So BMJ dropped some new stuff a few days ago, we should have had enough time by now to make slightly more informed opinions.
NEW DRAFT
http://www.mediafire.com/download/p2r43tp08axwp1d/Adeptus+Evangelion+V3+-+Open_Beta_04.rar
>But mediafire is shit.
GOT YOU, BRO.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8z4Cy1zaGU1SWwyVl8tWFNyeWs&usp=sharing
I think some of the Stepping Stones could use some work, and ranged Branches could use a middle ground between the snipers and the sprayers without completely ignoring that you use guns.
Man this thing is dead as shit.
It'd probably help if we got someone to run the game other than that goddamn flake.hell I'll do it myself if I must
>>43456521
'that goddamn flake'?
>>43456636
Some guy who's been trying to run AdEva for ages but never makes it past the second session when he gets a group. People believe he does it on purpose so there's an effort to single him out every time he posts on gamefinder, so people don't get trolled by him.
It's annoying because no one can look for an AdEva game without running into him or the neighborhood watch.
>>43456849
Hey, what a co-inky-dink, I happen to be looking for a player and I have no idea who you are and who you're talking about. You free mondays? You fine with crazy settings?
I'm trying to make a game work with Evas flying in from the moon to fight dinosaurs and finding bigger things while using Norse mythology. We'll see how far we can stretch v3.4 to work with different settings. Got 3 other people and I'd really like to try and get at least one more.
>>43455657
I would ride BMJ's baloney pony. Twice.Not three times. Just twice. When he finishes AdEva3 he gets another ride. Cunt.
>tfw you know you're the only person in your group that would give this game a try
>>43457550
I can do Mondays depending on the timezone. Even if not, I can probably carve a way with some coffee and effort.
How can I contact you? Skype? IRC? Gimme something, anything.blue > red
>>43457891good choice
>>43457929
You faggots don't know what a best girl is.
>>43457891
Post either a throwaway email or Skype, and we'll get to you tomorrow.
>>43458015
You've got mail, bluefag. Your lack of taste in women notwithstanding.
There are some areas that seem really unfinished and poorly organized, but I'm enjoying it. two sessions in to a new game, trying to find a late-comer 4th pilot to round out our ranks while we try to understand some things like skills with blank buy-ins.
>>43458359
Those are some big tits for a thirteen year old.
>>43458359
OK, I kinda lied there.Cat > Blue > MILF > Lesbian Doctor > Gendo > Red
>>43459548
I've known girls who were similarly sized at 13-14.
Come to the American South. Every other woman here has massive tits.
>>43459548
Is it? They look normal to me. I"m from south america.
>>43455657
>baloney pony
What the fuck?
>>43460384
Girls from south america mature quicker, that's fact. My gf had an impressive rack before we even got to high school
BMJ needs to add pic related to AdEva
>>43460285
That sounds... Unhealthy. Thirteen is a bit young for that, isn't it?
>Dual Wielder
>Pit Fighter
>Sidearm
I'm gonna Prog Knife in the shit outta something.
>>43464261
The just have the perfect big-tittied genetic storm going on. French and Norwegian with a pinch of German and a dash of black and hispanic.
>>43464299
Thanks for the recommendation, I'm stealing this. Quick question. If I pick the targeting visor with Test Type, does that mean I don't get penalized for melee attacking the core?
I want a Popeye Eva.
>>43457828
Do your friends know what Evangelion is? I think a lot of what makes AdEva rarely played in person is that Evangelion isn't well known in the USA outside of imageboard culture.
>>43459061
> There are some areas that seem really unfinished and poorly organized
Tell me more.
In excruciating detail.
>>43465092
> If I pick the targeting visor with Test Type, does that mean I don't get penalized for melee attacking the core?
No, because it only interacts with enemy size bonuses. Tiny, Massive, etc.
You DO get the bonus even on melee attacks, but Called Shots against the Core (or any other part of the Angel) are getting their penalties from a different source/mechanic.
That said, if you made a called shot against the core of a Small Angel, you would ignore the Small penalty to hit and then resolve the Called Shot as normal.
>>43467101
Ah...thanks for the clarification. Time to try something else then.
>Power Armored Prototype effectively has up to 10 Strenght and Armor, plus shields and whatever else
>it has to die thrice before it can get the talent and become an immortal golden god
Mildly upset. I wanted to use my pluck and luck for other things, not just hoard DOOM
>>43471258
If you haven't died 3 times already, are you even getting a benefit from that ability?
>>43471258
>>43472378
I'm not sure I like the mechanic of having to die repeatedly to get any benefit. Maybe if it was on a class like the Assault, where they *want* to take a lot of damage to activate Destroyer Mode, and they play a big risk vs reward game. But the Test Type seems more like a sturdy, stable sort of suit, but they have to intentionally get themselves shot in the head multiple times in order to get their biggest and best features.
>>43472959
I think you meant Prototype.
>>43472959
If you don't need it, you don't have it. I'm not thrilled or disgusted by it.
>>43474583
How's going Wingless doing for you? Or did you buy that early on?
What kind of weapons are you using/branches?
