 Any tips for scaling past a normal table?, I've got as many as 8 players who want to play |
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 Mar 25 2008, 09:23 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 697 Joined: 18-August 07 Member No.: 12,735  |
Yah... it looks like my group is expanding... and I was looking for a good and easy way to scale the encounters and whatnot to handle a table of 8.
If I recall correctly the basic adventures are designed to scale for as many as 6 players... should I just add another npc to the combat encounters per additional player past 6? |
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Mar 26 2008, 12:07 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,784 Joined: 28-July 04 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 6,522 |
The current adventures are actually designed to handle up to 8. However, if you think things are too easy at that point, just try bumping up the TR.
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Mar 26 2008, 05:28 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 15-February 08 From: East Lansing, Michigan Member No.: 15,684 |
QUOTE (cryptoknight @ Mar 25 2008, 04:23 PM)  Yah... it looks like my group is expanding... and I was looking for a good and easy way to scale the encounters and whatnot to handle a table of 8. If I recall correctly the basic adventures are designed to scale for as many as 6 players... should I just add another npc to the combat encounters per additional player past 6? When my group hit eight, we were at the end of season two. So starting with season three, they'll be divided into two groups of four playing on separate nights. One high-karma and one low-karma so everyone has the change to play their characters full range of skillz. For Missions, I think that eight+ players is kind of unmanagable. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif) |
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Mar 26 2008, 10:10 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,991 Joined: 1-February 08 From: Off the rock! Back In America! WOOOOO! Member No.: 15,601 |
What power level are you playing at? 350 pt builds? 450?
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Mar 26 2008, 02:12 PM
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The back-up plan Group: Retired Admins Posts: 8,423 Joined: 15-January 03 From: San Diego Member No.: 3,910 |
I can speak from experience that a Mission can be run for a table of 12 with minimal changes. The worst part is when they break into groups of 8 and 4 and try to run both sides of a Mission. (Twist and Insult gets convoluted if you have runners on the same team trying to play both sides against the middle.)
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Mar 26 2008, 02:45 PM
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The Dragon Never Sleeps Group: Admin Posts: 6,924 Joined: 1-September 05 Member No.: 7,667 |
QUOTE (BishopMcQ @ Mar 26 2008, 09:12 AM) I can speak from experience that a Mission can be run for a table of 12 with minimal changes. The worst part is when they break into groups of 8 and 4 and try to run both sides of a Mission. (Twist and Insult gets convoluted if you have runners on the same team trying to play both sides against the middle.) But it's so much fun! |
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Mar 26 2008, 03:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 697 Joined: 18-August 07 Member No.: 12,735 |
QUOTE (DocTaotsu @ Mar 26 2008, 04:10 AM) What power level are you playing at? 350 pt builds? 450? Standard Missions characters. 400 BP and/or stock Archetypes from the BBB. Near as I can tell the group will be. 1 Sniper/Weapons specialist 1 Mystical Adept (Ninja Sword killer) 1 Troll Bow Adept 1 Rigger 1 Technomancer 1 Street Sam 2 Undecided (though one is leaning in the direction of a Street Sam or a Troll or Ork Thug) |
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Mar 27 2008, 07:13 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 192 Joined: 29-December 06 Member No.: 10,483 |
I'm surprised you do not have a couple full on mages in the mix.
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Mar 27 2008, 10:41 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,991 Joined: 1-February 08 From: Off the rock! Back In America! WOOOOO! Member No.: 15,601 |
Well you've got both riggers and hackers so you better know the rules inside and out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I recommend finding/making cheat sheets like the summary boxes in the BBB but with typical modifiers and so forth. That way you can cut down on the number of times you have to crack books to see if it's a simple or a free action to issue a command to a drone or to recon a node.
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Mar 27 2008, 02:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 697 Joined: 18-August 07 Member No.: 12,735 |
QUOTE (Serial_Peacemaker @ Mar 27 2008, 01:13 AM) I'm surprised you do not have a couple full on mages in the mix. Actually, I was surprised too... but the people who are playing had all just played mages, and decided to try something new. I'm hoping one of the undecideds tries a mage... just to more balance things out, but if not... I won't sweat it. As for Knowing the hacking rules inside and out... some days I feel like they are inside out... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) But we shall see. |
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Mar 28 2008, 03:50 AM
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The back-up plan Group: Retired Admins Posts: 8,423 Joined: 15-January 03 From: San Diego Member No.: 3,910 |
If they are new players, check out Aaron's page. Linked here He has some cheat sheets and a bunch of tips and tricks.
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Mar 28 2008, 09:23 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,991 Joined: 1-February 08 From: Off the rock! Back In America! WOOOOO! Member No.: 15,601 |
BishopMcQ: These are awesome! Saves me from havin to do all the heavy lifting too! Thanks man.
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Mar 28 2008, 09:17 PM
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The back-up plan Group: Retired Admins Posts: 8,423 Joined: 15-January 03 From: San Diego Member No.: 3,910 |
Not a problem, Aaron did the heavy lifting for all of us, so I point him out whenever it seems appropriate.
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Mar 30 2008, 02:56 PM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,148 Joined: 27-February 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 8,314 |
I've found that when scaling is more tricky than it seems at first blush. I find that there are two aspects to a PC group's efficacy: their power level and their numbers. If it was me running your game, I'd leave the stats as they are, but increase the number of bad guys by about 1/3.
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