Via Astrum v0.91
Via Astrum v0.91 is up on DTRPG.com (or will be soon). There are a number of changes in this version.
The complete change log is 67 entries and will be included here. The list includes some formatting changes, additional skills and talents, more gear, changes to some difficulty ratings on tasks, new psionic skills, consolidated lists of skills and talents, some price changes on vehicles, sample vehicles, and other miscellaneous changes.
- Minor layout changes.
- Fixed some erroneous page number references
- Alphabetized Psionic Skill and Talents
- Adjusted cost of called shot from 6 AP to 8AP
- Adjusted value of anti-tox
- Added reduced speed and reduced handling vehicle options
- Added three sample vehicles.
- Added Empathy stat.
- Added Humanity derived stat. Cybernetics reduce Humanity.
- Added Credibility skill
- Added Personal Skills category.
- Changed Law skill to INT base
- Changed Mimicry to EMP/CHA from SEN/CHA
- Moved a number of skills to the Personal Skills category.
- Added Computer Design skill.
- Modified recoil to be based on the STR of the firing character.
- Added some cybernetics and bionetics.
- Added cyberpsychosis.
- Added Cyber-Implant Weapon skill.
- Changed AP ammo to halve armor value.
- Added hard/soft armor designations
- Changed AP ammo to negate hard armor quality.
- Added a couple vehicles.
- Fleshed out gov’t organizations for a couple races.
- Added a bit to the introductory adventure.
- Added Beam Spreader
- Added Overcharge Module
- Added sentient races to Optional section for character creation
- Added TL requirements for backgrounds and careers.
- Added EMP to Opponents
- Added Haste psionic skill
- Added Slow psionic skill
- Added AP reduction to Slow condition
- Added consolidated psi skill list.
- Added consolidated skill list.
- Removed a couple duplicate skills
- Added consolidated talent list
- Added lawyer talent.
- Added 3 new creatures to the Xeno chapter.
- Consolidated Jump/Climb/Swim into Athletics.
- Completed Talent reference table.
- Modified the cost of vehicles to be based on a formula.
- Adjusted prices of vehicles.
- Changed the mounts stat on vehicles to be the maximum allowed. Vehicles with weapons listed are assumed to have the appropriate mounts.
- Added Psi Storm and Psi Cloak psionic powers
- Added Armor modifications
- Added Wrist Rockets
- Added some miscellaneous equipment.
- Added Cardio Implant to cybernetics.
- Added Obvious grade cybernetics
- Added Kit refills.
- Added augment scanners.
- Added information on detecting cybernetics and bionetics.
- Added three new xenos: Naga, Horned Lurker, and Lupus Eagle.
- Changed computer from INT to Complexity.
- Removed references to terabytes. Storage is based on complexity.
- Added a comm jammer.
- Converted Matthew Niday, Lucien, Geneva Saldana.
- Worked through the Xenobestiary and added EMP stat to all creatures.
- Fixed some cybernetics referring to INT rather than complexity for computers.
- Changed Doctorate success from Hard to Difficult task.
- Added criminal as exit career to all other careers.
- Added gear to most retirement benefits.
- Added Psi Ops MOS to military, government, law enforcement, and corporate careers.
- Change Diagnostics to Diagnosis.
- Added Troubleshooting skill to General skills.
- Changed all career success/promotion rolls to Moderate tasks.