Fuzion for Mechwarrior: Character Creation

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Character Creation

Stats
Choose one array, and assign

Assign: 10, 8, 8, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 3
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Assign: 8, 8, 7, 6, 6, 5, 5, 4, 4

Attributes
Humanity: 100
MR: Cool +5
PR: Bod +5
BTM: Bod - 4 (min 0)
Save: 11 - Bod
Run: MA x 3
Leap: Run /4
Carry: Bod x 10kg
Lift: Bod x 40kg

Skills
Assign: 6, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1
Must take Mech Operations

You may elect to forfeit the "6" skill value. If you do so, you may add +1 to any 6 different skills with ratings between 0 and 4. You may not add any of the +1s to the level 5 skill, nor may any skill gain +2 this way.

Special Option

Gain the following at the level indicated for free
Piloting Mech (3)
Gunnery Mech (4)
Language Primary (4)
Language English (2)

Funds
12,000 C-Bills

Up to Tech Level D. You may buy E at 4x the cost
Up to Availability Level D. You may buy E at 4x the cost
Up to Legality Level C. You may buy D at 4x the cost
Cybernetics up to T/A/L level D at regular cost. You may buy E at 4x the cost

Multipliers add, not multiply. So a Tech E x4 and a Avail E x4 means x8 to the cost, not x16

Must be able to CARRY all the gear, with one exception- a civilian vehicle purchase is an option. Any credits not spent are lost. The characters have come on rough times, and while they still have things valuable to them, they don't have much more.

Stats

BOD- Body: A combined stat covering your strength, constitution, and endurance.

REF- Reflexes: A combined stat covering your basic dexterity but also overall physical coordination.

MA- Movement Allowance: This is an index of how fast you can move.

INT- Intelligence: A measure of your problem solving ability.

TECH- Technology: This is a measure of how well you relate to technical things.

COOL- Cool: This measures how well your character stands up to stress, pressure, or fear. Also known as willpower.

EMP- Empathy: This measures how well you relate to other people, and how they relate to you.

ATTR- Attractiveness: This measure how good you look.

LUCK- Luck: This is an intangible "something" that your character has, where fate favors him/her above others.

HUM- Humanity: This measures how cybernetic enhancements have affected your life.

(Houserule: In CPfMW, Humanity and Empathy are not directly related.)

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MR- Mental Resistance: A measure of how well you resist torture, drugs, and unpleasant things.

(Houserule: In CP, this is a skill (Resist Torture/Drugs.) Making it an attribute here so everyone has it.)

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PR- Physical Resistance: A measure of how well you resist torture, drugs, and unpleasant things.

(Houserule: In CP, this is a skill (Endurance). Making it an attribute here so everyone has it.)

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BTM- Body Type Modifier: A reflection of thick-skin and general ability to resist damage.

Save: The thing that keeps you awake and alive when things go south.

(Houserule: In CP, you roll less than the save. In CPfMW, you roll higher than the save.)

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Skill Descriptions

(Houserule) Lots of these skills are houseruled from the core Cyberpunk rules. Mostly they've been streamlined and consolidated. If a specific skill is referenced in the books, and not in this list, please ask the GM how to proceed.

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SPECIAL A general skill covering everything that isn't specifically covered by Piloting and Gunnery. Also reflects a level of training with mechs. The maximum weight of a mech that a character can pilot is equal to his Mech Operations skill times 10. Mech Operations is used for Initiative rolls when in a mech. Mech Operations can be used for Awareness rolls in a mech. Mech Operations can be used to electronic systems instead of Piloting, if called out. Mech Operations ATTR A general skill covering the ability to look good and make a desired first impression. A high level in this skill can make other social skill targets much easier. Personal Grooming and Style BODY A combined skill. Includes things like Climbing, Swimming, Jumping, and other things. Athleticism Could also be called Brawling. The ability to fight, not necessarily with grace or form, but in any circumstance. Martial Arts is a more advanced form, but less versatile. A true fist-fighter is going to have both hand to hand and martial arts skills. Hand to Hand The traditional forms of fighting, and some modern ones. Hand to hand with form and grace. All Martial Artists should specify a strength and weakness of their form (for example, strength (punching), weakness (wrestling)). You can have multiple Martial Arts forms, or take Hand to Hand for general face-punching. Martial Arts (form) ** Hitting people with things, and not much more complicated than that. Melee Doing things like breaking down doors, lifting heavy things, showing off to the ladies, etc. Strength Feats Throwing weapons, or lobbed weapons. Includes things from darts to grenades. Thrown and Lobbed COOL The ability to convince people of something that just isn't true, or isn't in their best interest. Resisted by Mental Resistance if they are unsuspecting, or Insight if they looking for the lie. Bluff and Fast Talk Counting cards, running the odds, reading the tells of other players, and all those little tricks it takes to win at games of less than pure chance. Resisted by an opponent's Gambling roll. Gambling Using a combination of brains and a bit of brawn to encourage someone to do something they may not have willingly done otherwise. Resisted by an opponent's Mental Resistance. Intimidation Street contacts, knowing where they are, and just generally being savvy about the street. Streetwise

