Is there an Interface Zero 2.0 or Acthung Cthulhu herolab file - Page 2

CapedCrusader · April 21st, 2016, 12:49 PM

Unfortunately, the Skill Specialization is something Hero Lab can't support. It takes the entire game system and flips it on it's ear. We'd have to re-write the whole game system package form scratch for it to work right.

Paragon · April 21st, 2016, 03:37 PM

I thought I remembered that being an issue, and as I recall, that's the default assumption in IZ. No help for it. The only thing I can think to do is use Custom Skills to list a specialization, then something like half-cost Edges (as SeelyOne mentions) to represent new Specializations. The custom skills would tend to bork up some Edges though, so its nasty.

SeeleyOne · April 21st, 2016, 05:45 PM

No need for the custom skills. The only place that it actually comes up on a character sheet is the weapons. The rest is situational. Just make a mechanic that applies the mod as I described.

Paragon · April 21st, 2016, 06:29 PM

The problem is, how do you know what Specialties you took? As I recall there's no text pulldown for skills. Only way I know to do it is with the Custom Skill functions.

SeeleyOne · April 22nd, 2016, 01:26 PM

If you do what I said, it would tell you. They would appear as Edges. "Pilot - Starship" for example.

Paragon · April 22nd, 2016, 05:15 PM

That doesn't help with the Edge that applies to the skill when you first purchase it though; you still need to know which specialization that applies to, and it doesn't cost anything extra.

SeeleyOne · April 22nd, 2016, 09:01 PM

Oh, you mean for when you first get the skill. The only way to do it is to just add a half an edge each time that you get a skill. Easy way is to make a mechanic that totals the number of skills, then gives that value x 0.5. It is not perfect, but it works.

Paragon · April 23rd, 2016, 05:29 AM

Yeah, the whole process suffers from the fact it isn't self-evident which Edge will be associated with which skill, which could make it easy to forget; and of course it'll clutter up the Edge listing pretty fierce if you accumulate many of them.

Its just not an ideal situation, but there you are.

salcor · April 24th, 2016, 10:03 AM

Would it be possible to create a hindrance that applies a -2 to all skills and then the specialist skill to counter act the hindrance.

Salcor

SeeleyOne · April 24th, 2016, 02:28 PM

That is how it would work for weapons, but all other skill uses are situational.

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Paragon Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 874 April 21st, 2016, 03:37 PM	I thought I remembered that being an issue, and as I recall, that's the default assumption in IZ. No help for it. The only thing I can think to do is use Custom Skills to list a specialization, then something like half-cost Edges (as SeelyOne mentions) to represent new Specializations. The custom skills would tend to bork up some Edges though, so its nasty.
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SeeleyOne Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 891 April 21st, 2016, 05:45 PM	No need for the custom skills. The only place that it actually comes up on a character sheet is the weapons. The rest is situational. Just make a mechanic that applies the mod as I described. Evil wins because good rolls poorly .... or the players are not paying enough attention to the game.
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salcor Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 173 April 24th, 2016, 10:03 AM	Would it be possible to create a hindrance that applies a -2 to all skills and then the specialist skill to counter act the hindrance. Salcor
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