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Combat Momentum Spends
Penetration: This Momentum spend is
limited to X Momentum where X is the
static damage of the weapon being
used to attack. For example, a Sniper
Rifle doing 2+6DS may spend 2
Momentum to ignore 4 Soak, but most
pistols can only spend 1 Momentum to
ignore 2 Soak.
MDMS: Every weapon now has an
MDMS rating, which means Max
Damage Momentum Spend. This
number, calculated by adding a
weapons static damage value plus
half its DS damage value (round down)
and modified by Knockdown (gives +1
MDMS), is simply the maximum
amount of Momentum that may be
spent to add to directly to damage on
any given attack. For melee weapons,
add in bonus Strength damage
BEFORE calculating MDMS.
Magazine Capacity, Let Rip and
Reloading
Instead of +1d20 and +1DS per
Reload spent on Let Rip attacks, each
+1d20 and +1DS costs one Capacity.
Every non-Munition weapon has a
Magazine Capacity between 1 and ~8.
An attack cannot spend more Capacity
than that remaining in the Magazine.
Capacity is also lost normally through
Complications. Attacks that would not
normally cost Capacity automatically
use one Capacity for the first
Complication rolled.
Once Capacity is exhausted, the
weapon must be reloaded. Reloading
is a Standard Action unless the
attacker has either the Speed-Loader
or Smooth Reload Talent, in which case
it is a Restricted Action (in addition to
their normal benefits). A character
may also spend 2 Momentum in
1 [Type here]
combat to reload as a Restricted
Action (or Free Action if he possesses
either Talent listed above).
Munition Weapons and Capacity
Munition weapons have capacity
denoted as #M, to indicate that the
weapon uses the Munition rules. Every
attack uses up one Capacity. Munition
weapons may have much higher
seeming capacities as a result. When a
Munition weapon is capable of Burst or
Automatic fire, such an attack uses up
3 Capacity per bonus d20.
For example, the Southpaw is an
automatic rocket launcher and may
spend between 3 and 9 Capacity to
gain +1 to +3 d20s and dDS on
attacks. (This is a change from the
Core Book.)
Combat Actions
Standing up from a prone position is a
Restricted Action, not a Free Action.
The GM should allow a D2 Acrobatics
check to permit a kip-up as a Free
action.
Response Actions: A character may
make any number of Response Actions
in a turn. Each Response Action costs
a cumulative Dark Symmetry Point.
This change affects several Talents
and Ki Powers. See below under
Revised Talents. For NPCs, each
additional Response Action requires
the GM to spend a cumulative +1
DSPs.
Horde & Squad Attacks
First, if a Horde/Squad has 3-4
members, all its attacks gain Spread
+1. If a Horde/Squad has 5-6
members, all its attacks gain Spread
+2.
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Second, a Squad leader armed
differently from its Squad attacks
separately as an Elite with the normal
rules. The benefit of the Squad is that
the leader then may direct his Squad
to attack either the same or another
target as a Free action. The rest of the
Squad then attacks, rolling 1d20 per
member and benefiting normally from
Let Rip or DSP spends as normal. As
above, this attack automatically gains
Spread if the squad has enough
members.
Weapon Qualities and Ammo
Parrying X: The Parrying X quality now
reduces the DSP cost of a Parry
Response Action by X to a minimum of
0. Full Defense gains this benefit as
well.
Ammo (Quality): This quality is linked
to the ammunition being used in the
weapon. See below for special ammo
types. ALL attacks with a weapon with
the Ammo (Quality) quality receive the
effects of that quality normally. But
note that one Capacity is always lost
for the first Complication rolled on
attacks that dont otherwise use
Capacity.
Special Ammo Types
Special ammo types are listed in the
Weapon spreadsheet. Any weapon,
including those listed with an Ammo
(Quality), may use special ammo
types. Any weapon with an existing
Ammo (Quality) replaces its normal
Ammo (Quality) with that of the new
ammo. The exception is Ammo
(Spread), which simulates rate of fire.
Any weapon with pre-existing qualities
simply adds those qualities to any
granted by Ammo. For example, a
Bolter loaded with AP ammo would
become Armor Piercing 3.
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Shotgun Slugs: Shotgun slugs increase
Range to M and gain Vicious 2, but
lose any Spread quality. Shotgun slugs
can also be purchased as special
ammo types. Simply add Vicious 2 to
the new Ammo (Quality).
