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[Timberwolfd]

Does he get a doctor, or should I hold one in the marketplace?

[Hat]

Working on mid-point summary.  He'll need to decide on stats and how to spend his free SP as well as the SP that are add X to a field skill, etc. plus decide on traits as well.

Corrections:
Stage 3 should have 1 less Promotion and 1 less Well-Equipped, But should add Promotion to Sergeant (Rank 6).

He'll need a doctor, please hold one.

Summary so far:

ATTR (MIN/Thresh)
STR (0/6)  
BOD (4/6)
DEX (3/6)
RFL (4/8) Reduce to 7
INT (4/8)  Reduce to 7
WIL (5/9)  Reduce to 8
CHA (0/5)
EDG (0/10) Reduce to 9 (from "any 1 threshold") to have to mechanical effect
SOC (4/9) Reduce to 8
NOTE: Still needs to allocate +1 to any threshold, twice.

Traits so far:
Natural Aptitude: Strategy
Wealth (7)  Reduce to 6
Promotion, then Promotion to Sergeant Rank 6 (pre-commission, noted in case wanted to include in history)
Rival [Enemy]
Well Equipped [x10], caps at x4 [8 points], can't sell back above.  Could drop from the 8 point level.
Contact (2)
Vehicle (9), Heavy Selected, Sells back 3 points
Custom Vehicle, selects Marauder MAD-3R
Owns Vehicle
Commission
Promotion (x7) [Yes, AFTER commissioning, so Rank 8 Leftenant General, will certainly buy down to Captain or Major (5 or 4 points)]  Buy down to Promotion x1 to keep math same
Well Connected/New Avalon (x2)  Reduce to 1
Good Reputation

Regular Skills and Skill Points (includes fields)
Admin: 3
Bureaucracy/FS: 9
Career/Soldier: 10
First Aid: 10
Gunnery/Mech: 6
Leadership: 7
Negotiation: 0
Pilot/Mech: 6
Scrounge: 0
Small Arms: 11 (Rifle, Pistol was 3, discarded)
Strategy: 9  
Tactics: 15

Remove:
Academic/ Federated Suns History +2, Protocol/ Federated Suns +2, Perception +1, Academic/Any +2, Bureaucracy/Federated Suns +2, Computers +1, Swimming +2; +2 to any 2 field skills, Tactics/Mech +1, Leadership +1, Strategy +2, +1 to any 2 relevant skills, +1 to any field skill; +1 to any 3 basic training skills, +1 to half of the character's AIT skills (rounding up), strategy +2, tactics/any +2, +1 to any 3 basic training skills, +1 to half the character's AIT skills (rounding up), +2 to any 1 other skill
Basic Training Field bonus
MechWarrior Field Bonus
Special Forces Field Bonus


Skill Bonuses still to add to the above skills:
Any 2 Field Skills +2 (Mechwarrior)
Any relevant 2 skills +1 (x2)
Any field skill +1 (x2)
Any 1 skill +2 (x2)
Any 3 military field skills +2
Any other 3 skills +1
Any 1 military field skill +6
Any 3 skills +3
Any 2 Field Skills +2 (Mechwarrior)

Skills to convert to free points
Academics/any +5
Language/Affiliation +1
Interest/any sport +1
Swimming +5
Academics/Military History +4
Computers +3
Martial Arts/Military +7
Protocol/FS +6
Academic/Federated Suns History +4
Perception +2
Nav/Ground +6
Training +3
Sensor Ops +6
Blades +8
Demolitions +8
Free Fall +8
Stealth +8
SMG +6
Survival +6
Tracking +6
half of Special Forces AIT skills +1 (round up) (x2) [already added to the first 4 skills]
103 points, converts to 52 free SP to spend

Piloting and Gunnery will be converted to standard rules [8-skill value for each] once selected.
Note to self, starting skills cannot go above +5.

Apply new NAIS Subpath effects from after these modifications take effect

[Hat]

LTSG Nicolas Malthus, Formerly Major, AFFC
Age: 31
Male

6 STR
5 BOD
6 DEX
7 RFL
5 INT
7 WIL
5 CHA
5 EDG
4 SOC

Skills:
Admin +1
Bureaucracy/FS +2
Career/Soldier +3
First Aid +2
Gunnery/Mech +5
Leadership +3
Negotiation +1
Pilot/Mech +5
Scrounge +3
Sml Arms +3
Strategy +5
Tactics +4

Traits
Natural Aptitude: Strategy
Wealth (7)
Rival [Enemy]
Well Equipped ( 8 ): 350 XL Engine (x2), 4 Ton Gyro (x2)
Vehicle (6) [Other Vehicle x3 sold back]
Custom Vehicle - Marauder MAD-3R
Owns Vehicle
Commission (1)
Promotion (x3) [Other Promotion x4 sold back]
Good Reputation
Contact (2)
Contact (2)
Night Vision
SPAs: 60 XP worth (Marksman, Sniper)
Well Connected/Federated Suns [Combined the 2 Well Connected/New Avalon]