>>43474916
My weapons can't fit in wings. If I get taken down I get smoke grenades. I see no problem as long as I'm not being deliberately retarded.
>>43475244
I was actually not trying to be sarcastic, I honestly wanted to know. What kind of weapon are you using that it doesn't fit in the wings?
Hey guys, looking for feedback on two things. First, I'm making a character sheet for my campaign because they're spoiled by D&D's customizable character sheets. I figured, hey, why not make a new official-looking character sheet for the system? Here's a first look. I spent way too much time on the character name and the rest looks kinda... there. I'm going to work on it more, I'm just looking to see if there's interest.
>>43478646
And second, the NERV logo for my campaign. It's Japanese mythology themed, and I thought of a cool little design for it. Just wanted to show it off!
>>43478657
This looks cool as heck.
Like a torii, because that's what you obviously based the design off of.
>>43478646
That looks good. The other fields don't need to be as super fancy as the Name field is, though. Otherwise you will end up making the sheet look too busy and murder your printer.
All in all, I look forward to seeing the completed version.
So how are the operations directors these days?
>>43478646
>>43478657
Looks great. I've sorely been in need of character sheets.
>>43480461
Non-existent. They're slated to get their own book, but core has to be done first.
What would you lot think of an 'empty core' Eva option? We know the soul is infinitely divisible, even if the results ain't perfect. So part of yours goes into the eva.
The moment your unit switches on you go a bit weird. Part of your soul flows into the eva and is restrained from being followed by the rest by arcane machinery; the power supply is not for movement but for those machines. No berserking. No weirdness. Probably some long term sanity damage.
At the five minute mark the Evangelion berserks, synch ratio climbs to ego damage zone. Require some fuckery to shut off. Eventually you end up the brand new soul of an eva. Suggestions?
>>43482058
Berserks as your soul flows in more and more, I should say. Cue ego and sanity dmg.
>>43480461
I hear you'll have to choose between a busty onee-san or a dirty hobo Root for Operations Directors. There's nothing else planned at the moment
>>43482827
>>43482856
Well, they took out military vet in the planning process, and with the whole operations director thing on hold there hasn't been new development.
>>43482868
Where are you getting this info?
>>43484291
I am guessing that most prestigious of sources, the mysterious entity known only as 'Mister Posterior'
>>43482973
Man, I just wannamake her breakfast. Seriously, as a guy who only recently got a handle on my drinking problem, I know exactly how she's gonna feel in a couple minutes.
>>43471130
Oh, hi Armstrong.
>>43487002
Wow dude, you are such a fuckingstand-up guy. I'm sure she would really appreciate that.
>>43487011
Is that not just a random monster?
>Investigating the Charon conspiracy.
It's actually hard to be against them.
>>43487314
I forget. Are Charon the ones who want to sacrifice a thousand thousand souls to make a heaven for the remaining spirits that dies with the universe, or are they the one that wants to make us all angels?
>>43487414
The former, if I recall correctly.
>>43487314
On the one hand, what they want to do will kill millions of innocent people.
On the other hand, if this works it is going to be to the benefit of literally everyone else left alive and all of the humans yet to be born.
Its morally ambiguous as shit, but I can totally understand why they would do it.
I always liked the little throwaway line about the members of Charon who are split on whether or not they should be part of the sacrifice themselves. Those guys who know what they are about to do, and offer up their own space in the afterlife they are going to create because of the cost of making it. Those are the ones you know are good people.
>>43487464
Balls. I wanna float like Gendo.
>>43487414
Yeah, they've scientifically observed that there is no afterlife (AT Field readouts means observation of the soul and whatnot) and on paper they've worked out that if they combine some Evangelion symbolic shenanigans with nuking Detroit or some other urban shithole, it'll make an afterlife.
>>43487314
WAIT.
How did Bill and Boomhauer materialize out of thin air?
>>43487547
Glad you noticed that.
Roll Sanity.
>>43487541
Yeah, I remember what they want, just not their names. A bunch of souls make a lilith-style container and humanity gets to live inside after death.
The problem is that this is all horseshit, even by series canon. Souls flee back to Lilith to await rebirth. The reason there are so few births is because all the souls are presently in use, even after the Impact. Wether that's because a pile of them were destroyed in the quantum fuckery occuring or what is something I forget.
>>43487547
Eigenheart initiative got their way and had them stashed in a Dirac Sea.
>>43487650
And before anyone asks, I'd guess the Evas and Rei didn't get a soul because they were 'new' lilim life, rather than old ones with souls already tagged for them. Well, 01. The others were from Adam, obviously, and he can go fuck himself, or so Lilim says.
>>43487650
Where in the show did they ever say anything about the birthrate dropping off? That wouldnt even make sense, given that half of humanity died in the second impact, and I doubt we made up the difference and more in just 14 years.
>>43487805
His teacher mentions it "Fewer and fewer children born each year" - episode 17.
Ritsuko mentions it, either in the episode where she pours bleach in to the Rei tank, or the episode after. I can't remember right now.
Anno, the King Bastard himself, talks about the very small amount of children in the world. 15 years after a disaster, people would normally be squirting the little shits out for a solid 20 years, like post ww2. Childhood's end was also a huge influence on Evangelion, and that was a big part of CE.
