 15 % and proposals for various specialties, for example Electrical Repair. Does this mean that any character has a base chance of 15 % in all of the various Repair specialties, and that he will keep this base chance in all the other specialties if he develops one of the specialties to more than 15 % ? Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 1) According to the BRP Zero Edition, both Education and Intelligence can rise through study and training. Does this mean that a character will then receive additional skill points for his higher Education or Intelligence after the successful training ? At the end of Chapter Five the section on "Characteristic Increase through Training" should answer your question. 2) I do not really understand what the BRP Zero Edition's Fine Manipulation Skill is used for. Does the description imply that a character with this skill can equally well disarm traps, pick locks and tie knots and improves all of these rather dif- ferent skills whenever he improves the Fine Manipulation skill ? It's a catch-all skill for all sorts of little tasks that involve hand and finger dexterity. As noted, it might cover picking locks, untying knots, disassembling mechanical devices, etc. The difference between using Fine Manipulation to disassemble a device and using Repair to do the same task is that Repair would be required to re-assemble it. 3) In the BRP Zero Edition the Heavy Machine Skill seems to have both ve- hicles (e.g. Bulldozer) and vehicle engines (e.g. Turbines) as possible spe- cialties. Does this mean that I could use specialties of this skill for an entire Fishing Boat as well as for the Hyperdrive Engine of a starship ? If you were calibrating/maintaining/repairing/tuning the engines of the fishing boat, or handling the engines of the starship, sure. Piloting either of those vessels would require the Pilot skill. 4) In the BRP Zero Edition the Repair Skill has a base chance of 15 % and proposals for various specialties, for example Electrical Repair. Does this mean that any character has a base chance of 15 % in all of the various Repair specialties, and that he will keep this base chance in all the other specialties if he develops one of the specialties to more than 15 % ? Yes, just like any skill with a base skill and multiple specialties. You could put points into Repair (Electrical) to raise it above the 15% base chance, but all other specialties (Electronic, Hydraulic, etc.) would be 15% each unless you put skill points into them, trained them, or used them successfully and gained experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted April 14, 2008 Author Share Posted April 14, 2008 Jason, thank you very much for this quick answer ! Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspawner Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 OK, here's another question I can't solve by looking at my Ed.Zero... I'm fighting two opponents and both decide to desperately disengage (i.e. turn and flee!). The first one turns away and I get a free attack on it (even if I've already attacked this round), which it can't parry or dodge. (Also, I presume, attacking it's rear would be Easy, i.e. double chance). Then the other one turns away... Do I get another free attack against this second one? (And what if there was a third, or a fourth?) Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabre_mmc Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 OK, here's another question I can't solve by looking at my Ed.Zero... I'm fighting two opponents and both decide to desperately disengage (i.e. turn and flee!). The first one turns away and I get a free attack on it (even if I've already attacked this round), which it can't parry or dodge. (Also, I presume, attacking it's rear would be Easy, i.e. double chance). Then the other one turns away... Do I get another free attack against this second one? (And what if there was a third, or a fourth?) Although living in Scotland, I have not yet seen Edition Zero. I have been playing for a long time circa 1980. I would say no you are too busy dealing with the first apponent to run. Its like the old addage from Jerry Pournells Their will be War series. "The first to run, Dies! so the rest may live" not a direct quote" Martin Quote I walk alone, all things are alike to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspawner Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Thanks, that would seem sensible to me too. But I was rather hoping for the official line on what the rules (will) say... Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I'm fighting two opponents and both decide to desperately disengage (i.e. turn and flee!). The first one turns away and I get a free attack on it (even if I've already attacked this round), which it can't parry or dodge. (Also, I presume, attacking it's rear would be Easy, i.e. double chance). Then the other one turns away... Do I get another free attack against this second one? (And what if there was a third, or a fourth?) If you're fighting two opponents, and both of them decide to flee, here's what needs to happen if they're fighting smartly: Each of them needs to wait for a new round and announce their intent to disengage. They can't attack this round, but instead are limited to dodges and/or parries. This can also be using the "fight defensively" action that allows forsaking an attack for an extra dodge or unmodified parry (remember that each attempt after the first is at -30%). On the appropriate DEX rank, they can make their full movement away from the attacker. If they successively make those dodges and/or parries and the movement, they're out of combat and are their full MOV away from the attacker. Once there, they can choose to re-engage or to continue moving away, at which point it becomes a chase or simply running away (depending on what the attacker does). According to the spot rules on disengaging, in an act of desperation, a combatant can simply just turn around and run, but this does provoke a free attack that cannot be parried or dodged. This is not modified to Easy (the "attacking a foe trying to get the hell out of there in a hurry" aspect evens it out to a normal chance). If multiple foes continue to take that desperate action, each should allow such a freebie attack. Since a combat round is by default 12 seconds long, and the actual part represented in die-rolling represents only a few actual seconds of that time, it shouldn't be too difficult to imagine squeezing an extra attack or few in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogspawner Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Eminently reasonable. (It was just the 'desperate' rule I wasn't clear about, and I did wonder about the Easy bit). You don't get much more official than that! Thanks, Mr D. Quote Britain has been infiltrated by soviet agents to the highest levels. They control the BBC, the main political party leaderships, NHS & local council executives, much of the police, most newspapers and the utility companies. Of course the EU is theirs, through-and-through. And they are among us - a pervasive evil, like Stasi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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