Monday, December 29, 2008

Underworld, The Game

So last time I mentioned using Starship Troopers as my rules of choice. Now this is based on the original set of rules put out by Mongoose Publishing. I have not played the new version so I'm not sure if they would work or not. However, here are the stats I am currently working with.

*UPDATED* 1/4/09



Size

Move

Close Combat

Target

Save

Kill

Traits

Death Dealer

1

6”

D6+1

4+

4+/6+

7+

Speed / 12”

Vampyre

1

6”

D6

4+

4+

7+

Speed / 10”

Vampyre Lord

1

6”

D6+1

4+

4+/5+

7+

Speed / 12”

Independant









Lycan / Wolf

2

8”

2xD6+1

D10

5+

4+/6+

8+

Hits / 2

Climb / 6”

Jump / 12”

Lycan / Human

1

6”

D6

4+

4+

7+

Speed / 10”

Lycan Lord

1

6”

D6+1

4+

4+/5+

7+

Jump / 12”

Independent









Hybrid

1

8”

D6+3

5+

4+/4+

8+

Speed / 12”

Jump / 12”

Independent









Human

1

4”

D6

3+

-/6+

6+


Human / Hunter

1

4”

D6

3+

5+/6+

6+

Independant

Human / Tactical

1

4”

D6

4+

4+

6+

Independent









Weapons

Name








Range

Damage

Type

Traits






Auto Pistol

15”

2xD6 (per pistol)

Squad

Persistant*

Assault Rifle

20”

2xD6

Squad

Auto

Shotgun

10”

D6+2

Squad

LZ (1”/LOS)






Shuriken

8”

D6

One-Shot!

Piercing / 1

Shuriken / Grenade

8”

D10

One Shot!

Killshot

LZ (2”)

Grenade

8”

D10

Pack

LZ (2”)

Sword / Knife

Close Combat

As User

-

Parry

Piercing / 1



I still haven't play tested these as of yet. So they are still just my base stats. If you play SST you'll see they are pretty close to the original stats used for the game.

The biggest changes are the "Speed" trait and the specialty rounds. "Speed" is handled the same as the "Jump" trait however it is primarily on a horizontal plane versus a Vertical plane. This represents the dexterity of the Vampyres. However Vampyres can technically jump over things as well. Treat this trait as the jump used by M.I. in the game. As such Vampyres may fire their weapons during the "Speed" movement.

Also the specialty rounds that are made of U/V and Silver Nitrate may only be fired by pistols. The quantity of rounds available are so low that they wouldn't be wasted. These have the "Persistant" trait. This means that any figure that was successfully hit must roll a save at the beginning of every turn before doing anything else. This represents the poisonous effects of the round coursing through the body.

If you try these out let me know what you think or how they work. Hopefully I will get a chance to throw a quick game together soon.

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