>>43488069
Souls are probably going, "To hell with having like six years of life, Shinji's just going to duck it up and kill everyone. Again."
>>43488282
True. There are a few possibilities with it
1) Souls do die, instead of circling through the room and the 'world soul' like in the Guf mysticism. No new ones come about because the tree doesn't really exist, and Lilith can't create more FAR pieces. The entire FAR plan was massively flawed.
2) Souls don't die, they do cycle, but Liltih can, with a bit of effort, create new souls if there are enough left. But she emptied the room in preparation for the Messiah, blah blah blah.
I know it's leddit, but this is an interesting write up.
https://www.reddit.com/r/evangelion/comments/3nc0zn/evangelion_is_straightforward_its_about_the/
>>43488392
Er, point of that link was that it illustrates what you said - everyone is remaining in stasis as long as Shinji is really fucked in the head.
Screw you, I just finished night shift.
>>43462941
SPLIT YOUR LUNGS WITH BLOOD AND THUNDER
WHEN YOU SEE THE WHITE WHALE
>>43488524
I've always liked that one.
>>43488590
>that edit
Fuck m8 I was not ready for that.
>>43488658
Meanwhile, this wasn't edited past translation.
>>43487650
If I had to replace Charon, I'd keep the theme roughly the same. Earn your happy ending. Souls do die, but over long periods - enough degredation and no intervention from 'God' - lilith - and they wink out.
Instead of the perfect stasis of Seele's 'public' plan, make it a changeable one. Everyone becomes a single perfect being when everyone is perfected. Everyone lives every life as perfectly as possible; sacrificial souls are forced down the tree of life in their place until everyone has ascended. You've got a thousand thousand perfect intangible souls coming into one being. Said being leaves the universe as Humanity incarnate, ready for whatever comes next.
>>43488835
'every life' being the constant stream of possible timelines we saw during the movies while they were inside Instrumentality, that is.
Best way to run a game with only two pilots?
>>43489322
Broskis. Let them drama over the waifu for a while.
>Enough of this fighting over her affections, we should be high-fiving over her back!
>>43489443
But the pilots are not both dudes. Or a dude and a lesbian.
>>43489553
Then they'll end up fucking, probably.
>>43489655
But that doesn't help me as the GM
>>43489553
You imply it doesn't end the same way. Just means the lesbian's in front, dude at the back.
Post complicated world-ending SEELE plans!
My SEELE's plan to end the world is to arrange five Evangelions into a five-pointed star and have them kill each other by throwing Lances of Longinus into each other to create the star. Then, 108 N2 bombs will detonate themselves in a massive circle to create a vortex of energy that absorbs the cores of the Evangelions, creating a massive Anti-AT Field. The energy of the N2 bombs spreads it around the globe and bam, Instrumentality.
>>43489943And my Gendo will hijack the plan by turning the five-pointed star into a six-pointed star, fucking up all the math and condensing rather than spreading the Anti-AT Field. In addition, the players will have the job of luring an Angel into the middle of the star, and when the bombs go off, it will Tang the players and the Angel and create an alien artifact.When touched, the artifact allows the user to ret-con the past to whatever she wants it to be. This, combined with the fact that my Gendo already created another artifact in another timeline that allows her to create time-loops that only those who have touched the stone remember (she's been through 3,247 of them personaly) will allow her to murder her husband over and over. My Gendo is a horrible, petty sadist who just wanted to murder her husband more than once, so she ends the world thousands of times just to condense time into a little ball so she can revive him.And pic related will be her face.
>>43489817
I mean it is a heterosexual male and female
>>43490080
That...does not sound like something fun to play through.
I'm hoping you plan on having your players have SOME way of learning about this and disrupting it?Also, time travel endings are THE WORST, seriously. Holy shit they are the worst why do people keep doing them.
>>43490454
Asspull Endings of all kinds suck balls. Time travel can be cool when used throughout the plot, though.
>>43490454
Yeah, I'll admit I sorta got hooked on the whole "creating a story" thing when I was writing it, but I have 2 weeks until the game, so I have plenty of time to revise. I see your point in that even if it leads into something cool, losing isn't fun if you can't do anything about it.Yes, the players will be slowly learning about this conspiracy and how it could fuck up everything. At some point though, the players will come into contact with the alien artifact. Then, there are two ways things could go:
A) The players can't stop it: The ritual goes off, the Gendo gains superpowers and time loops. However, since the players touched the artifact, they know everything that happened and they bring all their knowledge and upgrades with them as they try to stop the Gendo from fucking up the world harder. And if they gain control of the artifacts, they can change the world for the better and undo all the terrible shit that's happened since Second Impact.
B) They fuck up the ritual: The bombs go off, the Evas kill themselves but all that happens is that a massive explosion devastates the area. The players and their Evas barely live, but the failure of the ritual exposes SEELE and the Gendo. Their trial reveals some shit that most of the nations of the world would rather be hidden, and in the aftermath war breaks out, leading to World War Evangelion. So now the players have to deal with both a World War and the encroachment of the Angels, who still haven't gone away. This, I feel, could also be fun.