Blast (Close or Medium): If any allies
are engaged in close combat with the
target of a Blast (Close) or (Medium)
weapon, the ally automatically suffers
half damage to a random hit location.
Additionally, if any allies are within
range of a Blast weapon and the
attack generates Complications, the
GM is free to designate those allies as
unintended targets, as if the attacker
had spent 1 Momentum to include
them in the blast.
Knockdown: This is clearly intended to
be something cooler than it is. So,
standing up is a Restricted Action, not
a Free action, to bring it in line with
other 2d20 games. The Knockdown
quality also adds 1 to a weapons
MDMS.
Combat Scale
Every combat encounter (or any
encounter where distance and time
may matter) can be assigned one of
three Combat Scales: Close, Medium,
or Long.
In Close Scale, a zone is
approximately a 5 meter (or
yard) cube. A combat round is
about 5-10 seconds.
In Medium Scale, a zone is
approximately a 50 meter (or
yard) cube. A combat round is
about 30-60 seconds.
In Long Scale, a zone is
approximately a 100 meter (or
yard) cube. A combat round is
about 1-2 minutes.
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Implications of Scale
If using Combat Scales, you can use
every rule in the MC3 books almost as
written. There are two major
differences, however: (1)
Weapon/Attack ranges and (2) Bonus
Actions.
For purposes of weapon, ability,
communication and Observation tests,
ranges are measured as follows.
In Close Scale, everything within your
zone and 5 additional zones is in Close
range (this defines Close as about 25
meters, not 50, which I think is right).
Beyond that is Medium range. There
should not be Long range in a Close
Scale combat. Close Scale should be
used for the interiors of most human-
built buildings, sewers, large vehicles,
and very often works well for fights
within big cities, like Luna or San
Dorado.
In Medium Scale, everything within
your zone is in Close range. Everything
between your zone and 5 zones away
is Medium range. Beyond 5 zones is
Long range. This is an appropriate
scale for fights in the streets, in
Venusian jungles, or inside cavernous
citadels or Mercury's caves. If you
choose not to move at all in a round
using Medium Scale, you gain a bonus
Restricted Action, which can be
combined with your other Restricted to
make a second Standard Action.
In Long Scale, everything within your
zone is in Medium range. Everything
up to 5 zones away is in Long range.
Beyond 5 zones is Extreme range. This
Scale works well for battlefields, air-
based chase or combat scenes, or
running skirmishes in wide open
spaces (like Mars deserts). If you
choose not to move at all in a round
3 [Type here]
using Long Scale, you gain a bonus
Standard Action.
Movement using Scale
The beauty of this system is that you
use the movement rules exactly as
written. The Combat Scale adjusts the
time and distance to create believable
movement speeds. Because
movement is largely what uses time in
this system, if you choose not to
move, you gain bonus actions as
described above. As a clarification, a
character may only ever take ONE
movement action in a given round
the player must choose between a
Free, Restricted, or Standard Action
move.
Ranged Combat
Weapon Ranges: Weapons may have
the following ranges: Reach (R), Close
(C), Medium (M), Long (L), Extreme
(E), or a combination rating. All melee
weapons are Reach (R). Handguns are
R/C (this renders the Close Quarters
quality superfluous). SMGs are mostly
C/M. Shotguns are C. Assault rifles are
mostly M, some might be M/L. Sniper
rifles are M/L or L or even L/E. Etc.
EDIT: On second thought, I might just
leave the range ratings alone and say
that you only increase the difficulty of
attacks BEYOND your weapon's listed
range. The only range that's TOO
SHORT for most guns is Reach.
Attacks made within the listed
range(s) are base difficulty. Attacks
made outside the listed ranges are +1
Difficulty for each step from the
nearest listed range.
The base difficulty for ranged attacks
at Reach and Close range is Average
D1.
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The base difficulty for ranged attacks
at Medium range is Challenging D2.
The base difficulty for ranged attacks
at Long range is Daunting D3.
The base difficulty for ranged attacks
at Extreme range is Dire D4.
Aiming down the sights ("Aiming")
reduces the base difficulty of all
ranged attacks by 1, to a minimum of
1. You cannot Aim at targets within
Reach.
Laser Sights reduce the difficulty of
ranged attacks at Close or Medium
range by 1, to a minimum of 1. If you
Aim with a Laser Sight at a target
within Close or Medium range, you
instead gain 1 bonus Momentum on a
successful attack.