EMP The ability to convince someone to do what they may not want using persuasive arguments. Resisted by Insight or Mental Resistance, whichever is higher. Diplomacy The ability to figure out what the other guy is thinking. Resisted by Mental Resistance. Insight An intangible thing in a lot of ways, it's the certain something that makes people want to follow you. Leadership ** Broken up into infinite subskills, it is the artistic ability to do something for someone's eventual enjoyment. Be it singing, dancing, painting, writing, whatever. Perform (subskill) INT Noticing things. It's a good thing. Awareness Keeping people alive and healing them. Paramedic level knowledge. Requires Knowledge in a specific field to reflect a Doctor's level of ability. First Aid Broken up into infinite subskills, this reflects a specific specialized knowledge. For instance, a high First Aid mixed with Knowledge (Physiology) would make a good Doctor, while just First Aid would be a paramedic. Also could have things like Knowledge (Religion), Knowledge (House Davion History), etc. You can have multiple of this skill. Knowledge (subskill) Broken up into subskills for each major language. A level of 3 is considered passable. A level of 5 is good grammar (better than mine, obviously). You can have multiple of this skill. Language (subskill) A professional level of training in a certain job skill. Profession (Plumber) for example. Profession (subskill) Avoiding being seen or heard. Resisted by Awareness. Stealth Knowing how to stay alive in adverse situations. Covers the general knowledge of how to (i.e. water is good, make a fire), where knowledge of a specific environment (i.e. Knowledge (Arctic Environments) combined with Survival would reflect a much higher level of ability to survive. Survival MA If you want to be a marathon runner, this is it. Distance Running

REF Hand stands, cart wheels, balancing, and all those sort of things. Acrobatics Crossbows and bows and all those sort of archaic weapons. Archery Driving anything that doesn't warrant a Piloting skill. Mostly cars, trucks, and the like. Driving Using weapons mounting on a vehicle in which you have a Piloting skill. Gunnery (subskill) The ability to aim and fire mech weapons. To convert to BT skills, add Gunnery to Reflex, divide by 2, and subtract that from 10. Gunnery Mech The ability to use a weapon classified as a Handgun. Handguns The ability to use a weapons classified as a Heavy Weapon when that weapon is not part of a vehicle's Gunnery suite. Heavy Weapons The ability to drive something big and special. Includes subskills Armor, Battle Armor, Aerospace, Mech, Dropship, Jumpship, Warship, VTOL, WiGE, Airship, Conventional Fighter, Protomech, Small Craft, and probably more. Piloting (subskill) The ability to make a mech move. To convert to BT skills, add Piloting to Reflex, divide by 2, and subtract that from 10. Piloting Mech The ability to use weapons classified as Rifles and Shotguns. Rifles and Shotguns The ability to use weapons classified as Submachine Guns. Submachine Guns TECH Working with the various computerized systems found throughout the Inner Sphere. Computer Systems Working with the cyber systems that can be mounted on the human (or non-human for that matter) body. Cybertech ** Making things go boom! Demolitions Knowing how to use said systems. Also, how to defeat other's use of the same systems. Electronics and Sensors Knowing how to use, and abuse, said systems. Security Systems ** Broken into subskills based on mostly the same thing you see under Piloting. Technician (subskill)

** Skills marked advance levels at a slower than normal rate. When assigning skills during Creation, subtract 1 from the value assigned to the skill to reflect the increased difficulty.