I probably should have mentioned that the SEELE ritual is the 3/4 mark of the campaign as I've planned it so far. Does all that sound at least a bit better?
>>43490823
No, start from fucking scratch.
>>43490823
I would feel like I had been wasting my Sundays.
>>43489322
>>43489553
>>43490138
Make them fuck. Instant drama.
>>43491239
Pretty damned inevitable, too. All my teenage experience was with girls I worked with. Every girl I worked with. There's something about those neurochemicals on overdrive and spending a good chunk of the day with a person that turns them up.
>>43491175
>>43491079
DESU I'm not sure what else to do if this is apparently so awful. The only alternatives I can think of are either the show or World War Eva with Angels. I can't really run a sandbox because AdEva is inherently railroady, and if I try to ape the show the players will catch on instantly. At the same time, if I try to run World War Eva, what does that lead up to? What grand conspiracy lies behind that? I honestly don't know.
hey guys. lonelyfag here, I found some bro-tier friends to play with this, after I convinced them to watch it. however, they're still total chads, and say they would like an evangelion parodied off of black ops 2 "origin"s, in the 1920's. any tips to make this work?
>>43491378
Charon and Eingart are good ones to go with for WWE, SEELE can continue eating dicks in the tang ocean. I've been knocking around an idea for WWE where once victory becomes a matter of following through, the White Egg "hatches" and gribbly angels cover the goddamn moon in a scene straight out of Getter Robo Armageddon, then they start touching down all over the world.
Will the nations band together or fend for themselves? Do they resume hostilities after the greater threat is dealt with? Do they even cease hostilities in the first place?I haven't decided yet, and won't until it comes up and I've felt out what the players like and/or want.
So how much Requisition do I start with anyway? However much my Eva gives me?
And when it says I start with Requisition, does that mean I start with the upgrade listed? Or are all the upgrades there considered "unpurchased" even though I start with some of them?
>>43491582
1920s? Play up the Lovecraft, and make him a staff member. Evas are gas-powered because cutting edge technology. Tesla is your research director and it's why you're starting with the Superconductive and Sonic technologies. Make some shit underwater because motherfucking R'lyeh.
>>43491355
The problem is that doesn't translate well to tabletop. I mean, do I just tell the player "You pop a boner, even though you didn't mean to"?
>>43491695
i was thinking of that.
i had an idea of a meteor crashing(liliths moon), that had a metal inside that had new properties. it was versatile enought o make the evas, cause world war one. the metal also stores human souls, that charon secretly wants cause you know, afterlife.
hopefully chad enough.
Something I want to know if you can add BMJ:
At least one more ranged Branch. Right now the only Branches I can take (I think) as a ranged weapon user is Sidearm(to boost my Firearms/Sniper and maybe Wrath as a last resort in case I run out of ammo or lose a weapon.
Right now it feels like the vast majority of Branches are devoted to melee interactions or are specifically for engagement or 1 Sector situations. Can we see more ranged Branches that work specifically at 2-3 Sectors away? (and maybe make it have Combat Advance for Firearms pretty please?)
>>43491378
I have other scenarios planned, but I'm going all out with custom Angels and everything.
>>43491906
No. Guns are already OP. Get AT powers
So, what is the point to swords again? Is it just Blitz Attack (not to discount how godly Blitz Attack is)?
>>43491981
I'm using gunbased AT Powers and it certainly isn't OP in my experience.
>>43492043
But our Sniper is still the mvp of our game.
>>43492079
Our Assault is the MVP in ours.
>>43492097
We have a dual wielding prototype that's our ace.
>>43492079
Speaking of...why does it say the minimum Firearms for Sniper is 45 when the lowest Eva model has 50? An accidental holdover?
>>43491906
Your operators operating operationally take mostly defensive and support stuff with little dips into AT branches if you like that stuff.
Cover -> Ambush, Jammer ->Scrambler, Observer, Rabbit, and Spotter are doing me real good.
>>43491378
An idea I had was mirroring the SEELE shadiness of the series throughout the plot, for the pilots to get understandably nervous as the campaign builds to its climax.
They kill the last angel, but are kept on lockdown and alert nonetheless. They get ran through another medical and synch test. Alarms begin blaring. They run to the briefing room.It's a surprise party, just for them. Honourable discharges, commendations, and assorted sweets all round!SEELE was actually just acting so shady as they wanted to keep the commander on their leash, to try and ensure their influence and existence remains as concealed as possible. Being a known illuminati is bad for business, and could cause unrest and loss of influence across the globe. So they need to keep the hotheaded NERV staff from giving away their game (whether intentionally or not), through covert, minimally disruptive, means.
>>43492316>Switching the Neospartan on and thrusting them into a social situation.
What the fuck, man? Might as well wear a turban and trench coat with belts of delicious all-beef franks to a southern VA cookout and ULULULULULULU
Where the hell is the Intermediary Manipulation list? I can't find it. The basic Manipulation list is there with the Trunk, but the intermediary one isn't.
>>43492165
Probably. Don't tell BMJ so we can actually start with good ranged trees.
