Combining piloting skills

[cynanbloodbane]

My own house rule leaves them as separate skills, but allows up to half to bleed over for all starfighter scale piloting depending on similarity. I set similarity.

Example, an A-wing pilot with 7D in A-wing piloting but only 3D Mechanical would get a 5D if he jumped into the cockpit of a V-wing, but would only get a 3D+2 if he got behind the controls of a YT1300. Still better than an untrained pilot, but limited.
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[Naaman]

Padme being "major" is arguable, I think. Nevertheless, she's not a "pilot" by any stretch of the imagination, IMO.

Though what I was really trying to say was that it seems like space transports is a "common" skill, while starfighter piloting is a military-like skill.

A regular person would have no issue "operating" a race car: it the same controls. Likewise, a regular "pilot" should be able to fly any ship. The knowledge, IMO, id transferrable.

But an actual figuter pilot or racecar driver would have higher skills because they are trained to execute difficult maneuvers that require a high level of skill. A regular person uses the same skill, but rolls to few dice to be likely to succeed.

[garhkal]

So how's about limiting it to what your 'profession is'.. Mil types get fighter piloting, all else IF they have one, its transport ops.
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[Naaman]

Yeah, that could work. I'm not so concerned with the final ruling, but more just putting in my $0.02 in case it brings a point of view that someone finds relevant to the decision criteria.

[Kytross]

The game I'll be testing this in is this Saturday. If we get to the Space part of the adventure I'll let you guys know how it goes.

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[Kytross]

That's why I'm suggesting difficulty modifiers on the vehicles. A tractor trailer would get, I don't know, a +10 modifier. But having the specialty negates the modifier.

So you've got ground vehicles at 5D. You are better at most vehicles than a professional driver (4D).

You want to drive a Chevy Impala that has no modifier. With an average roll of 15-20, you are constantly pulling difficult maneuvers with no trouble.

You want to drive The Big Rig. The Big Rig has a +10 modifier. Now you can only pull off easy maneuvers with certainty.

Once you specialize in Tractor Trailers, the modifier goes away. With Ground Vehicles: Tractor Trailers 5D+1 you're now specialized in the skill, which eliminates the modifier. You're rolling 16-21 now.

Does that make sense?

[Naaman]

I understand what you mean. I think the issue from the perspective of the CDL holders is the specific knowledge required to safely and seuccessfull (and legally) operat a 20-ton machine relative to a 1.5 ton machine that was designed for mass consumption.

I saw a video wherein Allison transmissions was advertizing their new tech, and the put a woman with no xp as a truck driver behind the wheel against truck driving vets in a drag race. She won the race with the new auto trans against truckers using traditional manual transmissions.

The basic skill of operating any motor vehicle is transferrable, IMO. Its the skill level (and maneuverability bonus/penalty) that makes something easier or harder to drive.

In the case of a big rig, Id go for an advanced skill that offsets maneuverability penalties or some such. In amycase, Id say that a starfigjter is more analogous to a race car, while a transport is analogous to a van or pickup truck, IF we are playing in a setting where the "middle class" has private means of interstellar travel.

[D+1]

Piloting a light freighter like the Falcon is still going to be different enough from piloting an Xwing that it makes sense to me for them to be different skills. Even though their sizes aren't orders of magnitude of difference and much of the skills are the same/transferable, it's still different enough. An unfamiliarity penalty when trying to use one skill in place of the other is sensible enough as there will be SOME crossover.

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[Kytross]

We did not get to the space portion. We only got through the first mission I had planned.