Reflex Sights have their normal game
effect (i.e. a Reroll if you Aimed).
Telescope Sights do not adjust weapon
ranges directly. Instead, Aiming with a
telescope sight reduces the effective
range by 1 step for the vast majority
of scopes or by 2 steps for extremely
high quality or advanced scopes.
Using Sights in Combat
Aiming down a weapons sights in
combat is a Restricted Action. Given
these revised Range and Called Shot
rules above, clarifications are needed
for Laser and Reflex Sights and
Scopes.
Laser sights assist unaimed and aimed
fire by placing a dot at the point of
impact. On all attacks with a weapon
equipped with a laser sight, the
attacker gains one free Momentum
solely for the Called Shot Momentum
Spend (this is a slight change).
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Reflex sights only help when taking a
Restricted Action to aim down the
sights. Reflex sights grant a re-roll as
described in MC Core. This re-roll can
be used to negate a Repercussion.
Scopes and night vision scopes also
require a Restricted Action to use, and
allow the attacker to treat his
weapons range as 1 category longer
than normal (exception: only for non-
Munition weapons). The drawbacks
from MC3 Core still apply. In addition,
Scopes count as Reflex sights when
used (this is a change).
Squads/Hordes and Blast
Weapons
Blast weapons are particularly
devastating against Hordes/Squads,
which is as it should be. But an
unnecessary amount of confusion or
min/maxing can result when using
Blast weapons and spending
Momentum to maximize damage to a
Horde/Squad. For Blast weapons
including those with the Torrent
quality, damage does not cascade
through the Horde/Squad. Instead,
Momentum must be spent to include
each member of the Horde/Squad in
the blast effect.
For example, a Burst of plasma
carbine fire directed at a Squad
consisting of 5 Undead Legionnaires
and 1 Necromutant and generating no
Momentum, will only ever damage one
target. Conversely, the same attack
resulting in 6 Momentum, may strike
every member of the Squad, but if
excess damage is rolled against the
Undead Legionnaires, it does not
automatically cascade into the
Necromutant.
Hordes/Squads and Weapon Hits
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Need to figure out how this works.
Seems like each Momentum generated
from a Squad or Hordes attack should
be an extra hit at full damage.
Otherwise they suck ass.
NPCs and Hit Locations
When a Trooper or Elite is hit in the
Limbs, Wounds inflicted after Soak are
halved. When a Trooper or Elite is hit
in the Head, Wounds inflicted after
Soak are doubled.
Encumbrance
Encumbrance affects all Strength,
Coordination, and Agility skill checks
or tests as written. Physique tests
have their Difficulty increased only if
the test is to resist Fatigue and it
would make sense for encumbrance to
so affect the character.
Hit Location Damage Effects
Do we need rules for this?
NON-COMBAT HOUSE RULES
Acquisitions Tests: In play, the base
time for an acquisition roll is based on
the following table:
Restriction Base Time
1 1 Hour
2 8 Hours
3 1 Day
4 5 Days
5 10 Days
+1 X2 Days
A character may voluntarily increase
or decrease the Base Time by moving
up or down the chart. Each line moved
increases or decreases the Difficulty
by 1. For example, the players decide
they need a Restriction 4 item in the
next day. They increase the Difficulty
5 [Type here]
to 5, but move down to the Restriction
3 Base Time.
Purchasing Ammunition: Reloads must
be purchased in sufficient quantity to
reach Cost 3. The normal rules are
otherwise used.
Group Momentum
Group Momentum works as it does in
the Infinity & Conan 2d20 games.
Rather than just adding Momentum to
any successful test as the players see
fit, Group Momentum can be used to
add d20s to a test as if you were
spending Dark Symmetry Points. The
use of Group Momentum must be
declared before a roll. No character
can benefit from more than +3d20
from spending Group Momentum or
Dark Symmetry Points.
Close Combat, Unarmed Combat &
Brawling
Close Combat shall include the basics
of brawling. One rank of Expertise in
Close Combat grants a basic skill in
brawling, allowing the standard
Unarmed Strike (1+2DS) at no penalty
and no increased Repercussion range.
However, no Close Combat Talents are
applied to Unarmed Strikes and a
character using only Close Combat to
attack when unarmed is not
considered to be dual wielding.
Unarmed Combat now makes sense as
an advanced skill of Close Combat.