>>43492523
...That is an oversight. I don't believe you're supposed to get that in the Trunk.
It's in every Branch it's available in, to answer your question.
>>43492613
Thanks. So I guess that means I can't take Pseudoweapon at the start then?
>>43492640
No, because fuck you.
>>43492488
Failing to see the problem. I do like the idea that they get to keep their Evangelions as souvenirs. Which is going to be hilarious when one cuddles up to it at night.
>>43492648
But it's so fun
>>43492648
Ah well. Why not let wrath work as Pseudoweapon too? Otherwise its only Ranged weapons it can mimic and I don't really see a reason it needs to be that way.
>>43492688
Do I have to post the image, Anon? Look what you've made me do. No we all ahve to stare at Gendo.
Because.
Fuck.
You.
>>43492771
And now that's there. Fuck it. I don't care anymore. Just change it yourself, I don't think your GM will care. You can go back to literally pulling weapons from your e-scale arse.
>>43492668
It's Skinnerbox-tier psychology, man.
>This is the auditory and visual stimulus we use to let the child soldier know she needs to be amped up and ready to kill.
>Let's use it to get her here for a startle-party!
Some unfortunate nigger's gonna get a bullet or the nearest pointy thing lodged in their face.
>>43493034
It's NERV. There's a pretty solid chance anyone she hits deserves a bullet or 16 lit candles in their eye jelly.
>>43493101
That doesn't make it a better decision on their part, just less tragic for the audience.
>>43493156
>Nerv
>Good choices
Pick one.
>>43493168
Hey now. They hired best girl.
If I get Sidearm - Uncertain Storage, do I spend Requisition for the "Undisclosed Weapon" before the fight? Or do I do so when I declare what the weapon is? I'm assuming if the weapon costs more Requisition than I have at the start of the fight, I can't call that one, correct?
>>43493354
Every eligible weapon is 1 Req, you pay it first.
So...am I doing this right? Quick note: Our GM is deciding to start with 200 xp for a 4 Angel game. He's decreasing the xp we get for each fight accordingly.
---------------------------------------------
Unit 03
Production Type
Strength - 3
Toughness - 5
Armor - 4
Reflexes - 50
Eva Martial 74
Eva Firearms 63
Trunk
Combat Advance (+3 Martial) [10xp]
Branches
Sidearm [20 xp]
Combat Advance (+3 Martial) [20xp]
Streetfighter (Quick Attack, Deft) [40xp]
Improved Draw (Uncertain Storage) [10p]
Features
Construction - Sleek (+10 Reflexes)
Cosmetic - Blindsight
Upgrades
Wing Loadout (Storage) [Starting]
Requisition x2 [Starting]
Wing Loadout (Storage) [10xp]
Optimized Evasion [20xp]
Hit and Run [40xp]
Weapons
Progressive Knife
Progressive Knife
Wing Loadout (???)
>>43493330
No. they didn't.
>mfw last time I was GM I had a Misato Expy tagging along as the 'taking care of bullshit, driving the cart' sort of character they were all very attached to, mostly because she was a shallow sort of person who couldn't connect and just acted inappropriately.
She wasn't real. All a figment of their imagination because they picked a fight with a big spirit early on in the game and went a little mad.
>>43493687
What is this, a picture for Iruel?
>>43493722
>>43493561
Why did you buy Wing Storage with nothing to cram in it?
>>43494266
Uncertain Storage. I figure I can decide if I need a gun or a knife on the go as opposed to starting with something I might not need.
>>43494266
Maybe he's going to play Sunless Sea in the entry plug and cram it full of monster hunters.
>>43494292
Oh, sorry. I saw production type but my accursed brain didn't come up with what that means. You need one more Requisition to actually use it both wings that way, or change that second Progressive Knife to a different piece of starting equipment.
>>43494383
Hmm, I didn't notice that. I got 10xp left. Do I even need to buy a second Wing Storage?
>>43494813
You don't need to, but before you go Dual Wielder it would be a good idea, it's super handy to pull out two of whatever's convenient.
>>43494975TOOOMMAAAREEEE YOOOOOOOOO *pulls dual swords out of wingdock*
>>43494266
He doesn't need to pay for that. He just needs to make a choice.
> Choose one Wing of the Evangelion (left or right). Nerv installs a special container in that wing which can hold a spare load of ammo for any ranged weapon, or a single weapon with the Small property. What the Storage container holds is chosen at the start of the battle, when Requisition is initially spent for the fight, but anything held within the Storage container when the Eva is deployed costs no resources or Requisition beyond this Wing Loadout upgrade.
tldr: knives and pistols in your wings at the start of the fight are fucking FREE. Uncertain Storage takes this even further and lets you decide what that free weapon is when you reach for it instead of when you start the fight.
>>43495674
Delicious
>>43455657
>>43460482
>>43457828
I feel you brother. I've tried to run it a few times, but none of my friends will bite. They only want to play D&D.
Hey guys, here's the first page of the character sheet I've been working on. So far, my plan is to divide the stats into three - a character page, an Eva page, and an Advancement page. When I've got all three, I'm going to upload an editable PDF of the sheet to both here and Reddit so people can get it. Feedback and critique welcome!