History
Work in Progress - rough potential sketch
Nicolas was born on New Avalon and started at the NAIS College of Military Sciences in 3031.
He became very close with his roommate Kato and another gentleman by the name of <fill in Rival's name> with them jokingly being referred to as the Three Muskateers.
Nicolas graduated at the head of his class in Basic, edging out his rival and triggering a bad falling out.
Despite Nicolas being an officer, he and Kato stayed close for the 6 years they were in school together
When Nicolas graduatd in 3038 he joined the newly forming 6th FedCom RCT.  In the 6th's assault on Ancha, he distinguished himself by single-handedly taking one of the Kurita positions despite withering fire, earning his Silver Sunburst for Gallantry
His rival's uncle is one of the Estates General and aided the rise of his extremely talented nephew.  They also worked to "put Nicolas in his place" being a non-noble, undermining him and preventing several well-deserved promotions.
Frustrated by the political maneuvering that would influence Nicolas' assignment upon completion of his advanced studies at NAIS, he took Kato up on his offer to consider the Rangers, joining them in March of 3047.

[Darrian Wolffe]

I'l go over the sheet in detail in the morning.  One thing to note:

The sheet is not complete until the planet where the enemy is is denoted, and the planets where the contacts are is denoted, and the area of Good Reputation is denoted.

[Hat]

Good Reputation - New Avalon
Rival [Enemy] - Hauptman General Richard Regis II, CO 2nd Royal Guards (Tharkad)
Contact (2) - Leftenant General James McConnel, XO 6th FedCom RCT (Small World)
Contact (2) - General Ariana Winston, ELH (New Avalon)

Not feeling very creative, hopefully those are fine.

[Darrian Wolffe]

Good Reputation - New Avalon
Rival [Enemy] - Hauptman General Richard Regis II, CO 2nd Royal Guards (Tharkad)
Contact (2) - Leftenant General James McConnel, XO 6th FedCom RCT (Small World)
Contact (2) - General Ariana Winston, ELH (New Avalon)

Not feeling very creative, hopefully those are fine.

No problem.  There's only 1 thing wrong on the character sheet as far as I can see.  It's how you've handled well-equipped.

Look at the 2-2 ruleset (since that who he was created under), page 7.

"Well-equipped (2) means that you will get 1 piece of SLDF-era gear in your warehouse. Well-equipped (6) would be 3
pieces of gear. DHS are not "equipment", but an XL engine is. Each piece of gear can be switched out to get you 10 tons
of F/F armor instead."

What you've given Ryan is Well-equipped (4), and 4 pieces of equipment.  I don't blame you - Well-equipped is wierd because it comes in groups of 2 points, not scaling up by 1.  But that needs to be fixed; drop 1 engine and 1 gyro (or just 2 bits of gear) and you're fine.

Otherwise, character is approved.  My personal RECOMMENDATION is that he drop a few points of Edge for a few more Trait Points in other attributes (Trait Points are lost far more readily under the current ruleset, and if your DEX or RFL drop below 4, you have to retire the character (other attributes have their own thresholds for effective character retirement or death).  If you two elect not to do this, that's fine.  Confirm you're proceeding as-is and, as long as you've made the Well-Equipped adjustment above, the PC is approved to join the unit.

[Hat]

Hi Rob, thanks for the feedback.  Ryan's character got the "Well-Equipped" trait 11 times.  I have to imagine each time it was gained was effectively a 2 point level, because giving half a level doesn't make sense.  I dropped it from 11 to 4 as it was meaningless above it and could not be sold back above the top level anyway. 

As for Trait Points, I'll make the recommendation for increasing it, potentially adding a negative Trait or two for flavor.  We should be able to take care of this tonight.  Let me know if anything else needs to be adjusted.

[Darrian Wolffe]

Hi Rob, thanks for the feedback.  Ryan's character got the "Well-Equipped" trait 11 times.  I have to imagine each time it was gained was effectively a 2 point level, because giving half a level doesn't make sense.  I dropped it from 11 to 4 as it was meaningless above it and could not be sold back above the top level anyway. 

Once you top out a Trait, you stop getting it.  You can't get Vehicle 15, for example. The cite is MW3e, page 23, under 'Variable Trait Levels".  So if he got Well-equipped 11 times, he got 22 points worth...but only the first 8 points matter, leading to a final result of the Well-equipped ( Trait, which then can be sold back in increments of 2 points at a time.

But whatever the actual value, if you have Well-equipped (4) on the character sheet, you can only get 2 pieces of equipment.

As for Trait Points, I'll make the recommendation for increasing it, potentially adding a negative Trait or two for flavor.  We should be able to take care of this tonight.  Let me know if anything else needs to be adjusted.

Everything else looks fine.

