Super Robot Quest
- Thread starter Basarin
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- Original Sci-Fi
Not in Person
Once Known as The Nobody
- Location
- A place
"I call to my aid the power of lightning! Arc Discharge!"
Yelling "Arc Cannon" would be awkward, I think, because the "arKKannon" double-kay is like a speed-bump on the hot-blood track.
Finishing line?
"And now you're dead. Just like how your ideas should be."
"And now you're dead. Just like how your ideas should be."
One does not simply block a Finishing Move.
- Location
- USA
Normally I would have given Warlord his roll for Charged Cannon. I honestly forgot. But at that stage, it wouldn't have mattered too much. He was still at 5 HP.
One of the first support Spirits you get is Scan after all.
You need someone to exposit about how bullshit the target is before you kill it!
Also for non SRW players, SRW has a thing where a bunch of bosses will retreat at certain hp or unit thresholds(some cowards flee once you kill enough mooks). This is annoying because they flee, and cost you veterancy kills, as well as the substantial loot drops and cash value of the boss.
The fun part is, the retreat threshold is usually within range of a fully buffed up attack sequence. So you get to kill them, but they escape by plot, with loot drops.
(Distinct from the inverse phenomenon of the True Final Boss where you face infinite boss rush that just respawn more shit as you kill them)
LinkOnScepter
The One who Strangles Concepts to death
- Location
- Interwebs
I've had to deal with shit like that in my current playthrough of SRW V.
Fuck Defiance.
Just fuck it and all the Bosses that it.
Also Barriers.
And Guard.
- Location
- Nowhere
Unfortunately I don't have the Vita and emulators don't work well with it yet, so shame.
That must be it. Back when I played the games (OG1 and 2), finishing moves weren't a thing. Instead, they were powerful attacks you spammed as much as you can, but your enemy always died by explosion regardless of the cause, which was lame.
And way too many words.
Fixed. Shorter and to the point, although I like my "GIGANTO CANNON!!!" line for the Engrish moment, seeing that random untranslated Japanese is a thing.
Personally I like the sound of Reaper Cannon.
Edit: So, novel idea for an application of barrier tech. A short term retreat denial field. It's codename? Thunderdome.
Edit: So, novel idea for an application of barrier tech. A short term retreat denial field. It's codename? Thunderdome.
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@Basarin, basically I assume that by this post:
you meant you want to encourage more debate on tactics rather than people simply voting for the first good looking plan.
This is stuff I feel should be noticed when going forward. I attempted to break it into 2 discrete subjects:
1) Mechanics only and tactical depth - Currently since we are at the very start of our Super Robot our puerly mechanical options are limited. We could only chose to bring one combination robot to the fight and after combining Callaghan only had two options: Attack conventionally and use the shock cannon. Adding to that is that bringing more toys to the battlefield costs precious RP so it incentivizes to bring the minimum amount of weaponry which means less tactical options during the fight because it's all frontloaded at the start of the mission. This particular nitpick is probably going to go away when the Super Robot grows more and has more weapons intergrated into it so it has more tools to choose from even in the middle of the fight.
The other tactical roadblock is enemy composition. Bandit and Warlord were singular boss encounters that didn't require target prioritization, but the Westphalian tanks were very easy to "solve" because of how lopsided their stats were, if the Buckler had the attack capability of the Tanks then the question of who to attack first would be actually meaningful. This will also probably change once we meet enemies with more elaborate gimmicks (like creating reinforcements on site) and our Super Robot won't have the tools to instantly negate them.
2) Narrative and creativity - The system is freeform enough to encourage people to put their own spin and suggest tactics that aren't actually part of the mechanics but can be done so anyway (like Callaghan disarming Bandit), the problem is that uncreative people or people with poor visualization skills have less to offer here.
Compare my hypothetical plan for this turn to what @Alectai wrote
One of those plans is clearly better at giving the QM a framework to work with, and assuredly it isn't my plan.
Alas I don't have any idea of how to tackle this problem because if I did I would use it to become creative myself.
Allowing for freeform actions like the suplex is good for it though, since it allows for people to suggest their own crazy ass ideas.
A small nitpick that could become a larger problem later is that the battle was kinda light on descriptions of our foes. The Pilum was noted to be a gunship and the closest thing we had to its description was:
How big it is? How armored it is? What is it's color? Me and @Alectai debated on wether the Pilum was a speed type that can dodge Callaghan's attacks or is it simply armored enough to withstand them, and I feel that being unsure on stuff like that hampers the Write-In maneuvers.
Take this all with a large grain of salt since I have no experience in running quests or roleplaying sessions.
you meant you want to encourage more debate on tactics rather than people simply voting for the first good looking plan.
