Update 5.9: Get everyone and their stuff together
Hello, Lancers! I’ve been at work for about a month and a half, eh? Alright, this time I have actually made some huge changes, not least of which being- TTS and TRIC now have specialty licenses!
TRIC gets the Veil, Cleaner, and Longshot licenses, that have defense/control, fire, and sniper roles in mind, and each can be integrated into all sorts of builds.
TTS gets the Subduction, Barometer, and Autoforge licenses, featuring difficult terrain interaction, old weapons from the Titan for controllers, and a treat for those Heavy Gunners among us.
Meanwhile, there’s tons of new systems in both TRIC and TTS as one of my playtesters pointed out just how much weapon saturation in my mech licenses there is. I agreed, so Eris, Titan, Enceladus and Puck all had weapons removed and the Europa got some weapons retooled for support capability. These specialty licenses are a partial reprieve so I can add the cool weapons I always wanted to add like gundam missile shields and metalstorm weapon systems without bloating the licenses I already have. Eventually these licenses will have LL restrictions within TTS and TRIC so that the really scary stuff like Autoforge and Veil aren’t instantly available to any person who wants a million-shells-per-minute death machine. Other changes include but are not limited to the following-
TAMAMO:
- Changed the AMML to fire 3 times flat, weapon now has Inaccurate
- Nogitsune missiles now fire in two profiles, a range 4 cone 3 short range burst, and a Range 15 “fuck that guy in particular” single target high damage.
PUCK:
- Removed the LIAR Flechette
- Added Comedy of Errors, a new system at LL1
ENCELADUS:
- Removed ABS0 Array
- Added ShardShield armor
EUROPA:
- Rocket Artillery Drone can now be strapped to a buddy, because it is dangerous to go alone! Add a lil buddy!
- Ripper nexus is now Paintbrush nexus, slight edits to the weapon and more support capability.
- Buffed Ground Control Array
ERIS:
- Tracer rounds added and replacing the Beacon gun
TITAN:
- All weapons removed, two added to the Barometer license.
- INPAD rack added
- Ozone Distributor system and Atmospheric Targeting Computer added
- Definitely more than this that I have since lost in the translation between versions in my head, but there's more balance updating that happened.
Special thanks go to RedXiya, PersonMan_Reborn, CHARON, Olothontor, and Callielujah for their help in running my second playtest, Steel Hats and Fireworks! Each of them provided very helpful insight with their builds in the TTS oneshot. What comes from here? Honestly, a break! Finals are coming up for me and this project may sit on the backburner till May! After that, though, I think I might try and make a proper .pdf and lore guide to Umbra before I move to the GM-side content and yet more balance updates! I am a one-man team, so work is kinda reliant upon what time I can get free, but I’ve been working on this for over a year and I don’t intend to stop anytime soon! See you on Umbra, lancers.
[Seeing is deceiving],
Foxscribe
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Field Guide to Umbra
A third-party expansion for the Lancer TTRPG featuring two new manufacturers and a new setting.
Status | In development |
Category | Other |
Author | FoxScribe2571 |
Genre | Role Playing |
Tags | Mechs, Sci-fi |
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