[Hat]

Ok, Rob.  Well-Equipped now correctly shows Well-Equipped ( 8 ). Status adjusted with STR and DEX going to 6 and EDG going to 5.

That should be everything you need.  Let me know if I missed anything.

[Darrian Wolffe]

Ok, Rob.  Well-Equipped now correctly shows Well-Equipped ( 8 ). Status adjusted with STR and DEX going to 6 and EDG going to 5.

That should be everything you need.  Let me know if I missed anything.

No, I'm sorry.  I wasn't clear.  Did you sell back ANY points from Well-Equipped?  Y/N?

[Hat]

Ok, Rob.  Well-Equipped now correctly shows Well-Equipped ( 8 ). Status adjusted with STR and DEX going to 6 and EDG going to 5.

That should be everything you need.  Let me know if I missed anything.

No, I'm sorry.  I wasn't clear.  Did you sell back ANY points from Well-Equipped?  Y/N?

No points of well equipped were sold back. He wanted the full 4 piece of equipment option.  My comment was to indicate that even though he was given the trait above the maximum level it wasn’t possible to sell anything back for effectively nothing, so he didn’t.  Any sale would have impacted the number of points of equipment.

[Hat]

Based on needed changes here's the impact:

Lost SP: 35
SP Gained from Military Scientist Field: 12
Net Loss: 23

Skill Point Reductions
First Aid from +2 to +1 (4)
Strategy from +5 to +4 (
Bureaucracy/FS from +2 to +1 (4)
Small Arms from +3 to +2 (6)
22 of the needed 23.  Rob approved the 1 point difference, gap closed.

Trait Points Lost: 5
Well-Connected/New Avalon (2) [from having it twice and upping it to /Federated Suns]
Wealth (1)
Promotion (2)

Trait Adjustments:
Remove Night Vision (1)
Keep Well-Connected just at the New Avalon level (2)
Upgrade Rival to 2 point Enemy (1)
Add Introvert (1)
Gap Closed.

Will post revised sheet with all updates in next reply.

[Hat]

LTSG Nicolas Malthus, Formerly Major, AFFC
Age: 29
Male

6 STR
5 BOD
6 DEX
7 RFL
5 INT
7 WIL
5 CHA
5 EDG
4 SOC

Skills:
Admin +1
Bureaucracy/FS +1
Career/Soldier +3
First Aid +1
Gunnery/Mech +5
Leadership +3
Negotiation +1
Pilot/Mech +5
Scrounge +3
Sml Arms +2
Strategy +4
Tactics +4

Traits
Natural Aptitude: Strategy
Wealth (7)
Rival [Enemy (2)] - Hauptman General Richard Regis II, CO 2nd Royal Guards (Tharkad)
Well Equipped ( 8 ): 350 XL Engine (x2), 4 Ton Gyro (x2)
Vehicle (6) [Other Vehicle x3 sold back]
Custom Vehicle - Marauder MAD-3R
Owns Vehicle
Commission (1)
Promotion (x3) [Other Promotion x2 sold back]
Good Reputation - New Avalon
Contact (2) - Leftenant General James McConnel, XO 6th FedCom RCT (Small World)
Contact (2) - General Ariana Winston, ELH (New Avalon)
Night Vision
SPAs: 60 XP worth (Marksman, Sniper)
Well Connected/New Avalon
Introvert

History (will need to be reworked as he arguably just missed the War of 3039)
Work in Progress - rough potential sketch
Nicolas was born on New Avalon and started at the NAIS College of Military Sciences in 3031.
He became very close with his roommate Kato and another gentleman by the name of Richard Regis II with them jokingly being referred to as the Three Muskateers.
Nicolas graduated at the head of his class in Basic, edging out his rival and triggering a bad falling out.
Despite Nicolas being an officer, he and Kato stayed close for the 6 years they were in school together
When Nicolas graduated in 3038 he joined the newly forming 6th FedCom RCT.  In the 6th's assault on Ancha, he distinguished himself by single-handedly taking one of the Kurita positions despite withering fire, earning his Silver Sunburst for Gallantry
His rival's uncle is one of the Estates General and aided the rise of his extremely talented nephew.  They also worked to "put Nicolas in his place" being a non-noble, undermining him and preventing several well-deserved promotions.
Frustrated by the political maneuvering that would influence Nicolas' assignment upon completion of his advanced studies at NAIS in Military Science, he took Kato up on his offer to consider the Rangers, joining them in March of 3047.

[Hat]

Final Trait Changes after talking to Ryan

Positive Traits added:
Night Vision (1)
Increase Well-Connected from 2 to 4 (all of FS) (2)
EDG +1 (to 6)

Negative Traits:
Buy down Promotion by 1 (Cpt before leaving AFFC) (1)
Glass Jaw (3)

[Phoenix05]

Phoenix expanding to a four mech lance, recruiting one more unit. Heavy mech from Davion list.

Rolled 1d1000 : 362, total 362

Rob, please generate heavy mech pilot.