Unarmed Combat grants the following
additional benefits:
- First, upon selecting the Martial
Artist Talent, all of the
characters Unarmed Strikes
gain the Vicious 1 quality.
- Second, a character is also
always considered to be dual-
wielding when using the
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Unarmed Combat skill, reducing
the cost of Swift Strike to one
Momentum.
- Third, a character adds his
Focus ranks in Unarmed Combat
directly as DS to damage.
Add 1-3 Talents for each style of
Martial Arts: Algeroth Martial Arts,
Brotherhood Martial, Capitol Unarmed
Combat, Mishiman Close Combat,
Wolfbane Close Combat, and Special
Forces Training
(Bauhaus/Imperial/Cybertronic).
Revised Talents & Ki Powers
Several of these House Rules,
including the use of the Conan
Response Action rules, require a small
change to a number of Talents and Ki
Powers.
Deflection [Close Combat] simply
grants the character Parry 1 on all
Close Combat weapons or adds +1 to
the Parry of any equipped weapon.
Flow Like Water [Unarmed Combat]
also grants Parry 1 to the characters
Unarmed Strike or reduces the cost of
his Dodge Response Actions by 1.
Hands of Stone [Ki Power] stacks with
Unarmed Combat damage bonuses
and the Vicious 1 quality from Martial
Arts.
The Mongooses Dodge [Ki Power]
grants the same benefit but stacks
with Flow Like Water resulting in two 0
cost Dodges.
The Mongooses Artful Dodge [Ki
Power] grants one bonus Momentum
on all Dodges that generate at least
one success.
Yoramas Deflecting Hands [Ki Power]
grants the same benefits, but there is
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no need for the two Momentum spend
and it should be ignored.
Social Combat
Write some rules for social combat
based on Infinity rules.
Write some rules for social combat
based on Infinity rules. Basic idea
should be that each NPC has an
Influence Threshold equal to
something like half his Mental Wounds
plus the higher of his Persuade or
Command Focus. Every character has
a social stance towards another:
something like Hostile/Intimidated,
Wary, Neutral, Friendly, and Helpful. It
takes an influence check with
influence damage equal to the
Influence Threshold to change stance.
If you hit the Influence Threshold
multiple times, you can move an NPC
multiple stances.
Base Influence Damage is
1+2DS+Influence Rating. Momentum
can be spent for bonus Influence
Damage or to decrease the time of a
check (which needs to be defined).
Certain Talents could be modified to
assist with this new mechanic (but not
necessary actually). Could even have
Influence Soak equal to Willpower
Focus or Insight Focus.
Official Errata
The Momentum with a scaling effect (a
"+") can be applies multiple times per
turn, but the others cannot be.
Also, assume in all cases that you
cannot re-roll a die of any kind that
you've already re-rolled, whether it's a
d20, a d6, or a [DS]/damage dice - the
second result stands.
As for rendering someone unconscious
with Momentum...
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Close range by one (which may

All Momentum spends must make remove the need for a test). They're
narrative sense first and foremost - also a viable target to Coup de Grace
that is, if there's a conflict between actions.
what makes sense for the story and
Ignore p.81 - the difficulty of the
what the rules allow, the story wins.
individual tests remains as normal. If
every single time. So, rendering
both tests beat their difficulty,
someone unconscious with a gunshot
compare the Momentum generated to
wound is harder to justify than with a
determine the overall winner. The
blunt object.
winner's total Momentum is not
reduced by the loser's total
Unconsciousness shouldn't last long
Momentum - the values are simply
(in the real world, if you're knocked
compared to see who got more. The
out for longer than a couple of
loser does not get to spend or bank
minutes, it's often indicative of serious
the Momentum generated.
head trauma). The simplest route is to
Parry/Dodge is all-or-nothing RAW.
apply the Perplexed status effect (MC3
Possible house rule: does it break
rulebook, p137 - target gets a test
anything to make momentum on
each turn to shake the effect off, or
attack opposed checks cancel each
they lose all their actions), but use
other out? (it might, because you cant
Resistance tests instead of Willpower
bank momentum on an opposed roll)
tests. The character also falls prone -
increasing the difficulty of ranged http://www.modiphius.com/forum.
attacks at Medium or longer range by html#/20151029/official-core-
one, but reducing the difficulty of book-errata-5042052/
melee attacks and ranged attacks at

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