>>43495674
Fucking sweet. So I can use Uncertain Storage to cheat Req costs for small weapons?
>>43496198
Oh thank GOD. I desperately needed this. Layout looks awesome. Nice work dude!.
Does anyone else have any other comments on my build here >>43493561?
>>43495674
That's clearly not how it's intended. Your brand of intellectual dishonesty is why things have to be ludicrously verbose when committed to law, asshole.
>>43482058
>>43482071
Uh, so. Any opinions?
>>43496520
That actually IS how it's intended - it's the main benefit of pistols and knives over larger onehanded weapons. You can start with one free in your wing dock, no req required, instead of extra ammo or whatever. They've got a cost in case you want MORE of them for whatever reason.
Otherwise you'd usually be better off just getting a bigger weapon and ignoring your wing docks entirely/using them for ammo.
>>43496198
I believe it is strain threshold, not stress.
>>43496198
You should rethink putting grey text over the grey background, like the scores that are associated with the skills. Its readable, but only just.
>Poster Child
>36 starting Emp
>Fetching and Extrovert assets for a +20 bonus to Speech against the opposite gender, +10 otherwise
>Buy Empathy Advance and Speech Group Advance with starting cultural enrichment
>Result is a starting 80XP/5E character with up to 66 to Charm/Persuade/Sway, and that's before Skill Training/Mastery/etc.
time to politidick
>>43496198
Thanks for all the hard work.
>>43496520
How else would you interpret it? "but anything held within the Storage container when the Eva is deployed costs no resources or Requisition beyond this Wing Loadout upgrade." seems pretty unambiguous.
>>43499172
I can read it just fine nigga. Get better eyes.
>>43496198
Very nice! My one suggestion is that, given how Restricted Skills work now, it might just be easier to axe that section and extend the Skill Groups list, giving the user more room to write in their specializations.
That, and it should be Strain Threshold, not Stress Threshold.
Maybe Luck could use a '/' in its box as well, since the amount of Luck you can have at any given time has a cap?
Also: There should probably be a place to record Injury. Maybe in the same box as Fatigue, given their heavy mechanical overlap?
>>43503603
Can we get official ruling on these?
>>43491906
>>43492165
>>43492613
>>43493354
>>43495674
So BMJ, what are the rules for a 2-handed chain sword? I see rules only for an axe, spear and piledriver, would the 2-handed chainsword use the same rules as the axe?
BMJ, will you send me a lock of your hair?
Also, a couple other questions:
Zweihander Crash attacks have your Eva not use its strength bonus, and perform a special move instead. If you use Crash with a Chain weapon, does that mean you can't count its strength bonus as your hit effect roll? If you use Crash with an assault eva that counts its strength bonus twice when damaged, does using Crash cost both strength boosts, or just one of them?
>>43505024
>>43505203
Also, do Chain weapons get to substitute strength for hit effect rolls on Critical Hits too, or just on Glancing Hits?
Chain rules are weird and confusing fyi
>>43491906
> Can we see more ranged Branches that work specifically at 2-3 Sectors away?
Well, that depends on what you want it to do. Every Branch needs to have a purpose, otherwise you are just adding bonuses because you can, which is how bad things happen to balance.
>>43492165
> Speaking of...why does it say the minimum Firearms for Sniper is 45 when the lowest Eva model has 50? An accidental holdover?
Yes, that's an oversight.
>>43492613
You can get Intermediary Manipulation in the trunk, but only in High-AT (|||) games. The fact that the talent description is not provided there is a mistake, though.
>>43493354
As >>43495674 says, the contents of your Storage wing are free. That remains true regardless of when you reveal what is in there, be it at the start of battle normally or later with Uncertain Storage. This is so that weapons like pistols and knives (which are primarily backup/side weapons) do not need to directly compete with the 'main' weapons of the system (Pallets Guns, Postrion Cannons, etc) in terms of weapons profile. The advantage of them is that they are free and easy to carry, not sucking up Req that could be spent on other things.
This only applies to Wing Loadout(Storage) specifically, though. Assault Mounts, which can carry larger weapons, still need to pay Req for their contents.
>>43505024
> So BMJ, what are the rules for a 2-handed chain sword?
None are provided. If you want to describe your axe as a sword instead you can, but that's on you and your GM.
>>43505046
I can, but I won't.
>>43505203
> If you use Crash with a Chain weapon, does that mean you can't count its strength bonus as your hit effect roll?
No, because Chain only forgoes your Strength to Damage rolls. It doesn't otherwise modify your Strength or set it to 0, so Crash effects work fine.
In terms of the Unshackled Upgrade, the extra +Strength to damage/soft damage doesn't affect things that run off of the Eva's Strength (though will modify part of Crashes that do Soft Damage as part of their effect), but the later bonus of +1 Eva Strength will affect Crashes as you would expect.
Long story short: if it only affects the damage done, that doesn't reflect on the strength score of the Eva. Only if it specifically says it modifies the Strength of the Eva.
>>43505250
Chain weapons only get their Hit Effect bonus on a Glancing Hit. Chain weapons WANT to Glance.
