#lancer mechanics

[nobylu]

When I was first building my Balor in Lancer, a big thing I was contending with was HOW SLOW THESE BEES ARE. Balors are so dang slow, but I was really struggling with fitting movement into my build because it disrupted many of my other plans.

Then my good good friend, our medic character's player, defended from the heavens with a note that said "I'm running Lancaster" and freed me from my worries so I could focus on being a big painful bee-ful lump of awful. Thank space mech God for Lancasters and the permanent umbilical cord that is the winch system. I point on the map and say "mother I wish to play with them over there" and she says "buckle up baby bee boy" AND LAUNCHES ME 7-8 HEXES ACROSS THE MAP YIPPEE.

But that's not all. My good friend and I came to a realization, after she picked up Fomorian, that we could give back to our community. Through the power of Houseguard 2 and Bonded 1, so long as we are winched together we give each other +2 to our saves and checks and are a max 11 hex wall of hard cover. Needless to say our Calliban, tiny fierce son, will never be messed with. No bullying allowed.

[throatofdelusion12]

Y'know what

I've seen so many of these "if this gets x amount of notes I'll do y thing"

So I'm gonna do that

100 notes: I'll do more with the podcast

300 notes: I'll work on my writing ( and posy it here)

700 notes: I'll make an analogue horror series (cassette tapes) (and post it here)

2000 notes: I'll make a video analogue horror (camcorder)

1000 notes: (dear fucking christ you all) I'll start drawing more (and post it here)

10000 notes: (if this happens I'll start a blood cult in all of your names) I'll start writing a book

@prestonmonterey

@axlethegoblin

@rapidlydecayingcorpse

@mushroominawaterbottle

@lackluster-rat

@phrog-champ

Spamming allowed

[terkmc]

ASV "Goshawk"

Comm for a supplement in the work focused on flight mechs

[infinitymythos]

Overflowing With Aether🌈🤖

By:

[demiseproject]

completed the color, not sure if ima do anything else with Alucinor

[szkin-art]

Finished lineup of Everests (and a Chomo) for my Lancer campaign, aaaaaaaaaa, this was a big project

[vexwerewolf]

In the same vein as a player with a Barbarossa could destroy the orbital satellite before the start of mission 3 of IGF, a player with a Calendula could simply float towards it while intangible, reappear once close enough that the escorts can't shoot them, and sabotage it from up close before vanishing in the Shadow Realm once again.

I'd still require rolls for calculating the right approach trajectory to intercept the satellite at the correct speed, actually clamping onto it, and sabotage it before Impact Dynamics marines can get to them.

Grammaton Mantle could be also abused to get into Impact Plaza and accomplish some objective like stealing Steele's Terashima Blade. I could go on about how to structure such a break-in, but I'll just note that the only frame aside from the Calendula that can become Intangible is the Mourning Cloak. They're rare and expensive, but someone as loaded and vain as Steele definitely has at least a couple among his security forces or for himself.

I also don't think there's much risk of a player derailing the story too much by killing Steele: that would be made extremely hard by needing to actually locate him in the station before he can surround himself with too many bodyguards to take out, and it's easily pointed out that if he dies, Impact Dynamics won't be any less alive and exploitative, but his successor might be actually competent.

Am I speaking nonsense or does this sound plausible? Did it cross your mind before?

Okay so this post sent me down a rabbit hole at the intersection of Lancer's lore and mechanics.

My first question was "wait, wouldn't they notice the Calendula coming and fire the laser?" But that actually reminded me that I didn't know whether or not an Intangible character can actually be seen by characters in the regular universe.

So, I went to the tireless heroes in #rules-questions, and the consensus is that an Intangible character can't be seen by tangible characters, at least not in any way that's "mechanically meaningful." Based on this sentence in Field Guide to the Karrakin Trade Baronies:

Tangible characters can move through INTANGIBLE characters and objects but not end their turns inside their spaces and can’t affect them in any way.

It is the understanding of #rules-questions that a tangible character could not, for example, reveal an Intangible character who was also Hidden, even if they would otherwise be in line of sight, because this would count as "affecting" that character. The only interaction tangible characters can have with Intangible characters is that they block each other from ending movement in each others' spaces, although this is likely a mechanical failsafe to make life easier for battlefield tracking on VTTs.

So if Intangible characters can't be seen and also can't see Tangible characters, there isn't an issue with stealth. Getting there in an appropriate timespan while in nonspace might be, though - space is big, and your mech doesn't have an orbital drive.

[zephyreon4-art]

BOOM 💥

started a Lancer campaign, maybe the best decision ive ever made. here's my character Cody’s mech :)

[petrenocka]

you know what fuck it, I'll just tumblr poll this

I want to host, or maybe get hosted in a long term ttrpg campaign not running on D&D or it's "-likes" i.e. Pathfinder. You know, to broaden my palette. I did several non-dnd one-shots but it didn't quite get me clarity as to what to go for.

[disastrousfeline]

they're very normal !!!

[ras-favourite-balor]

[Brigand}- Hey @isyourmechrunning sorry for the radio silence, still limping by on a half-working sublight drive. I should be in orbit in the next couple hours. Getting everything ready for the overhaul. I've got Persephone readying the subalterns to help you out with any lifting, don't tell her but I've disabled their very limited combat abilities, just in case.

So she'll be staying back and helping with the work, meanwhile I'll be in and out, got a few jobs lined up. I'll be available if you need anything from me; security codes, thoughts on design, help dealing with Persephone, you find a live warhead hidden in the bowels of the ship, ect.

So drop me your location planetside or landing pad of choice, when you see this. I'll finish up my prep in the mean time.

Brigand, out~

[blacksalander]

My Lancer character: Jaeger

[terkmc]

SSC - Apollo, formerly the SSC SKELETONIZER

Metalmark alt

[acidhydraart]

mech sketches

[demiseproject]

THIS TOOK YEARSSS

[szkin-art]

An SSC Emperor outfitted for the Glass Fleet of the Baronic Navy, bearing the Coat-of-Arms of House McKenzie. It is equipped with the Marathon Arc Bow standard for the Emperor chassis, and a VALKYRIE-type Bolt Nexus Quiver.

The onboard VIDAR-class NHP is a standard Baronic combat support clone, seemingly modified through unsanctioned interfacing with the human pilot; the effects of this interfacing appear to have progressed both ways.