This is stuff I feel should be noticed when going forward. I attempted to break it into 2 discrete subjects:
1) Mechanics only and tactical depth - Currently since we are at the very start of our Super Robot our puerly mechanical options are limited. We could only chose to bring one combination robot to the fight and after combining Callaghan only had two options: Attack conventionally and use the shock cannon. Adding to that is that bringing more toys to the battlefield costs precious RP so it incentivizes to bring the minimum amount of weaponry which means less tactical options during the fight because it's all frontloaded at the start of the mission. This particular nitpick is probably going to go away when the Super Robot grows more and has more weapons intergrated into it so it has more tools to choose from even in the middle of the fight.
The other tactical roadblock is enemy composition. Bandit and Warlord were singular boss encounters that didn't require target prioritization, but the Westphalian tanks were very easy to "solve" because of how lopsided their stats were, if the Buckler had the attack capability of the Tanks then the question of who to attack first would be actually meaningful. This will also probably change once we meet enemies with more elaborate gimmicks (like creating reinforcements on site) and our Super Robot won't have the tools to instantly negate them.
2) Narrative and creativity - The system is freeform enough to encourage people to put their own spin and suggest tactics that aren't actually part of the mechanics but can be done so anyway (like Callaghan disarming Bandit), the problem is that uncreative people or people with poor visualization skills have less to offer here.
Compare my hypothetical plan for this turn to what @Alectai wrote
Hypothetical SITB plan said:
One of those plans is clearly better at giving the QM a framework to work with, and assuredly it isn't my plan.
Alas I don't have any idea of how to tackle this problem because if I did I would use it to become creative myself.
Allowing for freeform actions like the suplex is good for it though, since it allows for people to suggest their own crazy ass ideas.
A small nitpick that could become a larger problem later is that the battle was kinda light on descriptions of our foes. The Pilum was noted to be a gunship and the closest thing we had to its description was:
How big it is? How armored it is? What is it's color? Me and @Alectai debated on wether the Pilum was a speed type that can dodge Callaghan's attacks or is it simply armored enough to withstand them, and I feel that being unsure on stuff like that hampers the Write-In maneuvers.
Take this all with a large grain of salt since I have no experience in running quests or roleplaying sessions.
Theunderbolt
"Prepare for trouble..."
- Location
- USoA
Oh jeeze, they're going to be those chivalry stereotype pilots with "Muh Honor! Duel me!" While doing all sorts of underhanded shit when they have the advantage...
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shinkiro
absolute madmage
- Location
- Gensokyo
that is brilliant
- Location
- Nowhere
Another thing to consider once this is dealt with: Start investigating/spying the other SR agencies, because they WILL do the same with us.
What about:
"REAPERU CANNON: FINAL BEAM MODE!!!"
Funnily enough that was a thing in GaoGaiGar too. Not named like that, of course.
What about:
"REAPERU CANNON: FINAL BEAM MODE!!!"
Funnily enough that was a thing in GaoGaiGar too. Not named like that, of course.
But it is not a beam weapon... it is a rail gun?
Edit: how about REAPERU CANNON: WHIRLWIND SHOT!
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KnightDisciple
Brotherhood. Unity. Peace.
- Location
- Midwest, USA
The only acceptable Chivalrous Pilot is one who bears a BLADE THAT CLEAVES EVIL, and knows that REAL MEN RIDE EACH OTHER!!!
- Location
- Dethklok
- Denied. Warlord strikes with Multi-Claw!
- One success! Foxhound rolls for Agile!
Why isn't it two success here?
Edit: The fight was Awesome.
For the punch-line: "Go back to the Middle-Age!"
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ConfusedPotato
Unverified Verifier
- Location
- Australia
Lightning railgun? Try...
JUPITER'S FURY!
JUPITER'S FURY!
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LinkOnScepter
The One who Strangles Concepts to death
- Location
- Interwebs
On the bright side, we might find some actually honorable sorts among their ranks we can convince to join us.
Then we can start making our Not!Sanger robot!
It's 4 rolls of 2d6 bunched togther to save space. The discrete rolls were: 1 3, 4 3, 5 6, 1 4. So only the third roll hitted.
Thors_Alumni
Proud member of Thors Class VII from Liberl
- Location
- Liberl Zemuria.
Heh! I like it. Its got my vote.
- Location
- Nowhere
Acceptable name for the Finisher mode.
Also, this is still a prototype gun, but so far it seems quite functional. Will the finished product be better or worse than this? Anime clichés say it can go either way.
- Location
- Nowhere
They're not chivalrous. They want the "old world" back, in the sense of installing smog factories again in order to have their indentured orphan workers spent their lives to enrich the (always cruel) owner. Perhaps I'm exaggerating a bit though.