>>43505923
Scriptarius would send me a lock of his hair. You want to be cool, don't you? Cool like scriptarius? Or snakes? Because your only other option is to take up smoking.
>>43457828
>that feel when there's only one other person who would realistically give this game a shot without some persuasion
>even then, they would make you the GM because you are the only one who knows enough about Eva to make it fun
>>43482973
>>43487002
>>43487045
Misato strikes me as the type of woman 4chan users wouldmake eat all the eggs
>>43505923
BMJ I got no serious answers earlier. Do you have any advice for running a 2 pilot game? Should I increase XP or something, or are there any design notes you think I should be aware of?
>>43508294
The game really isn't designed for only 2 pilots, so I'm not sure how much advice I can give there. You will need your Evas to pick up the slack, obviously. So I suppose extra xp and making sure your Angels are significantly weaker than normal are both steps in the right direction.
If you want to use stronger Angel attacks, maybe increase the Infrequent ration on those attacks so it has a longer cooldown between using those abilities again?
>>43506513
>Interested in a setting
>"Why won't someone else run it so I can play it? What jerks"
>>43505923
Err, how exactly are we supposed to deorbit after we kill a space-based Eva if we don't have enough fuel? Also, are there parachutes/heat shields and what not built into the E-type equipment? Do we take fall damage when we land back on Earth
>>43509403
>space based Angel
Sorry about that.
>>43509403
They overpressurize the LCL to knock you out and keep you unconscious but alive with an intravenous cocktail of drugs and vitamin-enriched saline.
Then they organize a rescue mission because that robot is expensive and important, they'll deorbit you with a tug-drone.
>>43506588
Well, my hangover burger.
Bun
Thin slice of pepperjack cheese
Two slices bacon, jalapeno slices
Cheese (as above)
Sriracha
Fried egg
Cheese
Party (Half ground round, half hot sausage)
Salsa Verde
Bun
>>43509098
Some of us don't like GMing for various reasons, m8. It makes me so nervous I can't do itsober.
>>43511628
And this is why people who identify as "players" are useless stains on the hobby. What they really mean is "I don't want to put any effort into the game. Entertain me."
>>43511628
>And this is why people who identify as "players" are useless stains on the hobby
And what is why?
>What they really mean is "I don't want to put any effort into the game. Entertain me."
There's a lot of pressure involved in GMing, man. Every second you're doing it feels like inspection day, where several extremely critical people are examining your shit under a magnifying glass, and you're constantly worrying they'll find something you forgot or didn't think of.
That's why finding a decent gaming group is so hard. You need to find at least 1 person who actually enjoys that, combined with 3-5 people who a) aren't too offensive in manner or odor, and b) can show up on time.
>>43510592
"Hello. I found you on the street and took you home. Burger?"
Jesus CHRIST, anon.
So - more doomsday scenarios. What else could there be?
We have:
Seele: Humanity dies, the 7 enter Eva 01 as God.
Instrumentality: Everyone becomes a non-physical soul-form forever more.
Eigenhart: Everyone becomes a baby angel.
Societas Eruditorum: Shit goes on as normal until some idiot causes an apocalypse because science.
Charon: We sacrifice a pile of souls for no reason to create an afterlife that didn't need to exist (My bias and previous posts are showing, whatever).
Adam: Recreates an angelic world.
Lilith: Recreates whatever she was supposed to make, probably a neutered FAR species.
What else? All I can think of is some sort of divine egg scenario, where whatever it is spins the universe into some gigantic solipsistic construct and then leaves it because the AT field is wonky as all get out.
>>43514951
Oh. And, of course, that plot coupon 'Shall we dance', if an Angel turns up, joins in and serves all of mankind so hard that it rejoins its progenitor with the power of its moves.
>>43505923
Considering the problems in the thread, maybe you should make some of those wordings clearer in the next draft?
>>43516643
Will do.
>>43518481
So I'm new to AdEva and I've been checking out every version and archived thread over the past few days and I stumbled across your rpg.net posts.
Can I just say that holy shit those guys just don't get what the hell the game is about? Half the posts are what THEY would do if they made an Eva game and demanding you should change it to what they want and the other half is shameless plugging for their own games and/or other systems. I am now utterly convinced that that one shitposter whow complains every other thread is one of those guys.
I just wanted to say keep up the good work, we're looking forward to our first game and future drafts. What's the best way we can contact you?
>>43518579
RPG.net did turn out to be less useful than I had hoped it would be, but I do recall that some of their comments got the ball rolling on a couple of the changes that made it into the most recent draft.
As for ways to contact me, the two best are either an email to [email protected] (though I will admit, I go weeks between checking it since it isn't super active) or dropping by the #AdeptusEvangelion IRC on Rizon.net. Even if I personally am not on Rizon at the time, the channel is active enough that someone else can usually get your message to me.
>>43514204
That line works more than you'd think in America.
>>43518725
You regularly pick up drunks on the street in the US and take them home.
What the fuck, anon.
>>43519258
Its the US. How else are we supposed to keep drunk people off the streets?
