Hi everyone,

Anyone have some ideas about how to incorporate skates/skiis/skateboards during combat? One of my group members had Cyberskates in SR3 and SR4 doesn't yet count for these.

Here's what we've devloped so far:

New Skill: Skating/Skiing (Agility)

Like adding extra meters-per-Combat-Turn for Runnings, Skating will allow the player to make a similar test for both Walking or Running.

For "Walking" movement, Make a Skating Test (Skill+Agility) adding additional dice for cyberware/bioware that grants Athletics bonus dice and adjusting for Terrain/Speed. Every 2 hits (round up) adds 1 meter to the number for "Walking" for the Combat Turn.

For "Running" movement, same as "Walking" except every 2 hits (round up) adds 4 metes to the total distance for the Combat Turn.

A Skating Test (2) should be made on any 1 Action during the players Combat Turn to keep from falling. This should be modified by Speed and Terrain.

No solid rules on gliding/coasting, but we are considering having the player spend at least "Walking" points to keep speed and only "Running" points will allow a speed increase. We are also considering your skill either dictating top-speed in some way (dice penalties?).


This is a work in progress and your input is welcome.

Thanks!

<<runs and hides waiting for FrankTrollman to give an example of enhanced movement>>

You have asked, you get more than what you have asked for......

Frank it is your call, step up please.

I would think "skating" would be a valid specialization of athletics, not its own skill.
Flat increase to walking and running speeds, slightly different but analgous test for running.
You don't want to roll tests for every "walking" action though, that'll grind the game to a halt.
Oh, and maybe a penalty to avoid knockdown, but you probably don't really want your players rolling every action to not fall down.

So after thinking more about this I think my group's going to handle skates using the vehicle rules:

New skill would be Metahuman Powered Vehicle (Reaction) : Specializations (Skates, Skateboards, Skiis, Bicycles, etc.)

Acceleration will be the players Stregnth and each hit on the Test will bump this +1 instead of +5. Handling bonus will probably be +3/+4. The unsolved part is Top speed.

Considering a level surface (no +/- grade) top speed should be based on Stregnth, perhaps racial Running Movement + Stregnthx5 ? I've yet to do some emperical analysis on staking top-speeds, but I think we are going down a better path here.

As always, feel free to comment.

Thanks,