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Good systems for Mad Max

Started by jhkim, June 11, 2015, 04:35:24 PM

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Moracai

#60
July 12, 2015, 03:21:35 PM
That Dueltrack thing is based on the Autoduel Quarterly article, but written for the Deluxe edition, which I think is the most common. At least around here parts it is.

Moracai

#61
July 13, 2015, 09:13:13 AM
Quote from: Moracai;841124And of course it would need a game mechanic for those "Witness me!" types of situations.

WITNESS ME!!!
There is a special rule in effect that enables characters about to die or go unconscious, to try to perform some remarkable feat before dying in a blaze of glory. Any character who takes 2 or 3 points of damage may try to invoke the gods of Battle and perform some kind of stunt that results in his death, but has severe consequences for the enemy forces as well. After the player(s) has figured out what he wishes to happen, the referee assigns the action a difficulty between 6 and 11. If a 2d6 roll equals or beats the number the feat is successful. If not, the character remains unspectacularly dead or unconscious, depending on how much damage the character has taken.

Note that this rule never comes into play when a character takes only one point of damage. Weaklings keeling over from such weak blows are not worthy of Valhalla. Nor does it apply to those that take 4 or more damage, as the character's body is pretty much splattered over the landscape and nothing can be done at that point.

Remember kids, body armor is for pussies!

Car Wars characters have three 'hit points'. Wounded, unconscious and dead.

Shawn Driscoll

#62
July 13, 2015, 10:47:28 AM
Quote from: Moracai;841417Car Wars characters have three 'hit points'. Wounded, unconscious and dead.
Hard to shoot yourself dead with a pistol.

Moracai

#63
July 13, 2015, 11:56:47 AM
Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;841440Hard to shoot yourself dead with a pistol.
It's not even hard, it's impossible! :D

But this is a wargame with a referee in it we're talking about. And we've all seen from Old Geezer's posts what the job of the referee is. To make calls that override rules that are stupid.

Moracai

#64
July 14, 2015, 06:31:00 PM
In a system with levels, this is what a first level character would look like. :D
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