Why do you think, in American movies, every time they meet some mysterious person who passes out they taken them home? Obviously its a movie, so those people turn out to be plot important, but that's just what you are supposed to do. Usually all you get is a thank you, maybe a couple of bucks for your trouble.
Otherwise someone could take their money or shoot them with guns.
>>43519258
>offer burger
>receive girlfriend
Not the best basis for a relationship, but it momentarily quells the loneliness.
>>43514204
Oh, I thought we were working under the assumption that it was some roommate situation. No, no one picks drunks up off the street, you could be charged with kidnapping even if your intentions were good. Plus if she got laid earlier (likely) you're taken into custody until the DNA results from the rape kit come back.
>>43518481
Example - it's apparently possible to read the Wing Storage thing as being a refund rather than getting it for free, that you have to pay for it first THEN get the req back afterwards. Maybe make it more clear that it's just free, period?
We desperately need some OD stuff.
>>43520952
That can come when everything else is finished first. Right now we just give our OD control over the NERV Resource actions and assign them their own Stamina to spend on said actions. Other than that they do typical OD stuff in the off-time between angel fights.
>>43518579
RPG.net is a shithole- with their moderation, no surprise the stupid trickled down from the top.
>>43521189
I give my OD a +20 to sway the pilots as long as she can reasonably prove that she is intimidating them with her adultness
>>43520008
Generally I fucking leave them alone. That's what the cops are for. Turf them somewhere and drop them off, either in the cells or their house.
This is because I am not an incredible autist who things people will trust complete strangers who try to jam randoms into their car when they're drunk and smeared in vomit. Alf stewart would fucking approve of you.
>>43525499
..so, on that note, anyone else got some decent eva art (04 is best eva)?
>>43508882
So some extra XP, make sure that nobody is pigeonholed, and err on the easier side? Thank ye.
>>43491239
I suppose I could also try to heavily imply some kind of horrible sexual tension.
>>43526114
>evangelion berserks
>Angel destroyed
>Eva still berserks
>Brutal sodomy of other evangelion
>Evas now caged opposite each other, berserker routinely breaks loose to make thrusting motions
>>43526195
Too far.
>>43509692
>>43510257
I'll just say the rocket that launched the players into orbit had a smaller rocket/heatshield with a stored parachute the Evas could use to safely deorbit once the Angel is dead/they're out of fuel.
So basically one of the players holds/stays near it. And they retrieve it to go home afterward. If its destroyed (presumably because someone uses the heatshield as an actual shield because it DOES provide cover) or they lose it, they're forced to find another way to deorbit and they'll take the fall from orbit damage as well.
>>43508294
You're probably better off making your own Angels if you have only 2 people. That way you can control the Difficulty Rating and make sure it doesn't wreck the players immediately. If not, like BMJ says its probably better to increase XP and lower Angel stats where necessary.
>>43509692
Could play an Angelic campaign. A Seed of Life style world - NERV is invading.
>>43527659
If deorbiting could destroy an Evangelion they'd be useless in their designed role of killing things that consider deorbiting to be standard operating procedure.
>>43529298
I'm not necessarily worried about the Evangelions being destroyed as I am the pilots themselves not surviving the fall. 2d6+5 KN damage to the Eva (after an already bad battle), 2 potential Injuries and 3 Strain.
>>43455657
Working on an Egyptian themed campaign in NERV Cairo. Suggestions for mythos stuff? Thinking of making Angels based on the aspects of the Eye of Ra. Bastet, Sekhmet, etc.
>>43532077
Look up egyptian false beards and work that into it. The evangelions all have chins based on those.
Fuck you. I'm serious.
>>43513661
>There's a lot of pressure involved in GMing
No there is not.
So, on talents that involve one/two-handed weapons, how does it interact with the rule that lets Evas with Strenght 5+ monkey grip? Will Flourish work with, say, the Magorok, since I'm strong enough to use it as a one-handed weapon? Can I use Crash if I'm holding my greatsword with one hand?
Also, where is the superconductive knife?
There's a couple other nitpicks I've got, but I can't really remember any other that aren't extensive typo reports BMJ probably got already.
>>43532160
Have you ever GMed? The onus of the game is on you. Shit's mad stressful.
>>43532077
Lilith is hidden under the pyramids.
One Angel resembles a Sphinx (like the Astrosphinx or something) and 'riddles' pilots by creating illusions and screwing with their senses.
Outside of fights, the Evas are kept in giant sarcophogai. These coffins are launched with them (and burst open) when they are sent to the surface.
Play Walk Like an Egyptian at least once.
>>43532095
>>43533329
Well, I was considering not having Lilith and Adam at all and replacing them with something suitable but not quite related in Egyptian mythos, I don't want to do an EXACT clone of the show.
>>43535319
Ma'at is Lilith.
Adam is Apep.
>>43535319
How about Antony and Cleopatra? Am I reaching too far?
>>43535355
This is good too.
>>43487136
Nope, it's Armstrong the Gem Mutant from Steven Universe. There's also Lefty and Bob.
>>43535355
>>43535365
>>43535319
You could probably steal pretty hard from the oWoD and nWoD mummy books, too.
And one angel works perfectly! Best girl is a fucking master of stealth.