Advancement


The Maximum Skill Rule

A character may only have so many skills at level 6 or higher. The number of skills that a character has at level 6 or higher is limited to the number of skills a character has at level 5.

For example, Joe has 2 skills at level 5. Therefore, he may have only 2 skills at Level 6 or higher.

The maximum skill level is 10.


The Maximum Stat Rule

A character may not raise a stat more than 3 above where it began at character creation (without a really, really, good reason).

The maximum stat level is 10.


Gaining XP

The GM awards it for doing things.


Advancing Skills and Stats

XP is spent on a 1 for 1 basis to raise Stats and Skills. Easy.

To do list goes here.

Attributes
Based on Fuzion

Character Creation

There are 10 attributes. Choose one of the 4 arrays below and assign the numbers as you choose. There are 45 points in each array.

Array 1 : 8, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Array 2 : 7, 6, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2
Array 3 : 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3
Array 4 : 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Commoners will generally have 20 points to spread among the attributes.
Low-level NPCs will generally have 30 points to spread among the attributes.
Mid-level NPCs will generally have 40 points (about the same as the PCs).
High-level NPCs will generally have 50 points to spread out.

Attribute Ranges

Below 1 : Generally only children or the elderly might hit a 0.

1 - 2 : Everyday. People here are unhealthy, a bit dull, not very good looking, or such. They can function, but not well.

3 - 4 : Competent. There is where most people are. Perfectly average.

5 - 6 : Heroic. This is where most specialists are. Above average, but not the best.

7 - 8 : Incredible. This is where pro athletes, supermodels, and a prize winning scientists are.

9 - 10 : Legendary. Once in a generation if naturally occurring, these are the truly blessed.

11+ : Superheroic. Almost entirely the realm of cybernetics, people that are enhanced beyond the norm.

Attributes

Mental Group

INT- Intelligence: A measure of your problem solving ability, cleverness, awareness, and ability to learn.

WILL- Willpower: Your determination and ability to face danger and/or stress. Courage.

PRE- Presence: Your ability to impress and influence people through your character and charisma.

Combat Group

TECH- Technique: Your ability to manipulate tools or other instruments, and maybe some fancy weapons.

REF- Reflexes: Your response time and coordination, and your ability to HIT things.

DEX- Dexterity: Your ability to balance, leap, and general competence. Also your ability to AVOID being hit.

Physical Group

MA- Movement Allowance: This is an index of how fast you can move.

STR- Strength: Your muscle mass and how good you are at using it. Also how hard you can hit things.

BOD- Body and Constitution: Your size, toughness, and general healthiness.

Luck Group

LUCK- Luck: This is an intangible "something" that your character has, where fate favors him/her above others.

Increasing Attributes

Spend 1 XP to increase an Attribute 1 time.
No attribute may be raised above 8 without GM permission.

Derived Attributes
Based on Fuzion

Derived Attributes

STUN- Stun Points: Represents how much Stun damage you can take before falling unconscious.
HITS- Hit Points: Represents how much Lethal damage you can take before dying.
Computation- BOD x 8 in points, divided between STUN and HITS. Neither value can be lower than BOD x 2.

SD- Stun Defense: How resistant you are to STUN damage. Subtracted from any STUN damage.
Computation- BOD x 2

RUN- Running Speed: Combat speed
Computation- MA x 2 in meters

SPRINT- Sprinting Speed: Non combat fastest move speed
Computation- MA x 3 in meters

LEAP- Leaping Distance: How far you can leap in meters
Computation- MA x 1 in meters

HUM- Humanity: A measure of how much meat and life are left after cybernetic surgery
Computation- starts at 100

Increasing Derived Attributes

Derived attributes can only be raised by raising the attribute they are based on, at this time.

Humanity can only be raised by removing cybernetics.

Skills
Based on Fuzion

Character Creation

You automatically gain the “Everyperson” skill group:
Athletics 2; Concentration 2; Education (General) 2; Evade 2; Hand to Hand 2; Language (Affiliation) 4; Local Expert (Affiliation) 2; Perception 2; Persuasion 2; Teaching 2

You automatically gain the "Combat University" skill group:
Driving 2, Education ('Mech History) 2; Professional (Solider) 2, Strategic Operations ('Mech Warfare) 2; Technician ('Mech) 2

You automatically gain the "Mechwarrior" skill group:
Piloting, Mech 4; Gunnery, Mech 4; Mech Operations 6

You have 30 additional points to spend on skills. Mechwarrior skills may not be raised further, but Everyperson and Combat University skills may be raised. No skill may be raised above 6 during creation. You also may not purchase any Special Skills during creation.

Skill Ranges

Below 1 : You have no idea how to do this, or can only do it at a default level.

1 - 2 : Everyday. You’ve learned the basics of the task, but can’t do it very well.

3 - 4 : Competent. There is where most people are. You’re trained and can cope with most situations.

5 - 6 : Heroic. This is where most specialists are. You are a master craftsman of the skill.

7 - 8 : Incredible. You are one of the best in the world at this skill.

9 - 10 : Legendary. One in billion example of a skill user.

11+ : Superheroic. Almost entirely the realm of cybernetics, people that are enhanced beyond the norm.

Basic Skill Concept

Combat skills are, in general, broken into two categories- Use and Create. One skill allows you to use a weapon (Marksmanship- Hanguns for handguns) and another allows you to create a weapon (Weaponsmith- Handguns for handguns).

Non-combat skills sometimes allows a person to both Use and Create, and sometimes the abilities are separate, entirely depending on the skill.

Skills

Special Skills

Armor Operations: (TECH) You know how to make the most of a tank in combat.
Battle Armor Operations: (REF) You know how to make the most of a suit of battle armor in combat.
Combat Operations: (REF) You know how to act like a proper infantryman.
Mech Operations: (TECH) You know how to make the most of a Mech in combat.

Fighting Skills

Evade: (DEX) You know the best defense is just not to get hit. Works against most attacks.
Hand to Hand: (REF) Basic ability to fight with your hands or other body parts.
Melee Weapons: (REF or TECH) Using different types of melee weapons like swords, clubs, etc.
Throw: (REF) Your ability to hit something with something lobbed or thrown, like darts or grenades.

Ranged Weapon Skills

Gunnery, Armor: (REF) Your ability to use the heavy warfare weapons in the vehicle type.
Gunnery, Battle Armor: (REF) Your ability to use the heavy warfare weapons in the vehicle type.
Gunnery, Mech: (REF) Your ability to use the heavy warfare weapons in the vehicle type.
Heavy Weapons: (REF) Your ability to use the indicated weapon to hit targets.
Marksmanship, Archery: (REF) Your ability to use the indicated weapon to hit targets.
Marksmanship, Handguns: (REF) Your ability to use the indicated weapon to hit targets.
Marksmanship, Rifles: (REF) Your ability to use the indicated weapon to hit targets.
Marksmanship, SMGs: (REF) Your ability to use the indicated weapon to hit targets.

Awareness Skills

Concentration: (WILL) Your ability to focus and control you mind in stressful situations.
Investigation: (INT) The art of taking a few facts and figuring out how to put it into a bigger picture.
Perception: (INT) Noticing things.
Surveillance: (INT) The ability to notice things when given a lot of time look for something, without being noticed.

Control Skills

Driving, General: (REF) Your ability to drive general-use vehicles, cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc.
Driving (Subcategory): (REF) Your ability to drive specialized or unique vehicles like airships, airplanes, etc.
Driving (Exoskeleton): (REF) Your ability to drive and use an exoskeleton for routine operations.
Handle Animal: (INT) Your ability to tame or handle animals, including wild ones.
Piloting, Armor: (REF) Your ability to pilot the indicated vehicle type.
Piloting, Battle Armor: (REF) Your ability to pilot the indicated vehicle type.
Piloting, Mech: (REF) Your ability to pilot the indicated vehicle type.
Riding: (REF) Your ability to pilot the indicated vehicle... er... animal... types.

Body Skills

Acrobatics: (DEX) Your ability to act like a circus acrobat.
Athletics: (DEX) Your ability to do all those physical things just short of being a circus acrobat.
Climbing: (STR) Your ability to move vertically.
Stealth: (DEX) Your ability to move without being seen or heard.

Social Skills

Deception: (PRE) Your ability to lie, bluff, and generally be dishonest.
Leadership: (PRE) The skill needed to convince people to follow your lead.
Persuasion: (PRE) Your ability to talk, chat, and generally discover information by talking.
Streetwise: (PRE) Your ability to chat and gather information from less-than-honest elements.

Technique Skills

Demolitions: (TECH) The ability to use, handle, set, and disarm explosives.
Electronics: (TECH) The ability to identify, understand, repair, and use electronic systems.
Gambling: (TECH) The ability to do better at games of chance than others.
Paramedic: (TECH) The basic level of ability to save lives, but not surgical procedures.
Security Systems: (TECH) The ability to recognize and evade security systems, and set up basic systems.

Performance Skills

Disguise: (TECH) Knowing how to change appearance with clothes and makeup, and also how to hide vehicles.
Perform (Subcategory): (PRE) The skill that covers a wide range of performance activities, singing, acting, etc.
Sleight of Hand: (REF) The ability to palm items, perform simple tricks, and fool the eye.

Education Skills

Computers: (TECH) The ability to operate and program computers.
Education (Subcategory): (INT) General and specialized knowledge category.
Language (Subcategory): (INT) Your ability to use different languages.
Local Expert (Subcategory): (INT) Your knowledge in a particular area/region.
Navigation: (INT) Knowledge of how to use maps, tools, (signs) to find a destination.
Ordinance (Subcategory): (TECH) The ability to create bullets and bombs, etc.
Professional (Subcategory): (INT) Professional level knowledge of a particular job or career.
Strategic Operations (Subcategory): (INT) Knowing the how-tos of organizing large groups of something.
Survival (Subcategory): (TECH) Your ability to survive in harsh environments.
Teaching: (INT) Your ability to convey to others something you know how to do.
Technician (Subcategory): (TECH) Ability to repair and create highly technical pieces of equipment, Mech, etc.
Weaponsmith (Subcategory): (TECH) Your ability to repair and create weapons.

Improving Your Character

Spend 1 XP to increase a Skill 1 time.
No attribute may be raised above 8 without GM permission.

Equipment
Based on Cyberpunk

Character Creation

You have 12,000 C-bills to purchase gear.

Up to Tech Level D. You may buy E at 4x the cost
Up to Availability Level D. You may buy E at 4x the cost
Up to Legality Level C. You may buy D at 4x the cost
Cybernetics up to T/A/L level D at regular cost. You may buy E at 4x the cost

Multipliers add, not multiply. So a Tech E x4 and a Avail E x4 means x8 to the cost, not x16

Must be able to CARRY all the gear, with one exception- a civilian vehicle purchase is an option. Any credits not spent are lost. The characters have come on rough times, and while they still have things valuable to them, they don't have much more.

Equipment

Link to the Google doc with ALL Equipment is here.

If equipment is not listed in the spreadsheet, then ask. It can be added after being modified, if required.

For equipment ratings and availability, see A Time of War page 255.


Armor

EV is Encumbrance Value. EV is totaled up and subtracted from REF Reflexes. It represents a general state of not being able to move as quickly.

Mod is the number of non-integrated modifications that can be added per location.


Weapons

Mod is the number of non-integrated modifications that can be added to the weapon.

FAQ

Weapons vs Vehicles

Can my weapon hurt a vehicle?

Is the vehicle unarmored? . . . Yes, your weapon can hurt it, or the occupants inside.

Does the vehicle have 16 or less (total) points of armor? . . . If your weapon does d10 damage (not d6), then yes, your weapon can hurt it, or the occupants inside.

Does the vehicle have more than 16 points of armor? . . . If your weapon does 5d10 damage or more, then yes, your weapon can hurt the vehicle, but only harm the occupants via critical hits or extensive damage.


Vehicles

Refer to A Time of War of the various Technical Readouts for purchasing civilian vehicles.


Luck

Luck is an intangible factor. Mechanically, it plays simple.

There are 2 ways to spend luck. Permanently, and "per day." Your per day Luck value is the same as your Luck value.

Every day, you can use a point of luck to:

• Add 1 to any Skill roll
• Add 1 to a to-hit roll
• Reroll all the damage dice on the previous attack
• Add 1 to any Save roll

You may spend multiple points of Luck on a single roll

Permanent Luck is the Luck you spend to stay alive when all else fails. When you spend a point of Luck this way, permanently reduce your Luck stat by one.

• Eject from a mech before being killed inside of it
• Succeed on a Death Save and stabilize
• Negate a head-shot on yourself
• Succeed on something you have no chance in succeeding with normally